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Just a quick few thoughts on the news from Aviva today that it plans to migrate its platform from Bravura to FNZ.
For those not intimately involved, Bravura and FNZ, along with GBST (disclosure: GBST is a client of ours) are the three big beasts of outsourced platform technology in the advised space. IFDS is coming up on the rails with its SJP and OMW implementations, and over in D2C-land JHC Figaro is pretty popular, but those three are the big names at the moment.
Aviva's been in a funny position, with FNZ powering its nascent direct platform and Bravura (who predated FNZ in yellow-and-blue land) doing the advised stuff. After a slow start, Aviva Platform (still a terrible name) has picked up speed and is sitting in a not unadjacent space to £9bn AUA. So this is quite a big undertaking, we think it's the second biggest replatforming exercise so far in the UK, just behind Ascentric moving £10bn to Bravura from its own Bluebutton platform. So it goes. Swings and the other things you get in playgrounds.
Actually, Aviva was going to need to replatform anyway. Its version of Bravura's Talisman platform was due for a sort of end-of-life upgrade to the new Sonata platform. This is the journey Nucleus went through last year; and those involved will tell you that while it wasn't as hard as changing to a completely new platform, it still wasn't easy. Not even in the neighbourhood of easy.
So something was going to change, and it makes sense for Aviva to use just one piece of kit rather than two. The move to FNZ means that it has a clean sweep of the bigger lifeco platforms, with Aviva, AXA, Standard Life and Zurich all using that kit. Along with its other accounts, we reckon c. £60bn of UK platform assets (in today's money) will sit on FNZ's estate by the time this is done.
As an aside, Bravura is up for sale, and while this news will doubtless have been available on an NDA basis for prospective purchasers and analysts involved in considering an IPO, it's still not great timing.
FNZ will supply administrative and custodial services, we think, to Aviva. That's a further change away from Genpact, who used to be Citi, who used to be Scottish Friendly Admin Services (not quite as simple as that, but I'm at 360 words already and time's a-marching). There's a debate out there about whether there's any virtue in having admin done in the same place as tech; FNZ will say it's better, Bravura and GBST will say it's not such a big deal. You pays your money (quite a lot in this case; Aviva says it's, low tens of millions' but it's a long way into its FNZ spend journey already) and you takes your choice.
This will be the first advised replatforming onto FNZ that we're aware of; everyone else has built from the ground up (SL, AXA, Zurich), or is a first-time platform tech user (Santander, Hornbuckle). So this will be a great test which those of us interested in the space will be watching very closely.
As I'm fond of saying, there is no recorded instance of a replatforming going well. It's always a schlep. I notice that Aviva is saying that advisers won't see any difference in the web screens they use, this is a dangerous game. I've seen a number of platform developments skid out of control on the basis of changing the user interface. I hope and trust both Aviva and FNZ are all over this already, but that's definitely a potential pinch point. Quite pleased with that bit of alliteration there.
There is one certainty in this, that stellar communication from Aviva to its supporting advisers is crucial. Don't worry, appen, it'll be grand! is not a sentence anyone should be hearing from our Yorkshire friends. Advisers need to know what's going on, when, and if there are any bumps along the way then keeping schtum in case someone tells the papers is not helpful. Memories are long, and though Lifetime was a lifetime ago, the ghost of that particularly painful episode still stalks the halls of Welly Row. It can't be allowed to happen again; to be fair to all at Aviva no-one knows that better than them.
If you're an Aviva supporter, buckle up. Prepare to be forgiving, but demand transparency at all times. If you're a competitor, think twice before pointing fingers and laughing at any problems that might occur. It might be you one day, or it might have been you in the past. Schadenfreude isn't what we need.


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Healing the Divide
Healing the Divide for a Transformed Tomorrow with Sharita Star
Stop, pause, and take a SILENT LISTEN in 2022 and 2023. We're entering a time of great transition. Looking at the astrology and numerology of the coming era, Sharita Star says mastering the value of compassion is the prescription for navigating the new energies. You are invited to consciously hospice the old while you midwife the new. Collectively, we mustn't get spiritually lazy. Harmony, balance, and justice will prevail as we come together to heal the divide.
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Astrologer, Numerologist, Author & Speaker Sharita Star has one mission as she sees patterns of energy and cycles through the three star secrets of astrology, numerology and lexigrams: to attain your soul certainty in uncertain times. Coined as a "Psychic of the Planets," Sharita distinctly sees how our names and birthdays hold our keys to success to enrich our self-knowledge and awareness. A constant student of the planets above, she is a celebrated messenger for our individual journeys down here below. Her in-depth consultations and empowering events guide souls and businesses alike to optimize the many choices our free will can make in order to ordain success and soul certainty during any kind of changing times, and especially uncertain ones.
The founder of Sharita's Star Secrets in 2001, Sharita equally empowers anyone to understand the forecasting benefits our natural cycles provide for practicing conscious living through her bi-monthly column LunarOScopes, and her one-of-a-kind Mastering Mercury Retrograde workshops. As a TV/Radio personality, Sharita is currently featured weekly on Empower Radio with her Empowerscopes podcast, offering distinct timing is everything advice for personal empowerment. Aside from hosting 'What's Your Sign? I Have Your Number!' from 2009 to 2014, she has guest starred and been interviewed on countless radio and TV programs, including CBS Radio, ABC's Good Morning America, PBS, The Grace Grella Show, and True Talk.
Sharita authored 'It's All in the Name,' a break-through book revealing the fascinating topic of Lexigrams, engaging us to discover the wonders of how we can spell out the truth from our words, names and titles. Her most recent projects find her building a wellness center in upstate New York and working with her Soul Certainty Community on Patreon. Learn more about Attaining Soul Certainty in Uncertain Times to Never Compromise Living Consciously at www.sharitastar.com.
Embodying a Transformed Today
Embodying a Transformed Today with Jeff Vander Clute
The transformed world is here now. Embody it. The wholeness and fullness of life is now. Our job is to pay attention to the future that is already here. Jeff Vander Clute brings a depth of spiritual wisdom and enlightened insight in this conversation with Dr. Julie. Learn how you can realize a healed and transformed world through the awakening to the great Source of all life.
Jeff Vander Clute is a quiet spiritual teacher, a wayshower of enlightened enterprise, and a trusted adviser committed to co-creating a society filled with awakened people, communities, and organizations.
During these times of disruption and great opportunity, Jeff sees through complexity to the illumined possibilities. He delights in empowering people to find their way. As a spiritual guide, Jeff assists mentees in developing their own Source connection and capacities for awakened living. In his coaching and consulting practice, he works with the technologies of higher consciousness to bring forth clarity, love, and support for initiatives that are in service to true nature.
Jeff is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle and the Global Compassion Council of Charter for Compassion International. He is a co-founder of Sourcing The Way, Enlightening Journeys and Expeditions, and The Consciousness of Money. He also serves as a board director for Alliance for the Earth, Garden of Light, and Source of Synergy Foundation.
Transformed Tomorrow
A Transformed Tomorrow with Charles Gibbs
Humanity inhabits a present suspended between promise and menace. Do you hear the echoing of an urgent cry? The Rev. Canon Dr. Charles Gibbs shares his inspiring poem, A Transformed Tomorrow, and poignant thoughts that encourage hope and peace in troubled times. Charles shares how "nothing is guaranteed, and everything is promised."
The Rev. Canon Dr. Charles P. Gibbs, an Episcopal priest, Sufi by adoption, visionary, peacebuilder and poet, has dedicated his life to serving the sacred in the world, especially through interreligious and intercultural engagement for peace, justice and healing. Senior Advisor for Catalyst for Peace and Founding Executive Director Emeritus of the United Religions Initiative, he is an internationally respected spiritual leader, interfaith activist, speaker and writer. He is currently working on a new volume of poems to follow — Light Reading – Poems from a Pilgrim Journey.
As son, brother, husband, father, father-in-law and grandfather, Charles cherishes and is inspired by his family. He is blessed with dear friends and colleagues of diverse faiths around the world with whom he shares a commitment to serve the world through spiritual transformation and cooperative engagement for the good of all life on this sacred Earth. Mindful of the abundant blessings that come even through life's biggest challenges, he seeks to live each moment in gratitude.
Co-Creating a Transformed Tomorrow
Co-Creating a Transformed Tomorrow with Sherryl Lin
The world is changing. The global pandemic created the conditions for radical change in how we live and relate with everything. Nothing will ever be the same and there's no going back to "normal." The COVID19 virus has been an evolutionary driver for whole-system transformation. This means complete and radical change on an individual, cultural, planetary, and cosmic level. What does this mean and how does it affect you, personally? You can choose to participate in the co-creative emergent design process and build a new world and evolved normal. This is the first episode in an upcoming series on "Co-Creating a Transformed Tomorrow." In this episode, Dr. Julie sits down with Sherryl Lin to discuss their very personal experiences.
Sherryl Lin has vivid memories of being a young child with a pure, loving heart who knew that everything was possible. She knew that she had intuitive abilities back then, but being that there was no one to explain to her what she was experiencing, she shut that part of herself down. Sherryl Lin was always interested in spirituality and spent much of her early adult life looking for the next teacher or guru who, she was certain, had the answers she was looking for.
Everything shifted when, through a series of mystical, awakening experiences, Sherryl Lin began to remember her connection to higher levels of consciousness and her abilities accelerated at an exponential rate. Sherryl assists her clients to move to the next level in all areas of their lives, including their health, business, life purpose, and relationships. As a Medical Intuitive Healer and Spiritual Guide, she reads the energy beneath your words, working deeply at the cellular level as a Spiritual Conduit, bringing you back into alignment with the truth of who you really are.
Divine Genius Part 3
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Living Your Divine Genius (Part 3) with Adam Hall
In his true adventure journey from Santa Barbara, CA to Peru, the twilight world of ascended guides and the deepest depths of his soul, Divine Genius: The Unlearning Curve, Adam Hall imparts The Thirteen Universal Wisdom Teachings, and his Genius Process for integrating them into your life. This process enables you to shed the layers of ego, pretentiousness, false beliefs and values that separate you from the Divine Genius, your authentic creative, loving and abundant life force. In part three, we take a deep dive into the second four wisdom teachings.
Adam C. Hall is committed to helping individuals unlearn the beliefs, behaviors, and habits that shield them from discovering their Divine Genius, the key to acknowledging and activating their true Divine selves. In his new book Divine Genius: The Unlearning Curve, Adam shares the 13 Universal Wisdom Teachings and the Genius Process that lead to his transformation, discovered on the extraordinary journey that took him from the shores of Santa Barbara, CA to the jungles of Brazil and Peru. He is passionate about sharing this information with the world.
An author, speaker, futurist, social architect, impact investor, advisor and conservationist—27 years as a CEO & serial entrepreneur– Adam began his professional career as a self-described Earth Conqueror, ultimately turning to the role of EarthKeeper. He was the founder of three successful real estate development companies, before personal and professional devastation forced him to reevaluate everything in his life.
Ultimately, he began to integrate a deeply spiritual and more authentic and natural approach, becoming a trained shaman, and teacher of The Course of Miracles. It was then he chose to focus on creating a company that protected the planet, and particularly open space at risk of development. As the CEO of Renaissance Capital, Adam raised
$1.5+ billion in capital investment to rescue and conserve premiere natural landscapes. He spent two decades as an impact investor dedicated to the quadruple bottom line: People, Planet, Profits with Purpose — and founded of the EarthKeeper Alliance. He also contributes to replanting the earth through the organization 8 Billion Trees.
Committed to helping others get in touch with their innate power for personal, professional, and planetary transformation, Adam has 10 years of experience as an Inner Wealth Advisor and Inner Leadership Consultant, helping people enrich their Inner and Outer Wealth Portfolio by integrating Science, Spirituality and Success. Says Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D, world-renowned shaman and CEO Four Winds: "Adam is a business genius, and has the wings that carry you to places few people dream of."
