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Interviews • February 16, 2006 January 3, 2023
In Bloom: An Interview with Morgan Rose of
Gail Worley
Atlanta's Sevendust are one of the most popular and successful heavy rock bands currently recording and touring. I remember seeing them at a little NYC rock club/dive on St Mark's Place called Coney Island High back when they were first signed and wondering what the hell was going on, because they didn't sound like any other bands, at all. Last year I saw them perform at Roseland Ballroom, one of the city's biggest venues, and people were just going insane. You know that kind of career trajectory is just unbelievably rare for a band that's managed to put out gold records and stay around for eight years while never really having to sell out its musical integrity. Word.
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With five successful albums in its arsenal, Sevendust includes singer Lajon Witherspoon, guitarist Sonny Mayo (formerly of Snot, who replaced original guitarist Clint Lowery in 2005), guitarist John Connolly, bassist Vince Hornsby and a truly phenomenal drummer named Morgan Rose. The band's most recent album, Next was released in October of 2005 and the band has been on the road almost non-stop ever since. Ink 19 recently had the chance to speak to Morgan Rose who revealed the true story behind the band's split from longtime label TVT Records, talked about having his eardrum blown out, explored the passion that motivates his drumming and got enthusiastic about his future participation in a all-star project featuring Tommy Lee, Godsmack's Sully Erna and Dave Grohl. As you will see, Morgan is a man who spins a mean "road story."
Next is your first CD release since leaving TVT. You guys were on that label for many years and I understood that it was a good relationship. Do you want to speak about why you moved on, how that has affected the band and where you are now?
Basically, when we started with TVT in 1997 they were perfect for us. We were an unknown band playing a style of music that was far from being commercially accepted – or even accepted underground – at that point. It wasn't music that you were going to hear on the radio or see on MTV. At that time, there were no bands like Shadows Fall, Lamb of God, Disturbed or even Godsmack. These bands may have been together but they were not signed and out there to really 'wreck house to the masses,' so to speak. There really weren't many bands to tour with and there weren't a lot of people that would accept us.
TVT allowed us to hit the street, go on the road and play live. They also gave us enough money to be able to breathe. As we built our following that way, other bands started to come into the fray. Then, all of a sudden the Slipknots of the world were in the mix and it started to make some noise. So TVT were really great for us from the start.
Somewhere along the line, towards the release of our third record, Animosity, they started to get involved a lot more than we really liked, as far as the songs were concerned as well as [choosing] the producers and video directors we wanted to use. When it got to the point where we started to have families of our own, we started to give in a little bit on our musical integrity. That's something that I hate to admit, but when you've got a kid at home and you're looking at yourself saying, 'what can I do to further my career to make a better life for my child without selling myself out?', you start agreeing with certain things that you might not want to agree with. This includes having people come in and influence your songwriting or having someone at your record label tell you that they don't like this batch of songs that you did and you should go in a different direction. So you start trying to write in a different direction…and things like that.
At that point we started to get concerned but by the time we got into our fourth album, Seasons it was in full bloom. We sent them a CD with twelve songs on it and they basically didn't like any of it. It was much heavier than what [eventually] came out on that record. The one quote from them that I would really have to say will always stick in my head – that pretty much signaled the end of our relationship there – was that someone had the audacity to actually say that we needed to go buy some records by The Strokes, The Hives and The White Stripes. They said, 'Maybe you should listen to this and see if you could incorporate some of that sound into your band.'
That's completely unbelievable. I don't even know what to say.
Yeah, and that's an honest-to-god true statement. It really happened, so you can just erase everything else that I said and basically just put that down as the reason [things went bad]. When I said, 'you have to be kidding me'…and I think my exact words out of my mouth were, 'no offense to those bands – because that's fine for what they do – but we will never sound like the fucking White Stripes. If that's the kind of band that you want then you need to let us go, now.' Then they started to bacpedal, like, 'No, we don't mean [for you to] write songs like them but the sonic sound and the way that they are simplifying their music and this and that,' and I was just like 'you're taking the band away from what we are.' It seemed like that was the goal for them for a little while. That was when we decided that we'd have to fight to get out of there, because we'd end up writing music, they'd turn it down, and it would just never end. Meanwhile while you're doing this, you know, you don't have any money. It's not like the record label grabs your twelve songs, says that they suck but then says, 'Here's another chunk of money so that you can pay your bills and go in and write again.' They basically say, 'Fuck You. Your songs are not what we're looking for. Go in and write again and while you're at it spend the money that you don't have to do it.'
It must have been so frustrating for you guys.
We were in a very scary place where we were worried that we were going to have to tour without a record and we would have to go through another album cycle where they didn't like what we were writing. We decided that we were going to fight it. The irony of the whole thing is that on November 5th (2004) I believe, they had a technicality and forgot to pick up our option. They had to give us a written option by that date and they didn't do it. When they forgot to pick up the option we were legally allowed to leave, without any talking or anything and it didn't cost us a dollar. It was a very crazy time for us, because simultaneously with that happening we changed guitarists. December 13th was the last day that we saw Clint (Lowery) in the band.
Yeah, I remember hearing that.
So everything was crazy. It was like, okay, we've got a clean slate to do whatever we want and that includes songwriting, who we want to sign with, checking out the options and seeing who was out there to sign with. For a while, we felt like maybe no one wanted to sign us. We were told that our music was not what TVT was looking for, so we didn't know really what to expect. The only life that we knew was with TVT. It was like having the same girlfriend for seven years and one day she tells you she really doesn't like the way you look anymore. We had to figure out if anybody thought that we were going to be an attractive signing and, happily, there were a lot of people that wanted to sign us.
That really helped us get through [recording] the new record, which we basically financed ourselves. We didn't want to sign with [a label] that would tell us to write different songs, so we wrote the record on our own without any outside producers, songwriters or label execs. When we got about half way through the recording process we started to invite some labels in and started to fly around with CDs to let some labels hear it. We probably had about eleven or twelve offers at that point, which made us feel really good. We signed with another indie which is being distributed through Universal and we figured that it would [be a good decision]. They offered us our own imprint to sign bands plus they gave us the creative control that we really wanted and had been missing for a little while. It worked out really well in that aspect.
That's an amazing story, and the way you tell it is very compelling. So many bands get dropped from their labels and just disappear and get buried forever.
Sure. Nobody really knows, obviously, outside of us, what the deal was with that. Now that the band is on another label, most people think we were dropped and then picked up. There were a lot of people from whom I read quotes that said, 'the band lost a guitar player, lost their record deal…' and I've had people coming up to me saying, 'What was it like when Clint quit?' Clint never quit, you know? The funny thing is that really everything that happened kind of just happened. TVT missed an option that they didn't want to miss. They wanted another record from us. As funny as it may sound, for a band like us that kind of is a Gold Record band – we pretty much sit in that 500,000 [units sold] range – our records made a lot of money for a record company that spent the kind of money we had spent on us. We don't make any money off that, other than from touring, which is just the way it worked in that deal. But TVT made a lot of money off us.
Let's move on a bit and talk about your drumming. On the new CD you also have a producer's credit. How does your position as Sevendust's drummer put you in a good place to step in as producer?
Oh god, the irony of that is that the drumming is the last thing I'm even listening to. I'm really more about vocals and melody and placing the heavy vocal aspect of our band where it needs to be. I'm trying to let the songs breathe with the way that we are. We have kind of a unique, three-voice thing with Lajon and then with my vocal and John singing back up. When Clint was in the band it was even more noticeable. John goes in and writes the majority of the riffs and then we sit down and we start putting this stuff together, but the first thing that goes through my mind is the vocals. I really don't pay much attention to the drums. There are tracks on this record and even the previous record where I don't think I ever actually played the drum part until we started tracking the record. We never even rehearsed it.
I like to make sure that the songs are going to mean something, but it isn't my goal to make sure everybody gets it as much as that everybody can come up with something they can make out of it. It doesn't matter what we wrote [the song] about as long as fans can relate it to something in their lives. I'm kind of a big Nine Inch Nails and Tool fan when it comes to lyrics. I like meaningful stuff as opposed to "Oh Mickey, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey." I need lyrics with substance [laughs].
Why do you prefer not to practice?
It's not that I don't care, that's for sure. It's that I spend so much time dealing with the production and songwriting end of it that I don't really pay much attention to the drums until I get in the studio. I haven't really sat down and rehearsed for a record more than… I think we rehearsed two days before we did this record and we didn't even play half the songs.
I find it a little bit exciting to go in completely cold, not have my mind made up about doing anything in particular and just start going through the songs. I've listened to the song a hundred times and I helped write it, so I know how it goes. It's just a matter of me sitting down and playing what feels right. Also, we tour so much that when I get home I make sure that there are no drums anywhere in a ten mile radius of the house. We live near a music store and I made sure that I can move further away from it if I don't want to be anywhere near it.
Not only are you a tireless hard-hitting machine, but you are a great visual drummer as well. Which players have influenced the showmanship aspect of your playing?
You know, it started when I was younger. My father never allowed me to listen to anything real… I don't know, I would like to say 'fun' – such as the Twisted Sister era and all that. He was definitely not into that. He had me listening to Stanley Clark, Grover Washington and Zappa – stuff like that. I got influenced by some great guys, some great music, but it had nothing to do with the way that I play, as far as technically, now. But the Zappa stuff started to influence me and then he let me see this concert movie called Baby Snakes…
Ah yes, Baby Snakes…
…and that was it. I was mesmerized by [Terry] Bozzio. Then I started following him through UK and Missing Persons. I thought he was like a chameleon that could really adapt to anything. He's pretty much a joke in that he's so unbelievable at every aspect of what he does. He's got a swagger about him when he plays and it looks – then and still to this day – like his movements are done, obviously, because he feels that way. That's his personality on stage and that's his personality when he's playing.
There were a lot of guys after that [who influenced me]. Tommy Lee is one, obviously. I mean, the guy spins upside down on his drumkit, and when you're a kid what else is there that you want to do in life? So [seeing him do] that was pretty much the nail in the coffin, but even after that there was Jamie Miller (Souls at Zero, Snot). I had the pleasure of having Jamie as my best friend and touring with him for the better part of a year in 1997. I also love Shannon Larkin [Godsmack] and consider him to be like the Yoda of visual drumming, without a doubt. There's something going on there that's impossible to… I would never want to cop what he's doing but I feel good playing the way that I play. It's a personality thing. I can't walk around and do that stuff walking down the street; people would just think that I was out of my mind. I hold a lot in during the day and I hold a lot in most of the time. When I get a chance to get up on stage and play I really don't pay attention to what I'm doing, I just do it.
A good example of that is when we make videos. The director will say to me, 'Okay Morgan, give me that live shit!' And I'm like, 'There's a fucking stereo playing, dude.' I mean, I don't feel like it. If you want to catch me doing what I do and what feels right, I think it's going to be while we're playing live, because I can't pull that stuff at a video shoot. I look at our videos and I look stupid enough doing it live but when I do it in a video it looks like it's all planned and put together. It's really weird.
I understand that you had an accident with an in-ear monitor that caused a significant hearing loss…
Actually it was a headset mic that was involved and that happened right before I put this band together. Vinny (Hornsby, bassist) and I were in another band before Sevendust. This headset mic wrapped around the back of my head and we were playing and it wasn't working. I had long hair back then and when I tried to pull it off it got caught in my hair. I started to kind of whip my head around to get it loose from my hair and the metal post that hooked on around the back of my head went straight into my left ear like a dart. It was like this explosion in my ear and it blew my eardrum out on the spot. I played a few more songs in the set and then went to the emergency room.
In the emergency room there was no specialist on duty but they checked me out. The doctor who examined me came back in and told me, 'I don't think you'll ever hear out of that ear again,' because it looked like I had scratched my inner ear with that metal post. This was on a Friday, so of course I had to wait through Saturday and Sunday and a few other days until I could get an appointment with a specialist. I was completely deaf in that ear for about three weeks.
Finally, I went in and they did some work on me. The doctor that I had was great and he said he thought I would be able to get some hearing back in that ear. He didn't want to speculate on how much but he thought some of my hearing would return. It's funny, you know, we put Sevendust together and when Clint tried out for the band I had shotgun headphones on, so I never heard him play a note. I just looked around the room and said, 'Is he good to have in the band?' (Laughs) Everybody nodded their head yes, so he was in. Clint was in the band for two or three weeks before I ever heard him play a note.
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So you've regained some of the hearing in that ear?
Yes. I was completely deaf in my left ear and then one day I was talking to someone, just like I'm talking to you now, and it just went "errangguh!" It got real loud and made a really strange noise and then all of a sudden I could hear. When you're deaf for three to four weeks and then you hear anything it sounds like you've got 100 percent [of your hearing] back. It felt really good for a while and I took care of it and had plugs in all the time. Then we got a record deal and I wanted to hear all of this madness that was going on so I got rid of the earplugs and now I'm pretty much deaf on my own stupidity [laughs].
Is there anything you do to prevent further injury to your hearing?
No, and I'm realizing that I am pretty much going completely deaf in both ears. I haven't worn earplugs or anything for years. I do wear in-ear [monitor]s now so I think that might help a little bit, maybe, in taking at least the major sound of the snare drum and some of the crack of the drums out of my ears. But then again I've got those things screaming in my ears, too. I can say now that it's a small price to pay, but I'm sure that I'll be thinking differently when I'm sitting on the couch somewhere and there's no more tours to do and I can't hear anybody or the TV. I think that the in-ears are probably less harmful and I've heard that the damage you do is something you don't realize the effects of for ten years. I don't know.
I'll cross my fingers for you.
I might have to be wearing some hearing aids here pretty soon.
HAHA. Anyway, following that I know you've had joint and back problems. Do you have tips for other drummers on how to play hard while avoiding injury?
It's pretty standard stuff. Anyone I've gone to has just told me to stretch and warm up. My hands, like most of the guys that play drums out there, I'm sure, are always sore. If you're playing an hour and a half, five nights a week, you're going to get sore hands. Some of my hockey buddies told me that putting your joints in ice-cold water right after the show is the best thing to do for that. When my hands, or my wrists or elbows, were really hurting me, I would have somebody get me a giant tub of ice water in the dressing room and I'd go straight from the stage and just plunge my hands and arms into these buckets of ice. I'd keep them in there for five to ten minutes. It feels really terrible and you get all the tingling and frostbite feelings but it's supposed to be really good for you. It seems to work also but it was so much of a hassle and so painful to deal with that I quit doing it.
I'm really like the perfect person to look at and then not do what I do, as far as anything that's responsible about taking care of yourself, physically. I've been working out a lot lately but I just got a game that I can play on my phone so I can run on the treadmill for more that ten minutes without getting bored. I was actually on there for forty minutes yesterday and didn't realize it. I'm wound so tight that I don't have the patience to really do any of these things that are so good for you. Pretty soon I'll probably end up having to be forced to do them. The thing is, I feel really good right now, which is a bad thing. I don't have any real ailments and I don't know why. I know I'm taking care of myself a little bit more but in the past I was in pain pretty much all of the time. Hopefully I'm taking care of myself and working out enough to keep my body intact. This is turning into a depressing story [laughs]…
Children, learn from my example and don't do what I have done!
In a way, your playing reminds me of Stephen Perkins because, like him, you tend to trace the rhythms that everyone else in the band is doing, not just the bass player. Why did you start doing that?
Stephen is unbelievable and a great guy. But that started pretty much right out of the gate. John was a drummer in another band and when he left that band he started playing guitar. Without going into that whole story, he had a lot of rhythm and his riffs were very chunky. We called our band the "Chg-Chg" band because everything we wrote was like "Chg-Chg, Chg-Chg." I just decided I was going to copy John, because it started sounding like a sledge hammer of a groove to copy everything he did with my kick drum. Instead of following Vinny I followed John. Then, simultaneously, Vinny decided that he was going to follow me and all of a sudden it was this wall of chunk. We stayed true to that through the whole first record. Then, just to add some ambiance to it and to get away from sounding too monotonous, I started to go off and do a little bit more of my own thing. It also came from not being overly familiar with exactly what the hell we were doing, because I wasn't really rehearsing a lot of the different parts. Towards the third record it got a little more noticeable but yeah, that's where that came from. I'm in the process of going back a little bit more to that and sitting with John more. And a lot of improvising goes on, really. I mean, live it's a riot. We don't even really know what we're doing, we're just improvising everything.
Does that relate to why it seems like you just never stop playing, even between songs?
Yes, exactly. In between songs – this started during our tour for the second record – I didn't like dead time. I couldn't stand to have a song end and we weren't popular enough to have any cheering. It wasn't like that Arena Rock sound when you got done with the song, so to hear silence was completely devastating to me. I was the one that was stuck up there, because the other guys would be able to walk behind their amps, take a shot of Jack, smoke a cigarette and do whatever else they were doing and I'd be the one sitting there smiling at everyone and getting blank stares back. So I started to go off on these little grooves by myself and, knowing what song we were about to go into, to start soloing around that rhythm. It wasn't any major solos or that I was shredding up there: it was keeping it simple, changing the actual beat of the song slightly and playing around that beat a little bit.
Over time, the band would get done having their break and they would walk up and start making noise, and then start following my groove. Then we'd start going until Lajon said something about the song and then I'd just hit the hi-hat two or four times and we'd go. That helped us to keep everything fresh.
In the December 2003 issue of Modern Drummer, where you are on the cover, there's a side bar with Tommy Lee where he mentions the possibility of doing a project with you, Dave Grohl and Sully Erna. Did anything ever come of that?
You know, funny enough, I was at Tommy's house and we were discussing it. We actually even had some material that we had written for Seasons that didn't make the record. I was like, 'What do you think about some of this stuff?' He was into it and there were two or three songs that he really liked. So it's something that will definitely happen and I think there will even be a lot more guys involved than those originally mentioned. I think Stephen will probably be involved because I know that Tommy loves Perkins and Stephen is a sweetheart of a guy and a phenomenal drummer. Just like anything else in this business, it turns out that timing in dealing with all of this becomes a _major_issue. At the time that he was ready to go I was in the middle of doing something and then once I was free, Motley Crue started up their reunion tour. I actually just talked to Tommy a week ago and he is up to his elbows. So, I don't know when this thing with us will happen but it will be something really cool.
I couldn't even get an interview with him. His people were like, "Tommy is too busy to talk to you."
He's too busy to talk to anybody. I got an invitation to a party of his at Sundance this year and it's like, I don't know what the hell that's all about. I didn't even know he was going to Sundance [laughs]. That television show (Tommy Lee Goes to College) made some noise, for sure.
I couldn't stop watching it.
Yeah, he is the greatest guy and one of my dearest friends in the world. I have no regrets for almost anything that I've done – I've been so blessed and so lucky. The greatest thing about doing what I do is that I've got so many great friends and I've met so many incredible people and it was all because of this. To have that guy calling me up after having grown up looking at him like he was the second coming of Christ, to me, it's pretty amazing what he's done with his career.
There are so many unbelievable drummers out there, it's ridiculous. I love it when people ask, 'Who's the best drummer in the world' and I can just die laughing. You've got to be joking, man. There are so many and right now there are so many new guys. Chris Adler (Lamb of God), he's a joke. He really rattles me, a lot. I listen to him and I watch him play and it bothers me. It kind of makes me think, in my mind, that some of the stuff that I do is like a generic version of his stuff, which embarrasses me [laughs]. I know that guys like him worked hard to get that good, they had to have worked hard. I know that they have a god-given talent to be able to get to this level but, please god, tell me that they worked really hard (laughs). It's disgusting.
Last year I played at PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention) and I went on right after Sonny Emory (formerly with Earth, Wind & Fire and now a renowned studio drummer and clinician) [sighs]. We played Woodstock with 180,000 people out there, and I barely broke a sweat. I mean, I loved it and it was a great feeling but I wasn't nervous at all. Then I went out in front of five or six hundred kids at a PASIC clinic and I thought I was going to throw up. Because these kids ain't no joke: they're out there to check you out and to say you really aren't that great. And they're hurtful [laughs]. I read some of the conversations on the Pearl drum and other sites and these guys that like speed metal and death metal – whoa! You'd better just move away man, because they're like, 'He sucks! All he does is scratch his ass on the kit and I wish he was fucking dead.' And I'm like, holy shit, man, these guys are out for blood [laughs].
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When I'm hungry, my food moods change. I can go from sushi to BBQ within a second. Today, at the last moment, I chose Da Kine's for lunch. Besides it was cheap and sometimes fast depending on the weather. DaKine's always has some a lot of beach type hanging around besides the various young Asians that want something familiar. Today was cloudy but there was some type of surf competition within sight of DaKine's.
My other half always, ALWAYS gets the spam and eggs while I try to have something new every time we visit. Usually, the two of us can fill our tummys for less than $8 but today I had the 'Da Buggah' plate. Possibly a tad piggish of me since it was two entrees of my choice stuffed together on one plate. The teriyaki chicken is my standby but last time I was here, I watched as two teenage surfer types picked away at their ribs so I had to try it. No regrets because the ribs were super yummy and slightly sweet. But it was a bit too much with the chicken because I was stuffed and needed a nap.


