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Atlantic: Soldiers Monument in Atlantic City Park
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Population in 2019: 6,526 (91% urban, 9% rural).
Population change since 2000: -10.1%
Iowa median age:
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Atlantic city income, earnings, and wages data
March 2019 cost of living index in Atlantic: 76.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)
Atlantic, IA residents, houses, and apartments details
(18.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Black residents, 45.7% for American Indian residents, 32.8% for two or more races residents)
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701.0%Two or more races
330.5%American Indian alone
260.4%Black alone
180.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Races in Atlantic detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
According to our research of Iowa and other state lists, there were 13 registered sex offenders living in Atlantic, Iowa as of January 30, 2023.
The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Atlantic is 529 to 1.
The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city is near the state average.
Crime rates in Atlantic by year
(per 100,000) 0
(0.0) 0
(14.9) 2
(104.1) 4
(111.9) 11
Burglaries
(per 100,000) 26
(1,374) 93
(1,383) 139
Auto thefts
(59.5) 10
City-Data.com crime index 93.2 110.5 152.1 144.9 142.5 141.1 131.1 237.8 188.8 216.3
The City-Data.com crime index weighs serious crimes and violent crimes more heavily. Higher means more crime, U.S. average is 270.6. It adjusts for the number of visitors and daily workers commuting into cities.
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Crime rate in Atlantic detailed stats: murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, arson
Full-time law enforcement employees in 2019, including police officers: 13 (12 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:
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Ancestries: German (27.0%), Danish (20.8%), Irish (8.0%), American (7.9%), English (3.8%), European (3.6%).
Current Local Time: CST time zone
Incorporated on 11/26/1869
Elevation: 1215 feet
Population density: 801 people per square mile (low).
117 residents are foreign born
This city:
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Council Bluffs, IA (45.4 miles , pop. 58,268).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Omaha, NE (53.0 miles , pop. 390,007).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (380.2 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Marne, IA (2.5 miles),
Wiota, IA (2.5 miles),
Lewis, IA (2.8 miles ),
Brayton, IA (3.3 miles),
Cumberland, IA (3.4 miles ),
Walnut, IA (3.5 miles ),
Anita, IA (3.6 miles ),
Griswold, IA (3.6 miles )
Daytime population change due to commuting: +1,310 (+19.5%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 2,368 (75.1%)
Atlantic, Iowa accommodation & food services, waste management - Economy and Business Data
Single-family new house construction building permits:
1997: 6 buildings, average cost: $100,000
2000: 22 buildings, average cost: $82,300
2002: 10 buildings, average cost: $169,700
2009: 1 building, cost: $190,000
Most common industries in Atlantic, IA (%)
Finance & insurance (5.4%)
Food (4.9%)
Metal & metal products (11.1%)
Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers (4.0%)
Educational services (10.5%)
Printing & related support activities (3.7%)
Most common occupations in Atlantic, IA (%)
Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.8%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (3.2%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3.2%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5.8%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5.3%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4.6%)
Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (4.6%)
Registered nurses (4.0%)
Average climate in Atlantic, Iowa
Atlantic-area historical tornado activity is near Iowa state average. It is 97% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/27/1953, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 16.5 miles away from the Atlantic city center killed one person and injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 5/10/1959, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 20.9 miles away from the city center injured one person and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Atlantic-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Iowa state average. It is 274% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 359.3 miles away from the city center
On 11/6/2011 at 03:53:10, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MW, Depth: 3.2 mi) earthquake occurred 416.9 miles away from Atlantic center
On 11/12/2014 at 21:40:00, a magnitude 4.9 (4.9 MW, Depth: 2.5 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 317.9 miles away from the city center
On 7/16/2004 at 12:17:30, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 60.1 miles away from Atlantic center
On 12/17/2009 at 02:53:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 82.0 miles away from Atlantic center
On 11/3/2002 at 20:41:56, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 220.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
The number of natural disasters in Cass County (17) is near the US average (15).
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 10, Storms: 9, Tornadoes: 4, Snows: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers in Atlantic:
CASS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Government - Local, provides emergency services, 1501 EAST TENTH STREET)
ATLANTIC NURSING AND REHAB CENTE (1300 EAST 19TH STREET)
CASS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (1501 EAST TENTH STREET)
HERITAGE HOUSE (1200 BROOKRIDGE CIRCLE)
ATLANTIC DIALYSIS (1500 E 10TH STREET)
CASS COUNTY HOME CARE (1500 EAST TENTH STREET)
HOME SWEET HOME CARE (16 WEST SIXTH STREET)
Airports and heliports located in Atlantic:
Atlantic Municipal Airport (AIO) (Runways: 2, Itinerant Ops: 3,078, Local Ops: 4,972)
Cass County Memorial Hospital Heliport (IA67)
See details about Airports and heliports located in Atlantic, IA
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Atlantic:
Iowa Western Community College (about 42 miles; Council Bluffs, IA; Full-time enrollment: 5,344)
Creighton University (about 50 miles; Omaha, NE; FT enrollment: 5,370)
Metropolitan Community College Area (about 50 miles; Omaha, NE; FT enrollment: 12,236)
Bellevue University (about 51 miles; Bellevue, NE; FT enrollment: 7,139)
University of Nebraska Medical Center (about 52 miles; Omaha, NE; FT enrollment: 2,815)
University of Nebraska at Omaha (about 53 miles; Omaha, NE; FT enrollment: 12,073)
Drake University (about 72 miles; Des Moines, IA; FT enrollment: 3,768)
Public high school in Atlantic:
ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 513, Location: 1201 E 14TH ST, Grades: 9-12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Atlantic:
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 449, Location: 500 E 14TH ST, Grades: PK-3)
ATLANTIC MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 354, Location: 1100 LINN ST, Grades: 6-8)
SCHULER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 232, Location: 501 EAST 11TH ST., Grades: 4-5)
See full list of schools located in Atlantic
Library in Atlantic:
ATLANTIC PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $252,872; Location: 507 POPLAR ST; 36,133 books; 1,733 audio materials; 2,390 video materials; 25 state licensed databases; 79 print serial subscriptions)
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Churches in Atlantic include: First United Presbyterian, 616 Chestnut
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Notable locations in Atlantic: Nishna Hills Golf Club (A), Atlantic Country Club (B), Farm Service Co-op Elevator (C), Sunnyside Park Campground (D), Cass County Fairground (E), Medivac Ambulance (F), Atlantic City Hall (G), Cass County Courthouse (H), Atlantic Police Department (I), Cass County Sheriffs Office (J), Atlantic Fire Department (K), Atlantic Public Library (L). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Atlantic include: Seventh Day Adventist Church (A), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (B), First Church of Christ (C), Community of Christ Church (D), Atlantic Gospel Chapel (E), Faith Baptist Church (F), Sunnyside Bible Chapel (G), Church of God of Prophecy (H), First United Methodist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Southlawn Memorial Gardens (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Atlantic include: Sunnyside Park (1), Soldiers Monument (2), Site of First House in Atlantic Historical Marker (3), Atlantic City Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction: J & B Amusement (Amusement & Theme Parks; 606 Mulberry Street).
Hotels: Days Inn Atlantic IA (64968 Boston Road), Hawkeye Personal Storage (909 East 4th Street), Econo Lodge (Junction I 80 And 71 North), Main Street Grill (222 Chestnut Street), Chestnut Charm Bed & Breakfast (1409 Chestnut Street), Super 8 Motel (1902 East 7th Street), Hawkeye Motel (1104 East 7th Street).
Courts: Cass County - Clerk Of Court (Courthouse), Cass County Court Attendants Office (5 West 7th Street Suite A).
Birthplace of: William Appleman Williams - Historian, Ed Podolak - Football player, Frederick C. Loofbourow - Congressman, Harlan J. Bushfield - Politician, Lois Meredith - Actor, Michael Peterson (American football) - Football player, William A. Dawson - Congressman, Rick Heiserman - Baseball player.
