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Meriem Cooper – CAVEWOMAN
I AM CAVEWOMAN
A KILLER AND MEAT EATER
My Story Is...
The story starts with Doctor Francis Peacock Reicher, an infamous inventor and futurist, who focused not only on cutting edge technology, but also time travel, which ostracized him from his peers. Though he led a life of obscurity, had a family, he always dreamed of escaping, especially in his elderly age as the world came into the year 1980. A breakthrough allowed him to construct a time machine, as well as a molecular condenser that would allow the average human to survive the strain of time travel. After seeing the state his daughter had fallen into after the death of her husband, falling into drug use, he tried his best to save his granddaughter from such a life and flee into the future before the government could steal his technology to use for nefarious purposes.
Unfortunately, his efforts to save young Meriem and the government's drive to weaponize time travel overlapped. As he fled, agents arrived and destroyed his machine, causing it to malfunction and send Meriem and her "Gramps" more than 70 million years into the past, before mankind had evolved, and when dinosaurs ruled the Earth…
Though Gramps' genius gave both him and his granddaughter a physical edge against some of the super predators that roamed the Earth at that time, it did not make them invincible. Gramps was tragically eaten by a Tyrannosaur a short while after they arrived in the past, leaving Meriem as the sole human alive before primates had even evolved. She lived a hard life, but still survived into adulthood, becoming a superhuman warrior woman that lived in harmony with the primordial nature around her.
She became… CAVEWOMAN.
Since then, her hometown of Marshville, Oregon has time-traveled to the same time period she was stranded in, with Meriem becoming their savior by using her wits and experience to help them build a new human civilization, and Meriem has become rather un-stuck in time and space as well, taking her unexpectedly to strange worlds and times…
My Appearance
People will look at Meriem, who stands at a humble height of 5'8″, with long wavy brown hair, lightly streaked by the ancient sun, her richly tanned skin, dazzling eyes, and a body that is so wonderfully endowed and covered in toned muscle… and they will think she is some kind of prehistoric angel. Or a slutty model/cosplayer. She's gorgeous, in a completely natural way.
Beautiful as Meriem is, she is an incredibly deadly specimen due to being molecularly enhanced at a young age and then growing to maturity in an environment that tested her ability to survive to limits that would have killed anybody else.
Molecularly Enhanced Strength, Speed, Stamina, & Durability – Meriem is denser than the average human, weighing in at 350 lbs. of almost pure toned muscle despite not looking much larger than the average woman. She's strong enough to break the bones of attacking raptors, ripping their arms off and snapping their necks with ease. Her top running speed is faster than 30 MPH, allowing her to outrun most predators and prey, and her stamina is nearly limitless. She's also incredibly resistant to damage, shrugging off shotgun blasts and bites from smaller predators. Armor-piercing rounds and the bite of an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, however, can harm her, but she is a quick healer.
Molecularly Enhanced Senses – Meriem's senses are also stronger than a normal human's senses. She can hear things several miles away, can see an ant on the ground through the canopy of trees two miles away, and can track prey across long distances through smell alone.
Psychic Abilities – Meriem has some measure of supernatural mental power, communing not only with the spirits of the dead as if they were still living people, and bonding with animals in a way that seems to be a psychic or empathic link.
Survival Skills – Meriem's skill with a knife and spear is also highly proficient, and only enhanced by her strength. She's an expert forager and hunter, and learned how to purify and gather clean water on her own as well. She's able to make her own survival weapons and tools out of just stone and wood in order to get by, and can make fire.
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Solar energy as an alternative renewable power supply in Nigeria came as a relief for most Nigerians who were able to afford it at the time of its first introduction to Nigeria. It became more prominent in the year 2007 though most people were skeptic about its ability to generate a long lasting electricity supply. But it began to gain more popularity and adopted for power supply. Today it is used for homes, industries, for pumping water, for street lights, so much more you can think of to supply electric power to.
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Many these days confuse the name inverter with solar and use them interchangeably. solar is different from an inverter, where solar can be used to power D.C loads A.C is needed so as to convert these D.C into A.C currents so as to be able to power them. These days we have dc bulbs, dc fans, dc televisions, dc lamps etc when you have all these as loads there will be no need for an inverter and it will be powered directly from the solar system basically the solar panels, charge controllers and the batteries with no need for an inverter. But in the case where you would want to power large energy consuming appliances, then the inverter will have to come into the solar system.
As stated before, the main components you will see in the solar system are, the solar panel, the charge controller, the solar battery and the inverter.
The Solar Panels – the solar panels are what collect the sunshine energy from direct exposure to the sun. They come in generations which are 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations of the solar panels.
The first generation – as the name implies the first generation were the first set of panels that came into the market and there were two of them namely the monocrystalline solar panel and the polycrystalline solar panel. Though both do the same work of getting renewable energy from the sun, but the monocrystalline solar panel has more advantageous than the polycrystalline solar panel. Also monocrystallines have larger and higher outputs; they take less space and have a longer lasting duration than its counterpart the polycrystalline. Though monocrystalline are more expensive but they give the best efficiency rate. The monocrystalline can easily be recognized by their uniform dark look with a square shape that are rounded by the sides with diamond shapes on each lines of the panels, where the polycrystalline come in a lighter shade and are in long straight lines with small square shapes on each panel. Polycrystalline are cheaper to use but has a lower efficiency level leading to a shorter lifespan.
The second generation – these come as the second generation of solar panels invented. Examples of these are thin-film solar cells, amorphous, silicon solar cells.
A charge controller, charge regulator or battery regulator – this is a device that determines the amount of electric current that enter or goes out of the solar batteries. According to Wikipedia, it limits the rate at which electric current is added to or drawn from electric batteries. It is used for preventing overcharging and may also protect against overvoltage, which may result to reduced battery performance or lifespan, and can pose a safety risk. It also can prevent the complete draining ("deep battery discharging") of a battery, or perform controlled discharges, depending on the battery technology, to protect battery life. The charge controller or charge regulator may refer to either a stand-alone device, or to control circuitry integrated within a battery pack an example of this is the MTN solar pack, battery-powered device, or battery charger.
The solar battery – the battery is that which stores the electric charge, which has been collected from the solar panels. The usually come in different voltages the most common is the 12v, 24v and the 48v batteries. It is also known as the rechargeable battery and unlike the usual primary cell battery that we know which is supplied fully charged and discarded after use after use, the solar battery is a type of battery which can be charged, discharged into a load, and recharged many times.
The inverter – As stated at the beginning of this article, an inverter is a device that converts a D.C current to an A.C current giving the solar system to charge any device that requires a large amount of energy to power it.
In Abuja, it can be seen that solar energy has been utilized in most homes, the city street lights and companies, for homes most of the times the hybrid method of charging the batteries are used, this means that the batteries can be charged by the current gotten from the solar panels and also will be charged from the direct grid source which is the electricity power service providers while in the case of the street light the solar system, it uses an off grid mode of charging that is to say it charges solely on the solar energy and the charge controller comes with an inbuilt timer which allows the system to be timed at specific hours when the solar bulbs will come on and go off in a day without been controlled by any personnel.
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Country inn with comfy rooms, nice selection of beers in the bar and good food.
Conversations with locals. Size right for a relaxing stopover.
When I finally found my way (my phone ran out of charge for google maps) the location was so pretty, quiet and great for walking with my dog. The Inn is currently making new changes, a very lovely outside area and french doors, I think in the summer this will be fabulous because it overlooks a very pretty common surrounded by the village houses.
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Walls of the bedrooms were very thin so it was quite noisy as you clearly hear the people in the next room. The snoring kept me awake.
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The White House has just released its Open Government Directive, long-awaited by transparency and "government 2.0" advocates, and at first glance, the meat on the bone looks pretty juicy. (Or, if you prefer a vegan metaphor, the sauce on the seitan looks pretty, um, creamy?) Nancy's got a sharp and detailed write-up here, and since I've been stuck in a meeting all day, I'm only going to add one additional wrinkle on a topic close to my heart that I think is worth highlighting, nay, hailing.
Given how hard it is to change how government works, it's tempting to say that 5/8 of a loaf is better than none, but the White House shouldn't be allowed to take a victory lap. For all of President Obama's vaunted commitment to the issue of improving government transparency, it's lamentable that he couldn't find time in his schedule to make this announcement himself. It's also unfortunate that the staffers who really made this directive happen--people like Deputy CTO Beth Noveck and White House counsel Norm Eisen--work with modest staff support and little visibility. If the White House wants to earn the mantle of "change" on its inspiring promises of openness, participation and collaboration, it still needs to do a lot more.


