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package org.jboss.netty.buffer;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
import java.nio.channels.GatheringByteChannel;
import java.nio.channels.ScatteringByteChannel;

/**
 * A skeletal implementation for Java heap buffers.
 */
public abstract class HeapChannelBuffer extends AbstractChannelBuffer {

    /**
     * The underlying heap byte array that this buffer is wrapping.
     */
    protected final byte[] array;

    /**
     * Creates a new heap buffer with a newly allocated byte array.
     *
     * @param length the length of the new byte array
     */
    public HeapChannelBuffer(int length) {
        this(new byte[length], 0, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new heap buffer with an existing byte array.
     *
     * @param array the byte array to wrap
     */
    public HeapChannelBuffer(byte[] array) {
        this(array, 0, array.length);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new heap buffer with an existing byte array.
     *
     * @param array        the byte array to wrap
     * @param readerIndex  the initial reader index of this buffer
     * @param writerIndex  the initial writer index of this buffer
     */
    protected HeapChannelBuffer(byte[] array, int readerIndex, int writerIndex) {
        if (array == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("array");
        }
        this.array = array;
        setIndex(readerIndex, writerIndex);
    }

    public boolean isDirect() {
        return false;
    }

    public int capacity() {
        return array.length;
    }

    public boolean hasArray() {
        return true;
    }

    public byte[] array() {
        return array;
    }

    public int arrayOffset() {
        return 0;
    }

    public byte getByte(int index) {
        return array[index];
    }

    public void getBytes(int index, ChannelBuffer dst, int dstIndex, int length) {
        if (dst instanceof HeapChannelBuffer) {
            getBytes(index, ((HeapChannelBuffer) dst).array, dstIndex, length);
        } else {
            dst.setBytes(dstIndex, array, index, length);
        }
    }

    public void getBytes(int index, byte[] dst, int dstIndex, int length) {
        System.arraycopy(array, index, dst, dstIndex, length);
    }

    public void getBytes(int index, ByteBuffer dst) {
        dst.put(array, index, Math.min(capacity() - index, dst.remaining()));
    }

    public void getBytes(int index, OutputStream out, int length)
            throws IOException {
        out.write(array, index, length);
    }

    public int getBytes(int index, GatheringByteChannel out, int length)
            throws IOException {
        return out.write(ByteBuffer.wrap(array, index, length));
    }

    public void setByte(int index, int value) {
        array[index] = (byte) value;
    }

    public void setBytes(int index, ChannelBuffer src, int srcIndex, int length) {
        if (src instanceof HeapChannelBuffer) {
            setBytes(index, ((HeapChannelBuffer) src).array, srcIndex, length);
        } else {
            src.getBytes(srcIndex, array, index, length);
        }
    }

    public void setBytes(int index, byte[] src, int srcIndex, int length) {
        System.arraycopy(src, srcIndex, array, index, length);
    }

    public void setBytes(int index, ByteBuffer src) {
        src.get(array, index, src.remaining());
    }

    public int setBytes(int index, InputStream in, int length) throws IOException {
        int readBytes = 0;
        do {
            int localReadBytes = in.read(array, index, length);
            if (localReadBytes < 0) {
                if (readBytes == 0) {
                    return -1;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            }
            readBytes += localReadBytes;
            index += localReadBytes;
            length -= localReadBytes;
        } while (length > 0);

        return readBytes;
    }

    public int setBytes(int index, ScatteringByteChannel in, int length) throws IOException {
        ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(array, index, length);
        int readBytes = 0;

        do {
            int localReadBytes;
            try {
                localReadBytes = in.read(buf);
            } catch (ClosedChannelException e) {
                localReadBytes = -1;
            }
            if (localReadBytes < 0) {
                if (readBytes == 0) {
                    return -1;
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            } else if (localReadBytes == 0) {
                break;
            }
            readBytes += localReadBytes;
        } while (readBytes < length);

        return readBytes;
    }

    public ChannelBuffer slice(int index, int length) {
        if (index == 0) {
            if (length == 0) {
                return ChannelBuffers.EMPTY_BUFFER;
            }
            if (length == array.length) {
                ChannelBuffer slice = duplicate();
                slice.setIndex(0, length);
                return slice;
            } else {
                return new TruncatedChannelBuffer(this, length);
            }
        } else {
            if (length == 0) {
                return ChannelBuffers.EMPTY_BUFFER;
            }
            return new SlicedChannelBuffer(this, index, length);
        }
    }

    public ByteBuffer toByteBuffer(int index, int length) {
        return ByteBuffer.wrap(array, index, length).order(order());
    }
}


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Did you know that our arts programme, Expressions, has a new home? You can now find Louise and the Expressions team based at Humphry Repton House, to the left of the Day Centre, Brentry, BS10 6NA. The artists who attend Art Wednesdays are currently gearing up for an exhibition held in November and the Expressions …
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Congratulations Reuben and Glyn!
We'd like to say a massive congratulations to Reuben and Glyn who were our two winners at the Care and Support West Awards. Reuben has been named Frontline Nurse of the Year and Glyn claimed the Volunteer of the Year Award for their amazing commitment and dedication to the people we support and the organisation …
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The Homily preached at the funeral for Sister Merle Milligan, SSJD by The Right Reverend Linda Nicholls
Funeral: Sr. Merle Milligan, SSJD
Homilist: Bishop Linda Nicholls
From the moment we draw our first breath in this world we are pushed pummelled, shaped and formed by the world around and within us, From the accidents of our birth -family, place & time to the social milieu & world events to the choices of ourselves and others we are formed and at time choose to be formed. Our first hymn today described that process so well…….
The Rt. Rev. Linda Nicholls
Great God, your love has called us here as we, by love, for love were made.
We come with self inflicted pains of broken trust and chosen wrong;
Half free, half-bound by inner chains, by social forces swept along
By powers and systems close confined; yet seeking hope for humankind……
Great God, in Christ you call our name and then receive us as your own
Not through some merit, right, or claim, but by your gracious love alone.
Great God, in Christ you set us free, your life to live, your joy to share,
Give us your Spirit's liberty to turn from built and dull despair,
And offer all that faith can do while love is making all things new.
And it struck me as we sang it that it described the journey of life that Sr. Merle experienced. In midst of many forces - from the death of her mother at birth to her service in the Second World War to her choice to be formed as a disciple of Jesus through life in the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine - Sr. Merle sought to live faithfully relying on the love of God her creator.
We all do this resting on the certainty of the promises we have heard in scripture, particularly that in John 6. "Everything the Father gives to me will come to me, and anyone who come to me I will never drive away I will never turn away anyone who believes in me….that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life."
Sr. Merle's early life - the death of her mother and subsequent shifts among families - were painful - but developed an independence and resiliency in her. Sr. Merle was a woman of strong opinions and not shy about sharing them! Her life choices were those of serving others - from military service as a young woman to her vocation as a nurse in Montreal and at St. John's Convalescent Home. She was a woman of keen intelligence and abilities as an Administrator and Manager, as a Head Nurse at Montreal General Hospital for several units, as Assistant Administrator at St. John's Convalescent Home and at the Home for the Aged and Cana Place.
I met Sr. Merle in her later years in retirement and marvelled at her constant interest in world affairs & history. She always knew what was on the front page of the newspaper!
Many have noted that although she often seemed serious she had a lovely smile and sense of humour. She and I shared a common delight - cats! Merle would light up with delight when discussing the vagaries of cat behaviour - and, of course, Sandy was the best! - despite my protestations that mine were. She would also light up when talking about her friendship with the Sonnenburgs, especially when the children came into their lives. She was so grateful to be part of their family. Her latter years were challenging - the residual effects of a case of shingles were frustrating and the losses of aging were not suffered gladly though in recent months she had demonstrated a reconciliation with her situation.
Merle took what life offered and sought to live as a faithful Christian, choosing to serve others and to serve God. She was, in my experience a very private woman about discussing her faith and life. I am not altogether sure what prompted her to come to SSJD - no doubt God's call in all its mystery. Although private, she showed and lived it through her choices - not perfectly….She could on occasion be frustrating - but which of us is perfect.
So today we come to celebrate her life and commit her into the keeping of God her creator whose deep love and grace sustained her in the midst of the circumstances and situations that shaped her. This is a bittersweet moment. We do experience the grief of her loss from our midst physically yet, in light of the promises of God, know that she has been reunited with God and is home. We heard the affirmations of those promises through the gospel of John - the promise of eternal life. We heard it in 1 John in the passionate witness of the author and in the beautiful passage of Isaiah that paints a vision of the future banquet where death is swallowed up forever and closing affirmation: "This is the Lord for whom we have waited; Let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
Today we thank God for the life of Sr. Merle and commit her into the hands of her Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier whose love guided her in the choices of her life. That same God invites us to follow faithfully through our lives. Thanks be to God.
Bishop Linda Nicholls was consecrated on February 2, 2008 and began her ministry as Area Bishop of Trent-Durham on February 15, 2008 .
Linda comes to Episcopal ministry with background as a teacher, parish priest and national staff member. With university degrees in music and education she taught secondary school music and math for five years at Woodstock International Christian School in Mussoorie , India before exploring a call to ordained ministry. Her theological education included studies at Ontario Theological Seminary and Wycliffe College before she was ordained deacon in November 1985 and priest in November 1986. A curacy was served at St. Paul 's L'Amoreaux Church, Scarborough followed by her appointment as incumbent of the Parish of Georgina (St. James', Sutton and St. George's , Sibbald Point). The Parish of Georgina has the unusual honour of having had three incumbents in series who are all now bishops – Colin Johnson (Toronto), Victoria Matthews (Christ Church, New Zealand) and Linda Nicholls!
In 1991 Linda became the incumbent of the Parish of Holy Trinity, Thornhill where she served until February 2005. During her parish ministries Linda explored a variety of continuing education courses, including a Certificate in Spiritual Direction, and completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at the University ofToronto in 2002. Other interests in ministry include a passion for community life, healing ministries and support of Parish Nursing. From February 2005 to her consecration Linda served in the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada as the Coordinator for Dialogue for Ethics, Interfaith Relations and Congregational Development.
In her ministry as a bishop Linda serves on the Doctrine & Worship Committee of the Diocese; Committee on Religious Orders of the National Church; and the Faith Worship and Ministry Committee for the Anglican Church of Canada. Linda was appointed in 2011 by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC).
Music has been an abiding commitment for Linda and she relaxes by singing in a chamber choir or playing piano or flute. Wilderness canoe trips provide a summer hobby. She shares her home with a feline companion who is unimpressed with church pomp & circumstance and keeps her focused on daily maintenance requirements!
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May 20, 2013, 03:23pm EDT |
Dwight Howard And Chandler Parsons Will Share The Same Agent
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Chandler Parsons tweeted this picture with his "crew" at the Billboard Music Awards. At the far left... [+] is Matt Davis, a Basketball Sports Agent at Relativity Sports.
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NBA center Dwight Howard will enter free agency this summer with a plethora of teams interested in securing his services for the 2013-14 season and beyond. Howard was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012 as part of a four-team trade, but the Lakers may only get one year out of the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. He has indicated that he has no intention to make a hurried move and will likely rely on his agent Dan Fegan of Relativity Sports to weigh his various options. Among the teams that are reportedly on the top of Howard's list are the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets.
CBS Sports NBA Insider Ken Berger says that multiple people have informed him that Howard is most intrigued by the Houston Rockets. If Howard were to sign with Houston, he would join forward Chandler Parsons, who was drafted by the Rockets in the second round (#38 overall) of the 2011 NBA Draft and is still performing on his rookie contract, which pays him $3.7 million over a four year term.
Multiple sources told FORBES that Parsons recently terminated his relationship with basketball agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports & Entertainment and will hire Howard's agent, Dan Fegan. Parsons confirmed his intention to sign with Fegan after this article was originally published. At this point, there is no indication that the addition of Parsons to Relativity Sports' client list will have any influence on Howard's decision making process.
Relativity Sports' client roster reads like an All-Star lineup. The company's clientele includes Howard, John Wall, Kevin Martin, Ricky Rubio, Iman Shumpert, Amar'e Stoudemire and Jimmy Butler.
Earlier this month, Relativity Sports announced that it hired Josh Swartz as its president. Swartz formerly served as the Chief Operating Officer at Wasserman Media Group. Basketball agent Dan Fegan is also fairly new to the company. Fegan left sports agency Lagardère Unlimited in 2012 and joined Relativity Sports in February.
Darren Heitner is a Partner at Wolfe Law Miami, P.A. in Miami, Florida, Founder of Sports Agent Blog, and Professor of Sport Agency Management at Indiana University. Learn more about him at http://www.darrenheitner.com.
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Darren Heitner is the Founder of HEITNER LEGAL and Founder/Chief Editor of Sports Agent Blog, a leading niche industry publication. He focuses on sports, entertainment,…
Darren Heitner is the Founder of HEITNER LEGAL and Founder/Chief Editor of Sports Agent Blog, a leading niche industry publication. He focuses on sports, entertainment, and intellectual property litigation and transactional work, and is the author of 2 editions of How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know, published by the American Bar Association. Darren is the author of How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know (published by the American Bar Association), Contributing Writer of An Athlete's Guide to Agents, 5th Edition, and has authored many sports, entertainment and intellectual property-related Law Journal articles. Darren has a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the same institution.


