Analysts forecast that NanoString Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NSTG) will post ($0.65) earnings per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Two analysts have made estimates for NanoString Technologies' earnings, with the highest EPS estimate coming in at ($0.63) and the lowest estimate coming in at ($0.67). NanoString Technologies reported earnings of ($0.75) per share during the same quarter last year, which indicates a positive year over year growth rate of 13.3%. The business is expected to announce its next earnings results after the market closes on Thursday, May 9th.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that NanoString Technologies will report full year earnings of ($2.36) per share for the current fiscal year, with EPS estimates ranging from ($2.42) to ($2.24). For the next financial year, analysts expect that the company will report earnings of ($2.15) per share, with EPS estimates ranging from ($2.78) to ($1.78). Zacks Investment Research's EPS averages are an average based on a survey of analysts that follow NanoString Technologies.
NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 7th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.68) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.50) by ($0.18). NanoString Technologies had a negative return on equity of 252.59% and a negative net margin of 72.52%. The company had revenue of $30.03 million for the quarter.
A number of analysts recently weighed in on NSTG shares. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of NanoString Technologies from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday. BidaskClub cut shares of NanoString Technologies from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 24th. ValuEngine cut shares of NanoString Technologies from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $35.00 price objective on shares of NanoString Technologies in a research note on Friday, March 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $22.80.
In other news, SVP Mary Tedd Allen sold 2,941 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.91, for a total transaction of $76,201.31. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 24,996 shares in the company, valued at $647,646.36. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider R Bradley Gray sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.28, for a total transaction of $445,600.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 2,088,141 shares of company stock worth $43,896,351 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 20.90% of the company's stock.
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position in shares of NanoString Technologies by 28.4% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 3,800 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $68,000 after purchasing an additional 840 shares in the last quarter. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. NY lifted its position in shares of NanoString Technologies by 430.9% during the fourth quarter. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. NY now owns 8,893 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $132,000 after purchasing an additional 7,218 shares in the last quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System acquired a new position in shares of NanoString Technologies during the fourth quarter worth approximately $151,000. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of NanoString Technologies during the third quarter worth approximately $294,000. Finally, MetLife Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of NanoString Technologies by 55.2% during the third quarter. MetLife Investment Advisors LLC now owns 17,579 shares of the biotechnology company's stock worth $313,000 after purchasing an additional 6,249 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.94% of the company's stock.
NASDAQ NSTG opened at $24.58 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $780.86 million, a P/E ratio of -8.84 and a beta of 1.30. NanoString Technologies has a twelve month low of $8.97 and a twelve month high of $31.14. The company has a current ratio of 3.05, a quick ratio of 2.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58.
NanoString Technologies, Inc engages in the provision of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products. It offers analysis solutions, gene expression panels, protein assays, DNA Assaya, miRNA assays, vantage 3D assays, custom solutions, sample prep and nCounter consumables, and nDesign gateway.