Cass County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Atlantic that have no violations reported:
ATLANTIC MUNICIPAL UTILITIES (Population served: 7,232, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
People in group quarters in Atlantic in 2010:
16 people in in-patient hospice facilities
14 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
148 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
14 people in homes for the mentally ill
13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
10 people in other group homes
Banks with branches in Atlantic (2011 data):
First Whitney Bank and Trust: Drive-In Branch at 700 Chestnut Street, branch established on 1982/11/01; First Whitney Bank And Trust at 223 Chestnut Street, branch established on 1907/01/01. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $166.4 mil, Deposits: $146.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Whitney Corporation Of Iowa
Great Western Bank: Atlantic Branch at 1407 East 7th Street, branch established on 1995/06/10. Info updated 2010/06/08: Bank assets: $8,458.0 mil, Deposits: $6,362.5 mil, headquarters in Watertown, SD, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 187 total offices, Holding Company: National Australia Bank Limited
Rolling Hills Bank & Trust: at 1307 East 7th Street, branch established on 1876/07/01. Info updated 2009/05/20: Bank assets: $207.1 mil, Deposits: $173.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: Anita Bancorporation
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Atlantic Branch at 600 Chestnut Street, branch established on 1933/01/01. Info updated 2011/04/05: Bank assets: $1,161,490.0 mil, Deposits: $905,653.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 6395 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
For population 15 years and over in Atlantic:
Political contributions by individuals in Atlantic, IA
Religion statistics for Atlantic, IA (based on Cass County data)
Mainline Protestant 4,514 21
Catholic 1,403 5
Other 273 2
None 5,378 -
Number of grocery stores: 7
Cass County:
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 7
Number of full-service restaurants: 16
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2017)
Full-time employees
Monthly full-time payroll
Average yearly full-time wage
Part-time employees
Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 12 $51,626 $51,626 0 $0
Streets and Highways 7 $25,822 $44,266 0 $0
Sewerage 5 $19,796 $47,510 0 $0
Financial Administration 4 $20,228 $60,684 1 $854
Local Libraries 3 $9,292 $37,168 4 $3,908
Firefighters 3 $15,168 $60,672 1 $666
Parks and Recreation 1 $3,956 $47,472 1 $432
Other and Unallocable 1 $1,378 $16,536 1 $123
Airports 1 $2,564 $30,768 1 $1,488
Police - Other 1 $3,198 $38,376 1 $1,476
Other Government Administration 0 $0 1 $666
Totals for Government 38 $153,028 $48,325 11 $9,613
Expenditure Revenue Debt
Atlantic government finances - Expenditure in 2018 (per resident):
Construction - Electric Utilities: $2,250,000 ($344.77)
Water Utilities: $120,000 ($18.39)
Current Operations - Electric Utilities: $7,610,000 ($1166.10)
Police Protection: $1,388,000 ($212.69)
Regular Highways: $1,294,000 ($198.28)
Water Utilities: $1,106,000 ($169.48)
Sewerage: $832,000 ($127.49)
Local Fire Protection: $539,000 ($82.59)
Parks and Recreation: $495,000 ($75.85)
Libraries: $356,000 ($54.55)
Financial Administration: $353,000 ($54.09)
Air Transportation: $326,000 ($49.95)
General - Other: $315,000 ($48.27)
Health - Other: $95,000 ($14.56)
General Public Buildings: $79,000 ($12.11)
Central Staff Services: $53,000 ($8.12)
Housing and Community Development: $36,000 ($5.52)
Judicial and Legal Services: $26,000 ($3.98)
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities - Other: $15,000 ($2.30)
Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $139,000 ($21.30)
General - Interest on Debt: $641,000 ($98.22)
Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Police Protection: $109,000 ($16.70)
Other Capital Outlay - Electric Utilities: $39,000 ($5.98)
Water Utilities: $27,000 ($4.14)
Total Salaries and Wages: $2,163,000 ($331.44)
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000 ($0.46)
Atlantic government finances - Revenue in 2018 (per resident):
Charges - Sewerage: $1,853,000 ($283.94)
Parks and Recreation: $80,000 ($12.26)
Other: $56,000 ($8.58)
Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $534,000 ($81.83)
Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $376,000 ($57.62)
Interest Earnings: $95,000 ($14.56)
Rents: $86,000 ($13.18)
Sale of Property: $25,000 ($3.83)
Fines and Forfeits: $11,000 ($1.69)
Revenue - Electric Utilities: $10,544,000 ($1615.69)
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $916,000 ($140.36)
General Local Government Support: $124,000 ($19.00)
Other: $82,000 ($12.57)
Tax - Property: $3,748,000 ($574.32)
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $882,000 ($135.15)
Other License: $93,000 ($14.25)
Other Selective Sales: $78,000 ($11.95)
Public Utilities Sales: $27,000 ($4.14)
Atlantic government finances - Debt in 2018 (per resident):
Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $29,165,000 ($4469.05)
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $27,970,000 ($4285.93)
Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,685,000 ($411.43)
Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,490,000 ($228.32)
Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $770,000 ($117.99)
Beginning: $753,000 ($115.38)
Atlantic government finances - Cash and Securities in 2018 (per resident):
Bond Funds - Cash and Securities: $4,395,000 ($673.46)
Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $7,445,000 ($1140.82)
Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $8,615,000 ($1320.10)
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2015 and 2016.
from Pottawattamie County, IA 0.52% ($45,893 average AGI)
from Polk County, IA 0.43% ($47,043)
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2015 and 2016.
to Pottawattamie County, IA 0.68% ($41,595 average AGI)
to Polk County, IA 0.57% ($47,290)
to Audubon County, IA 0.38% ($25,286)
Businesses in Atlantic, IA
Ace Hardware 1 RadioShack 1
Burger King 1 SAS Shoes 1
Chevrolet 1 Sears 1
FedEx 1 Subway 1
H&R Block 1 Super 8 1
Jones New York 1 Taco Bell 1
KFC 1 True Value 1
Lane Furniture 1 U.S. Cellular 1
MasterBrand Cabinets 5 UPS 1
McDonald's 1 Walmart 1
New Balance 1 YMCA 1
Pizza Hut 1
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Strongest AM radio stations in Atlantic:
KJAN (1220 AM; 0 kW; ATLANTIC, IA; Owner: WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KYDZ (1180 AM; 25 kW; BELLEVUE, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KOMJ (590 AM; 5 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
KLNG (1560 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA)
WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
KMA (960 AM; 5 kW; SHENANDOAH, IA; Owner: KMA BROADCASTING L.P.)
KOZN (1620 AM; 10 kW; BELLEVUE, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
KYFR (920 AM; 5 kW; SHENANDOAH, IA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Atlantic:
KSOM (96.5 FM; AUDUBON, IA; Owner: MEREDITH COMMUNICATIONS L.C.)
KXKT (103.7 FM; GLENWOOD, IA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KSWI (95.7 FM; ATLANTIC, IA; Owner: MEREDITH COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
KNOD (105.3 FM; HARLAN, IA; Owner: WIRELESS BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
TV broadcast stations around Atlantic:
KHIN (Channel 36; RED OAK, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
KYNE-TV (Channel 26; OMAHA, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMM.)
Atlantic fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2019
See more detailed statistics of Atlantic fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2019 here
42Number of bridges
476ft / 145mTotal length
27,395Total average daily traffic
2,673Total average daily truck traffic
New bridges - historical statistics
See full National Bridge Inventory statistics for Atlantic, IA
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Atlantic)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 128 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Atlantic, IA)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 27 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 20 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 26 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Atlantic)
FAA Registered Aircraft Manufacturers and Dealers: 1 (See the full list of FAA Registered Manufacturers and Dealers in Atlantic)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 22 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft)
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 31. The highest number of fire incidents - 62 took place in 2002, and the least - 0 in 2010. The data has a decreasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.9%), and Structure Fires (25.5%).
Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Atlantic, IA
See full National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Atlantic, IA
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Atlantic, Iowa:
Days Inn, 64968 Boston Rd, Atlantic, Iowa 50022 , Phone: (712) 243-4067, Fax: (712) 243-1713
Americas Best Value Inn and Suites, 1902 E 7TH St, Atlantic, Iowa 50022 , Phone: (712) 243-4723, Fax: (714) 243-2864
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Atlantic, Iowa
Most common first names in Atlantic, IA among deceased individuals
Anna 55 85.8 years
Donald 44 73.5 years
Harold 40 77.4 years
Marie 38 85.9 years
Harry 38 78.6 years
Most common last names in Atlantic, IA among deceased individuals
Nelson 61 81.5 years
Anderson 57 79.3 years
Hansen 49 78.4 years
Christensen 46 78.4 years
Petersen 36 80.8 years
Jensen 30 81.2 years
Miller 27 80.0 years
Andersen 27 80.1 years
1.3%Wood
1.8%No fuel used
Atlantic compared to Iowa state average:
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Atlantic on our top lists:
#24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: retail trade (population 5,000+)"
#43 on the list of "Top 100 high-educated but low-earning cities (pop. 5,000+)"
#80 (50022) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Danish first ancestries"
There are 14 pilots and 6 other airmen in this city.