In our collection, we have representations of texts in all the major Egyptian languages.
The script that is most recognisably Ancient Egyptian®. One of the oldest scripts used by the ancient Egyptians – and the script with the most longevity – its origins can be seen very early on in Egypt's history, starting out life as single or small groups of signs that represented entire concepts or specific sounds. Already in the Early Dynastic Period (3100-2686BC), these signs were beginning to become standardised and by the 3rd Dynasty (2686-2613BC) were used in a wide range of contexts. They were, however, especially associated with religious texts, as it was believed that the beauty and monumental nature of hieroglyphs indicated that they were the 'words of the gods' (medu-netjer) and intended to be read by them.
Greek plays seem to be having resurgence across Britain. The National's Medea has only just come off and the Old Vic are hosting Electra, both tragedies with a lot of deaths and political commentary.
Given their morbid tone why are they so popular? With modern attention spans dwindling perhaps their short punchy nature appeals over epic 3 hour long Shakespeares. Over in 90 minutes and loads of action, it's an easy sell to people working late or in need of entertainment.


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Pando was founded as the Pando Ski Center in 1960 outside the town of Rockford, near Grand Rapids. In 1977, it was sold to the current owners who renamed it Pando Winter Sports Park. Pando's new owners adopted policies friendly to the new sports of "snurfing" and then snowboarding, hosting the annual World Snurfing Championships and in 1979 hosted the world's first snowboarding competition, won by Jake Burton Carpenter.
Later, Pando became the first area in Michigan to install a tubing hill. Pando's web site had a page recounting their history, but the URL now re-directs to Cannonsburg's site, so the history has been lost.
After 55 years in business in the Grand Rapids area, Pando was still a popular local ski destination, but was purchased by Cannonsburg about 2015, who announced plans to close and renovate it. Pando has not re-opened. Pando closed for the last time on March 12, 2015.
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Sam Seven says:
I live in Grand Rapids and am about 5 miles from pando, they have been closed fro the past 2 seasons when Cannonsburg bought it. I think they're redoing the lodge and are going to try to re open next season
Too bad this little historic area most likely reopen.
Great write up and report from a Washington DC ski columnist of Pando from 2008http://www.dcski.com/articles/1073
Sad to drive by this closed area, great tubing
http://www.dcski.com/articles/1073


"Why is the idea that the pursuit of self-centred happiness will lead to contentment so adhesive? I wake up every day newly baptised into the cult of individualism. I wish I was more like my mum or my nan, who find joy in nourishing others". So writes Russell Brand in his book 'Revolution'.
This statement really resonates with questions put to teachers at the school back in the 80s and 90s by the founder Vijayadev Yogendra, challenging them to look at their attitudes and approaches and move towards a life based on service.
Russell Brand is quite inspiring for a number of reasons. He writes so honestly, he has really turned his life around and seems to be genuinely trying to walk the walk not just talk. Though he does talk and is really engaging and entertaining.
He is probably still a bit vulgar, well quite vulgar actually, in the way he expresses himself sometimes but it is far outweighed by his positivity and genuine desire not to be hurtful or unkind to others. I recently watched a clip of him being asked by Jonathon Ross for his opinion on Jeremy Clarkson's dismissal. He basically said it was fair cop but did it in such a way as not to sound judgmental or be critical of Clarkson.
The question we must ask ourselves is "What are we going to do now to guarantee the next generation its happiness and progress?" No answer is good enough unless it brings us to make sacrifices, put up with suffering, deny things, change our whole personality and develop a new philosophical ideal.
Strong stuff, but that is how Vijay, as he was known, sometimes spoke in order to challenge and try and shake his teachers out of their materialistic somnambulism, and find more meaning and joy in life through a deeper care for their students. There is a clear link there too with Brand's notion of finding joy in nourishing others.
It would be great to have him come and talk to our secondary students, and I am sure he could tone down his language if we asked him nicely.


Mitt Romney showed his sense of humor during his swing state bus tour this weekend, pulling a lighthearted prank on the press corps following his campaign.
NBC's Rock Center captured the Republican presidential nominee leaving a handwritten note on the door of the press bus that read: "You guys have it way too soft — nice ride...P.S. Erased your hard drives."
When the press returned, several snapped photos of the note. One reporter noted: "That's actually pretty funny."