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01. Voicemail Intro
02. I'm Still Here
03. Out Of The Dark
04. Unfinished
05. Bleed The Same Intro (feat. Kirk Franklin)
06. Bleed The Same (feat. Tobymac and Kirk Franklin)
07. Comeback Kid
08. What You're Worth (feat. Britt Nicole)
09. Dear John Praise Report
10. Good News
11. Prove Me Wrong
12. MothDisa Interlude
13. The One He Speaks Through
14. Shine
15. My First Love (feat. Jeremy Camp)
Coming off her most successful album ever, Mandisa has returned with an all new studio album, Out Of The Dark. Her previous album, Overcomer, produced an RIAA Gold single, garnered 2 Grammy Wins, and has sold over 320,000 albums. After the success of Overcomer, Mandisa fell into a deep depression, isolating herself from friends, family, and music. But now she is emerging from the pit of depression with a new album and a new outlook on life. Leading with the hit single, "Unfinished," Out of The Dark is filled with songs of hope, resilience, & reminders that God is still working, no matter the circumstance. The new album also features guest artists TobyMac, Kirk Franklin, and more.
With more than 1.4 million records sold, the American Idol album is a voice of encouragement and trust to people facing's life's challenges all around the world. Mandisa's previous album, Overcomer, debuted #1 on the Billboard Christian Albums Chart and featured the smash hit single of the same name. That album awarded Mandisa with 2 Grammy Awards and unprecedented media exposure, performing on Good Morning America and singing the National Anthem at a televised NFL game. This spring, Mandisa joined TobyMac on his Hits Deep Tour, hitting arenas all across the country.
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What to do in the early morning when coming to Phu Quoc Island?
You are going to travel Phu Quoc, so in the first morning, what will you want to do? Follow us to find the most interesting things to do there.
Phu Quoc offers many adventurous tours that draw lots of people; however, if you wake up early, walk down the beach and ask fishermen for joining a day with them, most of the time, they will happily say "yes". The island is famous for diverse water creatures with plenty of ingredients to create the unique and well-known fish sauce. Therefore, fishing on the boat is the most attractive activity here. Chugging around the waters, spending time on observing the local doing their work is surely not a usual experience to many of you. Coming to Phu Quoc and try to get an opportunity of being a fisherman and view sunrise on the boat.
You need to be sure about your safety if you are on the boat. In case the locals don't agree to take you on, you also can observe them doing their jobs from a distance.
There is nothing better than barely legged jogging on the beaches in the early morning. Take a deep breath of fresh air and enjoy the softness of white sands under your feet will keep you cool with the refreshing breeze. Besides, peaceful and quiet landscapes surrounding without tourists brings you a chance to be pleased with your completely private space. Sometimes, you are warmly greeted by locals doing their morning job, just say "Hi" and if you can, interact with them to get closer to the local lives.
Located in the central of Phu Quoc, Cau Temple is where the local people usually come for worship. People believe that the more people respect the deity, the more they will be guarded and protected by the deity. Nowadays, all boats on the island which are going to head out of the sea stop at Cau Temple to wish for a safe and sound trip. Take a beautiful and easy walk to the beach for a gorgeous sunrise view. It's phenomenal to watch the reddish sun gradually appearing from the horizon, shining the first orange light beams of the day.
Phu Quoc is a region full of the country's most beautiful and scenic beaches. It's, therefore, such a great shame if you don't take a chance to swim in one of the most photographed beaches in the early morning. Before taking a swim, don't miss the mile-long stretch of silky, powder-white sand slopes. If that weren't scenic enough, the deep blue waters would not disappoint you. It's like beaches in Phu Quoc are created for all types of swimmers, from beginners to masters.
No matter how good the weather is, you need to make sure your safety by not swimming too far from the shore.
Located on the eastern part of Island, Ham Ninh village is well-known for fresh seafood with affordable prices. In the past, Ham Ninh is the place for fishers do fishing. Then, they gradually formed the village. The houses here remain the primitive features like cottage roofs and bamboo wattles. Coming here, you can perceive the organic, quaint and quiet village which few modern tourist attractions have. Ham Ninh fishing village is an ideal place for taking impressive photographs in both sunrise and sunset. These two moments at Ham Ninh containing the occult beauty those are saved in many beautiful pictures of visitors who used to be here.
Duong Dong market opens both day and night at several places in the town. During the day, the market is located right in the middle of Duong Dong, and it bustles with trade in some goods and foods. Duong Dong market appears at its best in the early morning when traders start their very first purchase with the fishermen for freshest seafood. As always, the market is busy, noisy and lively.
No matter what time of day you visit Phu Quoc, there are a variety of things to do and see in this little gem. Just plan and have a full day of memory in Phu Quoc with Phu Quoc tours.
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Hearing Loss & Depression: 5 Things You Should Know
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Posted in: Hearing News,New Articles | March 17, 2014
Researchers understand that hearing loss can be linked to depression, but a new study shows just how much — and who's most likely to bear the burden. A team working at the National Institutes of Health learned surprising details about hearing loss and depression when they analyzed health surveys from more than 18,000 adults (ages 18 and up) collected between 2005 and 2010.
What did they review?
The mental health status of adults who had perfect hearing, who had impaired hearing (reporting "some" or "a lot" of hearing trouble) and who were deaf.
The tie between hearing loss and depression showed itself again, but not in the ways many would have expected.
Depression is almost twice as common in hearing-impaired adults than in adults with perfect hearing. Of those who took surveys, 20 percent reported hearing loss. Of that group, more than 11 percent of people had moderate or severe depression. That's compared to a 6-percent rate in adults with healthy hearing.
Hearing-related depression affects women more than men. Although women reported less hearing problems, females with hearing trouble were more likely to be depressed than men in similar situations. Depression hit 15 percent of hearing-impaired females, but just 9 percent of hearing-impaired males. Women are more likely to suffer depression than men are, generally speaking, but researchers still aren't sure why this is true.
People with impaired hearing are more likely to be depressed than people who are deaf. Mostly, depression risk increased as hearing quality got worse. However, deaf individuals had half the depression rates of people with strong hearing abilities. Why? According to researchers, it could be because people who are totally deaf have had exposure to hearing aids, treatments and technology that improve their hearing abilities.
Middle-aged people are affected more than those ages 70 and up. Hearing-impaired people in the middle-age brackets reported depression symptoms more than those 70 and above. However, when seniors ages 70 and up received a hearing test, older women with moderate hearing concerns did show some signs of depression.
Living alone and binge drinking were linked to both hearing loss and depression. This study also looked at lifestyle conditions. According to the surveys, other factors like these — along with low education levels and tobacco use — were tied to both hearing issues and signs of depression.
Depression is a serious health condition, and anyone facing signs of it should check with a doctor. If a friend or loved one shows symptoms of hearing loss, it's also important to watch out for signs of depression — hearing trouble can cause people to feel isolated and frustrated, and that can affect mental wellbeing.
It's never too early or too late to get a hearing exam. If you are, or if someone you know is, ready to take that test, we're here to help.
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March 25, 2014, Hong Kong — CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced a renewal and expansion of its contract with Royal Dutch Shell Plc. CBRE will manage the international energy company's retail network portfolio in 22 countries across four continents.
Under the contract, CBRE's Global Corporate Services (GCS) group will provide real estate transaction management, lease administration and real estate consultancy services covering around 9,000 retail sites. CBRE has managed the Shell Retail European portfolio since 2010, but the scope of the contract has now expanded to also include over 3,000 retail sites in Asia Pacific, the U.S., Canada and South Africa.
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Finding Grace in the Unraveling of Life
in 31 Days with My Brother
31 Days with My Brother: Music Sweet Music
Lights, camera, action…break a leg…ham it up…jazz hands….a cheesy smile; choir and musicals on Day #25.
It was such a blessing for Brian to be in choir throughout middle school and high school. As mentioned before Brian doesn't sing on key too much, but he has a lot of heart and passion about singing. Hats off to our choir director for his willingness to have Brian be a part of choir; it enriched his educational experience in many ways.
My mom said she got a kick out of watching Brian sing Coney Island Baby with a guys ensemble during a choir concert; and also watching him sing in Latin on another piece. Each year the choir sings Battle Hymn of the Republic to close out the Collage Concert. At the end of this song a cannon goes off, for dramatic effect, so Brian would sing and plug one ear in preparation for the "boom".
Like us, Brian loves musicals. He watches certain musicals for different occasions. When feeling patriotic, or around the 4th of July, out comes 1776. Speaking of patriotism, he is pretty fascinated by the presidents, so Annie is another favorite (with FDR's character in it).
