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51's NORTHERN EXPOSURE by Mike Twist
A Junior Shaw, Racing Minivans, Eight Years Olds Racing? and More
ANOTHER SHAW TO RACE THIS SEASON
There will be a familiar name with a familiar number competing weekly in the Late Model division at White Mountain Motorsports Park in 2006. Dale Shaw, Jr., also known as D.J., will run the #60 that his father has made famous in the Northeast by winning in everything from ACT to Busch North to PASS.
15-year-old D.J. moves up after competing in karts last year and winning 17 out of his 18 races. He has already tested a Late Model at the track. In that test, D.J. was only a few tenths of a second off Dale's best time of the
session despite it being his first ever time in a full-sized car.
YANKEES SET TO INVADE GREENVILLE
The NASCAR Busch East Series has added a new event to their 2006 schedule. On June 10th, the historically Northeastern-based series will head to Greenville-Pickens Speedway for what is currently their season opening race.
TIOGA TO RISE AGAIN…MAYBE?
When New York's Tioga Motorsports Park (also known through the years as Tioga Speedway and Shangri-La Speedway) closes its pit gates after the 2005 season, they were expected to remain closed forever. The track had been in operation since 1946, but it sits on top of a vast deposit of gravel and plans have been made to dig away the track to mine that material.
Over the winter, there have been ramblings that the track might still have a little bit of life still left in it. Race of Champions Modified promoter Andy Harpsell has heard the rumors that the track could reopen and addressed them at the recent Eastern Motorsports Press Association convention in Pennsylvania.
"I think that until the oval itself is dug up, the speculation and possibility [of the track reopening] will always be there,"" said Harpsell. "I've been by the track and it is dug up right to the driveway. There are people who are tire-kicking and maybe something can happen, but eventually it is going to be gone. In a year or two, it will be mined."
BEECH RIDGE JOINS YOUTH MOVEMENT
Beech Ridge Motor Speedway (ME) has announced a new addition to their racing card in 2006. The Whiz Kidz division will allow children between the ages of eight and 15 compete in four cylinder cars during 11 events this year.
Anyone who holds a learner's permit or has taken part in a driver's education course will be disallowed from competing.
The schedule will consist of four events during the Thursday Night Thunder program and seven on Saturday night's throughout the year.
Interest in the division is high. 29 entries were received before the class was even officially announced. The youngest entrant so far is nine years old.
The track's racing card is also diverse. There will be 15 regular divisions racing at the track in 2006 in addition to tours such as the National Sprint Tour and DIRT Modifieds.
Track operator Todd Fisher is splitting up his divisions between 48 different shows, primarily on Thursday and Friday nights throughout racing season. The divisions include Sprint Cars, Late Models, Legends Cars, School Buses and even Minivans.
"I don't want to say that this is the division of the future,
SUSKY SPEEDWAY HAS DIVERSE PLANS FOR '06
Susquehanna Speedway Park is definitely a unique track. Where else can racing families enjoy a two-week break in the schedule in July to encourage family vacations?
Eddie MacDonald hopes that his 2006 season will start just like his 2005 season ended - in victory lane. (Norm Marx Photo)
Dale Shaw has won in ACT with the #52 Late Model. Now, his son is hoping to follow in his footsteps with the #60 at White Mountain. (51 Photo)
This brings the total number of confirmed Busch East dates to 11, with another race or two expected to be added.
There has been no official word from NASCAR, but possibilities that have been discussed in the Busch East community for another race include second dates at either Lime Rock Park or Adirondack Speedway or another Southern race at Myrtle Beach Speedway, South Boston Speedway or even Bristol Motor Speedway.
Eddie MacDonald won the final event of the 2005 season and is looking forward to starting the year at Greenville.
"I'm glad that we'll be starting out the season someplace warm," said the Massachusetts driver. "It will be good to go to a track that is new for everyone where everyone has new notes."
but it is a lot of fun," said Fisher of the minivan class. "I know that you can't go to the PRI show or your local dealership to get performance parts for a minivan."
One thing is for certain at SSP. Fans won't be seeing the same thing every week.
"We run a real diverse show every night. We keep changing the line-up a little bit. Basically, that is because I get bored running the same show every week."
And minivans might not be the final frontier for SSP. Fisher said that he is open to any future suggestions for a new racing class. No matter how crazy it might sound.
"If there is anything that isn't on our schedule that interests you, let us know and we'll bring it in."
PASTERYAK WINS TOP WRENCH AWARD
Charlie Pasteryak has accumulated more than a few trophies and plaques throughout his racing career and he added another one to his collection recently. However, it wasn't for driving his NASCAR Modified – or anything for the matter.
Pasteryak was awarded the NASCAR Mechanic of the Year Award at Waterford Speedbowl for his role as crew chief of his son Chris' SK Modified. The younger Pasteryak competed weekly at Waterford in 2005 in addition to a limited schedule of driving his father's #5 Tour Modified. Both father and son are expected to share driving duties in the #5 again this season on the Whelen Modified Tour.
Charlie Pasteryak recently earned an award, but it wasn't for anything that he did behind the wheel. (51 Photo)
They'll race anything at Susquehanna Speedway, including school buses and minivans. (JR's Photos / Susquehanna Speedway Photo)
There will be some four cylinders with younger drivers soon at Beech Ridge. (BRMS Photo)
SNOWMOBILE RIDE AND AUCTION SET FOR THIS WEEKEND
The Seventh Annual Busch North Scene Snowmobile Poker Run for Charity will take place this Saturday in Rangeley, Maine and there will be plenty to do on and off the trails.
The charity ride in the focal point of the event, but there is also going to be a dinner, charity auction and raffle and comic show held at the Rangeley Inn.
Auction items include a pair of Daytona 500 tickets, a hood from Bard Leighton's #25 Grizco Racing car, a side panel from Brendan Gaughan's #77 Craftsman Truck, driver's suit from Leighton and Matt Kobyluck, several items donated by champion Andy Santerre and much more.


