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Raymond Watts of PIG talks about the new PIG album, working with Alexander McQueen, being open to collaboration these days, and what's next for him
July 12, 2019 smokkeyy
Photo Credit: Gabriel Edvy
Raymond Watts, the the founding member of the post-industrial music project PIG, has been involved in the industrial music scene since the early 1980's. Also a founding member and lead singer for KMFDM, Watts has also been involved with various other bands over the years, including a UK tour with NIN. He took several years off from recording after the 2005 release of Pigmata, where he focused on writing music for fashion and film for Chloe, Marios Schwab, Halston, The Row and did sound design for the exhibit Punk: Chaos to Couture at the MET about the effect that punk had on couture. During his hiatus, he reunited with his friend John Gosling who worked with famed designer Alexander McQueen and composed music for several of McQueen's fashion shows. McQueen commissioned the two to embellish Watt's instrumental track "Inside", from the PIG album Genuine American Monster, for the retrospective at the MET called Savage Beauty, the last show McQueen did before his death. In 2016, Watts released his first album in 10 years, The Gospel,followed by 2018's Risen. Watts recently released the new PIG album CANDY, via Armalyte Industries, an album of covers of artists such as Kylie Minogue, Prince, Elvis, The Spice Girls and Olivia Newton-John. "I chose CANDY as the album title because the songs may seem sweet, inviting and harmless at first glance, but 'candy' suggests there's something sinister beneath," says Watts about the new covers album. "It's like a lure or precursor to something dark and dreadful … What is the interest due on that sinful pleasure and what is the true cost? A bit of a metaphor for our times." Aside from the standard CD and digital download version, there are four additional and highly-collectible vinyl editions. The vinyl (which will only be available via www.armalyte.com) come in the "Fur Edition" (numbered and signed by Raymond Watts and Eden Martin; quantity 30), the "Sand Paper Edition" (signed by Raymond; quantity 40), the "Candy Stripe Edition" (numbered and signed by Raymond; quantity 60), and the "Standard Deluxe Edition" (gatefold vinyl with a die cut sleeve on double, heavyweight vinyl with insert; quantity 170). With plans to write more music going forward, Watts has a US tour in September/October planned with Cyanotic and A Primitive Evolution. You can stay up-to-date with PIG and all upcoming music, band and tour news, as well as stream and purchase his music, via the following links. Check out his cover of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" featuring Sasha Grey below, as well as his cover of "If You Go Away".
Website- https://www.pigindustries.com
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/pigindustries/
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/raymondwatts/?hl=en
Twitter- https://twitter.com/raymondwatts?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/artist/5riS4sDqcjVAwvC37jxTP0
SoundCloud- https://soundcloud.com/pig-music
Bandcamp- https://pigindustries.bandcamp.com/album/the-gospel
iTunes/Apple Music- https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/pig/id19841959
YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2WJVUeoabN-Qv_OA2FpNew
You just released your latest album, Candy. What can you tell me about the album?
It's a funny one. It's a funny record, I think. I think that sometimes it seemed slightly more challenging then I thought it was going to be. It's maybe not the kind of record that you listen to back-to-back. It was also a collaboration, which takes it in a slightly different direction. When you collaborate you have to have a little bit more give and take, and that's a good thing because you go to places that you wouldn't normally go.
What inspired you to do an album of covers and how did you decide which songs to cover and which songs to cut?
I've always liked…there's sort-of the great American songbook of the classic classics, but I was drawn more to what people might consider more trite pop songs like the Kylie Minogue and Olivia Newton John songs. I like the idea that they're seen as bubblegum pop music. They seem like they're just about broken hearts but the lyrics are actually confessional and all-encompassing and quite kind-of weird in a way. They could be about addiction, but they have the ability, from my point of view, to be dark in a way that's all-encompassing. I think it's quite interesting to take a pop doing and maybe bring out something a little bit darker in it. I also like cover versions. Back in the '90s I had a little thing called PIG Orchestra with some guys from other bands…an English band here called Swervedriver. I did some work with them and various other people who were around. We just sort-of went into the studio and did some ridiculous cover versions. Some of them have seen the light of day and have been released. So I've done cover versions of songs going back many years but I wanted to do a whole album of them. The way we chose them was to literally go "Oh I really like that one" or "I wonder what kind of mess we can make of this one". We covered the Elvis song "If I Can Dream", which seems so epic…songs where you go "Oh that's so humongously enormous". It's like climbing Everest. We decided to give it a go and if doesn't work we can leave it by the wayside. It was great. It was real great. There were no massive decisions. We were like "Oh, let's try that one. Now let's try that one". It was interesting.
What led you to decide to release the 4 vinyl editions of Candy and how did you decide how many of each to produce?
So I originally just wanted a sandpaper PIG logo on the front and Giles, who runs Armalyte, said "Yeah, but if we do a stencil, we can put the sandpaper behind…oh, then we can do candy stripe paper…oh, let's do different colors, we'll have 5 different colors…oh, we'll have different colored sandpaper…oh, and then we can put some fur behind it…oh, let's have some pink fur, red fur, striped fur". Of course, some of them were more difficult to make and are rarer, so we made less numbers of the fur ones, and then slightly more of the sandpaper ones, and then slightly more of the candy striped ones and then there's the standard one that just has a red and black cover. You know, I think it's nice to change it up…if they order the striped one they don't know which color they're going to get and with the fur one they could get anything. It makes things a little bit more unique.
With regards to your hiatus from making music for PIG, you've said you spent time living out in the country and then reunited with your friend John Gosling and did work for Alexander McQueen and wrote for films and different fashion houses. You've said that when you stop doing something for a while and then come back to it, you come back to it with a different feeling. How did your time away change your approach to making music?
