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Jacob Potashnik to share his expertise with screenwriting workshops at Atwater Library
On February 24, 2019 By thejewishstandardmagazinecanadaIn News and FeaturesLeave a comment
By Mike Cohen
Montreal author, screenwriter, producer and educator Jacob Potashnik has had quite a prolific career, so it is enlightening to hear that he will be sharing his expertise via screenwriting workshops for the Quebec Writers' Federation (QWF) for eight consecutive Wednesdays, March 6 to April 24 (8 pm to 10 pm), at the Atwater Library (1200 Atwater) entitled Whose Story Is It? From Prose To Screenplay In 8 Painless Lessons.
Potashnik's most recent publication is called The Golem of Hampstead and Other Stories, a collection of short stories written over 30 years about Montreal and other places is in the tradition of Saul Bellow, Mordechai Richler, and reminiscent of the work of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Sholom Aleichem, among others. It was shortlisted for the 2017 QWF Concordia First Book Prize.
The jurors stated the following "Steeped in the texture of Jewish immigrant Montreal from the 1950s through to the present, from the culture of survival and working-class collaboration with the Québécois, to the spiritual perils of the nouveau riche, Potashnik's tales are not only beautifully written, they combine a sense of heritage with the potential, along with the impoverishment, of everyday lives.These richly detailed and multilayered stories draw a picture of a Montreal that is both mythic and tangible. his is a confident, self-assured, muscular book. Potashnik writes in an effortless, fluid, clear, compelling prose. This is an author who revels in language. There is a filmic/visual quality to the storytelling, which is always, deft, sharp, witty and smart. Potashnik writes fully realized characters who exude personality and spirit."
Potashnik studied communications at Concordia University and cinema at New York and Columbia Universities. In his youth, he travelled, and lived in Europe, working primarily as a sous chef. He has spent 36 years in film, television and new media production, starting from the bottom and working his way up through production manager and assistant director to director, line producer and producer for some of the best known production companies in Montreal, Toronto and Los Angeles. In 1996, at the behest of Denys Arcand, he co-wrote the WGC award-winning feature film Stardom, which closed the 2000 Cannes film Festival and opened the Toronto festival that same year. Since then, he has co-written the screen adaptations of Leonard Cohen's Beautiful Losers and wrote the English adaptations for Arcand's Poverty and Other Delights, Jean Bergeron's award-winning documentary on M.C. Escher, Achieving the Unachievable and the narration for Donald Sutherland's voice-over for Jean Lemire's, The Last Continent. In 2009, he translated the web ite content and museum texts for Le Jardin des Glaciers in Bay Comeau
The workshop fee is $160 for QWF members and $190.For more information, or to register call 514.933.0878 or email workshops@qwf.org.
A People's Soundtrack: special preview of film on Montreal's greatest tenors and sopranos
On February 21, 2019 February 21, 2019 By thejewishstandardmagazinecanadaIn News and FeaturesLeave a comment
Montreal has long been known worldwide as a center of cantorial music. The Jewish equivalent of classical music, it enjoyed its cultural craze in the 50's and 60's but subsequently came to be known as a lost and dying art. When the late cultural icon, singer / songwriter and native son Leonard Cohen returned to his Montreal Jewish roots with his final Grammy award-winning album You Want It Darker, his collaboration with renowned Montreal Cantor Gideon Zelermyer thrust the ancient art-form back into the spotlight giving it widespread attention.
Cantor Gideon Zelermyer
A People's Soundtrack explores this long and rich musical history and its relationship to both Montreal and its, celebrated, Jewish history. Mixing rare photos, intimate interviews, candid family moments and performance footage from some of the city's greatest, Jewish tenors and sopranos, A People's Soundtrack celebrates the unique ways the active voices of today are fighting to keep the ritual observances and emotional expressions of their communities alive.
Mountain Lake PBS and ONTIC Media will present an exclusive sneak preview of the new film on Saturday, March 2, ( 7:30 pm) at The Segal Centre for the Performing Arts (5170 Cote St. Catherine).Seating is limited so those interested must reserve early at emb@onticmedia.com. The program will feature renowned Montreal cantors Sidney Dworkin, Rona Nadler, Adam Stotland, Daniel Benlolo and Gideon Zelermyer. A People's Soundtrack will premiere on Mountain Lake PBS on Tuesday, March 5 at 8 pm
The documentary is executive produced by Marvin Rosenblatt and directed by Evan Beloff (2017 Canadian Screen Award finalist for his documentary "Kosher Love", and more recently "Daughters of the Voice" for CBC's documentary strand "Absolutely Canadian / Absolutely Quebec").
"The cantorial profession is a sacred calling," said Cantor Dworkin, "The cantor is able to go into a whole different realm with the music, a very holy place. The cantor, who is the leader of prayer, is a messenger of the people. Our real function is to gather the prayers of all the congregants and to present them to God on high."
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A South Korean appeals court sentenced former President Park Geun-hye to 25 years in jail Friday, the Yonhap news agency reported, in a case arising from a far-reaching corruption scandal that toppled her from power in 2017.
The Seoul High Court found that Park colluded with her friend, Choi Soon-sil, to receive tens of billions of won from major conglomerates to help Choi's family and fund nonprofit foundations owned by her, Yonhap reported, citing the court.
The court also fined Park, the daughter of a former military dictator, 20 billion won ($17.86 million) after finding her guilty of charges including bribery and coercion, Yonhap said.
FILE – Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the center of the South Korean political scandal and long-time friend of President Park Geun-hye, arrives for a hearing arguments for South Korean President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court, Feb. 2, 2018.
A lower court had jailed Park for 24 years in April. Prosecutors appealed against that decision, seeking a tougher sentence.
Park, 66, has been in jail since March 31, 2017, but has denied wrongdoing and was not present in court.
She returned to South Korea's presidential palace in 2012 as the country's firstwoman leader more than three decades after she left it following the assassination of her father.


[AUDIO] Multiculturalism: Backlash in Canada?
[AUDIO] AIMS Author Salim Mansur discusses the backlash associated with multiculturalism policy in Canada on New Roots Radio in Halifax.
Mansur is the author of an AIMS paper on this topic. Read The Muddle of Multiculturalism: a liberal critique.
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Early life and Career of Ashoka
history says that during his early life, Ashoka was involved in the fratricidal struggle and has killed many of his br
Ashoka Priyadarshi, ascended the Magadhan throne in the 273 B.C. Ashoka was one of the greatest monarchs in the Indian history and his consecration initiated a new epoch in the history of ancient India. Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a series of millitary conqest. Stabilizing his empire in Magadha Ashoka expanded his Empire from Afganistan to the parts of Persia in the west and to the present boundaries of West Bengal and Assam in the east and also to the distant south upto Mysore. Ashoka with his sheer sophistication introduced the measures for the spiritual and the material welfare of his subjects and left an imperishable mark in the ancient history of India. However the information regarding Ashoka's early life and achievement is limited to the literary and the epigraphic records of the contemporary era.