Police on Wednesday exhumed the body of an Italian national over claims she had been murdered by relatives in a so-called honor killing, in a case that has made headlines across Italy.
Police in Gujrat launched an investigation earlier this week into the death of Sana Cheema—of Pakistani origin and believed to have been in her mid-twenties—after allegations she had been murdered went viral online.
"After the news of her death spread on social media, police found the family and started an investigation," said police officer Waqar Gujjar.
Cheema's father, brother and uncle are currently being held in custody for questioning but have not been charged, added Gujrat police officer Mudassar Sajjad. "Now it depends on the post mortem report. If it determines the cause of death is due to murder, only then will police charge the suspects," said Sajjad.
According to family members, Cheema died earlier this month after succumbing to an unspecified illness, said police officer Syed Mobarak.
Police said Cheema's father Ghulam Mustafa brought her back to Pakistan to get married. This ultimately led to a confrontation with a nearby family who spurned the offer of a match, according to the woman's family. Because of the rejection Cheema refused to eat, fell ill and died, relatives told police.
Reports in Italian newspapers alleged Cheema was killed because she wanted to marry a man in Italy against her family's wishes.
Hundreds of women in Pakistan are killed by their relatives each year after allegedly bringing shame on their families in the Muslim-majority country. Under previous legislation the culprits—usually men—could escape punishment if pardoned by members of their own family. A new law removes the power to forgive culprits in such cases but critics contend some loopholes still exist.