Bruce Watson (2)
Kenneth D. Namanny (1)
Kerry T. Namanny (1)
Total of 3 patent applications in 2008-2022.


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Member, J&K State Accountability Commission Justice J.P. Singh (Retd) directed holding of a regular enquiry against ex-Minister/MLA Doda Abdul Majid Wani in the complaint filed by Dr.Rehmatullah Khora. The Commission directed the Ex-Minister to remain present in person before the Full Bench of the Commission on April, 27, 2016 for the commencement of the regular enquiry.
After hearing Advocate Choudhary Ghulam Murtaza appearing for complainant and Senior Advocate K.S Johal appearing for Ex-Minister Abdul Majid Wani, the Bench of the Commission headed by Justice J.P. Singh (Retd) today converted preliminary enquiry into the regular enquiry for probing the allegations levelled against the Ex-Minister Abdul Majid Wani.
In the complaint, it has been alleged that the Ex-Minister in league with Executive Officer and Administrator Municipal Committee Doda approved many works in violation of various centrally sponsored schemes just to take political mileage. It has also been alleged in the complaint that the then Minister/MLA Doda usurped the powers of the Municipal Committee Doda as the said works were beyond his competence and contrary to the scope of J&K Municipal Act.
Advocate Ch. Ghulam Murtaza during the course of arguments highlighted that the Ex-Minister managed an application from few citizens of Doda addressed to the then Deputy Chief Minister which he had endorsed to then Deputy Chief Minister with wordings "Strongly Recommended" on June, 20, 2009 when the President Municipal Committee Doda was very much functional meaning thereby the said Minister completely high jacked the powers of the President Municipal Committee Doda.
He further submitted that Ex-Minister's brazen abuse/misuse of position and powers is also evident from a communication which has been issued by Subash Gupta the then District Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Circle Doda to the then Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Division Doda under subject "List of persons for engagement on need basis" under his No.DSED/R&B/4997 dated August, 19, 2013.
Advocate Choudhary Ghulam Murtaza further submitted that Ex-Minister had approved some works under centrally sponsored schemes during the years 2010-11 and 2011-12 when the Municipal Committee Doda was dissolved for which only the Administrator as appointed by the Government had the powers to execute such works.
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Introduction to diseases and their treatment.
Parasitic Diseases: The most common parasitic disease called "Ich" can be treated most effectively with copper or malachite green in the right dosage. Most treatments will have copper as an ingredient. Many water treatments like "Aquari-Sol" will also contain copper as an ingredient. If the treatment you use is an anti-biotic or copper based, remember to remove all carbon from the filtration system.
Symptom: Match the symptoms your fish is showing with those listed under the 'Symptom' column.
Possible Cause: Learn about each disease by clicking on the link under 'Possible Cause'.
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This disease is brought on by stress, injury, inadequate diet, and poor water quality, including an unstable pH. To prevent Columnaris maintain your water with good biological filtration and weekly water changes that include vacuuming the substrate. Keep the tank well aerated, provide your fish with a varied diet, and don't overstock.
This is a quick acting disease and needs immediate treatment. The toxins produced and the inability to eat will be fatal unless treated at an early stage. This bacteria is often accompanied by a second infection of an Aeromonas bacteria and fungus often invades the affected skin. Be aware that some strains of this bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics. So ensure you treat for the full length of the medication. To rid the aquarium and fish of this disease, first increase the water quality and then begin treatment.
You can treat Columnaris with a gram-negative medication. However, other bacteria that are gram positive mimic the Columnaris Disease, so if you use a gram positive treatment and it worked, the affliction was NOT Columnaris disease. Some aquarists suggest using both the gram positive and negative together just in case you are not sure.
Maracyn (erythromycin): Maracyn is effective against Columnaris, and using Maracyn 2 (minocycline) in conjunction with it will treat the Aeromonas bacteria as well.
The main causes for this disease appears to be over crowding in unkempt conditions; ie. poor water quality. All fish species could be susceptible though some are more susceptible than others. Those most susceptible are the labyrinth air breathers like the Gouramis, Bettas, and Paradise Fish. Others include Neon Tetras, Discus, and the Ram Cichlid.
There is no absolute treatment. However the most effective treatment known for this disease is to treat with Kanamycin and Vitamin B-6 for 30 days. Kanamycin can be purchased at your local fish store. Liquid baby vitamins work well as s Vitamin B-6 source. They are available at your local pharmacy. Add one drop per every 5 gallons of aquarium water during treatment.
If either unkempt conditions or over crowding are the suspected cause, correct the condition.
It is possible for humans to contract this disease so we recommend using caution when dealing with it. Humans are very rarely are at risk from aquariums though. It is more common to contract this disease from public swimming areas or as a food contaminant.
First, attempt to ascertain the cause. Then treat accordingly. Also, treat the water or fish with antibiotics. If added to the water, use 20 - 30 mg per liter. If the fish is to be treated add an antibiotic to the food. With flake food, use about 1% of antibiotic and carefully mix it in. If you keep the fish hungry they should eagerly eat the mixture before the antibiotic dissipates. Antibiotics usually come in 250 mg capsules. If added to 25 grams of flake food, one capsule should be enough to treat dozens of fish. A good antibiotic is chloromycetin (chloramphenicol) or tetracycline. If you feed your fish frozen foods or chopped foods, try to use the same ratio with mixing. As a last resort add at most 10 mg per liter of water. Also, if unkempt conditions are the suspected cause, correct it.
Vibrio is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria found primarily in saltwater or brackish water, and consisting of 70 or more strains. Fish Vibriosis involves a variety of infectious strains of Vibrio bacteria, most notably Vibrio anguillarum, V. ordalii, V. damsela, and V. salmonicida.
A word of caution: People can become infected by Vibrio bacteria when handling infected fish. Hence the nicknames of "fish handler's disease" and "aquarium handler's disease". People can become infected when water containing the bacteria comes into contact with cuts or open sores on the skin. The bacteria may be in swimming pools, aquariums, or coastal waters.
Vibrio infections are vary rare in the United States. Cholera is probably the most well-known illness caused by one of the vibrio bacteria. People sick with cholera usually have intestinal symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting. Those with compromised immune systems can be at higher risk, even death, with some strains of Vibrio bacteria.
Symptoms: Peppery coating giving a yellow to light brown "dust" on body, clamped fins, respiratory distress (breathing hard as seen as frequent or quick gill movements), cloudiness of eyes, and glancing off decor or substrate, possible weight loss.
In Oodinium pilularis (as well as with "Ich" Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) it eats into the cells of the epithelial layer of the skin and fins as well as through the mucous membrane in the mouth. The mature parasite then leaves the host and drops to the bottom of the aquarium or plants. It then forms a cyst that divides, forming between 34 - 64 new cells, then bursts freeing the new cells into the aquarium to find a fish host.
Oodinium limneticum is similar, but attacks the fish's skin and fins rather than burrowing under the epithelial layer, so it is localized right on the surface. It also multiplies on the host rather than at the bottom of the aquarium or on the plants.
They can be treated either in the separate or in the main tan. A good treatment is with copper sulphate at 0.2 mg per liter (0.2 ppm) to be repeated once in a few days if necessary. Aquarisol is one medication of this sort that is usually readily available at pet stores. Acriflavine (trypaflavine) may be used instead at 0.2% solution (1 ml per liter). There are things to be aware of with each of these treatments however. Acriflavine can possibly sterilize fish and copper can lead to poisoning, so the water should be gradually changed after a cure has been effected.
Symptoms: White, yellow to light brown, or grey "dusty" appearance on body, respiratory distress (fast breathing - gills opening more than 80 times per minute), loss of appetite, rubbing or scratching against decor or substrate.