Well, I stopped doing gigs in about 2003. I was just done with it. I'd done a lot of KMFDM and had a couple of projects in Japan, as well. It had been non-stop. Then I went off and did other things and worked on a massive drug habit but also did loads of work for fashion houses, runways shows, installations, museums and did a couple of shows at The MET in New York. I was working on various things. When I came back to doing PIG stuff, I'd become a lot less controlling of it. I was much more interested in collaboration. I worked with Mark Thwaite, who'd played with lots of people like Peter Murphy, and Z Marr from Combichrist and I started working with En Esch again, my old partner in crime and original member of KMFDM. I'm much more fond of not having to hold onto the steering wheel in such a manic fashion. When I was doing PIG in the past, it was much more of a vision where I was like "It's got to be like this!". Now, though, I think other people can bring in things and point you off in a different direction then the one you thought you were going in. I still have a very strong idea of what I want to do with PIG, but I really enjoy working with other people more. My live band changes a lot and I work with different people in the studio all the time and that has made the architecture of PIG slightly more varied.
Along those same lines, your are much more open these days to experimenting with your sound. The Gospel was much softer in sound due to Mark Thwaite's influence, whereasRisen has more of the classic PIG sound. What do you feel shapes your process these days when it comes to experimenting with different sounds? Does it depend on who you're collaborating with or do you tend to just have a certain vision?
It does…I do…I've written things with my brother Mike where he has quite a different sort of sensibility than me but I can get something out of it and do something with it where it still becomes PIG-like. Definitely working with Mark on The Gospel took things in a much more structured song direction. Like you said, Risen was a bit more me, sort-of exercising some PIG ghost in there I think. Working with Eden on Candy, obviously it becomes much more orchestral. But that does have one or two toes in areas that PIG has covered even a long time ago. But yeah, I'm really open to PIG being able to go from quite brutal to incredibly ambient to full orchestral and everything in between. It doesn't really matter who brings it. Sometimes I work with other people and I'm very happy to do that. It keeps the songs fun and interesting, because if i leave it only up to myself, I tend to go to a deep and dark place that can get quite intense if it's just me alone in the studio banging my head against the wall. It can get quite extreme.
I read an interview with Mark Heal in which he said that you both essentially came back to music at the same time after running into each other in 2012. Both of you were fathers and sober at that point What was the dynamic like between you guys at that point?
Well, actually that's not quite true. I wasn't yet sober in 2012 but Mark was. Mark and I have known each other for a long time, going back many, many years, having done gigs together in the very early '90s in London. Running into Mark was really great because I was divorced from doing PIG and was doing fashion stuff and things like that. We did some work together and it kind-of shot a torch into the cave and there were some interesting things that I could see in the torch light. Mark sort of helped to illuminate things, that maybe there was more treasure to be discovered. And then things got worse for me and I had to go into rehab and got clean later, in 2015. But we had started the ball rolling and then it was in 2016 when I started doing Risen that the ball really started rolling and he's always been really supportive, even when we haven't worked on stuff together. He's written stuff with me. Sometimes I'll just send him mixes and he'll have a listen and give me an opinion. But of course he wrote "Prey & Obey" which was an 8 track which I then took and rebuilt, which was a song from Risen that quite epic and classic PIG stuff. He's been really instrumental in really helping to support me and I really appreciate him.
When you first started out, everything was recorded onto a 4 track then onto a tape and then a cassette but so much now is recorded digitally. What are your thoughts on analog versus digital, whether it be equipment/gear or the recording process. Do you prefer one over the other or do you like to combine the two?
I'm fully digital. When I started out, I used a 4 track machine and cassette tapes and then did 8 tracks in the early '80s. Analog, because of the cost of it and the studio and equipment made it quite difficult to get into the studio. Digital was obviously democratized and gave access to making music in a way that was much easier. I loved sitting for hours and hours cutting up 4 track tape and tape loops and doing all sorts of weird things because it was really challenging. It was quite difficult and out there and not a lot of people were doing that back in those days. I do like working with digital now. I'm not really very technical. I can just about turn it on and work it but I don't want to know too much about programming and stuff like that. That's like a dark alley the I could just get lost on. I just want to be able to make the noise I make. I don't need to know what software's what. I just muck about until I get the sound I want.
You featured Sasha Grey on Candy, with whom you have recorded a single with before. When you were starting to make the new album, did you know right away that you wanted her to be a guest artist on the album?
I really like working with Sasha. She's great. She has a great delivery and a great sense of humor. I really, really like her delivery and I just think it works really well with my voice. She has a real can-do attitude so it's just a joy to work with her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4UipnnXU5Q
PIG & Sasha Grey: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
You Lost That Loving Feeling from the PIG album Candy. Raymond Watts duets with Sasha Grey. Available from pigindustries.com On Armalyte Industries: ARMCD062 / ARMVNL062 E Gabriel Edvy: Director Blackswitch Labs: Production Additional camera: Mattia Venni Vocals- Raymond Watts and Sasha Grey Production, programming, mix- Eden Martin Executive …
You've said that with regards to working with fashion houses, it was both fascinating and frustrating. What did you find to be the most fascinating thing about that world and what was the most frustrating?
Working with McQueen, for example, was a real eye-opener for me. It was great because I had films going round and round on my screens all day of these amazing clothes and you know you just go "Wow! This i actually really fucking out there!". I was really surprised by how fierce they wanted a lot of the noise, the sounds, the music and how dark they wanted it to be. It was really quite extreme, some of it. That was an eye opener and it was really enjoyable working like that. You had these incredibly beautifully tailored clothes that were absolutely immaculate with people working hundreds of hours to sew them. And then we did this really quite sort of visceral, challenging noise over the top. And these were just little projects like installations and loops and trunk shows as well as the runway shows. It was really, really quite challenging and an eye opener and I ended up doing one for The MET called Chaos To Couture. That was a big show at The MET and it was basically the effect that punk had on couture and that was quite out there. They kept on saying "Can you make it less musical" (laughs). They said it was too musical and wanted it less musical, which was a bit weird and frustrating. But yeah, it was definitely interesting.