Adam has dedication himself to fostering Conscious Evolution, Business and Culture over the past two decades. Though his books — Divine Genius: The Unlearning Curve and the first book in his autobiographical trilogy The EarthKeeper, Undeveloping the Future— his 40 keynotes and the more than 60 radio and television show interviews he has done, Adam continues to seek ways to elevate consciousness.
Today he is the founder/CEO of the Genius Studio, creator of the Genius Process and works particularly with accomplished men who are seeking more contentment, alignment and personal meaning in their lives.
In his true adventure journey from Santa Barbara, CA to Peru, the twilight world of ascended guides and the deepest depths of his soul, Divine Genius: The Unlearning Curve, Adam Hall imparts The Thirteen Universal Wisdom Teachings, and his Genius Process for integrating them into your life. This process enables you to shed the layers of ego, pretentiousness, false beliefs and values that separate you from the Divine Genius, your authentic creative, loving and abundant life force. In part two, we take a deep dive into the second four wisdom teachings.
Leadership Flow
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Leadership Flow and Connection with Peri Chickering
There is a flow—an underlying rhythm to life—that fuels and evokes effective leadership. We can all lead more productively and sustainably, in or out of the workplace, by learning to access our natural strengths and connect them with the power of the larger order of all things. Peri Chickering explains that finding our way back to community, to wholeness, to connection in the deepest sense of the word is key.
Peri Chickering is a coach, consultant, herbalist, and leadership educator. Her early career as a mountaineer and wilderness guide took her around the world, where she created wilderness-based leadership schools in South Africa and Bulgaria.
Taking her leadership experience from the outdoors inside, Peri has worked with clients in private, governmental, and nonprofit sectors, including Disney Theatrical, USDA Forest Service, World Bank, Stanford Woods Institute, University of Chicago, and Renaissance Reinsurance. She holds a master's degree in human development and a Ph.D. in human and organizational systems.
For over 35 years, Peri has guided people towards richer and more fulfilling lives. Regardless of age, stage and professional background, she knows how to hear precisely needed next steps and life-sustaining new habits. Whether it be a personal or professional challenge, life transition or loss of inspiration and joy, she is there to walk with you, offering guidance, unseen possibilities and seeing with new eyes.
Situated in the small town of Hancock, New Hampshire, she, her husband, their cat, and two horses steward 55 acres of beautiful woodlands passed down from her grandmother.
Making the Global Shift Now
Making the Global Shift Now with Ervin Laszlo
We are launched on a process of profound change—a total-range global transformation. The crisis we have been experiencing is driving us to change whether we wish it to or not. Our choice is not whether, but how to change. Our guest, Ervin Laszlo, will encourage you to look at the dawn of a better world and your role in building that world.
Dr. Ervin Laszlo, author or editor of more than seventy books, has published in excess of four hundred articles and research papers, including six volumes of piano recordings. Generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory, he was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He serves as the founder and president of the Club of Budapest and was past president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences.
The Greatest Transformation in All of Human History
The Greatest Transformation in All of Human History with Elisabet Sahtouris, Kurt Johnson, and Bob Atkinson
How do we navigate the liminal space of the greatest transformation in all of human history? We live in one planetary community in which all its diverse parts are vital contributors to the functioning and well-being of the whole. We all have a shared sense of responsibility to live for the good of the whole. It's time to address our collective crises and build a better world, made up of cooperative communities caring for all life. Join Evolutionary Biologist, Dr. Elisabet Sahtouris, and co-editors of Our Moment of Choice, Dr. Kurt Johnson and Dr. Robert Atkinson, for a riveting conversation.
Elisabet Sahtouris, PhD is an internationally known evolution biologist and futurist, speaking on all five continents; teaching Living Economies and How to Navigate our Perfect Storm of Crises. After a post-doctoral fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History, she taught at MIT, the University of Massachusetts, contributed to the NOVA-Horizon TV series, became a fellow of the World Business Academy with an honorary Chair in Living Economies and a fellow of the Findhorn Foundation In Scotland, is on the Advisory Board of Ethical Markets, Tree Sisters and other organizations. Dr. Sahtouris is a co-founder of the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network and of Rising Women; Rising World. She has convened international symposia on Foundations of World Sciences in Japan and Malaysia, is currently a Professor in Residence at Chaminade University in Honolulu. Dr.Sahtouris is the author of EarthDance: Living Systems in Evolution, A Walk Through Time: From Stardust to Us, Biology Revisioned, with co-author Willis Harman, and, her latest: Gaia 's Dance: the Story of Earth & Us. She has appeared in numerous films, given TED talks in Germany and Morocco, and has chapters in many book anthologies.
Kurt Johnson, PhD, has worked in professional science and comparative religion over 40 years. A prominent figure on international committees, particularly at the United Nations, he is author of the influential book The Coming Interspiritual Age (2013), two award-winning books in science: Nabokov's Blues (2000) and Fine Lines (2015) (Brian Boyd Prize for scholarly writing, 2019), and, most recently, co-editor of Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future, a 2020 book from the Evolutionary Leaders Circle.
Kurt has served on the faculty of New York's Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and, for 25 years was associated there with the American Museum of Natural History. He is host for the Convergence radio series on VoiceAmerica, a series featuring global change-makers, and an editor of three magazines: The Convergence, Light on Light, and Conscious Business. Ordained or certified in five religious traditions. Kurt has a PhD in Evolution and Ecology and is author of over 200 scientific articles and seven books. Among many other associations he is a founder of the UN NGO Forum 21 Institute, is President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a member of the Evolutionary Leaders.
Robert Atkinson, PhD, author, educator, and developmental psychologist, is a 2017 Nautilus Book Award winner for The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. He is also the author or co-editor of eight other books, including Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future (2020), Year of Living Deeply: A Memoir of 1969 (2019), Mystic Journey: Getting to the Heart of Your Soul's Story (2012), and The Gift of Stories (1995). He is professor emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, an internationally recognized authority on life story interviewing, a pioneer in the techniques of personal myth-making, founder of One Planet Peace Forum, and a member of the Evolutionary Leaders.
A New Evolutionary Trajectory
A New Evolutionary Trajectory with Jean Houston and Ervin Laszlo
We live in challenging times. Yet, what if we are poised to become more than we think we can be—more than we can imagine—as a species? The birth of new ways of using our human potential and our shared, common humanity are converging with both new science and the direct experience of oneness. We are coded with potential and today we will look at a new evolutionary trajectory with Dr. Jean Houston and Dr. Ervin Laszlo.
Dr. Jean Houston, is a scholar and researcher in human capacities. For the past forty years she codirected the Foundation for Mind Research in New York City and Ashland, Oregon, focusing on understanding latent human abilities. The author of some twenty-six books, she is also a senior United Nations consultant in human development and the founder of a program of cross-cultural mythic and spiritual studies dedicated to empowering change agents.
Dr. Ervin Laszlo, author or editor of more than seventy books, has published in excess of four hundred articles and research papers, including six volumes of piano recordings. Generally recognized as the founder of systems philosophy and general evolution theory, he was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He serves as the founder and president of the Club of Budapest and was past president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences.ourmomentofchoice.com
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The Easter bunny came early!
Yesterday, the girls asked me to make a bunny card with them. I have so much beautiful foiled Sale-a-bration paper (I stocked up) that we put it to good use with this card. NOTE: There is only one more day to get your hands on this gorgeous foil paper.
We decided that ovals were a must in order to represent an egg. We used the Flourish thinlits for a delicate detail behind the bunny. My youngest likes to heat emboss everything, so I could not disappoint with the sentiment. The girls used sponge daubers to colour the doily in Blushing Bride. Here is a closer look. The bunny was fussy cut (it is so obvious because of all the wrinkles haha). We took this bunny from the We Must Celebrate stamp set and coloured him in with some Stampin' Blends.
While it took a fair bit of time to create this card (likely because there were 3 pairs of hands involved), I love how simple and elegant it looks. The girls were quite pleased and as you know, that's all that matters. Happy Easter my friends!