Brian had the awesome opportunity to play a small part in two musicals during his high school career. He was in the mission band for Guys and Dolls (Writing Sis was one of the leads in this one, Sarah Brown, and had her first kiss on stage with her male counterpart; she was less than thrilled about the smooch).
Our choir director was very gracious in giving Brian and one of his classmates (who was also in choir) the role of guards in Once Upon A Mattress. I don't think the script called for guards, but he created these parts just for them. As the performances went on, one of the guards (my brother) starting appearing in more and more scenes. I think he was only supposed to be in a few, but he wanted to be on stage more (hmmm, where does he get that from)? During one of the performances he was found still guarding the castle after the curtain had closed.
Before each musical performance the cast did a spirit circle, to get pumped up for the show. Brian led these. They all began squatting down and then start chanting ,"energy, energy, energy, energy, ENERGY" (getting higher and louder as they went)! Even after Brian graduated from high school they invited him back to lead the spirit circle.
Deep Breaths: Music is such a sweet gift from God…how has He used music to enrich your life? How can you use music today to give Him the praise and worship that He deserves?
1 Chronicles 16:8-11
"Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.
Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always."
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Burgess approaches both network and system administration from the perspective of principles and ideas which do not change on a day-to-day basis.
A great deal of attention is paid to the heuristics of system and network administration; technical and sociological issues are taken into account equally and are presented thoughtfully with an eye to teaching not what to do as a system or network administrator, but how to think about problems that arise in practice. As a result, the author keeps the reader looking forward to what comes next and how to implement what he or she has learned.
The focus is on strategic issues, how to keep systems maintainable and how to manage configuration files across an enterprise. During the 80s and most of the 90s the frontiers of system administration were about understanding what the job entailed and building tools in order to manage networks more efficiently. The next phase is about standardization of management and practice, making system administration more formal and less ad hoc, and Burgess' book is one of the first to begin to push into this area.
MARK BURGESS is associate professor at Oslo University College, Norway, and a member of SAGE, USENIX and the IEEE. He is an internationally respected scientist both in Computer Science and the Theoretical Physics and has won various prizes for his work on Computer Immunology and GNU cfengine. He was recently awarded The SAGE 2003 Professional Contribution Award, "For groundbreaking work in systems administration theory and individual contributions to the field".
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8. Diagnostics, Fault and Change Management.
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...if you are anything like me.
rescued it from the waffle iron.
Which, by the way, was still plugged in!
Oops! Please tell me you do things like this too.
Adapted from the recipe found at Lauren's Latest.
Quaker Chewy variety ~ but, they're homemade.
Yes, they are a treat.
No, they are not for breakfast.
without having to turn the oven on!
If yours is not as big, you might want to make half the recipe.
there is no need to grease the pan that way.
and brown sugar to a boil.
Reduce heat and boil gently for two minutes ~ stir often.
Measure the oats and cereal into a large mixing bowl.
Pour the hot sugar mixture over the dry ingredients.
Stir until thoroughly combined and all dry ingredients are moistened.
be sure to line them with parchment for easy removal of the bars.
Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly on top and press in a little.
they are still in the pan, to cool completely.
and they taste good frozen!
It will be four months ago tomorrow that Austin was admitted to hospital.
He was in heart failure. We had no idea.
Four months. A lifetime. Or so it seems.
On the other hand, it almost seems like a distant bad dream.
How much has happened! How much has changed!
It's as if we have been given our son back. He is healthy and well.
The *old* Austin from about three years ago has emerged.
His personality had been slowly fading away ~ it happened so gradually.
It's been like watching a miracle take place right before our eyes these last few months.
And we cannot stop thinking of all that the LORD has done!
And we cannot help but praise Him for all His goodness and mercy.
And we give HIM thanks.
Austin is well. He is healthy. And we rejoice!
One day at a time. Cherishing these moments.
Seeking never to take any of these things for granted.
And God is Good. Always.
The future is the Lord's. We do not own it.
We do not own our children. We do not even own ourselves!
How has Austin been doing?
Some of you have been asking. Thank you for your kind interest.
Thank you for your prayers. It all has been such a blessing!
Before Christmas, Austin got down to 100 lbs.
He is now stabilised at just under 130 lbs.
He feels the best he has in a few years.
He gets stronger all the time.
He is able to do so much!
Last Summer he said that he would never pick up a hockey stick again.
He has been recently found playing street hockey, and enjoying it!
and stayed ahead of me the whole way!
He didn't have to stop once, and I did not catch him!
He is constantly going places on his bike.
There is a new zest for life and living.
He is interested in things long forgotten or given up.
The driver's licence is next on his list of *to do's*.
He's even been helping with our renovations.
How all this warms my heart!
Austin still must take three heart medicines each day.
Apparently, he will have to for the life of this heart.
But, God is able to do far above what we ask or think.
We are asking for a complete recovery for our son.
We do not demand these things of Him.
But, we continue to ask. His ways are higher than ours.
And, His ways are always best.
What a blessing it is to know that He will do what is best for Austin and for us all.
He is Faithful and Good and Perfect in all His ways.
One day at a time. For His glory alone.
has lifted us up in prayer in these last four months.
You may never know how much it has meant to our family!
It truly has been such a great blessing to us all!
Austin built an Ikea bed with his Grandpa.
and now it seems to have disappeared again.
It's the way it is in this part of the world.
We make the most of it.
it's always a joy to go to the beach.
It includes a play area and fire pits.
We were there one afternoon/evening last week.
at the very far right of the picture) playing Frisbee!
"Our spot" for the first part of the evening.
in the middle of the sky just above the umbrella?
Fraser and Emma were at the park ~ I even joined in.
he got a chance to play a little later on.
Water activities were enjoyed ~ Of course!
showers were needed all around.
to enjoy the area the LORD has placed us in.
Chocolate Chip Scones ~ Oh My!
over handled ~ they become tough.
Rolling and re-rolling is not a good thing.
Pat dough into a rectangle.
Then, cut triangles out of the dough strips.
They do not need any rolling or fussing.
Pop them on your parchment lined cookie sheet and bake!
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in case I delete the ones you like to check!
blogging for the time being.
and will miss them here!
please be assured, I have saved you on my computer.
You are in my *favourites* in case you should ever decide to return.
See? I have not forgotten you!
our morning worship service yesterday.
How Precious the LORD Jesus Christ is!
How Great is HIS Salvation!
"God has been merciful to me."
The photos in this post have nothing to do with the contents of it.
Other than this ~ we have been living life apart from the renovating.
We are in the throes of a move. An internal one.
We are switching things up.
Four rooms in our home are involved.
and two bedrooms ~ ours and Austin's.
It will make our home more serviceable.
things become obvious. It was time.
We bought this home eighteen years ago. We moved in 17 1/2 years ago.
I'm ashamed to admit that we viewed it as a stepping stone to something better.
How wrong we were! How spoiled!
Thankfully, the LORD was gracious and did not remove this blessing from us!
we deserve, do we? How wonderful that is!
Over the years, there have been many changes.
the basement was not accessible to us.
I had to run outside and down the stairs to do laundry.
It was a shared laundry room under the deck.
but Howie moved his office home and occupied the space.
1100 square feet of our home. We kept Emma's bassinette in the bathroom.
The time came for us to either sell and move, or take over the whole house.
was removed, and the fun began! We renovated.
Every floor, wall, window and fixture were changed.
the house ~ they were replaced with double glazed vinyl.
We tore out carpet ~ ever had to deal with glued down underlay??
Even our foundation had to be dug up to lay new pipe!
The most direct route ~ through the house!
We did much of the work ourselves.
Painting, cleaning, sorting and rearranging ~ at odd hours, in odd ways.
INSIDE the house...ask me if that was fun!
and we lived with the mess and upheaval as best we could.
these were things we did well. My Dad helped us greatly.
hung doors for us, and was our carpenter...it was a wonderful blessing!
I will post about the transformation this time around.
I may even post about the past. In the meantime...we work.
Our way to God is not through giving thanks.
and HIS work on our behalf.
It really is all of HIM.
Please click here to get there.
There are always things to be thankful for!
sometimes it works out that way.
A miracle since it's been soooo wet and cold!
But, always by HIS Grace.
Isn't it like this for everyone?
We need to work hard at slowing it all down.
things of life and living.
We've got some changes coming.
It's all good, but these things require time to implement.
Extra time...where do we find that?
On this day, I reflect.
The older two have been continuing on with some school.
and he has been dog-walking and teaching violin.
Calvin has some lawn-cutting jobs and helps out with paper route.
as well as their home responsibilities.
Outdoor adventures have begun in earnest.
was set up and slept in!
Howie and I were even able to go on a date.
Thank you SO much...it was a real treat!
and not fretting about getting it all done!
In the midst of upheaval.
By God's Grace it can be done.
What we are called to do is not impossible.
discern what those necessary things are!
Grace upon grace to you all!