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Today, a stray dog came up to my living room window. My pitbull went into attack mode and tried to jump through said window, while it was closed. Now I have to pay to replace the window, and pay to get stitches for my idiot dog. FML
Wise kid
Today, I had to give my four year-old daughter some tough love, which I hate doing. When she ran away crying, my son, her twin brother, looked at me and said, "You should be ashamed of yourself." FML
By Noname - 27/01/2009 11:22 - United States
Today, my boyfriend fell asleep during phone sex. FML
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Today, while at work, a customer came up to me, stuck his finger in my armpit, then licked his finger. FML
By rawr - 30/10/2019 18:00
Today, I managed to lose a 3XL fleece jacket in my house, which had my wallet and car keys in it. I had the pleasure of explaining this to my boss when I had to call in, after everyone I called did not respond. FML
Today, my tire was a little low on air. I decided to put in a can of Fix-A-Flat and drive home. Since it was 10 degrees outside and snowing, the can became frozen to the valve. When I finally got the can off, I had ruined the valve, so I had to put on the spare tire. It was flat too. FML
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Today, my boyfriend said he was too tired to have sex with me because he'd spent the whole day jerking off. FML
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Today, I found out the reason my boyfriend dumped me was because his parents don't like the fact that I go to a prestigious university. However, they're completely accepting of the drunken slob who's dating their daughter. FML
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Today, I did a bike ride and run with a gent I'm serious about. On the run, I had a big lead until he passed me up saying, "I'm going to marry you." Puzzled that he would propose and then sprint away leaving me trailing, he clarified at the finish. His words: "I'm going to bury you." FML
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Today, my family went to a football game. It was a little cold, but then it started to rain. I wasn't dressed for rain and I'd left my umbrella in the car. My dad wouldn't let us leave our seats for the whole game. FML
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Today, my mom came over to visit and permed my hair. Ten minutes after she started, I told her it was burning. She told me to suck it up because it doesn't hurt that badly. I now have scabs all over my scalp, hairline, and nape. FML
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Today, I had dinner with the girl I thought I would end up marrying. Everything was going well and after I had paid the bill, she said she was a lesbian. Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, she challenged me to see who could hook up with a straight girl first. I lost. FML
By Harry641 - 23/02/2016 22:53 - United Kingdom - Hounslow
Today, I got accused of ruining my girlfriend's birthday, all because I accidentally got her the same birthday present as her mother did. FML
By jonnah - 05/03/2010 13:06 - Canada
Today, I told my boyfriend I loved him. His response? "Is that why you have been so clingy and annoying lately?" FML
By superfiedman - 04/08/2009 08:40 - United States
Today, I came home at noon from a long night out. I was surprised to see a woman I didn't recognize standing in my living room in a brown dress and heels. As I walked up to the door and knocked to be let in, the woman whipped around and I figured out who it was. My dad. FML
By bad sis - 23/09/2019 05:01 - United States - Monterey Park
Today, my family got very upset with me when I advised my brother's girlfriend to take the kids and leave. They're more upset with me telling her that, than the fact that my brother is an abusive serial cheater and a raging alcoholic, who hits her and the kids. FML
By sportskidguru - 01/02/2009 14:41 - United States
Today, I was refilling some guy's iced tea at bandana's, and the uppity jerk had the gall to ask me if I ever kissed a girl considering how fat I am, how high my voice is, and how little money I make. FML
By Craig - 05/02/2009 20:13 - United States
Today, I was awarding medals to finalists in a school club. While putting one around someones neck, I ended up poking a girl in the eye. She tried to be a trooper by continuing to walk across stage but i guess her eyes got really watery because she missed the step and fell, breaking her ankle. FML
By Username - 19/10/2010 15:24 - France
Today, my boss told me that I'd confessed my love to him last night when he'd held my hair back as I puked. FML
ktiskool 18
At least you didn't burn it...?
Okamichu 21
Sorry to hear that OP, Always preheat the oven when you are mixing the cake mix :) so you don't forget and so it has plenty of time to heat up.
blcksocks 19
Yea coz that would be a real turn off
erptwerp 26
VoldooPed 20
That sucks OP! Better than burning it I suppose.
hannahbanana0 6
Lovely thought at least :)
CODplayer4lyfe 24
Happens to the best of us, OP. At least you didn't turn it on for too long and burn the house down!
rnarshmallow 21
I'm also pretty forgetful with the oven. Batter luck next time!
whycantisignup 24
D'ough! That's a huge mis-cake on your part :P
sadistmonkey 19
Oh come on, you could've at yeast tried to tell a good joke.
The moment is scone :/
Hellsteel 7
At least you haven't forgot her birthday
mushroomcassette 21