Marine velvet is one of the most common maladies experienced in the marine aquarium, with the other being Marine Ich. It is found in all the oceans of the world and often infects wild and newly caught marine fish. Velvet disease in saltwater fish is caused by Oodinium ocellatum, (syn: Amyloodinium ocellatum or Branchiophilus maris), which is a parasitic skin flagellate. It is a fast moving disease that can cause mass casualties. Primarily it infects the gills of fish but can attach itself to the body as well, burrowing deep into the skin's subcutaneous layer. Deaths are generally a result of interference to the respiratory system. This disease is highly contagious and fatal.
Chemical treatments for this disease include using copper (copper sulphate). Follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer. Generally it involves maintaining copper levels between .12 to .18 mg/L for 21 days, and using a quarantine tank is best. Natural methods include hyposalinity in a quarantine tank with a low salinity, by lowering salt level to around 1.009 - 1.010 for 10 days. A danger with with using low salinity is in re-acclimating the fish to a higher salinity. You must be able to accurately measure the salinity and must increase it very slowly.
Formalin and Malachite green are two active ingredients found in medications that have been used to treat this infection. One is a dip with 10 times the dose and one is as directed on the bottle to treat the entire quarantine tank. Hyposalinity which is 1.009 for the duration of treatment along Formalin is recommended. Copper has no affect on Brooklynella.
Raising the water temperature to 80° - 83° F for a few days has also been effective.
Symptoms: The first symptom of slimy, white mucous feces, even while still eating and acting normal. Further signs are the fish hiding in the corner with it's head down, the head above the eyes gets thin, they blacken in color, and swim backwards.
An effective treatment is the drug metronidazole. Metronidazole is an antibiotic for anaerobic bacteria with anti-protozoal properties. This drug is reef safe, and medications are either added to the water or mixed with the fish food. Metronidazole works by ceasing the growth of bacteria and protozoa. Metronidazole is an antibiotic for anaerobic bacteria with anti-protozoal properties, and this drug is reef safe. Some available products that contain metronidazole include Seachem Metronidazole, Seachem AquaZole, Thomas Laboratories' Fish Zole and National Fish Pharmaceutical's Metro-Pro.
A combined treatment in the food (1% in any food the fish will eat) and in the water (12 mg per liter) is recommended. Repeat the water treatment every other day for three treatments. And effective treatment is with Seachem's Metronidazole.
(This disease is often confused with another disease called Head and Lateral Line Erosion (HLLE), which use to be called "hole-in-the-head" disease, because both these diseases are often seen simultaneously in the same fish. Head and Lateral Line Erosion disease looks like cavities or pits on the head and face. This is not a protozoan disease, but is actually caused by environmental conditions.).
Adult phase - it is embedded in the skin or gills of the fish, causing irritation (with the fish showing signs of irritation) and the appearance of small white nodules. As the parasite grows it feeds on red blood cells and skin cells. After a few days it bores itself out of the fish and falls to the bottom of the aquarium.
Cyst phase - after falling to the bottom, the adult parasite forms into a cyst with rapid cell divisions occurring.
Free swimming phase - after the cyst phase, about 1000 free swimming young swim upwards looking for a host. If a host is not found within 2 to 3 days, the parasite dies. Once a host is found the whole cycle begins anew.
This protozoa has four phases to its life, lasting up to 38 days depending on the temperature of the environment. This parasite affects marine and brackish fish. Aquarists are most familiar with the stage where the protozoa is infesting the host, with small white spots on the fish's body and fins. Unfortunately this visual clue is also the reason for difficulty in eradicating marine ich. Once the parasite has left the host's body many aquarists believe their fish is cured and the problem is solved and so they cease treatment, only to have another larger reoccurrence.
Trophont phase - when the parasite is growing in the skin or gills of the fish it appears as small white nodules, and the fish begins showing signs of irritation. It will spend 5 to 7 days (depending on the temperature) feeding on the fish. Once it reaches maturity it leaves the fish, reportedly after the lights go out. It is now called a protomont.
Protomont phase - the protomont will free swim or will crawl about the substrate for several hours (2 to 18 hours) producing a sticky wall around itself with which it is able to adhere to a surface. Once it adheres it begins to turn into a cyst and is now called a tomont.
Tomont phase - at this stage there is rapid cell divisions occurring, resulting in hundreds of daughter parasites that are called tomites. This stage can last anywhere from 3 to 28 days. Eventually the tomites hatch and begin swimming about looking for a host and are now called theronts.
Theront phase - newly hatched, they are swimming about looking for a host which they must find within 24 hours or they will die. Once a host is found they turn into trophonts and the whole cycle begins anew.
The life cycle of this parasite can vary dramatically and is dependent on temperature. Optimal growth of most strains of Cryptocaryon appear to be about 73.4–86°F (23–30°C), and they cycle faster in a warmer environment. A common mistake is to confuse the treatment of this protozoan with the treatment for freshwater Ich (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis). Raising the temperature of the tank does not eliminate this protozoa like it does with freshwater Ich.
To rid the aquarium of this protozoa, it is recommended that you use a combination of water changes and chemical treatment, a multiple number of times. A common mistake is to confuse the treatment of this protozoan with the treatment for freshwater Ich (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis). Raising the temperature of the tank does not eliminate this protozoa like it does with freshwater Ich.
Chemical treatments for this disease include using copper, formalin, or a combination of copper and formalin. Follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer. Achilles Tangs are sensitive to cooper based products so use them carefully. Equally effective is a (normal saltwater) short "dip" with Formalin (see directions on bottle for the dip) for these patients, and remove them to a separate tank.
Low Salinity Method: For low salinity keep the specific gravity of the water at approximately 1.009-1.010 with temperatures of 78 - 80° F (25 - 27° C) for 14 days. A problem with this method are that lower salinities are not as easily tolerated by many common tropical marine species, including angelfish and deep water fish. These types of fish have a much shorter time that they can tolerate the lower salinity. A danger with with using low salinity is in re-acclimating the fish to a higher salinity. You must be able to accurately measure the salinity and must increase it very slowly.
Dip Method: Using freshwater or or lower salinity dips, either with a duration of just a few minutes, or short to prolonged immersion baths (duration in hours to days) can be used for tolerant fish to kill or reduce the numbers of external parasites on the fish. Unfortunately trophonts and tomonts are more protected, so longer dips and baths are needed than for other parasite species.
Water Change Method: For the water change method, replace 50% of the aquarium water daily for 14 days. This is perfectly safe method as long as temperature and salinity are the same, and this will remove the parasites while in a free swimming stage.
So named for the fish it was first recognized on, the Neon Tetra. It is caused by the sporozoa Plistophora hyphessobryconis. Even though it is named after Neon Tetras, it can appear on other fish. Whitish patches appear as if just below the skin. In Neon Tetras it destroys the bright blue-green neon stripe. The organisms form cysts which burst and release spores. The spores penetrate further and form more cysts. Eventually, the spores migrate to the water and are eaten by other fish in the food. These spores migrate into the digestive tract, then the muscles, and a new infection starts.
Acriflavine (trypaflavine) may be used at 1% solution (5 ml per liter). As acriflavine can sterilize fish, the water should be gradually changed after a cure has been effected. It also helps to raise the temperature to about 80° F.
African Bloat - "Malawi Bloat"
Symptoms: The first sign of 'bloat' is loss of appetite which is then followed by swelling of the abdomen, labored breathing, listlessness, reclusiveness, possible red striations on the body, and stringy white feces.
There seems to be no explainable rationale as to its cause of bloat. Once a fish becomes afflicted it is often fatal. A fish that is not eating must be treated immediately or it can quickly become incurable and die. Though It is not certain what this disease is, it is generally believed to be caused by a protozoal parasite complicated by bacterial infection. Bloat is a serious malady often associated with African cichlids especially those from Lake Malawi, thus the common name 'Malawi Bloat'. The Tropheus species from Lake Tanganyika are also very susceptible.
With larger fish and light infestations, the lice can be picked off with a pair of forceps. Other cases can best be done with a 10 to 30 minute bath in 10 mg per liter of potassium permanganate. Or treat the whole tank with 2 mg per liter, but this method is messy and dyes the water.