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Home Reviews Capital Fringe Review: 'Our Boys' by Leslie Weisman
Capital Fringe Review: 'Our Boys' by Leslie Weisman
Leslie Weisman
The Fringe is rightly known and celebrated for giving people who may not be regular theater goers a chance to take a few bites of the performing-arts apple, with the hope and expectation that, once they get a taste of it, they'll be hooked forever. Something very much like that must have happened a few years before Fringe—to be precise, in January 1875—when British dramatist Henry James Byron's Our Boys became the first play in recorded history to run more than 500 performances. It would eventually rack up 1,362 after being sent to New York and Philadelphia to entertain and enlighten the cousins this side of the pond.
The Victorian Lyric Opera Company brings a delightful bit of British style, flair, and savoir faire to this largely forgotten but highly pedigreed play, whose author was a onetime collaborator of W.S. Gilbert, the lyricist half of Gilbert & Sullivan.
As the rotund and blustery county magnate Sir Geoffry Champneys, who tries to convince the beauteous heiress Violet Melrose that "there's a concealed intellectuality" in the dishwater dullness of his pale, slim, bespectacled but billiard-loving ne'er-do-well son Talbot, Chuck Howell does a credible Richard Griffiths infused with a humor that easily slides from the sly to the pixieish.
Sally Frakes Cusenza makes a hilariously dry Clarissa, Sir Geoffrey's sister, whose ability to cut through his contrived circumlocutions with withering salvos of caustic common sense is comical in a surprisingly contemporary sense. As Talbot, Rameen Chaharbaghi captures the uncertainty of a young man who has always been seen, and has seen himself, as superficial and immature, but realizes with incrementally approaching self-awareness that there's more to him than that, and that time is running out for him to find it.
As the other "boy," Charles Middlewick, the "aristocratic-looking son" of a retired butterman, Timothy Aaron Ziese is both a physical fit for the role and able to convincingly inhabit the character, whose learnedness and gentility stand in sharp contrast to Talbot's supreme self-interest and general disdain for all things cultural. As Perkyn Middlewick, there's something indefinably, impeccably "right" about the way Eric Henry combines the concerned, loving father and the practical-minded man of business into a human being as well as a character, a person we feel we know, because the actor knows him so intimately.
The ladies who are objects of the fathers' designs for their sons are as definably different from each other as are their prospective suitors, but may not be so readily suited for the ones the fathers have chosen. As Violet Melrose, Jessica Powers-Heaven displays an easy, seemingly inborn charm and grace, undergirded by a quiet decisiveness and fortitude that will work in tandem with her more romantic but, in the end, equally capable cousin Mary, brought dynamically to life with verve and wit by Erin Gallalee.
Wendy A.F.G. Stengel is the consummate "downstairs" maid, Penelope Poddles, her broadly farcical facial mugging a perfect complement to her naughty, bawdy wisecracking. She also masters a character at the opposite end of the personality scale as the glumly downtrodden servant Belinda, who may evoke for those of a certain age "Laugh-In" comedian Ruth Buzzi's Gladys. For his part, Carlton Maryott is a perfect complement, in the sense of likeness, to Belinda, recalling another sixties series with his Lurch-like, personality-drained portrayal of Sir Geoffrey's servant Kempster. The costumes range from period- and character-perfect (the ladies' flowered straw bonnets are a nice touch) to serviceable, and the British accents are variable, while the opening scene's set both subtly suggests, and blatantly brays, the dualities and dichotomies to follow.
What, after all, can one say of a room with gold brocade loveseats and a delicate, classically styled walnut end table, set off by a prominent painting on the rear wall of a huge black hog in a grassy field—and a bulbous, glazed, pink ceramic pig, as artificial as its painted cousin is actual, extending three feet upwards from the end table? Perhaps, that it works as a meta-level metaphor for those most unlikely, ill-matched couples. And their fathers' ill-designed, and fortunately ill-fated determination to force their "boys" to do what they assure them is best for them—but is really best only for themselves, or the people they see their sons, or want their sons, to be.
Something that we, in the "enlightened" 21st century, of course would never dream of doing. (Dream on?)
Running time: 85 minutes.
Our Boys plays though July 28, 2013 at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church at the Mountain – 900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, in Washington, DC. For performance and ticket information, visit the show's Capital Fringe page.
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BlackBerry may be dabbling in touchscreen-only phones these days, but the company hasn't forgotten the keyboards that helped it dominate the smartphone space when the market was still young. The company's next phone is the BlackBerry Passport which has a big, square screen and a tiny keyboard below it. And the next phone after that will be the BlackBerry Classic.
It's a more traditional looking phone which blends a 3.5 inch screen with a decent-sized QWERTY keyboard for thumb typing.
BlackBerry has been teasing the phone occasionally for a few months, but now CrackBerry notes that photos of the phone have shown up at Chinese social networking site Weibo.
The BlackBerry Classic is expected to have a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and 2GB of RAM. It also has looks like a phone for die-hard Blackberry fans (and enterprise users) thanks to the keyboard, navigation buttons, and business-like design, while the company's recent touch-only devices look like BlackBerry's attempt to catch up with Apple and Samsung in the consumer space.
Totally love the design of BlackBerry phones. If I can, I definitely would get one for where I work.
I really want a BB10 Slider, ala Torch. I love the form factor. Keyboard and touchscreen blends the best of both types. If it had BB 10.3 and the new Android runtime for apps, I'd be in heaven. For now though, the Classic will probably be my next phone. I do like the Passport but it's a bit too big (wide) for my liking.


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Parents of girl from India who died in U.S. desert 'desperate' for asylum
FILE PHOTO: The U.S.-Mexico border is seen near Lukeville, Pima County, Arizona, U.S., September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo - Copyright Lucy Nicholson(Reuters)
By Andrew Hay
(Reuters) – The parents of a 6-year-old migrant girl from India who died of heat stroke in an Arizona desert said they sought asylum in the United States because they were "desperate."
"We wanted a safer and better life for our daughter and we made the extremely difficult decision to seek asylum here in the United States," said the girl's mother, Ms. Kaur, 27, and her father, Mr. Singh, 33, in a joint statement released through the U.S. Sikh Coalition that did not give their first names.
"We trust that every parent, regardless of origin, colour or creed, will understand that no mother or father ever puts their child in harm's way unless they are desperate."
The girl, identified as Gurupreet Kaur, died in a remote desert area west of Lukeville, Arizona, a U.S. border town 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Tucson, after her mother left her with other Indian migrants she was travelling with to go in search of water, a medical examiner and U.S. Border Patrol said.
The girl's death earlier this month, the second recorded fatality of a migrant child this year in Arizona's southern deserts, highlighted the danger of summer heat as a surge of migrant families, mainly from Central America, cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum.
Gurupreet's father has been in the United States since 2013 with a pending asylum application before the New York immigration court. Singh and Kaur, both Sikhs, had not seen each other since 2013, approximately six months after Gurupreet was born, according to the statement. According to Indian media reports, the parents are from Punjab.
Gurupreet's body is being flown to New York City for her funeral.
An increasing number of Indian nationals are entering the United States from Mexico, according to immigration officials.
Indian asylum seekers range from Sikhs claiming political persecution to lower caste "untouchables" facing death threats for marrying outside their class, according to immigration lawyers.
They are among thousands of African and Asian migrants also making the arduous journey, led by smuggling cartels.
Gurupreet's mother was released from an Arizona ICE processing facility on June 18 and allowed to travel by bus to New York City, where she has a notice to appear before an immigration court.
Up to May 30, the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, which records migrant deaths in much of Arizona's southern deserts, counted 58 such fatalities, most due to heat. It recorded 127 deaths in 2018.
(Reporting by Andrew Hay in Taos, New Mexico; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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Shiseido Selects Accenture to Help Accelerate Its Digital Transformation
Accenture to provide comprehensive services to improve Shiseido's data-driven insights, strengthen its technology infrastructure, and expand its workforce training and skilling
TOKYO; Feb. 9, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed on a strategic partnership with Shiseido Group, a Japan-based multinational beauty company, to help Shiseido accelerate its digital transformation so it can more quickly respond to rapidly changing customer and market demands.
Accenture will help improve Shiseido's digital business model by providing a range of services designed to drive an enterprise-wide transformation of Shiseido, which operates in approximately 120 countries. These include helping design, develop and implement a cloud-based global information and communications technology (ICT) system that makes data more visible and accessible across the organization, supports innovation across the entire company, and enhances the digital capabilities of its workforce.
The ICT system will help Shiseido adopt processes that enable continuous financial reporting, better forecasting accuracy, and more precise inventory management — all of which are essential for the realization of digital transformation and give the company the ability to adapt to fluctuations across its global supply chain.
As part of its work, Accenture will deliver state-of-the-art capabilities that combine its expertise in AI, analytics and automation to create new business value for Shiseido. By reimagining Shiseido's business to fuse online and offline experiences, Accenture will help Shiseido create personalized and seamless customer experiences, such as product recommendations based on previous purchases.
With an eye toward upskilling its future workforce, Accenture will also conduct training sessions tailored to the skills and interests of Shiseido's employees, drawing from its expertise in digital transformation management, artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to ensure that Shiseido's workforce has the skills and agility needed in the digital era.
Accenture will focus on the Japan market first, with a goal to deliver greater value for all of Shiseido's stakeholders, including its employees, shareholders, partners and communities. The two companies are also planning to establish a joint venture to execute the digital transformation more swiftly and effectively.
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services — all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 514,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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Spatial Disease Modelling on the Ceres HPC
By: John Humphreys | 07-16-2020
USDA-ARS, Range Management Research Unit, Las Cruces, NM
A fundamental need to meet USDA ARS's Grand Challenge initiative is to improve agricultural production while reducing the impact of the emerging pests, pathogens, and invasive species that threaten US livestock. Pathogens such as West Nile Virus (WNV), Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV), and others impair livestock health, deplete veterinary resources, and threaten agricultural trade. To better anticipate and prepare for future disease outbreaks caused by viruses, it is essential to model the virus-vector-host interactions and environmental factors that drive disease spread across geographic space and through time. Because disease models must provide high-resolution outputs across expansive geographic extents while simultaneously accounting for the correlations that exist in input variables in both the temporal and spatial dimensions, analyses are often too computationally demanding for traditional hardware and necessitate use of high-performance computing resources like those available through SCINet.
As part of the ARS Predictive Disease Ecology Grand Challenge Project led by Drs. Deb Peters and Luis Rodriguez, a spatiotemporal disease model was developed to forecast future West Nile Disease (WND) outbreaks in horses across the continental US. Postdoc Dr. John Humphreys led the analysis to predict the distribution and timing of future WND outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) records provided the count of veterinary-reported WND cases for horses between 2000 – 2018 aggregated by county. The team used the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service database to map horse populations, incorporated CDC mosquito surveillance reports to identify insect vector ranges, and analyzed more than 10 million bird occurrence records from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology to map the distributions of avian species known to host WNV. These datasets allowed the model to link the at-risk livestock population (horses) to times and locations with both the WNV reservoirs (birds) and the WNV vectors (mosquitos) that transmit the virus between those reservoirs and livestock. The research team applied a Bayesian hierarchical modeling framework to construct the model and specified that the prediction for any one location be dependent on the disease risk estimated for surrounding areas and past times (manuscript is in preparation).
SCINet Note: After 24 hours of processing on a laptop (Intel Core Processor i9-8950HK, 8 Core, 2.9GHz), the model was only approximately 20% completed, with multiple model versions to be run. Conversely, running the model on the Ceres HPC completed in less than 10 hours, dramatically reducing the processing time and freeing up the laptop for other uses. Preparation for running the model on Ceres entailed uploading the existing R script and model input data (using Globus), creating a text file specifying the number of nodes, cores, and memory needed, and then submitting that file to the Ceres job scheduler and management system (Slurm). The team opted to double what was available on their laptop and requested two nodes each with 8 cores. Conveniently, the R package used to run the model (r-INLA) included native multithreading (OpenMP) to handle parallel processing and allowed HPC cores to run concurrently.


Two brothers of Zamel Bavi who executed at 5 pm in Ahwaz had kidnapped by Iranian safety. In any case, one might speculate as to the willingness of any relativist to truly forego their possession of human rights if and when the social environment demanded it. Equally, relativist arguments are sometimes offered by members of the political elites inside those countries whose systematic oppression of their peoples has attracted the attention of advocates of human rights.
For example, success in protecting the rights of minorities may reduce ethnic conflict and the threats to rights that it generates. In early 2013 mainstreaming of human rights was accredited as a priority difficulty by the UN-Habitat Governing Council by its inclusion within the 2014-2019 Strategic Plan.
Furthermore, Finland supports the work of the European Union Company for Elementary Rights (FRA) and is engaged in cooperation with such entities because the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. International locations which have joined human rights conventions are below an obligation to respect, protect and implement human rights for all on an equal foundation, with none discrimination.
Thus, additional makes an attempt at justifying the idea and content material of human rights may profit from pursuing a more thematically pluralist approach than has usually been the case up to now. The Human Rights Council , established on 15 March 2006 by the Normal Meeting and reporting on to it, changed the 60-yr-previous UN Fee on Human Rights as the important thing UN intergovernmental physique responsible for human rights.
At the individual degree, whereas we are entitled our human rights, we also needs to respect the human rights of others. He identifies seven fundamental pursuits, or what he terms 'primary types of human good', as providing the basis for human rights. Century, enshrined in such paperwork because the United States' Declaration of Independence and the French National Meeting's Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.


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Home Business Halliburton in talks to buy Baker Hughes
Halliburton in talks to buy Baker Hughes
Oil industry giants, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, are in talks about a possible merger.
Baker Hughes, the industry's third largest services provider, confirmed press reports, adding that the talks were "preliminary".
Any deal with Halliburton, the sector's No 2 behind the far larger Schlumberger, is likely to face competition issues.
The companies provide drilling and logistics services, but have been hit by falling oil prices and higher costs.
The falling crude oil price has made exploration less economical and the big oil and gas producers have been cutting costs. A tie-up would allow the companies to better weather the downturn in the market.
A merged Halliburton-Baker Hughes would create a company worth about $67 billion, employing initially 140,000 people. But its market capitalization would still be half that of market leader Schlumberger.
Analysts said that antitrust authorities in the US, Europe and China would want to investigate the terms of any deal, and that a merged group might need to sell some assets before approval was given.
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Hillary Clinton laid into Donald Trump's response to the Orlando terrorist shooting that left at least 49 dead on Sunday.
"It was one thing when he was a reality TV personality. Raising his arms and yelling 'you're fired.' It's another thing altogether when he's the Republican party's presumptive nominee for president," Clinton said.
Clinton criticised Trump's proposal to bar all Muslims from entering the US, pointing out that the shooter was born in Trump's home borough of Queens, New York. She also railed against the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for suggesting that President Barack Obama may be sympathetic to Islamic terror groups.
"Just think about that for a second. Even in a time of divided politics, this is way beyond anything that should be said by someone running for president of the United States," Clinton said.
Clinton's speech came a day after Trump quickly attempted to cast Clinton and Obama were weak in response to the terror attacks.
Speaking on Monday in New Hampshire, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee claimed that the former secretary of state wants to abolish the second amendment and let in refugees without screening.
"Her plan is to disarm law-abiding Americans, abolishing the Second Amendment, and leaving only the bad guys and terrorists with guns. No good. Not going to happen, folks. Not going to happen," Trump said.
In Pittsburg on Tuesday, Clinton refuted the real-estate mogul's assertions.
"These are demonstrably lies. But he feels compelled to tell them, because he has to distract us from the fact that he has nothing substantive to say," Clinton said.


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Conservatives push for parliamentary committee study into failed vaccine deal – CTV News
The federal Conservatives are calling for a parliamentary committee to probe the Liberal government's plan to refit a National Research Council facility in Montreal to start producing a COVID-19 vaccine.
The government announced the $44-million project in May as part of a partnership between the NRC and a Chinese company to develop a made-in-Canada vaccine.
By August, the Liberals confirmed the partnership with CanSino Biologics had fallen apart, after the Chinese government had blocked shipments of vaccine samples meant to be used in clinical trials in Canada.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has criticized the Liberals for putting too much faith in Beijing, and blamed the failed deal for Canada being late to order vaccines from other foreign companies.
The proposed committee probe would look at the investment intended to upgrade the NRC facility and how the deal impacted Canada's efforts to ensure the country has timely access to vaccines.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted last week that Canada might have to wait for other countries to get access to vaccines, though the government and vaccine-makers have since downplayed any delay.
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RED Trio aren't a piano trio per se; they just happen to be a trio with piano, bass and drums. After two albums featuring "guest" musicians John Butcher and Nate Wooley, RED Trio return to NoBusiness in their original configuration. Rebento picks up pretty much where their 2010 debut left off: huge, intense tracts of exploratory clatter that are often whittled down to an urgent, repeating pulse or theme. But like all good free improvisation, Rebento isn't a music of stasis, and RED Trio's methodology generates anything but predictable results.
"Carne" starts the A side with the crunch and splinter of Hernani Faustino's bass and Gabriel Ferrandini's drums. Soon, pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro comes careening in with a Tayloresque flurry of notes. After about five minutes, the trio gets pulled into a rapid current—an amazing, roiling feeling of movement that's exhilarating, even if it's hard to surmise just what it is that's driving them along. It's a feeling we've gotten from RED Trio before: this sense that, despite the classic instrumental lineup, we're encroaching upon territory that's beyond history or influence, cutting a path through the dense thicket of three overlapping minds, one that becomes illuminated when they put fingers to instrument.
After a blustery beginning, "Para" settles into a haunting soundscape of (what seems to be) scraped cymbals. There's a strange, spectral doubling of sound, as though the cymbal tones are colliding around inside of the piano. With the touch of Tilbury, Pinheiro begins stringing delicate beads of notes. Soon, a crescendo: huge, open swells of piano and droning bass. It reaches a skin-tingling peak that's overwhelming and—to use an adjective we don't deploy often enough when describing this music—beautiful. "Canhão" spans the entirety of side B, a U-shaped piece that tumbles down its starting slope until it reaches a spacious, unsettling nadir, only to take off again on the tips of Ferrandini's flying drumsticks.
When I think of the ground RED Trio has covered since we first encountered them in 2010, I also think of Mark Wastell, in an interview, remarking about the dangers of pinning a description to a group's sound, and how "commentators and critics" are always 12 months behind the true flow of progress. Rebento has reached us now, at the end of 2013, but it was recorded over a year ago. It's invigorating music from a band that continues to challenge itself. Where might RED Trio be today?