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{-| Multipliers. Don't bother with these if your FPGA has hard DSP/multiplier blocks. -}
module Clash.Arithmetic.Multiplier (
        multiply,
        multiplySigned,
        serialMultiplyCarrySave,
        serialMultiplyCarrySaveSigned,
        BoothRes(..),
        boothEncode,
        boothWindows,
        boothMultiply
    ) where

import Clash.Prelude

import Data.Bool (bool)

import Clash.Arithmetic.Adder.CarrySave (fullAdder)

-- | Basic purely combinational unsigned*unsigned multiply
multiply
    :: forall m n
    .  (KnownNat n, 1 <= n, KnownNat m)
    => BitVector m -- ^ x
    -> BitVector n -- ^ y
    -> BitVector (m + n) -- ^ x * y
multiply x y = sum toSum
    where
    toSum :: Vec n (BitVector (m + n))
    toSum =  imap func $ reverse $ unpack y
        where
        func :: Index n -> Bool -> BitVector (n + m)
        func idx bit = bool 0 (extend x `shiftL` fromIntegral idx) bit

-- | Basic purely combinational signed*signed multiply
multiplySigned
    :: forall m n
    .  (KnownNat n, KnownNat m)
    => BitVector (m + 1) -- ^ x
    -> BitVector (n + 1) -- ^ y
    -> BitVector (m + n + 2) -- ^ x * y
multiplySigned x y = sum $
           (1 `shiftL` snatToNum (SNat @(m + n + 1)))
        :> (1 `shiftL` snatToNum (SNat @(m + 1)))
        :> toSum
    where

    toSum :: Vec (n + 1) (BitVector (m + n + 2))
    toSum = imap func $ reverse $ unpack y
        where
        func idx0 bit = flip shiftL (fromIntegral idx0) $ extend $ pack $ reverse $ imap func2 (reverse $ unpack $ bool 0 x bit)
            where
            func2 :: Index (m + 1) -> Bool -> Bool
            func2 idx1 val = (idx0 == maxBound) `xor` (idx1 == maxBound) `xor` val

-- | Serial unsigned carry save multiplier. One of the inputs is fed in serially and the result is computed over several cycles. Since a carry save adder is used, the combinational delay is very small.
serialMultiplyCarrySave
    :: forall dom n
    .  (HiddenClockResetEnable dom, KnownNat n)
    => Signal dom (BitVector (n + 1)) -- ^ x
    -> Signal dom Bool                -- ^ y input valid
    -> Signal dom Bool                -- ^ y serial input
    -> Signal dom Bool                -- ^ x * y serial output
serialMultiplyCarrySave x en y = sumOut
    where

    partials :: Vec (n + 1) (Signal dom Bool)
    partials =  traverse unpack $ bool <$> 0 <*> x <*> y

    res :: Vec (n + 1) (Signal dom (Bool, Bool))
    res =  map (delayEn (False, False) en) $ zipWith3 (liftA3 fullAdder) partials carryOuts (pure False :> sumOuts)

    sumOut  :: Signal dom Bool
    sumOuts :: Vec n (Signal dom Bool)
    sumOuts :< sumOut = map (fmap snd) res

    carryOuts :: Vec (n + 1) (Signal dom Bool)
    carryOuts = map (fmap fst) res

-- | Serial signed carry save multiplier. One of the inputs is fed in serially and the result is computed over several cycles. Since a carry save adder is used, the combinational delay is very small.
serialMultiplyCarrySaveSigned
    :: forall dom n
    .  (HiddenClockResetEnable dom, KnownNat n)
    => Signal dom (BitVector (n + 2)) -- ^ x
    -> Signal dom Bool                -- ^ y input valid
    -> Signal dom Bool                -- ^ y serial input
    -> Signal dom Bool                -- ^ High on MSB of y
    -> Signal dom Bool                -- ^ x * y serial output
serialMultiplyCarrySaveSigned x en msb y = sumOut
    where

    msbD :: Signal dom Bool
    msbD = regEn False en msb

    partials' :: Vec (n + 2) (Signal dom Bool)
    partials' =  traverse unpack $ bool <$> 0 <*> x <*> y

    p :> ps = partials'

    finalConst :: Vec (n + 2) Bool
    finalConst = True :> (repeat False :< True)

    partials :: Vec (n + 2) (Signal dom Bool)
    partials
        = zipWith (mux msbD) (map pure finalConst)
        $ map (liftA2 (bool id not) msb) $ fmap not p :> ps

    res :: Vec (n + 2) (Signal dom (Bool, Bool))
    res =  map (regEn (False, False) en) $ zipWith3 (liftA3 fullAdder) partials carryOuts (pure False :> sumOuts)

    sumOut  :: Signal dom Bool
    sumOuts :: Vec (n + 1) (Signal dom Bool)
    sumOuts :< sumOut = map (fmap snd) res

    carryOuts :: Vec (n + 2) (Signal dom Bool)
    carryOuts = map (fmap fst) res

-- | Result of [Booth encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s_multiplication_algorithm) three bits
data BoothRes = BoothRes {
    mult   :: Bool,
    shift  :: Bool,
    negate :: Bool
} deriving (Show)

-- | Perform [Booth encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s_multiplication_algorithm)
boothEncode
    :: BitVector 3 -- ^ Input 3 bit vector
    -> BoothRes    -- ^ Booth encoding result
boothEncode 0x0 = BoothRes False False False
boothEncode 0x1 = BoothRes True  False False
boothEncode 0x2 = BoothRes True  False False
boothEncode 0x3 = BoothRes True  True  False
boothEncode 0x4 = BoothRes True  True  True
boothEncode 0x5 = BoothRes True  False True
boothEncode 0x6 = BoothRes True  False True
boothEncode 0x7 = BoothRes False False True

-- | Extract 3 bit chunks from a bit vector for [Booth encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s_multiplication_algorithm)
boothWindows
    :: forall n
    .  KnownNat n
    => Vec (2 * (n + 1)) Bool   -- ^ Input bit vector
    -> Vec (n + 1) (Vec 3 Bool) -- ^ 3 bit windows
boothWindows xs = map (take (SNat @3) . (:< False)) shifts
    where

    shiftL :: Vec (2 * (n + 1)) Bool -> Vec (2 * (n + 1)) Bool
    shiftL ys = drop (SNat @2) ys :< False :< False

    shifts :: Vec (n + 1) (Vec (2 * (n + 1)) Bool)
    shifts = iterateI shiftL xs

-- | Unsigned multiplication using [Booths algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s_multiplication_algorithm)
boothMultiply
    :: forall n m
    .  (KnownNat m, KnownNat n)
    => BitVector m                   -- ^ x
    -> BitVector ((2 * n) + 1)       -- ^ y
    -> BitVector (m + (2 * (n + 1))) -- ^ x * y
boothMultiply x y = ifoldl (sumFunc x) 0 $ reverse res
    where
    res :: Vec (n + 1) BoothRes
    res =  map (boothEncode . pack) $ boothWindows (False :> unpack y :: Vec (2 * (n + 1)) Bool)

    sumFunc x accum i (BoothRes mult shift negate) =
        let
            shifted
                | shift     = extend x `shiftL` 1
                | otherwise = extend x
            summed
                | negate    = accum - (shifted `shiftL` (2 * fromIntegral i))
                | otherwise = accum + (shifted `shiftL` (2 * fromIntegral i))
            noped
                | mult      = summed
                | otherwise = accum
        in noped

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Jerad Eickhoff Signs Minor League Deal With Bucs
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed right-handed pitcher Jerad Eickhoff and catcher James Ritchie to minor league deals on Monday, according to a source. Eickhoff, 31, has made 85 appearances (80 starts) for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets in his six-year career, and he had an 8.69 ERA with 10 walks, 13 strikeouts and nine home runs allowed in 19 2/3 innings over four starts with the Mets in 2021. His best season came in 2016 with the Phillies, when he went 11-14 with a 3.65 ERA with 167 K's and 42 walks in 197 1/3 innings over 33 starts. Ritchie, 28, has yet to make his MLB debut after being taken in the 13th round by the Houston Astros in 2014. He hit .317 with an .846 OPS in 79 games for Triple-A Reno in 2021.


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In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they've known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.
A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who's looking to upstage them all.
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Santa Cecília (em latim, Sancta Caeciliae) é um título cardinalício instituído em torno do século IV, provavelmente após o martírio da jovem mártir. Não se sabe qual papa teria criado o título, sendo sua primeira referência o sínodo romano de 1 de março de 499. Sua igreja titular é Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.