You have said that you don't write a different way depending on who you are with, so now that you are more open to collaborating on music with others, how do you feel your writing style meshes with others?
Well, I bring what I bring to things. When I'm writing words, it doesn't matter whether I was writing for KMFDM or one of my Japanese bands or guesting for people, for me they're PIG lyrics, you know what I mean? When Mark's written music, he'll write something but then want to change the chorus a bit or whatever. There's give and take. I don't know how to explain it. I like working with people, but I have to keep my vision at the forefront.
On past tours, you've offered "tour only" items, such as a PIG lyric booklet and the vinyl release of Rise and Repent. Will you be doing something for upcoming tours? Is that something you like to do for every tour?
Yeah, I do like to do things like that. And I like to do a little VIP thing where I have a little EP that people get which are just early incarnations of songs and funny demos and stuff like that. Also I've done, like you said, tour only vinyls and things. It's just really good fun and is really nice to make stuff that's only available on the tour. It makes it more of an event.
With regards to touring, you've said that you enjoy touring now more in a van rather then the tour bus you used to tour in and that you tour more now, not because you have to but because you want to. How has that changed your approach to touring?
I'll tell you…I'm not going to lie…it's fairly common knowledge with my colleagues that when I was touring in the '90s, I was so unhappy. I was wrecked the whole time, generally in the back lounge. We were always driving at night and you can't look out the windows. It's a nightmare. I hate sleeping on tour buses! I could never really sleep on them. I wasn't very happy and when I came back and my first tour I just had to change it up. Obviously, it's been on a different scale. I spoke to one person who said he'd done buses and vans and really enjoyed the van. And I really like touring in a van because after a show we will go to a hotel/motel and will sleep there on a bed that's not bouncing up and down on a highway. We get up in the morning and get back in the van and can look out the bloody window! Before I'd driven around the States countless times but had never really seen it. You just wake up and your parked behind a venue and the back of all venues look the same, whether you're in Raleigh or Washington D.C. or wherever. Suddenly we went from being in a tour bubble to being on a road trip. I hate to sound cliche but it literally went from traveling at night to traveling in the daytime with your eyes open. Being sober helped too. And suddenly everything becomes a lot more normal. You're stopping at truck stops to pee and buy something to drink or whatever, and it's a little bit more outward looking.
What has it been like for you to function as a sober artist? How has it changed your perspective on things?
Well, I had been drinking and drugging for 37 years nonstop. Literally from the time I was thrown out of school, I was straight into a band at the age of 16 and hit the ground running and have never stopped, until I ended up in hospital half dead…well, more than half. It has completely changed things. Things aren't perfect but they're certainly a lot more interesting. I'm probably still a difficult buggar, but I'm able to interact with people more now and that is something that I really enjoy. I mentioned earlier that when it was just me in the studio…I worked a lot with Steve White for years in the studio…but it was a lot of times just me in the studio for days and days working and carving stuff away endlessly. So often it sounded like shit. You know, you carved away maybe even the good bit, to pair it down or embellish it or whatever. You'd have to carve it down to nothing and there'd be nothing left for you to lay loads of layers of shit on it. You couldn't see what you started with…it was buried in shit. So often you lost your way and would have to go back for days and days to chipping shit away again. The path is a lot more meandering and when you start shoveling drugs into that and then no drugs and then drinking and not sleeping, the path gets really difficult to follow. I may have difficulty now sometimes. I just need to stop sometimes and go out for a walk or leave it alone for a few days, but generally the path no longer goes off into 5,000 different directions.
I know you've mentioned that you don't really consider yourself a part of the scene, but how do you feel that the industrial and underground movement has evolved over the years since you started out?
It used to be a part of the underground in the '80s. It was a always sort of under and out of sight. It doesn't really seem to be underground anymore. As soon as something is done now, it can be spread across the internet. As soon as something is discovered, it spreads across the internet like wildfire, instantaneously, which is a joy and a great thing, but it does take away from some of the magic. One of the things about the PIG catalog, because I released records through all sorts of different labels…some of them are bankrupt and some of them are majors and some of them are indies that just sort of disappeared…it's quite difficult to find some of the PIG stuff. It's probably out there on the internet. Some of it you may not get. I don't even have copies of some of my own CDs. At first I was like "Oh god, you can't get these!" but now I'm almost quite pleased because it's actually still, genuinely part of the underground (laughs). In a way I kind of quite like that. It's not broadcast so much everywhere. That's how I feel about PIG. As to the scene…honestly, I don't even know what it is and not really that interested. I know there are some great people that I've worked with, like Mark Heal of Cubanate and En Esch and others, but I don't really know what the scene is.
What's next for you? What do you have coming up?
Of course, I'm working on some new PIG stuff and have a few things in the pipeline!
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer some questions!
It's been a joy!
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Has anyone purchased tickets in advance to the Duomo in Milan? I will have a day there on my way to Rick's tour of Sicily and want to visit the Cathedral, museum and the terraces (via elevator). The official site directs me to a commercial site to buy tickets (sort of a Ticketmaster) and is not completely clear on which option to choose from.
I was there several years ago and bought my ticket on the spot, thought don't know how that would work for you. If it's high tourist season, it would likely be best to purchase it in advance.
You can buy online; I think that's what I did, but they also have self-service ticket machines. I don't recall the ticket purchase as being a problem, time-wise. However, if it's high season, I recommend getting there fairly early (or late, I suppose). The difference between the line to enter at 9:00 and the same line at 10:00 was enough to make me glad I'd gotten there early. Also, the line for the elevator wasn't bad at an earlier time. Not sure what it would have been like later.


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Every academic year, several awards and prizes are granted to our highest achieving undergraduate students from each year of study to recognise and celebrate the success of our top performers.
This year, we are pleased to announce a set of two new academic prizes for the academic year 18/19, which will be sponsored by the international law firm Slaughter and May.
The winners will each receive £250 as well as a visit to the offices of Slaughter and May.
Jane Bryan, Associate Professor and co-convenor of the Property Law module shared her thanks to Slaughter and May stating that 'the prize will be really appreciated by both the students and the teaching team'.
The Introduction to the Law of Property Relations is a core module on our undergraduate Law degree here at Warwick and focuses on the role of law in the implementation of ideas and policies concerned with the ownership, use and development of land.
Contract Law is an elective module for second, third and fourth years that aims to introduce you to the fundamental notions of contract law, which is one of the "building blocks" of the common law and which underlies much of commercial and consumer law.
Thanks again to Slaughter and May for contributing these prizes; we look forward to seeing the winners announced next year.
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Monday afternoon, A. J. Dunham and Mrs. Elizabeth Dunham of DeVillo Township were married by Judge Jersin of the county court.
More than thirty years ago these people were happily married in an eastern state. They came to Richland County more than twenty years ago, and opened a large farm, raised a nice family and prospered. But the serpent crept in, misunderstandings arose, and Mr. Dunham left the home which his labor had established.
Six years ago Dunham left the country, and Mrs. Dunham sued for divorce on grounds of desertion. She secured the divorce, but that did not bring happiness. Years passed and both reflected. Their differences gradually grew smaller until they finally disappeared.
One day Dunham, thinking of his family in the west wrote them a letter. An answer was returned, and he wrote again. Letter followed letter, and in one was an invitation to visit the old home. Dunham took the fastest train for the west.
He and Mrs. Dunham talked it all over, and they decided they had made many mistakes and they would rectify them. They came to Wahpeton, and their marriage ends all. Many old friends extend congratulations and best wishes for the future.


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Rutas de dolor es un libro sobre la inmigración centroamericana, particularmente sobre la realidad de los inmigrantes hondureños, escrito por el periodista y catedrático hondureño Luis Andrés Cruz, y publicado por la editorial española Editorial Calíope en el año 2019.

Argumento
El libro es una recopilación de relatos sueltos de niños hondureños que han migrado hacia Estados Unidos, buscando mejores oportunidades de vida. El libro trata desde un punto de vista periodístico la crisis migratoria que atraviesa Honduras y el impacto social que esto produce.

La mayoría de los relatos están protagonizados por un niño originario de San Juan del Valle al que llaman Chico, que, al igual que todos, busca viajar hacia la "República Señorial" (Estados Unidos) en busca de una mejor calidad de vida, junto a su madre y sus hermanos. El camino es difícil para Chico y su familia, y está plagado de peligros y alto riesgo de perder la vida.

Publicación
Cruz asegura que la idea del libro la formuló en 2014, cuando colaboró con un grupo de periodistas franceses para dar cobertura a la crisis migratoria.

Una vez que su libro estaba escrito, Cruz se reunió con la doctora Elia Santos, autora del libro Prejuicios rotos, para buscar su apoyo con la Editorial Calíope y así poder publicar su libro. La editorial le solicitó que enviara una copia de su texto, y así lo hizo, la idea les interesó y se organizaron para publicar el libro.

Su presentación se produjo en junio de 2019, en la sede del Colegio de Periodistas de Honduras.

Referencias

Libros de Honduras
Libros sobre cultura de Honduras
Libros de no ficción de 2019

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Easy white cupcakes flavored with almond and vanilla are moist and tender. They'll taste great with any icing but try this whipped cream cheese icing - it's an amazing combination!
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl - set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 4 minutes.
Add the sour cream, almond extract, and vanilla-butternut flavoring.
Add the egg whites and beat well, scraping down the bowl often.
Add the flour mixture to the egg white mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the milk.
Beat on low speed for a minute, scraping down the sides to ensure all the ingredients are incorporated into the batter.
Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 of the way up.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean with a few crumbs clinging to it.
Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let cool 5 minutes before removing from the pan.
Beat the cream cheese, and Confectioner's sugar until fluffy.
Add the cream, pudding mix, and almond extract.
Beat until it thickens and stiff peaks form.
Cupcakes may be frozen for up to 3 months unfrosted. Any leftover frosted cupcakes or frosting should be kept in the refrigerator.


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Q: The best data structure and sorting algorithm to use for this particular situation I'm writing a tiny java application that will read a person's details from a txt file(tab delimited)(id, First Name, Last Name, DoB, Address)
The txt file is already sorted by id and contains around 30,000 records. My program should provide the user the choice to sort either by First Name, Last Name or Address.
What i've done already is that I made a class Person and made an arraylist of type Person to store all the records and then used JAVA's collection sort to sort it by using different comparators like this:
public static Comparator<Person> addComp = new Comparator<Person>(){
public int compare(Person P1,Person P2){
    String add1 = P1.getadd().toUpperCase();
    String add2 = P2.getadd().toUpperCase();
    return add1.compareTo(add2);
}
};

It works and all but what I wanted to know was if there was a faster algorithm to do it like in terms of running time and complexity.
Like if there was any other data structure that would be more suitable like a hash table or something

A: I think this is the best way to go. Using hashtables won't help here. In terms of asymptotic time complexity, you can't get any faster in general.
However you can improve user experience by pre-ordering the data after loading from file, so you only have to change a list reference on user interaction:
private List<Person> persons_by_id;
private List<Person> persons_by_name;
private List<Person> persons_by_address;

// ...

persons_by_id = readPersonsFromFile();
persons_by_name = new ArrayList<Person>(persons_by_id);
persons_by_address = new ArrayList<Person>(persons_by_id);
Collections.sort(persons_by_name, Person.ORDER_BY_NAME);
Collections.sort(persons_by_address, Person.ORDER_BY_ADDRESS);

You can make your comparators shorter with java8:
class Person {
    // ...
    public static final Comparator<Person> ORDER_BY_NAME =
        Comparator.comparing((Person p) -> p.getName().toUpperCase());
    public static final Comparator<Person> ORDER_BY_ADDRESS =
        Comparator.comparing((Person p) -> p.getAddress().toUpperCase());
}

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Your one day trip can touch upon the highlights of both, but for a limited time during the summer, the Butchart Gardens offers a nighttime fireworks and pyrotechnics show. As this takes place for 10 weeks only, and requires an overnight stay on the island, space is limited. There is no extra cost for the fireworks show at the gardens, simply the admission. With either the 1 or 2 day trip, you may choose to return to Vancouver via the ferry you came on, or take a flight with Harbour Air from downtown Victoria to downtown Vancouver, and shorten your day while flying above the amazing Gulf Islands.
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Identification of novel modulators of mitochondrial function by a genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila melanogaster.
Chen, Jian and Shi, Xiaoying and Padmanabhan, Ranjani and Wang, Qiong and Wu, Zhidan and Stevenson, Susan and Hild, Marc and Garza, Dan and Li, Hao (2008) Identification of novel modulators of mitochondrial function by a genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila melanogaster. Genome Research, 18 (1). pp. 123-136. ISSN 1088-9051
Official URL: http://genome.cshlp.org/content/18/1/123
Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with many human diseases. There has not been a systematic genetic approach for identifying regulators of basal mitochondrial biogenesis and function in higher eukaryotes. We performed a genome-wide RNA interference (RNAi) screen in Drosophila cells using mitochondrial Citrate synthase (CS) activity as the primary readout. We screened 13,071 dsRNAs and identified 152 genes that modulate CS activity. These modulators are involved in a wide range of biological processes and pathways including mitochondrial-related functions, transcriptional and translational regulation, and signaling pathways. Selected hits among the 152 genes were further analyzed for their effect on mitochondrial CS activity in transgenic flies or fly mutants. We confirmed a number of gene hits including HDAC6, Rpd3(HDAC1), CG3249, vimar, Src42A, klumpfuss, barren, and smt3 which exert effects on mitochondrial CS activities in vivo, demonstrating the value of Drosophila genome-wide RNAi screens for identifying genes and pathways that modulate mitochondrial function.
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Topic 1 - Learn about Rambam.
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'Most criticism of home education is smoke without fire'
Tes – 21 January 2019
The state is less likely to fail than homeschooling? History provides evidence to the contrary, writes one home educator
It is almost a decade since then education secretary Ed Balls questioned whether "home education [was] being used to cover child abuse". There have subsequently been a number of high-profile and tragic cases where claims were made that electively home educated (EHE) children were "hidden" from their local authority. However, in their EHE Call for Evidence earlier this year, the Department for Education twice acknowledged that in such cases EHE "has not usually been a causative factor and the child has normally been known anyway to the relevant local authority."
Safeguarding concerns remained the chief complaint until November 2015, when Sir Michael Wilshaw, then Ofsted's chief inspector, linked EHE with "illegal schools". He was concerned that children were at risk of harm in these unregistered settings, claiming parents were using EHE as a cover for sending their children there. Many of these "schools" were in Muslim communities – though that was rarely stated publicly – and it was not long before EHE was being linked with "radicalisation".
Most recently, Labour peer Lord Solely echoed these fears whenever he promoted his Private Member's Bill, often repeating the triple accusation of "radicalisation, trafficking and abuse". To these have been added more recent concerns about parents being coerced into home education, as schools attempt to off-roll low-achieving and often difficult pupils in order to boost their GCSE ranking.
In view of all the above, it is surprising therefore that at the end of last year the government made a remarkable admission in response to a written question from Tulip Siddiq MP. Siddiq enquired about the DfE's evidential basis behind the statement in the consultation, "that home education may present increased risk (a) to safeguarding and (b) of radicalisation". Minister Anne Milton replied that the call for evidence "did not claim to present evidence to show whether this was, in fact, the case," but provided an opportunity for "respondents to give information on views on these matters". This suggests that the government had no actual evidence of EHE being used as a cover for radicalisation.
Read the whole of my article.
Categories: Home Education UK
This blog started as an archive of media interest in the campaign by families in North Shropshire against Graham Badman's attempt to nationalise home educated children.
It continues to comment on important issues concerning home education in England.
Last Ten Posts
'Project Fear on home education must end' 15/02/2019
'Most criticism of home education is smoke without fire' 22/01/2019
North Shropshire Home Educators meet their MP 23/11/2018
Shropshire's Home Educated Children, "We're Not Invisible" 21/07/2018
A Home Educating Mum Writes to Her MP 17/01/2018
Are Parental Rights in Conflict with Children's Rights? 17/12/2017
Have the Conservatives Shifted on Home Education? 17/08/2017
Nicky Morgan Comments on Home Education 13/02/2016
Thank You BBC 10/01/2016
The Propaganda Machine Turns Once Again 10/01/2016
Pages Index
Radio Shropshire, Mass Lobby Interview, 13 Oct 2009
Shropshire Star, Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – Page 5
Market Drayton Advertiser, Friday, October 23, 2009 – Front Page Lead
Radio Shropshire, Breakfast Show, 29 October 2009
Shropshire Star, Thursday, November 26, 2009 – Page 21
Petition to Parliament, handover to Owen Paterson MP
Shropshire Star, Saturday, November 28, 2009 – Page 21
Border Counties Advertizer, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 – Page 12
Presentation of the Petition to Parliament, Tuesday, 8 December, 2009
Mass Presentation of Home Education Petition to Parliament
Shropshire Star, Wednesday, December 9, 2009 – Page 11
Market Drayton Advertiser, Friday, December 11, 2009 – Page 3
CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Commons, 11 January, 2010
CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Commons, Videos 1-6
CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Commons, Videos 7-12
CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Commons, Videos 13-18
CSF Bill, House of Commons, Public Committee, 19 January, 2010
Written Submission to Public Committee for CSF Bill, 25 January 2010
CSF Bill, House of Commons, Public Committee, 4 February, 2010
Market Drayton Advertiser, Friday, February 5, 2010 – Page 7
CSF Bill, Third Reading House of Commons, 23 February, 2010
CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Lords, 8 March 2010
CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Lords, Videos 1-6
CSF Bill, Second Reading House of Lords, Videos 7-12
All Washed Up!
Market Drayton Advertiser, Friday, April 30, 2010 – Page 4
Michael Gove still undecided about Home Education
Mrs Justice King's Judgement
Serious Case Review – Khyra Ishaq
Links to similar news archives from other areas
Links to publications & relevant web sites


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And she was terminally pretty.
I love that song lyric. Its playing right now on iTunes and I thought I'd share it with you.
Sooooo... I have a new contender for my GR3. Just one. Alan and James can not be replaced, but Kenneth can. Sorry Ken.
Its just not right, is it?
You see, I've been watching this show and I've gone gaga for him.
Anyways... let's change the topic. Its creeping me out. He creeps me out. But I still fancy him.
Ummmm... my eye is kinda better. Turns out it wasn't conjunctivitis like the doctor at the Uni Health Clinic (UHC) told me after a perfunctory glance at my weeping eye. Don't go to the UHC. Bad bad bad. I went to my GP a few days later after what the UHC doctor prescribed failed to work. My GP freaked out at the sheer incompetence of the UHC doctor and ordered me to go immediately to the eye hospital. Did you know that we have a hospital in Sydney just for eyes? I didn't. Its in Macquarie Street. Its a very strange place. I think Billy Ray Cyrus is moonlighting as an orderly and Mimi from the Drew Carey show works in the office, alongside Mr Mann from Little Britain. They also have the most extensive range of vintage Conde Nast magazines (Traveller, Vogue, GQ) that I have ever seen in a waiting room.
Pity my eye hurt too much to allow me to read them all.
Anyway, after 7 (yes, that's SEVEN) hours waiting in the emergency room of the eye hospital, I finally get to see an opthalmologist who actually looks at my eye properly and decides that I need a chest x-ray and blood tests. I know, it was my eye, not my chest or my blood. I did say that to him and he laughed and told me to shut up and let him do his job.
I like a doctor you can banter with.
So I sat in a little room trying not to throw up while Dr Dracula takes about a gazillion vials of blood (I have issues with needles... I'd be useless as a junkie) and then I schlep off to the x-ray room. Did you know they process x-rays on the spot now via what looks like a PC and a photocopier? Its cool. I sat there trying to diagnose myself while the x-ray lady was checking to make sure it had turned out right. I was sure I spotted a growth in my lung, but she said I had an overactive imagination.
So then, I go spend $50 at the pharmacy to get two TINY bottles of eye drops and go back to wait for Dr Sam to tell me what I have and what I need to do.
It turns out that what I have is called Iritis. Inflammation of the iris. Fair enough. So why the blood tests and x-rays? Well, its actually a "symptom" of a few different HLA-B27 related diseases, but what he thinks I have is called Ankylosing Spondylitis. I find out for sure on Wednesday, but he's 99% positive.
At this point my head is spinning from lack of food (when you go to emergency at 11am, you really don't bank on still being there at 6pm) and information overload, so Dr Sam writes it all down for me to google at my leisure. That's what he said. Really. "Google at your leisure". He's a cool guy. A little nerdy, but cool.
So I go home, put the drops in (every HOUR for the next MONTH) and a few days later Wikipedia myself silly.
If you can be bothered going to the links, you'll see all the ins & outs of what it is and what can or can't be done. My grandmother apparently developed rheumatoid arthritis when she was my age, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised by any of it. And I have to say I'm not particularly bothered by it either. Because it means I actually have a name for it, rather than just putting all the symptoms down to "getting old".
What REALLY concerns me (and I think I may need treatment for this too) is that when I Wikipedia-d the AS, I got quite excited by the discovery that Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe bandmate of aforementioned Tommy Lee) is also a sufferer.
I'm not right. I'm really not.
Hope you are all well. Especially you MG... I didn't like the "anonymous" comment I read earlier on Locket's blog. It upset me. I'm sending you hugs.
While I think of it and completely off-topic yet again, I bought my soon-to-turn seven year old niece "Charlotte's Web" for her birthday. Is she too young for it? I think I read it when I was about 5, but then apparently I was reading in the womb and always read waaay above my age group. So I'm not sure. Has Princess read it MG? If so, at what age?
Oh and Bevis, what's going on with BB? I'm waiting for my umpteenth nomination! And maybe a bit of biffo with Feral when I finally get a-victed.
mimi can't be working at your eye hospital because she's working at my local russian deli. maybe it's her sis.
also, wouldn't it be irisitis? just thinking is all.
and re that comment. don't know where it came from but i think i dealt with it ok? huh? it wasn't the cotter.
ps re charlotte's web. i first read it to princess when she was 4 or 5, so i don't think it's too young. we love it and i always cry when charlotte dies. nothing wrong with "feelings", as princess and i always say.
That all sounded strangely reminiscent of my immunology classes at uni. I can't remember a single thing about AS anymore though. What a waste those years were *sigh*. Good luck with getting the eye better and remembering the drops every hour. I assume you get to sleep.
Take care of yourself, M.
phentermines. what the hell are phentermines anyway?
ha ha ha ha - your obviously liked your answer mg!!
This is a most amusing conversation!


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Game denies claims that their databases have been hacked
By Tom Senior 2012-01-16T15:57:47.15Z
UPDATE: The Game statement has now been released. "We have thoroughly investigated the hacking claims made today by the website Pastebin, and can confirm that they are entirely false. The published email addresses are not registered users of GAME.co.uk, and there has been no breach of our database security," says Game's Anna-Marie Mason on MCV . "We would like to assure all our customers that their details are well protected, and advise anyone who has any questions to contact our customer services team via the website, our Facebook page or Twitter account."
ORIGINAL STORY: British retailer, Game, has had its records hacked, according to a report on Softpedia spotted on MCV . The hackers have posted 200 email addresses and passwords online. It's not known whether they also got their hands on any payment information but Game are due to release a statement shortly. Tasmanian site, Catalyst-Gaming, was also hacked, with similar results. If you have a Game login, you might want to jump in and change your password.


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The U.S. Could Almost Meet Greenhouse-Gas Goals If Americans Made One Dietary Change
The switch is fairly simple, but would have huge results.
By Madison Flager
For many, the thought of following a vegan or vegetarian diet is unfathomable. We know, burgers are awesome. Especially when they're wrapped in bacon.
But an analysis of beef consumption in the United States as it concerns greenhouse gas emissions shows that by taking one step toward a more plant-based diet, America could come much closer to meeting the greenhouse gas goals set by former President Obama.
If every American (yes, it's a tall order) were to switch out beef for beans — even if they continued to eat chicken, pork, and dairy — the country could achieve 46 to 74% of the reductions needed to meet the 2020 greenhouse gas target.
The basic premise is this: crops like beans are grown for human consumption, but also to feed cattle. The cattle eat tons of beans (literally, tons), convert it to meat in their bodies, and emit greenhouse gas before being made into meat for us to eat.
If you skip the step of farming so many plant crops for the purpose of animal consumption, there would be much more arable land — 42 percent more free cropland in the U.S., to be exact.
This is not currently being considered as a climate policy option, and as researcher Helen Harwatt told The Atlantic, "I think there's genuinely a lack of awareness about how much impact this sort of change can have."
She calls it a "worst-first" approach, because it tackles the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the food system.
While it's highly unlikely the vast majority of the population will adopt this eating habit, substituting beans for beef is a very simple goal for those wanting to take action at the individual level.
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Making it work – understanding and assessing residential rehabilitation in the Salvation Army context
Psychological Medicine (Wellington)
Dr Elliot Bell, Associate Professor Giles Newton-Howes
Research into the rehabilitation of addiction has a long history, however despite the wealth of research, development of novel interventions and increasing understanding of the harms of many drugs of abuse, prevalence rates remain high as does the damage these drug do. