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11 Cloud ERP Software Options
Tuesday Apr 12th 2016 by Drew Robb
Often used for two-tier ERP deployments, cloud ERP software is increasingly popular. Here are 11 cloud ERP vendors that satisfy a variety of ERP needs.
Enterprise Apps Today recently covered what the top four ERP vendors in terms of overall market share - SAP, Oracle, Infor and Microsoft - are doing with cloud ERP software. But companies such as NetSuite, Epicor, FinancialForce, Acumanica - which are among the pioneers of cloud-based ERP - are also highly active in the market.
ERP in the cloud has been gaining momentum as companies look for ways to reduce the upfront costs of ERP systems, speed up deployment times and make it easier to customize software for their individual needs. Unlike traditional ERP systems, which are installed on servers and hardware located on a company's premises, cloud-based ERP is installed on third-party servers and software and delivered via a cloud computing model.
Cloud and Two-tier ERP Model
A two-tier ERP model in which companies run more than one ERP system, often a primary one at headquarters and additional cloud ERP services at subsidiaries, is popular with many customers of cloud ERP vendors.
"The predominant model is to have an on-premise ERP supported by cloud-based ERP, as many have invested millions of dollars and thousands of hours in on-premise ERP systems. So they are understandably reluctant to rip them out," said Craig Sullivan, senior vice president of Enterprise and International Products, NetSuite. "But to expand quickly to new markets and be able to adapt to change, they need ERP systems that can be deployed in months, not years, and that can grow with their business, which is why they are adding cloud-based systems."
More than just introducing new features, two-tier ERP is about making business units more agile and helping them explore new opportunities, he said. Companies that are spun out by a divestiture, for example, are re-launching their businesses on cloud ERP solutions.
Similarly, fast-growing new businesses typically began in the cloud and don't plan to leave any time soon. Rather than a two-tier ERP strategy, they use a single code base and a single instance of cloud ERP software.
Short List of Cloud ERP Vendors
Let's look at what 11 cloud ERP vendors are offering:
Kenandy
NetSuite unifies CRM, e-commerce, inventory and order management into one cloud ERP software suite. More than 30,000 organizations use it worldwide, giving credence to its claim to be the number one cloud ERP product. Unlike late-comers to cloud ERP like SAP and Oracle, it was built for the cloud from the start and incorporates real-time analytics.
"Typically our customers are running legacy on-premise systems like Oracle or SAP at headquarters and using NetSuite as the core system for subsidiaries and more nimble startup-like organizations, which feed the core financial data back to headquarters," said Sullivan.
For example, Shaw Industries, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and the world's largest carpet manufacturer with more than $4 billion in annual sales, uses NetSuite OneWorld in a two-tier ERP model, running a new 210,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Nantong, China, and managing 10 international subsidiaries. The Chinese plant, which opened this year, is on NetSuite OneWorld for financials, financial consolidations and reporting, order management, inventory management, manufacturing and purchasing, while headquarters in the U.S. uses an on-premise ERP instance.
Epicor ERP can be deployed in a multi-tenant or single-tenant cloud, or on premise, but the architecture employs the same code base regardless of how a company decides to use it. Recent enhancements include expanded country-specific functionality and better compliance capabilities. It is also finding its way into organizations, at times, as a second tier of ERP.
"Some companies view a two-tier ERP strategy as an audition to see if they even need their legacy ERP platform," said Craig Downing, senior director of Product Marketing, Epicor. "Businesses are starting to look at tradeoffs of ERP systems and evaluating whether a system purchased 10 years ago has everything they need to run their business today."
He thinks many businesses venture into the cloud in a two-tier ERP set-up to make sure their deployment is cost effective and provides what they need before jettisoning on-premise software in favor of all-cloud ERP software.
"We are seeing less urgency for bridging the cloud and on-premises systems as companies continue to be anxious to redesign many of their enterprise workloads to leverage the pervasiveness of cloud- deployed solutions," he said. "For many companies, the last time they purchased an ERP platform, there was no iPhone. But with the advancements in technology, larger companies are starting to ask about moving their ERP system to the cloud; something that could not be done previously with their legacy platform."
FinancialForce's software uses the Salesforce App Cloud. Its suite includes financial management, professional services automation and human capital management (HCM). The latest release of its financial management application permits tailoring of accounts data entry, 360-degree customer views and collaboration features, built-in intercompany reconciliation and automated elimination entries.
Acumatica Cloud ERP and Cloud Accounting are aimed at small and medium businesses. The software can run on iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac or Linux, making BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) initiatives easy to implement. It includes modules for financial management, distribution, manufacturing, project accounting and customer management.
In addition, it has integrated its cloud ERP software suite with document management (DM), something normally only found in large enterprise deployments. When a production batch or shipment is flagged for recall, therefore, the integration of ERP and DM makes it possible to facilitate immediate communication with retailers, manufacturers and customers to expedite the process.
Plex focuses on the manufacturing sector. Its Plex Manufacturing Cloud platform addresses the management of manufacturing operations via modules for accounting, financials, customer management, sales, programs, scheduling, HCM, inventory, production, quality control and supply chain.
Rootstock is another provider of cloud ERP solutions for the manufacturing and distribution sectors. While it gravitates more toward discrete manufacturers, it also serves tiny operations of five or more users, up to large organizations with many sites and hundreds of users. Its product suite comprises a large series of modules, which can be deployed alone or in tandem with others. These include production engineering, inventory, lot and serial control, material requirements planning, capacity planning, scheduling and shop floor control.
Kenandy is another of the growing legion of cloud ERP software companies that makes its applications accessible via any device. It stresses speed of implementation, ease of use and flexibility, with core processes addressed being quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay, planning and production, global financials and trade promotion management. It allows the user to create dashboards to view the business on one screen.
Aptean's ERP software has evolved courtesy of acquisitions of former competitors like Consona and Compiere. It provides CRM, ERP, supply chain management, business intelligence, manufacturing execution and more. On the ERP side, its portfolio includes Ross Supply Chain Management, Intuitive ERP, Made2Manage ERP, Axis ERP, Ross ERP, Encompix ERP, CimNet ERP, DTR ERP and Compiere ERP. Each caters to a different niche, with Compiere being the primary cloud-ready option.
Unit4 Business World cloud ERP is aimed at service-centric organizations in the public and private sectors. It stresses easy growth, the ability to add acquired companies, and divest divisions and product lines quickly with the promise of reduced operational costs and eliminated inefficiency.
Ramco ERP on Cloud has plenty of modules: finance and accounting, sales and distribution, inventory and procurement, production, quality management, project management, maintenance management, HCM and dealer management. It also includes the Ramco VirtualWorks enterprise application assembly and delivery platform. All functions can be accessed via browser from a laptop, mobile phone or tablet.
Workday's scope is specific to financial management, HCM, expenses, recruiting, time tracking, payroll, procurement and professional services. As such, it may not span everything a manufacturing or distribution business may need, but it covers a lot of cloud ERP bases just the same. Everything is available in one unified platform in the cloud.
Drew Robb is a freelance writer specializing in technology and engineering. Currently living in Florida, he is originally from Scotland, where he received a degree in geology and geography from the University of Strathclyde. He is the author of Server Disk Management in a Windows Environment (CRC Press).
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Review: Beauty Queen – 'Real Life'
by Kevin Flick | Jul 30, 2021 | Reviews, Singles, SoundCloud
Beauty Queen – Real Life (SoundCloud)
Beauty Queen released their first single of 2021 called Real Life. Katie Iannitello fronts the project, with Henry Moser as the producer (you might know him from Henry Nowhere, and as the bassist for Day Wave). This is arguably their best work yet.
The approach to the production on this single is noticeably different than their previous work. The low-end of the song isn't filtered out, and there's less tape warp. This song fill the spectrum, full of color. If you're looking for a mix to be inspired by, look no further. Henry's production is brilliant.
Real Life opens with an airy synth on the left and gently on the right as the vocals come in. A bass groove is doubled, two takes panned on the left and right. The drums have a really tight sound, with the mics panned close to center to blend as one instrument.
Slide guitar comes in during the second half of the song, sounding perfect for the mix. Warm guitar melodies enter at just the right times, and an acoustic guitar gives texture, becoming prominent for a measure as everything fades away. Synth pads gently fill the space without covering things, delayed perfectly behind the mix. Little synth melodies float in and out, giving the song detail that you hear on repeated listens. I'm quite certain they bounced the song to tape, giving it a natural compression that acts like glue.
You threw it away so easy
You don't take it personally
You just let it be
Doesn't mean that you have a better hold on things
Just cause you threw it away so easy
Beauty Queen – Real Life
Looking at how Katie's vocals are layered, one track is saturated, likely tape saturation, and the other track is produced cleanly so you can hear her vocals distinctly. You hear a little chorus mixed in at times to thicken the voice. The saturated layer comes in lightly, and becomes more prominent in the chorus. This is a similar approach Day Wave uses on his vocals, though Katie's are more saturated.
The lyrics are confrontational and written to her dad, and how his choices have affected her. She wrote on Instagram, "This song is for my dad, for your dad, for your barista, for a beautiful landscape, for a good laugh, bad cry, fun times and all the relationships you have."
If this is any indication of where Beauty Queen are headed, I couldn't be more excited. I have enjoyed her previous work immensely. This song is written and produced extremely well.
Beauty Queen discography
Hope It's You single, 2021
Same Old Story single, 2021
Real Life single, 2021
Christmas At The Zoo single, 2020
Where Do We Go single, 2020
Sweet Memory (Magdalena Bay Remix) single, 2020
Sweet Memory / Two of Us EP, 2020
Out of Touch EP, 2019
Blue by You (demo) single, 2017
Yes Please (demo) single, 2017
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Q: I am getting error when I compile this code Problem Description
What is the problem in this code? I am getting an error. Please help me.
MWE:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=0.6 in,bottom=0.6 in,left=0.6 in,right=0.6 in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\large
\begin{equation}
\begin{align*}
 \lambda&=\dfrac{Gr_{x}}{R_{e}^2}   &   \widetilde{N}&=\dfrac{Gr_{x}^{\ast}}{Gr_{x}} \\[3ex]
 Gr_{x}&=\dfrac{g\beta_{T}\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)x^{3}}{\nu^{2}}       &   Gr_{x}^{\ast}&=\dfrac{g\beta_{C}\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)x^{3}}{\nu^{2}}\\[3ex]
 M^{2}&=\dfrac{\sigma\,B_{0}^{2}}{a\,\rho\, x^{n-1}}   &   Nr&=\dfrac{16\sigma^{\ast}}{3k^{\ast}}\,\dfrac{T^{3}_{\infty}}{k_{2}} \\[3ex]
 \dfrac{1}{Pr}&=\dfrac{k_{2}}{\rho c_{p}}       &   A&=\dfrac{b}{a}\\[3ex]
S_{c}&=\dfrac{\nu}{D_{B}}   &   \dfrac{1}{k_{1}}&=\dfrac{\mu \phi}{k'}\\[3ex]
 S_{r}&=\dfrac{D_{m}\,k_{T}\,\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)}{\alpha_{m}\,C_{p}\,C_{s}\,\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)}      &   D_{f}&=\dfrac{D_{m}\,k_{T}\,\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)}{\alpha_{m}\,C_{p}\,C_{s}\,\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)}
\end{align*}
\end{equation}
\end{document}

A: This should work:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=0.6 in,bottom=0.6 in,left=0.6 in,right=0.6 in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\large
\begin{align}
 \lambda&=\dfrac{Gr_{x}}{R_{e}^2}   &   \widetilde{N}&=\dfrac{Gr_{x}^{\ast}}{Gr_{x}} \\[3ex]
 Gr_{x}&=\dfrac{g\beta_{T}\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)x^{3}}{\nu^{2}}       &   Gr_{x}^{\ast}&=\dfrac{g\beta_{C}\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)x^{3}}{\nu^{2}}\\[3ex]
 M^{2}&=\dfrac{\sigma\,B_{0}^{2}}{a\,\rho\, x^{n-1}}   &   Nr&=\dfrac{16\sigma^{\ast}}{3k^{\ast}}\,\dfrac{T^{3}_{\infty}}{k_{2}} \\[3ex]
 \dfrac{1}{Pr}&=\dfrac{k_{2}}{\rho c_{p}}       &   A&=\dfrac{b}{a}\\[3ex]
S_{c}&=\dfrac{\nu}{D_{B}}   &   \dfrac{1}{k_{1}}&=\dfrac{\mu \phi}{k'}\\[3ex]
 S_{r}&=\dfrac{D_{m}\,k_{T}\,\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)}{\alpha_{m}\,C_{p}\,C_{s}\,\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)}      &   D_{f}&=\dfrac{D_{m}\,k_{T}\,\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)}{\alpha_{m}\,C_{p}\,C_{s}\,\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)}
\end{align}
\end{document}

Removing \begin{equation}, \end{equation} environment and changing align* to align fixes everything.

If you want them singularly vertical:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,top=0.6 in,bottom=0.6 in,left=0.6 in,right=0.6 in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\large

\begin{align}
 \lambda=\dfrac{Gr_{x}}{R_{e}^2}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 \widetilde{N}=\dfrac{Gr_{x}^{\ast}}{Gr_{x}}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 Gr_{x}=\dfrac{g\beta_{T}\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)x^{3}}{\nu^{2}}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 Gr_{x}^{\ast}=\dfrac{g\beta_{C}\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)x^{3}}{\nu^{2}}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 M^{2}=\dfrac{\sigma\,B_{0}^{2}}{a\,\rho\, x^{n-1}}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 Nr=\dfrac{16\sigma^{\ast}}{3k^{\ast}}\,\dfrac{T^{3}_{\infty}}{k_{2}}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 \dfrac{1}{Pr}=\dfrac{k_{2}}{\rho c_{p}}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 A=\dfrac{b}{a}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 S_{c}=\dfrac{\nu}{D_{B}}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 \dfrac{1}{k_{1}}=\dfrac{\mu \phi}{k'}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 S_{r}=\dfrac{D_{m}\,k_{T}\,\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)}{\alpha_{m}\,C_{p}\,C_{s}\,\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)}
\end{align}

\begin{align}
 D_{f}=\dfrac{D_{m}\,k_{T}\,\left(T_{w}-T_{\infty}\right)}{\alpha_{m}\,C_{p}\,C_{s}\,\left(C_{w}-C_{\infty}\right)}
\end{align}
\end{document}

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Q: Solving $A''(x)=f(x) A(x)$  via Numerical Methods I was looking speedy and simple algorithm to solve second order differential equation in numarical way. I thought an idea to solve it via geometrical equalities.
See my approach to the problem
$$A''(x)=f(x) A(x)$$  I will try to solve $A'(1)$ via numerical method.
Initial condition $A'(0)=y(0)=k$  and $A(0)=0$
$$A(x)=\int _0^x y(x) dx$$
$$A''(x)=y'(x) $$
$$y'(x)=f(x) A(x)$$
$A(x)$  is total area of $y(x)$ from $0$ to $x$
$y'(x)$ is $tan(\alpha)$ on $x$
If we divide n point between $0$ and $1$
for x=1/n
$y'(1/n)$~$\frac{y(\frac{1}{n})-y(0))}{(1/n)}$
$A(1/n)$~$y(0)\frac{1}{n}$
if $y'(x)=f(x)A(x)$  then $\frac{y(\frac{1}{n})-y(0))}{(1/n)}=y(0)f(\frac{1}{n})\frac{1}{n}$
$y(1/n)=y(0)[\frac{1}{n^2}f(\frac{1}{n})+1]$
for x=2/n
$y'(2/n)$~$\frac{y(\frac{2}{n})-y(\frac{1}{n}))}{(1/n)}$
$A(2/n)$~$y(0)\frac{1}{n}+y(\frac{1}{n})\frac{1}{n}$
if $y'(x)=f(x)A(x)$  then $\frac{y(\frac{2}{n})-y(\frac{1}{n}))}{(1/n)}=f(\frac{2}{n})y(0)\frac{1}{n}+f(\frac{2}{n})y(\frac{1}{n})\frac{1}{n}$
$y(2/n)=y(\frac{1}{n})[\frac{1}{n^2}f(\frac{2}{n})+1]+f(\frac{2}{n})y(0)\frac{1}{n^2}$
for x=3/n
$y(3/n)=y(\frac{2}{n})[\frac{1}{n^2}f(\frac{3}{n})+1]+f(\frac{3}{n})y(\frac{1}{n})\frac{1}{n^2}+f(\frac{3}{n})y(0)\frac{1}{n^2}$
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for x=n/n=1
$A'(1)=y(1)=y(\frac{n-1}{n})[\frac{1}{n^2}f(1)+1]+f(1)y(\frac{n-2}{n})\frac{1}{n^2}+f(1)y(\frac{n-3}{n})\frac{1}{n^2}+....+f(1)y(0)\frac{1}{n^2}$
if we increase n, I think we will be near to value.
Is my approach correct or not?
 I don't have matlab or other tool to simulate how successfull the idea to solve the equation. Could you please also share  your experiences and theories about numerical methods to solve such second order differantial equations?
Thanks in advice and times for me and your shares.