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NORMAN GILLER casts his mind back to happy nights working alongside Bill Bateson as a rookie boxing writer at a memorable Terry Downes bout
All roads to Truro will be blocked on Tuesday, as a jamboree of journalists head for Cornwall to say a final fond farewell to Fleet Street colossus Bill Bateson. Tears, laughter and nostalgia by the bucketful guaranteed.
Come with me back to 1957, the place Shoreditch Town Hall. That was equidistant to Bill – pictured right – on the North London Press and me on the Stratford Express, two hungry young reporters on the first rung of the journalistic ladder.
The event was the inaugural boxing promotion at Shoreditch, and topping the bill was "the crashing, bashing Paddington Express", Terry Downes, who had returned to London to start a professional career after winning amateur trophies while serving with the US Marines.
Terry was a headline writer's dream, a larger than life character who talked with a Cockney accent shaken and stirred with a distinctive American drawl. His was the face that launched a thousand quips, as Bill and I were to discover on this opening night at Shoreditch Town Hall.
He was managed by Sam Burns, who later became the boss of William Hill. Reg Gutteridge, then a 30-something reporter on the London Evening News, nicknamed him "Tenbobsworth", because he walked with a left-sided lean as if he had a lot of loose change in his pocket.
Sam knew he had a potential champion under his wing, and decided to bring Downes along carefully. Terry duly swatted aside his first two opponents in double-quick time, and waiting for him in his third fight at Shoreditch was an unheralded Nigerian boxer rejoicing in the name of Richard Ihetu.
To drum up ticket sales, he was billed as Dick Tiger.
Enter our story Mickey Duff, who at 27 was the youngest matchmaker in the business. He had retired from the ring after a career in which he admitted his main aim was to hit without getting hit. The nose spreading east to west across his face suggested he had failed with at least part of his strategy.
His real name was Monek Prager, and he had taken the monicker "Mickey Duff" from a character in a James Cagney gangster film. Over the next 40 years, Duff was to prove himself one of the great matchmakers, with judgement second to none. He knew a good fight before he saw it.
He was sure he had picked an opponent that Downes, pictured left, could blow away. Tiger had lost five of his 12 contests since arriving in Liverpool from the Biafran village of Amaigbo. The speared scars he had on his face and back were stark signs of his initiation as a tribal warrior.
Bateson and I sat alongside each other at ringside in what was to become one of the most famous cockpit boxing venues in the land. The young Bill was virtually the same as the older Bill so many journalists came to know, admire and, yes, love. He had that warm welcome mat of a face that broke easily into a sunshine smile, and a sharp sense of humour that meant he was always entertaining company.
Back then, he had already developed a good nose for news and used to pick up nice little earners with tip-offs to the nationals. He was on a lot of newspaper contact lists as "Bateson of Islington", and was fiercely proud of his Arsenal-red blood.
We had a private wager on the Downes-Tiger fight. Bill said Downes in two, I said Downes in three. In the neutral corner alongside us, "One-Arm" Lou was offering 2-1 odds on a first-round knock-out. Over the far side of the ring Johnny the Stick was going for Downes in four, while Fat Stan Flashman was backing on it going the distance. Harry "The Horse" Levene reckoned it was a no race.
Tenbobsworth, One-Arm Lou, Johnny the Stick, Fat Stan, Harry the Horse, Mickey Duff … these were the unforgettable characters among whom Bill and I more than somewhat learned our reporting trade. They could all have come out of a novel jointly written by Damon Runyon and Charles Dickens.
Bill and I — and the capacity crowd — could not believe our eyes when the squat, wide-shouldered Tiger flattened Downes in the first minute of the fight. It was suddenly the lion versus the tiger, as Terry picked himself up and battled back in a swinging style that was to become his trademark.
Sam Burns finally pulled Terry out of a fight that had become a war at the end of the fifth, both his eyes swollen, nose busted and ego bruised. For a long time afterwards, Bill and I agreed that it was one of the most savage fights we ever witnessed.
Mickey Duff told me years later that it cost the little matter of £195 to stage — £135 to Downes, £60 to Tiger, plus his petrol money. During the 1960s, Tiger became world middleweight and light-heavyweight champion, and Downes world middleweight king. By then, it would have cost a fortune to bring them together in the same ring.
There was the usual hush of a losing dressing room when Bill and I joined the big-time boxing reporters looking for after-fight quotes.
Defeated Downes, his face a bloody mask of pain, did not disappoint: "When the first bell rang I thought, 'Fucking hell, they've put me in with a giant'. Then I realised I was flat on my back looking up at him. I don't remember much after that. I look forward to reading your reports to see what happened next …"
It was, as I recall, dear old Bill who came up with a fairly straightforward question that drew one of the all-time great responses.
"Who d'you want to fight next?" Bill asked.
Back came Downsie: "The bastard who made this match."
Mickey Duff, wise man, was nowhere to be seen.
Bill, of course, went on to a hugely successful career as a deskman at the News of the World, creating a triumvirate with Frank Butler and Fred Burcombe as three of the most knowledgeable men on boxing in one newspaper team.
He later succeeded Butler as sports editor, shifting seamlessly from the old Fleet Street world of ink and hot metal to the Wapping ways of computer technology. He was a master of both worlds, and later revealed his broad brush as a consultant at the posh end of the market with the Sunday Telegraph.
Bill had omniscient knowledge of the sports scene in which he circulated for more then 50 years and was revered by the sub-editors and reporters who worked with him (and journos like me who worked against him on rival newspapers).
Yes, there will be a lot of tears in Truro … many of them drenching our laughter as we remember one of the greats of our profession.
Bill, you were a knock-out.
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The End of the Oslo Accords?
Labor Deputy Defense Minister Dahlia Rabin-Philosoph (daughter of the assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin) stated clearly today in an Israel radio interview that, "the Oslo Accords do not exist any more," when she was asked what she thought of the new Israeli policy to occupy the heavily populated Palestinian cites. A bit less than nine years after the Accords were signed between PM Rabin and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat they are essentially dead. The "spirit" of Oslo continues to have her full support. The Israeli Army is now returning to the pre-Oslo stage with a total occupation of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria). We are not speaking of a full throwback to the early 1990's, since autonomy still reigns in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority is the recognized civilian leadership for the Palestinian population. There is no military government.
Rabin-Philosoph and the majority of the Labor Party are adopting a right of center Likud stance as pressed by PM Ariel Sharon by sending in the army to "indefinitely" occupy the West Bank cities. The hard line left led by Meretz chairman Yossi Sarid concurs in many ways that Oslo is essentially dead. Sarid does not believe Israel can trust the PA and certainly not its chairman, Yasir Arafat. He is calling for an international mandate in all the Palestinian territories (as mentioned here previously) effectively expressing his 'no-confidence' in the Oslo agreements. The only ones supporting Oslo are the extreme left who would possibly garnish 4% of the Jewish vote in an election.
Oslo, as a framework for peace in the Mideast is irrelevant. Jerusalem will take the steps necessary to ensure its security by entering the Palestinian cities in pursuit of terrorists, bomb factories and munitions stockpiles. Simultaneously work has begun on the security fence to keep terrorists out of Israel.
There are those who wrongly claim Israel is taking unilateral steps. Yasir Arafat and the PA were the ones who took the unilateral actions in the fall of 2000 when they decided on the terror offensive of close to two years running.
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If you're like me, you're searching for great ways to build your child's emotional intelligence. Of course, we're our children's first role models but picture books can also be helpful as you intentionally build your kids' EQ. The conversations that occur before, during, and after reading these books will be rich.
Growing up brings growing pains — like those of moving on or saying goodbye. This book reminds us that often, the goodbyes bring something new into our lives, too. No more tricycle. Now you're riding a bicycle. No more velcro shoes. You've learned how to tie lace-ups. Eye-catching brightly colored illustrations match the book's message perfectly.
It's okay to make mistakes — just say oopsie-do and move on. If you spill on the floor or if your snacks fall on the ground, what do you say? Oopsie-do. What a reassuring message for children! Listen to the song at hc.com/oopsie.
When her friend, Murray Bear, worries about going to the waterfall, Molly shows him her worry box. She writes down what she's worried about then puts it inside. "Worrying won't stop me!" Because of this, Murray is able to enjoy the many adventures the day brings. Also, now he can help his new friend, Lily when she gets worried. "Sharing worries makes them feel smaller and not as scary." I'm really picky about how books handle feelings. I appreciate that this story allows for feelings, including worry, and doesn't try to stop them. This is a very healthy approach to feelings.