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vertex = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
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fragment = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
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program = glCreateProgram();
glAttachShader(program, vertex);
glAttachShader(program, fragment);
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glDeleteShader(vertex); /* <~ Can I do this now? */
glDeleteShader(vertex); /* <~ Can I do this now? */

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A: Yes, this perfectly valid. Shader objects are still internally referenced by the program object and will be implicitly freed when the program object is deleted.

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The seventh annual list recognizes corporations based on their strength of military recruiting efforts, percentage of new hires with prior military service, and company policies toward National Guard and Reserve service. Top companies were selected from a pool of approximately 5,000 eligible employers that earn a minimum of $500 million in annual revenues.
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In that article, we stated our view of DOW Jones. We said that it can't drop much, and most likely it will have a strong support at 17000.
Indeed, yesterday DOW almost touched the 17000 mark during intraday.
In yesterday session, it drops to 17037 before it rebounds.
Price of DOW is 17515 now, with a rise of 150 points intraday today.
We think good about the market now. If Dow ever drop back near 17000 again, I suggest a pick up at that point. 16500-17000 is a good accumulation zone.
With Apple i-watch sales coming up in April, we seriously think that DOW may not drop much. There is quite some excitement in the market still. Unless Janet Yellen drop a bomb on the market by announcing an interest rate rise soon.
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Today the people of Guinea Bissau still live in fear. Ammunition stockpiles could explode at any moment and unsecured weapons are a constant threat to life.
HALO is working with the government to improve security. Our technical specialists are working with the military to construct a temporary ammunition storage area that will allow unsecured ammunition to be moved away from populated areas. Our team is also re-furbishing armouries and introducing weapons marking and record-keeping, to prevent arms from getting into the wrong hands and to help keep communities safe.
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Local council silences 9 year old food blogger
Citizen journalism isn't necessarily limited to adults. What happens when a young child exposes the quality of school lunches online?
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A nine year old school girl from the UK has been forced to close down her popular blog due to a local council's intervention.
A student from West Scotland, Martha Payne, aka "VEG", ran a blog that documented her school meals with a commentary in May this year. The blog, titled "Never Seconds", quickly became a popular hotspot for debate and review of the school's food and what is on offer for school children in general.
Racing past the two million page view mark, what probably started as a pet project went viral, and even became popular globally -- Martha receiving images of alternative school dinners from fans as far away as Taiwan.
The posted images of school means and commentary included a rating system:
Food-o-meter- Out of 10 a rank of how great my lunch was! Mouthfuls- How else can we judge portion size! Courses- Starter/main or main/dessert Health Rating- Out of 10, can healthy foods top the food-o-meter? Price- Currently £2 I think, its all done on a cashless catering card Pieces of hair- It wont happen, will it?
If you follow the progress of the blog, it does seem that the school was tracking the media and online community attention. Originally, her school lunches were like this:
Then things changed, as one entry shows:
Today was very different at lunchtime. Dad had already told me beforehand that some people from the Council were coming to lunch with a reporter from our local paper. There was also a new system for ordering food which I'll explain when I understand it more. I didn't see the visitors having lunch but I saw them hovering about and watching us getting served.
The attention of the media and an online hit later, the council swoops in. Taken out of class by her head teacher, Martha was told she was now banned from taking photos because of a published newspaper story about the blog. In her goodbye entry she writes:
I only write my blog not newspapers and I am sad I am no longer allowed to take photos. I will miss sharing and rating my school dinners and I'll miss seeing the dinners you send me too. I don't think I will be able to finish raising enough money for a kitchen for Mary's Meals either.
Adding context to the ban, her father Dave also continued the entry:
I felt it's important to add a few bits of info to the blog tonight. Martha's school have been brilliant and supportive from the beginning and I'd like to thank them all. I contacted Argyll and Bute Council when Martha told me what happened at school today and they told me it was their decision to ban Martha's photography.
The council may have had their way, but there is a silver lining.
Once the site became popular, Martha and her father used the attention to ask for donations to a charity for school food in Africa. At the time of writing, even though the closing statement on the blog doubted they would reach their target, the original £7,000 donation has been surpassed and reached £8,119.40.
Apart from this achievement, the online attention also kicked the school into offering free salad, fruit and bread.
Considering the poor quality of the meals when the blog began -- and how much they coincidentally improved in such a short space of time -- local authorities had the right to be worried. It seems that our tech-savvy younger generation and enthusiastic parents could expose just what goes on in some schools, but shutting down the project will only result in even more questions being asked.
Exposure, panic, shut it down. If television shows about school meals and vague promises of improvement don't work, why don't we all give our kids a camera?
Update 1 (13:30 BST): Argyll and Bute Council has issued a statement in relation to the blog. It reads (emphasis mine, of course):
"Argyll and Bute Council wholly refutes the unwarranted attacks on its schools catering service which culminated in national press headlines which have led catering staff to fear for their jobs. The Council has directly avoided any criticism of anyone involved in the 'never seconds' blog for obvious reasons despite a strongly held view that the information presented in it misrepresented the options and choices available to pupils however this escalation means we had to act to protect staff from the distress and harm it was causing.
In particular, the photographic images uploaded appear to only represent a fraction of the choices available to pupils, so a decision has been made by the council to stop photos being taken in the school canteen.
There have been discussions between senior council staff and Martha's father however, despite an acknowledgement that the media coverage has produced these unwarranted attacks, he intimated that he would continue with the blog.
The council has had no complaints for the last two years about the quality of school meals other than one from the Payne family received on 6 June and there have been no changes to the service on offer since the introduction of the blog."
Update 2 (14:32 BST): After two hours, the hashtag #neverseconds began trending on Twitter, and Martha's charity campaign reached the £18,000 milestone. The council reversed their decision live on BBC Radio.
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A judge has ordered a new trial for a Palmetto man who was convicted last year in connection with a traffic accident in Baton Rouge that killed five people.
Friday, State District Judge Chip Moore granted David Leger, 33, a new trial on the technicality that a bench conference during which the defense objected to proposed jury instructions was not recorded.
Leger was convicted by an East Baton Rouge jury in July and is facing up to 30 years in prison on each of five counts of vehicular homicide.
The accident took place March 13, 2011, when Leger allegedly attempted to chase down another driver in what was described at the time as a case of road rage.
During that high-speed incident, Leger tied to pass the other vehicle, in the process losing control of his pickup, causing it to spin out of control.
His truck crossed the grassy median on Interstate 10 near the Ascension Parish line and slam head on into a car driven by Effie Fontenot of Prairieville, which burst into flames.
The accident killed Fontenot's three sons and two other passengers.
State Police, which investigated the accident, determined that Leger was drunk at the time, a contention his defense team denied.
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Leger was convicted of vehicular homicide and his defense team argued he should have only been charged with negligent homicide, which carries a maximum penalty of five year's imprisonment.
While Moore granted Leger a new trial on the technicality, in his ruling he argued Leger is guilty and the earlier jury verdict was correct.
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Preference for single entity via a consortium formed by multiple licensees
700 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 26/28 GHz bands, set for initial deployment
The big news from the just released Final Report on the Allocation of Spectrum Bands for Mobile Broadband Service in Malaysia is the preference for a single entity comprising a consortium formed by multiple licensees, instead of individual licensees for the 700 MHz band together with the 3.5 GHz band for 5G services.
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In light of the rapid development of the global 5G ecosystem and deployment, MCMC has identified both the 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz, along with 26/28 GHz as the pioneer spectrum bands for 5G roll-out in Malaysia.
MCMC explains that this consortium approach is intended to lower the capital expenditure (capex) by minimising costs and prevent the duplication of infrastructure, at a time where operators are continuing to make improvements in 4G networks.
MCMC will undertake a tender process for the purpose of selecting such a consortium.
As this is a new approach, MCMC explains that it will only make available 2x30 MHz of the 700 MHz band and 100 MHz of the 3.5 GHz band. The remaining frequencies of these bands will be considered for assignment at a later stage says the MCMC without further details.
The Final Report was issued following MCMC's commitment to make public its final position, as indicated in the Public Inquiry (PI) report on spectrum allocation matters, in relation to 700 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2600 MHz spectrum bands that was published on 29 Sept 2019.
The position taken in the Final Report reflects both MCMC's deliberation of the responses to the PI, and an assessment of current developments globally in relation to 5G deployment.
The assignment of the 26/28 GHz bands will be conducted in two methods. The 24.9 GHz to 26.5 GHz frequency bands will be assigned through a tender process (beauty contest) to licensees on a nationwide basis. The 26.5 GHz to 28.1 GHz frequency bands will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis and will be open to any party (including non-licensees) for the purpose of deploying localised and/or private networks.
The assignment for the above mentioned spectrum bands will be made by way of apparatus assignment (AA). MCMC anticipates that the appropriate spectrum fee through AA is more economical, and will encourage network deployment by the service provider.
Cost savings can be passed on to businesses and consumers to ensure better value of affordable services. Once the assignment processes are completed, MCMC expects commercial deployment of 5G in Malaysia to begin by Q3 of 2020.
This is consistent with the deliberations in the National 5G Task Force that was established since Nov 2018, comprising of 114 organisations representing the demand and supply side of the ecosystem.
The existing allocation for deployment of current 4G will be maintained. This includes maintaining existing allocation of the 2300 MHz and 2600 MHz bands until Dec 2021. MCMC will undertake the necessary review of these bands in 2021.
For more information about the Final Report on the allocation of spectrum bands for mobile broadband service, visit: https://www.mcmc.gov.my/skmmgovmy/media/General/pdf/FINAL-REPORT_ALLOCAT...
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Q: Determination of order of cosets in a factor group of a finite abelian group. Consider the group $G=\frac{\mathbb{Z}_{3^{10}}\times \mathbb{Z}_{3^7} }{\langle (3^2, 3^3)\rangle}$. Let $a=(1,0)+\langle (3^2, 3^3)\rangle$ and $b=(0,1)+\langle (3^2, 3^3)\rangle$. Since the order of the group $G$ is $3^9$, so order of $a$ and $b$ must be a divisor of $3^9$.
I am willing to find $|a|$ and $|b|$. Assume $\alpha=|a|$. Then
$\alpha(1,0)=m(3^2, 3^3)$ for some positive integer $m$ and so $\alpha\equiv 3^2 m[3^{10}], 0\equiv 3^3 m[3^7]$.
The second congruence yields $m=3^4 t$ where $t$ is chosen to be non-negative integers. Hence $\alpha\equiv 3^6 t[3^{10}]$. Do not understand what to do next to derive $\alpha$.
For the determination of order of $(0,1)+\langle (3^2, 3^3)\rangle$, let $\beta$ be its order. Then $\beta(0,1)=m'(3^2, 3^3)$ for some positive integer $m'$. So $0\equiv 3^2 m'[3^{10}], \beta\equiv 3^3 m'[3^7]$. The first case gives $m'=3^8 t, t\geqslant 1$ and so the second equation becomes $\beta\equiv 3^3(3^8 t')\equiv 0[3^7]$. How come this arrived ? I am really confused here.
Please help what to be done here.

A: Let $G_1=\Bbb{Z}_{3^{10}} $,$G_2=\Bbb{Z}_{3^{7}}$ , $H=\langle (3^2, 3^3)\rangle$
Then $|3^2|_{G_{1}}=3^8$ , $|3^3|_{G_{2}}=3^4$
Let $|a|=n$ where $a=(1,0)+H$
Then $n$ is the least positive integer such that $na=n(1, 0) +H=H$
$(n, 0) +H=H$ implies $(n, 0) \in H$
Hence $n$ is the least positive integer such that $(n, 0) \in H$
$|3^3|_{G_{2}}=3^4 \implies 3^7=0$.
Hence $3^4(3^2, 3^3) =(3^6, 0) \in H$
$3^6$ is the least positive integer in the first component such that $(3^6, 0) \in H$ implies $n=3^6$

 $|(1, 0) +H|=3^6$

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Let $|(0, 1) +H|=m$
Then $m$ is the least positive integer such that $(0, n) \in H$
$3^7$ is the least positive integer such that $(0, 3^7) =(0,0)\in H$.

$|(0, 1) +H|=3^7$


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Australia's Best
Rob Sloane takes a look at Australia's best trout flies
|By Rob Sloane
We all have our favourite flies but there's always room for more, and nothing beats knowing what the top-shot anglers and pro-guides are using. Pick thirty or so Aussie fly fishers all with proven track records, ask them to nominate their top six trout flies and you've gathered more than 200 fly patterns (Malcolm Crosse). Photograph the flies (Peter Whyte), and collate the recipes, tying notes and the how and where to (Rick Keam), and you have created Australia's Best Trout Flies Revisited, a book that is sure to blow the dust off some fly-tying gear. Yes, it's been done before. I contributed to John Roberts' original book The World's Best Trout Flies back in 1994, and subsequently produced Australia's Best Trout Flies in cahoots with Malcolm Crosse in 1997 (there's a New Zealand version too). Now, some 20 years down the track, the Revisited book offers a fresh look at the flies that are catching trout on our local lakes and streams. But is your best fly the one that's undone a particularly selective fish on a technically demanding day, or is it the fly that accounted for the most fish on the easiest day? I suppose I would nominate both. And how do you select the most worthy contributors in the first place? In truth the only reliable way to determine Australia's best trout flies would be to conduct a nationwide poll, or even include a question in the national Census (though we all know the last one was more of a national disaster). Perhaps it's easier to just dodge the politics and let Malcolm Crosse decide who should be included. Not surprisingly, being a champion for the cause, he's drawn heavily from the ranks of Australia's competition fly fishing scene, and as we all know, successful competition anglers really can catch fish. If I tell you that 25 out of 34 contributors to Australia's Best Trout Flies- Revisited are competition anglers, you might see where this is going. And of the nine remaining, three have worked as professional guides. My only lingering doubt is whether truly competitive anglers or guides ever reveal their very best flies. I'm reminded here of an infamous encounter on the eve of the World Championships back in 1988, when I went to greet an old friend and Australian team member on the shores of Little Pine Lagoon. There was an awkward moment when I extended my hand to shake and he didn't reciprocate. His rod was gripped in one hand and the other remained tight fisted, hiding his leader and flies. That's what competition can do to a man — team orders demanded that he was not to show those secret flies to anyone! COMPETITION But seriously, there is a big difference between the cut and thrust of competition and simply spending a leisurely afternoon on a lake casting dries to rising fish, or idling your way up a stream waiting for something to show. Naturally this switches the emphasis from flies that might match a specific but rare hatch to those that will catch fish, in a statistical sense, on any given day. No dawn patrols or evening hatches, just set hours and random draws. Yes, all these flies have done the business and really will put fish on the bank. And isn't that what we all crave at times — numbers on the board. They have not been chosen for their good looks, innovation or fly-tying ingenuity, but for their clinical effectiveness. This shifts the book towards generic fish-catchers, including an array of wet 'lures' for blind searching, a good few loch-style patterns based on UK traditions, and plenty of mean looking, heavily beaded generic 'nymphs' for Euro-style river raking. Compared to the original ABTF there are far fewer imitative, hatch-driven patterns (more of that later), though still some interesting ones. Rather than working in isolation, the national competition scene benefits from an intense melting pot of ideas and sharing of successful patterns and techniques. Likewise, the information revolution and advancement of synthetic materials has brought new life to old favourites. APPLE PIES Although a hotspot of colour or highlight of flash can do wonders for a fly, there's a lot to be said for keeping things simple. Rick Keam says some interesting things in his introduction to the book, particularly about successful fly lineages and 'dynasties' of related patterns, where the original type is a very simple fly that has stood the test of time and inspired many variations, often more complicated than the original. I recall fishing at London Lakes one time with a formidable international fly-tier. Having declined the offer of trying one of his flies, I was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of my simple Black Fur Fly — a clump of dark rabbit fur on a bare hook with a yellow thread head. Having enjoyed immediate success when he eventually switched to one of my flies, weeks later he sent me a package of 'improved' versions tied with underbodies, tails and extravagant deer-hair heads. I think he missed the point. The 'old-but-new' phenomenon, as Rick alludes, is certainly evident within Australia's best. New patterns emerge and gain popularity with their forebears all but forgotten. I'm sure Rick could have given chapter and verse on the heritage of every fly in the book, but then it was never intended as a historical record, more a snapshot, and his introduction does enough to remind us of the more important lineages and connections. I was explaining all this to my wife when I first flicked through the book, and commenting in particular on the common themes and styles of fly contained therein. Her synopsis was a little more brutal. "You mean," she said, "it's like an apple pie recipe book with 200 recipes for apple pie, when they all look and taste much the same." What could I say? The rhyming slang was quite unintentional. COMMON THREADS So what's new? Well, there's no shortage of glister bodies and flashy tails, multi-coloured beads and hotspots too, and plenty of marabou and CDC. There are more Woolly Bugger variants than you can poke a rod at, and you can take your pick from 30 or more little beadhead nymphs, including quite a few that are more bead than nymph, some tied on jig hooks too. Well hung and low slung emerger-style flies also make a strong showing, with plenty of Klinkhamers, Plume Tips, Shaving Brushes and Possum-style variants (it is Australia). Don't we all fish emergers in dun hatches these days? There are of course some old favourites in there that invariably come to the fore. I'm talking Hare's Ears, Pheasant Tails, Red Tags, Royal Wulffs, Parachute Adams and the like. You'd be mad not to have a few of those in your fly boxes. FORMAT Following the format of the original book, each fly is photographed and has an accompanying recipe with tying notes. A brief bio introduces each contributor, with a few explanatory para-graphs devoted to each fly pattern. You do need to pay attention to the hook sizes given in the tying notes, as the photos (in the book) are not to scale and many of the little beadhead nymphs are tiny (#16–18) alongside Bugger variants that might be size #8, and this isn't immediately evident when leafing through the photo strips. BEST OF BOTH Having done my sums, less than 25% of the flies featured in Australia's Best Trout Flies Revisited could be described as imitative (and that's being generous). By contrast, in the original ABTF, imitative local patterns accounted for more than 70% of the flies. Put the two books together (the original is still available) and you have the best of both worlds — some 370 outstanding fly patterns to suit good days and bad days, hatch days and dog days on Australian trout waters far and wide. That's far more than you or I will ever need, but we are free to pick and choose, tie and test. The trick is to look behind the patterns for the common styles and the roles they fulfill, and make sure you have all those bases covered in your fly box. I've decorated this little article with a mixed dozen fly patterns that particularly caught my eye. Let's face it, when it comes to flies and apple pies, you can never have too many. Australia's Best Trout Flies Revisited is available fom FlyLife's online shop at flylife.com.au $49.95.
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Ben Iota: Keeping it 'Real', presenting the authentic self, and growing up a little differently
Ben Iota is an emcee, producer, and vocalist from Adelaide, SA. He was a founding member of the 2000s Adelaide Hip Hop groups Common Cause and Adroit Effusive, releasing three vinyl EPs, two CD LPs, and a well-circulated demo. He has since gone solo, dropping two LPs on CD and one digital EP. He has shared stages with numerous local and international acts, and performed around the globe, from New York to Sydney, and from Berlin to Kendari. Fresh off dropping his solo EP in collaboration with frequent collaborator Dan the Underdog, Ben is keeping it moving along. So what inspires Ben's inquisitive brand of Hip Hop, and how has he kept the passion for Hip Hop music over two decades? BEAT CONTEXT talks to Ben Iota.
Keeping it 'real'
'...living within this framework was restrictive, but I liked it. It provided me with structure for my life and a lens to look at the world through...'
Hip Hop was an intrinsic part of my identity since my teens growing up in the western suburbs of Adelaide. Graffiti was a passion and obsession first, which then spilled into Hip Hop music. At the end of the 1990s I left graffiti behind and went hard with the Hip Hop music into the 2000s. I bought in to the 'I am Hip Hop' philosophy of KRS-1 that was popular, and all very serious, with underground heads of that time and place. This often went along with the 'keep it real' ethos that stressed not selling out, representing and contributing to your community, and being your authentic self, among other things. These were great values, but unfortunately the ethos crept beyond where it should have. There was a real musical conservatism in the air when it came to sticking to a certain sound and certain song themes, and restricting what it was socially acceptable to talk about. There was a pressure on how emotionally or artistically open before the haters would start trying to circumvent you. Innovation and experimentation were usually frowned upon, and this came at a cost. People outside of the Hip Hop community, such as those in different music scenes, were often diagnosed as being 'fake', while we were 'real'. There were also some times of great connection with peers and a feeling of being a part of something unified that goes against the grain. It was insular, it was tribal, it was ideological, and it was conceited. Living within this framework was restrictive, but I liked it. It provided me with structure for my life and a lens to look at the world through, but with time it made me miserable.
'...I made a hard break from narrow-minded people...'
Into my mid 20s I started feeling that I had missed out on a lot of experiences while I was trying to 'keep it real' and make 'real Hip Hop'. I would severely limit the types of people I would interact with, and became judgmental of others who didn't fit into a narrow idea of 'realness'. It was a conceited and under stimulating way to approach life. My world was small and I was unsatisfied. After a few years of contemplation I realised that this was not the way to live, so I made a hard break from narrow-minded people. I saved up, went travelling with my girlfriend, and entered further education as a 26 year-old. I went to a lot less Hip Hop gigs, distanced myself from 'the scene', and stopped working on projects. I became consumed by big picture world issues, which provided a nice counterpoint to the petty scene squabbles I had walked away from. I also made myself available to a wider range of experiences, other genres of music, different people, and ways of thinking. I didn't even think about writing music for a few years.
'...with knowledge and experience
I have the tools to make my own judgments on what 'real Hip Hop' is...'
Slowly, over the course of 5 years the urge to create Hip Hop music came back to me. I was missing the creative process and social connections that you make through it. I got busy with the members of the Butterthief collective and returned to the public music sphere by changing my stage name to 'Ben Iota' and releasing a solo project in 2013, followed by another in 2017 with members of Darwin's Northern Versifiers Firm, and then another in 2019. Coming back to Hip Hop after a spell was refreshing. I was able to shake narrow-minded influences and look at Hip Hop through a new, more 'worldly' lens. With knowledge and experience I have the tools to make my own judgments on what 'real Hip Hop' is, while living a fulfilling life and not getting bogged down by the politicking.
'...I'm in my mid 30s now and I am more appreciative than ever of the opportunities I have had to contribute to Hip Hop...'
A hard break from the hive mind of the scene was the best thing I could have done for enjoying Hip Hop again, and being better at making tunes. There is so much good music out there right now to become inspired by. I'm in my mid 30s and I am more appreciative than ever of the opportunities I have had to contribute to Hip Hop, and the opportunity Hip Hop has provided me to find myself. The friends I have made, the creative outlet I have had, the stages that I have been able to rock, and listeners I have had the opportunity to connect with through music are all incredible. It's been small-time, but it's been rewarding.
'...I feel fortunate to have had this,
and in a way the 'I am Hip Hop' thing still applies to me,
although not in the conservative way that requires strict conformity.
I abide by the nourishing parts of this belief system...'
I see a lot of people who have gone straight from high school, and into a career, sometimes via university or TAFE, who haven't been involved in a creative pursuit. I am sometimes on the receiving end of their intrigue when they find out I have had this other life of creative involvement and low-key notoriety. I feel fortunate to have had this, and in a way the 'I am Hip Hop' thing still applies to me, although not in the conservative way that requires strict conformity. I abide by the nourishing parts of this belief system- being a member of a community, the ethos of being authentic and showing integrity, valuing knowledge, life-long learning and creativity, exercising integrity over short term material ends, and being a part of social movements. These are all things I absorbed through underground Hip Hop and still use as an ethical compass as I go forward. They are even more a part of me now as I get further away from my youth and further into the career/family/marriage stage of life.
Presenting the authentic self
'...there is vulnerability to these songs, and a side of me that I have always wanted to put on record...'
My interests have evolved since my fist solo release. 2013's 'Born "Free"' was largely political. At the time I was keeping a watchful eye on world events while being embedded in politics, activism, and volunteering. I was obsessed with absorbing media coverage. I was just out of uni, at the beginning of my career, and felt like I could change the world . I was idealistic. 2017's 'Jazz' was a good mix of both political and personal songs. This was me becoming a father but also working in a socially-concerned job where I got to apply my social values. 2019's 'Letting Go' was all personal, and based around relationships and provision for family. There is vulnerability to these songs, and a side of me that I have always wanted to put on record. I'm getting closer to presenting my authentic self through song.
'...making music for me at the moment is about exploration and growth...'
I still have a social ethos and am still engaged with political matters, but my views are in process so I don't spruiking them like I once did. When I have something succinct to say I will make more political music again. There is still so much injustice going, and the world is becoming increasingly interesting at this stage of the information age, so it is only a matter of time before I get on the soapbox again. Overall the background chatter in my head about 'what will the real heads think' has died right down. I don't value the cynical opinions of stunted people any more. Making music for me at the moment is about exploration and growth. It's a big privilege.
Growing up a little differently
'...a person's environment plays a massive role in how people turn out, and perhaps more so than individual choice...'
I like to make both personal and socially-conscious songs. My personal experiences have undoubtedly informed my social and political views. My parents grew me up a bit differently to most of the people I grew up around. They are altruistic people and always taught me to put myself in the shoes of others; to consider the point of view of the person who is disadvantaged. I still take this on board. How did that disadvantaged or down-and-out person come to be there? What was it about their life experience that contributed to their position in society? A person's environment plays a massive role in how people turn out, and perhaps more so than individual choice. What is it about our society that needs to change so that decent people aren't kept down while the pricks succeed? There is a system at play that overarches us all, and stacks the odds unevenly. Its undeniable. Let's change that.
'...I felt alienated from the mainstream 'Aussies'...'
My parents taught me not to go along with the pack, to question the norm and to question what powerful people and institutions are saying. It makes sense to question what power dynamic the powerful are looking to conserve or extend. Funnily enough, Hip Hop music sent me the same messages. That may be why it appealed to me so much from the get-go. Having had experience with being bullied in late primary school had a big impact on how I perceived my position in society too. I felt alienated from stereotypical 'Aussies', who the bullies happened to be, from that point forward. Hip Hop music, coming from marginalised communities, resonated with me. It was edgy, it was staunch, it was dangerous, it was powerful, and it was an alternative. It has taught me so much and is more than just the music that resonates with me. To me it is inextricably linked to the plight of the marginalised and to the underdog, which is something that still stirs in my bones.
'...over the last few years I have become interested in singing as another way to express...'
I can't see myself stopping making music any time soon. I will just keep looking for ways to explore new sounds, song and rhyme structures, and song concepts. With an open mind you can never get bored. Over the last few years I have become interested in singing as another way to express. Its a beautiful thing, which I really gravitated towards while living in Indonesia in 2011/12/13. Karaoke is a common way to socialise there if you can afford it. During one particularly enthusiastic episode of carpool karaoke with friends that I'd met along the way I decided to commit to singing on track when I returned to Australia. The next two releases that I did - 2017's 'Jazz' and 2019's 'Letting Go' - featured a number of songs with me singing. They happen to be my favourite tracks on those releases, and in hindsight are also the most satisfying. Songs like 'Sun Shine', 'It Feels Like I'm on Top of the World', 'Beautiful Thing' and 'By the Fear' were cathartic for me. In future I will keep going in this direction- keep working on the singing, keep playing with sounds that resonate with me, keep making songs that mean something, keep working on the craft of rhyming, and every now and then coming back to the raw boom bap that I still love. I may even get a bit of new kit to work with on the production side, if I'm lucky.
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Then & Now – Remembering Sir Alan
October 28, 2012 / violetgaul / 0 Comments
Each time I interview one of our seniors or just in everyday conversation, the name Sir Alan Cobham continues to pop-up in the conversation so I have decided to take a look at how he influenced change in the Virgin Islands.
Joseph Reynold O'Neal (JR), whom I have written about before, wrote in "Life Notes" that Sir Alan Cobham, an Englishman and WW1 pilot with the Royal Air Force, arrived in the Virgin Islands in 1952 "brimming with ideas for the islands' development." (p.72) At that time there was no airport in the Virgin Islands so Sir Alan Cobham came up with the idea of how one could be developed and made a proposal to the Government, which was accepted – according to JR, "Sir Alan went to Beef Island and hacked about the underbrush figuring out the alignment and so on." (p72) Sir Alan made a huge impact on the development of the territory – he bought a shipyard in Road Town (the capital) and "set it up with a rail for hauling boats, he established the Land Rover and Sea Gull Outboard Motors dealership (taking JR on as his local partner and transferring his portion over to his son Geoffrey) and later started a ferry service with the Youth of Tortola" (p73) a passenger boat which ferried people between St. Thomas in the USVI and Tortola in the Virgin Islands, captained by Peter Haycraft whom I have also written about prior. The Land Rover business was called J.R. O'Neal G. A. Cobham, Ltd., and was later sold to Leando Nibbs of Nibbs Auto Sales and Parts.
During his life in the Virgin Islands, Sir Alan acquired a wealth of land throughout the territory including the "eastern part of Peter Island" from JR. This land on Peter Island was later sold to Peder Smedvig shipowners from Norway who developed the Peter Island Resort, which later changed hands to the Amway Corporation and several more changes subsequently.
As a note of interest, Sir Alan also bought Necker Island, one of the islands in the Virgin Islands archipelago, and which was later sold to Sir Richard Branson.
Then & Now in Virgin Gorda
August 19, 2012 / violetgaul / 2 Comments
In July we spent some time in Virgin Gorda interviewing a few of the people who live there about the past and present (Then and Now), it was a series of very informative interviews, however, we hope to do a few more interviews on that sister island.
Virgin Gorda is the third largest of the Virgin Islands, although Anegada the second largest contains vast salt ponds and with a much lower population than Virgin Gorda. Two of the ladies that were interviewed, Ms. Rose Gardener and Ms. Grace Waters reflected on the days of growing up in Virgin Gorda fondly – even though times were hard their sentiments were that it was rich with family values and community spirit – children had respect for their elders and everyone supported each other in every sense of the word – something that is not so prevalent now-a-days. These ladies spoke frankly about their earlier years, from parents, families, community customs, pregnancy, medical services, first jobs, feeding a family to giving girls a bath in an outdoor tub every Saturday so that she could be inspected for signs of purity. This interview can be seen on local TV Ch51 at 8PM Sunday and Wednesday evening and 8AM Saturday morning.
A BIT ABOUT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