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When a business believes in a city's comeback
Audible's new Innovation Cathedral is the Amazon subsidiary's latest — and most dazzling — vote of confidence in Newark, New Jersey.
Audible believes in fresh starts. Its founder is a journalist who reinvented himself as a CEO by betting big that one of the most ancient cravings — the need to hear a human voice tell a story — could make a comeback in the digital age.
"We're actually here because, over 20 years ago, we reconsidered the underappreciated power and beauty of the spoken word," CEO Don Katz said in a May 17 speech to celebrate the opening of the Audible Innovation Cathedral, 80,000 square feet of new office space created by renovating a long-vacant Newark, New Jersey church. The project preserved many of the Second Presbyterian Church's historic elements, including its distinctive stained-glass windows and organ pipes.
For decades, the new Audible Innovation Cathedral was home to Newark's Second Presbyterian Church, a congregation founded in 1811 that would grow to more than 10,000 members by the middle of the 20th Century. See more photos of the church's renovation.
Photo by AUDIBLE
Once a thriving port city, Newark spiraled into hard times in the decades after World War II. Boarded-up buildings became a common sight. During her remarks at the Cathedral opening, State Senator Teresa Ruiz talked about what investments in the future of the city mean to lifelong Newarkers like her: "We've always had this intimate secret amongst ourselves that one day the diamond would come back to shine and others would take notice."
Audible moved its headquarters to Newark in 2007 and has since become the city's fastest-growing private employer. When Audible became an Amazon subsidiary in 2008, it had fewer than 200 employees. Today it has more than 1,650 and is the largest producer of audiobooks in the world. All told, Amazon has created more than 15,000 full-time jobs in New Jersey and invested over $10 billion across the state.
Four-hundred Audible employees will work in the reborn Cathedral. Katz said, "They come here to Newark from all over the world to work with us because of the character of the products we make, which touch people's lives, and the character of the way we roll as a corporation."
Audible provides paid internships, college scholarships, and other support to students in its hometown.
"We give every high school student here in Newark a Fire tablet and a free membership to Audible," said Chief People Officer Anne Erni. "Audible is committed to hiring members of the community to work here and really elevate their lives."
Twenty-year-old Aiyonnah Post told the crowd at the opening how she was living in Newark's Covenant House when the shelter for homeless youth connected her with a job on Audible's Customer Care team.
"I really didn't have any work experience," Post said. "I didn't have a college degree. But Audible still trusted me to get the job done and helped me get started. Since I've been working here, I've just fallen in love with the company, and I've actually developed a new vision for my own future because of it."
She's applying to college to study business analytics. "Audible will be helping me pay those tuition costs as well, which is amazing," she said.
Post also benefits from Audible's policy of paying a $500 monthly stipend to employees who choose to live in Newark. It's part of an ongoing mission by the company and its founder to catalyze the city's turnaround. "We started a venture fund called Newark Venture Partners, which was designed to plant more little Audibles that can grow large as we have," Katz said. Started in 2015, the $45 million fund has invested in 60 early-stage companies that put down roots in Newark. Hundreds of Audible employees are on call to mentor the startups.
"The streets are beginning to brim with life," Katz said. "There's apartments being built where there weren't. The downtown is coming back. There are other companies getting with the spirit of coming into Newark."
Katz uses one word to sum up what he sees happening in Audible's hometown: "renaissance."
Old and new spaces coexist beautifully inside the new Audible Innovation Cathedral.
The stained glass was painstakingly cleaned and re-colored, a process that took years to complete.
The pipe organ has 3,400 pipes ranging in size from six inches to 16 feet.
During the renovation.
Graphics inside the Cathedral pay tribute to Audie-winning audiobooks.
The new 80,000-square-foot space stretches over six levels.
The renovated church's updated entrance.
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In this weeks Spotlight we sit down with Dr. Chengyong Xiao, Lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. Dr. Xiao's paper which he authored with Professor Dirk Pieter van Donk, Associate Professor Miriam Wilhelm and Professor Taco van der Vaart is titled "Inside the buying firm: Exploring responses to paradoxical tensions in sustainable Supply Chain Management"
Dirk Pieter van Donk, Chengyong Xiao, Miriam Wilhelm, Taco van der Vaart.
"An instrumental perspective still dominates research on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). As an alternative, this paper presents a paradox perspective and argues that sustainability and other business aims are not always compatible, particularly in an emerging market context. Often, paradoxical tensions originate in conflicts between the socio‐economic environment of emerging‐market suppliers and their Western customers' demands for both cost competitiveness and sustainability. We argue that Western buying firms can play a key role in moderating such tensions, as experienced by emerging‐market suppliers. Specifically we explore how purchasing and sustainability managers within buying firms make sense of and respond to paradoxical tensions in SSCM. We conduct an in‐depth case study of a Western multinational company that sources substantially from Chinese suppliers. While we found strong evidence for a persisting instrumental perspective in the sensemaking and practices of purchasing and sustainability managers, we also observed an alternative response, primarily by sustainability managers, that we labelled as "contextualizing". Contextualizing can alleviate the tensions otherwise present in SSCM by making sustainability standards more workable in an emerging‐market context, and it can help individual managers to move toward paradoxical sensemaking. We outline the value of paradoxical sensemaking in bringing about changes toward "true sustainability" in SSCM."
Spotlight: Professor Mark Pagell speaks at "Engaging to solve the grand challenge of sustainability: Interdisciplinary workshop on participatory and engaged research"


Today Bob Gwynne (our Associate Curator of Railway Vehicles) celebrates Chinese New Year with a look at how we came to acquire the mighty KF-7 locomotive.
When looking at an object in a museum I like to ask 'why is this here?' How did this particular object end up here, as opposed to some village in Sumatra or buried in a field? The 'why' of some objects may seem obvious – you might expect Brunel's walking stick to have ended up at the National Railway Museum, and the same for railway posters. Presumably at some stage in the past these were given to the museum, or acquired because the museum had (in the past) direct links with the state railway?
However with the locomotive collection, the 'why' is sometimes not obvious. These are not the kind of things that can sit around the back of an office for 40 years. Our locomotive collection, unlike that of preserved railways, is the result of an 'official' approach to preservation for well over 100 years. Each loco has a history of why and how it came to be preserved that is separate to that of its working life, but often just as interesting.
When you encounter the 196 tons of the 'Chinese Engine' it gets even more complicated. The locomotive never ran in the UK, is well outside the British loading gauge, and came to the National Railway Museum just at the point when China was moving away from the Mao years and becoming the modern, capitalist hybrid it currently is. (Economic note: when the locomotive was donated to us in 1981, China had a trade deficit of around $1200 million, today it has a trade surplus of $544,760 million).
4-8-4 KF7 Class No 607, built in 1935, arriving at the museum in 1983.
The Chinese government decided to present it to the National Railway Museum 'as a gift from the people of China to people of Britain' in 1979. But this locomotive was built in Newton le Willows in 1935. So why didn't they donate a bona-fide Chinese built example? Part of the answer for that lies in its designer, Lt. Col Kenneth Cantlie. His father was Sir James Cantlie who was friends with the founding father of the Republic of China Dr Sun Yat Sen.
In 1896 James Cantlie had led a media campaign to rescue Dr Sun when he had been abducted by the Chinese Imperial Secret Service in London and was due to be squirreled out of the country back to China, where he was likely to have been executed. What better way to mark fraternal relations than to give the UK a locomotive associated with such an auspicious family, especially given that the designer of the locomotive Kenneth Cantlie had Sun Yat Sen as his godfather!
So whilst it is a brilliant example of a locomotive built for export, and technically quite sophisticated, it sits in our Great Hall for reasons that aren't immediately obvious!
The 'Chinese locomotive' having undergone a programme of restoration.
First is Dr Sun Yat Sen (1866 -1925) – Chinese nationalist and first president of China after the end of the Qing dynasty, and godfather of the locomotive's designer, Lt. Col. Kenneth Cantlie.
Second is the 'Boxer rebellion'- an anti-imperialist revolt that eventually led to the end of the Qing dynasty which had ruled China for over two thousand years. It was put down by an eight nation alliance in 1901 and the Imperial Chinese government was forced to pay reparations to the eight nations – UK, USA, Germany, France, Japan, Russia, Italy and Austria-Hungary. In the UK this money was held by the Boxer Indemnity fund and one of the fund's trustees was Kenneth Cantlie. He was also (from 1929) the technical advisor to the Chinese Ministry of Railway and had a big influence in the railways of China in the inter-war period.
Third is the fact that the order for the locomotive was funded by the Boxer Indemnity fund. KF no.7 was one of a class of 24 built with funding from this source.
Fourth is the visit of US President Richard Nixon to China in 1972 which surprised the world and showed China was prepared to open up to the west after years of isolation. This would eventually (after Mao's death in 1976) lead to the economic policy that has transformed China.
Fifth is the fact that the last time one of these locomotives was seen in service was on newsreels that accompanied Nixon's visit to China.
Sixth is the acclaimed contemporary opera by the John Adams 'Nixon in China' first performed in 1987, by which time the 'Chinese Engine' had been on display at York for four years.
So once again railways are the thread that link different lives together. It all seems straightforward in hindsight!
The KF-7 is part of our Great Hall – find out what else you can see in our Great Hall.
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After My Fashion has an unusual publishing history. Although it was John Cowper Powys' third novel and written in 1920, it wasn't published until 1980. It seems that when his US publisher turned it down Powys made no effort to place it elsewhere. Indeed, when Powys had finished a book he tended to be oddly indifferent to its fate.
The novel has two other unusual features: its locations (Sussex and Greenwich Village); and Isadora Duncan being the inspiration for Elise, the dancer and mistress of the protagonist, Richard Storm (based quite largely on Powys himself).
As one would expect from Powys the writing is vivid, not least in the descriptions of the Sussex landscape and the bohemian milieu of Greenwich Village.
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Uhligella is an extinct cephalopod genus from the Early Cretaceous (Late Aptian to Early Albian), belonging to the ammonoid subclass and included in the Desmoceratidae.

Uhligella is described as being high-whorled with a broadly or narrowly rounded venter, in which the early whorls have strong or weak sinuous ribs but the outer whorls are smooth.

Uhligella may have given rise to Beudanticeras and is preceded by another related genus, Zurcherella.

Distribution
Fossils of Uhligella have been found in Argentina, Colombia (Hiló Formation, Tolima and in La Guajira), France, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom, the United States (Arkansas), and  Venezuela.

References

Further reading
 Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press.

Desmoceratidae
Early Cretaceous ammonites
Ammonites of Africa
Cretaceous Africa
Ammonites of Europe
Cretaceous Europe
Ammonites of North America
Cretaceous United States
Cretaceous Mexico
Ammonites of South America
Cretaceous Argentina
Cretaceous Colombia
Cretaceous Venezuela
Aptian life
Albian life
Fossil taxa described in 1907
Albian genus extinctions
Ammonitida genera

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Golf - 07. July 2007.
The 19-year-old from Derby, who plays at Chevin, shares seventh place and is just four shots off the lead set by Linda Wessberg of Sweden.
Melissa, who is representing the English Ladies' Golf Association in the event, had three birdies on her outward nine, at the 6th, 7th and 9th. She dropped just one shot all day, on the par five 16th.
Already this season Melissa has won the Scottish strokeplay championship and the St Rule Trophy.
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Monday night, Net-a-Porter brought together an extensive network of designers and models for its second annual fashion family dinner. The exclusive gathering took place over a long and leisurely Italian dinner at Sant Ambroeus in Soho, complete with live music, a photo booth, and floral design by Putnam & Putnam.
Alison Loehnis, president of Net-a-Porter and Mr Porter, shared that the evening's purpose was to celebrate the people who have already had their shows and presentations, while also wishing luck to those who have yet to present.
Wes Gordon of Carolina Herrera and Nicky and Simone Zimmermann of Zimmermann were able to let loose after showing just that day. Other designers included Kris and Laura Brock, Rosetta Getty, and Joseph Altuzarra. Vogue's Sally Singer was in attendance as well as models Halima Aden, Paloma Elsesser, and Karolina Kurkova.


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Emily Alyn Lind: Bio, Height, Weight, Age, Measurements
Emily Alyn Lind is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of young Amanda Clarke on the ABC series Revenge, and for her role as Ariel on the CBS TV medical drama Code Black. She has also appeared in films such as Dear Dumb Diary, Hidden, Enter the Void, J. Edgar, Replicas, Jackie & Ryan, Mockingbird, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, and Movie 43, and the television series All My Children, Eastwick, Days of Our Lives, Medium, Flashpoint, Criminal Minds, Suburgatory, and Hawaii Five-0. Born on May 6, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, she is the daughter of Barbara Alyn Woods, an actress, and John Lind, a producer. Her sisters are actresses Natalie Alyn Lind and Alyvia Alyn Lind. She made her film debut in The Secret Life of Bees (2008).
Emily Alyn Lind Personal Details:
Date Of Birth: 6 May 2002
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birth Name: Emily Alyn Lind
Nickname: Emily
Occupation: Actress, Singer
Emily Alyn Lind Body Statistics:
Dress Size: 2-4 (US)
Emily Alyn Lind Family Details:
Father: John Lind (Producer)
Mother: Barbara Alyn Woods (Actress)
Siblings: Natalie Alyn Lind (Older Sister), Alyvia Alyn Lind (Younger Sister)
Maternal Grandparents: Allen Woods and Patricia
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*She was born on May 6, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
*She is the older sister of Alyvia Alyn Lind and younger sister of Natalie Alyn Lind.
*She made her film debut in 2008 as Young Lily Owens in The Secret Life of Bees.


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Garang, Sudan Beacon, Dies
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LIBERIAN WOMEN SAY 'NO' TO EBOLA MADNESS WITH VIDEOS ON TWITTER
By Global Infor...November 04,2014
Nov. 3 (GIN) - "I am a Liberian, not a virus." That's the loud and clear message of a campaign launched online by a group of Liberian women who refuse to be shamed by thoughtless outbreaks of rejection and cruelty that link African people with the epidemic that has taken thousands of lives.
"If I am Liberian, that doesn't mean that I have Ebola," Carolyn Woahloe, a registered nurse, told the Los Angeles Times. "This is not a Liberian problem. This is a world problem."
Misinformation about the virus has sparked fears around the country and around the world, prompting some national leaders to deny visas to West Africans despite medical guarantees that this was unnecessary and unsafe. As with the AIDS virus in the early days, Africans have been singled out for slurs and rejection even when they present no threat at all.
In Texas, for example, Liberians living in the Dallas area where the first Ebola death was recorded were taunted with "Go back to Liberia." Students from Rwanda were ordered to stay away from a New Jersey school where they were enrolled. An Oregon high school canceled a planned visit by 18 African students – all from countries untouched by Ebola – citing a "fluid" situation on the continent.
In response, Shoana Clarke Solomon, a Liberian photographer and TV host, created a hashtag "#IamaLiberianNotaVirus," (I am a Liberian, Not a Virus) that quickly went viral.
"We are Liberians, Sierra Leoneans, Guineans and Nigerians. We live in a region that has been devastated by a deadly disease, but we are not all infected," she said.
"It is wrong to stereotype and stigmatize an entire people. Remember we are human beings."
Her message was echoed by singing sensation Angelique Kidjo from the West African nation of Benin who found a jeering comment posted on her Facebook page when she announced her concert this week at Carnegie Hall honoring the late South African singer Miriam Makeba, known widely as Mama Africa.
They wrote: "Instead of mama africa it should be mama ebola" and "I wonder if she is bringing any Ebloa [sic] with her?"
"Overnight it seems that all the naïve and evil preconceptions about Africa have surfaced again." Kidjo wrote on the op-ed page of The New York Times. "Ebola has brought back the fears and fantasies of Africa as the Heart of Darkness and the fear-mongering about the disease threatens to reverse decades of progress for Africa's image."
"Stigma is bound to happen," added Clarke Solomon, "especially when people don't take the time to learn the facts."
Still, she said, "I am also grateful for the media. It's bringing much-needed attention to Liberia and other countries that need help with ending this epidemic. Without press coverage, this situation would be far ... worse."
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Somalia: Obama's Unholy Alliance With Yoweri Museveni
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How A Country Named Uganda Became Museveni Family Incorporated
Shady Evidence: Why President Obama Pressed "Pause" On Syria Attack
Not Yet Uhuru: Thirty Years After the Assassination of Thomas Sankara
"Enough Is Enough" Say Petitioners Who Want Gen. Museveni Out Following Stripping Assault On Ms. Zaina Fatuma
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Author: Daniel Collins
Daniel Collins is a Manchester-based Irish football supporter originally from the north-west of Ireland.
James and the Giant Poppy
October 28, 2015 by Daniel Collins
James McClean's decision to not wear a poppy while playing Premier League football is about to become a hot topic of conversation once again.
The FAI's selection of "granny rulers" and Northerners – a response to Eamonn Sweeney
Daniel Collins gives his take on the FAI and whether Ireland should continue to pursue players who qualify for the national side through grandparents.
The partition of Irish football – why we don't have a single island team
September 23, 2015 by Daniel Collins
Daniel Collins considers the practical and political ramifications of a united, All-Ireland football team.
Let us Irish not be too Precious about Jack Grealish's international decision
Daniel Collins takes a look what seems to be a resolution to the Jack Grealish saga and believes Irish fans should not be so quick to judge.
Keeping politics out of football?
August 15, 2015 by Daniel Collins
Daniel Collins discusses the the hollow advice offered to James McClean by FIFA's Jim Boyce.
God save our James McClean
July 27, 2015 by Daniel Collins
Daniel Collins takes a look into the curious context of national anthem disengagement following the latest incident involving James McClean.
Media needs to move on from indulging pseudo-controversy over McClean "poppy issue"
June 29, 2015 by Daniel Collins
Daniel Collins believes it's time to put the fuss over James McClean and his stance on the poppy to bed.
FAI still not convincing over €5 million FIFA pay-off
In the wake of the controversy surrounding FIFA, there are now more questions to be answered regarding the FAI, writes Daniel Collins.
Don't resent Grealish for considering international options
May 3, 2015 by Daniel Collins
Daniel Collins believes that we should support Jack Grealish as he tries to decide where his international future lies.
A response to Martin Samuel of the Daily Mail regarding Jack Grealish
Daniel Collins takes Martin Samuel to task for his recent article on Jack Grealish and the issue of international declaration.