Titulares protetores

 Giacomo Aventino (?) (319?-?)
 Romano Dinamio (?) (335?-?)
 Ammonio Seleusio (?) (377?-?)
 Valentino Salaminio (?) (414?-?)
 Frodiano Narciso (ou Herodiano) (436?-?)
 Tusco Domno (463?-?)
 Martiniano (ou Marciano?) (494-?)
 Marciano (?) (499- 514)
 Sabino Ponzio (514-?)
 Bonifácio (circa 530)
 Gotus Bonifacio (590?-?)
 Vítor (590- 604)
 Rufo Adeodato (604-?)
 João (714- 731?)
 Sisinnio (731-761)
 Maginensio Ascanio (?) (741-768?)
 Estêvão (761-768)
 Justo (827-853)
 Leão (853-867)
 Leão (867-872)
 João (872-?)
 Estêvão (964-967)
 Gianvier (ou Giovanni, ou Gennaro) (965-1012)
 Estêvão (1012-1033)
 Estêvão (1033-1043)
 João (1044- prima del 1058)
 Dauferio de Fausi, O.S.B. (1059-1086)
 Giovanni (?) (1099-?)
 Pietro (circa 1099- circa 1107)
 Giovanni (circa 1107- circa 1120)
 Giovanni Roberto Capizzuchi (1125-1127)
 Joselmo (ou Goselino, ou Joselino, ou Anselmo) (1128- circa 1138)
 Goizzone (ou Goizo) (1138- circa 1146)
 Ottaviano de Monticelli (1151-1159)
 Manfred (ou Mainfroy), O.S.B. (1173-1176)
 Tiberio Savelli (1176-1178)
 Pietro da Licate (1178)
 Cinzio Papareschi (ou dos Guidoni Papareschi) (1178-1182)
 Pietro Diana (ou Giana, ou Piacentino, ou da Piacenza) (1188-1208)
 Paio Galvão, O.S.B. (1210-1213)
 Simon de Sully (ou Simeon ou de Solliaco) (1231-1232)
 Simon de Brion (ou Simeon, ou de Brie, ou de Mainpincien) (1261-1281)
 Jean Cholet (1281-1293)
 Tommaso d'Ocre, O.S.B. Coel. (1294-1300)
 Guillaume Pierre Godin, O.P. (1312-1317; in commendam (1317-1336)
 Guy de Boulogne (ou de Montfort) (1342-1350 opta pela Sé suburbicária de Porto-Santa Rufina)
 Bertrand Lagier, O.Min. (1375-1378)
 Bonaventura Badoer Peraga (ou Baduario da Peraga), O.E.S.A. (1378-1389)
 Adam Easton, O.S.B. (1389-1398)
 Guillaume de Vergy (1391-1407), pseudocardeal do Antipapa Clemente VII
 Antonio Gaetani (1402-1405)
 Antonio de Challant (1412-1418)
 Louis Aleman (ou Allemand, ou Alamanus, ou Alemanus, ou Almannus, ou Alamandus) (1426-1440); removido (1440-1449); restaurado (1449-1450)
 Rinaldo Piscicello (1457) (ou 1457-1460)
 Niccolò Fortiguerra (ou Forteguerri) (1460-1473)
 Giovanni Battista Cybo (1474-1484)
 Giovanni Giacomo Sclafenati (1484-1497)
 Lorenzo Cybo de Mari (1497-1500) (in commendam)
 Francisco de Borja (1500-1506)
 Francesco Alidosi (1506-1511)
 Carlo Domenico del Carretto (1513-1514)
 Thomas Wolsey (1515-1530)
 Gabriel de Grammont (1531-1534)
 Francesco Corner (1534)
 Jean du Bellay (1535-1547)
 Carlos de Lorena-Guise (1547-1555)
 Robert de Lénoncourt (1555-1560)
 Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (ou Gonza) (1561-1572)
 Vacante (1572-1585)
 Niccolò Sfondrati (1585-1590)
 Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1591-1611); in commendam (1611-1618)
 Giambattista Leni (1618-1627)
 Federico Corsaro (1627-1629)
 Giovanni Domenico Spinola (1629-1646)
 Michele Mazzarino, O.P. (1647-1648)
 Gaspare Mattei (1648-1650)
 Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli (1650-1657)
 Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona (1658-1674)
 Philip Thomas Howard of Norfolk, O.P. (1676-1679)
 Giambattista Spinola (1681-1696)
 Celestino Sfondato, O.S.B. (1696)
 Jacopo Antonio Morigia, B. (1699-1708)
 Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona (1709-1724)
 Filippo Antonio Gualterio (1725-1726)
 Cornelio Bentivoglio (1727-1732)
 Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona (1733-1747)
 Joaquín Fernández Portocarrero (1747-1753); in commendam (1753-1757)
 Giorgio Doria (1757-1759)
 Cosimo Imperiali (1759-1764)
 Giuseppe Maria Feroni (1764-1767)
 Ferdinando Maria de Rossi (1767-1775)
 Girolamo Spinola (1775); in commendam (1775-1784)
 Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil, B. (1784-1802)
 Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj (1802-1803); in commendam (1803-1818)
 Giorgio Doria Pamfilj Landi (1818-1837)
 Giacomo Luigi Brignole (1838-1847); in commendam (1847-1853)
 Giovanni Brunelli (1853-1861)
 Karl-August von Reisach (1861-1868)
 Innocenzo Ferrieri (1868-1887)
 Mariano Rampolla (1887-1913)
 Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. (1914-1918)
 Augusto Silj (1919-1926)
 Bonaventura Cerretti (1926-1933)
 Francesco Marmaggi (1936-1949)
 Gaetano Cicognani (1953-1959)
 Albert Gregory Meyer (1959-1965)
 John Patrick Cody (1967-1982)
 Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. (1983-2012)
 Gualtiero Bassetti (2014-presente)

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FDA Warns Against Child-Friendly E-Cigarette Designs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to five e-cigarette manufacturers for their "utterly flagrant attempt" to market their products to children. The agency has called out 15 e-cigarette products for their designs imitating toys, food or fictional characters, according to a Nov 16 announcement.
The FDA has taken action against Wizman Limited, doing business as Wizvapor; Shenzhen Fumot Technology Co., Ltd., doing business as R and M Vapes; Shenzhen Quawins Technology Co., Ltd; Ruthless Vapor; and Moti Global for marketing e-cigarette products without submitting a premarket application. In addition to being unauthorized, the FDA stated that the products in question were "likely to promote use by youth."
These products range from e-cigarettes shaped like electronics such as:
Nintendo GameBoy systems
To TV show characters including cast members of the shows:
Baby Bus
The agency's announcement also singled out e-cigarettes meant to imitate the appearance of youth-attractive food items such as popsicles. The FDA has been cracking down on many products believed to appeal to youths in order to sharply reduce the number of minors using e-cigarettes. The agency has also taken action recently against manufacturers of non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes and cigars.
Brian King, Ph.D., M.P.H., director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, stated, "It's a hard sell to suggest that adults using e-cigarettes with the goal of quitting smoking need a cartoon character emblazoned across the front of the product in order to do so successfully."
King added that the e-cigarette products are an obvious attempt to appeal to children, and the FDA has made clear in their warning letters that these devices are unlawfully being sold in the United States.
The FDA warning letter informs these companies that they are in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and they are in danger of suffering civil penalties. Some of the FDA's enforcement actions may include monetary fines, seizure of goods in the U.S., and detainment or refusal of international goods.
JUUL is a non-tobacco, e-cigarette product intended to wean smokers off traditional cigarettes.
JUUL e-cigarettes have been linked to more than 800 cases of lung injury and respiratory illness.
The FDA has issued a warning to consumers about the potential for lung injuries.
E-cigarette users suffering from lung injury can submit adverse event reports and seek counsel.
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Each student receives a customized daily schedule based on his or her current learning strengths and needs, the classroom resources available, and the thousands of lessons included in the program. These unique student schedules then result in corresponding teacher schedules. Teachers are able to access all the resources and information they need for the next day, review preliminary schedules before final publication, and substitute teacher-led lessons with their own lessons when they feel it is appropriate to do so.
Teach to One: Math strives to make the very best use of each student's precious time for learning, both inside and outside of school hours.
Each day, students typically experience a mathematical skill or concept in two 35-minute learning sessions, followed by a low-stakes, online formative assessment called an Exit Slip.
Assessment-focused sessions that enable students to demonstrate proficiency in skills and concepts in a variety of ways including projects and presentations. Students work on both skills-based and performance-based assessments.
Students track their progress through a two-to-three-week Round in their portal. Their individual playlist shows them what skills they will be learning this Round and what central story or question these skills will help them solve.
Students can also track the number of days left until their scheduled performance-based assessment, that we call a Task Demo or a summative assessment of all the skills included in the Round, called a Playlist Demo.


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Gentrification's Roots In Segregation And How Communities Respond
By Beatrice Alvarez
Gentrification has impacted almost all of us. Whether it has directly impacted your neighborhood or closed a favorite local business or you just read about it happening somewhere else, it's a complex issue that often leads to passionate responses.
Last week, a new report from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition reviewed census and economic data, and found gentrification and cultural displacement is most intense in large cities. To gain a deeper understanding, let's learn about gentrification's history, its roots in segregation, and how communities across the country have responded.
One Word, Many Meanings
What I Hear When You Say offers a primer on the word itself and how different experiences elicit diverse responses to the same phrase. What do you hear when you hear "gentrification?" Do you think about mom-and-pop businesses closing due to corporate developers? Do you think about increased safety and better amenities?
Gentrification's Roots in Housing Segregation
This exploration of the affordable housing crisis in California from KCET connects the 2008 bank bailouts to historical housing segregation. The negative impacts of gentrification can be traced back to racial covenants that arose as real estate development boomed across the country. Minnesota Experience's Jim Crow of The North looks at how racist real estate covenants contributed the Minnesota's present-day racial disparities.
Rural And Urban Communities Alike See Gentrification
We often think of urban revitalization, but gentrification happens in rural communities just the same. Marfa, Texas has been transformed by art and gone from being a ranching community to being an artists' mecca. NewsHour takes us to Marfa to hear from its old and new residents.
Washington, D.C. Named #1 In Gentrifying Neighborhoods
The aforementioned study found that Washington, D.C. had the highest percentage of gentrifying neighborhoods. In this short film from the PBS Online Film Festival, we watch as one resident draws strength from the city's history as he helps his community make the best of all the changes going on.
History Erased
In Berkeley, CA, we see a story about how gentrification erased a community's history. Mable Howard was a pillar of the Berkeley community. Her leadership in the battle to keep Berkeley's public transportation underground helped neighbors see that not dividing the neighborhood with train tracks was less about aesthetics and all about equality. This episode of Truly CA from KQED keeps the memories that would otherwise be forgotten.
Marginalized Communities Lose Their Spaces
KCTS award-winning public affairs program In Close delves into another aspect of gentrification. Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood became a predominantly gay community in the 1970s and 80s. It was a safe and tight-knit community for a population that was becoming more publicly visible, and publicly discriminated against. That sense of safety and community cannot be taken for granted as residents moved away due to gentrification.
More Local Stories of Gentrifying Neighborhoods
Communities across America are experiencing gentrification in different ways:
WNET discusses how in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood, a public park brought investment and increased safety, but also increased housing costs which meant that longtime residents had no choice but to move.
UNC-TV takes us to Asheville, North Carolina, where boomer-aged neighbors are uniting around a community garden in a gentrifying downtown.
From WTTW: a photographer in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood focuses on documenting the residents, and reminding us of the humanity at the heart of communities rather than the bricks and mortar of a zip code.
How have you been affected by gentrification? Have you seen more benefits than damages? Do you see yourself reflected in any of these stories?
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Diego de Arroyo (1498–1551), a Spanish miniature painter born at Toledo, is supposed to have studied either in Italy or under an Italian master. His delicate miniature portraits gained him much renown, and the appointment of painter to Charles V. He also illuminated choir-books for the cathedral of Toledo. Arroyo died at Madrid in 1551.