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Gran Canaria sandstorm – Brit half-term holidaymakers forced to sleep in airport as flights grounded by huge dust cloud
Liz Little
April Roach
Feb 22 2020, 16:49 ET
Updated: Feb 25 2020, 7:07 ET
A MAJOR sandstorm has sparked half-term holiday chaos, with ALL Gran Canaria flights grounded.
Hundreds of Brits have been forced to sleep at airports in the Canary Islands after a huge Saharan dust cloud visible from space turned the sky orange.
Planes were seen parked in Gran Canaria Airport as large amounts of dust and sand from the Sahara desert made their way into the islandsCredit: Alamy Live News
The storm has left hundreds strandedCredit: AP:Associated Press
An extraordinary satellite image shows the sandstorm engulfing the Canary IslandsCredit: @apuntoratge/Twitter
Families have been forced to sleep in terminals while they wait for flights homeCredit: Reuters
A cruise ship in Las Palmas port was barely visible as dust and sand blowing in on strong winds blankets Gran CanariaCredit: Alamy Live News
Are you stranded on the Canary Islands? Email tips@the-sun.co.uk or call The Sun Online newsdesk on 0207 782 4368.
All flights at Gran Canaria airport have been suspended and outbound flights from Tenerife grounded.
A spokesperson from the Spanish airport operator AENA said at least 19 flights to Gran Canaria had been diverted but did not list all of the affected airlines.
According to the Spanish news agency EFE, Saturday's air travel suspension hit nearly 230 arrivals.
TUI, Norweigan, Easyjet, Ryanair and Jet2 are among the airlines with disrupted flights.
Jet2 said on Twitter: "We are continuing to experience disruption to our flights to / from the Canary Islands due to adverse weather affecting the region."
Spain's national weather service warned that strong winds across the Canaries are set to last until Monday.
Authorities in Lanzarote's capital, Arrecife, cancelled all outdoor activities including some carnival celebrations.
Budget carrier Vueling, a subsidiary of IAG, said some of its services had been hit by the suspensions, advising passengers to check the status of their flights before heading to the airport.
TRAVEL CHAOS
Lisa Cartmen, a 52-year-old bookkeeper, who lives near Cirencester, said: "We flew out on Saturday 15 to celebrate my son's 16th birthday.
"We were told that there was no guarantee of a hotel for the night so we tried to book something near to the airport. They had all been book out in minutes by other families with nowhere to stay.
"They said they would provide us with water and blankets, all of which went before we had could get any and we had to sleep on the cold marble floor.
"We have been wearing the same clothes since Saturday.
"Our bags were checked in Saturday and we are not allowed access to them, while other tour operators have allowed customers their checked-in bags back."
Hannah Morgan, 45, from South East London, booked a last-minute holiday with her friend Kerri but has had to rely on a family member to cover the cost of staying for an extra week.
She told the Sun Online: "The queues were massive and people were getting very angry. The staff were not very helpful and said there was nothing they could do.
"We were told that there wouldn't be another flight till March 1, so we were desperately trying to find another flight home but it would work out being an extra £700.
"They told us they could provide one night in a hotel and said we would have to find alternative accommodation ourselves for the rest of the week, save our receipts and try and claim it back.
"My cousin was able to book a hotel for us but it has probably cost us and extra £500 to £600 on top of the £700 we have already paid.
"My little boy, who is ten, is with my parents who are struggling to get him to school and we are both missing a week's worth of wages because of the delay."
Some passengers have been stuck at airports for daysCredit: Reuters
Holidaymakers have struggled to gather information about when they will be able to fly homeCredit: Reuters
Many will be forced to miss work amid the delaysCredit: AP:Associated Press
Heather Shenton from Chorley told the Sun trying to fly from Tenerife back to Newcastle had been an "absolute nightmare".
Instead of leaving Tenerife on Sunday as planned, she and her party of seven, had to book new flights for Wednesday.
"It's alright for me and my husband because we're retired," said Heather.
"But my daughter will miss work and my grandsons will miss school.
"It was absolute chaos at the airport. The children were complaining that they had sand in their eyes.
"We only budgeted for a week and we don't know how we're going to pay for things."
Another British family trying to get back to Newcastle were told by Easyjet the earliest flight they could take with the airline would be on March 7.
Instead they've had to re-book their own flights on Tuesday.
Greg Horsman, 29, had been on a Tui cruise with his girlfriend and friends, and had been due to fly home to Manchester on Saturday, but they'll now be staying in Gran Canaria another two nights.
"Last night we were in the airport for five hours and I was frustrated because Tui couldn't help us or do anything until the airport declared that they were closed which they did at 10.30pm," he said.
"Tui reps did give us updates when we asked but unfortunately it didn't seem they were getting much information quickly.
"We then spent the night there, most of us in our original cabins, then came back to the airport at 12.30pm and have been here since.
"We are being sent to a hotel tonight but we're not sure where we're going to yet."
"They all kept saying 'Oh we've never seen this happen before', which I understand. It's a freak of nature.
"But when weather grounds all flights there is surely a contingency plan that gets put into place so people can get accommodation sorted."
The wind has been horrific.
During the night it felt like we were back in London with Storm Dennis.
A spokeswoman from Easyjet said: "Due to sandstorms in the Canary Islands yesterday evening, like all airlines we experienced some disruption to our flying programme.
"Customers have been provided with the option of a refund or free of charge transfer to an alternative flight and we are also providing hotel accommodation and meals for those who require them.
"Whilst this was outside of our control we would like to apologise to all our customers for any inconvenience caused by the weather."
Richard Dannaher from Kent is also in Tenerife with his family.
He said: "The wind has been horrific.
"During the night it felt like we were back in London with Storm Dennis.
"The wind was blowing bits of gravel and sand under our doors.
"It's very humid, it's like if you were to put your face in front of a hairdryer."
A picture of how a Spanish island looked before the sandstorm hit
A picture of an orange sky after the Saharan sandstorm hit the Canary Islands
The sandstorm is reportedly visible from spaceCredit: Alamy Live News
Surfers were heading out as one of the worst Saharan dust storms in recent years reduced visibility to 400 metres in Las PalmasCredit: Alamy Live News
Brit holidaymaker Leigh Gayles told The Sun he has been stranded since 5pm yesterday afternoon.
He said: "We've had no other information given to us other than the flights are cancelled."
Mr Gayles was hoping to catch his flight home to Manchester at 7.30pm last night, but has been told it has been delayed until further notice.
The extreme winds hit as a fast growing forest fire burns through Tasarte, Gran Canaria.
Around 150 hectares have already been burnt in the flames which started at 7pm on Saturday.
The fires have forced authorities to evacuate the Tasarte population as emergency services desperately try to control the blaze.
Located around 60 miles off the coast of Morocco, the Canaries are a popular tourist destination for northern Europeans in search of winter sun.
A storm carrying clouds of red sand from the Sahara has caused half-term holiday chaosCredit: EPA
Cars are covered in dust and sand in Las PalmasCredit: Alamy Live News
At least 19 flights to Gran Canaria have been diverted
Manchester based Leigh Gayles has been stranded at the airport since 5pm yesterday afternoon
Huge amounts of dust and sand from the Sahara desert have made their way into the islands, turning the sky orangeCredit: EPA
At least 19 flights to Gran Canaria have been divertedCredit: Reuters
The regional government has declared a state of alertCredit: Reuters
Another NASA image shows the sandstorm sweeping the Canary Islands
Forest fires are burning in the Tasarte, Gran CanariaCredit: Twitter
Many passengers have been forced to re-book their flightsCredit: EPA
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The latest Jack Reacher novel, A Wanted Man, is sure to please fans. Jack Reacher is trying to find a ride to Virginia and ends up in a car with two men and a very nervous woman. Several miles behind them lies a dead body who looks to have been professionally killed. It doesn't take long for the FBI to enter the scene and for Reacher to realize that he is knee deep in a murder conspiracy.
Wow! Child has such gripping novels that I find myself unable to stop reading until the very last word. He does an amazing job of putting you right into Reacher's head and showing you how he thinks. Often Reacher is thinking about a statistic or probability but then he could also be thinking about the best way to disarm an opponent. I really enjoyed how Reacher is starting to ponder his own mortality. I think this is the first time he has ever admitted that he might not survive and is actually aging. We often forget that Reacher is really just a man and not immortal. What a great thriller!


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Our multi-feed scanner allows us to scan large amounts of A4 Documents and have them exported as a multi-page PDF, which is great for legal documents and case files (We do not keep documents on file that are of a sensitive nature).
Using our roll scanner we are able to scan plans and maps in large format in Colour or B&W which can then be exported in digital format (PDF, JPEG, TIFF), or can be reprinted to scale or resized depending on your needs.
We have the facility to scan large amounts of documents automatically using our multi-sheet scan feeder, after scanning in the pages the scanner will output a multi page PDF which can be used for reproduction in print format, for backup in digital PDF format, or for transfer of your documents over the internet or on disk.
We have high resolution flatbed scanners perfect for scanning in your precious family photo's. Once a photo is scanned we can enlarge, crop, enhance, restore and reprint your scanned images as well as burn them to disk or add them to a USB thumb drive for safe keeping of your precious memories.


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If you have never celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles as a Christian, or if you have never celebrated the Feast with Rock Valley Christian Church, you may be wondering what to expect when you show up. One of the final instructions given in the book of Leviticus about how to keep the Feast of Tabernacles is: "And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God (Lev. 23:40)." We take this to heart at Rock Valley – we love to rejoice before our Lord! As Christians, we incorporate our worship of Jesus into this festival celebration. It's a privilege that the Israelites were never able to enjoy.
We will have worship services every morning at the Feast that will incorporate prayer, contemporary worship music and hymns, special music offerings, scripture reading and Feast-themed, Bible-based teaching. We plan to provide plenty of opportunities for fellowship so we can all get to know one another better, and we encourage you to plan get-togethers with friends new and old.
Other plans include seminars, Teen Bible Studies, Youth Bible School, worship nights and different group activities for families. We want all of you to spend time together! We'll update our Feast Calendar as volunteers step forward and activities are planned.
Why should I register? We are in the process of planning a few activities. It will help us tremendously to know who is planning to be with us so we can accommodate your needs. Please complete a Registration Form, one per household, to let us know that you will be attending the Feast with us in Oxnard.
How can I help? Great question! We believe you should bring your offerings before God at the Feast. We want you to offer your gifts and talents in the form of service to others. If you have in mind a specific area in which you are willing to serve, let us know. If you want to serve, but don't know where or how to do it, let us know and we may contact you with some specific suggestions where help is needed. Click here to contact us or fill out your Registration Form and indicate your willingness to serve.
What should I wear? While we have never chosen to impose a dress policy at Rock Valley, we understand your desire to feel comfortable in a new situation. For worship services, we recommend a minimum of business casual attire. Dress slacks and shirt for men or women would be perfectly acceptable. If you feel more comfortable wearing a suit or dress, feel free to do so. We respectfully request no shorts for adults and no sports hats during the worship service. For other activities, as always, our general recommendation would be to dress comfortably, in a modest way befitting the situation.
What will the weather be like in Oxnard?
We consider this beautiful fall weather here in Southern California! But the record high in Oxnard, at Feast time, is 104°F. Expect the averages, but certainly, pack your swimsuit and shorts for warmer days and a jacket or sweater for cool mornings and evenings.


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The Calvin Symposium on Worship is an ecumenical conference that is attended by many leaders and pastors in the Christian Reformed Church.
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Kim Källström (Sandviken, 24. kolovoza 1982.) je švedski umirovljeni nogometaš i bivši nacionalni reprezentativac. Igrao je u veznom redu.

Karijera

Klupska karijera

Švedska
Kim Källström rođen je u mjestu Sandviken u središnjoj Švedskoj kao dijete Mikaela i Ann Källström. 1986. se pridružio lokalnom Sandvikensu dok se nakon tri godine cijela obitelj seli u Partille gdje je Kim igrao za istoimeni klub.

Profesionalnu karijeru nogometaš je započeo 1999. godine u BK Häckenu iz Göteborga da bi 2002. prešao u stockholmski Djurgårdens IF s kojim je osvojio dva uzastopna naslova prvaka (2002. i 2003.). Tijekom prve sezone u klubu bio je najbolji strijelac švedskog prvenstva dok je Djurgårdens imao momčad od mladih igrača koji su početkom 2000-ih dominirali u Švedskoj (Kim Källström, Andreas Isaksson, Johan Elmander, Louay Chanko, Tobias Hysén i Mikael Dorsin).

Rennes, Lyon
Tijekom zimskog transfernog roka Källström je u siječnju 2004. potpisao za francuski Rennes. Vrijednost transfera je iznosila 3,3 milijuna GBP. Igrač s klubom nije ostvario značajniji rezultat sve do 2006. i njegovog odlaska u Olympique Lyon.

Källström je prodan Lyonu u lipnju 2006. U tom razdoblju klub je dominirao francuskim nogometom a sam nogometaš je s njime osvojio po dva francuska prvenstva, nacionalna kupa i Superkupa a ostvareni su značajni rezultati i u Ligi prvaka.

Spartak Moskva, Arsenal
Završetkom Eura 2012., nogometaša 28. srpnja 2012. kupuje ruski Spartak iz Moskve za 2,64 milijuna GBP. Nakon odigranih 30 prvenstvenih utakmica, Källström 31. siječnja 2014. odlazi na posudbu u londonski Arsenal do kraja tekuće sezone. Međutim, iako su Topnici bili uvjereni da su napravili dobar posao, problemi su počeli tijekom potpisa ugovora. Naime, švedski nogometaš je došao teško ozlijeđen što se ustanovilo na liječničkom pregledu. Nalazi su pokazali da Källström ima ozbiljniju ozljedu leđa ali klub ga je odlučio zadržati.

Reprezentativna karijera
Källström je za Švedsku debitirao 2001. godine u utakmici protiv Finske. S nacionalnom reprezentacijom je igrao na četiri europska (2004., 2008., 2012. i 2016.) te jednom svjetskom (2006.) prvenstvu. Švedski nogometni izbornik objavio je u svibnju 2016. popis reprezentativaca za nastup na Europskom prvenstvu u Francuskoj, na kojem je se nalazio Källström. Nogometaši Belgije s minimalnih su 1:0 svladali Švedsku koja je tim porazom završila natjecanja na Europskom prvenstvu u Francuskoj, gdje je Källström odigrao svoje posljednje minute u reprezentativnom dresu.

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After a year and a half away, it was hard to say if UK-based label Rekids would ever return. Facing financial difficulty, it had ceased releasing music in 2014. Thankfully, founder Matt Edwards felt he had invested too much into the label to let it dissipate. With nearly 400 titles to its name, including releases from Toby Tobias, Luke Solomon and his own Radio Slave moniker, there was a history there he felt a responsibility to protect. Founded in 2006, Rekids gained attention after the release of the Dubfire remix of Radio Slave's 'Grindhouse' in 2008. However, Rekids was never intended to be a label just about Radio Slave, and has given rise to an abundance of success stories over its 10 years. With its focus on music with a timeless quality, the label gave an early leg-up to Nina Kraviz and recently helped introduce Mr. G to a whole new generation of house music heads. A decade in, Rekids' rebirth continues as a new batch of artists like Peggy Gou (pictured) and Markus Suckut continue pushing the innovative dance music the label is known for.
How did the label begin?
I was looking at the European labels like Kompakt and Get Physical that were dominating the UK at the time, and everyone was looking to Germany with regard to modern electronic music. There weren't that many independent UK labels around. So I thought it was time to start something with all the connections I'd built up over the years.
What were you doing before the label started?
I was touring a lot. I was doing a lot of remixes for artists like Paul McCartney and Elton John, all sorts of strange remixes. I was meeting so many like-minded people on my travels, getting a lot of demos and playing a lot of unreleased music, so it made sense to start Rekids.
Are the success stories of artists like Mr G a big reason why you started the label?
I'd always loved guys like Phil Asher and Mr G – UK artists who I always thought deserved more props. That's been a theme with the label, connecting them with younger audiences. It was great to find some of these people and put them back on the map.
Rekids' sub-label Pyramids Of Mars is named after a Doctor Who episode. Is sci-fi a big influence?
Growing up in the 70s, science fiction was part of everyday TV culture – especially with shows like Doctor Who or Battlestar Galactica. There was a lot of science fiction in the 70s and I think that heavily influenced techno.
Do you feel as though there's a core group of artists on Rekids?
I've never wanted to see Rekids as a gang. I love the fact that all the artists have their own unique sound, which gives them their identity. I love that Nina's music is constantly evolving and changing. It's the same with all our artists – we've got a common love of good quality music.