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Stony Brook team has breakthrough in 'triple-negative' breast cancer research
Lori Chan checks the cancer stem cell population in the department of pharmacological sciences at Stony Brook University Hospital on Wednesday. Credit: Randee Daddona
By Delthia Ricks delthia.ricks@newsday.com March 27, 2019 6:33 PM
Medical scientists have discovered a gene underlying one of the most lethal forms of breast cancer, and at the same time are proposing a way to block its activity, paving the way to successful treatment for a type of cancer that is tough to treat.
Lori Chan and her team at Stony Brook University have been studying a form of breast cancer known as "triple negative," a designation that means three key markers are missing on tumor cells. These markers are the targets of medications that are used to successfully treat other forms of the disease, boosting patients' survival.
Chan and her team have identified a gene they have dubbed USP2, which is involved in driving the growth of cancer stem cells, an activity that aids in triple-negative breast cancer's proliferation and spread. The scientists also figured out a way to block stem cells specific to the disease, making the cancer sensitive to treatment with conventional chemotherapy.
"This is one of the most lethal forms of breast cancer," Chan said Wednesday. "These patients have tumor recurrences and metastatic disease, even though they are treated with chemotherapy.
"Triple-negative breast cancer tends to occur more often in younger women and is common in African-American women," Chan said, noting that multiple studies also have shown that these two populations are vulnerable to this form of breast cancer. Such disparities, she added, are a major focus of Stony Brook cancer research.
The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, a patient advocacy organization in Norwood, New Jersey, has found that among African-American women who develop breast cancer, there is an estimated 20 percent to 40 percent chance of the disease being triple-negative. And while the cancer can affect anyone, according to the foundation, women of Hispanic descent also are inexplicably at elevated risk, as are women who possess a flawed BRCA 1 gene, which long has been associated with breast and ovarian cancers.
Triple negative means the absence of the protein HER2, as well as estrogen and progesterone markers on the surface of cancer cells. The cancer drug tamoxifen, for example, targets the estrogen marker, and the medication Herceptin zeros in on HER2. These therapies not only have made cancers associated with these markers treatable, but long ago helped boost survival rates, and for many, cured the disease.
Chan said it is time to do the same for patients with triple-negative breast cancer. She thinks targeting triple negative's stem cells is a major step in that direction.
"There has been a huge need to find a therapeutic target to treat this kind of breast cancer, and we know now that the tissue making up this disease is enriched with cancer stem cells," said Chan, whose data on triple-negative breast cancer is published in the scientific journal Cell Death and Disease.
Chan and her colleagues traced the molecular pathway that controls stem cell activity in triple-negative breast cancer, which helped them figure out how to block the gene's activity. By blocking the gene, the team was able to eliminate proliferating stem cells, the key factor that made the cancer vulnerable to destruction by chemo.
The discovery arrives just five months after an advance that has promised to change how triple-negative breast cancer is treated. The discovery, however, has garnered mixed reviews because the treatment worked best in patients who had a specific genetic profile.
Medical scientists at 246 research sites found that patients with triple-negative breast cancer lived longer when treated with a combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy compared with patients treated only with chemo. Immunotherapy is the burgeoning area of cancer treatment that can recruit the body's immune system to fight cancer.
In the research reported in an October edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, the immunotherapy agent unmasked cancer cells that were hiding in the body, revealing them to the immune system for destruction. Triple-negative patients who received combination therapy lived 21.3 months, compared with 17.6 for those who were treated with chemotherapy alone.
Patients who carried a specific gene, PD-L1, lived 25 months after treatment with combination therapy.
Current chemotherapies for triple-negative breast cancer, Chan said, kill the cancer but leave scores of stem cells behind to trigger recurrences.
Her new approach annihilates stem cells, dramatically siphoning away the source of triple-negative breast cancer's aggression.
By Delthia Ricks delthia.ricks@newsday.com
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Hey! Manchester promotes gigs by folk, Americana and experimental bands from around the world in Manchester, England. Read more here, see below for our latest shows, check out our previous shows, contact us, or join our mailing list, above.
Upcoming shows: Aoife O'Donovan... The Handsome Family... Scott Matthews... Pictish Trail... Mr Ben & The Bens... We Were Promised Jetpacks... Douglas Dare... Andy Shauf... Roddy Woomble... Lindsay Munroe... Sam Amidon... A.A. Williams... bdrmm... Joan Shelley... Erland Cooper... The Lovely Eggs... BC Camplight... Brendan Benson... Jesse Malin... Penguin Cafe... The Lovely Eggs... Dana Gavanski... Alice Boman... Tokyo Police Club... Josh Rouse + Vetiver... Anna B Savage... The Besnard Lakes... The Beths... Tré Burt... Joep Beving... Moulettes... Skinny Lister... The Dears... Peggy Sue... Smoke Fairies... Robyn Hitchcock...
When: 7.30pm on Friday 22 January 2021
Where: Hallé St Peter's, 40 Blossom Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6BF
PLEASE NOTE: This show has been postponed. We expect to confirm a new date shortly, but as the show date is coming soon we all wanted to update you. Once we have a new date you will receive an email and all tickets purchased for the original date will remain valid but refunds will also available from your point of purchase.
We're delighted to present Aoife O'Donovan: Songs and Strings in one of Manchester's hidden gems.
Recognised for her ethereal voice and substantive songwriting, Aoife O'Donovan is also known for her collaborations. Called 'a vocalist of unerring instinct' by the New York Times, O'Donovan is one of the most sought after vocalists and songwriters of her generation and her career has allowed her to collaborate with some of the most eminent names in music across a wide variety of genres.
The most recent example is I'm With Her, the band comprised of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and O'Donovan. Their debut album See You Around, released in February 2018, has garnered praise from NPR, who instantly hailed the collection as 'willfully open-hearted', and the Guardian called their sound both 'ethereal and purposeful'.
As a solo artist, O'Donovan has released two studio albums. In the Magic Hour (2016), a 10-song album full of the singer's honeyed vocals mixed with gauzy, frictionless sounds: splashing cymbals, airy harmonies, and the leisurely baritone musings of an electric guitar. Mojo described the record as 'exhilarating and exploratory,' while the New York Times named The King of All Birds one of the Best Songs of 2016. Aoife toured 2016 in support of the album and ended that year releasing a live album, Man In A Neon Coat: Live From Cambridge, with her touring band. Her debut solo album, 2013's Fossils, is a moody collection of original songs with a country lilt. The record received critical acclaim and was featured on a number of Best of 2013 lists including NPR Music, American Songwriter, New York Magazine and No Depression. In 2018, Aoife contributed an original song titled Are You There to the film What They Had, an official selection at both Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals.
O'Donovan spent the preceding decade as co-founder and front woman of the string band, Crooked Still. She is the featured vocalist on The Goat Rodeo Sessions, the Grammy-winning album by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile, and its one-third of the female trio Sometimes Why. Throughout her career, she has also collaborated with artists such as Alison Krauss and jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas, and is currently a member of the house band on the radio variety show Live From Here.
For this show, Aoife is joined by a string quartet.
Hallé St Peter's, located on Blossom Street in Ancoats, is a Grade II-listed, deconsecrated church, which was built in 1859. Having stood empty for decades, it was recently restored to provide rehearsal and recording space for the Hallé orchestra.
This show is sold as unreserved seating. It is a co-promotion with Please Please You and the Brudenell.
Age restriction: 14+. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Buy tickets now. Tickets are available from Vinyl Exchange, WeGotTickets.com, Ticketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.
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The Handsome Family
When: 8pm on Wednesday 10 March 2021
Where: The Dancehouse, 10A Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 5QA
PLEASE NOTE: This show has been moved from May 2020 to March 2021, and now takes place at the Dancehouse. Original tickets remain valid, and your ticket outlet will be in touch to confirm all the new details. Here's a message from the band:
'Now more than ever, we look forward to singing with you again' – Brett & Rennie Sparks, March 2020, New Mexico
We're delighted to be working with the Handsome Family again – this time, at the Dancehouse!
The Handsome Family have written some of the most haunting and beautiful songs in American music. During a 30-year career, Brett and Rennie Sparks have created songs that transform the mundane landscape of modern life into a place of mysterious portent.
Handsome Family songs take place in parking lots and big box stores, under overpasses and in airports. They sing about Custer's last stand and automatic lawn sprinklers in the same song. Rennie's lyrics often focus on the myriad creatures that live at the edges of the man-made world: the sparrows, rats, cockroaches and crows that share our cities.
Many great songwriters have covered their work, among them Jeff Tweedy, Jason Lytle and Andrew Bird as well Christy Moore. David Bowie wrote the words, 'The Handsome Family' in a notebook right before his death. Who knows what could have been?
Handsome Family shows are famously relaxed. Their songs can be dark, but there's always laughter on stage. Rennie sings as well as plays Autoharp, banjo and uke bass. She often introduces songs with seemingly unrelated stories. Brett, with his stentorian voice, is a powerful presence at centre of the stage.
There are a lot of new faces at shows these days, lured by Far From Any Road, which became a global hit after it was used as the theme to season one of True Detective. Both Bruce Springsteen and Guns 'N Roses and have used Far From Any Road as walk-in music.
In 2020 Loose Music will release their first two records, Odessa (1995) and Milk & Scissors (1996), on vinyl LP. This will be the first time these records have been released in Europe. A tour of Europe in spring of 2021 is planned.
About the making of their first records, Brett says:
'I tried to form a band when we first moved to Chicago in 1992. After rehearsing with a string of mullet-headed yacht-rockers, I gave up and decided to make a band with my wife Rennie playing bass and my friend Mike Werner on drums.
'Rennie and Mike were new to their instruments and my guitar playing was very limited. But that was back in the post-punk days and you could do what you wanted, it didn't matter if you were technically good, as long as you had songs and ideas.
'We were influenced by early country and DIY indie rock, and played both kinds of songs in the same chaotic, distorted style. We played every no-pay gig on Chicago's Division Street we could book.
'At one of these shows we were all wearing sailor outfits and drinking heavily. My glasses fell off my face and when I stomped on a distortion pedal I broke them in half— that was the night Patrick Monaghan of Carrot Top Records asked if we wanted to put out a record on his new label. That same night Dave Trumfio offered to record a free, professional "demo tape" for us.