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Rielly is missing in action and updates on Hyman and Dermott
2 years ago | Jon Steitzer
Here's a fun and loaded tweet to start your morning… Morgan Rielly absent from this morning's skate. Travis Dermott and Zach Hyman looking like they're very close to returning. #LeafsForever — Paul Hendrick (@HennyTweets) October 24, 2019 So, practice is still going on as I write this and we have no idea if it's a…
Revisiting the Leafs backup goaltending options
We're three starts into Hutchinson's season and we're yet to see a .900 save percentage. To be fair save percentage is a bad stat, I don't know why I used it just there. Let me start over…
Maple Leafs Post-Game #11: 5 Thoughts From Yet Another Loss to the Bruins
2 years ago | Mike Stephens
I'm a big Friday Night Lights guy (the show more so than the movie). It's just darn good television, folks. You should watch it. But if you don't, allow me to quickly sum it up for you. FNL centres around the Dillon Panthers, a plucky high school football team locked in a never-ending quest to…
Craig Button doesn't think the Leafs are a Stanley Cup contender
2 years ago | Cam Lewis
In case you didn't have enough Craig Button bad-mouthing the Leafs content after yesterday's Matthews isn't on Drasaitl's level comment, don't worry, I've got you. Button also said that the Leafs are nowhere near being a Stanley Cup contender.
Button: '[Matthews] not even close to Leon Draisaitl'
2 years ago | Thomas Williams
It's early in the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs have not been as advertised. A little bit of domination mixed in with a whole lot of defensive holes and periods of some of the worst hockey coming from this group of players.
Leafs Third Period Results leaving a lot to be desired
It's ten games in and with that comes the desire to create some small sample sizes graphs, and generally get yelled at about how I share numbers. It's an important part of being on the world wide web and discussing sports. Lately I've been working off the notion that despite the anger towards the Leafs…
Explain This To Me: Using Goaltenders on Back-to-Backs
I'm a simple man. I have simple takes. I love hockey, and like to think I know a fair bit about it, but I'm also not blind to the countless scores of people out there who happen to know more. Way more. Just open up Twitter. You'll find them. Heck, you're probably one yourself. Applying…
Rachel Doerrie's 5 Thoughts vs CBJ: "We Are Not a Charity, We Cannot Give Them the Game."
2 years ago | Rachel Doerrie
Well, the Leafs got a point…on the back of Freddy Andersen. In a game that some would argue he shouldn't have played, he gave up two early ones, could've been pulled, but ended up being the reason the Leafs got a point tonight. The Leafs, to no one's surprise, didn't start on time – and…
Maple Leafs Pregame #11: 5 Things to watch for in the land of nightmares
Boston again. Boston after a poor performance against Columbus. Boston after going to overtime the previous night and the having to fly out. Boston with Michael Hutchinson in net. It's safe to say I don't have a good feeling about this game, despite the overtime win against Boston on Saturday. Remember though, we live in…
2 Guys and a Goalie pres. by Odds Shark Ep. 10 /Jermain Franklin- Gage Likes a Little Bone
2 years ago | Nation World HQ
Welcome to "2 Guys and a Goalie," starring Dustin Nielson, Joaquin Gage, and Matt Kassian and presented by Odds Shark, Popeye's Louisiana Chicken, and Sports Clips Haircuts. The show focuses on stories, notes, transactions, and everything else happening all around the NHL and the world of hockey. In honour of Gager's birthday, the boys discuss…
Mike Babcock isn't going to change his goaltender usage anytime soon
One of the most common criticism's of Mike Babcock is that he doesn't care what analytics have to say and he's going to do what he thinks is right. (This is a criticism of pretty much every coach in the league by the way, but we're focusing on Babcock for now.) That's why it seems…
Report: Leafs, Canadiens competing for Russian free agent Okulov
The consistent carousel of Russian free agents for the Toronto Maple Leafs might continue next summer, with reported interest in winger Konstantin Okulov.


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CGTN poll: Global youths recognize China's development approach
Named "China on a new journey", a global poll launched by CGTN Think Tank and the Chinese Institute of Public Opinion of Renmin University of China, shows global youths polled spoke highly of China's development over the past decade, and admired the concept of advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization, proposed at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
4,700 youths coming from 30 countries among five continents were polled, with 40 percent from developed countries including the U.S., the UK, France and Germany, and 60 percent from developing countries including Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Argentina.
Universal recognition
According to the poll, 84.7 percent of respondents hold the belief that the development path of a country should be in accordance with its own national conditions, adding that there is no sole authority or universal standard regarding modernization.
More than 80 percent of them agreed the development approach of "people-centered" proposed by the CPC, and admired that the Chinese modernization is the one with common prosperity for all people.
Besides, 78.9 percent of the respondents recognized the achievements China has made in economic development in the past decade, while 83.1 percent think China made tremendous progress in technology and science.
Among them, the percentage of respondents who think China's international status is rising occupies 74.1 percent. And 79.1 percent believe the CPC is trustworthy for Chinese people.
Chinese vision, Chinese wisdom
Amid the complex international situation with constant geopolitical conflicts and deteriorated environment of global security development, the world looks forward to hearing China's proposition and wisdom.
The report to the 20th CPC National Congress says China will actively promote to build a human community with a shared future, a vision which has received high recognition among respondents from developing and developed countries, with 84.2 percent and 79.5 percent.
Meanwhile, the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for mankind and the Global Development Initiative were also recognized by them, with 83.5 percent from developing countries and 84.5 percent from developed countries.
In addition, 84.2 percent praised the stand of "firmly opposing hegemonism and power politics in any form" from the report to the 20th CPC National Congress.
In the face of the rising uncertainty of global development and recession of global economy, global youths who were interviewed still remain optimistic to the continuing growth of China's economy and rising influence of Chinese culture, which occupies 71.1 percent and 68 percent.
79.3 percent looked forward to seeing China's development in science and technology over the next five years.
(Cover: A view of Shanghai, China, September 30, 2022. /CFP)