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The camp offers eight tents designed to merge with the eco-system, all under canvas and all with clear vistas of the wilderness ahead. Each tented suite contains a lounge cove with comfortable couches and coffee table, dressing area with handcrafted cupboards, net-draped king size bed with bedside tables and lamps, mninga writing desk with chair, full length wall mirror and soft carpets to wander along. The suite flows into ensuite; a natural theme of shower, double hand basins and flushing toilet. The camp is open, no borders or rails, the wildlife comes and goes. Stay alert, eyes open; the thrill of the safari from the silver screen is here.
With its isolated location, the camp takes full advantage of the African night skies. Two tents have been designed as 'star domes'; an Arabian idea of an open rooftop to recline on large cushions and fall asleep beneath a natural planetarium. The evenings are beautiful with borderless flow of clarity from glowing moon to glittering stars, flickering planets and a swish of the milky way: the vast, seemingly emptiness beyond stretched out for infinity; glorious and mesmerizing. The viewing of the heavens looks simple enough, yet it clearly holds every thought, dream and secret. The early dawn rays smile and whisper softly, wishing the glittering stars away to their curious hiding spots. The camps wakes for another day for discovery.
Two tents welcome families of up to five, inter-connected suites with private lounge to kick back, read, chat, write or play games – a cushioned covered floor makes it easy to drift and dream.
The dining and lounge area are located in the centre of the camp, the meeting point for exciting stories and meals by the campfire. Share your experiences with friends and family with the satellite WiFi connection. The camp itself is permanently positioned throughout the year, closing only for the long rainy season of April & May. Fresh water is collected from wells within the national park and solar panels provide the electricity for lighting and camp operations.