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Located in Washington DC, the Carlyle Square condominium suites and residences are offered by Post Properties and PN Hoffman real estate development company. Located in the Carlyle Alexandria district, this is the final phase of release for these Condominiums in Washington DC.
The final phase of presales Washington properties at Carlyle Square condos features the following offerings to the public market: a range of floor plans that are urban and spacious unlike many other presales and pre-construction Alexandria DC real estate condominium towers, in addition to a final release of only one hundred and forty five apartment homes that are well appointed and finely detailed. Also, the Condominiums at Carlyle Square in Washington DC will range in size between configurations of studio plans to one bedroom, 1 bed plus den, two bedroom suites and Carlyle Square most spacious floorplates that involve two bedroom plus den condominiums in Washington's Alexandria community. The anticipated completion date for these presales Washington DC condos at Carlyle Square will be in the late spring or early summer of 2007 which is right on time. The pricing for the Condominiums in Alexandria's Carlyle Square start from the high two hundred thousand dollar range, which is very affordable and reasonable for this optimal location and offering.
As a PN Hoffman real estate development in the construction presales phase, the Washington DC condominiums at Carlyle Square now have a sales office that is open daily. On Monday through Friday, the office hours are 10am to 4pm and on Saturday they are between 11am and 4pm. The Carlyle Square Condos in Washington DC are also open on Sundays between the hours of 1pm to 4pm. To contact a sales officer on site, you can call 703.684.1005 or email Dtallman@pnhoffman.com at your earliest convenience. The official site address and sales office location for the Condominiums at Carlyle Square Alexandria is at 501 Holland Lane in VA with a zip code of 22314. You can get a MapQuest map with directions, details on how to purchase, preferred lender information and agents area on line at the Alexandria condos at Carlyle Square web site located here: http://www.pnhoffman.com/properties/carlylesquare/about.asp. Now selling, you can request for more information including floor plan availability and pricing by submitting an online enquiry form here: http://www.pnhoffman.com/properties/carlylesquare/requestsales.asp. The Alexandria Carlyle Square condos also have a downloadable marketing brochure that can be seen here: http://www.pnhoffman.com/properties/carlylesquare/printbrochure.asp. The PDF is located here: http://www.pnhoffman.com/properties/carlylesquare/Carlyle_brochure_web.pdf.
The Alexandria Condominiums at Carlyle Square real estate property development represents America's authentic "walkable" neighbourhood that is surrounded by sophisticated restaurants, pubs and clubs and is just minutes away from boutiques, galleries and the Whole Foods Market. In addition, the entire community that is master planned is encircled by brick-laid sidewalks and parks throughout the Old Town Alexandria. The Carlyle Square condominium homes and residences provides Fine Urban Living TM in Virigina's oldest and most historic neighbourhood. With a fine collection of one hundred and twenty six condominiums at Carlyle Square in addition to nineteen Alexandria lofts, these unique floor plans will host hardwood flooring and contemporary finishes that rival the best presales real estate properties in all of Washington DC. In addition, there is an access controlled underground parking space for all residents. In terms of location, well, there is no better location then the Condominiums at Carlyle Square in Alexandria VA where you are just three blocks from King Street Metro (Blue and Yellow Lines) as well as easy access to Beltway, I-395 and GW Parkway. Downtown Washington is just fifteen minutes away from your private residences at Carlyle Square Alexandria condos and you are also close to Reagan National, specialty retail at Pentagon Row and nightlife along Ballston and Clarendon corridor.
The interior finishes are impeccable. The Condominiums at Alexandria's Carlyle Square will provide spacious floor plans with expansive windows, concrete ceilings with exposed duct work like the traditional east coast loft residences, as well as floorplates between studio to two bedroom designs. The luxurious Condos at Carlyle Square residences will also provide two story loft designs and hardwood flooring in all living spaces in addition to ample storage and closet space in all floorplans. There will also be exterior balconies and terraces available in select floorplates at eh Washington Alexandria Carlyle Square condominium suites. Berber carpeting in bedrooms and optional hardwood in addition to surface mounted track lighting in various locations are also other interior features. The Building itself at the Condos at Carlyle Square Alexandria are part of a revitalized Old Town historic architectural row of buildings and there will be vibrant street level retail and cafes, an inviting lobby, landscaped gardens and high speed internet. The ensuites master bathrooms at the Condominums at Carlyle Square will have natural stone and chrome fixtures and finishes and the gourmet kitchens will have natural wood, slab granite, stainless and hardwood finishes.


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Acantharia is a genus of fungi in the Venturiaceae family.

Species
 Acantharia aterrima (Cooke & G. Winter) Arx (1954)
 Acantharia chaetomoides W.H. Hsieh, Chi Y. Chen & Sivan. (1995)
 Acantharia echinata (Ellis & Everh.) Theiss. & Syd. (1918)
 Acantharia elegans (Syd. & P. Syd.) Arx (1954)
 Acantharia hamata (Penz. & Sacc.) Arx (1954)
 Acantharia quercus-dilatatae S.K. Bose & E. Müll. (1965)
 Acantharia sinensis (Petr.) Arx (1954)

References

 Index Fungorum species listing

External links
Acantharia at Index Fungorum

Venturiaceae
Taxa named by Hans Sydow


Josh Lerner is the Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. Much of his research focuses on venture capital and private equity organizations. He also examines policies on innovation and how they impact firm strategies. He co-directs the National Bureau of Economic Research's Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program and serves as co-editor of their publication, Innovation Policy and the Economy. He founded and runs the Private Capital Research Institute, a nonprofit devoted to encouraging access to data and research, and has been a frequent leader of and participant in the World Economic Forum projects and events. Among other recognitions, he is the winner of the Swedish government's Global Entrepreneurship Research Award and Cheng Siwei Award for Venture Capital Research. Prof. Lerner graduated from Yale College and then earned a Ph.D. from Harvard's Economics Department.