The inscriptions of the rock edicts and the epigraphic records of the contemporary era do not throw much light on the early life and career of Ashoka. Hence the scholars and the historians depend on the records of the Buddhist texts to etch out the details about the early life and career of Ashoka Priyadarshi. The principal source about the childhood and gradual development of Ashoka are the Buddhist text of Divyavadana and Mahavamsa. These Buddhist texts narrates that after the death of Bindusara disorder and anarchy crept up the society and there was a severe fratricidal struggle among the sons of Bindusara for the throne. Ashoka, in his early youth was involved in this struggle and is said to have killed ninety-nine of his brothers who are the possible successor of the throne of Bindusara. He appeared only the life of Tishya, who was his younger brother. Ashoka walked through the blood of his brother to the throne of Magadha. In the early years of his career, Ashoka had a violent and tyrannical disposition and hence he was popular among his subjects with he title of Chandasoka.
However the story regarding the early life and the beginning of his career as a king have been refuted by the scholars. They have put forward several statements in support of their views. According to the scholars, apart from the Buddhist texts, there was no such independent evidence, supporting the fact of the fratricidal struggle for the throne. Secondly in the Rock Edict V, Ashoka had expressed his deep love and anxious care for the family establishments of his brothers existing in the capitals and in the countries. The scholars at the same time pointed out that the Rock Edict V dated back to the thirteenth year of Ashoka's reign. This indicates that some of Ashoka's brother was still living and responsibly holding the charge of the provinces under Ashoka. Unless Ashoka was anxious about his family he would not have mentioned about his brother in the rock edicts. Dr. Bhandarkar has aptly pointed out that the Buddhist text emphasized the greatness of Buddhism and tried to point out that how Chandasoka converted into Dharmasoka. It was however concluded that there was probably a contest between the sons of Bindusara over the claim of the Magadhan throne and Ashoka succeeded at least against the claim of his stepbrother Susima.
The career of Ashoka as the king of Magadha was however initiated before the four years after his consecration. The Ceylonese chronicles provide several information regarding Ashoka's career as the king of Magadha. The historians opine that if the Ceylonese sources are true then Ashoka's coronation was delayed probably due to the struggle for the throne of Magadha. But the scholars at the same time pointed out that there is no existing evidence in support of this "gratuitous assumption" of struggle for the throne. From the rock edicts of Ashoka it is revealed that he dated the chronology of his reign from the time of his coronation. Depending on this fact, Dr Bhandarkar has rejected the theory of "four years gap" approached by the Ceylonese texts. Eggermott however made a critical analysis of the Ceylonese texts and holds that since the Ceylonese texts maintained different chronological patterns and contained several versions, it could not provide any authentic verification about the reign of Ashoka as a king. Henceforth the Ceylonese texts are less reliable to the historians in the modern days.
The historians after a prolonged controversy regarding the early life of Ashoka have unanimously opined that when Ashoka was a prince, he was appointed as the Governor of Taxila and he performed his responsibility competently. At that time he subdued successfully the rebellion of the Taxilian people. He conquered the khasa country situated between the Jhelum and Kashmir. When Bindusara fell ill Ashoka came to Pataliputra and being the most competent son ascended the throne of Magadha with the title Devanampiya Piyadasi Ashoka. Neither the contemporary manuscripts nor his own inscriptions throw much light to the ancestral parentage of Ashoka. However a group of historians have opined that Ashoka was the son of the Brahmi wife of Bindusara. Dharma or Subhadrangi, the Brahmin wife of Bindusara had two sons- Ashoka and Vigatasoka. Yet the modern scholars do not support the view and they hold a different view that Ashoka was the son of a Greek Queen of Bindusara. Later the interpreters of ancient history has opined that if the source of the modern scholars are to be believed then it may be inferred that Ashoka must be of mixed descendants and contested for the throne. The modern interpreters have also said that Ashoka's close relation with the Greeks and his leanings towards Buddhism may be due to his mixed ancestry.
The Buddhist traditions depict that in his early life, before being a king Ashoka was appointed as the viceroy of Ujjaini. In this course of time he fell in love with Devi, the daughter of the merchant of Vidisha. Ashoka married her and had two children Mahendra and Sanghamitra by her. Later becoming a king he married again and as the Allahabad Pillar inscription depicts, Ashoka had many wives. Furthermore the Allahabad Pillar inscription narrated the story of Ashoka's second wife Karuvaki and son Tivra. According to Dr Bhandarkar, Ashoka in his early life enjoyed the closeness with different women and had a number of concubines in different provinces under him. However there is no authentic historical document supporting the fact that Ashoka had many sons by his different wives. About the sons of Ashoka, his own inscriptions are the principal yet authentic sources. Ashoka's inscription refers to four of kumaras (princes) who are appointed as the viceroy of three provinces namely Ujjaini, Toshila, Taxila and one Aryaputra (the crowned prince) as the viceroy of Suvarnagiri.
Ashoka's own rock edicts are the principal surviving documents of his reign. In the Rock edict VI he depicted his own private life. According to Ashoka himself, when he was freed from the royal duties he used to sit in the dining table and enjoyed the company of the inmates of the royal palace or harem. Sometimes he used to visit the stud and enjoyed the horse ride. Rock edict VII narrated that Ashoka enjoyed the Vihara Yatra and hunting excursion, which was abolished in the subsequent years when he turned out to be a Buddhist. It is again known from the Rock Edicts I that Ashoka was very fond of meat and pea-owls. This is later corroborated by the statement of Buddhaghosa that in the 4th Century B.C, people of Maddhyadesa was very much fond of meat and peafowl.
Before embracing Buddhism as his religion, Ashoka's career was marked with mighty conquest and the valiant warfare. Moreover he was a benevolent king and worked for the welfare of his subjects. Before being a Buddhist, he maintains the principles of tolerance and benevolence and he was popular among his subjects. Ashoka arranged festivals and or Samajas and sought to enlist the attachment of the people in order to provide them entertainment. During the festivals the people were provided with sumptuous dishes and were entertained with music, dancing, wrestling etc. In the subsequent years, Ashoka became the advocate of non-violence and abolished the sumptuous dish of the Samajas where meat was the principal food. Moreover he introduced several administrative reforms including the release of the prisoners in every year of his coronation, in order
Ashoka, the great is often ranked among the greatest monarch of ancient India. As the historical records depicting his early life and career suggest, Ashoka, before embracing Buddhism was a mighty conqueror and a sophisticated solicitor of the welfare of the people.
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Parish of San Sebastián, detail from the Procession of Corpus Christi series, c. 1680, oil on canvas (Museo del Arzobispado, Cusco, Peru)
Inka, Spanish, and Christian traditions come together in this 17th century painting of a religious procession in Cusco (in present day Peru). At the time, much of South America was a Spanish colony governed as a viceroyalty (a viceroy was someone who ruled as a representative of a monarch—in this case, the King of Spain). Cusco was part of the Spanish viceroyalty of Peru which lasted from the 16th to the 19th century. To make matters more complicated, Cusco was also the former capital of the Inka Empire.
Parish of San Sebastián is part of a series of eighteen canvases (sixteen of which survive) that depict the religious festival of Corpus Christi in Cusco. These large paintings (they range from 6 feet square to 7 x 12 feet) were painted by at least two artists and were made for the Santa Ana parish church in Cusco, located in the Andes mountains.