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I have a bit of a, not-so-secret, obsession with monkeys. Not the kind that throw their crap at you at the zoo, but the small cuddly ones that you could slap a diaper on and tote around like a hairy child. I was on an uncontrollable high when I found out that my dream of holding a monkey was going to come true at Gumbalimba Park in Roatan, Honduras. Seriously…it was as if someone had just told me that I won a brand new car…and gas for a year…and free maintenance. This was going to be way better than the twelve sea monkey farms that I tended to as a child. Yes, this obsession runs deep.
We arrived at Gumbalimba via bus and were stunned by the beautiful grounds filled with tempting banana trees, perfect wild flowers and statuesque iguanas. We were taken on a brief tour which led us through the cheesy man-made caves, over a suspension bridge and through the parrot sanctuary before we were at our destination…MONKEYS! I had visions of monkeys in abundance, jumping onto my head and trying to steal my sunglasses. For that is the story I had heard and the experience I had wanted. Unfortunately, as we all know, sometimes things don't go exactly as planned and the fantasy turns out to be way better than the reality.
In total, we saw three monkeys, though there were supposedly over a dozen on the grounds. The tour guide had told us that because it was cashew season the primates had no need to bombard tourists to be nourished. Can I have a discount for all the monkeys gone AWOL? It's alright, I only needed one willing chimp to complete this bucket list goal anyway. The trainer held the monkey, kept it behaved with food and gave us each a turn with our new furry friend. We had about one minute to revel in the experience, while the photographer snapped numerous photos.
My advice? Don't go during cashew season.
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Now, where was I?… Oh yes – I was staring at possibilities. The beauty of monotype ghost prints is that you can take them anywhere you'd like to go, with other media. Ghost prints are a perfect underpainting to get you launched into creating a new image. Read on so I can explain….
This monotype started on a sheet of beveled plexiglass, coated with Daniel Smith oil-based etching ink. (This is called a dark field monotype, because we are starting with an ink-coated plate, or a 'dark field'.) With my reference photo propped nearby (you can see it in the upper frame of the process image above), I've drawn into the ink with the point at the end of a watercolor paint brush handle, just enough to give myself a map in the pigment. I'm using paper towels to lift ink away from the plate, to clear areas of big sky. Dark field monotypes are rendered using a subtractive process – or a removal of pigment. Pretend you are "carving light" into the dark field.
The ink (above) has been pushed, cleared, scraped, lifted into halftones with finger-tapping, and grooved with pastel stumps. The plate is ready to have a sheet of soaked and blotted paper laid on top of the still-wet ink, and rolled through an etching press to transfer the ink to the paper. Pulling the paper off the plate is always a surprise, because the pressure of the paper's surface – either via the press, or a hand transfer with a baren or the back of a spoon – squishes the ink against the paper's surface, and moves the pigment in a myriad of ways. It's great fun.
Ink transfer from plate to paper; another monotype being pulled after a trip through the press. See the ink left behind on the plate?
After a monotype is pulled, the plate usually has a faint layer of ink left behind, which is altered a little from your original mark-making because the ink was squished by the paper. You can lay another sheet of soaked and blotted printmaking paper on the sheer layer of remaining ink on the plate, and either run it through the press, or rub it with a spoon for a hand transfer to pull a ghost print.
The ghost print from the monotype in this post. The remaining ink is faint, and the image is unremarkable in its simplicity. Which also translates to plenty of room for experiments with other media!
If you're new to the process of monotype printmaking, you can visit a playlist of tutorial videos on my youtube channel here. You can also check out a 5 minute video of dark field monotype from start to finish by British printmaker Chris Gollon here.
Reference photo on the left, and watercolor being added to the ghost print on the right: adding clouds, a tree, and a slightly different horizon line.
Almost finished, with my reference photo on the left (above). You can see that I've used a little creative license, and strayed from the photo by adding a few trees, the clouds, and an altered shape of the horizon on the finished monotype.
If you've never made a monotype, I hope you'll give this flexible, no press required, inventive and painterly printmaking process a try. Follow along on any of the tutorial videos on my channel, and if questions come up, leave them in the comments here, or under the video you're referring to when you make your print. Have a monotype party with friends and share the results online so we can see. Tag me (@bdelpesco) on social media so I can check out the fruits of your labor. Whataya say? Let's get started!
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P.P.S. The title of the monotype in this post is Central California Farmland – which is a subject-based title. Not very imaginative. I've since created a painless system to title art that moves away from subjects, and towards titles that actually enhance the art, especially for viewers. I might have called that monotype Single Knave Quilt, or Cirrus Sentry, or Roaming the Hinterland… If you need help with titles for your art, here is a course that'll solve that quandary once and for all.
I have done a few drawings. All in all, I have been less courageous than I expected to be. I refuse to give up before I get results, though. As I am at loose ends here, I might as well make the most of my time and study my craft. I have started down a hard path that requires great patience.
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👋 no haven't tried Arches 88 yet or silk screen…u can get arches 88 here but haven't found arches cover yet or BFK Rives so will check out those links. Rosipina behaves as you described with watercolour on Arches88, but have actually been able to get it to work with a watercolour monoprint off glass.
I've been having a lot of fun going to local work shops so no doubt will learn about silk screen etc. We've just had a go at solar plates and our next one is on collagraphs.
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Hi Lesley! I just saw the posts yesterday, and responded on the monotype facebook page. Did you see the post replies?
Thank you Belinda…I'll continue to experiment and try the BFK Rives as suggested. Fabriano Rosipina is great for printing on but is unsized and the surface can be damaged by anything hard.
Hi from New Zealand 😊 I've only been playing with monotypes etc for a short time and use akua. I've been using Rosipina print paper mostly and done a little playing with rice paper. I've found the rosipina is too soft for adding colour pencil etc…the akua does not prevent the surface fluffing up. Rice paper was good with colour pencil but unsure how it would take watercolour. I was interested to know what paper you use for multi media finishes?
Hi Lesley, Yes, paper choices when exploring other media on top of a print can be a quandry, depending on what sort of media you want to add, and where you live. My favorite printmaking paper for adding water-based media (watercolor, gouache, etc.) is Arches Cover, since it has sizing in the fibers, which slows/prohibits the paint from sinking into the pulp and "bleeding" beyond the area where you lay it down, but it's difficult to find online and not available where I live.
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UK nuclear new build faces new landscape of vendors
Posted on October 18, 2012 by ansnuclearcafe — Leave a reply
Areva and Chinese partner pull out of bidding for Horizon
By Dan Yurman
When two German utilities, RWE and E.on, dropped their plans to develop the Horizon project—6 Gwe of nuclear power at two new sites in the United Kingdom —disappointment in their departure was tempered by the appearance of three bid teams seeking to acquire the joint venture. Yet, when the bids were opened, a widely anticipated joint proposal from Areva and the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG) was not among them.
Areva's decision to drop out just three months after making a media splash with its announcement to proceed with a bid left nuclear industry analysts scratching their heads over the about-face. Neither Areva nor CGNPG gave any reasons for it.
The joint French-Chinese effort was widely expected to offer Areva's 1600-MW EPR design similar to the units now under construction in Finland, France, and China. Chinese financial backing from a state sovereign wealth fund would have provided the upfront money needed to acquire the Horizon project.
The withdrawal by Areva leaves two other bid teams in place. One is a consortium led by Japan's Hitachi and the other is a group headed by Westinghouse, which also had reportedly been in talks with China's State Nuclear Power Technology Group. Westinghouse, which is owned by Japan's Toshiba Corp., came forward with a bid without Chinese backing, however.
This month Toshiba bought back a 20-percent stake in Westinghouse from The Shaw Group, which is slated to merge with Chicago Bridge & Iron. Industry observers feel that Toshiba will eventually offer that stake to new investors to free up the capital.
The current situation favors Westinghouse, which has completed most of the steps required to obtain the necessary safety certification from the government to build its AP1000 design in the UK.
Areva has also pursued safety certification of its EPR design in the UK, but reportedly has a list of issues to be resolved with the regulatory agency that has responsibility for nuclear reactor safety. In December 2011, the UK's Office of Nuclear Regulation issued an "interim approval" of both the EPR and the AP1000. Neither Westinghouse nor Areva wants to move forward to complete the costly regulatory process without a firm order in hand from a UK customer.
That said, Areva is still further along by several years than Hitachi, which hasn't even started the process. It is expected, as part of its bid for the Horizon project, to offer the new 1500-MW ESBWR design. Hitachi is teamed with Canada's SNC-Lavalin, which now owns the reactor division of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Another option might be a CANDU design. Like the ESBWR, however, it would be starting from scratch to obtain a safety certification in the UK.
China's entry into the UK nuclear market wasn't exactly greeted with open arms. Compounding security fears about the UK becoming dependent on Chinese financing were reports that Russia's Rosatom might try to enter the UK nuclear market as well. While neither country has a place at the table at this time, public and government perceptions of their respective roles would result in stepped up scrutiny on two entities that have a long history of resisting that kind of transparency.
EDF has also reportedly been in talks with Chinese state-owned firms with an eye toward getting them to take a 20-percent stake in two other nuclear power stations. These deals would likely involve Areva EPR reactor designs and financing from Chinese and UK sources.
The question of the extent of Chinese financial interest in the UK nuclear new build may turn on recent news that China will restart its domestic nuclear new build by the end of 2012. China at one time was said to be committed to build upwards of 80 GWe of new nuclear electrical generation capacity, but now it may build far less. Demand for coal-fired electrical power has fallen due to a cooling off of China's economy. Also, China's top leaders may be rethinking how many of the older CPR-1000 units to build relative to the safety features of the Westinghouse AP1000.
China has a long-term goal of becoming an exporter of nuclear technology, based on a 1400-MW version of the Westinghouse AP1000. That design won't be ready for another few years, but cash infusions in Western projects would display China's growing desire to be a player in the global nuclear market. How much money China would put up remains to be seen, especially if balanced against domestic energy needs.
Czech CEZ rejects Areva for Temelin
While Areva was pulling out of bidding on the Horizon project in the UK, it suffered an unexpected setback in its effort to win the bid to build two new reactors at Temlin. The deal is expected to be worth about $10 billion.
CEZ, the Czech state-owned electric utility that operates Temelin, said on October 5 that it was disqualifying Areva from the bid process. The utility said that it took the action based on the failure of Areva's bid to meet "legislative and commercial" requirements.
CEZ did not provide details of what was deficient in the Areva bid, only that there were "fundamental shortcomings" in it.
Areva said that it would appeal the decision, stating that it firmly believes that it has met all the conditions of the tender.
The action by CEZ, if upheld, would leave two other bidders for Temelin. They are Russia's Rosatom and Toshiba's Westinghouse.
Dan Yurman is a frequent contributor to ANS Nuclear Cafe.
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BIRMINGHAM | A troubled Alabama mine could be closed for repairs for several weeks after lightning caused an explosion that injured six people, including three who remained in critical condition Thursday.
The blast at Drummond Co.�s Shoal Creek mine in western Jefferson County was only the latest in a series of problems at the site, which was closed much of last year after another accident.
�One of the miners said it must be an old Indian burial ground because it�s jinxed," said union representative Daryl Dewberry. �They�ve had their share of problems there."
North Alabama is in an extreme drought, but a thunderstorm popped up Wednesday with lightning that struck near a rig where Shoal Creek workers were using a drill to bore a new shaft about 1,300 feet deep.
Dewberry said the charge ran down a cable into the mine, where it ignited methane that had been released by the drilling.
�It wasn�t just a fire, it was an explosion," Dewberry said.
Everyone who was hurt was underground inside the mine, which the company describes as the largest in Alabama. It employs about 550 people.
Three miners remained in critical condition with burns at UAB Hospital, where a fourth worker was in serious condition. Two others suffered smoke inhalation and other injuries.
Workers wearing breathing gear already are in the mine trying to repair ventilation systems to prepare for a reopening, but Dewberry said the work could take three weeks or longer.
The mine, which is located west of Birmingham and stretches beneath three counties, has had a string of safety problems.
Shoal Creek was briefly shut down last week after damage to a ventilation wall, and it was closed for six months after methane gas ignited last year. The mine partially flooded after that accident.
Drummond announced plans to close the mine, but it decided to keep it open after successful reclamation efforts.


The Cronulla Sharks have survived a monumental comeback by the Broncos to claim their sixth straight win with a 30-28 victory at Southern Cross Group Stadium.
In what was their first day game since Round 19 last year, the Broncos seemingly struggled to handle the early kick-off, falling behind by 22 points after 40 minutes.
But as the sun set in Sydney's Shire, the 2015 grand finalists clicked into gear with four unanswered tries after the break to almost pull off one of the biggest comebacks of the season.
The Sharks had earlier put on their best half of footy in 2016 to pile on 28 points before the break, but were restricted to a solitary James Maloney penalty goal in the second half – which proved to be the difference in the end – to join the Broncos, Cowboys and Storm at the top of the NRL Telstra Premiership ladder.
The warning signs were there early for the Broncos as Sosaia Feki went agonisingly close to forcing a grubber from Gerard Beale after six minutes.
A high shot on Corey Parker moments later allowed the Broncos lock to knock over the gift two points but it did nothing to stem the Sharks' momentum.
After Jack Bird forced a line dropout with a deft kick, Feki got the try he had been denied earlier courtesy of a gem of a cut-out pass from former Bronco Ben Barba.
The hosts were in again when Michael Ennis spotted some space behind the ruck to kick through for Paul Gallen who beat Anthony Milford to the loose ball to extend Cronulla's lead.
A knock on from the kick off gave the Broncos a much needed reprieve, and several plays later, Darius Boyd did what his opposite number did at the other end to send Jordan Kahu over in the corner.
That try would prove to be a mere anomaly as Cronulla swiftly responded through five-eighth James Maloney who stumbled over the line for his fourth try of the season.
The Cronulla faithful could hardly believe their eyes as a Barba grubber was fumbled by Kahu into the waiting arms of Beale who produced a miraculous offload for Feki to dive over for his second.
There was still time for the hosts to add to their tally before the break, and they did just that with Chad Townsend showing the poise of an Australian slips fielder to snuffle in a Maloney kick – his second such effort in the space of a minute – to score under the sticks.
The 28-6 half-time score was a true reflection of Cronulla's dominance as they restricted the Broncos to just 413 running metres (they average 1,614 a game in 2016) and most of them came from one scintillating run from James Roberts.
Whatever Broncos coach Wayne Bennett told his players at the break did the trick as the visitors stormed back into the contest with two quick tries to close the gap to 12 points.
The first was an almost obligatory try to Corey Oates who took advantage of a spilled kick by Bird to dive over for his eighth try of the season before Roberts fought through several would-be-tacklers to have the home fans sweating.
The Broncos dodged a couple of bullets with both Beale and Chris Heighington going close, but it was a case of third time unlucky for the visitors as Maloney pushed the lead out to 14 points with another penalty goal 20 minutes from full-time.
But just as day turned to night, the Broncos of old came to life to turn what had been an absorbing contest into one of the games of the season.
Fittingly it was a pair of veterans who did the damage, as Sam Thaiday crashed over off Boyd's third try assist of the evening before the evergreen Corey Parker had NRL Fantasy coaches in raptures as he fought through three defenders to make it a two-point game with eight minutes to play.
A huge hit by Jayson Bukuya on Ben Hunt at the death looked to have ended it only for the bunker to rule it a shoulder charge and hand the Broncos one last chance.
However, Anthony Milford's grubber was easily handled by Barba to consign the Broncos to just their second loss of the season.
Cronulla Sharks 30 (Sosaia Feki 2, Paul Gallen, James Maloney, Chad Townsend tries; James Maloney 5 goals) defeated Brisbane Broncos 28 (Jordan Kahu, Corey Oates, James Roberts, Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker tries; Corey Parker 2, Jordan Kahu 2 goals) at Southern Cross Group Stadium. Half-time: 28-6 Sharks. Crowd: 14,406.


For the last four years, I've been tortured by dreams.
Dreams about croissants, French bread, NY-style pizza, bagels and cream cheese. Dreams about ravioli, gnocchi, lasagna, and pierogis. Dreams about pie crust and pop-tarts.
Gluten is a miracle protein – it's what makes our carbs so damn delicious. Its taste and texture are irreplaceable. If you have ever eaten a real, bagel-shop bagel, you have experienced the miracle of gluten. If you don't believe me, go try a gluten-free "bagel." You'll never doubt again.
Gluten can also kill people. For those of us with celiac disease, gluten triggers an autoimmune reaction that releases aggressive antibodies. These antibodies are powerful, but not very smart: instead of attacking the trigger, they attack and destroy the lining of the small intestine. And since it's the lining of the small intestine that absorbs nutrients – you know, the stuff that keeps people alive – gluten can make some of us very, very sick.
In my imagination, gluten is the hapless catalyst of intestinal warfare, a clueless tourist in unfamiliar territory who somehow manages to leave behind a burning hell-scape. Not unlike like G.W. Bush in the Middle East, circa 2003-2009.
Four years ago, before my haunting dreams began, I made a bold announcement on Facebook. During the height of the gluten-free food fad, when it seemed like everyone I knew was giving up gluten, I declared for all my friends to see that nothing could ever make me stop eating gluten.
I loved gluten. I grew up being fed by Italian and Polish grandmothers. We're talking homemade ravioli, gnocchi, and bow-tie pasta. Potato pancakes and pierogis. Bread – all of the bread. As a kid, I'd eat a loaf of Wonderbread – plain.
It wasn't the wheat I loved – it was the gluten. It was what made all my favorite foods so good and I refused to believe that there could be any medical necessity to force me to stop eating it.
Even though I'd had stomach problems my entire life.
Even though none of the medical interventions of the previous 15 years had done anything to help them.
Even though I was kind of convinced that I had cancer because my guts were bleeding. A lot.
Shortly after I posted my heady declaration of gluten-love on Facebook, I went in for my third combined endoscopy/colonoscopy. In case you were wondering, that's when they stick cameras in both ends to take pictures of your insides. It's a barrel of laughs. Especially the preparation part, which almost certainly would have made it at least as far as the seventh circle of Hell if Dante had lived in modern times.
At this point, the results of that test are probably obvious: I have celiac. Gluten was, and continues to be, my enemy.
Giving it up was hard. It still is hard. There are times when I long for a piece of warm, crusty, yeasty French bread like a drowning man longs for oxygen.
I knew giving up gluten would be hard, but what I didn't realize was that something else would be even harder – self-advocacy. When you have a food allergy or intolerance, it's up to you to make sure you don't get sick. You have to constantly ask about ingredients and how things are made.
You become the annoying person who grills servers at restaurants about whether or not the fries are fried in the same grease as the chicken tenders. You become the person at the party who doesn't eat anything or who peppers their host with questions about what *exactly* is in that salad dressing. You become the person who hovers over the single gluten free dish at potluck parties just to make sure no one contaminates it with a bread crumb.
And it's even more awkward when you factor in the eye-rolling. Because gluten-free eating became such a trend, when you say you are gluten-free people assume you are just avoiding carbs to lose weight or "feel better." I feel like I have to carry around wallet-sized pictures of my damaged guts as evidence that my dietary hypervigilance is necessary.
People also have a hard time understanding your deep-seated fear of cross contamination. And I get it – the idea that a crumb of bread can trigger a reaction sounds far-fetched. But it isn't.
Last year, I had two experiences of "accidental glutening" within a six-month period. Both times were because of cross contamination. In one case, it was the seasoning on fries – the mixture contained a minuscule amount of flour, and the following week was agony.
During those six months, I lost some of my hair and most of my energy. I lost weight. A lot of it. People noticed. My delightful brother called me Skeletor. Others complimented me. It took all my willpower not to tell them that I was on a special diet called malabsorption, or, as I prefer to think of it, crapping out the calories. That as soon as my guts healed, I'd gain it all back, and then some, because that's how the universe works.
It's not a diet I'd recommend, unless you plan to purchase real estate in the public restroom market.
The moral of the story is this: celiac disease and gluten intolerance are real. Both can seriously damage a body. So when you're with a friend at a restaurant, and she's treating the server to the gluten inquisition, try not to roll your eyes. She's not trying to be annoying. She's not enjoying herself. In fact, she's hoping against hope that the server doesn't spit in her food. But she has to do it, because otherwise she might eat a molecule of gluten and be sick and balding for the next month.
We made women who have been sexually assaulted relive feelings of shame and impotence. We reminded African Americans who have been targeted, belittled, and ignored that their lives really don't matter to some. We told immigrants and Muslims that they are unwelcome, mistrusted, and feared. We validated every cruel thing ever said to people with disabilities or differences. We made the LGBTQ community fear for their freedoms, their families, and their safety.
We let the bullies win.
There are many people in our country who are hurting. I'm one of them. It's hard to feel optimistic about our future right now . So many people have fought so hard over the years to bring justice to those who are marginalized and victimized. It feels like we have just been pushed down a mountain whose summit we were about to cross.
I think many people in my generation felt as though our children would come of age in a society that was more tolerant, accepting, and understanding than it has been at any point in our history. We thought we were working for change so they wouldn't have to. It's a crushing feeling to think we are giving our children so much less than what could be.
But – maybe they can give themselves the world they deserve.
My girl is an expert at saying no. She says it with force and conviction: "NnnnnO!" She's been saying it to me for seven years and has pretty much broken me with it.
She also knows what it means to be kind and inclusive. So do her sister, and her cousins, and her friends.
I've started to wonder if, even though this election taught them that bullies do win and can win big, maybe it will also teach our children that even the smallest act of saying NO! to injustice is winning too.
I've also started to wonder if building a better world on behalf of our children matters less than teaching them to make their world – the one they live in now – better. The world they create now is the world they will bring with them as they grow into adults.
I'm grieving for our country, and I'm panicking over the direction our social, economic, and foreign policy will take. My fear that our society is about to become much less stable hasn't abated.
But woven through the sorrow and fear is a thin silver thread of optimism. So much is out of my power right now, but I can do one thing: I can continue to raise girls who say NO! to injustice.
My husband and I have a thing for penguins. We freaking love them. We love everything about them, from their goofy walk, to their fluffy chicks, to the fact that their poop is pink.
So, when we moved to Argentina in 2002 as part of my grad school program, our biggest travel goal was to visit one of the nesting colonies of Magellanic penguins along its eastern and southern coasts.
I mean, come on. Look at these guys.
We researched all our travel options until we found one that seemed perfect – a three-week bus tour that would take us from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.
The itinerary was incredible – we would see the Patagonian Desert, the lakes and mountains of Bariloche, Perito Moreno and the surrounding glaciers, and a forest of petrified wood. We would hop in and out of Chile along the way, and cross the Straits of Magellan before reaching Ushuaia. As we traveled back north, we'd stop in Puerto Madryn, to visit Punta Tumbo, one of the world's largest Magellanic penguin rookeries. It was a dream come true.
But the best laid plans of mice and men do often go awry, and so it was with us and the penguins.
The first sign that our trip might not be the dream we'd hoped it would be came before it even started.
We were at the bus station, waiting at the terminal clearly indicated on our tickets, bags packed and ready to go. The bus never came. Worse, no one working at the bus station knew anything about it ever having been scheduled to come.
Where we were greeted by 28 pairs of angry, elderly eyes.
Our travel agent had failed to tell us in her rapturous descriptions of our trip that we would be making up the 15th couple of a tour booked by a grandparents' club from the Buenos Aires provinces – and that the tour was embarking from their town, well outside of the city.
If you ever want to have the full "awkward American" experience, go to any foreign country and walk onto a bus full of elderly people who have been stopped on the side of a road waiting for you. It's something you'll never forget.
I would say that the second sign that fate was working against us was the first time our bus broke down, adding an extended visit to a gas station on the edges of the Patagonian Desert to our tour.
But that break down was nothing in comparison what happened some six hours later when the engine caught fire. It was the middle of the night, and we were evacuated to fields of scrub where my husband and I laid bets on who would be the first person to be eaten, Fargo-style.
The third sign we were doomed was when, after being rescued by a replacement bus, we learned that it was haunted. My husband and I called our ghost the Phantom Pooper because it enjoyed regularly clogging the bus toilet – which is something of an inconvenience when you're traveling for 20-hour stretches in an almost unpopulated desert.
But we were young, and we laughed it all off.
Until the day we learned about the fish restaurant that had been featured on Channel 13.
It came up in a halting conversation with one of the grandmothers. There was this famous fish restaurant in Rawson, just south of Puerto Madryn, she told us, and we would be skipping our stop in Puerto Madryn so we could have lunch there.
Assuming we'd encountered a language barrier, we consulted our tour guide Oswaldo. The penguin trip had been advertised on the brochure – there was no way it could have been canceled and replaced by lunch at a seafood restaurant.
But it had been. The president of the grandparent's club had seen a news story about this restaurant and as a group they decided that eating there would be more enjoyable than a visit to a major national attraction where you could see penguins and baby seals and maybe even whales.
This, or lunch at a seafood restaurant. You pick.
My husband and I were crushed. Oswaldo tried to explain it away – there would hardly be any penguins there that time of year, anyway, he said, and this restaurant really was supposed to be very good. Besides, we could take a trip to see another rookery in Ushuaia.
So we bided our time, enjoying and appreciating the stunning, diverse beauty of southern Argentina.
It is pretty incredible. You should go there. But not with a tour guide named Oswaldo.
Note: These are not my pictures. I can't find ours. Just like we couldn't find the penguins.
But when we finally reached Ushuaia, it was all about the penguins.
We arranged the excursion ourselves – a guided boat tour that would sail us around an island inhabited only by penguins.
When we arrived at the dock, we were told that the boat needed repairs. Twenty minutes, they said, and we would be on our way. We waited. And we waited. At four o'clock, the worst was confirmed – the boat was kaput; there would be no tour.
Gentoo Penguins of Ushuaia. The ones we didn't see.
But, Oswaldo assured us after we returned to our hotel, all was not lost. There was one more stop along the way where we could take an excursion to the natural reserve at Cabo Dos Bahias, where we could see all the penguins a person could ever hope to see. He would take care of everything, this time, so there was nothing to worry about.
When we reached the town where our last penguin hopes resided, we nagged the hell out of poor Oswaldo. We wanted to see some damn penguins, but it was more than that. It was us against Argentina and we were determined to prevail.
He purchased our tickets for us and said he would order us a cab from a company we could trust. He promised to meet us in the lobby the next morning, to personally see us off. Everything would be taken care of. There was no way this trip would fall through.
It did. Oswaldo forgot to call the taxi company. He had also forgotten to wake up – until it was just late enough for us to miss the only tour on the only day we would be in a town close enough to visit the Cabo dos Bahia reserve.
It was over. It had been us against Argentina, and Argentina won.
Cabo Dos Bahias. I should be in this picture.