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Two suitors vie for the heart of the North Side
By Jamal Denman (Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder) | July 18, 2009
The Fifth Ward of Minneapolis can be considered the heart of the North Side of Minneapolis. The Fifth Ward City Council race currently has two candidates making a serious bid for the seat — incumbent Don Samuels and challenger Kenya McKnight.
The ethnic makeup of the area has gone through considerable changes over the past 30 years; census data for 2000 (more recent data has yet to be released) shows that every neighborhood in the Fifth Ward has seen significant decreases in the White population while simultaneously experiencing unprecedented growth in many communities of color.
The single exception is the North Loop, which has seen significant growth in all groups – including Whites. There have also been substantial decreases in the elderly population and a noticeable increase in the population of young people in the Fifth Ward.
Both council candidates express a sincere passion for the well-being of underprivileged and neglected communities in Minneapolis with, of course, a particular vested interest in the North Side of the city. Jobs within the community, safety of the residents, and opportunities for the young people in the Fifth Ward are also issues of concern for them both.
Both candidates see economic opportunity, security and stability as crucial elements to a healthy community. Aside from one candidate being a young woman, and the other being an older male, the clearest difference between them may be how they believe these things can be accomplished most effectively. In recent interviews, we asked the candidates to talk about their hopes and plans for the Fifth Ward:
Don Samuels
Kenya McKnight
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Gas cogeneration will back renewable energy sources up, says Josef Jelecek from COGEN Czech
Maximum use of renewable energy sources for both electricity and heat production is a clear priority of energy policy in Europe. However, for a long time, we will not be able to do without energy from fossil sources, which will be used as backup and compensation sources. We have interviewed Josef Jelecek, the chairman of COGEN Czech – the Association for combined production of heat and power, to discuss the possibilities of gas cogeneration.
What are the main advantages of a combined production of heat and power? What kind of role may cogeneration play in a continuous change of the energy industry?
Solar or wind energy are getting cheaper and cheaper and there is no doubt that their share in the energy mix will be continuously growing. The increase of their variable production will bring longer intervals during which these sources will cover total electricity consumption, however, in the meantime, there will be longer or shorter intervals during which their production will not be sufficient.
Compensation sources will have to be able to start quickly, regulate the output flexibly and also stop completely, even several times during a day. For this purpose, standard gas piston engines are wee suited, they can burn different types of fuel – biogas, biomethane, natural gas, LPG and synthetic methane in the future, too. Engines of the sizes from just a few kilowatts to 10-12 megawatts and an electrical efficiency close to 50%, in the case of the bigger ones, are available nowadays.
However, it is necessary to use the fuel as efficiently as possible, which means to use the waste heat for production of useful heat. Within our geographical conditions, when the annual heat consumption is approximately twice as high as the electricity consumption and the maximum consumption values are coincident both in the winter season, the cogeneration, i.e. the combined production of heat and power (CHP), a traditional way of heat and power supply, is also a very convenient way for securing both power and heat in the future.
We should not forget about biomass cogeneration either, but that is a slightly different topic.
Where is the space for development and construction of new CHP units in the Czech Republic? How could the further development of cogeneration be supported in the Czech Republic instead of industrial and municipal heating plants for example?
CHP is divided into several categories according to the size of the electrical output: microcogeneration (up to 50 kW), small cogeneration (up to 1MW), medium cogeneration (up to 5 MW) and large cogeneration (more than 5 MW). In the last years, thanks to a continuous support, the sector of small and medium gas cogeneration has been developing, those CHP units are typically installed in district heating in smaller towns or companies. Currently, there is around 300 MW in operation and the number is increased by 30 MW annually. A CHP unit, which replaces natural gas boilers in boiler rooms within a local heating plant can save 20 to 40 % of primary fuel and 20 to 60 % of carbon dioxide emissions compared to a separate production of power and heat (higher values for extrusion of coal-fired condense power production, lower values compared to steam-gas cycle power production).
However, there will also be opportunities for gas cogeneration based on gas engines within big district heatings, where an optimization, respectively a decentralization of those system structures will be happening. ČEPS, in their assessment of production adequacy until 2030, assumes that around 150 MW of gas cogenerations of 5 to 10 MW size in small heating plants using for the time being black and brown coal will be created, which shall, under the pressure of stricter and stricter emission limits, be switching one by one to natural gas, alternatively, according to local conditions, to biomass or other fuels.
The field of individual heating is another topic. According to ČHMÚ, an individual heating based on solid fuels produces half of particulate matter emissions (PM 2.5) and 97 % of carcinogenic benzopyrene. The microcogeneration in the size of units of kilowatts has to so far deal with a low efficiency and high investment costs. However, the microcogeneration can be one of the solutions of this situation in the coming years.
We estimate that there could be up to 1000 MW total of cogenerations based on gas engines in operation by 2030. In spite of the fact that those are small sources from the perspective of the large-scale power industry, those locally placed sources will be an advantage in the energy system which is to be more and more decentralized. Moreover, by connecting more CHP units into one virtual, centrally managed source, they could be also used for management of the transmission system.
What tools can be used to support installation of new CHP units?
The current prices of electricity would not pay for any investments into economic and ecological technologies. Therefore, CHP needs some subsidy, too. In the Czech Republic similarly to for example Germany, CHP-based power generation is subsidized in the form of an operational subsidy, by a so called annual green bonus. A methodology for the bonus calculation and optional operating modes (max. 3000 or 4400 h annually) are a good motivation to operate cogeneration in peak power prices and by this means, the cogeneration contributes to the mains stabilization. CHP units are very often equipped with a heat accumulator so that they can better respond to different demands for power and heat supply.
The Ministry of Industry are currently preparing an amending act regarding subsidized sources which brings two key novelties. In accordance with the European legislation requirements, an operational subsidy of CHP-based power generation above 1 MW will be tendered in auctions and it will be possible to ask for a subsidy for modernized sources, too.
So we hope that the lawmakers and public servants are able to approve the law and subsequent regulations in such a form and timeframe that the construction and operation of CHP units can continue without any interruption and the unfortunate situation from the past years, when the Energy Regulatory Office stopped paying the subsidies due to the act on subsidized sources not having been approved, and for a long time it was not clear how this all would end up, does not recur.
Is the gas cogeneration competing in the market with the traditional heating plants? Could a CHP unit be an option in the case when the district heating is gradually transformed, for example because of a decline of coal-fired heating plants?
Combined heat and power production are basically a part of all district heating systems. However, in many locations, it will be necessary to restructure or decentralize the district heating substantially and gradually start using more ecological fuels rather than coal, in order to maintain the district heating. It would be a mistake to let an uncontrollable disintegration of heating networks happen since they will not be used one-way only for the heat transport from a heating plant to a user but more and more for an integration of all sources of renewable and waste heat available within a specific area: heat from solar systems, industry waste heat, waste heat from air conditioning units, heat from big heat pumps using heat from the earth, water or perhaps sewage network.
The district heating, by using accumulation abilities of heating network and high-capacity accumulators, can react to a current electricity market situation in a flexible way and substantially contribute to the stability of the electrification grid. Moreover, it enables multi-source solutions (combustion of waste, biomass, natural gas, big heating pumps, etc.) rather than individual ones, which permits reacting to current availability and prices of fuels.
The district heating is unique in a way of interconnecting electrification, heating and in the case of natural gas combustion also gas systems into one integrated complex and considering the development of the energy sector, the district heating will become one of the key parts of the energy system. In particular from the perspective of an effective use of primary energy sources, flexibility and stabilization of electrification system and a very important role will be to ensure energy security of particularly cities and agglomerations, for example in the case of a huge blackout.
There has been an interesting development of the cogeneration in Germany where gas engines are used more and more instead of steam-gas cycles which were common in the past. The heating plant in Kiel is currently under construction, where there will be twenty gas engines of 10 MW output installed, and similar sources are being built also in other cities (Dresden, Stuttgart) which already have big heat accumulators and electric boilers as a standard.
What are the advantages of gas engines compared to standard steam-gas cycles?
The Gas engines have two key parameters which are substantially better. They can go very quickly from zero to 100 % within two to five minutes compared to tens of minutes in the steam-gas case. Another advantage is a wide scope of regulation practically ranging from zero to 100 % and in case of gradual switching off a number of engines connected in parallel, also an ability to keep a high efficiency within the full range. Steam-gas can usually work within the range of 30 to 100 %. These are the characteristics which make cogeneration with gas engines a suitable solution of a flexible backup to renewable energy sources.
Is there anything else in Germany that the domestic energy sector can get inspired by?
There is almost one fifth of electricity generated by cogeneration in Germany, while we are at 12 to 13 %. So, under similar conditions, there is for sure a potential for development of CHP here.
Also, the fuel structure in CHP-based power generation in Germany is worth mentioning: 55 % of electricity is from natural gas, 30 % from biomass or biogas, 15 % from coal. Here it is over 50 % from coal, 30 % from biomass or biogas and 20 % from natural gas. It is to be expected that coal and gas will gradually switch their positions here, too.
In your view, the future lies in the natural gas cogeneration. What do you think of fears about dependence on import of this fuel? Are there any alternatives to Russian natural gas?
The safety of energy supplies is a very important aspect of discussions about the Czech energy policy. It would not be wise to depend on one type of energy only, that is why we speak about a balanced energy mix. There is a big discussion about the Nordstream 2 pipeline, however, there are also 23 LNG terminals and further 19 under preparation in Europe. The global LNG market keeps growing and is more and more diversified, projects focused on liquefaction of gas are also being prepared in Russia. So, I cannot imagine that any "closing of tap" would happen. However, we should realize that only 5 % of electricity is generated from natural gas here. A fear about dependence on this fuel from the perspective of power generation is therefore not justified.
One of the options how to keep surplus of electricity from renewable sources is hydrogen or synthetic methane generation. Synthetic methane generation is too expensive so far, but a mixing of hydrogen (up to ca 10 %) into the gas network is being realistically considered. Thus, the standard natural gas will be gradually turning "green" and the gas infrastructure as well as the technologies for power and heat generation from gas will continue to be useful.
Combined production of heat and power can be also carried out by biogas plants or by combustion of solid biomass. However, the development of these types of renewable sources has stopped in the Czech Republic in the last few years. What would contribute to strengthening the interest in new installations?