The Virgin Islands was a presidency of the Leeward Islands from 1872 until 1956 and the Governor resided in Antigua from where governance and education was administered until 1940. Rev. John Haddock was one of the first teachers in Virgin Gorda. A Mr.Semper from St. Kitts is credited with building the first school in the Valley, Virgin Gorda and Mr. Simon, an Antiguan was the first headmaster of that school (Anglican) – During the 1920's and 1930's just about all of the headmasters came from one of the Leeward Islands and not much attempt was made to train anyone local (p.13). (150 Years of Achievement, 1834 – 1984)
Then & Now with Eugenia O'Neal
After reading FROM THE FIELD TO THE LEGISLATURE: A History of Women in the Virgin Islands By Eugenia O'Neal, I had a sense and a better understanding of women in the Virgin Islands and their struggles to make an impact in the future of their lives and that of their beloved Virgin Islands – "during slavery, planters manipulated gender ideology to argue that black women were more like men and not at all like the women of Europe." (Introduction) No doubt, "slaveowners in the West Indies were familiar with the gender tradition of agriculture in West Africa. They understood at once that black women could be thrown into the deep end of the labour regime, and be productive. This explains in large measure their refusal to shelter these women from the most arduous physical task, as well as the suggestion that productivity differentials did not exist between the sexes." (Centering Woman: Gender Discourses in Caribbean Slave Society by Hilary McD Beckles, Pg9) In my interview with Ms. O'Neal she spoke of her annoyance when she hears people referring to Virgin Islanders as lazy and unwilling to work – a sentiment I endorse.
Women toiled the soil, took care of their families, and yet found time to contribute to the well-being of their communities – because "even when they have entered into the paid labour force, women have neither structurally nor ideologically been allowed to leave the family" (Citizenship & Identity by Engin F. Isin & Patricia K. Wood). And when women could not find work at home in the Virgin Islands , "many were able to enter and find work in the USVI" (p92) And in the "Moyne Commission report it was noted that the inhabitants….show a most praiseworthy and attractive spirit of enterprise, independence and resource." (p93) – it is even more so today – I guess a trait from the ancestors.
Virgin Island women have struggled, and yes, FROM THE FIELD TO THE LEGISLATURE, and though they are not yet free from struggling they understand and appreciate the harshness of plantation life that their ancestors endured and they have reached a place of understanding that as black women they must now work to overcome the socio-economic and political stereotype of competing masculinities and continue to develop their role in society and not be slighted by race or sex.
NOTE from UNDERSTANDING SLAVERY INITIATIVE 'The transatlantic slave trade was responsible for the forced migration of between 12 – 15 million people from Africa to the Western Hemisphere from the middle of the 15th century to the end of the 19th century. The trafficking of Africans by the major European countries during this period is sometimes referred to by African scholars as the Maafa ('great disaster' in Swahili). It's now considered a crime against humanity. The slave trade not only led to the violent transportation overseas of millions of Africans but also to the deaths of many millions more. Nobody knows the total number of people who died during slave raiding and wars in Africa, during transportation and imprisonment, or in horrendous conditions during the so-called Middle Passage, the voyage from Africa to the Americas."
Then & Now – VI early years revisited
June 24, 2012 / violetgaul / 0 Comments
Peter and Penny Haycraft came to the Virgin Islands in December 1959 from London, after Peter answered an Ad in the UK Daily Telegraph, to be the skipper of the Youth of Tortola, "the first modern passenger boat that went between Tortola and St. Thomas." Peter recounted how he had a choice of going to Port Sudan or coming to Tortola and he took the latter and has been here ever since.
This was at a time when the Virgin Islands were still in its growing phase – and Penny tells how they first lived at Treasure Isle hotel, which was then owned by Charles and Betty Roy), they then stayed for a short time in Kingstown where she would "light a lantern and take to the dock so that Peter could see to come to port." The Haycrafts later moved into a four-room house in Lower Estate, which was built and owned by Mose Malone, with a bathroom (a novelty in those early days) – Penny took one of the rooms and converted it into the "first private fee paying school in the territory for children ages 6-8 years." Although they lived in Road Town (the capital) this was at a time when there was no electricity any where on any of the islands owned by Her Majesty's Government. Their three children were born at the Peebles Hospital, one just ten months after arriving in the territory.
Years later, Peter not wanting to be a "bus driver" (thats what ferrying a boat back and forth to St. Thomas in the USVI felt like) became an entrepreneur when he opened his first business, Road Town Wholesale, in 1961 – his other business Rite Way Supermarket was not opened until 1968 and was located slightly down from the where it is at present on Flemming Street. The wholesale store occupied one room behind Little Denmark (at that time the sea ran through what is now called Wickhams Cay, which was a small island in the harbour – It later moved to main street on the other side of the road to what is now the sporting goods store next to what is now McKellys. Before Rite Way there were two small local grocers on main street – Carlton DeCastro and J. W. Georges where Peter got his St. Bruno tobacco, which he still uses, and which was being imported from England by Mr. Georges.
In those days all shipments coming to the island first had to get here via St. Thomas, USVI and often cargo services could not be relied upon so Peter imported his first vessel, which had been registered in Ireland, inorder to bring his own goods to Tortola on a timely basis – He was able to arrange with S. R. Mendes in Antigua for Booker Lines and Atlantic Lines to deliver directly to Tortola and for this he brought in a series of lighters (barges) onto which the cargo could be placed and pulled to shore by his vessel "The Kilross," which commenced Island Shipping and Trading.
The Haycrafts, who still live in Road Town, reminisced about a quieter time when children could walk about unsupervised and without fear of them being run-over by traffic and when there was more of a community spirit. They are much older now and have acquired much success through hard work, can live anywhere they choose but still prefer the Virgin Islands – they leave a couple of times each year to visit with two of their children and grandchildren who live abroad.
Then & Now – Legislative Proces
The first Assembly or House of Representatives in the Virgin Islands, which had been asked for since 1747, became a reality by proclamation on November 30th 1773, and the Assembly met for the first time on January 27, 1774 and had eleven (11) members who represented the planters and freeholders. (Early History of the British Virgin Islands, From Columbus to Emancipation, p.75-76: By Vernon W. Pickering)
Despite that representation, the abolition of slavery in 1834 and the collapse of the planation economy saw the Virgin Islands dwindling in population making it difficult to form the rudiments of a government and as a result they were ruled from Antigua – needless to say, the subsequent process to self government was a lengthy and complex one.
The following information is taken from my interview with Mr. Elton Georges, CMG, OBE.
1943 Secondary Education was introduced in the Virgin Islands; 1956 the Federation of the Leeward Islands was broken up and became individual colonies – head of State was changed from Commissioner to Administrator who still reported to a Governor based in Antigua; 1959-60 the Administrator reported directly to London and the Virgin Islands became a Colony with direct link to Her Majesty; 1967 Ministerial Government came into being with Administrative Secretaries who were later changed to Permanent Secretaries – the Speaker was introduced and presided over the Council rather than the Administrator and the Speaker was elected from outside the Council (2000 Constitutional change provided that the Speaker could be elected from the elected members of the house but they continued to elect from outside); 1971 – Administrator was changed to a Governor partly driven by our close proximity to the USVI and PR; 1976 the definition of a belonger was put in the Constitution and the voting process changed – to qualify to vote you now had to be a belonger. It also increased the number of seats in Council from 7 to 9; 1994 before the 1995 election Britain increased the number of seats by amendment to include 4 at large – the entire country was equal to one constituency for these at large members – this was opposed by the then government, however this is how the council is constituted today.
From 1967 until 2007 the head of Government was designated Chief Minister at which time amendments to the Constitution changed the designation to Premier. Five Virgin Islanders held the position of Chief Minister and to date two have held the position of Premier.
Chief Ministers: 1967 – 1971 Hon. H.Lavity Stoutt; 1971 – 1979 Hon. Willard Wheatley; 1979 – 1983 Hon. H. Lavity Stoutt; 1983 – 1986 Cyril B. Romney; 1986 -1995 H. Lavity Stoutt; 1995- 2003 Hon. Ralph T. O'Neal and 2003 – 2007 Dr. The Hon. D. Orlando Smith.
Premiers: 2007 -2011 Hon. Ralph T. O'Neal and 2011 to date Dr. The Hon. D. Orlando Smith.
Then & Now – Seniors Celebration
May 5, 2012 / violetgaul / 0 Comments
Sunday, May 6, 2012, another great episode of Then & Now can be seen at 8p.m on CBN Ch 51 with repeat showings on Wednesday also at 8p.m and Saturday at 8a.m. This week you will see many of the Senior Citizens of the Virgin Islands celebrating the twenty third anniversary of the Senior Citizen's Movement. There were lots of activities, local food, drinks, crafts and much more on display for everyone's enjoyment at the historical 1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum.
"The 1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum was built by the slaves of the plantation owner, Mc.Cleverty. Molasses, sugar, 'muscovado' and rum were produced at the sugar works until the 1940s." (Muscovado is a type of unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses flavor – wiki – You may recall Mr. Hugo Vanterpool mentioning this in his interview). During the 19th Century the timber frame section of the building became, what is believed to have been, the first Virgin Islands guest house. The museum was acquired by the Government in the 1900 and was used for various purposes such as an "experimental agriculture station and installed a cotton ginnery. Lime juice was also produced. Until the 1940s, the High Court sat in the first floor, which was subsequently used as a butchery and the yard as a block factory. The building also housed the Government's Community Development Office and the Town and Country Planning and Survey Department. The Royal Virgin Islands Police also kept stores in the buildings up until its restoration (2003-2007) – this restoration included replacing the main roof, chimney and timber frame." (Museum Info.)
There are many historical artifacts and art work in the museum and it is worth a visit from everyone – The Manager, Mrs. Olive Vanterpool, will be pleased to see you any time Monday thru Friday, 9:00 a.m – 3:00 p.m
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Q: settings view controller not dismissing I'm making a task list application that has 2 simple view controllers... I embedded a navigation controller in the first(HomeScreen), however, the next view controller (Settings) isn't dismissing when I hit my custom back button. Do I have to set up my Home View Controller as the root VC? Then use popToRootVIewController Method? I've been using dismissViewControllerAnimated...
Settings View Controller implementation file:
//
//  AGSettingsViewController.m
//  QuickList3
//
//  Created by Alex Gartenberg on 4/11/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 A.Gartenberg. All rights reserved.
//