Bishop (detail), Parish of San Sebastián, in the Procession of Corpus Christi series, c. 1680, oil on canvas (Museo del Arzobispado, Cusco, Peru)
Corpus Christi, meaning "body of Christ" in Latin, is a celebration of the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation—the transformation of the wine and bread of the Eucharist into the actual blood and body of Christ. The religious processions that accompany this festival have been compared to ancient Roman triumphs, which generally celebrated military victories. The triumphal Corpus Christi processions celebrate Christ as victor and metaphorically allude to the triumph of Christianity over pagan religions (the Corpus Christi festival is still celebrated in Cusco today).
In the painting, we see the Eucharistic host (the sacramental bread) along with a statue of a saint, paraded along a processional path. A bishop on the far right (see image left) carries a monstrance containing the Eucharistic host (a monstrance is a vessel used to display the host). In addition to the bishop, other members of the San Sebastián parish community—including clergy members, government officials, and leaders of the indigenous Inka population—were included in the procession, while elite citizens of Cusco witness the procession from their windows. This annual triumphal procession signaled the dominance of Spanish colonizers over the indigenous population. Conveniently, Corpus Christi coincided with the Inka solstice celebration of Inti Raymi, or "Festival of the Sun," leading to conflation of these festivities and aiding Christian conversion efforts.
Cart and procession (detail), Parish of San Sebastián, in the Procession of Corpus Christi series, c. 1680, oil on canvas (Museo del Arzobispado, Cusco, Peru)
José Caudi, Processional Cart in Juan Bautista Valda, Solenes fiestas (Valencia, 1663)
In addition to the figures, we see a processional cart in the center, on top of which appears a statue of Saint Sebastian. These carts appear throughout the series and were based on structures used for religious processions in Spain celebrating the festival of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The carts resemble ships' hulls and are modified from illustrations the artists in Cusco saw in a Spanish festival book (left). In this case, Saint Sebastian, who appears tied to a tree and pierced with arrows to represent his martyrdom, has replaced the Virgin Mary.
Leading the procession is an Inka kuraka who acts as a standard bearer (see bottom image). Also referred to as caciques, these local rulers of indigenous descent were granted privileges (cacicazgos) by the Spaniards and allowed to maintain a position of leadership after the Spanish conquest in the Andes. By the early-seventeenth century, twenty-four caciques held this hereditary office—making this an exclusive position. In exchange for their acculturation and adoption into the Spanish hierarchy, caciques were required to implement Spanish law among the indigenous population.
Portrait of Don Marcos Chiguan Topa, c. 1740-45 (Museo Inka, Cusco, Peru)
To maintain their status, it was necessary for caciques to prove their indigenous heritage. Caciques were often the subject of portraits that sought to authenticate their sitters' political position. These images derive from traditional Spanish portraiture (the visual representation of rulers was not an established tradition in Inka culture). Cacique portraits, such as the Portrait of Don Marcos Chiguan Topa, included panels of text that referenced the subjects' indigenous heritage. Additionally, elements of traditional Inka costumes were often employed to emphasize the caciques' Indian-ness and therefore validate their positions as kurakakuna.
Caciques were sometimes depicted wearing tunics that evoke indigenous textiles through their intricate designs, as well as crowns that included a mascapaycha, a red-colored fringe that covered the forehead that was traditionally a symbol of Inka royalty. It was traditionally worn on the crown of the Sapa Inka (or "unique Inka," the preeminent ruler during pre-Hispanic times). Breeches and long sleeves with lace were often added as traditional Spanish elements.
Cacique (detail), Parish of San Sebastián, in the Procession of Corpus Christi series, c. 1680, oil on canvas (Museo del Arzobispado, Cusco, Peru)
Costume: Inka + Spain
The cacique depicted leading the procession in the Parish of San Sebastián canvas wears an Inka tunic (uncu) with modifications to incorporate Spanish costume elements, like lace sleeves. The highly detailed garment, which includes a sun face on the front, is meant to indicate Andean nobility. The cacique's crown also features a mascapaycha to distinguish his status. The crowns of the caciques depicted in the series were accompanied by other details such as feathers, flowers, birds, and rainbows. This particular mascapaycha in Parish of San Sebastian features a rainbow topped with a silver globe with feathers and banners, as well as two curiquenque birds, all typical of pre-Hispanic Inka noble insignia.
The mascapaycha as an emblem of Inka royalty was adopted by caciques during the colonial period to reference their descent from previous Inka rulers and imply their legitimate status. This detail marks the cacique as an Inka elite, yet acts as a sign of difference between this indigenous figure and his Spanish colonizer to whom he is subjected. Through participation in these Corpus Christi processions, caciques were able to bear the emblems of their indigenous heritage while proclaiming their loyalty to the Spanish state.
Incorporating the viewer
In the foreground of the painting we see fourteen people of diverse ethnicities, alluding to the heterogeneity among the population of Cuzco. While the procession's standard-bearer wears regalia indicating his pre-Hispanic roots and political status, the figures in the foreground do not appear in Inkaic costume. These citizens seem distanced from the elite cacique who actively participates in the festivity because of their lack of status symbols, as well as their cropped appearance at the bottom of the composition. Because of this distinction in social status, the onlookers at the bottom of the canvas, along with the viewers outside the canvas, participate only indirectly in this procession.
Performance in colonial Spanish America
The participation of caciques in Christian festivities like Corpus Christi may be read as a performance of their "otherness" as distinct from their Spanish colonizers. This performance aided in converting the indigenous populations to Catholicism and strengthening Spanish control. By wearing the mascapaycha and other traditional costume details, these Inka elites embody the pre-Hispanic rulers from whom they claim to descend. This depiction of indigenous performance in a European, Christian festivity draws attention to the conflation of Inka and Christian traditions that may allude to both a celebration of indigenous heritage as well as subordination to Spanish dominance.
Watch Corpus Christi in Cusco (May 2013)
Read more on indigenous elites in the Colonial Andes
Thomas B. F. Cummins, "We Are the Other: Peruvian Portraits of Colonial Kurakakuna," in Transatlantic Encounters: Europeans and Andeans in the Sixteenth Century, ed. Kenneth J. Andrien and Rolena Adorno (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), pp. 203-231.
Carolyn Dean, Inka Bodies and the Body of Christ: Corpus Christi in Colonial Cuzco, Peru (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999).
Cite this page as: Caroline Gillaspie, "Parish of San Sebastián, Procession of Corpus Christi series," in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed January 17, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/parish-of-san-sebastian-procession-of-corpus-christi/.