For the biogas plant cogeneration, the heat consumption, which is always lower than its production, in particular in the summer months, is a limit. Some operators offer heat to residents of surrounding municipalities, other ones build different drying rooms where they try to make a use of the heat. Methane production and its pushing into the gas pipeline network is a technical solution of this problem. It can be then used for heat production in a more convenient place. The size is the limit for the combustion of the solid biomass. The power production does not pay in the case of a relatively small heat consumption (up to 100 thousand GJ a year), it is much cheaper to just burn the biomass and generate heat only. Personally, I do not like that but the rules are set by the economy.
How are the Czech CHP units doing within the world's competition? How do they manage to beat competitors' products?
They are doing well. There is TEDOM a.s. based in the Czech Republic which have been producing and delivering CHP units based on gas engines for 27 years and have delivered more than 4 thousand CHP units to different markets all over the world during that time. TEDOM acquired a German company called SCHNELL in 2016, one of the most important suppliers of biogas CHP units and TEDOM together with SCHNELL currently belong to the biggest and the most renowned suppliers of the CHP units.
The current CHP units are based on the use of piston engines. However, the further development can be also focused on the use of fuel cells, ORC systems or Stirling engine. Which of these technologies is in your view the most promising one?
The most widespread technology for decentralized combined production of heat and power with outputs of up to 10 to 20 MW are still the piston combustion engines. Their biggest advantage is the fact that they are developed for a use within the automotive industry and thus are produced in large volumes. Therefore, they are relatively cheap and technically reliable and their both spare parts and maintenance are available. Moreover, their efficiency is high. The piston combustion engines, despite being despised by many people, are still playing and, in my point of view, will be playing an important role in the decentralized power and heat generation from gas just from the above-mentioned reasons. We have developed also other types of engines at TEDOM, for example the Stirling engine. In fact, it has finished due to the project economy. We have not been able to fully dissolve the development costs in the engine price because it would become unsaleable.
TEDOM, a Czech company, carried out a project of connecting CHP unit with energy from rooftop photovoltaics and batteries last year which works in an island mode within a part of the company's premises. Could a similar project become a trend in the industrial energy sector in the future?
TEDOM have been running an integrated energy system within their premises since 2016 which provides the premises with the supply of electricity, heat and cooling. The primary power production in the combined power source is done in a renewable source – photovoltaics. The differences between the production diagram from a renewable source and the power consumption diagram are covered by accumulation of power in batteries on daily basis. A long-term shortage of power production in a renewable source is covered by CHP unit production. The operation of the CHP unit is used in particular in the winter, that is in the season when there is a low production from the photovoltaic source and a sufficient demand for heat for an effective operation of cogeneration at the same time. An appropriate sizing of resources and accumulation of power and heat creates an ideal solution for providing a high level of usability of a renewable source without overflows of the energy into the distribution system, an effective use of primary energy of gas fuel and a minimization of demands for consumption from the distribution system. After a few months of testing and tuning of parameters, we operate the system in an island mode.
The island mode is in particular suitable in such locations where the achievable power input from the distribution systems is not sufficient or the connection is problematic. Return on investment of the island system operation without any operational support for cogeneration-based power production is over 10 years under the current conditions and it could be even less in the future, but I do not think this should be a common trend.
However, this project helps us to show that it can work. The "small" technologies have been developing quickly and will enable higher and higher level of independence on the electricity mains. Even the small sources can contribute to the stabilization of system by connection to the network. That is why the state authorities should not be pushing those prosumers out of the system, for example by unnecessarily strict requirements for restriction of overflows into the mains or by a wrong set-up of a tariff system.
What kind of novelties in cogeneration could bring a change of energy sector into a more flexible system, which the EU's package of energy measures in the form of different virtual solutions and aggregators is aiming for?
The gas cogenerations have not had the opportunities to show all their abilities so far. That is why I welcome the regulation on electricity market which will gradually unify all the rules in the individual member countries and remove the barriers which for the time being prevent the small and virtual sources in the Czech Republic from offering support services. I would like to use this interview as an opportunity to invite the readers for the 11th year of the Cogeneration Days 2018 conference which is held on the 23rd to 24th October 2018 in Čestlice. There will be presentations about overall development of the Czech and European energy sectors particularly with regard to approving of individual parts of the winter package as well as about specific topics related to cogeneration – an amending act regarding subsidized energy sources, subsidy auctions, modernization. During the panel discussion, we will then speak about the topic I have mentioned before, that is when and under which conditions the small and virtual sources will be allowed to provide support services.
Josef Jeleček, chairman of COGEN Czech, a.s. association
He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Brno University of Technology (VUT), the Department of Thermal and Nuclear Machines, in 1984. He started his career as a development specialist focused on design of combustion turbines, later on worked as a secondary circuit operator at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station. In 1991, he founded TEDOM where he acts as the CEO and the Chairman of the Board. Since 2002, he is the Chairman of COGEN Czech, the association for combined production of heat and power.
COGEN Czech is the association of legal entities and natural persons whose activities are related to the production and operation of cogeneration technologies, their design, sale and consultancy in the area of combined production of heat and power. The aim of the association is a support of combined production of heat and power, creation of more favourable legal and economic conditions for its development, representation and promoting of interests of producers and users of cogeneration technologies and dissemination of information about economic and ecological benefits of cogeneration.
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Paul Booth - Dark Black Past (Supplement)
Published: 30 March, 2011 - Featured in Skin Deep 133, May, 2006
There must have been thousands of words written about this extremely talented, if some what dark and twisted tattooist over the years. Indeed, Skin Deep had a chat with the master of the macabre, but that was a long time ago and much has changed, so we thought it was time to catch up with the Black Overlord of the Art and Keeper of the Gallery of Souls.Welcome to the world of Paul Booth…
In your own words – who are you and what do you do? I ask because sometimes what people perceive you to be is often not what you think you do…
"I'm Paul Booth. I'm a tattoo artist, a sculptor, a painter, a set designer, etc. I'm primarily a tattoo artist, or that's what I'm best known for. All of my work is focused on macabre, dark imagery."
I'm going to title the feature "Dark, Black Past". How aptly is that applied to you?
"I think the best way that phrase applies to me is through my own past. Although I find the present to be darker than the past in some ways, I figure I must have some Dark Black Past or I wouldn't be the way I am now. I know everyone has one, and not that I had anything extreme - just mainly dysfunctional, but my childhood memories are usually dark. I grew up depressed. In first and second grade I was drawing skulls on my notebooks; I always preferred a black crayon. When I was young I couldn't wait to grow up because I spent most of my time being miserable. Unlike many people the last thing I would want to do is re-live my childhood. My childhood memories are not fond so all the art I made in my youth depicted my dark thoughts. In that sense, my past is a dark one."
This seems to be your whole life – you're obviously committed to it. Is there a light side of you to balance it out – and if there is, what sort of things are in it?
"Well, for me, my dark side is my light side. I find the darker my surroundings, the more it feels like a sanctuary and the more positive I feel about what I'm doing and where I'm heading. I really don't look at the things in my world as negative. I fully embrace this darkness. I'm fascinated, preoccupied even, with death and the dark side of human nature.
Because I embrace it, I surround myself with it. It's something that generally makes me feel good. So again, I don't see it as a negative thing in my life. I guess the closest I can come to a "light side" is my sarcastic humor. A prerequisite to work at my shop is to be prepared to handle heavy sarcasm and be able to dish it out as well. So even our light-hearted humor is sadistic and sarcastic, but we have fun with it. The things that society generally deems as the "light side" I find nauseating. You know, unicorns and all those happy things make me want to vomit. To me, that's negative because it's so pretentious and such a façade.
Nobody can possibly be that happy. Most people that embrace that stuff, to me, they are just in denial. I find it a much more negative thing to be desensitized to the point of being afraid of your own dark side. Trying to fill your world with happy symbols that are supposed to make you feel good just makes me feel sick."
What are the best and worst things about what you do?
"I guess the best thing about what I do is seeing the effect it has on people. When people are freaked out by my work, or disgusted by it, that to me is the best thing. It's much like watching a horror movie. I think the more disturbed and unsettled it leaves you, the more successful it is. I feel the same way about my art. My goals in art are to create something that will traumatize people for a long time. If I could put someone in therapy with an image I create, that would be the ultimate accomplishment. Not that that is what all art is about, but for me, the definition of "art" is the ability to pull emotion out from someone. To me, darker emotions like fear and anger are the most powerful ones and those are the things I like to touch on.
I also like the process of making the art. I generally don't enjoy the final product as much as other people seem to because for me it's more of a venting process. I'm releasing poison from my system, so to speak. I don't have much interest in sitting there admiring my art because I don't really find it admirable. I tend to think, "OK, I puked that up and now it's time to move on to puke up something else."
The worst thing about what I do is probably the self loathing that is involved in the process. I reach the dark corners of my mind when I create and generally you have to turn and face yourself and that's not always a pretty sight. So I spend a lot of time in the parts of my head that I don't always enjoy visiting but I'm compelled to nonetheless.
So that's where I enjoy releasing the toxins through the creative process. It can be a painful process at times, but like anything, it's a double-edged sword, you know? The enjoyment and the pain are simultaneous and it's really just a matter of jumping back and forth in a schizophrenic sort of way."
What did you used to do before this, or has it always been this way?
"I've always focused on art. I think as a child, most positive attention and approval in my life came through my art and therefore I was inspired to continue. I was also the kid who stayed home and drew pictures while all the other kids were playing baseball. I was that last kid to be picked so I was kind of a loner. I was a latch-key child who preferred his imaginary friends over the pretentious school friends that always seem to let you down.
I figured if I was going to be let down, it was going to be by myself rather than some other idiot. When I was about a sophomore in high school I started my own business doing murals and sign painting. That stuff was generally commercial work, so I wasn't really exploring my stuff as much as I'd have liked but I was my own boss and that was what I needed. I hated when people told me what to do and I never worked well in an environment where I had to answer to other people. By the time I got out of high school I got into full-scale art work on hot-rods and bikes but the business is hit or miss. One week you're a rich man and the next you are a poor man, and at that age I didn't care because I used money to enjoy my hobbies.
So, to supplement my income and do something fun, I got involved in repossessing cars. I did that for three and a half to four years, mainly for the rush more than anything. I really enjoyed the adrenaline of Grand Theft Auto. I was sneaking around alleys in Harlem at three in the morning and that's pretty exhilarating. That was back in my "death wish" days. I enjoyed the suspense though. Then when I was about 20, my daughter was born and I got a tattoo with her name on it.
I'm watching the guy put it on and I fell in love with the idea of learning to tattoo.
I've always been a big fan of learning new art forms and new mediums. I found it so intriguing I felt compelled to learn how to do it. So I bugged the guy to teach me for like 6 months and after 5 grand and a lot of persistence, I was able to become an apprentice. I started tattooing but for the first two years I was doing Tasmanian Devils, walk-in flash stuff. It was a very traditional shop so I cut my teeth in a very traditional environment with hearts and roses, and flowers and even had to do a few Christ heads against my will… but I've killed all of them so you won't see them around.
Later, I left my job tattooing in New Jersey and went to California to help my dad who was dying of cancer. With that there was a new found freedom to be able to do whatever I wanted on whoever I wanted. I was finally able to be my own boss which allowed me to explore my art and the tattoo medium with a lot more depth. So I did some larger work on some friends I made out there who let me have free reign.
I came back six months later, I'd say, May or June of 1991, and I did a back piece on my girlfriend at the time. At that point I was doing a lot of tattoo parties in basements to make money so I did this back piece with hopes of taking it to a convention and finding a job. People ended up digging the work so much, really to my surprise, you know I thought it was decent but I didn't expect all the attention it got.
I remember at the time, the scariest tattoos were of flaming skulls so I kind of felt there weren't a lot of people who would be into what I was doing because it was dealing in more extreme imagery. The back piece was a bunch of demons and stuff, my version at least, and I figured a few people would be into it enough to keep me going but it turned out to be fairly popular and the next thing I know, she's on the cover of a magazine and I'm getting invited all over the place to do guest spots in people's shops. I think my real, or second apprenticeship started then when I was able to travel and meet accomplished artists. It's just kept escalating ever since. I went from traveling around the country to traveling around the world, with all kinds of crazy press and media attention and now I've ended up with a 2 year waiting list and I have total freedom and all the things I dreamt of as an artist. I feel very fortunate for the road that I've traveled.
Are you aware of the wrestler the Undertakers passion for tattooing – he's the kind of guy I would imagine to come to you for work at some point.
"I'm fairly aware of the Undertaker's passion for tattooing, I tattooed him quite a few years ago and he's a pretty cool guy. He has to be, to date, the largest person I've ever tattooed. He had to turn sideways and duck to walk into the hotel room where I tattooed him. We happened to be in the same town for a convention and he walked up to my booth and told me he was a big fan and wanted to get some work if I had time. I'm not a big wrestling fan, but of course he was the one wrestler I did enjoy when I saw wrestling. I always enjoyed his character when I got the opportunity to watch him.
It was nice to see that depiction of the dark side in the wrestling world. One of the few times I did see him on TV, he did this cool, kind of bottom-lit pose with his hand up near his face and it stuck in my head. When I tattooed him, I did a demon on his bicep that was based on that pose. It was funny, they came out with an Undertaker action figure that stood about a foot and a half tall and whoever did the graphics of his tattoo on the toy, took the time to get the tattoo right. I thought that was pretty cool. Once your art is immortalized on a toy, I guess that's a step in the right direction. I really tripped on that one."
Where do you see tattooing going next It's become a very popular culture, I hardly know anyone without one. For that matter, do you think it needs to go anywhere, maybe you think it's fine as it is…
"I don't think anyone really has any idea. We can speculate but I think like anything it's been trendy, in decline, on the rise, it floats around and pulses in society at different levels and in different walks of life. The thing I really enjoy about tattooing is that it's the ultimate congregation of cultures. Every culture in the world is represented in the tattoo culture, which is one of the things that make me enjoy it so much. I can explore so many cultures around the world but still stay with my kind of people. It's a big twisted family in a sense. I think it's edgy because it's painful and it's the ultimate commitment well beyond having a wife or husband; you can always get divorced. Tattoo is the indelible mark on your flesh and a commitment that not everybody is prepared to make. It will always be edgy and always be outsider art, but I like that about it. I mean, I'd like to see it gaining attention and being respected as an art form. That means a lot to me and I always do my part to push for that. At the same time, I wouldn't want it to become fully mainstream. It is the one trend that will constantly gain momentum because it is constantly evolving. There are so many different facets to tattooing; it's not like bellbottoms or a current fashion. It is a category like fashion in and of itself and will always be popular to the subcultures within it. I've seen trends within tattoo rise and fall. Tribal, biomechanical comes and goes. Traditional came, went and came back. So I mean it's its own industry, its own society, its own microcosm.
What are your influences – they're not something I've really ever heard you talk about - do most of them come from childhood rather than being embraced as an adult? Looking at your work, there seems to be maybe some Giger in there mixed with someone like horror guru Lucio Fulci. How far off the mark am I?
"Not far off at all. Fulci happens to be my all-time favorite horror director. I'm a big Fulci fan. Outside of my art, horror movies are my life. I have a huge collection of horror movies and I end every day by viewing a couple. I aspire to direct some day. On my list of goals, that's a major one. Fulci has always been an inspiration to me as has Giger. Everyone is a Giger fan one way or another. The things that are really important to me in art are textures and dimension through light and shade and Giger touches on those things so inevitably I'll always be a fan. His landscapes are totally atmospheric and incredible to me. I'm really a fan of atmosphere; I like things that have it, I like to create it.
Joel Peter Witkin's corpse photography is really cool. Virgil Finley is an old illustrator from the 50's whose stuff I like and of course, Michelangelo's sculptures and the work of the masters. The contemporary artists out there, a lot I like but there's a lot I find pointless. Like I said earlier, I like art that moves me and a lot of this abstract stuff that leaves you to draw your own conclusions generally is just not my thing. I like art that makes a statement and smacks you in the face. So generally, the more extreme artists are the ones I really like. My inspirations are not limited to artists, though. I'm inspired by everything from the fucked up people I see on the street to the little tidbits of news I do receive."
I would also assume you were brought up on the likes of Alice Cooper. Care to comment?
"Alice Cooper taught me the significance of shock value. I remember when I was a kid, getting excited about my Alice Cooper soda cup from the convenience store. I just thought the whole concept was beautiful. The theatrics incorporated into the music, the stage performance and the shock value, you know freaking people out with beheadings in the guillotine, I just thought it was beautiful. I was probably in the midst of the KISS army generation, you know? Gene Simmons I thought was pretty cool cause he was so evil looking during the day (back in the day) but I think I really quickly went into Slayer and Venom and things like that. That's where my heart was back then."
It has been quite a while since you chatted to Skin Deep. Can you give us a brief update into what has been going on in the world of Paul Booth?
"I always have a hundred things going on. Somehow, that chaos keeps me sane; I guess idle hands are the Devil's plaything. I've been doing a lot of painting these days, still tattooing plenty, contrary to popular belief. I'm working on a feature length ArtFusion documentary. We plan on taking it to Sundance and other festivals around the world next year. A lot more energy is devoted to the website, these days.
Thank you for the invite to the ArtFusion Experiment held at the Old Truman Brewery prior to the London Show. I was very impressed by the collaborative art that was produced – How did you feel this went and where will the canvases be going to now the show is over?
"I thought it went pretty well, everyone seemed to have a good time. I heard there were a lot of people that couldn't find it or didn't hear about it, so that was kind of a bummer. The art is safe and sound. The entire collection consists of about four hundred and fifty pieces of art. After the documentary circles the world and some notoriety out side of the tattoo industry is gained, we plan on auctioning all of it for charity. We've chosen ICAF (International Child Arts Foundation) as our main focus. I want this to be a high profile event in the mainstream art world. The proceeds will be given on behalf of all three hundred and fifty plus tattoo artists that have participated."
How did you find the London convention?
"I was pretty sick that weekend. My health has been a bit up and down. It seemed like everyone else was having a blast, though. I know I definitely would have enjoyed myself if I wasn't feeling so bad. A lot of killer artists at that show, definitely one to remember."
Do you plan on touring the world more or will you be concentrating on working from your studio in the future?
"I'm mostly staying home these days. I'm only doing a small handful of conventions, mostly out of a feeling of obligation for my friends that put them on. I'm sure I'll start traveling again, down the road; I'm just really into staying home right now. I'm working on a lot of bigger projects both in and outside of tattooing."
Do you find yourself painting more than tattooing these days?
"I have an art show in Berlin in May so I'm painting my ass off for it. I try to not let it get in the way of my tattooing. I usually tattoo in the afternoons and paint until dawn. I'm really putting everything I have into this series of paintings. It focuses on my Demons and my internal struggle with them. The show is called "Inner Child"."
Has your art changed as you have grown. Are you becoming darker in your art or are you starting to mellow with age?
"I feel my art has definitely changed. I find it to be a bit more mature and to me it's definitely getting darker. It's not about gore these days, it's more about making you think. I'm allowing the world to see into my head a bit more now. I guess people really have to judge for themselves. After all isn't that what art is supposed to do?"
Other artists like Guy Aitchison have produced art/tattoo books. Can you see yourself going down this route?
"I definitely want to do an art book. I'm still waiting to have some stronger content like the oil paintings I'm currently working on. My early stuff was all mixed media and I can't tell you how many times I would hear that it's not true art because a portion of it is digital. I'm hoping to be working on a book late this year."
Your private gallery on the web is quite incredible. How big is your collection? Do you have any plans to take it out of the USA – it would storm away in somewhere like London
"My private gallery will never leave my side. I think as far as it coming to Europe, the risk of losing my babies is too high to bring them on tour anywhere. I really prefer to show them to my guests than make a traveling museum. They are too special to me to want to exploit the collection. I prefer human specimens over animals. That's about all I can say about it."
So what does the future hold for Paul Booth?
"Well, in all honesty I'm told I'll be losing my mind in the next ten years. I'll never quit tattooing, but I'm really committed to breaking through with my painting. The minute art critics hear I'm a tattoo artist, they roll their eyes. "Oh it's another tattoo guy." I really hate that kind of stereotyping especially since many of the tattoo artists I know can blow away much of what I see in galleries these days. I kind of feel like I'm starting a whole new career, however I definitely want to assure anyone who cares that I have no intention of leaving tattooing. I'm a tattoo artist at the core and probably couldn't leave even if I tried!"
In closing, give us your top five 'dark' things of all time:
1. Christianity, for the pain and anguish it's caused humanity since its inception.
Any last words?
"I have ninety eight more years on my 'contract' so I don't expect to have any last words for a while."
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