'We were astounded that anyone was paying attention to our songs given our chaotic stage presence.'
For Handsome Family fans these records are a must. Odessa reveals the early style of the band and Milk & Scissors illustrates how their songwriting transformed after Rennie began writing lyrics. On their spring 2020 tour they plan to play selected gems from these new/old records.
Tour support comes from Daniel Knox. With a baritone as dynamic as it is indestructible, Daniel Knox narrates compositions with a perverse and sometimes comical wit, guiding the listener through sprawling worlds that exist just out of frame. His work has inspired a diverse cast of collaborators that lie inside and outside his realm of alternative Americana, such as Jarvis Cocker, Thor Harris (Swans, Freakwater) and The Handsome Family with recent performances that include the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird and Swans.
One year on from his critically acclaimed grand, holistic album Chasescene – an album which confirmed his posItion as both a 'rare talent' (Loud and Quiet) and as a 'master storyteller' (The Observer) – Daniel Knox has announced a new mini-album, I Had A Wonderful Time. The mini-album will be released on 13 December via Knox's own label H.P Johnson Presents, alongside the reissue of his 2015 self-titled album – an incredible work of world-building and song-craft, under-appreciated at the time but now reissued on blue vinyl. Knox lives and works in Chicago.
This show will now take place at the Dancehouse. Built in 1929-30, the Dancehouse was originally two meeting halls, before being converted into cinemas with Art Deco interiors. Since 1990, it has been home to the Northern Ballet School, and has hosted concerts by the likes of Patti Smith, Arlo Guthrie, John Renbourn, Silver Jews and John Cooper Clarke.
Happyness
When: 7pm on Friday 19 March 2021
Where: YES (Basement), 38 Charles Street, Manchester M1 7DB
PLEASE NOTE: Sadly this show is cancelled. Refunds are available from the point of purchase. Here's a message from the band:
'Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances and the ongoing issues arising from the pandemic, Happyness' spring UK and EU tours are no longer able to go ahead. Refunds will be available from point of purchase.'
We're delighted to be working with Happyness again!
Happyness, formed of core members Jonny Allan and Ash Kenazi, have always been something of an enigma.
Formed as a three piece in 2013, the band quickly gained a reputation as an unconventional and defiantly independent force in London's alternative music scene. With a staunch DIY outlook and fluid musical roles, they self-recorded their debut LP – lo-fi gem Weird Little Birthday – before ever playing to a live audience. They garnered critical acclaim for their wiry, 90s-indebted arrangements and haunting blissed out melodies, as well as their eclectic lyricism and ability to switch effortlessly between wry, twisted one-liners and aching soulful poetry, which would earn them the NME Award for Best Lyric in 2015.
Numerous festival appearances followed, as well as concert appearances with Mac Demarco, Ezra Furman, The Dandy Warhols and Speedy Ortiz, extensive headline tours of the UK, USA and Europe, an NPR Tiny Desk Session, two KEXP sessions, appearances in various Albums of the Year lists, and an eventual re-release of the LP on Moshi Moshi Records (UK) and Bar/None Records (USA).
The windswept harmonies and tighter, poppier structuring of much-anticipated sophomore album Write In saw Happyness grow from underground goofball phenomenon into established songwriters, and continue their trend of evading stylistic boundaries and defying easy categorisation. The period was marred by health-scares and inter-personal struggles, and after a year of touring the band took an unannounced hiatus, during which time they parted ways with bandmate Benji Compston.
In 2019, after a nearly two-year period, that the band describe as 'the best and worst years of our lives,' Happyness announced a handful of intimate headline dates which instantly sold-out, as well as a triumphantly oversubscribed appearance at End Of The Road Festival. The return was marked by drummer Ash Kenazi's emergence from supporting role into fearless drag queen to co-front the project with singer Allan, as well as a five-piece live line-up comprising of Max Bloom (Yuck), Anna Vincent (Heavy Heart) and Scott Booker Roach (Social Contract).
Beautiful, stormy comeback single Vegetable followed in January 2020, and if it's anything to go by, the stage is set for a major Happyness renaissance. Sitting in tone somewhere between the ragged euphoria of Weird Little Birthday and the lush balladry of Write In, and with a fresh injection of characteristically mad, artfully self-aware lyrical turns (the song references Chumbawumba, drag queen Jujubee, vaping and Scientology's E-meter auditing process all in the space of less than four minutes), it seems the band may be entering their most thrilling era yet. A UK tour in April suggests that we can expect a lot more material very soon. And with the London date at Moth Club sold out two months in advance, their biggest headline appearance yet announced at the legendary Scala in November, and the newest version of their screwball vision in tow, it's as if they never went away. Happyness, to the runway.
Main support comes from Oort Clod. Oort Clod are the bar band from the edge of the universe. Featuring members of Unpaid Intern, the Hipshakes, the Early Mornings, Dream Soda and Blanket Fort.
The radio telescope heard something from the Oort Clod by Oort Clod
Opening the show are The Birthmarks. The Birthmarks are a band based in Manchester, England formed by the twin creative talents of Dylan Hughes and Edwin Stevens, who grew up together in the nearby welsh seaside villages Llanfairfechan and Dwygyfylchi. The pair moved to the North West of England and formed the pop band Sex Hands who established a cult following in the UK before dissolving, resulting in the establishment of The Birthmarks.
Fan Fiction by The Birthmarks
The band features Alex Hewett on drums, Bryony Dawson on bass and Henry Withers on keys and guitar, with Dylan and Edwin both playing guitar and vocals. Collectively they are/have been involved in many diverse bands throughout the uk DIY music scene, including but not limited to Irma Vep, Aldous RH, Lovvers, Egyptian Hip Hop and Inland Taipan. As a group they create something both familiar and slightly imperfect, through their process of constructing a melody and then tarnishing it.
When: 7.30pm on Friday 19 March 2021
Where: St Michael's, 36-38 George Leigh Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 5DG
PLEASE NOTE: This show has been postponed until March 2021. Original tickets remain valid and all other details are the same.
We're delighted to be working with Scott Matthews for the first time – at St Michael's in Ancoats!
If there's one quality that defines the career of Scott Matthews it's this: evolution.
The singer/songwriter has challenged himself creatively during a career that has been characterised by rare quality. As Matthews gears up for the release of his seventh studio album, new horizons loom into view as he finds different ways to cast a spell.
The quality of Matthews' craft is a given. The Ivor Novello-winning artist is part of a lineage that includes such greats as Buckley and Drake, John Martyn and Paul Simon. With guitar in hand and a voice that conveys raw emotion, he has long been established as one of the world's foremost purveyors of song.
Introspective and reflective, combining blues and folk, mixing the ethereal with the empyrean, Matthews is a musical alchemist who transforms base metal to gold. He has expanded his sonic palette while making his new record, introducing new moods and musical textures as he addresses universal truths.
Having broken through with the much-loved Passing Stranger and more recently mastered the delicate art of one-man-and-a-guitar music with sparse musicianship and an otherworldly falsetto, through the records Home Pt I, Home Pt II and The Great Untold, Matthews is travelling along new roads.
Waves of electronica are matched with big, chiming electric guitars as Matthews finds different colours for his canvass. His new work will be out later this year and it will be accompanied by a tour, during which he'll revisit fan favourites from an extraordinary canon of work.
'It's been a welcome diversion to work on my seventh record. For the first time in the making of any of my records, I have given myself a very clear blueprint and can hear how every song should sound given the limitations I have set myself.'
Matthews new record will feel sparse with an air of electronic minimalism. There will be less instrumentation than on earlier works; with percussion, strings and woodwind being replaced by a world of emotive synthesisers and pulsing drum grooves. Rehearsing in his local church, he's been testing himself, pushing himself far outside his normal comfort zone as he explores new sounds and ways of making music.
If you're looking for examples, consider the career progressions of David Sylvian, Mark Hollis, Brian Eno or Thom Yorke, who all found new ways of working in an ever-changing world.
'In many ways, it's like starting again. I feel reborn in an oscillating world. The fact that the music is so different forces me to sing and write lyrics in a pleasingly unexpected way, it breathes a whole new energy into my approach and song-writing ethos. There's a pulsating dynamic, which I'm captivated by.'
Matthews will tour the UK in November and play at a number of churches and unusual spaces with natural ambiences suited to his newfound lo-fi sounds. 'It will be one man and a guitar with a wave of electronica washing over me. I am fascinated by thought provoking sounds and how they totally immerse the listener and encourage them to dig a little deeper into their being. I think these songs will prick people's ears up. They'll keep people on their toes and hopefully their electronic grace will sweep them off their feet too.'
Over 14 years and with his seventh album on the horizon, Matthews has continued to push the envelope with songs of breath-taking majesty. And now he is setting himself new challenges as his evolution takes a beautiful turn.
This is a seated show.
This will be one of the first public concerts in St Michael's since its recent re-opening, having been closed since 2004. The Roman Catholic church was founded in 1859 and became the heart of the Little Italy Community in Ancoats.
AGE RESTRICTION: This show is 14+. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
Pictish Trail
When: 7.30pm on Friday 2 April 2021
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW
PLEASE NOTE: This show is being reschedule from April 2020. All other details are the same, and original tickets remain valid.
We're excited to be welcoming Pictish Trail back to Manchester!
Bold, weird, wild, wired, sonically luxurious yet never losing touch with its DIY-'til-I-die roots, Thumb World is a voyage to the outer rings of Pictish Trail's mind at its darkest, funniest and most inventive – a plugged-in, fuzzed-out, fucked-up contemplation on, as he puts it, 'life repeating and gradually degrading, the inevitable cyclical nature of things, and the sense of their ultimately being no escape'.
Expect alien abductions, thumping beats, Trump-haired pigs, paternal panic, astronaut sex, bad acid trips, worse hangovers, lashings of distortion and a lot of anthropomorphic thumbs. 'Our opposable thumbs are the things that separate us from most other animals on Earth,' Pictish explains, of the fat digit symbolism, 'they are also the things that we use to swipe on screens, to separate ourselves from our normal lives, but which in turn trap us within an artificial reality.'
Produced and mixed by Rob Jones, featuring string arrangements from Kim Moore and drumming from Alex Thomas (Squarepusher, Anna Calvi, Air), Thumb World is Pictish Trail's most collaborative album to date.
An audio-visual dialogue with Swatpaz, AKA Scottish artist Davey Ferguson – the man behind the Turbo Fantasy series and an entire episode of cult TV phenomenon Adventure Time – furnished Johnny with not just a graphic aesthetic for the album, but even helped him to shape the sound of the finished record. 'I sent Davey a work-inprogress mix of the album,' Johnny says, 'he came back with sketches in which he had reimagined Thumb World as an 80's arcade game. Some of the songs are centred around specific visual images, inspired by Davey's sketches.'