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AMG REVIEW: Mercurine's debut EP is kind of like an electronica-fused Nine Inch Nails. The work is good, solid, and enjoyable. Mera Roberts' vocals are rough and at times freshly unrefined, which goes excellently with her and her collaborator, Byron Brown's production. There are parts of this recording that sound quite a bit like the work of later Jesus & Mary Chain as well as Sisters of Mercy, but above it all Mercurine's self-titled EP is original, albeit derivative. This recording brings into focus the work of two excellently crafty artists who are working hard to create an original and fresh recording. The pieces that comprise this recording are quite dark and even morbid in places, but pretty good all and all. If you enjoy the work of Nine Inch Nails' more ballad-oriented, slower, and darker work, and have some interest in the Jesus & Mary Chain or Sisters of Mercy, then you'll certainly enjoy this recording. — Matt Borghi - Matt Borghi
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Mercurine (4 song demo)
Many of you may remember Mera Roberts as the cello player on Faith and the Muse's Blackout AD Tour. That's where I saw saw her first. She's also made appearances with (but not limited to) Cassandra Complex, black tape for a blue girl and Ministry before relocating to Los Angeles in 2000. Branching out on her own alongside Byron Brown (Superfiends, Kommunity FK, and the New Ambassadors of Love) they've created this promo EP while working on their full length CD. I happened to run into them at a New Year's party in Long Beach and was more then delighted when she happened to have an extra copy with her.
With Mercurine, Mera doesn't play strings at all (which I admit I was a bit disappointed in because I do love strings) but takes the spotlight instead to sing. Her voice shimmers somewhere between Switchblade Symphony, Kate Bush and Monica Richards yet doesn't try to duplicate them. There is all at once an innocent air yet coy, determined strength in her presentation. Their webpage says when forming this project Mera "envisioned a new band that would combine elements of New Order, Curve, My Bloody Valentine and harder-edged electronic influences." And musically, despite my general dislike for electronic percussion, it's done so well here that it doesn't bother me at all and does, to a certain degree, accomplish her goals. The electronics are used wisely and creatively, careful to avoid the repetitive traps of synthpop and smart enough to put in bright electronic pulses in just the right places. If you're going to use a drum machine, this is a good way to do it. Overall the songs are lush and textured -- upbeat, danceable and dreamy at the same time. While it seems to me that there are hints at a Faith & the Muse's influence in places, particularly on track one, they manage to bring something fresh and new to the table.
"Will Morning Come" is an obvious hit -- a memorable melody with a good danceable beat. Mera's sometimes delicate voice is tempered against distorted guitars and haunting synth lines. Track 2, "Gone Too Far," starts with a melodic bass line and almost elfin-like vocals and percussion that becomes more dominate as the song goes along.
Track 3, "Walking West," is the heaviest electronic-driven song. There's lots of sparkling synth lines contrasted with more gritty guitar playing while track 4, "Nameless" is an instrumental focusing on atmospheric guitars. Dreamy and vast it calls to mind early U2. It is a gorgeous composition.
And finally track 5 was not listed so I assume its a hidden track (or a misprint/accident?). There's cello-like bass lines, synths running counter melody and vocals that are whispered and echoing.
All of the four named songs are available on their well organized website for free so take a few moments to check them out. This is definitely the beginning of a wonderful new music project with a wealth of talent to propel them onward.
1. Will Morning Come
2. Gone Too Far
3. Walking West
4. Nameless
www.mercurine.com
- Blu
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CD Review: Mercurine "Music Is Chemical"
I'll begin this review by just saying that it has been well worth the wait for this debut album. They've had a few teaser tracks up on mp3.com for a while, and so I was dying to hear the rest of the album.
Needless to say I've been very pleased that they've stuck with the style in these introductory tracks.
The catchy mix of guitars, electronics and ethereal female vocals are present from the very start in the moving opening track "Walking West". The guitars and excellent bassline ebb and flow while layered synths add extra body and texture to the music while Mera's layered vocals flow throughout. The bass, synths and vocals all kick in for an excellent intro to the catchy track "ShakyShakee Bells". Set the shoegazer guitars aside and this track along with a few others is what really reminds me of Book of Love. Even the silly title is fitting. Of course the real track that really takes you back to the popular days of 80's New Wave music is "Nu Wave Fairy" with the little of light punk/wave sounds that were so fun back in the day. They bring this style alive with a fresh sound and feeling in this track for everyone to enjoy.
Of course for those that are more into the darker, moodier gothic/shoegazer/ethereal sounds, there is plenty more here. Tracks like the dark and melancholic track "Gone Too Far" is perfect for these fans. Beginning slow and building up with light synths, bass and of course building to a climax with excellent guitars and soaring vocals. "Will Morning Come" is one of the best tracks that is really catchy on this album. It quickly became my favorite teaser tracks and so have really enjoyed listening to it over and over again long before the album came out. Now that I have an entire album of great material to choose from though, It's hard to really choose a favorite.
If you really want to get into the ethereal moods, "Drifting" and "Pact" are the songs that will really take you a way on that dreamy voyage fans will love. "Drifting" is such a fitting title, because I think it fits the style, lyrics and music to perfection.
And finally, if you like some experimental or a little more noise in your music, there are some pieces here for everyone. "Bridgeburner" is the edgiest track with harsher elements in it. Experimental is the way I would describe several of the tracks at the end. They almost appear as "space filler" for the CD, but good enough and interesting enough to be enjoyable to listen to the entire album, including the hidden track at the end.
Overall a great album, and excellent for a debut. I hope this means there is more to come in the future of at least this quality or better!
- Jacob Bogedahl
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CD Review: Mercurine "Waiting For Another Fall"
With a musical blend of New-Wave, ethereal Rock, Synth and Electronics, Mercurine captivates the senses in a dreamy and fragile emotional state. The duo of Mera Roberts and Byron Brown entwine mesmerizing female vocals with melodic guitar, luscious electronics, rich synth and emotional lyrics, like a subtle midnight wish for first rays of dawn. Released in 2005.
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This is Mercurine's second album, following the 2003 debut album "Music Is Chemical", again released on the band's own label Heads on Sticks. This second album finds Mercurine taking on a more atmospheric, moody sound and combining it with their signature sound to create a fascinating 30 minute sonic experience.
"The Wish" starts the album out in excellent form, with a moody isolated vocal and synth line that slowly builds the song in a tense manner that builds into a subdued, but highly effective manner that is very hard to put into words... but it just is amazing to experience. "Bluemouse" has a certain menace to the whispered vocals that the almost casual music in the background only serves to emphasize and amplify. "Nu Groove" probably gets the most noisy of the tracks here, but still is more of a moody soundscape than a out-and-out rock song. "Strangetimeslove" is the other true highlight of the album, a epic New Wave/synthpop hybrid that includes a very, very catchy synth core and a very New Order-esque chorus that gets glued into my head very easily. The moody cello driven instrumental "Another Ending" that closes out the album somehow seems very fitting.. as if the change awaited in the metaphor in the title is still awaited, but drawing ever nearer. Quite cool.
In summary, Mercurine have really delivered a excellent second album here. Polished, professional and very emotive, this is a album not to be missed!
Reviewer: Jason Baker
Score: 5 stars
Related web link: www.mercurine.com
Language: eng - Jason Baker
Waiting For Another Fall
~reviewed by Jyri Glynn
Waiting For Another Fall is the second full length release by the duo, Mera Roberts and Byron Brown. Brown also contributed his musical talents to such acts as Kommunity FK and SuperFiends, while Roberts is probably best known for being the cellist in both Black Tape for a Blue Girl and Faith and the Muse. She has also made countless live and studio appearances with such acts as Ministry, Pigface, Cassandra Complex and the Last Dance.