Yahaya Bello: Wife Of Kogi state Governor, 3 aides involved in Accident!
On Saturday the wife of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello' wife,Amina was involved in accident alongside three government aides.
The auto crash happened along the Obajana-Kabba road while they were on their way to Isanlu for the APC women rally,NAN reports.
The Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Yahaya Bello, Mr Onogwu Muhammed made the announcement in a statement in Lokoja.
"In appreciation to God Almighty for His faithfulness to the New Direction family, the Kogi State Government wishes to announce that three aides of Gov. Yahaya Bello and his wife survived an accident this morning.
"The accident occurred around Oshokoshoko village, while on their way to Isanlu for the All Progressives' Congress women rally but they all came out unhurt.
'"The government appreciates God once again, that all those involved are in perfect condition.
"The Governor's wife's door-to-door campaign train continues with their rally to the western senatorial district, after a successful two-day outing in Kogi East,''.


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The Space Agency – Westgarth Club Middlesbrough 10th Sept 2022
Almost a year to the day since their last visit The Space Agency return to Teesside for what's sure to be another entertaining night of sonic other worldly instrumentals from the Brighton trio.
Tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/2rup8mr3
Pics by Steve White.
This entry was posted in 2022, Live Shows on 17 Jan 2022 by fastforwardpromotions.
Len Price 3 – Westgarth Social Club October 14th
Mega pleased to confirm a return to the North East for The Len Price 3. It was a quite stunning show when the band played there in September and we can't wait for a repeat performance.
Tickets here https://tinyurl.com/2p83x2tk
2022 Shows so far.
These are the confirmed/announced shows for 2022 so far. Hopefully they will all go ahead as planned but watch this space. There's more to be announced in the new year.
Tickets are available from SEE Tickets here and Georgian Theatre shows are available here
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This entry was posted in 2022, Live Shows on 29 Dec 2021 by fastforwardpromotions.
The next (and final 2021) show features the return of Kirk Brandon's Theatre of Hate.
Tickets here from SEE Tickets and also available from The Georgian Theatre, Sound It Out Records and Lucifers bar both in Stockton.
Stockton/Middlesbrough has become a second home for Kirk over the last 10 years having performed with Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny, solo akoustiK and with Dead Men Walking around 20 times.
He keeps coming back because people keep coming to see him play because they know what they are going to get. Never anything less than a full on show that doesn't just rely on the golden oldies (they get played of course though!) but also new music that is as relevant and exciting as anything he has produced over the preceding 40+years.
There's a multitude of bootlegs and semi official releases covering the band's early days but in 2022 Cherry Red release an exhaustive 6 disc box set that covers just about everything ever released along side previously unheard material along with interviews with Kirk with Mojo's Pat Gilbert along side sleeve notes. It will be available at shows or on line from Cherry Red here.
The old.
The new (ish)
This entry was posted in 2021, Live Shows on 6 Dec 2021 by fastforwardpromotions.
Penetration – Georgian Theatre Stockton 10.02.22
Ahead of the shows supporting the original line up of The Damned Penetration play at Stockton's Georgian Theatre on Thursday February 10th 2022.
Ticket link here
More details to follow.
This entry was posted in 2022, Live Shows on 15 Nov 2021 by fastforwardpromotions.
The Space Agency Sat 11th Sept at The Westgarth Club
Saturday 11th September sees the return of The Space Agency to The Westgarth Social Club, our first promotion at the club since November 2019 – it will be nice to be back again.
Formed in 2002 by Simon Jones, a Middlesbrough lad born & bread but now a long term Hove resident the band also feature Hiromi Jones & Andrew Bowler.
Simon was initially in the band Vibrasonic who released a number of singles and 2 albums whilst managing to play with guitar legends Dick Dale and Link Wray.
The Space Agency play instrumental songs, no vocals and their sound is described loosely as "Psychedelic" but in reality it is just very unique music not dissimilar to the surf rock records of the sixties. Simon lists some of his influences that form how the Space Agency sound as "Psychedelic & Garage Punk records like The Electric Prunes, The Seeds, The Chocolate Watchband, The 13th Floor Elevators, Pebbles and Nuggets compilations, The Ventures & Surf Instrumentals"
The band have played The Westgarth a couple of times now and a great time is always had by those in attendance.
I'm sure there will be plenty of merch at the show or alternatively you can buy The Space Agency's music on line here at their Bandcamp page.
There's a really unique support band for the show called Bubamara
The bands Facebook page about section describes them as "Musica frizzante della Mediterranean" which according to Google translates as "Sparkling Mediterranean music".
They are also variously described as folk punk, Sicillian skiffle, Cossack Ska and various other things. Sounds like a right melting pot and I'm really looking forward to seeing these lads play.
Tickets are available on line or just pay on the door.
This entry was posted in 2020, Live Shows on 10 Sep 2021 by fastforwardpromotions.
The Meteors at The Georgian Theatre 30th September. Cancelled.
Unfortunately due to ongoing uncertainty around travel limitations and restrictions on access The Meteors have decided to postpone the upcoming UK tour. New dates will be rescheduled as soon as possible. Tickets already purchased will be valid for the new date, anyone who requires a refund should contact their point of purchase.
Details of confirmation from Paul Fenech's Facebook page below.
This entry was posted in 2021, Cancellations, Live Shows on 7 Sep 2021 by fastforwardpromotions.
Filthy Tongues
I just want to thank everyone who made Saturday's show featuring The Filthy Tongues (a) possible and (b) such a great night.
I really appreciate the hard work & support I receive from the staff The Georgian Theatre, Stockton both behind the scenes and at the shows. Thanks to Katie for making the sound great, everyone who bought a ticket (regardless of whether you actually made it to the show or not) especially those who travelled long distances to get here but mostly a massive Thank You to the band for agreeing to play in the first place and going out of their way to put on such a special show.
Without the bands, without venues who care there's nothing left, we have to cherish and support them both.
There's lots of great pics and videos knocking around from the show so hunt them down and ENJOY!
This entry was posted in 2021, Live Shows on 16 Aug 2021 by fastforwardpromotions.
Wolfgang Flur – Friday April 2022
2nd confirmed show for 2022 features Wolfgang Flur who was a member of the classic Kraftwerk line up between 1973-1987 and author of "I Was A Robot".
A member of Kraftwerk during the group's golden era, Wolfgang Flür was the band's electronic percussionist from 1973 to 1987.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Flür became the third member of the band in 1973, replacing a drum machine. He was a member of the group from their international breakthrough with the album Autobahn (1974) and remained as they experimented with proto techno on albums such as Trans-Europe Express (1977) and Computer World (1981).
Frustrated with the half-a-decade it took to produce Electric Cafe (1986), he left the band after the LP's release — it wouldn't be until a 2009 reissue that Flür received an artist credit on the album. In 1997, he launched his solo career under the name Yamo and released Time Pie, an album that featured work with the experimental duo Mouse on Mars.
In 2000, he published his memoir I Was a Robot, but the book was pulled momentarily, and re-released with revisions after a lawsuit from the remaining members of Kraftwerk.
A 12″ single named after the book appeared in 2004, and it was included on the 2015 release Eloquence: Total Works, a collection of unreleased Flür tracks dating back to 2002.
His live performance will include the true analogue influences from the early electronic movement, whilst showcasing his modern introductions of pop, techno, and soundtrack sounds. Dedicated fans and pure electronic appreciators will be truly entertained!
Tickets available on line from SEE, Ticketweb etc.
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The Filthy Tongues – Sat August 14th
Our next event is special Unplugged show featuring Edinburgh's The Filthy Tongues on Sat August 14th at The Georgian Theatre in Stockton.
Once upon a long time ago Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson & Derek Kelly were members of a band called Goodbye Mr Mackenzie.
The MacKenzies formed in the early to mid Eighties and as well as Metcalfe, Wilson & Kelly the band latterly featured Big John Duncan and Shirly Manson.
They released a classic debut album entitled Good Deeds & Dirty Rags, an equally classic single The Rattler and for a while looked being a band that made it "big" but record label issues meant that despite having a massive following at home they never really became popular outside the UK and eventually split up in the early Nineties.
Manson went onto join Garbage, Duncan became a guitar tech for Nirvana occasionally appearing on stage with them whilst Metcalfe, Kelly & Wilson formed Isa & The Filthy Tongues with Stacey Chavis on vocals.
The band were active through until around 2010 and releasing 2 albums and contributing a number of songs to the film New Town Killers directed by Skids frontman Richard Jobson.
After a hiatus The Filthy Tongues resurfaced in 2014 without Chavis and recorded a track entitled Lethe Walks which was released initally on You Tube before appearing on vinyl.
In 2016 the debut Filthy Tongues album Jacobs Ladder was released receiving rave reviews across the board with favourable comparisons to many contemporary artists including Nick Cave.
Metcalfe describes the album as "Pleasingly grotty and more than a bit gothic. All based around a dark neo-feudal Edinburgh" whilst Louder Than War magazine described it as "A vivid and visceral exploration of Edinburgh's underbelly
2018 saw the follow up Back To Hell released following on the dark scenes and tales of Edinburgh it's predecessor so firmly established. Again Louder Than War were lavishing with their praise "'This is part of a planned trilogy and is a riveting, driving follow-up. If there's a more exciting band currently playing north of the border, I've yet to hear them."
Hopefully the 3rd album will see the light of day in 2021.
The past 18 months have been a living hell for many people especially those in the live music industry. Bands have seen their livliehoods being stripped away from them as they have been denied the opportunity playing & recording.
This special one off accoutic show was organised at one of those brief points in time when bands were allowed to come out to play, all be it socially distanced, seated and at reduced capacity but before it could happen the clampdown tightened again and it had to be rescheduled.
Hopefully now as restrictions are lifted and we can look towards getting back to some kind of "normal" this show will provide a bit of a boost to all involved.
Tickets are limited and only available online from this link.
Filthy Tongues – Ticketweb
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Theatre Of Hate	13 Apr 2022 at 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yd, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1AT, UK
Wolfgang Flur	22 Apr 2022 at 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yd, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1AT, UK
The Fallen Leaves	7 May 2022 at 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm Westgarth Social Club, 99 Southfield Rd, Middlesbrough TS1 3EZ, UK
The Pack	4 Aug 2022 at 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yd, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1AT, UK
The Space Agency	10 Sep 2022 at 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm Westgarth Social Club, 99 Southfield Rd, Middlesbrough TS1 3EZ, UK
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie	22 Sep 2022 at 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm The Cluny Venue, 36 Lime St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2PQ, UK
Len Price 3	14 Oct 2022 at 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm Westgarth Social Club, 99 Southfield Rd, Middlesbrough TS1 3EZ, UK
Penetration	27 Oct 2022 at 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yd, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1AT, UK
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie – Cluny Show Rescheduled
Theatre of Hate Show Rescheduled.
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We discuss responsive web design, side projects, and the Netbot/App.net drama I stirred up. Also, this is the second to last episode of the B&B Podcast. Next week (2/7/13) tune in live at 11a PT to listen to the last episode of the B&B Podcast.
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Q: Regression with Logistic-Distribution errors (NOT Logistic Regression) I was wondering if anyone ever tried to do a regression where the errors, instead of normal, would be assumed to be from the Logistic Distribution.
I don't mean Logistic Regression, as I don't assume that the $y$'s are coming from a Bernoulli distribution whose mean is dependent on some covariates, but rather that the $y$'s come from a symmetric Logistic distribution, whose pdf is:
$$f_Y(y;\mu) = \frac{e^{(y-\mu)}}{(1+e^{(y-\mu)})^2},\,\,-\infty\lt y\lt \infty
$$
(Unless the models are some how equivalent and I missed that)

A: Yes, I have done this. You can trick the "survreg" function in the "survival" package of R into doing it by assigning all the censoring values to "1" (uncensored) and then requesting the logistic distribution.  Here is an example.
library(survival)

n= 1000
set.seed(12345)
x = rnorm(n)
y = 2 + 5*x + rnorm(n)
observed = rep(1,n)

fit.normal   = survreg(Surv(y, observed) ~ x, dist = "gaussian")
fit.logistic = survreg(Surv(y, observed) ~ x, dist = "logistic")
summary(fit.normal)
summary(fit.logistic)

The normal model fits better here (Log Likelihood = -1426 vs. -1436.9 for logistic), which is not surprising since the data are generated from the normal model.

A: I've done so now, check Numerical implementation in Python (Jupyter Notebook).
Can't say that there's much difference from fitting a regression to it vs. a normal regression. I also tried with different scale parameter, and both regressions seem to be quite close (though of course the log-likelihood is slightly better for the Logistic which generated the data).
So maybe there is no necessity for it, as normal regression fits just as good, and is easier to compute.


Today, we are announcing the winners of the February 2019 Live Your Dream Collection Release Giveaway!
First of all, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who hopped along with us! It was such a delight reading through the comments and seeing that you were all as thrilled about the new scrapbook collection as we were!
Please email us at winner@altenew.com with the subject line "February 2019 Live Your Dream Collection Release Giveaway Winner" by 04/03/19 so we can set you up with your prizes.
If you missed out on our February 2019 Live Your Dream Collection Release, you can still hop along! Our incredibly talented design team and special guests did an amazing job in showcasing the new scrapbook collection and they have tons of inspiration on their blogs.
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Diebold machines repeatedly crashed and rebooted during last week's primary, and that was just the start of the state's problems. An elections official orders a plan of action for November.
Major mistakes bogged down Tuesday's primary election. Equipment abruptly turned off or went missing, vote totals didn't arrive on time, and many volunteers lacked the know-how to start and operate the state's new and, for the first time, entirely electronic voting system. Circuit judges ordered polls to stay open an extra hour in Baltimore, where many election judges were no-shows, and in Montgomery County, where human error prevented a crucial electronic component from being delivered to polling stations.
So Monday, the state's elections chief ordered Baltimore and three counties to deliver plans on how to fix the problems. The order includes the firing of tardy election judges, a refresher training session for all election judges, and clear assignments for each poll worker who meets requirements.
After Tuesday's election mess, Lamone directed Diebold to produce a report on "software problems" that caused the electronic poll books to abruptly crash and reboot.
For Montgomery County, Md., Lamone is calling for a detailed report on how local election officials first learned that the voter access cards, used to activate voting machines, were not included in poll-worker supply kits, and she wants a plan to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
For Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, Lamone ordered refresher training for all chief judges. For Prince George's, she also asked for better recruitment and training of technicians, who help with the assembly of the equipment and closing of the polls.


For over 20 years the Drew Russian Program has hosted the High School Olympiada of Spoken Russian for New Jersey. Over a dozen high school programs that offer Russian send their students to Drew to be tested on their Russian speaking ability by Drew students and faculty. So expect to see two hundred extra students in the UC tomorrow from 9-2.


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If you thought that fairy tales were reserved only for those who have blue blood - then you were wrong. Fairy tales, just a century or two ago were reserved for the members of the Dunđerski family, which two of the three castles that we visited belonged to. Of course, when you start this trip you should exclude the expectation that you will see something like Disney's castles. Here you will see modest but very lovely buildings that narrate us the life of the rich people of the 19th and 20th century.
Their lives were very interesting and exciting, so while listening to the tour guide, I wished for the story not to end.
At the beginning of the fairy-tale journey, first we saw kastel Ecka (kastel-castle, Hungarian), the former luxury-hunting house, which opened two hundred years ago. Over 300 elite guests were present on the opening. The castle maintained its luxurious feel, mostly because it is privatized and not neglected, unlike some other castles in Vojvodina. Today, it operates as a hotel where every lover of hedonism and peace can enjoy.
Beside the castle there is an old church whose tower is visible from the beautiful garden of the castle and,thus, it completes the fairy-tale feel of the area.
Also, there is an interesting story related to the stay of the famous Franz Ferdinand just in this place, for hunting, but this story will be better told by the tour guides.
The castle, built to exceed the beauty of the royal one, was our second destination. That is Fantast castle, located in the infinite Vojvodina fields, surrounded by the natural shade of its gardens. Bogdan Dunđerski erected this building of peaceful white colour. Although there is no official evidence, it is said that it was made according to his idea and the inspiration he got from traveling across Europe. However, it must be added, that his best friend, the great Serbian painter, Uros Predic was a big help to him.
As I said, we had the chance to visit the small chapel, which was also built by Bogdan Dunđerski. Unfortunately, the chapel was robbed in the past and a lot of artwork by Uros Predic disappeared, but what's left is enough to catch the attention of art lovers.
By the way, the chapel serves as the final resting place of Bogdan Dunđerski, and except him someone else was supposed to be buried there; an interesting story that the curators will tell you.
Another interesting corner of this building is the former swimming pool, which is now empty, and it looks like the remains of some ancient ruins.
We went on the road to the next destination, very satisfied with the visit of this former castle, and today's small hotel and restaurant.
The last fairytale location on the excursion was Dunđerski Castle in Kulpin. This elegant unique castle, which has served a lot to filmmakers from Serbia, unfortunately is in bad condition. However, to my travel companions and me, its conditions was neither bothersome nor spoiled the experience. Sometimes trips should be a kind of warning: to get us to know what kind of treasure we have and to guard good things from oblivion and decay.
The curator took us for a walk through an exciting story of history of this castle and his owners, but also through the rooms where we could see furniture from the 20th century.
Although I did not have the expectation that this could be interesting to me, I was very pleased with the visit at the Museum of Agriculture, which is located in the former auxiliary building of this castle. The curator, in a convenient and exciting way, explained us the meaning of the exhibits, but also their symbolism, which, in fact, lies in the importance of agriculture to the Dunđerski family.
Beautiful Vojvodina is the real fertile area for agriculture, it is enough to say that there is joke that if you throw a button in her ground - something will sprout. Dunđerski were the lucky ones because their fields were in Vojvodina.
Finally, with heads still in the clouds where the fairy tales were, we moved to a pleasant lunch in the shade of a Vojvodina salaš (former farmhouse, converted into an authentic ethnic restaurant). The travel companions were cheerfully exchanging impressions, the sounds of knocking glasses full of quality wine, the laughter, but also the sounds of satisfaction at the first bite of extraordinary tasty food sounded/ filled the place. Pleasure was in the air and calm smiles on our lips. Can we ask for more from one Sunday?


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04 February 2008 in News, Security
Exciting innovator in application security testing heals pain points with first online based subscription service for testing software code
Burlington, Mass. – Veracode, the first provider of on-demand application security testing solutions, today announced a further innovation – comprehensive detection of backdoors and malicious code.
Veracode is the only company to offer application code reviews on a software-as-a-service subscription basis. Veracode's SecurityReview is the first solution to enable organisations to discover security flaws in software automatically, without releasing their valuable source code. Whether a company is buying or building software Veracode helps improve the security quality of applications without the need to hand over precious intellectual property by providing comprehensive identification and remediation of the security flaws contained in binary code, the very foundation of today's software applications.
The addition of the new backdoor detection capability further strengthens Veracode's position as a true trailblazer in the application security arena. Backdoors are often included in programmes by developers for seemingly legitimate purposes but are increasingly being exploited by hackers to compromise applications. Research from the US Department of Homeland Security points to a significant risk from backdoors and 23% of software packages used by US government employees have backdoors built into them.
"Backdoors and malicious code pose significant operational risk to enterprises and software that are just too significant to ignore," said Matt Moynahan, chief executive officer of Veracode. "Given the complexity of modern application development, the common practice of outsourcing and increasing use of third party libraries, it is nearly impossible for an enterprise to identify the pedigree and security level of the software running their business-critical applications and handling their customer's personally identifiable information. As a result, we expect backdoors and malicious code insertion to become an increasingly prevalent attack vector against the enterprise. Because the binary (compiled code) represents the actual attack surface for the hacker, testing the application binaries is the most accurate and complete way to conduct final, independent security validation and verification."
As the complexity of modern software applications increases, with components assembled from reusable binary components, backdoors can easily circumvent even the best of QA cycles, resulting in the need for a more complete and accurate approach to software security testing. Veracode's binary software testing, which provides 100% coverage as opposed to the partial coverage of today's source code-only analysis solutions, is uniquely positioned to tackle the backdoors and malicious code challenge by offering a complete, independent security verification of an entire software application.
On the back of extensive research, Veracode has developed the first comprehensive taxonomy of backdoors so that organisations and application developers can better understand how to detect these hidden threats. Veracode has found that the average time to discovery of a backdoor inserted in open source software was measured in weeks. Backdoors in commercial "closed source" applications went undetected for years, putting company and individuals' personal data at risk.
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Jay Dickey, then a Republican candidate for the Arkansas 4th District, answers a question during a debate in 2002.
"My conscience wasn't doing well," says Jay Dickey, who adds that he never intended his budget amendment to prohibit the CDC from studying firearm deaths and injuries.
The effective ban can be traced back to the 1996 Dickey Amendment, which famously barred the CDC from involvement in any research that could be interpreted as advocating tougher gun laws. Jack Dickey, a Republican Congressman from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, slipped the rider into a spending bill as a junior member of the House Appropriations Committee. Congress slashed $2.6 million from the CDC's budget after the amendment went into effect — the exact amount that the organization had dedicated to studying gun violence the year before. The swift one-two punch has come to define the organization's current research climate, in which studies on guns and public health are virtually non-existent.
In a conversation with The Trace, Dickey discussed how his reading of the Second Amendment motivated his legislation, the importance of science in addressing the gun problem, and his growing regrets over the research funding freeze.
Your amendment established the CDC ban on gun violence research. You've since had a change of heart. Why?
I just regret it. I don't know if it was a change of heart, I just regret that we didn't maintain the commitment to funding science and research. In fact, I don't think I ever intended it to be a prohibition against spending money like that. It just shouldn't be spent for political purposes.
If you didn't intend it to prohibit federal gun violence research, what did you hope the result would be?
That the politicalization of the research stop. Because we were spending money, not for health purposes, but for political agenda purposes. But I would have added to the amendment, if I had the control. I was just a junior member of the [appropriations] committee, and I didn't know what wording went into the amendment before it passed. I would have added to it and made it a requirement that there be scientific research. That it should continue until a solution is reached. And at no time is the solution to even get close to infringing on the rights of gun owners.
How did gun rights come to be major priority for you?
The more I read about the Second Amendment and the more I read about why it was there, I just finally figured it was important. Then when I saw the opposition on the other side, it just kind of took it to another level.
On the research issue, the side that wanted to stop gun control felt like they were fighting for the Second Amendment. That was a constitutional amendment, and that connected them with the framers of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. That's a pretty strong motivation.
What do you think would have happened if the CDC's research had continued?
We could have been spending a little bit of money for a long period of time and we would have a solution. The highway industry, it solved their problem with the use of science and didn't eliminate the car. If someone asked me, "What do you think the solution would be to eliminate head-on collisions?," I never would have thought that a little guardrail would be enough force to stop a car. But science won out. There's no telling what science will do. If a consistent, continual effort is made, we'll find a solution.
Do you have any idea of what that solution might be?
That's what I can't figure out. I don't think I can predict it right now. But we can't get to a solution by doing nothing. We need to do something.
You recently sent a letter to Congress, calling for renewed federal funding for research on gun violence. Given the intensity of the debate around guns, do you think you would have sent the letter if you were facing re-election?
No. People are used to the NRA [National Rifle Association] on one side and the gun control people on the other. And they're accustomed to speaking in those terms. They're unaccustomed to doing things in a joint fashion. And so, when you delve into that environment, you get these knee-jerk reactions. And you have to overcome the knee-jerk.
Do you think that'll ever happen, where the two sides will find a way to compromise and collaborate?
Well, Mark Rosenberg and I have it. He was the was head of the CDC department that was supposed to be spending the money at the time. [Rosenberg is now CEO of the Taskforce for Global Health.] We were the point men for each side when the issue came up in Congress. I mean, I was told to watch out for him. And I think he was told to watch out for me. So we were on opposite sides. But later I got to know him, and we found a middle ground.
And how did you guys reach that understanding?
He showed up in the office to say hello once. We started talking and then we got to our families and we started connecting. And I don't think I've convinced him, and I don't think he's convinced me, but we are miles further along than we were.
Have you gotten any feedback from other Republicans about your letter?
Zero. I didn't expect anything. I just did that because my conscience wasn't doing well. I had to do something, even if no one else did.
How much blame do you think sitting Congress members hold for the state of gun research in the U.S.?
I can't attribute any guilt to them right now. I'm just saying, something could have been done. And I could have done it. I could have put the language in the amendment that did more to encourage the science. But when you have those kinds of fights, there's kind of an anticlimax. It was a big battle to get the amendment passed, and after it was over, I kind of just said, "I don't want to hear about that for a while." And so I stopped.


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The Best Thing I Saw on TV This Week (10/11 – 10/18)
Posted on October 18, 2015 by Katie
I apologize for the fact that this post was missing last week; I was busy recovering from my amazing New York Comic Con trip, which you can read all about here!
This week in television kicked off with another emotional hour of Once Upon a Time, which featured twist after twist and revelation after revelation. Also on Sunday, Brooklyn Nine-Nine highlighted Jake and Boyle's friendship, and The Good Wife introduced a new man in Alicia's life, played by the ever-charming Jeffrey Dean Morgan. On Monday, Dancing with the Stars switched up the partnerships with mixed results; Jane the Virgin premiered with so much humor and heart; and Castle continued to explore Kate and Rick's new dynamic, as well as how it affects Ryan and Esposito (and Martha, too). Tuesday gave us a karaoke-filled episode of The Muppets; another look into modern parenthood on The Mindy Project; and the introduction of two great new characters on The Flash. On Wednesday, Nashville continued to break our hearts with even more depressing drama. And Friday and Saturday gave us the first two parts of Girl Meets World's Texas adventure, which highlighted just how talented the young actors on that show are.
It's no secret that this has been a pretty heavy start to the season for many of the dramas I watch: Emma is the Dark One on Once Upon a Time, Castle and Beckett are in the middle of an unnecessary (in my opinion, at least) separation, and literally everyone is struggling to find happiness on Nashville. So lately, I've been incredibly appreciative of the shows I watch that are designed to do nothing but make me smile.
That's why I loved the season premiere of Jane the Virgin so much: It had its moments of tears, but they were quickly followed by moments of pure joy and warmth. And that's why I still smile when I think about Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Jake and Boyle's "My Hunch" dance. And more than any other week so far, this week I found myself truly appreciating all the moments of silly fun The Muppets gave me.
Was the karaoke scene on The Muppets the deepest or most interesting thing on TV this week? No, but it wasn't supposed to be. It was simply supposed to be fun, and that's exactly what it was. It made me laugh from start to finish, and with so many TV shows breaking my heart lately, I love knowing that I can put on The Muppets and find so many reasons to feel nothing but joy.
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Justin on October 18, 2015 at 6:58 pm said:
Yeah, I agree with you about Castle and Beckett's separation. It is completely unnecessary and contrived. Beckett should have let Castle in on the off-grid case which they keep secret from everyone else while investigating crimes together as the united team they've always been.
Katie on October 18, 2015 at 11:40 pm said:
You've come to the right place to vent, Justin! I haven't written about Castle in a while because, to be honest, it's just too hard for me to write about how far it's fallen. I absolutely love your wish for how this story should have gone, and I'm so sad they chose this path instead.
g8rmom7 on October 18, 2015 at 7:55 pm said:
You and I watch the same things! I just binged on Jane the Virgin last week…it was one of those shows I knew i would love but just never got around to it. But boy, I'm glad I finally did. I love that show so much. I love that they have a love triangle with no real clear cut choice. I have a preference for Michael but I certainly can understand why she may end up with Raf…or neither. But in any case, the relationship with her Mom I just adore. Tears filled my eyes when her mom arrived in time for the baby. You could just see on Jane's face how much she needed her. Anyway, I have always loved The Mindy Project and still think she is the best rom-com writer since Nora Ephron. And where did they get a baby that is not only adorable, bur really looks like a mix between Mindy and Danny!
Well then we both have excellent taste in TV! 😉
Isn't Jane the Virgin wonderful? And I completely agree with you about Mindy being the best rom-com writer since Ephron! Also, that baby is too cute. 🙂
nicademus11 on October 19, 2015 at 3:50 pm said:
I am merely commenting to say the joy it brings to my heart and soul that others are discovering and loving Jane the Virgin.
adventuresintheherenow on October 28, 2015 at 10:08 pm said:
I second that!!!
Heather on October 18, 2015 at 9:28 pm said:
I loved the karaoke scene so much. It was nothing but fun and it's often exactly what I need. Also on the sitcom side of things, Louis trying to prepare Eddie and his friends for their first dance cracked me up. His reaction to their dance movies (learned from Shaggy's Mr. Boombastic video) was perfectly horrified.
On the more emotional side of things, I am so happy that Jane the Virgin is back. It is simultaneously heartwarming and funny and I'm continually amazed at how well they find that balance. Gina Rodriguez is a gift to us all and every scene with the three women is still perfectly done. Also, I was not at all opposed to a shirtless Rafael with a baby. That was a lot to handle, in the best way 😉
Jane the Virgin's ability to balance making me cry from its emotional scenes and then cry with laughter at its funny ones is incredible. There's really no other show on TV right now like it. And I am 100% with you on shirtless Rafael with a baby. I would not be opposed to more of those moments in future episodes. 😉
I am so loving the Jane love. But I have to add, I adored how they set us up to be so perfectly swooning over Michael only to sucker punch us with a shirtless Rafael bonding with the baby seconds later. My love for this show knows no bounds.
Because Jane the Virgin is the most awesome show on the planet… I have to chime in to agree every time anyone mentions it! I love everything about it and I'm so happy more people are discovering how wonderful it is.
Every time you write about The Muppets I almost want to watch. But the 9 year old in me can't. I loved the original series so much. It is what made the recent movie remake wonderfully fun and reminiscent of the magic the show once held. Much like you could pay me to watch a remake of Hitchcock film. I have the same sacred adoration of The Muppets (although I loved the clip you showed).
For me the top moments on TV this week came at the beginning of the week. Last Sunday gave me a mind-blowing season premiere of The Walking Dead and the battle of Margo Martindale and Alan Cumming. Then my beloved return of Jane the Virgin quickly followed on Monday and with it the beauty that character, integrity and honest storytelling can be both heartwarming and funny.
But hands down, for me the moment of the week and the singular best thing I saw on television was Renee Elise Goldsberry on the BET HipHop Awards Cypher. Sandwiched in between rap battlers Lin-Manuel Miranda and Daveed Diggs vocal acrobatics was Renee's hard core, unrelenting powerful rap that not only blew me away lyrically, but spoke to the immense power we hold as women. My love of all things Hamilton is well known. Goldsberry people will know from The Good Wife. I had the opportunity to see Renee rap at a Ham4Ham show early in the run on Broadway. What she does in this 45 seconds is sheer mastery and easily the best thing I saw on TV last week.
http://www.bet.com/video/hiphopawards/2015/cyphers/hamilton-cypher-clean.html
Katie on October 19, 2015 at 4:09 pm said:
I totally understand not wanting to taint your childhood love for The Muppets. The show is certainly not as good as the first of the new movies, but it's a nice half-hour bit of fun in my weekly TV schedule. And it's something I watch with my family, which isn't always the case with my shows. (Although my mom, sister, and I do watch most things together.)
I found that BET video last week thanks to the good people of Tumblr. 😉 It's incredible. I am just so in awe of her talent and the power of her words that I don't even know what to say. She's amazing—it's as simple as that.
I can't watch The Muppets for 2 reasons. I have another show on at the same time. And all of the voices are wrong. I miss Jim Henson so much! But I'm glad that his genius is reaching a whole new audience in a different way. Maybe I can get past the voice issue if I try…
It's been ages since you wrote this post but I'll just chime in over and over to proclaim my love for Jane the Virgin because it's always ALWAYS my happy place on TV. And I'm SO glad you're enjoying it. I just cackle with delight at some of the things that show comes up with. It's so ridiculous, but also so TRUE and good. I love how meta it is too! It's awesome to watch a show that makes fun of itself, but that also deals with serious issues.
And Brooklyn Nine-Nine. That's just another happy show. Thank all the gods for B99.
Like you, I have so many shows that are heavy with drama right now but thankfully they (almost) all have bright spots – whether it's something funny like Hook and Hood and a picture from up inside Zelena (eek!) or a beautiful musical performance on Nashville, or even just a beautifully framed shot of a gorgeous and talented person (on any show)…
But yeah, it's nice to have some silly fun laughs (or a wee bit of truck jousting) to lighten the mood 🙂
I totally understand the fact that the voices on The Muppets throws you off. I'll admit, there are definitely times while watching it that a character's voice just sounds so wrong that it takes me out of the show for a moment. But the tone is right, even if the voices are off. 😉
I love how happy you are about all the JtV love over here! It's become such a happy place in my TV schedule, and I'm so glad I picked it up.


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The Celtic Cross is a true representation of Celtic jewelry. With a history as long as the ancient Celts, Celtic Irish crosses are believed to have first appeared in the early Middle Ages but remain relevant to this day. Its traditional shape contains a cross that is adorned with a circle around its middle section. Jewelers have designed the Celtic Cross from a variety of metals, and they have ornamented its four arms with different Irish symbols, such as the Celtic knot and others.
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There are many interpretations of the Celtic Cross, but it is mainly associated with strength and compassion, as well as with a representation of the ups and downs that life brings. The arms of these Celtic Irish crosses are supposed to represent the four elements of nature: fire, earth, water, and air, but they can also represent the heart, body, soul, and mind.
A circle at the Celtic Cross's center symbolizes infinite love — love that has no beginning and no end but lasts eternally. It is also a depiction of the halo of Christ who blesses its wearer with endless love. Through the years, craftsmen of many generations have dedicated themselves to perfecting this symbol to reflect the ambitions and hopes of the Celts in this iconic piece of Celtic jewelry.
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Possibly the Most Pointless Primary Challenge Ever
So it's official. Liz Cheney has announced her intention to seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming:
Cheney, 46, is the elder of Dick Cheney's two daughters. Her announcement is a political challenge unlike anything Wyoming has seen for years, maybe decades — Republicans in the state rarely challenge incumbents in national office.
It goes without saying that there is nothing wrong with challenging incumbents, and launching intra-party challenges can be an important means to hold politicians accountable when they ignore their constituents or cease to be effective advocates for the people that put them in office. The obvious flaw in Cheney's challenge is that Enzi has done nothing to anger voters in Wyoming or conservatives nationally. Other than trying to re-establish the Cheney family in Wyoming politics, her candidacy serves no purpose. It's not as if Enzi's foreign policy views are anything like those of Hagel or Lugar, so Cheney will be hard-pressed to make use of the hawkish credentials she has been building for so many years. Except for her hard-line foreign policy advocacy, Cheney doesn't have much to offer Wyoming voters, so it's not clear why they would chuck out a popular incumbent to make way for her. No one in the Senate is entitled to keep a seat, but launching a primary challenge purely for the sake of dynasty-building is ridiculous. If we're talking about an unreasonable sense of entitlement, perhaps it would be better to look at the presumption of the daughter of a former Vice President to run for high office in a state where she is barely a resident.


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Renée Fleming Headlines The Light in the Piazza Which Proves To Be a Flawed Italian Travelogue
The Light in the Piazza (book by Craig Lucas, lyrics and music by Adam Guettel): Company of The Light in the Piazza, Orchestra of Opera North / Kimberley Grigsby (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.6.2019. (JPr)
The Light in the Piazza (c) Dewynters London
Director – Daniel Evans
Scenic designer – Robert Jones
Costume designer – Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting designer – Mark Henderson
Movement director – Lucy Hind
Cast included:
Margaret Johnson – Renée Fleming
Clara Johnson – Dove Cameron
Roy Johnson – Malcolm Sinclair
Signor Naccarelli – Alex Jennings
Signora Naccarelli – Marie McLaughlin
Fabrizio Naccarelli – Rob Houchen
Giuseppe Naccarelli – Liam Tamine
Franca Naccarelli – Celinde Schoenmaker
The Light in the Piazza premiered at Lincoln Center in 2005 and that year was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won six, including Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations. Based upon Elizabeth Spencer's 1960 novella and a subsequent 1962 film adaptation of the same name, Craig Lucas wrote the book for the musical and Adam Guettel – the grandson of Richard Rodgers – took on the task to provide lyrics (some in broken English or Italian) and music. The musical garnered much praise with The Chicago Tribune describing it as having '…the most beautiful score written for the American theatre in at least 20 years [with] uncommonly wise and emotional lyrics.'
Italy – at the time the story takes place in the early 1950s – was recovering from its involvement in the Second World War and reclaiming a role for itself in world affairs. So, when Margaret Johnson brings her young daughter, Clara, for a sentimental journey to Italy where she and her husband (Michael Sinclair seen at the end of telephone conversations) is hoping to recapture the memories of happier times past but also something of the world before it was plunged into that cataclysmic war. It is against this backdrop of a changing world that we follow the burgeoning romance of Clara and Fabrizio Naccarelli which highlights the different cultural traditions and constraints of the U.S. and Italy. We are in the territory of every Hallmark Channel TV romance and, of course, the course of true love cannot run smooth as hidden secrets as revealed. Margaret is fiercely protective of her daughter and is determined to shield her from experiencing any emotional turmoil because (spoiler alert) in her teens Clara was kicked the head by a pony and this has left her challenged developmentally and she is called 'handicapped' by her father. A childlike Clara is supposedly deemed to be trapped inside a 26-year-old's body. Clara is longing for fulfilment and someone to truly love her, but Margaret is suffocating her even if she has the best intentions.
Fabrizio and his family – a familiarly loud, gesticulating and volcanically passionate, Italian family – are unaware of Clara's condition and welcome her and Fabrizio's wish to marry. However, first religion rears its ugly head and Clara must convert to Catholicism, yet that seems to be no big problem, though what creates a crisis is that Fabrizio's father discovers Clara is six years older than his son. Margaret meanwhile has undergone an epiphany mainly as a result of coming to terms with her own loveless marriage and engineers the expected happy ending for all romcoms like this.
It is very thin fare to base a two-hour musical on and after an overlong first act everything rushes headlong to the wedding at the end of Act II. It concludes with Margaret's anthemic 'Fable' which is there for no real reason but to bring down the curtain (not that there was one in the Royal Festival Hall.) I don't know the source material but get the feeling the musical does not do justice to Clara and her condition. As here she is a bit of a spoiled brat who just has a tantrum if she is not getting what she wants. It is never made clear if the Naccarellis are really aware of what is wrong with Clara despite her Act II 'Tirade' when she believes Franca (Celinde Schoenmaker) – who has married into the Naccarelli family – has set her sights on Fabrizio. More of a concern apparently is that unacceptable age gap between the lovers. Act I ends with Margaret catching Clara and Fabrizio kissing in their hotel room. A helicopter parent like this would do more than run off with her to Rome for further sightseeing and reminisces, as they would have been on the first plane home and the musical would have ended there. Margaret's volte-face is not believable.
Guettel's score is a hotchpotch of film soundtrack, pop, musical, and quasi-operatic melodies and its sheer eclecticism made me wish at times – heresy I know – I could have seen the story just as a straight play. Due to the restrictions of the facilities at the Royal Festival Hall – where the orchestra needs to be behind the set – Light in the Piazza gets only an elaborate semi-staging. Admittedly Robert Jones does provide a curved evocation of a Florentine piazza with a staircase behind which works well in the open scene. However, it then has to unrealistically stand-in – with a few additional props here and there – for all the other locations of the plot; a hotel room, the Naccarellis' shop, various streets and squares, as well as, a church. There is a tall bare-buttocked classical statue stage right which turns around to become the only difference between Florence and Rome, apart from some priests and nuns. Also, a rather modern looking Vespa scoots across the stage from time to time (as you might expect) as a further reminder of where we are supposed to be. There is sun-drenched lighting from Mark Henderson and gorgeous frocks and other '50s costumes from Brigitte Reiffenstuel. Daniel Evans's direction does little more than get the characters to move around this limited space effectively.
The 40-strong Orchestra of Opera North, under the baton of Kimberley Grigsby, cannot be faulted for their rendition of the Guettel's heterogeneous score. Renée Fleming acts well as the (overly?) concerned parent. She seems to be forever rushing off stage for yet another costume change. In a run of performances such as these – with no opportunity to rest as in opera – it is likely to take its toll on any voice and perhaps Fleming will have better nights than this in the future. It was only in that climactic 'Fable' that she sounded at her full-throated ease. Much is made in the programme of Dove Cameron's Disney and Instagram popularity and again she acted better than she sang as Clara on this occasion.
It is one of this musical's oddities that the well-cast Naccarellis talk amongst themselves in Italian and for some reason there are no surtitles. The Italians – and any others fluent in the language – in the audience were clearly thrilled but it will have lost most of the otherwise cosmopolitan audience in a less-than-full Royal Festival Hall. Strangely that is addressed in Act II when Signora Naccarelli (Marie McLaughlin) steps out of character and explains what is going on. I am at a loss as to why this did not happen earlier. (I must admit that some of the cod-Italian accents reminded me strongly of Captain Alberto Bertorelli from TV's legendary 'Allo 'Allo! comedy.) Alex Jennings is suave and persuasive as Signor Naccarelli and gets an eloquent duet, "Let's Walk" (in English), with Margaret when he too seems to change his mind all too quickly and give his blessing to Clara and Fabrizio's wedding.
The undoubted star in every way of this London premiere of Light in the Piazza is Rob Houchen's Fabrizio. On this evidence he has a very promising future in music theatre and is a name to follow. He gets everything right and is so good to suggest that the material he is working with is better than it is. He has an engaging energetic personality and his tenor voice ripped through a heartfelt opening solo 'Il Mondo Era Vuoto' as if he was a young Andrea Bocelli.
Once again despite the obvious affection Light in the Piazza engenders probably amongst Italian Americans in the U.S. and the cult status it has accrued elsewhere there is a reason why some musicals like this are put on only rarely and that is because they are recognised, by many others, as not being all that great. For completists and fans of Renée Fleming or Dove Cameron, of course, I urge you to go and make up your own mind.
Jim Pritchard
For more about Light in the Piazza at the Royal Festival Hall click here.
Posted by Jim Pritchard | Filed Under Musicals, Musicals & Others, Theatre


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Das Dreifaltigkeits-Krankenhaus Wesseling ist ein Krankenhaus der Grund- und Regelversorgung in Wesseling im nordrhein-westfälischen Rhein-Erft-Kreis in Deutschland. Ärztlicher Direktor ist Christoph Andreas Jacobi.

Geschichte
Maria Katharina Kasper von der Kongregation der Armen Dienstmägde Jesu Christi aus Dernbach im Westerwald, auch Dernbacher Schwestern genannt, schickte am 1. Juni 1865 drei Schwestern nach Wesseling. Sie zogen in ein kleines Haus an der Bahnhofstraße ein, das Fräulein Christina Krings für caritative Zwecke gestiftet hatte. Dort boten sie sowohl Waisenkindern als auch alten und pflegebedürftigen sowie kranken Menschen ein neues Heim. Das Haus wurde St. Josephshaus oder Klösterchen genannt.

Da ein Ausbau nicht mehr möglich war, beschloss der Kirchenvorstand am 17. Juli 1912 ein neues Krankenhaus zu errichten. Nach einigen Grundstücksbesichtigungen blieb ein Grundstück an der Bonner Straße von 151,52 Ar zum Neubau übrig. Der Baumeister Boohs aus Köln fertigte die Planung für den Bau des Krankenhauses, Altenheimes und Kinderheimes. Am 9. Oktober 1913 wurde mit dem Bau durch die Grundsteinlegung begonnen. Der Neubau wurde durch die Firma Clemens Kümpel aus Bonn errichtet. Die Bauleitung oblag dem Kölner Architekten Roß.

Mitten im Ersten Weltkrieg wurde der Neubau schon am 3. Februar 1915 bezogen. Die offizielle Einweihung war am 18. April 1915. Träger dieses neuen Krankenhauses war die Kirchengemeinde St. Germanus, die auch für die Finanzierung des Baus sorgte.

Im neuen Haus standen 50 Betten zur Verfügung; Belegärzte behandelten die Patienten und führten einfache Operationen durch. Diese Ärzte wurden in den folgenden Jahren teilweise durch hauptamtlich tätige Ärzten in der Chirurgie und Inneren Medizin ersetzt. Belegärzte gab es weiterhin in den Abteilungen Frauenheilkunde und HNO-Heilkunde.

1940 wurde im Krankenhaus eine Krankenpflegeschule mit neun Ausbildungsplätzen eingerichtet. Im Krankenhaus gab es jetzt schon 80 Betten. Bereits 1940 wurde die Klinik als Unfallkrankenhaus und zum "Durchgangsverfahren" zugelassen.

Nach der Beseitigung der Kriegsschäden aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg  gab 1956 die Pfarrei St. Germanus das Krankenhaus in die Trägerschaft des eingetragenen Vereins der Armen Dienstmägde Jesu Christi in Dernbach ab. Bis dahin hatten die Schwestern die Betriebsträgerschaft.

In den Jahren 1959 bis 1961 wurde das Krankenhaus erweitert. 1996 wurde der Eingangsbereich generalsaniert. Auch innerhalb des Hauses wurden viele Renovierungsarbeiten vorgenommen: Stationssanierungen und umfangreiche Brandschutzmaßnahmen wurden durchgeführt. 2010 erfolgte der Bau eines neuen Radiologie-Gebäudes und eines großzügigen vierstöckigen Bettenhausanbaus sowie die Sanierung der bestehenden Patientenzimmer. Im Juli 2014 wurden die umfassende Modernisierung und Erweiterung des Operations-Bereiches, der Notfallambulanz und des internistischen Funktionsbereiches abgeschlossen.

Trägerschaft
Erster Träger war die Kirchengemeinde St. Germanus. Die Einrichtungen des eingetragenen Vereins der Armen Dienstmägde Jesu Christi wurden 1995 auf die Maria Hilf Kranken- und Pflegegesellschaft mbH mit Sitz in Dernbach übertragen. 2004 wurde das Krankenhaus im Rahmen der Umsetzung der Neugliederung der Einrichtungen der Maria Hilf Gruppe, Dernbach, auf die Maria Hilf NRW gGmbH, Gangelt, übertragen, die 2013 in Dernbacher Gruppe Katharina Kasper umbenannt wurde. Im Rahmen der Weiterentwicklung der Dernbacher Gruppe Katharina Kasper von einer regionalen in eine branchenorientierte Struktur wurde 2014 das Dreifaltigkeits-Krankenhaus Wesseling von der Maria Hilf NRW gGmbH  in die Katharina Kasper ViaSalus GmbH überführt.

Fachabteilungen
 Chirurgie
 Plastische Chirurgie
 Innere Medizin
 Anästhesie, Intensiv- und Palliativmedizin

Spezialisierungen einzelner Fachabteilungen
 Darmzentrum Rhein-Erft
 Adipositaszentrum Wesseling
 Traumazentrum
 Basedow-Zentrum

Denkmalschutz
Die Stuckdecke im Eingangsbereich und die Krankenhauskapelle wurden am 19. Juli 1988 unter Nr. 69 in die Liste der Baudenkmäler in Wesseling eingetragen.

Sonstiges
Hinter den angebauten Bettenhaus befindet sich ein kleiner Friedhof. Dort wurden bis 1995 die im Krankenhaus tätigen Schwestern des Konvents begraben. Da heute die pensionierten Schwestern in ein eigenes Altenpflegeheim in Dernbach einziehen, werden sie später auch dort begraben. Neben dem gepflegten Friedhof befindet sich eine Mariengrotte mit einer fast lebensgroßen Statue der Muttergottes. Oberin ist seit 2008 Schwester Clementine Ferdinand ADJC.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Webseite des Krankenhauses

Baudenkmal in Wesseling
Krankenhaus im Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Gegründet 1913
Bauwerk in Wesseling
Organisation (Wesseling)

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