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Q: gnuplot cairolatex terminal produces strange results I have this gnuplot script:
# set terminal cairolatex size 5.0cm,5.0cm color
# set output 'RatioVerbose.tex'

set grid
# set key font "Times New Roman,12"

set style line 1 \
    linecolor rgb '#a82828' \
    linetype 1 linewidth 3 \
    pointtype 5 pointsize 1.5

set xlabel "Entropy"
set ylabel "Actual work / theoretical work"
set xrange [-0.05:1.05]
set yrange [0:1.4]

f(x) = -1.3598 * x ** 2 + 1.3493 * x + 0.6590

set style line 2 lt 1 lw 3 linecolor rgb '#386dc2'

set terminal cairolatex png font ",12" fontscale 0.7 size 5.0cm,5.0cm

set output 'VerboseRatio.png'

plot 'RatioVerboseData.dat' with linespoints linestyle 1 notitle, \
      f(x) w l ls 2 title '$-1.3598x^2 + 1.3493x + 0.6590$'

# set terminal tikz size 5.0cm,5.0cm
# set terminal png size 700,700 enhanced font "Monospaced,13"
# set output 'RatioVerbose.png'

set output
replot
exit

... and it gives me:

I have been battling with the issue already for a quite of time, yet, alas, failed to find a working solution. Probably, I am missing some code in the gnuplot script.
Any help is much appreciated.
Edit
I added the actual PNG file generated by cairolatex.

A: This is not a bug.
When using 'cairolatex' terminal, the filename specified by "set output" should be a LaTeX file, like following.
set term cairolatex png input
set output "foo.tex"

In this case, the LaTeX code is written to "foo.tex" and the plot image is written to "foo.png".
In your script, a PNG file is set as an output file instead of a TeX file.
set output 'VerboseRatio.png'

This causes gnuplot to write the TeX code to a file named 'VerboseRatio.png' and at the same time to write the PNG image to the same file named 'VerboseRatio.png'. This results in the 'VerboseRatio.png' file having both PNG and Tex code in it.


WHEN was the Standard Pipe Band formed, and does it still exist?
SCOTTISH miners came down to Coventry in the years between the wars seeking work at the Binley Pit, and two of them, Jim Cosgrave and Harry Grey, formed a pipe band in 1936. They called it the Binley Village Pipe Band.
During the war many moved into local factories, and some miners, including band members, went to the Standard shadow factory at Banner Lane to work on aero engines. When peace came, and with Jack Grey as pipe major, the band moved to Standard's Canley factory.
It was here that they became involved with the work of the British Legion, and Standard's boss Captain John Black kitted the band out with uniforms – in Royal Stuart tartan.
David Murdoch became pipe major in 1951, and Jimmy Tudhope took over in 1972. Our current pipe major, Andrew Brown, has been pipe major for 11 years.
The band's name changed to the Royal British Legion Triumph Pipe Band, and now has 20 pipers, with six side drummers, three tenor drums and two bass. We take part in competitions all over England and Scotland, play for festivals of remembrance and attend carnivals and fetes.
Our headquarters is the Standard-Triumph Recreation Club in Tile Hill Lane, and we practise on Wednesdays and Fridays. On Sundays there is one- to-one practice for piping.
We are always on the look-out for new members and details are available from Patrick McGlone on 024 7669 5516.
Royal British Legion Triumph Pipe Band.


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For more information, please contact WSCUC at:
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See the Full Movie Page New Spectre VLOG Showcases Creation Of Opening Sequence
The Bond films have a lot of markers, both as a franchise and as an overall style of film, and one of the biggest is the opening sequence. While director Sam Mendes seems interesting in modifying the franchise in a lot of ways, moving away from gadgets, for example, he's apparently a fan of the opening sequence, and if you're going to do it, you may as well make it big.
Spectre has released another VLOG in the series that has taken us behing-the-scenes, and this time around we get an inside look at the detail, and general "Bigness" we can expect from the next opening sequence.
This may actually turn into an interesting note in the progression of the franchise, because while the opening sequence has always been around, and has always been a focal point for the films, the last dozen years or so hasn't seen them manage quite as much status as the first twenty years of Bond.
Whatever your thoughts on the value of the opening, this look at the Day of the Dead feature looks like there is something grand in the works, but it does make you wonder how much of this is going to get destroyed.
Spectre VLOG
In SPECTRE, a cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. Sam Mendes returns to direct SPECTRE, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007 for the fourth time.
David Bautista
with Monica Bellucci
and Ralph Fiennes as "M"


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