Due for release on Fire Records on 21 February 2020, four years in the making, Thumb World is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed Scottish Album of the Year Award public vote winner Future Echoes.
'Mysterious, cinematic, pop melancholia' – the Guardian
Tour support comes from Savage Mansion. Weird Country is the much-anticipated second album from Glasgow indie-rock group Savage Mansion. Due for release on 3 April 2020, it marks a bold step forward for one of the most exciting new bands in Scotland. The album is preceded by the single Karaoke, a tumbling bar band tribute to the best and worst of the band's native city, available on digital services now after debuting on last night's Vic Galloway show on BBC Radio Scotland. Savage Mansion will promote Weird Country with a UK tour opening for Lost Map label-mate Pictish Trail.
PostMap Club 026 Karaoke by Savage Mansion
Buy tickets now. Tickets are available from the bar (no booking fee), Vinyl Exchange, WeGotTickets.com, Ticketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.
Mr Ben & The Bens
PLEASE NOTE: This show has been postponed until April 2021. Original tickets are valid and all other details remain the same.
We're delighted to be welcoming Mr Ben & The Bens back to Manchester!
After the celestial adventures of Mr Ben & The Bens' previous issue, band-leader Ben Hall finds all the magic he needs on earth with his new album. On 2019's Who Knows Jenny Jones?, Hall plotted the story of a young, shy Pitsmoor woman who returned from an alien encounter newly armed with serious disco-dancing know-how. Released through Bella Union on 10 July 2020, Life Drawing looks closer to home – Sheffield and thereabouts – for 12 brightly plaintive, character-driven vignettes, set to warm, acoustic, indie-folk-pop backdrops after its predecessor's close encounters of the synth-driven kind.
A 'cloudy thread of narrative' is present, Hall explains, but this time it's left open for listeners to map routes through it. 'The idea with the title is that the songs are character sketches, and their stories coalesce in a place that has a bit of all the towns in the North of England I've lived in. Bits of myself in the stories came out unintentionally, so I'd like it if the listener could find those semi-truths from the songs and place them into their own experiences.'
Vibrant invitation to start exploring arrives with album opener On the Beach, where Hall's tender vocal and dreamy organ provide simpatico companions to a wistful tale of a visit to a beach charged with memories – one of many evocative locales on the album. How Do You Do? brings to mind Belle and Sebastian at their dreamiest, while seeding enviro-metaphors – suns and moons, storms and tides, rain and snow, Whatever the weather may do – that figure strongly throughout the album's every-day rhapsodies.
While these motifs provide consistency, a tremendous sense of DIY musical dynamism is at work elsewhere on Life Drawing, colouring in the fringes and shading the edges. 'I spent a lot longer on this album, in fact the longest I've spent on any project in my life,' he says. 'Hopefully that gravity comes across! I have the curious ability to make and move on way too quickly when making music and art, so hopefully this record's got a bit more staying power.'
Plenty of melodic sticking power propels the urgent Danny, where beaches and seas provide backdrops for a character study about someone reaching out for connection. At the opposite extreme, the gorgeous Astral Plane is a sweetly psychedelic lament, images of waves and shores lapping gently against the tale of a 'barely functioning' character. Faithful Hound is a country-sad ballad, Minor Keys a retro doo-wop-ish reverie about a character blithely 'at sea' and wasting the day away, all set to a waltzing-Wurlitzer melody.
Elsewhere, Metronomy-esque outsider-pop laments (Beast in the House), jaunty pop miniatures (Walking to an Open Sky) and pin-drop-delicate folk-pop lullabies (Irish Rain) emerge with range and empathy, attuned to the earthy hopes, dreams, sorrows and pleasures of their subjects. Closing Time sets a writer's ('"In the town, that you write into life on to pages so white') to a reverberant piano, before Watering Can closes the album on notes of brassy uplift. 'I go,' sings Hall, drawing forward momentum from the stories he digs up.
For Hall, Life Drawing is a rich, rewarding step forward in a still-young career.
'Upbeat, psychedelia-tinged pop' – Secret Meeting
'An intoxicating mix of perfectly fitting melodies and vocal strafes' – Clash Magazine
Main support comes from Manchester's own Ivan Campo. Ivan Campo's story began in 2000 when the band met whilst studying Contemporary Music at UCLAN. After graduating, they put together their first EP, Clippings 2, which was self-released in 2004. Since then they have performed at a variety of venues and festivals throughout the UK and have played three tours around Spain. Their collection of laid back songs tell tales; inspired by life, love and literature. Having been on hiatus throughout 2019, the band have been busy writing material for their 10th album which will start to be showcased to audiences from February 2020.
Season of the King by Ivan Campo
Opening the show are Family Selection Box – a northern roasted blend of DIY indie.
Here Comes the Wave by Family Selection Box
We Were Promised Jetpacks
When: 7pm on Saturday 10 April 2021
Where: Gorilla, 54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester M1 5WW
We're delighted to be working with We Were Promised Jetpacks for the first time!
Sometimes you have to go back to basics in order to find yourself again. This is something Scottish rock band We Were Promised Jetpacks realised over the course of creating their fourth full-length album, The More I Sleep The Less I Dream. Lyrically, The More I Sleep The Less I Dream reflects a group of people who have grown up since they first emerged on the scene with These Four Walls in 2009. During the making of this album all four members turned 30, and felt like vastly different people to the four 20-year-olds that they were when they first started releasing music. It's one thing to say you want to take a step forward, it's a much more daunting prospect actually doing so. The More I Sleep The Less I Dream contains the essence of what the band have grown into, both as artists and as people. They've taken their experiences, both from their ten years as a touring band and from the changes in their personal lives, and forged them into an album that represents a new phase for the band.
That evolution continues as founding member, Michael Palmer, left the band in 2019. The remaining members navigate what it looks like to be a 3 piece for the first time since the band's inception and dive in to writing their next studio record due out early 2021.
This is a 14+ show. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. This show is a co-promotion with Mission Mars.
Buy tickets now. Tickets are available from Dice.fm, WeGotTickets.com, Ticketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.
When: 7.30pm on Wednesday 14 April 2021
Where: The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE
PLEASE NOTE: This show has been rescheduled from March 2020, via October 2020, to April 2021. Original tickets remain valid and all other details are the same. Here's a message from Douglas:
'In order to bring you the best show we can where everyone feels safe and free to enjoy the music, we've decided to reschedule the Milkteeth tour for the spring 2020. In the meantime, I'm working on something to add to Milkteeth that I hope will make our show even more special. With love, Douglas'
We're delighted to be working with Douglas Dare!
English songsmith Douglas Dare returns with his third and most stripped back studio album to date, Milkteeth, released on 21 February 2020 with Erased Tapes. Produced by Mike Lindsay — founding member of Tunng and one half of LUMP with Laura Marling — in his studio in Margate in just twelve days, Milkteeth sees Douglas become confident and comfortable enough with his own identity to reflect on both the joys and pains of youth. In doing so, he has established himself as a serious 21st Century singer-songwriter with an enduring lyrical poise and elegant minimalist sound.
Douglas Dare grew up on a farm as the youngest member of a large extended family, where he was often found in his own private world, dancing in his mother's pink ballet dress. 'Only now do I feel free to express my inner child again, and am giving myself permission to play dress up,' says Dare of Milkteeth's cover shot, in which he wears soft makeup and is draped with layers of white linen, acting the part of a Greek muse. 'I never felt like I fit in. I was different, odd. I wanted to dance and sing and dress up and on a small farm in rural Dorset that really stuck out.'
Where previously he has been known as a piano player, for Milkteeth Dare picked up a new instrument, the autoharp, and as soon as he sat down with it, songs poured out – he wrote the album's first single Silly Games, in under an hour. 'Instinctual feelings about childhood and innocence were the catalyst,' he explains. 'Then with the autoharp, it all just clicked – I could see the album laid out ahead of me.'
Milkteeth opens with I Am Free, which loops piano and lyrics in an intimate dance, comparing the seemingly inexorable freedom of childhood to flying. The Playground is a song Dare says he's wanted to write for years, about a yearning for childhood innocence and simplicity. While Red Arrows tells a story of vulnerability, of craving parental comfort, The Joy In Sarah's Eyes is a Jeff Buckley-esque ballad for a new generation. In Heavenly Bodies there is an unhurried darkness that nods to Leonard Cohen's songwriting, and is also the first time Dare has played the guitar on record. The melodies on Milkteeth are deliberately simple; Dare wanted it to feel familiar right from the first listen. In between these songs sit instrumental pieces – The Piano Room, The Stairwell, The Window – named for the spots they were recorded in, moments for stillness and reflection.
Marking his arrival in 2014 with the release of his acclaimed debut Whelm and establishing his musical dexterity on the much darker follow up Aforger in 2016, Dare's star keeps growing. In 2017 he was asked to contribute a re-interpretation of Dance Me to the End of Love to the Leonard Cohen exhibition A Crack in Everything at the Contemporary Art Museum of Montréal, currently showing at The Jewish Museum in New York before opening at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco in September 2020. He was invited by Robert Smith to perform at his Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre in 2018, followed by the David Lynch-curated Manchester International Festival alongside Anna Calvi in 2019.
Dare's music speaks of his own experiences of universal themes like love, loss, and childhood. Perhaps most importantly, his music gives a voice and a sanctuary to anyone who's ever felt unusual or out of place. Whether he's singing of the pain of those in the Magdalene Laundries as on Whelm, describing coming out to his parents on Aforger, or processing his own childhood isolation on Milkteeth, Dare has a graceful honesty and an abiding clarity of vision in his simple and distinctive sound.
Special guest is Fell. Lose yourself in the forest of Fell, the musical alias of London-based artist, illustrator and creator of sun-kissed psychedelic pop dreaminess Nicolas Burrows, aided and abetted by band members Jon Rulton (Bear Driver, Dream Giant), Dav Shiel (Beth Jeans-Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny) and Matt Giraudeau (Dogtanion). Release last October as a limited-edition cassette tape and via digital services, For The Pickling is his Lost Map debut EP. Hailed as 'beautifully crafted' by For Rabbits, the title track was released in August as part of Lost Map's PostMap Club, a subscription series in which members receive a new set of printed postcards each month with download codes giving access to new and unreleased music. Fell have received radio support from BBC 6 Music's Lauren Laverne and Gideon Coe among others.
For The Pickling EP by Fell