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Church Square
Church Square in central Pretoria was the site of the city's first church, built in 1855. During its early years, the square was used as a marketplace and sports field and today is the grandest civic square in the city and among the great attractions in Gauteng. The square is surrounded by historical buildings in varying neo-classical architectural styles, including the impressive Palace of Justice where former president Nelson Mandela and several of his comrades were tried and charged for treason during the infamous Rivonia Trial, the Old Capitol Theatre and the Ou Raadsaal (Old Government) building.
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One of the last large city halls to be built in South Africa, and the second city hall to be built in South Africa. The design was as a result of a winning competition entry by J Lockwood Hall, the other design entries can be seen in a dossier at the Sammy Marx Library. The Building was commissioned after it was felt the growing city of Pretoria would make better use of a larger and grander public gathering space. Although it was said that it was built in the 1930's, during the depression, partly to create jobs.
Fountains Circle
Fountains Circle is one of the most well known entrances to the south of Pretoria. It serves as a welcoming point for visitors to the city and the new design is to serve as a celebration for hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup ® and Pretoria as the capital of the country. The original fountains were installed to celebrate the centenary of the city in 1955.
Freedom Park is situated on Salvokop in Pretoria. It includes a memorial with a list of the names of those killed in the South African Wars, World War I, World War II as well as during the apartheid era. Freedom Park celebrates South Africa's heritage. It is a centre of knowledge aimed at deepening the understanding of the nation. It strives to accommodate all of the country's experiences and symbols to tell one coherent story.
Jacaranda trees
From late September to middle November, Jacarandas bloom all over Pretoria and turn the face of the city purple. It is estimated that there are almost 70 000 Jacarandas growing around the many streets, parks and gardens of Pretoria. Jacaranda trees are not indigenous to South Africa and was introduced from Brazil to South Africa in 1829. It is seen as an invader tree but existing Jacarandas do not have to be eradicated.
Pretoria Art Museum
The Pretoria Art Museum is an art gallery located in Arcadia, Pretoria. The museum in Arcadia Park occupies an entire city block bounded by Park, Wessels, Schoeman and Johann Streets. The Museum was established to house the City Council of Pretoria's Art Collection, built up since the 1930s.
Pretoria is home to an extensive portfolio of public art. Pretoria boasts a vibrant art scene and a variety of works that range from sculptures to murals to pieces by international and local artists.
Tshwane wildlife
Tshwane is an African city boasting two nature reserves with big game such as rhino, antelope, lion and giraffe close to the city centre and a third, on the city boundaries, boasting the Big 5. Green belts, wetlands and special natural park sanctuaries within the city also cater for birding enthusiasts. Dining options within these reserves abound to satisfy the tastes of the nature lover with a penchant for fine dining.
Tswaing Crater
Located about 40km northwest of Pretoria, Tswaing is a 1 946 hectare conservation area that is home to a meteorite impact crater and surrounding wetland, as well as the remains of an old salt factory. Tswaing, which means "place of salt" in Setswana, is the site where a meteorite half a football field in size slammed into the Earth 220 000 years ago, forming a crater 1.4km in diameter and 200m deep.
Union Buildings
Pretoria's Union Buildings, the official seat of the national government, house the offices of the South African president and are located atop the Meintjieskop in the Arcadia suburb of Tshwane. An important South African heritage site, the impressive building is surrounded by pretty terraced gardens that offer panoramic views over the city.
The majestic Voortrekker Monument is situated in the northern part of South Africa in the Pretoria (Tshwane) region in a nature reserve. It is a unique Monument which commemorates the Pioneer history of Southern Africa and the history of the Afrikaner and is situated in a beautiful setting. Today it is the most visited heritage site of its kind in Gauteng and one of the top ten cultural historical visitor attractions in the country.


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Cask & Larder Chef/Owner James Petrakis stopped by The Daily Buzz this morning to share our popular Crispy Brussels Sprouts recipe with a national television audience. To add a Thanksgiving flare, Chef added some fresh pomegranates to the Brussels. He also shared a holiday themed cocktail featuring pomegranate arils, "The Secret Garden." Watch him demo both below and we've also included the recipes so you can impress everyone at Thanksgiving this year!
We recently picked up this new toy from our friends at Oskar Blues Brewery. Not only has it provided nonstop entertainment, as of Thursday, Nov. 13, Cask & Larder will be selling 32-ounce crowlers of beer to-go. Stop by and check out the new crowler setup and grab a couple to-go while you're here!


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HomeBusinessTVS Motor Company registers 10% growth with sales of 278,855 units in July 2021
TVS Motor Company registers 10% growth with sales of 278,855 units in July 2021
PTIUpdated: Monday, August 02, 2021, 03:51 PM IST
Two-Wheeler total two-wheelers registered a growth of 8 percent with sales of 262,728 units in July 2021 as against sales of 243,788 units in July 2020. |
TVS Motor Company registered a growth of 10 percent with sales of 278,855 units in July 2021 as against sales of 252,744 units in the month of July 2020.
Total two-wheelers registered a growth of 8 percent with sales of 262,728 units in July 2021 as against sales of 243,788 units in July 2020.
Domestic two-wheeler registered sales of 175,169 units in July 2021 as against sales of 189,647 units in July 2020. Motorcycle registered sales of 138,772 units in July 2021 as against sales of 106,062 units in July 2020.
Scooter sales registered 74,351 units in July 2021 as against sales of 78,603 units in July 2020.
Three-wheeler sales registered a growth of 80 percent with sales of 16,127 units in July 2021 as against sales of 8,956 units in July 2020
The company's total exports registered a growth of 65 percent with sales of 103,133 units in the month of July 2021 as against 62,389 units in July 2020. Two-wheeler exports registered a growth of 62 percent with sales of 87,559 units in July 2021 as against sales of 54,141 units in July 2020.
The demand in the export market continues to be robust, and container availability is improving. "We are optimistic of further improvement in container availability in the coming months," the company said in a statement.
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It was a successful inhouse contest full of passhion.
TM Kakinuma has done a good job as the contest chair!
The winner's tall tales speech was very humoraous and it was a real tall tale!
We enjoyed all the contest speeches very much!
We had a great result at Area 23 Table Topic Contest whitch was held at Aoyama Life Long Learning Center on October 6th,2012. The representatives of KeyForce won 1st place and 3rd place!
Raphael will proceed to Division Contest whitch will be held on October 21th at Ikegami Kaikan.
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Gladys Osborne Leonard & Her Curious Term of Endearment
Posted on 10 March 2014, 10:49
Gladys Osborne Leonard (1882 – 1968) is considered one of the greatest trance mediums in the annals of psychical research. She was referred to as "England's white crow" and the "British Mrs. Piper." Some of the very best evidence for the survival of consciousness after death came through her mediumship. Yet, I recently came across something that made me both curious and a little suspicious.
In reading the transcripts of communication from Rolf Little, a soldier who died during World War I, to his mother through Mrs. Leonard, (below) I was puzzled by the fact that Rolf occasionally addressed his mother as "darling." While I had recognized the use of this term of endearment between spouses and also directed from parent to child, I had never before heard a son call his mother by such an affectionate term.
What made me especially suspicious was another transcript in which Claude Kelway-Bamber, also communicating through Mrs. Leonard, called his mother "darling." That might be enough for a debunker to cry "fraud" and for a parapsychologist to say it was all coming from Mrs. Leonard's subconscious, not from spirits of the dead.
I wondered if such a term of endearment might be common in England or have been more common in the early 1900s, when the communication took place. I discussed it with Dr. Howard Jones, a British educator and scientist, who said he had never heard it applied to a parent by a child.
After pondering on it for awhile, the explanation dawned on me. As psychical researchers came to understand, the spirit communicator impresses an "idea" on the mind of the medium, while the medium's subconscious mind puts words to the idea. Thus, both Rolf and Claude may have communicated special affection toward their mothers, that when filtered through Mrs. Leonard's brain, came out "darling." With another medium, it might have come out "mother dear."
Communicating through the renowned automatic writing medium Geraldine Cummins, Frederic W. H. Myers, a pioneering psychical researcher who died in 1901, stated: "We communicate an impression through the inner mind of the medium. It receives the impression in a curious way. It has to contribute to the body of the message; we furnish the spirit of it. In other words, we send the thoughts and the words usually in which they must be framed, but the actual letters or spelling of the words are drawn from the medium's memory. Sometimes we only send the thoughts and the medium's unconscious mind clothes them in words."
Professor James Hyslop, another pioneering researcher, explained it this way: "We do not know in detail all that goes on, but we can conceive that a mental picture in the mind of a communicator is transmitted, perhaps telepathically, to the psychic (medium) or to the control. Even though we do not know how this occurs, we can understand why the message takes the form that it does in the mind of the psychic and why the whole process assumes the form of a description of visual, or a report of auditory images…It is apparent that the pictographic process introduces into the communication various sources of mistake and confusion, and thus explains much that the ordinary man with his view of the messages cannot understand. Mental pictures have to be interpreted, either by the control or by the subconscious of the psychic, probably by both."
The "control" referred to by Hyslop, is the "medium" on the Other side. As it has been explained, very few spirits have the ability to communicate directly through a trance medium. Thus, a medium is needed on that side as well. Mrs. Leonard "control" was called Feda, said to be an ancestor and her guide. Feda would get the message from Rolf, Claude, or whoever was communicating, and then impress the idea on Mrs. Leonard's brain. In effect, there were four parties – the spirit communicator (Rolf, Claude, etc.) , the spirit control (Feda), the medium (Mrs. Leonard), and the "sitter" (Rolf and Claude's mothers).
Indications were that Feda got the message telepathically from the spirit communicators on their side of the veil, and that she sometimes misinterpreted what they were saying. Thus, there was distortion even before it was impressed upon Mrs. Leonard's brain. But then the message could be further distorted as it was filtered through her brain. Nevertheless, the gist or essence of the messages usually got through, even if the words came from Mrs. Leonard's vocabulary.
In 1917, the Rev Charles Drayton Thomas, a respected psychical researcher and Methodist minister, began studying Mrs. Leonard's mediumship. He quickly made contact with his deceased father, John D. Thomas, and his deceased sister, Etta, receiving much veridical information proving their identities. However, he wondered why they had such difficulty in giving their names and the names of others. The discarnate Thomas explained to his son the difficulties involved in communicating names: "One cannot sometimes get the names right. If I wish to speak about a man named "Meadow," I may try that name and find that "Meadow" is not spoken rightly by Feda. So I then wait and try to insert the idea of a green field, connecting it with the idea of the man described. We always try for a definite thing which will tell you exactly what we mean; but if we are unable to do that, we have to get as near to it as we can. Sometimes we have to depend upon slender links in giving you the clue."
As another example, the discarnate Thomas mentioned that when he tried to get the name "Jerusalem" through Feda, she gave the word "Zion" instead. Etta explained to her brother that it was much easier to send ideas to Feda than it was to send words. She said that she could not get her husband's name, "Whitfield," through Feda. "Is it not strange that I cannot say my husband's name?" she asked . "I can feel it, but cannot say it; that is, I cannot get it spoken. I get it on the surface, so to speak, but cannot get it into the medium's mind."
At a sitting four months later, Etta again attempted to get her husband's name through, but only succeeded in getting the medium to say, "Wh, Whi-, Whit-". Etta further explained to her brother that the more she tried to think on the name, the more difficult it was to get it through the medium's brain, adding that she could not control the medium's power of expression. "One may get a word into her mind and yet be unable to make her express it," she explained. "Because it is in the mind, it does not follow that her brain will take it. Unless the ideas in the mind are tapped on to the actual brain, one cannot express them."
Thomas noticed that Feda could more easily catch a first syllable than a whole name, but sometimes she would catch only the first letter, which he understood was pictured for her by the communicator. When one communicating entity tried to get the word 'Greek' through, Feda struggled with "G-, Gre-, Grek, Greg, Greeg."
Thomas further observed that when Feda had latitude in the selection of words, e.g. "Zion" for "Jerusalem," communication was easier. However, when it came to proper names, this alternative was not always possible. The discarnate Thomas also told his son that when he entered the conditions of a sitting his memory would divide into its former earthly conditions of conscious and subconscious. Thus, the same forgetfulness he might have had when in the flesh with regard to names and other things still existed on his side of the veil.
Soon after his death in 1925, Sir William Barrett, (below) a physicist and also a pioneering psychical researcher, began communicating with his wife, Dr. Florence Barrett, through Mrs. Leonard. Lady Barrett wondered why her deceased husband got the name William through, and not "Will," as she had called him and as he had called himself. Also, he addressed her as "Florence,' although he had called her "Flo" when alive. The formality of it made her question whether it was in fact her deceased husband communicating, even though he provided some very evidential information which she concluded no one else could have known.
On November 5, 1929, Sir William explained: "When I come into the conditions of a sitting I then know that I can only carry with me – contain in me – a small portion of my consciousness. The easiest things to lay hold of are what we may call ideas. [However], a detached word, a proper name, has no link with a train of thought except in the detached sense; that is far more difficult than any other feat of memory or association of ideas. If you go to a medium that is new to us, I can make myself known by giving you through that medium an impression of my character and personality, my work on earth, and so forth. Those can all be suggested by thought, impressions, ideas."
Sir William went on to explain that it is extremely difficult to get his nickname through because it is a detached word "If I wanted to express an idea of my scientific interests I could do it in twenty different ways. I should probably begin by showing books, then giving impressions of the nature of the book and so on, till I had built up a character impression of myself." But single, detached words, he reiterated, were a real problem.
With all that in mind, it is not difficult to understand why Rolf and Claude called their mothers "darling." But I suspect that the "skeptics" might find it difficult to comprehend.
Michael Tymn is the author of The Afterlife Revealed: What Happens After We Die is published by White Crow Books. His latest book, Resurrecting Leonora Piper: How Science Discovered the Afterlife is now available on Amazon and other online book stores.
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Parijat,
Thank you for your comment, although I must confess that I found it a bit confusing.