Musically, I would have to compare the overall sound of Mercurine to some of the late eighties/early nineties bands such as the Cocteau twins, Lush, Opus 3 and Poe. At times Mera's whispery vocals even remind me of Kate Bush, yet this is not to say that she doesn't skillfully demonstrate a modern and distinct style of her own. With much of her past acclaim being contributed to her extraordinary cello talents, I was impressed to see her diversify by vocally fronting a project of her own. This being said, I do feel a bit more cello throughout the album would not have done the band any harm and may possibly have given this album an edge to its over-populated electronic genre. Fortunately, Mercurine's final track, "Another Ending" does feature this rare cello commodity, leaving the listener breathless.
Another of my favorite tracks on the album is "Bluemouse," where Byron's guitar work is skillfully underscored with electronic textures and whispery vocals. The gentle swaying of Mera's vocals on "Format HD" blend with the tranquil synths and guitars, once again revealing how well the duo works together. With tracks like, "Nu Groove" and "StrangeTimesLove," the band reiterates my analogy between Mercurine and their clear tribute to, and influences from, sounds of the past.
Having never heard Mercurine's first full album, Music is Chemical, I was unable to draw a comparison to their previous release. However, I found Waiting For Another Fall to be a strong and beautifully crafted album which features multi-textual electronic content, lovely airy vocals and melodic guitar riffs.
http://www.mercurine.com/ - Jyri Glynn
"Setting Sun"
Mercurine (Album Review)
Mercurine –
"Waiting For Another Fall"
(Heads on Sticks)
To say this album came as a bit of a surprise is a bit of a understatement.
As regular visitors to "Setting Sun" will notice I interviewed Merurine orginally back in 2003 in relation to their "Music is Chemical" album which for a better word was a great mixture of almost Depeche Mode meets Evanscence, so when I put the new CD into my CD player I was expecting perhaps something similar.
....... Which couldn't be further away from the truth here
While on the new album, the synths are still in place, here they are much, much darker (aside from the first track "The Wish and the finale "Another Ending" – both of which seem like a prelude and a ending to the album and the darkness that exists in the middle off it) and backed up nicely by a increased use of live drumming, which allows Bryon and Mera to play around with distorted keyboards and Mera's vocals which on the first album sung almost like an angel, which now used to completely different effect and be it for a better word now sounds like more than the devil whispering, speaking and singing sometimes in the same breathe.
Take for example the second track "Bluemouse" – there is a real edge in this track that is far removed from the first album "Music is Chemical" and kind of reminds me of Curve in the way Toni Halliday from Curve sings vocals that are sometimes mixed low enough to make you listen to over and over to grasp the full meaning.
Used over and over on most of the tracks in the album, it gives you the sound much more of a album recorded pretty well recorded live (which is interesting as I know the band have certainly been playing more and more gigs since the 1st album) and a band that shows a band that is growing more and more comfortable with the technology they are using and not waiting for another fall…
Good stuff… - Andy N.
"Grave Concerns E-Zine (Underground Music Resource)"
Artist: Mercurine
CD Title: Waiting For Another Fall
Label: Heads On Sticks
Reviewer: Matthew Johnson
Date; 3/6/05
Mercurine seem to have really found their sound. While their first release was an excellent collection of songs that ranged from gothic to synthpop to new wave, their newest effort is their first to truly sound like an album, blending experimental and ambient elements with a more conventional pop sensibility. While the progressive electronics and effects-laden guitar of tracks like "The Wish" and "StrangeTimesLove" call to mind such moody cult favorites as Curve and the Cure, it's the weirder, more abstract elements that make this disk so brilliant.
Programmer and vocalist Mera Roberts sings wistfully over guitarist Byron Brown's undulating melodies on "Sunlightgreyskies," while the shoegaze-influenced instrumental "Copper Rain" recalls the brilliant art-pop of such acts as His Name Is Alive. It's "Bluemouse" that really defines this album, though. Both heavenly and eerie, the song features Roberts murmuring in soft echoes over ethereal electronics and Brown's meandering guitars. Given its history – the song was inspired by Roberts' near-fatal car accident last year – such lyrics as "You run in circles like your back is broken" are all the more chilling delivered in a ghostly whisper.
The only possible complaint with this album is that there's not enough of it; with nine tracks, it clocks in at just over a half hour. It's a half hour of near perfection, however, emotionally involving and musically mature, showing a band that's really come into its own. Appealing particularly to those of us who remember the golden age of 4AD Records, Mercurine is required listening for all fans of the blissful and melancholy.
Visit Mera and Byron online at www.mercurine.com. - Matthew Johnson
"Nemesis To Go - Mercurine in review"
Mercurine have a rather wonderful band name - it hints at a certain fluidity, tough and tender, a ballsy femininity. They also have one of the most clunky song titles I've ever seen, in the ghastly 'Nu Groove', a phrase which sounds like a marketing man's attempt to make bland jazz-funk interesting. Fortunately, Mercurine don't play bland jazz-funk. They create serpentine, circling rhythms over which flurries of guitar pile up and disperse, here building into head-high drifts, there scattering in a commotion, while the vocals of Mera Roberts stalk through the musical landscape with a serenity that nevertheless hints at a firm-handed control. It's splendid, sweeping stuff, paradoxically demonstrated to greatest effect on the ridiculously named 'Nu Groove'. Once you're past the horror of the title, the song unfolds into a swirling epic that combines a soaring melody and a vocal that rises to touch the very underside of heaven, while still anchored to earth with low-down bass-ganks worthy of Dave Allen's finest moments in the mighty Shriekback. Mercurine's ability to combine the soft and the hard, the fluid and the solid, the etheral and visceral, is their trump card and secret superpower. If you require further evidence, lend an ear to the psychedelic nursery rhyme of 'Sunlightgreyskies' (nope, I don't know why three words have been run into one there, either) upon which Mera Roberts' vocal is layered and treated over plangent sweeps of guitar. Get a load of 'StrangeTimesLove' (and I don't know why it's written like that, either - Mercurine really do need to fix this song title thing) which employs a drum machine beat, shameless in its stark nakedness, as a counterpoint to a lush, ever-ascending mistral of a song. Drums kick in, and it all kicks off, the band throwing everything into the arrangement but still somewhow retaining a sense of airy space. In a way, Mercurine sound like the Cocteau Twins would've done, had they ever decided to crank it and go for it, but then their excursions into the ether - as on the waft and weft of 'Another Ending' - are just as effective. At times, Mercurine are genuinely catch-your-breath impressive. They just need to sort out the baffling way they have with their song titles.
- Uncle Nemesis - http://www.nemesis.to/records.htm
Waiting For Another Fall (c) 2005 - Full length self-release.
"Bluemouse" aired on 103.1FM Los Angeles, "check one...two" with Mark Sovel
Music Is Chemical (c) 2003 - Full length self-release.
Mercurine EP (c) 2002 - Self-released demo.
Tracks are available on http://www.mercurine.com
Mercurine is Mera Roberts and Byron Brown, a powerhouse duo whose music is at once modern yet reflective of post punk and new wave.
The Mercurine sound is the shimmer of guitars through a synthesized current of melody and pulse, bound together with feminine vocal polarities from fragile to fierce.