Symptoms: The fish scrapes itself against objects, whitish-green threads hang out of the fish's skin with an inflamed area at the point of attachment.
The anchor worm is too deeply imbedded to safely remove. Treatment can best be done with a 10 to 30 minute bath in 10 mg per liter of potassium permanganate. Or treat the whole tank with 2 mg per liter, but this method is messy and dyes the water.
Black Spot or Black Ick is rare in aquariums. It is generally seen in outdoor ponds, especially those with mud bottoms, but it can be introduced when adding new fish into the aquarium. Fish that are most readily susceptible are the Silver Dollar, Piranha, or other fish of these types. In general it does relatively little damage to the fish, even if they are heavily infested.
The disease is caused by a parasite (larval trematode) that burrows into the skin of a fish where it forms a cyst that is about one millimeter in diameter. It has a complex lifecyle that in order to survive, requires fish eating birds or animals, snails, or fish at different stages infected with the disease.
Symptoms: The fish scrapes itself against objects, whitish-green threads hang out of the fish's gills.
This parasite is like the anchor worm, but is smaller and attacks the gills instead of the skin. Treatment can best be done with a 10 to 30 minute bath in 10 mg per liter of potassium permanganate. Or treat the whole tank with 2 mg per liter, but this method is messy and dyes the water.
Treatment can best be done with a 10 to 30 minute bath in 10 mg per liter of potassium permanganate. Or treat the whole tank with 2 mg per liter, but this method is messy and dyes the water.
Symptoms: Leeches are visible on the fish's skin.
The saltwater parasite, Uronema marinum, is a free-living ciliated protozoa that can cause fatal infections in marine fish. It is an opportunistic feeder that normally eats on bacteria, but when the immunization of a fish is low it will attack, invading the fish's muscles and internal organs. This infestation is often the result of the introduction of a new fish, overcrowding, and poor water quality resulting from a high organic load in the aquarium.
Medications such as Malachite green, Copper Sulfate, or Methylene blue. Use caution and be sure to follow the manufacturers instructions.
Freshwater bath - place infected fish in the freshwater bath for a period of three minutes or until the fish shows signs of stress.
Low salinity (hypo salinity) treatment - lower the salinity in the quarantine tank to a specific gravity of 1.011 and maintain at this salinity for 21 days. Do not use this treatment with invertebrates or especially sensitive fish such as sharks and rays.
Nitrofurazone - an antibiotic that has some antiparasitic action, and can be helpful when used along with formalin dips.
If you have eliminated other causes, make sure you are feeding the right food and make sure the fish is not constipated. Give it live food for awhile to ensure it is getting enough roughage. Also, check the temperature for your fish's requirements and keep the temperature stable.
Even in the best of aquariums under the supervision of the most astute aquarists, injuries occur. Some times a bully fish is the culprit, or sharp decor. Sometimes there appears to be no explanation. As in the human world, accidents happen.
If the cause of the injury is obvious, it should be remedied. Then the injury should be treated. The injury should be touched with 2% Mercurochrome, which is supplied commercially. Also, depending on the fish's tolerance to water conditions, keeping the fish in slightly acid water should speed recovery (pH 6.6). Minor injuries, if the water conditions are good, should just heal themselves.
Lymphocystis is a virus, and being a virus, it affects the cells of the fish. It usually manifests itself as abnormally large white lumps (cauliflower) on the fins or other parts of the body. It can be infectious, but is usually not fatal. Unfortunately there is no cure, but fortunately this is a rare disease.


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Aida, Royal Opera House
Strong singing lifts David McVicar's ancient carry-on above the routine
by David NiceFriday, 11 March 2011
Stand-and-deliver tenor (Roberto Alagna as Radames) versus ants-in-pants dancers - not a good mixBoth photos by Bill Cooper for the Royal Opera
What kind of Aida would you prefer: one in which singing actors stretched to the limits find Verdi's human volcano of emotions beneath the cod-Egyptian rubble, or a stand-and-deliver production with a stalwart cast of beaten-bronze voices? Having had a taste at least of the former once in my life, I wasn't very happy to succumb to the latter in this Covent Garden revival. It was the wall of sound in the big Act II ensemble which made me at least willing to be convinced.
And then I wasn't. And then I was again. It's that kind of a show, a reminder of the bad old repertoire days at the Royal Opera after the total work of art, love it or hate it, of Anna Nicole. On an ugly, selectively lit set which proves unreadable right from the revolving wall at the start, singers who can't, or won't, act make actors and dancers who can seem daftly hyperactive in what amounts to ancient carry-on as usual with extra bodies and blood (did the Egyptians indulge in human sacrifice? A whole article devoted to the subject in the programme doesn't say. But where are we, anyway, and who cares?). It does seem bizarre that David McVicar, a director whose sensitivity and visual flair have created fully realised worlds in operas as different as Giulio Cesare, Der Rosenkavalier and Adriana Lecouvreur, to name but three, should be so stumped by the mainstream rep's last hoary melodrama to contain superb music that he doesn't appear to have come up with a coherent mise en scène.
But then you never know if the kind of singers making up the so-called "A cast" of this revival would be amenable to direction anyway. It gets off to an unpromising start with that wall in the Prelude - plunging the auditorium into darkness didn't incline the first-night audience to listen to the pianissimo violin phrases depicting our Ethiopian heroine - and Roberto Alagna having to tackle the notoriously difficult "Celeste Aida" minutes later. This Radames isn't the kind of warrior who'd let a grande amoreget in the way of military ambition; the vocal armour doesn't come off for a minute. Alagna started his career loud, developed a few scruples over the years, and now is loud, if lustrous and occasionally excitingly sharp, again. As for the acting, it's raise the left arm, raise the right arm, raise them both and bring them together (which by Act III becomes place left leg on ramp and down, right leg up and down, step up with both).
Monastyrska's soprano is laser-beam powerful in ensembles and duets, but also capable of the softest nuances which multiply as this schizoid role progresses
Then there are the redoubtable mezzo/contralto Olga Borodina (pictured below on the right), finding plenty of vocal colour as the Egyptian princess who loves him in vain but nothing more in the way of interaction - always the real Verdian thing, though - and Ukrainian newcomer Liudmila Monastyrska (pictured below left) as her slave and abhorred love rival, who probably might act a bit if she'd had the time, but was having to replace a pregnant Micaela Carosi at the very last moment (doesn't an expectant mother know in good time when the singing has to stop?). I'd like to see once again a consummate singer-actress like the African-American Adina Aaron, my brief brush with the dramatic possibilities of the role in an otherwise conventional Savonlinna production, who conjured the ideal vision of a proud princess having to assume the humility of a slave; maybe "B cast" audiences will get that with Latonia Moore. But this was some house debut as far as the voice went. Monastyrska's lyric-dramatic soprano, both big and warm, is laser-beam powerful in ensembles and duets, but also capable of the softest nuances which multiply as this schizoid role progresses.
That she did not perhaps have the most supportive and alert conductor in Fabio Luisi seemed to be confirmed by his problems with Alagna, though the tenor may be notoriously hard to catch. Orchestral colour could be bewitching in the Nile music and the dances, however flaky the choreography, less good in cushioning and floating the singers in their longer lines until we reached a surprisingly tender and elevated final scene where the lovers expire ever so seraphically in the underground vault. You imagine it might take a long time for Monastyrska to run out of breath; the technique seemed fairly unassailable, and though she's scheduled to sing Verdi's Lady Macbeth next, maybe it's already time for the major houses to think about the path to Brünnhilde and Elektra.
With two other fine voices, Vitalij Kowaljow's High Priest and Brindley Sherratt's King, almost smothered by silly costumes and war paint, and the choruses musically nuanced but insufficiently differentiated - we need to know exactly who the priests are - it was left to Michael Volle's powerful, perhaps un-Italianate but infallibly secure Amonasro to inject some semblance of believable drama. I guess he must have made Monastyrska momentarily feel like she meant something to someone else on stage, so close did he clutch her in the crucial father-daughter duet of Act III, and his first appearance in the middle of all that ludicrous blood-sacrifice pomp raised the drama, which had only sparked just a little in the Aida-Amneris confrontation, to a level from which it didn't descend until after the interval.
Otherwise, you'd have thought that second time around might have been the ideal opportunity for McVicar and his team to have a rethink on intent and design. As it is, this Aida as a concept is hardly more engaging than the shallow Elijah Moshinsky farrago previously seen at the Garden, and not nearly as beautiful to look at as the much-maligned Robert Wilson production which came in between. For all its fatal stillness when the music blazed, that might have been more successfully wheeled out for the present team of world-class singers. As it is, Covent Garden will have to try again. Or just do Aida in concert, which I'd be quite happy to hear with these ladies, at least.
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Permalink Submitted by Roger Neill (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 08:17
I'm sure it's my loss, but listening to Aida, either in an opera house or at home, has me thinking about what else I could be doing with my life from about 15 minutes in. This one sounds like it would have extended that run. Is there a way of doing it that doesn't seem to be endless bombastic tosh?
Permalink Submitted by Mark (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 12:44
I've avoided Aida for years having many years ago seen some very dire touring productions. Imagine the Triumphal March consisting of 4 guys on stage doing a Wilson, Keppel and Betty style sand dance for the duration and You're only half there as to how bad those were. So this was a chance to see if Aida could be rehabilitated for me by seeing a proper company put on a large scale production. I totally agree with the comments about Alagna and his acting ability. I saw him many years ago when he was even worse. His ego at the time was immense as he was trying to convince everyone he was the "Fourth Tenor" and heir to Pavarotti. I made exactly the same comments about his acting to my companion last night. The reviewer could have been listening to our conversation. Olga Borodina was a magnificent Amneris. I still see her as the stunning Tatyana in Glyndebourne's Eugene Onegin. She's a bit plumper these days but that seems to have given even more depth and character to the voice. Certainly she was the best of the lead singers. Again, I totally agree about the McVicar production and the set. There's no narrative in the set, it doesn't tell you anything, not even that we're talking about ancient Egypt. The general problem with Aida is that large portions of it are orchestral and intended to be able to give time to show the pageant. Considering the premiere included having to drag elephants across the scenery in the open air one can see the need for this. However, it is very difficult to translate this in to a comparatively small indoor theatre. What I will say is that the size of the RO chorus with the addition of real dancers provides enough going on on stage to stave off any boredom. You don't necessarily have to like it or understand what McVicar is trying to portray - yes, the sacrifical scenes and the clump of hanging bodies. All in all I did enjoy it enough to not want to leave, which considering my previous view of Aida means it has had a moderate rehabilitation for me.
Permalink Submitted by J.Brand (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 12:55
Olga Borodina as Tatiana - that must have been quite something! How come I missed it?
Permalink Submitted by David Nice on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 13:40
Mark, that's true about the routines - and the eviscerations of the always dragging first temple scene - keeping boredom at bay. Only here I'd say you had 19 blokes doing a naff martial-arts display worthy of the 02 instead of 4 doing a Wilson, Keppel and Betty routine (that was left to the 11 energetic dancers). I still refuse to believe something interesting can't be done with the ballet, along the lines of the weird and gripping table-tumbling we got in the Albery Tannhauser. As for the Tatyana, I think you must have been referring to Yelena Prokina, who was stupendous then. The Olga was Louise Winter, and Borodina quickly gave up the role, as she did Paulina in Queen of Spades, as being too small to be worthy of her interest. Both Borodina and Prokina were allied to Gergiev - I guess OB still is in a sense. Roger - I used to think the same. Then I was totally seduced by the later duets, which I'd never hung around for in the days of my youth, when there were some truly terrible productions on show (and I didn't have to write about them). But it's hard to resist Carreras and Baltsa with Karajan, or Leontyne Price in the final scene, which does have to be one of the most extraordinary endings in opera - especially in supposedly grand opera.
David, You're right, memory was playing tricks on me, it was Prokina. I suppose it did rather resemble the Chinese State Circus and the Shaolin Monks. However, what I was saying was that compared to the productions I'd seen before that I thought had put me off Aida for life, this was at least enough to make it interesting enough for me to actually want to stay. I suppose there's always the element of expectation. Aida is expected to be a spectacular extravanganza and it's almost impossible to live up to that. It was certainly an interesting contrast with the ENO Parsifal I saw earlier in the week. For long slow periods of inaction that can lead to numbing boredom you can't beat Parsifal, yet I was transfixed all the way through. And on the other hand at the WNO Il Trovatore the other week I was almost in tears with boredom due to the interminable scene changes.
Permalink Submitted by Peter (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 22:48
I enjoyed this performance a great deal. It was great to hear exceptional singing from so many of the singers. I enjoyed Alagna's contribution much more than I thought I would. I was intrigued to hear the alternative end of celeste aida (written for Parma according to Budden). Much better than just belting out the last note fortissimo. I thought that the static treatment of the principals highlighted the rigid hierarchies that they were all bound in. As to the bombastic nature of some of the music surely that empty rhetoric is deliberate and should evoke feelings of disgust. The last thing we need is a staging that revels in the glorification of war. My companion who had never seen Aida before perceptively said that the famous parts of Aida (grand march etc) are not very typical of the whole opera. Rather than bombast what is notable is the almost chamber music quality of much of the writing. Mark - I dont think there were any elephants at the premiere, at least Budden doesnt mention them in the list of soldiers and officers that make their entrance before the prisoners come on stage in act 2 scene 2. Nor did the premiere happen in the open air. I think you are confusing this with performances at Verona? I saw Aida at the temple of Karnak and whilst there was an enthusiastic contribution from the cavalry of the Egyptian army I dont recollect elephants there either.
Permalink Submitted by Graziella (not verified) on Sun, 13/03/2011 - 10:51
Rigid, stock movements are fine for 'static hierarchies', Peter, but don't you think it would have been more powerful if these singers had started to behave like real human beings when their private obsessions appeared? Mind you, David may have a point that sacred monsters like these won't do what the director asks of them.
Permalink Submitted by Peter (not verified) on Sun, 13/03/2011 - 11:27
Graziella I felt that the private emotions did come through especially in the nile scene, which I think is the heart of the opera. The conflict between family love, desire, politics and duty is writ large here and was well expressed. Generally, the non-naturalistic acting seemed right to me in this context which is often about power politics and ambition rather than genuine feeling. Aida showed a huge range of tonal colour reflecting her changing feelings. Perhaps Amneris could have been subtler. I have seen performances (ENO many years ago) where she was utterly crushed emotionally at the end by the realisation of what she had done. I didnt mean to imply that I was in favour of "Rigid, stock movements". I used the word static to describe one aspect of the staging and rigid to describe the political/emotional world the characters are trapped in. Alagna's gestures seemed to me not too bad when say compared to the antics of the late Franco Bonisolli or indeed the inaction of Pavarotti (whom I had the misfortune to see at ROH in this role). Memory has deceived me too. I saw Aida not at the temple of Karnak but the temple of Luxor. But it was 24 years ago...
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Brands Using Social Media Channels Are Set To Be The Real Winners During London 2012.
Posted on 23rd April 2012 at 14:52.
It can't have failed to notice that in less than 100 days, London will host the 2012 Olympics.
Let's face it, you really can't escape it. It's plastered all over the news, and is getting wall-to-wall coverage on the web and in the papers. The Olympics is the biggest show on earth, with an estimated worldwide audience that runs into billions. Is it any wonder that businesses want a slice of the action, and want to piggyback the event with some blatant brand promotion? Now there's nothing new in that: sponsorship has gone on in previous games and will continue so long as there's an audience to convert. But this time it's going to be different. The 2012 games looks set to be the social media Olympics. London 2012 (if we're still allowed to say that without fear of legal action) might be the pinnacle for athletes and competitors striving for medals, but the real winners during these games will be big business like McDonalds and Coca Cola and the IOC itself.
So hang on to your hats and get set for a summer of feverish brand promotional activity.
But why's it different this time round? Well, if you cast your mind back 4 years to Beijing, 2008, then you'll probably remember that social media and the use of social media marketing was in its infancy. Paid media was all the rage. Facebook was alive and well, but only had approximately 145 million users. Twitter and Google+ were just a distant dream. Fast forward 4 years and the world is social media crazy. Facebook has over 800 million users; Twitter is reported to have 175 million registered users and even the new kid on the blog, Google+, can now boast an audience of a reported 170 million. Whether these figures are factually correct is academic. What really matters is that the world and his wife have bought into the social media, and businesses are set to exploit this as best they can. Frankly, who can blame them?
The phenomenal growth in mobile usage has also increased the presence of the social media.
People can now access information at any time, and check the latest offers and look for goods and services wherever they are whenever they want. That also applies to the spectators at the games themselves. This global audience is there for the taking. More and more of the big businesses sponsoring the games are set to use location-based targeting for their communications, as well as offers for those who 'check in, to their sites.
Now you may wonder why it is doing this, but it all makes perfect sense when you think about it.
It's all about publicity and building a community. Users can get inside information from athletes past and present and download training tips and regimes, whilst the IOC is able to build its brand whilst controlling the information that is made available. Whether the athletes will want to play ball is another matter, given that they are under strict instructions to restrict their personal use of social channels.
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Eric Slingo, born and raised in Chicago, began writing songs in college. As a mechanical engineering student, his desire to learn quickly shifted from his studies to songwriting. He grew up listening to everything from Motown to Rock, and after graduating in 2017, he made the move to Nashville where he's currently developing his craft and touring alongside a variety of different artists.


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As in past years, I'm a bit woozy today after yesterday's all-day drive up the East Coast from North Carolina. My head still swims with the sights of barbecue joints and crabcake stands, and roadside shacks where one can get smoked ham and sausages, local peanuts, and fireworks to celebrate it all.
But it's good to be home, where the daffodils are in full blown bloom, even if the lawn still struggles against the moss and hemlock. The American South is a wonderful place to visit; I like seeing the world, and though I've been to more countries than states, the diversity of the US pleases me. But the beach-to-woods geography and seasonal shifts of the American Northeast feel right, somehow. With a few tiny stints out of bounds, I've been a Massachusetts-based New Englander all my life, and I expect to be one for the remainder of it.
James Taylor likes Massachusetts, too. And by the time I wrote the original feature below in 2008, I'd already been promising myself a feature post on good ol' JT for ages. What better way to celebrate our triumphant return from a week in the Carolinas than with a resurrected 20-song megapost on the coversongs of this incredible singer-songwriter plus a 10-track Single Song Sunday bonus set of You Can Close Your Eyes – my favorite James Taylor composition? And so, ladies and gentlemen: James Taylor, Massachusetts resident and one-time North Carolina transplant.
Born in Boston, James Taylor spent his adolescence in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where his father was Dean of the UNC School of Medicine. But the family retained strong ties to Massachusetts, summering in Martha's Vineyard; James attended boarding school at Milton Academy, and when he struggled with depression in his early adulthood, he headed for McLean's Hospital, a stately suburban instititution just outside of Boston where I remember visiting one of my own friends in the last year of high school.
Though he has since lived in California and London, and though his signature voice retains the barest hint of southern twang under that clear-as-a-bell blueblood bostonian accent, like me, Taylor has always returned to the Massachusetts he loves. Today, he lives about thirty miles west of here, in the Berkshires, just on the other side of the Adirondack ridge. And he retains strong ties to his beloved Martha's Vineyard, performing there each summer, sometimes with Ben and Sally, his children by ex-wife Carly Simon, who is also a Vineyard resident.
Beyond our shared love of the beaches and woods of Massachusetts, there's something immutably local and authentic about my experience with James Taylor. My childhood understanding of and familiarity with folk music as a genre and a recorded phenomenon was primarily driven by a strong record collection at home, but my experience of acoustic music as folk – as something singable and sharable and communal – was peppered with young camp counselors who had learned their guitar licks from the radioplay of the day. For me, Fire and Rain will always be a song for campfire singalongs, one which helps me come to terms with the bittersweet and constant state of being both in good company and away from home.
Too, James Taylor was my first concert, and you never forget your first. I remember lying on the summer grass at Great Woods (now the Tweeter Center), looking up at the stars and letting the wave of Fire and Rain wash over me. I remember peering at the stage and recognizing the way James smiled at us, at bass player Leland Sklar, at the song itself as a kind of genuine communion, one which flavored the performance with something valid and universal.
Because of that night, and the organic songs-first-performance-afterwards way I came to it, James Taylor, for me, is the standard by which I measure the authenticity of folk performance. That so many shows have not met that standard since then is a tribute to both Taylor's gentle nature, and his way with song and performance.
James Taylor's voice is unmistakable, almost too sweet for some, and he doesn't fit my every mood. His loose, white-man's-blues guitar playing is better than most people give him credit for, but it is often downplayed in his produced work. But in the back of my mind his songs are a particular form of homecoming, one intimately tied to summer song and simple times outside of the world as we usually live it. And when I sing Sweet Baby James or You Can Close Your Eyes to my children at night, there's a part of me that's back on that summer lawn, letting the music reach a part of me that cannot speak for itself.
We'll have a few choice covers of Taylor's most popular in the bonus section of today's megapost. But first, here's a few of the many songs which Taylor has remade in his own gentle way over the years: doo-wop standards, sweet nighttime paeans and lullabies, hopeful protest songs, and others.
Though James Taylor does have his pop side, this isn't it. You've heard 'em before, so I've skipped the covers which Taylor has made his own through radioplay over the years — including Carole King's Up On The Roof and Marvin Gaye's How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) — though I did keep a live version of Handy Man in the mix, and thought it worth trying the newer version of You've Got A Friend from Taylor's stripped-down favorites recording One Man Band. I've also skipped his lite pianojazz ballad version of How I Know You, from the Aida soundtrack, and the vast bulk of his two recent saccharine-sweet covers albums: it's not folk, and it's not my thing.
Instead, by presenting a selection of Taylor's rarer and lesser-known coversong all at once, it is my hope that the diversity of the source material here allows even the most jaded of us to come to what is too-often dismissed as Adult Contemporary pablum with new ears, attuned to more subtle differences of tone and undertone — to explore and even collapse the distance between bittersweet and tender, longing and acceptance, home and homesickness, which continues to make James Taylor worth listening to, and celebrating.
James Taylor's works are mainstream, and distributed as such; his website sends us to amazon.com for purchase. As here at Cover Lay Down we prefer to avoid supporting the corporate middleman in favor of direct artist and label benefit, we recommend that those looking to pursue the songwriting and sound of James Taylor head out to their local record shop for purchase.
Not sure where to begin? Anything released between 1968 and 1974 provides the best introduction to JT's core sound; I promise it's folkier than you remember. Jaded folkies who stopped listening a while back might take a second look at Taylor's 1977 release JT, or albums from the late eighties and nineties such as Never Die Young, New Moon Shine or Hourglass, which stand on their own as well-produced contemporary folk. 2007 DVD release One Man Band, Taylor's return to a sparser acoustic sound, is an anomaly in the midst of an otherwise-AAA pop-trending career. And coverlovers who do embrace his smoother side are advised – with caveats – to at least consider his two post-millennial covers albums.
As for bonus tracks: for years, I've been saving the bulk of my collection of covers of James Taylor originals for a future Folk Family Feature on the Taylor family – including James, brother Livingston, sister Kate, son Ben, daughter Sally, and Ben and Sally's mother Carly Simon. But I've been leaking them slowly and surely as time goes on, and the floodgates are open today. So here's a full Single Song Sunday-sized set of covers of my favorite lullaby, from Mark Erelli's tender bedtime crooning to William Fitzsimmons' fragile indiefolk to a young and drunken Bonnie Raitt's live heartbreaker. Download the zip file here, or pick and choose below.


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ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 1995. Refectory of the orphanage run by Franciscans in the Old City. Plates and cups are aligned under a woven carpet of the Last Supper. | License
PHILIPPINES. Pampanga district. Village of Santa Lucia. 1995. Crucifixion of a fidel on Good Friday. | License
SPAIN. Sevilla. 1996. Holy week. The head of Jesus is displayed in a shop window during the Semana Santa. | License
SOUTH KOREA. Umsong. 1998. A Christian volonteer feeds a handicapped child in the "Flower Village" run by Catholic priests. | License
SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town. 1999. Every Sunday, at dawn, priests of the Zion Church, from the Khayelitsha black township, take their newly converted congregation to the sea to be baptised through immersion. | License
MALI. Bamako. 1994. At sunrise, a fisherman in his boat on the river Niger. | License
SUDAN. Near Weethoa Gang. 1998. Women prepare the evening meal in a Nuer village set in a zone where guerillas fight the central government of Khartum. | License
MALI. Village of Bandiagara. 1996. Abbot Georges FONGORO celebrates an evening mass inside a parishioner's courtyard. | License
RUSSIA. Moscow. 1998. Priests of the "Church of the Mother of God" attend to a statue of Mary. This church, founded by the Archibishop Johann, is dedicated to the Marial cult and is open to dialogue with other Christian denominations. | License
RUSSIA. Veliokoretskaya. Pilgrimage of Saint Nicolas. At the end of a 120 kms walk, the pilgrims pass under the tree where the icon of the saint is supposed to have been found in the 16th century. This is a pagan ritual within an Orthodox pilgrimage. 1998. | License
RUSSIA. Vyatka region. 1998. Pilgrimage of St. Nicolas. The saint's icon is carried from village to village, covering 120 kms in three days. This pilgrimage dates back to the 16th century. | License
PHILIPPINES. Town of Davao. Matina district. 1995. Christianity. Aglipayan National Church member, which has broken from Catholic Church in 19th century. | License
BRAZIL. Bahia state. Salvador. District of Pelhourinho. 1996. A "wounded angel" in the Church of Nossa Senhora de Rosario. | License
BRAZIL. Sao Paulo state. Aparecida do Norte. 1996. Candles offered to Nossa Senhora Aparecida, patron saint of Brazil. | License
PHILIPPINES. Manila. 1995. Widows of Jesus mourn Christ's crucifixion around the church of San Augustin, during the Holy Week. | License
FRANCE. Saint Benoit sur Loire. Abbaye de Fleury. 1997. At meal time, monks bow to the Lord, thanking Him for the food which is about to be partaken. | License
SERBIA. Zica. 1995. The Orthodox monastery. A nun stands outside the church during lithurgy inside. | License
USA. Illinois. Chicago. 1996. Newly born Christians, about to be baptised, pin their written confession to the cross standing on the stage of the Willow Creek Community Church. The church, one of the richest in the country, is pastored by Bill HYBLES. One sinner has written his confession on a floppy disk, pinned to the bottom on the cross. | License
SOUTH AFRICA. Ficksburg. 1999. Jackie VON MALITZ, a self-confessed extreme right winger, who believes that the country was sold to the Blacks, carries a gun over her Bible after a Saturday service held in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. | License
CUBA. Havana. 1997. Church of Cristo de Buen Viaje. A woman listening to a sermon raises her Bible as a flag, before going to visit homes to take in "the Lord's words". Up to the late 1990s, proselytism was strictly prohibited in Cuba. | License
USA. New York. New York City. 2003. Bishop Liston PAGE lays hands on a woman to protect her from disease during a Pentecostal service in the Greater Highway Church of Christ he pastors in East Harlem. | License
SPAIN. Sevilla. Holy week. Olympic champion Carl Lewis springs from an ad poster as hooded Nazarenos linger about. | License
USA. New York City. Manhattan. An impersonator of Jesus Christ. 1999. | License
BRAZIL. Ceara state. Juazeiro do Norte. 1996. A man, who had his shoulder and arm amputated after having been hit by gunfire, makes a pilgrimage to the statue of Padre Cicero, to thank him. for a miraculous cure. | License
USA. Alabama. Selma. MARIE ROSE, self-appointed "Prophet of Jesus" displays both the Christian cross and the American flag outside her shack-house she has turned into a church bearing hand-written religious sayings. 2003. | License
U.S.A. Alabama. Montgomery. November 12, 2003. Fundamentalist Christians display the Ten Commandments at the rally in favour of State Supreme Chief Justice Roy MOORE about to be dismissed for refusing to remove a 15-ton Ten Commandments sculpture from the entrance hall to the Supreme Court. | License
SENEGAL. Fadiouth. 1988. Baobab trees stand guard, monstrous and familiar giants, over tombstones in the Catholic cemetery of Fadiouth. | License
In December 1993, as I embarked on the last year of my travels in Islamic lands, Arlene, a friend with whom I had shared many moments of the Iranian revolution, asked me one day in Manhattan, what project I was going to take on after Islam. Return to Iran after a voluntary exile of thirteen years? Continue with God, but change prophets?
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Captured by Indians is the melodramatic if accurate title of an exhibit at the Fort Pitt Museum about Europeans taken captive by Native Americans in these parts in the 18th century. But if the show explores the fears (really, the primal terrors) that the title implies, it also sketches the context that made such captivity not only likely, but inevitable — and its outcome not always what you'd expect.
Captivity was a traditional practice for members of warring Native tribes; if men were often killed, women and children were typically "adopted" by the victors. But by the 1700s, the world that European and African outsiders were entering in greater numbers was no longer an entirely traditional one. Across North America, diseases imported by earlier newcomers, from smallpox to malaria, had reduced Native American populations to an estimated 10 percent of the pre-contact level. Between disease and deadly battles with Euro armies (and other tribes), the Natives needed to replenish their numbers.
"Thousands of Europeans" were captured, according to exhibit text. The captives' fate depended partly on how easily the captors believe they could be assimilated. As tradition dictated, men were often killed — even tortured, and burned at the stake — with women and children more likely spared. Some practices were ritualized, including the binding of prisoners; the exhibit's trove of compelling artifacts includes a rare and beautiful example of a colorful "prisoner cord." Among woodland Indians, adoption of captives included a sort of baptismal rite. Some adoptees were named after Indian children lost to disease or warfare.
Jemison's experience was not unique. "It was a constant crying scandal that Europeans who were adopted by Indians frequently preferred to remain with their Indian 'families' when offered an opportunity to return to their genetic kinsmen," wrote Francis Jennings in his important 1975 revisionist history The Invasion of America. The attractions of Indian society included a more central role for women, relative social democracy and a lack of distinction by skin color. The exhibit, for instance, tells of a female servant who fled to the Indians, saying, "Here I have no master." Runaway enslaved Africans often felt the same.
As a circa-1750s tomahawk spiked with iron and steel attests, those times could be brutal, and cultural exchanges weren't limited to wampum and textiles. But the exhibit also reflects an unavoidable artifact bias: More objects survive that testify to Indian raids than to smallpox epidemics or broken treaties. Indeed, though European diseases and bullets nearly wiped out Native Americans, what stands before us — to make Europeans' endemic fear of Indians concrete — is the Ulery family's cabin door, riddled with bullets the father fired to protect his daughters from an Indian raid near Ligonier, in 1775.
"The American land was more like a widow than a virgin," wrote Jennings, the historian. "Europeans did not find a wilderness here; rather, however involuntarily, they made one." Though Captured by Indians is appropriately sensitive to the Native perspective, like most of us it still uses terms like "settlers" and "frontier" to refer to intruders in a peopled land. Indian captivity is a fascinating subject, but to zero in on it ultimately puts us in cobblered shoes rather than moccasins. From a wider perspective, this can feel like focusing on street crime when there's rampant inequality: worthy of attention, but hardly the root of the matter. Captured by Indians is good, but a more provocative exhibit might have been titled Invaded by Europeans.


Would you like a career in environmental education and spend your days teaching people about the wonders of nature?
We have an amazing new opportunity for an Inspiring People Voluntary Trainee to join the team at Spurn to learn and gain valuable experience whilst assisting with the delivery of our education and events programme.
Spurn National Nature Reserve is an inspiring and informative place to visit that provides an excellent setting for education sessions and public engagement events. With the completion of the Spurn Discovery Centre we have had a significant increase in visitor numbers and schools using the centre and site for enjoyment and study. We have a fantastic offer for a wide variety of interests from natural history, maritime study and military history. To help us reach people and engage with visitors and guests to Spurn, we have a dedicated education space in the Discovery Centre and also at our finger tips, or under our boots is the reserve itself; the lighthouse, varied habitats, layers of history and wildlife galore.
If you have bags of enthusiasm, enjoy working with people of all ages and want to be part of this exciting phase of a national nature reserve's development, then we'd like to hear from you.
The role is for 6 months and will be 3 days a week, with some potential weekend availability. This will ideally be a residential placement with accommodation provided close to the reserve or onsite with all utility bills paid.
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