This type of trance mediumship is rarely found these days, so I'm not sure to whom the suggestions would be made. However, it is not so simple, since the medium doesn't coordinate with her control as easily as you seem to see it. Nor does the control have the opportunity to have an advance meeting with the communicator to coordinate their signals.
Michael Tymn, Thu 28 Aug, 20:07
I would sincerely like to contact the author of this blog so as to convey him my idea of communication of specific words when they are difficult to get through.
I think a little operational efficiency can be introduced into this communication by standardizations.
By standardization means when the "word" is difficult to be impressed upon, but idea is easier or a picture thereof, Why dont we transmit individual letters to difficult words and use some specific sign to state that now its time to get the pen and jot down the words so their first letters compose the desired word? And upon completion there would be another stadard idea that now again communication can go back to words or sentences.
My idea is.
***communication going on***
***difficult word "John Doe" needs to be transmitted***
****medium gets standard Start Lettering Idea = suppose a lighted candle/bulb or…a typewriter ...(we can agree on which to use on this and mediums and their controls can discus this beforehand)***
****medium(or the control) states its time to start letterring***
****medium is transmitted the ideas of Jackal/Jesus, Orange, Hen , Night/ Ninja (some symbol to give a space) Dove/Donkey, Orange, Elephant****
****medium is transmitted the extinguished candle/bulb or a broken typewriter to state its time to stop letterring***
****communication continues****
My idea depends on a simple fact, words are formed with letters. If we use very simple ideas that are standard, very common, and often can be transitted and interpreted with not much effort——- then linked them each with a letter…any word transmission will be a piece of cake.
These ideas can be get from any common kintergarden alphabet book.
I would really like to communicate with the author in this if mediums can adopt this method.
parijat parijat, Wed 27 Aug, 19:05
Jack,
I gather that names are much easier with the old table-tilting method as well, although the messages were much slower. It is my understanding that they do not involve the spirit "control," and that one of the reasons for the spirit control is to keep out low-level spirits, which, I understand, is quite a problem with the Ouija board. The various forms of mediumship do seem to have their pluses and minuses.
Bernd, although I have read all of the Findlay books, I did not recall the term "darling" being used in them. That is interesting. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Thus, it may very well have been the intended term of endearment, although I still favor of the theory that the word came from Mrs. Leonard's vocabulary.
Amos, Richard, Jane, and Karen, thank you for your contributions to the discussion.
Michael Tymn, Sat 22 Mar, 23:18
People who use a "ouija" board do not seem to have problems with names;even with Polish names that have a bunch of consonants and very few vowels.
This must have been examined by psychic researchers but unfortunately I have not seen any explanation.
i.e what is stopping a medium from switching to a "ouija" board (or table tipping)when she has a problem?
Perhaps you can point me in the right direction
Thanks for a fascinating web site
jack, Fri 21 Mar, 15:39
Could this just be as simple as impersonation?....how many times have the spirits been caught out? If for example we listen to the recordings of Lesley Flint we see this happen time and time again and yet the communicators seem to be of the opinion that it is the message that counts…not the identity of the spirit that may be sending it. Could this be something to do with the soul group concept that has been suggested many times or could this have (as Joe Fisher seemed to suggest) something to do with kalma? Finally, could these…..dread to suggest be low level spirits or worse demons?.....as always there seems to be more questions than answers. Finally, however, one thing I would very much discount in these circumstances is sub conscience… how would true mediums know so many intimate details about sitters or be able to so accurately predict events through sub conscience alone?.... just my two penneth..
Richard, Sun 16 Mar, 11:17
Michael, I would like to share another example of or a visual image used by Pearl Curran. At one time she was describing her 'visual accompaniments" to the words of Patience Worth and said, "Now this is strange, for I see myrtles. It is a flowering tree and I get 'myrtles' It is pink and it is white, and it trembles on the air—-all on stems—-like little feathers on the tree, and they tremble in the air. It is creepy—-not petals like this (after which she drew a picture.)
Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, who thoroughly investigated the Patience Worth case, tried to identify the 'myrtles'Pearl had described but all he could find in the encyclopedia was a Mediterranean Myrtle, of a plant habit, color and form really not exactly like the myrtle described by Pearl Curran.
What Pearl was describing was Lagerstroemia Indica, a plant called 'Crepe Myrtle, a small tree with pink, white and rose inflorescence like crepe paper introduced to England from China in 1759 and subsequently brought to the Carolinas around 1786 where it flourished and eventually was planted throughout the Southern United States. Pearl would have known this small tree when she was in Texas and there are some growing in the St. Louis area where she lived but they do not achieve a tree form in the colder climes. The tree would not blossom in England or in New England, where Patience reportedly lived, as the winters were too cold for it to bloom and survive as a tree.
So the Crepe Myrtle was not brought to England or the United States until after Patience Worth lived on Earth in the later 1600s and since is does not bloom in colder climates, Patience Worth would not have known it. Neither would Dr. Prince, as he also was from New England. But Pearl certainly would have seen them as a child and young adult in the late 1800s living in Texas. (I have grown them in Illinois where they form a small bush subject to freezing in the winter.)
Dr. Prince tried to make the description of the 'Mediterranean Myrtle' fit the description given by Pearl. But he was woefully off-base and tried to use this as an example that Pearl had not consulted reference books to learn about the Myrtle. What Pearl was seeing in her mind was the Myrtle she had seen in Texas and Missouri and perhaps stored in her subconscious. That is, this imagery was coming from Pearl Curran, not from Patience Worth although apparently there must have been some trigger (perhaps from Patience) that brought that image forward into Pearl's conscious mind. - AOD
Amos Oliver Doyle, Tue 11 Mar, 15:36
Hi Michael,I am just reading Arthur Findlay`s book "Where two worlds meet",and here the expression "darling mother",or "darling father" is quite common in communications between children and their deceased parents.As the medium, John Campbell Sloan, was a direct voice medium,and Findlays books were written between 1930 and 1950,the use of such a term of endearment seems not at all unusual or suspect.
bernd, Tue 11 Mar, 09:05
Hi, Mike,
I so appreciate your writing about such topics!
Since I became a bit of a medium for Elisabeth Targ, I understand how terms such as "my darling," "beloved," "sweetheart," "dear one," "my love, and "joy of my heart" could all be interchanged. For me, it's because of the feeling I would receive, rather than words. I feel the same warmly open-hearted, unconditional, expansive loving from her (in spirit) as I experience from my mother and former partner, who are also in spirit. Once it's no longer a question of physical sexual loving, the radiant full-on powerful unconditional loving feeling is the same. If I were channeling a message from a spirit where the information kept coming on rapidly, as it does, (from a spirit who is no longer one gender or age or another,) I would just express the quickest term for that concept that came to my mind. I would not have time to adjust the word to the appropriate term for the person-to-person ego loving as it was when the spirit was incarnated. Their love for us here, once they've dropped their bodies, is full-on soul love, and it's difficult to capture that in words.
Jane Katra, Mon 10 Mar, 23:57
It was interesting to note the comment from the spirit on the other side that "when one entered the conditions of the sitting there's a memory divide into it's formerly earthy conditions of conscious and unconscious. "Thus the same forgetfulness he might have had when in the flesh with regard to names and other things still existed on his side of the veil." He was speaking of forgetting names and Freud stated that whatever you "forget" is an unconscious issue. So it would seem from that statement that one takes their unconscious issues with them once they leave earth. I believe that is true which is a good reason to have therapy on earth in order to clear as much as possible of our unconscious issues so we don't take our "baggage" over there. A good book that tells about us working on ourselves between lives if Journey of Souls by Michael Newton, PhD. I thoroughly enjoyed it and realized there are spirits on the other side who do therapy there also. Blessings to all and thanks for this story Mike…Karen
Karen Herrick PhD, Mon 10 Mar, 20:53
Very good explanation Michael.
It is likely that the language of the spirit world is not English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian etc. etc. but more reasonably a language of pure thought transmitted by symbols, that is, a kind of visual image of some sort impressed upon the soul entity. As I recall, a good example of a medium using symbols to convey thoughts is George Anderson who apparently routinely uses religious images stored in his own conscious or subconscious mind and movie titles and themes which apparently he regularly watches, to convey ideas and impressions from spirits. Pearl Curran who transmitted words from Patience Worth also explained how she saw visual images and scenes, some of which she actually entered into prior to transmitting words related to the scenes from Patience Worth. She did claim that she actually heard the words of Patience interpreting those scenes. Maybe that was Pearl Curran's special gift in that she could actually get words in addition to images and of course that was what Patience Worth was all about—-her words.
But for less talented mediums it is the medium who supplies the words which may or may not be an exact interpretation of the image or symbol she 'sees'. I think some 'wiggle-room' should be allowed for mediums who are doing the best they can with the gift they are given, to whatever degree, to communicate with spirits.
It may be that relationships change once seen from a higher perspective. And relationships which we may think to be so endearing here on earth, from a higher perspective may not carry the same emotion, that is, those who may have been a lover, spouse or child in this life may have played many different roles in other lives and from a higher perspective the totality of the relationship(s) is known. Therefore a more formal address may seem more appropriate.
I too think names are very difficult to convey by symbols, for instance what would be the symbol or image for 'Clarence' or 'Eunice' or any number of uncommon or ethnic names. What symbol would be given for 'Flo' or 'Will'? Well, I could give an image of Will Shakespeare but probably the medium would interpret that as 'William'. (The medium of course would have to have an image of Shakespeare in her memory banks to give an interpretation.) I am stumped to think of an image for 'Flo'. After all, if one has lived many lives, names become less important in the spirit world than they are in this one. - AOD
Amos Oliver Doyle, Mon 10 Mar, 16:03
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