Based in Los Angeles, Mercurine are well known on the West Coast for their live performances. The duo is rounded out with a drummer and bassist to enhance their unique brand of synth-rock and deliver it to an audience in a constantly variable and animated style.
Mercurine toured across the USA in 2006 and 2007, performed at the prestigious Whitby Gothic Weekend (UK) in 2008, and are now back in the studio.


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The Financing Sustainable Cities Initiative was created to help accelerate investment in sustainable urban solutions. This groundbreaking partnership between C40, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, and the Citi Foundation is identifying the ingredients of successful sustainable urban projects around the world, and helping city governments and investors bridge from innovation to implementation.
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Cathy Rubin co-author of The Real Alice in Wonderland contacted me recently with an interesting bit of trivia.
American Independence Day and Alice in Wonderland share the same birthday. So, I not only share my birthday with my country, I share it with a timeless story.
According Cathy, Friday July 4, 1862 is credited with the first time Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell and her sisters the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was shortly after the first telling of Carroll's story that Alice began to urge the author to write it down for her.
I've been intrigued by this book since I first heard about it, so I went to Cathy's Web site to get more information about how and why she came to write this book.
Alice Liddell was born into a privileged, academic family on May 4, 1852. She was the fourth child of Henry and Lorina Liddell. Her father, one of the most prominent educators of his day, was the Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford University. Alice was home schooled by some of Oxford University's finest tutors. She was a bright child with significant artistic talents. Alice was also known to be free-spirited (largely due to her never-ending curiousity about everything). She grew up to become a beautiful and cultured young woman. Her beauty inspired many distinguished photographers and artists such as Charles Dodgson, Julia Margaret Cameron and Sir William Blake Richmond. She also inspired the devotion of many suitors including Prince Leopold, Queen Victoria's youngest son. In 1880, she married a wealthy landowner, Reginald Hargreaves, with whom she had three sons.
So, I wish a Happy Birthday to the gool ol' U. S. A. and to the wonderful story of Alice and the rabbit hole.
How neat. It's always fun to find out interesting tidbits about books and authors we love.
Hope you have a safe and fun Fourth of July and a wonderful HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Very interesting. It seems like somewhere at some time, I heard Alice was based on a real person.
I knew Alice was real–and there were also some rumors of untoward behavior on the part of Carroll. But who knows whether they're true.
Hi again. Came back to tell you I gave you an award today on my blog.
I tried leaving a comment yesterday, but blogger ate my post. Happy birthday to you, and to Lady Liberty, and to dear Alice.
Thanks for stopping by everyone. As you may have noticed, I have been pretty absent from the blog the last few days. We always have the whole gang of kids and their families out to our place for the Fourth, so I take a little vacation.
So glad you enjoyed the little introduction to the real Alice in Wonderland. Like so many of you, I did not know the character was based on a real person. I can't wait to read the book.


A research team from Google DeepMind have just developed a generation query network which can create 3D models out of 2D images.
Researchers have reportedly developed a Generation Query Network that can create 3D models of scenes from 2D photos.
Scientists from Google DeepMind have developed an artificial intelligence network they dubbed as a Generation Query Network (GQN) that allows computers to make 3D renders of scenes taken from 2D photographs. This enables users to view 2D images from different angles.
The GQN's algorithm allows it to imagine and recreate photo scenes from any angle without the need for human intervention or supervision. Along with this, the artificial intelligence network does not require any training to create the scenes.
According to the research team, their visual recognition system is so good at creating 3D scenes that it can render the opposite sides of 2D images without even seeing it. It can also do this for multiple vantage points and can even add shadows.
In their paper, published in the journal Science, the Google DeepMind researchers said that their primary goal in developing GQN was to replicate the way a human brain learns about its environment and the interactions between the objects.
GQN has two parts. The first is the representation network where representations of the scenes from the images are developed. The other one is the generation network where the potential 3D images of the scenes from new angles are produced.
While the AI innovation might not appear to be groundbreaking, Matthias Zwicker, a member of the research team, claims that its power lies with what the Generation Query Network could do to come up with new angles not shown in 2D photos. The system does not have radar or depth finder to come up with multiple views of a scene. Instead, it works just by using the few photographs that it captures.
However, the artificial intelligence system still requires additional work to improve its capabilities. The researchers are currently working on determining if they could use GQN on more complex objects.
Where else do you think the Generation Query Network could find useful applications?


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Dallas big band singer Hunter Sullivan will headline a retro-themed nightclub event in Deep Ellum this weekend.
The Sands: A Retro Nightclub Experience will recreate a 1960s nightclub with a vintage-inspired fashion show, dancing, and an open bar. The event is hosted at the 2616 Commerce Event Center and starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5.
Sullivan is a longtime Dallas band leader who is perhaps best known for his regular shows at The Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. Sullivan performs classic pop and romantic ballads.
The fashion show at The Sands event will be provided by Vintage Martini, a Henderson Avenue consignment store featured on The Real Housewives of Dallas. A personal favorite of LeeAnne Locken, Vintage Martini sells an entire LeeAnne Locken line of clothing.
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Once your FAFSA is completed and processed, you will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR). If it indicates that you were selected for a process called Verification, you must provide a copy of the prior year Income Tax return(s) and complete a Dependant or an Independent Verification Worksheet.
A. Complete the Dependent Worksheet (you must have the free Acrobat Reader software) if you had to supply your parents income information on your FAFSA. Make sure you and one of your parents sign the Verification Worksheet.
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Hallwright poles bring together the functionality of exquisitely engineered bespoke metal poles and stylish form, with colour palettes that will sit beautifully along side any interior. We pride ourselves on using the finest materials and traditional craftsmanship, to create our hand made three bracket bay poles and two bracket bi-fold door poles. Our poles are available in a variety of diameters and a wide range of colours to complement any scheme in your home. All of our bespoke curtain poles are also available as double pole systems. This gives privacy and light filtering with sheer curtains hung on the back pole, whilst also housing the curtains on the front.
As the Hallwright pole is completely bespoke, it allows us to cater for the most difficult of windows, giving us flexibility above other pole ranges.
To create an effortless draw the Hallwright three bracket bay pole is crafted with smooth radius bends to match the angles of your window.
the bay without any snagging or rings getting caught along the way.
As well as doing two, four or 6 angled bay poles the 3 bracket bay pole system is also suitable for a curved bay window.
The two bracket bi-fold door pole is unique in that we are able to provide a pole in one piece up to 5 metres in length with only two brackets.
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Attach it to the battery per the included instructions.
Write down the current draw stated on the meter.
Pull one 12v fuse from your panel at a time and write down the new number noting which fuse was pulled.
Replace that fuse and pull the next.
Continue this until all the fuses have been cycled through.
You will now have a list of how much parasitic draw is happening on each circuit. The fuse that showed the greatest change in the numbers when you pulled it represents the first circuit to get your attention. It should be clearly marked as to what is on that circuit, but don't expect a great amount of detail. You can turn everything on including outside and pass-through lights, etc., pull that fuse and make note of what is no longer running.
Also, be aware that in some systems there are items that won't pass through your fuse box. Inverters, slide motors, jack motors. etc. I was shocked at the things on our TT that are just wired hot to the battery with only a switch and zero fuse protection. It's even possible that tank sensors, thermostats, etc. may not have been wired through the panel.
I've even read of cases where the charging system was at fault - a bad charger was drawing on the battery when not plugged into shore power.
If you dont already have a Battery Disconnect, I reccomend having one installed.
X3 on the Battery Disconnect. I left mine on a few times and the battery was dead each time I came back. Started turning it off, never was dead after that.
I had the same problem with my 2018 Kodiak 201QB. The battery would go dead in one week because of all the "vampire" draws. I installed a on/off switch on the battery attaching it to the top of the case. Problem solved. You can but a switch for less than $20.00.
SO at this point the battery still goes down to 3 + or - volts after a short time. I.ve had it back to camping world 3 or 4 times. I don't know how they can claim they found a problem each time but not have it corrected. I've talked to other camper owners who's battery doesn't go down. Pretty frustrated. I wish they had the Lemon Law for campers.
It's just the battery-is it that much of an annoyance? Not sure why they would not put a new battery in it or make a good effort in trying to see what actually is pulling the power causing the issue. Your battery WILL go down over a period of time because of the vampire loads like the TV and the stereo and smoke and propane detectors, control panels, even the inverter/converter itself, etc.
the "well-we-think-we-got-it-this-time" stuff they feed you is just a best guess on their part probably.
When winterizing my 2018 unit I discovered very erratic cut-out areas in the wall next to the water heater hidden by the lower bunk bed. Looks like to access the wiring and/or plumbing. Looks like it was cut out by a blind person. I wonder was this done by a tech who was in a hurry when I was in for the electrical problem nor at the manufacturer's when it was made. Also quick-connect wire connectors used, which are considered a temporary connections. LOT OF SHODDY WORK THAT YOU DON'T SEE BEFORE YOU BUY! Wish I could post a picture but it askes for URL address for the picture. Not sure how.
those kind of holes are all over the RV in places where you can't see them and would never think to look. When I look at the holes they cut for the heater and electrical under where the hot water heater is, if they only had inspectors but they must get paid by the unit and neatness is not their thing.
That link is an AC meter only.
Thank you for this helpful reply. I did this with a DC meter and saw no significant drop.


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Accommodation features include five ensuite bedrooms, an impressive entrance hall, a fully fitted professional kitchen with seating for up to fourteen guests - there is also a separate pantry area with a fridge to cater for larger groups.
Adjacent to the kitchen you will find two comfortable sitting rooms, both with open fireplaces. The large outdoor patio is complete with lounging furniture and Weber BBQ. A separate garage offers plenty of storage space, and the outdoor shower and wet room take the remains of sand and muck following a day at the beach or fishing and hiking adventures.
Outside shower and wet room downstairs to accommodate bathing following a day at the beach, fishing, shooting or hill walking with large heated area for hanging and drying wet items and boots.
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Verizon-Cable Monopoly Would Kill Jobs
Eliminating competition undoubtedly sounds like a great plan in the corporate boardrooms and on Wall Street. But the rest of us continue to struggle with job insecurity, hard times and severe cuts in essential services.
Larry Cohen, Contributor
Board chair,Our Revolution, the successor to Bernie 2016 and Democracy Initiative, coalition focused on voting rights and money in politics.
Fewer jobs, higher prices, less consumer choice and reduced service: That's what Verizon Wireless, America's largest wireless provider, and cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner have in mind for U.S. communities.
Sixteen years ago, major telecommunications companies pushed a deregulation bill through Congress, promising increased competition in return for less public scrutiny.
The companies got reduced oversight, but they haven't lived up to their end of the bargain: Now Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner, Cox and Bright House Networks are proposing a deal that would eliminate much of the competition we were promised.
Until now, Verizon's FiOS service -- America's only all-fiber optic commercial network -- has competed with the cable companies for television, internet and phone business. Now, Verizon Wireless and the cable companies are seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and U.S. Justice Department to end that competition and jointly monopolize those services instead.
By combining instead of competing, these companies will be able to raise consumer prices, make even higher profits and pay even larger CEO bonuses.
Meanwhile, many communities will lose jobs at a time when we can least afford it. As a result of the deal, Verizon will lose the incentive to follow through with an expansion of FiOS service to customers and communities that don't have it already. More than seven million customers -- 30 percent of the area Verizon now covers with landlines -- will be left without the FiOS option for high speed internet and TV(1).
Thousands of construction techs, cable splicers, installation techs and call center and support workers in communities across 12 states and Washington D.C. could lose jobs as Verizon ceases its FiOS build-out. And jobs would be eliminated at other telecom companies that cannot compete with the Verizon Wireless/Big Cable behemoth(2).
The jobs impact would be particularly pronounced in cities like Boston, Baltimore, Syracuse, Buffalo, Albany, and other urban areas where Verizon has not yet built out FiOS to make it available to local consumers(3).
There will be multiplier effects to job losses in the fiber optic and telecom sectors. As all these workers are put out on the street, they will have less money to support other jobs and small businesses in their communities. In addition, education, health care, energy conservation and public safety will be cut further as badly needed-revenue declines in state and local governments.
Since 2010, Verizon has eliminated almost 15,000 frontline jobs in its wireline business -- a 25 percent cut(4). These are good middle-class jobs with pensions and health care benefits. At this time of high unemployment, families and communities cannot afford to lose even more jobs as a result on the Verizon/Big Cable deal.
Many elected officials, including nine upstate New York mayors and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, oppose the deal in its current form.
As Menino and others have pointed out, low-income communities, minorities and start-up businesses would be deprived of access to FiOS -- as well as the jobs that building out the service would create -- while wealthy suburbs surrounding Boston and other cities already enjoy FiOS access.
Major consumer organizations, civil rights groups, worker advocates and independent telecommunications providers also are raising their voices against the Verizon Wireless-Big Cable monopoly plan.
We are urging the FCC, which by law must make sure any deal "serves the public interest," to consider employment impacts, as well as the effect on prices and consumer choice.
The Communications Workers of America (CWA), which represents Verizon workers, is asking the FCC to preserve competition by not allowing Verizon Wireless to market cable service where Verizon provides landline service. Verizon should be required to expand FiOS service to at least 95 percent of Verizon households in existing markets. In places where Verizon Wireless and the cable companies are allowed to offer each other's service and develop a common technology, they must agree to offer those services to other potential competitors to reduce their monopoly control.
Eliminating competition undoubtedly sounds like a great plan in the corporate boardrooms and on Wall Street. But the rest of us continue to struggle with job insecurity, hard times for small businesses and severe cuts in essential services. We simply can't afford to let this job-killing scheme move forward without conditions to protect workers, consumers and local communities.
1) CWA research calculation based on data provided by Peter B. Davidson, Sr. VP, Verizon Federal Government Relations to Cong. Michael Doyle dated June 1, 2012. "Our announced plans of passing 18 million households represents 70 percent of homes in Verizon's wireline footprint."
2) CWA Comments and Reply Comments to the Federal Communications Commission, FCC WT Docket No. 12-4, Feb. 21, 2012 and March 26, 2012
3) Multiple citations. See Reply Comments of Boston MA to FCC, WT Docket No. 12-4, March 26, 2012; Reply Comments of Buffalo Community Organizations and Elected Officials to FCC, WT Docket No. 12-4, March 26, 2012; Letter of Elbridge James, Maryland NAACP to FCC, WT Docket No. 12-4, March 26, 2012; Reply Comments of Syracuse Community Organizations and Elected Officials, WT Docket No. 12-4, March 26, 2012; Comments of Citizen Action and Allies in Syracuse; WT Docket No. 12-4, March 26, 2012; see also Letter from 9 Upstate NY Mayors to FCC, WT Docket No. 12-16, 2012.
4) CWA and IBEW membership reports, 2010-present
Larry Cohen is President of the Communications Workers of America.
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FIVE out of twelve is not a passing grade. That was the number of calypso shows that we got from what was planned for the season. And before anyone accuses me of singing from the wrong song sheet, we will add the Wednesday soca show to give START a passing grade; six out of twelve.
Five out of twelve is probably a good fraction to represent the crowd turnout at the last tent. For good measure maybe we can make it fifty percent.
Definitely there is room for much improvement. The evidence shows than something has gone wrong. The crowd support has dwindled from show to show and one can only pray that the quarter finals will draw a more encouraging crowd.
The season needed to be saved, so there will be no semi-finals. A fatal victory? Time will tell. Meanwhile there is a lot of discontentment amount calypsonians. Certainly some people feel maligned; those who feel that what is being branded as a unanimous decision to scrap the semi-finals, is a misrepresentation since calypsonians were not consulted; those who assure that they were ready for the season but were not called on to perform, those who are still querying payment from last year, those who have signalled resignation from the art form; those who think that there is a conflict of interest with the head of START administrating and competing, those who feel that the fact that there is no semis will hurt their bottom line; those who feel that they should be given the nod into the finals, over those who did not meet the three shows requirement as stipulated in the contract. And the list goes. Did I say there is a lot of discontentment among calypsonians? One must now question the effectiveness of ART; the lion sleeps.
When over 100 calypsonians intended to participate this season and only 22 showed their faces, (and that is less than five out of twelve) we cannot deny that calypso is dying. Calypso is an art form that needs saving and its loss is a Lucian society without a pulse. Soukou!
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HOW DO I BOOK IN A SESSION WITH YOU?
Send me an email through my contact form - or email me at hello@emilyobrienphotography.net I will then respond with some date suggestions for your session along with some information about your booking. You will then be require read over and sign a Contract. I will require a signed contract, along with a $250 non refundable but transferable deposit for all sessions, or $1000 deposit for weddings which is payable upon booking. The deposit will be deducted from the total session fee. This will be send over to you once we have locked in a date for your session.
Please get in touch to lock in your session. All of my IN HOME sessions take place at 10am or 4.30pm Monday - Thursday with the occasional weekend available. All of my OUTDOOR sessions are strictly from 4.30pm (winter) and 5.30pm (summer) up until sunset (for that gorgeous golden afternoon light) both weekday afternoons and weekends - However my weekend sessions book out quickly. If you like that golden light then an outdoor session would suit what you are after.
If you are thinking of booking in please try and book as early as you can as I often book out months in advance.
Your session can either take place in your home or at an outdoor location that you wish. Lets get creative with your session! If you enjoy hanging at the beach, enjoying a summer picnic or hanging out at your favourite spot then lets photograph there! Lets stay true to your family and capture those memories of what your family loves most. Head over to my locations page to see some awesome spots!
I PAID MY DEPOSIT - WHEN IS FINAL PAYMENT DUE?
Final Payment will be due 14 days prior to your session. Payment plans are available and credit cards are also accepted - Just ask me how and I can set this up for you. Bank transfers are preferred.
My wedding season is capped at 15 weddings per year to ensure every client has all of my details and attention.
WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THE SESSION ENDS - WHEN DO WE GET OUR PHOTOS?
After your session I will edit all of your images, select your gallery and upload them to your Password Protected Online Gallery within 3 weeks of your session. I will then order any products including Albums and Prints and then upload your images to a USB for final delivery. You will receive these within 4 - 6 weeks of ordering.
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All of my session fees include my time spent with you in your session, digital files which includes minor image retouching in both colour and black and white, an online gallery and a complimentary slideshow for you to share with friends and family.
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Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, May 6, 1907
Denver, Colorado, May 6th, 1907.
Miss Jane Addams,
Hull House Chicago.
Dear Miss Addams:--
I have just had a talk with Mrs. Frederic W. Schoff, President of the Mothers' Congress, and she is very anxious to have one of the Judges in Philadelphia, who she tells me is doing splendid work, made one of the directors, since Philadelphia, being the third city in the Union, only has one representative.
It has also been strongly urged upon me that upon the Board of Directors should be Robert Wilkin of Brooklyn, Judge Stubbs of Indianpolis, Miss Sophie Wright of New Orleans, Judge McEwen of Kansas City, Judge Heisler of Baltimore, Judge Wilbur of Los Angeles, and Crawford Jackson of Atlanta, Georgia.
Since this Board is largely a sort of an honorary affair, and since the act of the Committee was merely recommendation that the Board be 15 or 21, in order to harmonize the wishes of various sections, I wish you would write me at once if in your judgement there would be any objection to increasing the list of directors in number to include these names. I feel certain that we would give more general satisfaction to the various sections and influences if this could be done.
I spoke to Mr. Thursten about this, just before I left, although when I returned to Denver I found some other suggestions, including the names I have mentioned. If you think we can meet these suggestions in the way outlined I should be glad to hear from you, as soon as possible. In my talk with Mr. Thurston before I left, he saw no objection to it, as I understood him.
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Lindsey, Benjamin Barr (1869-1943)
Heuisler, Charles W. (1854-1929)
Jackson, Crawford (1861-1928)
McEwen, Willard M. (1863-1927)
Schoff, Hannah Kent (1853-1940)
Stubbs, George W. (1837-1911)
Thurston, Henry Winifred (1861-1946)
Wilbur, Curtis Dwight (1867-1954)
Wilkin, Robert John (1860-1927)
Wright, Sophie B. (1866-1912)
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[Keeping animals healthy will] increase the economic stability of the area, [which] is very important," said U.S. Army Spc. Kelli Helfinstine, 490th CA BN veterinary assistant. "If the animals are healthy, that makes the people healthier because they live off the animals."
Together with Babile public veterinarian, Dr. Muhammed Ousman, U.S. Army 490th CA BN veterinarian Maj. Brad Keough and his two veterinary assistants, Helfinstein and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher Craighead, shared best practices with eight local community animal health workers. The VETCAP team treated animals in the areas surrounding Babile for mange, lice, worms and tick-borne diseases. All together they treated almost 1,000 animals, including camels, donkeys, sheep and goats.
Local animal workers commented on the benefits that this type of training provides.
"The training helps me in the way that I can make a little bit of money and I can also help my community so they can rely on us. This training gives me the opportunity to provide better service for the community as a whole," said Abdishek Mahmud, community animal health worker, about the lessons learned during the seven days of training.
The health workers expressed their gratitude to the VETCAP for the information they shared.
"We are very grateful to the U.S. for making this opportunity available to us," Mahmud said.