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The highly touted Warriors of Stillwater spotted Hoosick Falls a 6-0 lead after twelve minutes of play on Friday night, but scored 28 unanswered over the final three periods in posting the 28-6 win over the Panthers.
Panthers quarterback Sam Richard put the Falls in front on a 19 yard touchdown run in the first period.
Early in the second, Sean Kane found Dan Morris for a 2-yard touchdown and a Mason Seymour run for the two point conversion gave Stillwater the lead at 8-6, a lead that took the teams to the halftime break.
After intermission Kane hooked up with James Galarneau on a 14-yard scoring strike and later in the period a 90 yard touchdown run by Morris gave the Warriors control at 20-6.
Kane completed the scoring on the night with a 1-yard TD run in the final quarter as Stillwater put win number three in the books and looks to next Friday night when they'll host Fonda.
Hoosick Falls slips to 2-1 on the year and will look to get back on track next weekend when they take on Holy Trinity.
Chatham 41 Tamarac 0: Junior quarterback Kaleb Taylor threw for a pair of scores and ran for another to lead Chatham to the shutout victory over the Bengals of Tamarac.
Senior running back Hayden Spock added a pair of rushing touchdowns for Chatham who led 21 – 0 at half and cruised from there.


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Ezekiel John  Ellis (* 15. Oktober 1840 in Covington, Louisiana; † 25. April 1889 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1875 und 1885 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Louisiana im US-Repräsentantenhaus.

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John Ellis besuchte in seiner Geburtsstadt Covington und in Clinton private Schulen. Zwischen 1855 und 1858 studierte er am Centenary College in Jackson. Danach studierte er bis 1861 an der Louisiana State University Jura. Während des folgenden Bürgerkrieges war Ellis Oberleutnant und später Hauptmann einer Infanterieeinheit aus Louisiana, die auf der Seite der Konföderierten Staaten kämpfte. Nach zwei Jahren geriet er in Kriegsgefangenschaft. Für den Rest des Krieges war Ellis auf Johnson's Island im Eriesee inhaftiert. Danach kehrte er nach Louisiana zurück.

Nach seiner im Jahr 1866 erfolgten Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt begann Ellis in seinem Heimatort Covington in seinem neuen Beruf zu arbeiten. Gleichzeitig begann er eine politische Laufbahn als Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei. Zwischen 1866 und 1870 saß er im Senat von Louisiana. Bei den Kongresswahlen des Jahres 1874 wurde Ellis im zweiten Wahlbezirk von Louisiana in das US-Repräsentantenhaus in Washington gewählt, wo er am 4. März 1875 die Nachfolge von Lionel Allen Sheldon antrat. Nach vier Wiederwahlen konnte er bis zum 3. März 1885 fünf Legislaturperioden im Kongress absolvieren. Zwischen 1875 und 1877 war er Vorsitzender des Ausschusses, der sich mit den Deichanlagen entlang des Mississippi befasste.

Im Jahr 1884 verzichtete Ellis auf eine erneute Kongresskandidatur. Er blieb aber in der Bundeshauptstadt Washington, wo er als Anwalt arbeitete. Dort ist er am 25. April 1889 auch verstorben. Anschließend wurde er auf dem Familienfriedhof im Tangipahoa Parish beigesetzt.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers made a practice squad roster move on Friday as safety Ross Ventrone was resigned and cornerback Brandon Jones was released.
Ventrone was with the Steelers all throughout the offseason and the preseason, so this is a curious move to say the least.
Jones had only been with the Steelers a short time.


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Craig and Simone Dawson – Where Cedars Grew
"Simone and Craig Dawson perform original songs and instrumentals which cover a range of roots folk music styles including acoustic Blues, Ki Hoalu (Hawaiian slack key) along with Celtic and Country Music influences. Their songs are often poignant, occasionally capricious hard hitting ballads which explore a variety of political, social and even ludicrous topics. Craig and Simone are also known for their ability to get their audiences laughing and singing along.
Together they are well known regulars on the festival circuit and have performed at many venues including the Woodford Folk Festival, the National Folk Festival and the Sydney Acoustic Guitar Festival.
Simone and Craig have completed a live EP, Jenny's Flowers and in 2001 were involved in composing, recording and producing a soundtrack for a play performed in Brisbane called The Pitchfork Disney. They are also included on the compilation CD Green Songs, the 2001 Sydney Folk Gala compilation CD and the Folk Alliance Australia 2000 compilation CD.
Their 2003 recording So Near Yet So Far was produced with assistance from artsACT and Angel Train Pty Ltd. Since then they have released a double CD of roots based music called Let Isabelle Out, Craig's solo CD of guitar instrumentals called Tunes from the Rivers and their latest release "Where Cedars Grew."
"Where Cedars Grew" is the title of their 6th commercially available recording together. It is also their best."
A CD containing 12 original songs by Craig and Simone Dawson
Craig Dawson – 6 and 12 string guitars, mandolin, vocals
Simone Dawson – Flute, Bazouki, Whistles, Glockenspeil and Vocals
Rita Woolhouse – Cello
Peter Logue – accordion
Mikaela Olding – trumpet
Recorded by Craig Dawson
Mixed by Craig Dawson and Kimmo Vennonen
Mastered by Kimmo Venonen
Where Cedars Grew is the latest release from Canberra Country Folk artists Craig and Simone Dawson.
Recorded, mixed and mastered locally, Where Cedars Grew contains 12 original songs, including 1 instrumental, that deal with a variety of social and emotional themes.)
1. I'm Goin' Home – C Dawson
2. Where Cedars Grew – S Dawson
3. One Afternoon – C Dawson
4. Thunderbolt – S Dawson
5. Another Farmer – S Dawson
6. The Boat – C Dawson
7. The Light That Led Me Home (For Jack Coleman 1988 to 2010) – C Dawson
8. Something Old Something New – S Dawson
9. 40 Years – C Dawson
10. Wings of a Bird – S Dawson
11. The Carnival – S Dawson
12. The Road – C Dawson
Where Cedars Grew CD review by Chris Spencer
I was surprised to learn that the Dawsons have released several albums both together, solo and with other projects prior to the release of this album.
They describe their music as acoustic blues, celtic & country.
This album is mostly gentle folk ballads and tunes, with little significant sounds of blues or country. The songs are written by both Craig and Simone, and I presume that each takes lead vocals on the songs that they have written.
They also provide harmony vocals; other instruments are provided by Rita Woolhouse on cello, Peter Logue (accordion) and Mikaela Olding on trumpet.
The songs are unhurried, telling stories about boats ("Where Cedars Grew", "The Boat"), horses ("Thunderbolt"), family saga ("40 Years") and relationships ("Something New", "The Carnival").
The tunes and melodies are delicate accompanied by fl ute, violin, whistle, mandolin and guitar.
"The Light that Led me Home" is dedicated to Jack Coleman and is the only instrumental on the album, highlighting the flute playing of Simone.
Despite the use of alternating male & female vocals, and a variety of instruments, the songs sound too similar by half way through.
Perhaps they need to change the time signatures, tempo or genre to hold a listener's attention all the way through.
On the other hand, the album has a cohesiveness which is alluring and should appeal to many folk enthusiasts.
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Koksovna ČSA (případně psáno bez zkratky Koksovna Československá armáda nebo Koksovna Československé armády), dříve zvaná Koksovna Jan, byla nejstarším koksochemickým závodem báňských koksoven OKK. Nacházela se v karvinské části Ostravsko-karvinského revíru v obci Karviná-Doly.

Historie

Historie koksovny v Karviné začíná v 19. století. Začátek  koksování v Karviné byl udáván výrazem "v letech šedesátých" jako např. v díle ředitelské konference, v článku, jehož autorem je Ing. Jerie. Další upřesnění přináší zpráva uvedená ve vceňovacím operátu obce Karviná, který byl podepsán v Těšíně v roce 1848. O koksovně se zmiňuje na dvou místech své úvodní části, a to v odstavci Topografie, kde je mimo jiné uvedeno: "V malé vzdálenosti na sever je jeden kamenouhelný důl se 3 parními stroji a jednou koksovací pecí pod vedením horního mistra horního institutu." Na dalším místě se pak zmiňuje vceňovací operát o koksovně v § 14 - průmysl: "Z průmyslu se zde nachází... kamenouhelný důl s 1 koksovací pecí . Těžbu a provoz zajišťují 3 parní stroje a asi 100 dělníků."

O který důl se však jedná, není možné zjistit, protože Důl Jan byl založen v roce 1860 a Důl Karel v roce 1859, tedy oba doly byly zřízeny v areálu dnešního komplexu důl, koksovna a elektrárna a to po roce založení koksovny. Je však známo, že v této době bylo v okolí již několik desítek šachtic, odkud se uhlí v koksovně zpracovávalo. Ve vceňovacím operátu musíme věnovat pozornost §3 - obyvatelstvo: Zde je uvedeno, že "po sčítání lidu v roce 1843 je v obci..." Z toho vyplývá, že skutečnosti uvedené ve vceňovacím operátu jsou staršího data, než podepsání v Těšíně na poslední straně dokumentu: Těšín dne 4. března 1848.

Rok 1843 lze považovat jako skutečný počátek koksování kamenného uhlí v Karviné. Je však možné, že bývalý majitel karvinského panství hrabě Jindřich Larisch, jako spolumajitel Rudolfovy huti ve Vítkovicích, zkoušel koksování černého uhlí vedle svých dolů na svém panství mezi léty 1835 - 1843. Jak píše Ing. Dr. Ant. Bechný v knize SIA - Technická práce na Ostravsku 1936 - 1946, str. 63 a dále, byla Rudolfova huť pronajata v r. 1835 těžířstvu "Wiener Gewerkschaft" a započato se stavbou dvou koksovacích baterií a dvou vysokých pecí. V roce 1841 došlo k úpadku firmy. Hrabě Jindřich Larisch takto ztratil svůj vliv ve Vítkovicích. Zkušenosti s koksováním přenesl nepochybně na své karvinské panství.

Historie závodu koksovny Jan, od roku 1946 koksovny President Beneš a od roku 1951 Koksovny Čs. armády, je spjata s historií obce Karviná a původními majiteli panství - hraběcím rodem Larisch-Mönnichů a v neposlední řadě s počátky dolování a později i s Dolem ČSA a Elektrárnou ČSA (nyní Teplárna Dalkia), které tvořily jeden průmyslový komplex. Velký vliv na rozvoj měla výstavba železniční trati Severní dráhy
Ferdinandovy.

Útlum výroby

V sedmdesátých letech 20. století byl připraven projekt rozvoje báňských koksoven OKK (Ostravsko-karvinské koksovny) který zahrnoval výstavbu Nového závodu OKK ve Stonavě a útlum výroby koksu na zastaralých koksovacích bateriích. V roce 1977 vládá rozhodla o výstavbě 11. koksovací baterie na koksovně Nové huti Klementa Gottwalda v Ostravě (nyní součást ArcelorMittal Ostrava) a pozastavení výstavby ve Stonavě. Ve Stonavě byla provedena příprava území zahrnující výkup pozemků a nemovitostí, terénní úpravy a přeložky inženýrských sítí. S útlumem hutnických výrob a záměnou otopového koksu za plyn vznikal postupně přebytek koksu. Vzhledem k opotřebení a zastaralosti technologie bylo v roce 1997 rozhodnuto o zastavení provozu Koksovny ČSA. Letní povodně sice silně poškodily Koksovnu Jan Šverma v Ostravě, přesto byla zastavena Koksovna ČSA a do obnovení provozu Koksovny Jan Šverma byly investovány nemalé prostředky.

Vývoj koksárenských pecí

Koksovací milíř

Kolem děrovaného komína bylo nasypáno kusové uhlí a přikryto hlínou. Po zapálení s nedostatkem vzduchu docházelo ke karbonizaci, prchavé látky a spaliny odcházely vnitřním komínem.

Ohradové - Schaumburské pece

Mezi dvě stěny se svislými kanálky se navezla vrstva uhlí a překryla hlínou. Jeden kanálek sloužil k přívodu vzduchu do spodní vrstvy uhlí, kanálek v protější stěně sloužil k odvodu spalin a prchavých látek.

Úlová pec

Klenutá pec se vstupním bočním otvorem, kterým se zavezla vsázka uhlí a sloužil ke vstupu vzduchu. Horní otvor sloužil k zavezení vsázky do horní části klenby a k odvodu spalin a prchavých látek. Koksovací doba byla až 60 hodin a výtěžek koksu byl malý. Velká část uhlí shořela.

Lürmann

Tlakové pece s délkou 6 až 6,5 m, vysoké 1,5 m a široké 0,75 m postavené z granulované strusky, spaliny předehřívaly vzduch ke
spalování asi na 1000 °C v dvouprostorovém ohřívači. Ředitelství hraběcích Larisch-Mönnichových závodů dohodlo 2. března 1883 výstavbu 4 pecí, jejichž provoz byl 31. ledna 1884 zastaven, pro nemožnost udržet pravidelný provoz.

Gobiet

V roce 1885 bylo v provozu 106 pecí.

Frenzl

V roce 1885 bylo v provozu 51 pecí.

Fulda

V roce 1885 bylo v provozu 10 pecí.

Stieber

V roce 1885 bylo v provozu 14 pecí.

Otto

Tyto pece byly provozovány na okolních koksovnách a tyto pece byly již moderní konstrukce, které byly dále modernizovány. Jde asi první typ pecí se zpracováním chemických produktů (koksárenský plyn, dehet aj.).

Otto-Hoffmann

V Karviné byly provozovány 4 tyto baterie v letech 1898 až 1904:
Skupina  I. - šířka 0.63 m, výška 1,7 m, délka 9,68 m, počet pecí 38, denní výroba na pec cca 30 centů
Skupina II. - šířka 0.63 m, výška 1,7 m, délka 9,68 m, počet pecí 38, denní výroba na pec cca 30 centů, úprava Biedermann

V roce 1906 byla zahájena výstavba  V. a VI. baterie. Projekt byl schválen 28. listopadu 1906.

Lares

Původně pece Otto-Hoffmann s úpravami stavitele Larese.

Koppers

V roce 1923 bylo rozhodnuto o výstavbě skupiny 22 pecí (šířka 0,34 m, výška 3 m, délka 10 m), denní výroba na pec cca 30 centů. Cyklus obsazování pece trval 12 hodin.

Skupina II. byla vystavěna v roce 1929, 27 pecí, rozměry pece shodné se skupinou I.

V letech 1942 až 1943 byla vyprojektována rozsáhlá výstavba, zahrnující výstavbu skupiny IV s 38 pecemi a rozsáhlá výstavba
provozu chemie firmou Hugo Ibing. Tato výstavba nebyla do r. 1945 dokončena, projekty byly odvezeny do Německa, odborníci
odešli a výstavba pokračovala až po osvobození Československa a provoz zahájen v roce 1949.

Výstavba skupiny V byla zahájena v roce 1953 a uvedena do provozu 1955. Jedná se o stejnou skupinu jako Skupina IV. Skupina I. a II. byla zrušena v roce 1957.

Zahájení výstavby VI. a VII. skupiny na přelomu roku 1970 a 1971 odstartovalo výstavbu uhelné věže modernizaci třídíren a
dalších provozů. Výstavba byla dokončena v roce 1972, v prosinci měl být zahájen zkušební provoz. První koks byl vytlačen 5.
ledna 1973.

Still

V roce 1938 byla vyprojektována výstavba skupina 25 pecí, která byla uvedena do provozu v roce 1940. Zrušena byla v roce 1970.

Vítkovice

Projekt vytvořil Hutní projekt Frýdek Místek, dodavateli technologie byly firmy VŽKG n.p., dodavatel stavební část VOKD n.p., závod 37 a 34, EZ Praha - dodávky elektrozařízení, Teplotechna n.p. provedla vyzdívku pecí a stavbu komína, Hutní montáže n.p. Ostrava provedly montáže potrubí, ZVÚ Hradec Králové - Montas provedl výstavbu technologie provozu chemie, ČKD Praha provedl dodávku turboodsavače a kompresorů, ZPA Praha, závod Ostrava dodávka a montáž měření a regulace, Ústřední dílny OKD, Ostrava, menší dodávky zařízení a montáže.

Zahájení výstavby VI. a VII. skupiny na přelomu roku 1970 a 1971 odstartovalo výstavbu uhelné věže, modernizaci třídíren a
dalších provozů. Výstavba byla dokončena v roce 1972, v prosinci měl být zahájen zkušební provoz. První koks byl vytlačen 5.
ledna 1973.

Provozy koksovny

Provoz dnešních koksoven je rozdělen na tři výrobní střediska: Uhelná služba, koksové pece a provoz chemie.

Uhelná služba

Slouží k přípravě a zpracování uhelné vsázky (uhelný prach do 3 mm, voda do 6 %, přísady – mazut do 3 %), pásová doprava z dolu, železniční doprava z okolních, dolů, skládka železničních vagonů, zásobníky uhlí, mlýnice, uhelné věže – slouží k plnění výtlačného stroje, v zimě rozmrazovací hala železničních vagonů.

Koksové pece

Koksové pece jsou stavebně složitý provoz, který slouží k výrobě a zpracování koksu – skládá se z jednotlivých koksovacích komor mezi nimiž jsou topné stěny, ve kterých se spaluje téměř polovina vyrobeného koksárenského plynu, pod komorami jsou regenerátory, které slouží k předehřevu vzduchu. Pod regenerátory jsou na základové desce kouřové kanály, sloužící k odvodu spalin do komína. Výtlačný a pěchovací stroj – slouží k snímání dveří koksovací komory na strojní straně koksovací baterie, vytlačení vyrobeného koksu, odběru uhlí, z uhelné věže, pěchování uhelné vsázky, obsazení pece uhelnou vsázkou a uzavření koksovací komory. Na snímání dveří koksovací komory na koksové straně koksovací baterie je vodící vůz, který zároveň slouží k vedení koksu do hasicího vozu. Hasicí vůz odveze žhavý koks pod hasicí věž, kde dojde ke zchlazení koksu pomocí proudu vody a po odtečení přebytku vody vyklopí koks na šikmou rampu. Na šikmé rampě se dohasí zbytky žhavého koksu, odpaří se zbytek vody a koks se spustí na rampový pás, který dopraví koks do hrubé třídírny, kde se kusový koks drtí, nebo třídí na roštových třídičích – slévárenský koks 1 (nad 90 mm), slévárenský koks 2 (60 až 90 mm)  a oddělí se drobnější koks, který se třídí v jemné třídírně na ořech 1 (40 až 60 mm), ořech 2 (20 až 40 mm), hrášek (10 až 20 mm) a prach(pod 10 mm). Z jednotlivých zásobníků se nakládají železniční vagony.

Výroba chemických produktů

Výroba chemických produktů začíná na předloze, kde dojde k ochlazení těkavých produktů suché destilace (vysokoteplotní karbonizace) z cca 800 °C na teplotu 100 až 130 °C. Zde dojde ke kondenzaci podstatné části dehtu a čpavkové vody. Plyn je odsáván z předlohy do přes primární nepřímé chladiče, kde se chladí na 20 až 30 °C, oddělí se další část dehtu a vody a turboodsávačem je plyn stlačen k další dopravě chemickými provozy a oddělí se další část dehtu a vody. V elektrofiltrech se zachytí poslední zbytky vody a dehtu. Čpavková voda a dehet se svádí do sběrné nádrže, odkud se čerpá k chlazení předlohy a přebytek odchází do dělicí nádrže k oddělení dehtu a vody. Přebytek čpavkové vody se odvádí do provozu fenolky, kde se vypere fenol benzolem  z vody a fenol se zpracuje na fenolát sodný. Plyn vstupuje do čpavkárny, kde se mísí s čpavkovými výpary z čpavkové vody, které se uvolní zahřátím. Plyn se předehřívá a vede do
sytiče, kde reaguje čpavek s kyselinou sírovou a vzniká krystalický síran amonný. Ten se od kyseliny oddělí v odstředivce, a suší se. Plyn se odvádí do koncových chladičů, kde se chladí vodou, která sráží podstatnou část naftalenu, která se zachytává mechanicky, nebo se vypírá pracím olejem, nebo dehtem. V benzolových pračkách se z plynu zachytí benzol , který se oddestiluje v provozu benzolky. Technicky čistý koksárenský plyn se používá pro ohřev koksovacích pecí a pro technologické průmyslové ohřevy. Pro použití v domácnosti jako svítiplyn se dále čistí od zbytků naftalenu,  oxidu siřičitého, sirouhlíku, kyanovodíku a dalších sloučenin. Pro dálkovou přepravu se dále stlačuje a suší v tlakové stanici turbodmychadly.

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Essentials of an Employment Contract
Posted in : Back to Basics on 25 September 2017
Jill Gracey
A&L Goodbody
Jill Gracey informs us of the essential elements of a contract of employment. Under the Employment Rights Order 1996, employers are required to provide an employee with a written statement of certain terms and conditions including, for example, the employee's job title with a brief description of the role, contracted hours, remuneration, notice of termination, and pension arrangements, to name but a few. In her latest video, Jill provides a brief synopsis of what should be included in the contract of employment. She also looks at implied terms and ways in which an employment contract might protect the business interests of the employer.
Employment contracts: Key features
Employment contracts are largely governed by the same core principles of any contract. There must be an intention between the parties to enter into legal relations. An offer must be made and must be accepted, and there must be consideration.
Under the Employment Rights Order 1996, employers are required to provide an employee with a written statement of certain terms and conditions including for example, the employee's job title with a brief description of the role, contracted hours, remuneration, notice of termination, and pension arrangements, to name but a few.
This written statement must be provided within two months of the employee commencing their employment with the employer. Terms such as these would typically be found as express terms in a contract of employment. However, contractual terms do not necessarily need to be written down in an employment contract in order to be legally binding.
Express and Implied Terms
Contractual terms may be implied or could be incorporated under other instruments or documents. For example, statutory obligations, terms set out in a collective agreement, or provisions contained within company policies and procedures.
Looking at implied terms, there are implied terms which are automatically read into an employment relationship. For example, the obligation of mutual trust and confidence, to act in good faith, to obey reasonable and lawful instructions, and to provide a safe working environment for employees.
Additionally, a court or a tribunal has the power to imply terms into an employment relationship, in the absence of an express term addressing a certain point, particularly if it is necessary to provide clarity in order to make the contract workable. If a court or tribunal is to imply a term into an employment relationship, it will look at the behaviour and practices of the parties, and the custom and practice operated in the workplace. Understandably, this can result in a degree of uncertainty for both parties. Therefore, it is always best to try and avoid any ambiguity within the written terms of the employment contract so as to reduce the likelihood that a court or tribunal would be required to imply terms into a contract, particularly when the terms were never intended by the parties in the first place.
Employers should be wary of arrangements which may be deemed to be implied contractual terms by way of custom and practice. For example, when making bonus payments or offering enhanced redundancy packages. If such payments have been made in the past, an employee may argue that the employer has an implied obligation to continue to make such payments to employees in the future. This is quite a difficult argument for an employee to successfully make, and very much depends on the particular facts and circumstances. However, clear and unambiguous written provisions within the employment contract and associated policies and procedures should reduce the risk of the term being implied by way of custom and practice.
In addition to both the express and the implied terms of a contract, certain terms are automatically enshrined by statute, and an employer cannot contract out of these terms or vary them. For example, the obligation to pay at least the national minimum wage, the right of an employee to take annual leave, and the right of an employee to take rest breaks throughout the day, and the right to take maternity, paternity, adoption, or shared parental leave.
Employers should also be mindful of any collective agreements which may place contractual obligations on them or any obligations inherited through it, through a TUPE transfer or service provision change.
Depending on the drafting and scope of company policies and procedures which may, for example, be contained within a staff handbook, those policies could have a contractual effect on the parties. Therefore, changes to a staff handbook must be very carefully considered as any change to a contractual term will require the employee's mutual consent to that change.
Contracts of employment can be a very useful tool to protect the business interests of the employer. You may wish to include provisions that protect the company from unnecessary disclosure of confidential or sensitive information by the employee both during their employment and after its termination. Also, employers will often include what we call 'restrictive covenants' in an employee's contract of employment, particularly for senior employees or executive directors in order to protect the legitimate business interests of the company for a specified period after the termination of the employment. However, particular care must be taken when drafting restrictive covenants, as they can be very difficult to enforce, and the scope of the covenants should go no further than necessary to protect the legitimate business interests of the company.
So to summarise, employment contracts should be prepared on a case by case basis depending on the employee's role and provisions which attach to that role, for example, salary. Provisions within the contract should be clear and unambiguous to reduce the risk of misinterpretation of the agreed terms.
Consideration should also be given to what will happen when the employee and the employer part ways. And how the company's business interests can be protected as best as possible following termination, through clear notice provisions, restrictive covenants if applicable, and provisions that prohibit the unnecessary disclosure of confidential information.
The main content of this article was provided by Jill Gracey. Contact telephone number is +44 28 9031 4466 or email jgracey@algoodbody.com
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Happy Birthday Kristin Cavallari: Our Favourite 'California Girl'
From ruler of the beach, to Queen of the business world!
by philip_logan January 6, 2020, 8:29 pm
Born on this day in 1987…
Fashion designer, entrepreneur and American television personality Kristin Cavallari first found fame back in 2004 after being cast in the MTV mega hit reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.
Focusing on the everyday lives of a group of teens attending Laguna Beach High School in California, the show was an instant hit with viewers, propelling Kristin and her co-stars to unparalleled levels of international stardom seemingly over night!
Running for three seasons between 2004 – 2006, the trailblazing series is often credited for opening the door for a whole new slew of reality based shows including Keeping Up With The Kardashians, The Hills, The Real Housewives franchise and Jersey Shore.
Since her days in Laguna, Kristin Cavallari has gone on to create quite the career for herself, appearing on our screens in shows such Dancing With The Stars, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Laguna Beach spin-off The Hills, as well as starring in television series CIS: NY, Veronica Mars and The Middle and movies Fingerprints, Cheerleader Camp and National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year.
Aside from acting, Cavallari has also found success as a television host and fashion correspondent, appearing on red carpet panel shows for E! as well as presenting shows for Yahoo lifestyle where she got to interview none other than the Countess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.
But it is in the world of business where Kristin has found her truly found her passion, creating an empire and a brand all of her own.
From cookbooks, to shoe-lines, to an array of philanthropic work, Cavallari has proved herself to be so much more than a 'reality tv star' and in 2017 launched her own lifestyle company Uncommon James.
Introducing… Uncommon James
Founded and creatively directed by Kristin Cavallari, Uncommon James is a collection of timeless, effortless and sophisticated jewellery for women 'on-the-go'.
Inspired by Cavallari's wide array of life experiences, travel and exposure to fashion from all around the world, Kristin saw the need to create a jewellery brand that is both versatile and affordable for women of all ages and backgrounds.
Embodying her own sense of style, Kristin designed pieces that are feminine with edge, classic yet trendy, and simple – with a pop of personality.
"I've poured my heart and soul into Uncommon James, having a hand in every facet of the company. This brand is a true reflection of my personal style." – Kristin Cavallari
Crafted to easily mix and match with jewellery already in your own closet, or layered and stacked to create a unique look allowing women to express their own individuality, sophisticated and polished pieces from the line can be worn day to night with each piece chosen for the modern woman for easy-wear, and a classic touch that can carry over to every occasion.
Check out some of our favourite pieces from the Uncommon James jewellery collection below:
Refinery Earrings $52
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UJ: 2.0
Following on from the success of it's jewellery line, Uncommon James has now expanded to apparel and home goods further extending their reach and relationship with customers old and new.
Made up of hats, sweatshirts, shirts and tank tops – Uncommon James Apparel offers the everyday woman a mix of cute, stylish everyday wear, all branded with the company's unique logo and design.
On-trend, budget friendly and visually pleasing to the eye, Uncommon James Home has just about everything a household could ever need! Inspired by Kristin's love of cooking and decor, the category has gone on to become a huge success for the brand.
Little James
Founded on the belief that fashion and functionality can perfectly co-exist, Little James is a children's so much more than 'just' a clothing line.
Functional, fashion forward and eco-friendly, the line is fast becoming the heartbeat of the Uncommon James brand.
Feeling there was a gap in the children's apparel market – Creative Director, Designer and CEO, Kristin Cavallari was inspired to create a collection of clothing tailored to the modern mom and her active kids.
Made with eco-friendly fibers, quality fabrics and hand-drawn patterns, Little James is a brand that offers simple, economical and versatile options for babies, toddlers and growing children.
Inspired by Cavallari's own three kids, Camden, Jaxon and Saylor James, Kristin poured her heartfelt care into creating a line that would satisfy busy, everyday moms and their little dreamers.
The 'Little James' Mantra:
Our brand, Little James, was created just for you — confident, curious, courageous you. With a big imagination and even bigger dreams, the world is your playground to explore and see.
We designed our line with you mind, where comfort and creativity combine. Our threads are made with heartfelt care and sent to you to proudly wear.
Stay active, stay eager, stay cheerfully young. Always be you — your life has just begun!
Very Cavallari!
Kristin Cavallari is the living embodiment of the American Dream – whom as a young girl, took her moment and opportunity to create a career and life for herself, on her own terms, now living an existence beyond anything she could have ever dreamed.
An astute businesswoman. A savvy female boss. A style ICON. A devoted wife. A wonderful Mother. Our favourite 'California girl'… Happy Birthday!
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An RTS game made with LÖVE based on Firefly Studios' Stronghold. Assets are property of Firefly Studios.
The game is optimized to run on low end PC's and laptops.
It uses ~500 MB of memory. The default resolution is 1024x768 (windowed).
It's got no GUI as of 0.1, it is however planned for 0.3.
Q - Main town building, no functionality.
W - Stockpile, needs to be placed next to a stockpile (if there is one).
Woodcutters will only chop wood at the adjacent chunks of the stockpile. If there are no trees there, they will clump near the stockpile.
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I posted this topic earlier than I wanted, but there's a reason for it.
It's the end of the semester and I need to start job hunting, and I want to put this project on my CV, so that's one of the major reasons.
That being said because it's the end of the semester, the finals are starting and I need to focus on studying instead of developing the game.
So pretty much for the next month, you won't see much progress being made.
After that, it depends if I get a job or not. I'm not sure how much time I'll be able to put if I do, but I'll post an update here.
So if I do get the time, what would I be working on?
Well, I'm working on extracting Stronghold's art and fitting it in a single 8k texture page. This is pretty much done.
There are about 18000 sprites so it takes some time.
Military units will need to be color masked which takes a little bit of time.
After that the animations will need to be made from the sprites' frames, this is easy but slightly tedious.
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Thanks, gameplay elements are not yet implemented but there will be a focus on Grand Strategy as well.
Really happy to see that you're still working on this! It's looking real good.
Please don't tell me you do anything at a scale of 18000 files in an even remotely manual way?
Write small tools/scripts/batchfiles to convert/pack/generate textures, uvs, create animtables and save them as lua files you can directly require and use in your game etc. etc.
I use TexturePacker to pack the files in an atlas, it seems the only one capable of packing them and not crash whilst doing it.
I used mogrify to batch crop every sprite and eventually to generate the color masks. And for the naming I just use windows' batch rename, works wonders once you get used to the hotkeys. The process itself would take less than a day, but because lack of time lately, I've been chipping away at 30 mins a day whenever I feel like it, which usually isn't often.
The files are more like 9000 because the extracting tool generates copies of each sprite, but I remove those with bash as well.
After that I'd need to write a tool to map the animations, that would be pretty straight forward.
So I've hit a few roadblocks with the assets, one of them being some assets' frames are missing color or have improper one, mostly military units. To fix this I have to extract the assets via a very tedious method. So far I've extracted 1/12.
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I absolutely love the aesthetics. That may sound like sarcasm but really they remind me of a lot of strategy games from my childhood.


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Osinbajo has not joined 2023 presidential race – Spokesman
Laolu Akande, spokesperson of Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that his principal has not indicated any interest in joining the 2023 presidential race.
In a statement issued on Monday August 23, Akande stated that Osinbajo is currently focused on working in his capacity as the Vice President to address the various challenges facing the country, including finding effective and lasting solutions to the security challenges and working to further boost the economy.
The statement read;
"The Office of the Vice President is not in any way connected with the distribution and deployment of any 2023 political posters whether on the streets or in online videos, banners and the like on social media.
"All these are simply needless distractions from the urgent tasks of governance needed in our country at this time."
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