#import "AGSettingsViewController.h"

@interface AGSettingsViewController ()
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *backgroundTitleLabel;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *fontTitleLabel;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UILabel *settingsTitleLabel;

@property (nonatomic) BOOL fontColor;
@end

@implementation AGSettingsViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    //set title of view
    self.settingsTitleLabel.text = @"SETTINGS";

    // Determine background color
    if (!BACKGROUND)
    {
        self.settingsBackgroundImage.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"blue.png"];
    }
    else
    {
        // Retrieve image wrapped in NSData
        NSData *imageData = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:BACKGROUND];
        // Unwrap the image from NSData
        UIImage *savedBackground = [UIImage imageWithData:imageData];
        // Set image as new background
        self.settingsBackgroundImage.image = savedBackground;
    }
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

#pragma mark - Back Button Method

- (IBAction)backButtonPressed:(UIButton *)sender
{
    [self didSaveSettings];
    NSLog(@"Back Button Pressed");
}

#pragma mark - NSUserDefaults Persistance

-(void)saveSettings
{
    NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

    //Select current background
    UIImage *savedBackground = self.settingsBackgroundImage.image;

    //Wrap image in an NSData Object
    NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(savedBackground, 100);
    //Save Data wrapped Image Object to NSUserDefaults
    [defaults setObject:imageData forKey:BACKGROUND];

    //Font Color Bool Saved
    [defaults setBool:self.fontColor forKey:FONT_COLOR];

    //Persist Data
    [defaults synchronize];
}

#pragma mark - AGSettingsViewController Save and Dismiss

-(void)didSaveSettings
{
    [self saveSettings];
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

@end

A: Yes, you shouldn't use dismissViewControllerAnimated:completion: as it will only affect view controllers presented modally by their parents.
I'll agree that the doc could be clearer about this, albeit this line should have hinted that this couldn't work (emphasis mine):

The top-most view is dismissed using its modal transition style

So to remove the top view controller from the UINavigationController's stack, you must use
-(void)didSaveSettings
{
    [self saveSettings];
    [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}