Originally hailing from Blackpool, Lancashire, Nicolas cut his teeth in the early-2000s, playing in bands around the then-burgeoning Leeds scene (Crayon, All My Friends Are Dead, Vest For Tysso, Bear Driver, Super Eight), before starting to create his own project under the name Glaciers. In 2016 he mutated into Fell, recording There Still Are Mysteries, an album of haunting autumnal pop with Stereolab's Andy Ramsay in the production chair. In 2018, Fell were one of eight recipients of PRS/PledgeMusic's Emerging Artist Fund and used this to record a new five-track EP and make three videos. Produced by Dan Blackett (of Bella Union signings, Landshapes), For The Pickling is the result – six lilting, woozy micro-opuses that transport the listener to a half-forgotten childhood summer and back again. The EP features guest accompaniment from Dan's bandmates Luisa Gerstein and Heloise Tunstall-Behrens, as well as the sonorous vocals of experimental performer David Thomas Broughton.
When: 7pm on Monday 12 April 2021
PLEASE NOTE: This show has been postponed and now takes place in April 2021. Original tickets will be valid and all other details will remain the same. Here's a message from Andy:
'As many of you know, we have had to abandon tour plans for this fall, as it continues to be unsafe for touring. We're happy to announce rescheduled dates for our EU and UK tour for 2021, and we've added some additional dates too.
'It's hard to believe we are rescheduling the dates a second time, but such is the way of the world in 2020. We're looking forward to getting back to Europe and the UK as soon as it's safe to do so.
'Take care and we hope to see you in 2021'
We're delighted to be bringing Andy Shauf back to Manchester – this time, to Gorilla!
Andy Shauf released The Neon Skyline, his most direct and emotionally-rich work yet, in January 2020 via ANTI-, with a UK tour following in April 2021.
The interconnected songs on The Neon Skyline, all written, performed, arranged and produced by Shauf, follow a simple plot: the narrator goes to his neighbourhood dive, finds out his ex is back in town, and she eventually shows up. As with Shauf's last solo album, 2016's The Party, The Neon Skyline is densely layered with an abundance of charming moments. His characters are all sympathetic here, people who share countless inside jokes, shots, and life-or-death musings when the night gets hazy. He offers the first taste, Things I Do, which examines the dissolution of the narrator's past relationship over tense and jazz-minded instrumentation.
For The Neon Skyline, Shauf chose to start each composition on guitar instead of his usual piano. Happy accidents like Shauf testing out a new spring reverb pedal and experimenting with tape machines forced him to simplify how he'd arrange the tracks. Over the course of a year-and-a-half, Shauf ended up with almost 50 songs all about the same night at the bar. Though paring down his massive body of work to a single album's worth of material was a challenge for Shauf, the final tracklist is seamless and fully-formed.
Shauf's attention-to-detail in his writing on The Party evoked Randy Newman and his unorthodox, flowing lyrical phrasing recalled Joni Mitchell. Though that album, which followed different attendees of a house party, was his breakthrough, his undeniable songwriting talent has been long evident. Raised in Bienfait, Saskatchewan, he cut his teeth in the nearby Regina music community. In 2018, his band Foxwarren, formed over a decade ago with childhood friends, released a self-titled album where Pitchfork recognised how 'Shauf has diligently refined his storytelling during the last decade'.
On top of heartbreak, friendship, and the mundane moments of humanity that define his songwriting, Shauf makes music that explores how easy it is to find yourself in familiar patterns and repeat the same mistakes of your past. His characters wonder, 'Did this relationship end too soon? Would going to another bar cheer my friend up?,' or 'How hard is it to give a shit?' The songs on The Neon Skyline ultimately take solace in accepting that life goes on and things will be okay.
This is a 14+ show. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. This show is a co-promotion with the Brudenell.
Roddy Woomble
When: 8pm on Tuesday 4 May 2021
Where: Night & Day Cafe, 26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN
We're delighted to be working with Roddy Woomble for the first time!
Roddy Woomble is widely regarded as one of Scotland's finest songwriters.
Known for his enigmatic lyrics, warm baritone voice and consummate gift for a tune, Roddy has released five solo albums to date – My Secret Is My Silence (2006), Before The Ruin (2008, with Kris Drever and John McCusker), The Impossible Song & Other Songs (2011), Listen To Keep (2013) and The Deluder (2017). Roddy's first poetry collection, Instrumentals, was released in 2016.
For the past two decades Roddy has also been the frontman of much loved Scottish alternative rock band Idlewild, releasing eight studio albums, and touring worldwide as a headline act, but also in support to R.E.M., Pearl Jam and U2 amongst others.
Buy tickets now. Tickets are available from WeGotTickets.com, Ticketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.
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Sri Lankan garment workers need brands, factory owners and govt. to take responsibility
Posted on June 27, 2021 5:35:30 pm
The current wave of COVID-19 infections in South Asia has devastating consequences for workers in Sri Lanka, negatively affecting their health, livelihood, and right to unionize. Unions and labor rights organizations call upon major brands sourcing from Sri Lanka to take responsibility for the workers in the supply chain.
Sri Lankan garment workers are particularly affected by the pandemic. Many factories remain open and often workers have to work in crowded circumstances without the needed health and safety measures. Workers generally also cannot keep their distance in the boarding houses where many of them live.
Consequently, Sri Lanka has seen a range of mass outbreaks in garment factories since late 2020. During the current wave, this has led to the death of at least six workers and many other workers falling ill.
Figure: Sri Lankan garment workers protesting for full payment of wages and bonuses and respect for union rights. Courtesy: FTZ & GSEU.
Even though garment factories have functioned as infection hubs, workers are not given access to affordable testing and health care.
Repeated calls by Sri Lankan unions for the establishment of bipartite health committees in factories through which workers can contribute to their own workplace safety have gone unheeded by many factories.
Chamila Tishari of Dabindu Collective said: "Factories are forcing workers to come to work during this wave of the pandemic. If workers are infected, they have to wait many days before being quarantined or hospitalized. Even though garment-producing zones are playing a major role in the Covid-19 outbreaks, the vaccine strategy of Sri Lanka is not prioritizing garment workers."
In the past months, since our March briefing on the situation of workers in Sri Lanka, Clean Clothes Campaign members and partners have, together with allies, continued to contact brands, embassies of countries where major brands are headquartered, factory owners and the Sri Lankan government.
The situation of garment workers in Sri Lanka however remains insufficiently addressed by all of these parties and continues to be extremely dire.
Anton Marcus, of trade union Free Trade Zones & General Services Employees Union, who has been actively reaching out to the government and factory owners, gives an example of how workers' plights continues to be disregarded: "Workers are infected en masse at their workplace during this wave, because factories' measures continue to be insufficient.
In the Unichela and Thulhiriya factory locations, both owned by MAS group and with a shared workforce of almost 10,000 workers, large numbers of workers were infected. The Labour Minister has ordered an investigation, but a similar investigation ordered in October 2020 after mass outbreaks in a factory of the Brandix group failed to lead to any outcomes or provide any protection to workers in this next wave, nor have any of the families of the deceased workers been compensated."
The situation for workers is further aggravated by several factors, including the failure of brands and factory owners to pay them their full wages and bonuses, union busting practices, and climate change related extreme weather causing flooding.
Many workers who were sent home during any of the waves of the pandemic – to ensure space for social distancing in the factory, because of lack of orders, or because they need to self-isolate – are often paid only half of their already extremely low wages or even nothing at all.
Workers thus were forced to choose between hunger and their health or even the risk of infecting coworkers. Workers have often had to fight during the past year to receive the annual bonuses to which they are entitled, and which are even more crucial in meeting their daily needs in a year in which they did not receive their full wages.
In this process, many organizing workers were additionally confronted with union-busting measures by factory management.
Palitha Atukorale of Progress Union said: "Brands and retailers have made large profits on the basis of the low wages of workers in the Sri Lankan garment industry. The least they can do is to ensure during the pandemic that workers receive their full wages, get severance if they lose their job and can stand up for themselves. These major profitable brands and retailers have a moral obligation to sign a binding agreement that can ensure workers are paid what they are owed."
Extreme weather has furthermore exacerbated the situation of workers who, due to travel restrictions and lockdowns, were already confined to crowded boarding houses. Flooding has now made their housing uninhabitable.
Members and partners in the CCC network on the ground are providing much needed emergency relief, but brands, retailers, factory owners, and the government should feel called upon to take responsibility for the workers in their supply chains.
Gayani Gomes of Women's Centre says: "In the past year, many civil society groups and unions have recognised the dire situation of garment workers during the pandemic and even more so during the flooding, and responded with direct relief. It however should have been the responsibility of the government and the direct and indirect employers of these workers to ensure that they are protected from health risks and hunger while enabling profits for the garment industry."
Factory owners, especially the rich factory groups that dominate the employers' association JAAF that represents a large part of the industry, and major brands sourcing from Sri Lanka, such as PVH (Calvin Klein), VF Corporation, Marks & Spencer, Victoria's Secret and Next, need to take responsibility to ensure that workers are paid their full wages and bonuses during the pandemic.
We ask that these brands
meet with the trade unions to negotiate a memorandum of understanding on health measures, wages and bonuses, basic labor rights and a dispute resolution mechanism;
sign a binding agreement on wages, severances, and the right to organize as proposed by over 225 unions and labor rights groups around the world who support the Pay Your Workers / Respect Labour Rights campaign;
enable workers in Sri Lanka to stand up for their own health and safety through bipartite health committees by ensuring all suppliers establish these committees as directed by Sri Lankan authorities.
The government of Sri Lanka furthermore must take action to ensure that workers are kept safe by
delegating to Medical Officers of Health (MOH) all powers necessary to establish COVID-19 Monitoring Committees for all Free Trade Zones and industrial parks to monitor and control the spread of the virus;
constitute Covid-19 monitoring committees for these areas with a broad representation, including of workers nominated by factory health;
committees, trade unions, employers and health officials and ensure these committees liaise with factory health committees and supervise the health measures taken for workers during the transport and in their lodgings;
provide health officials with protective gear and all necessary kits for PCR testing, vaccination for all employees, and authority to decide on quarantine necessities.
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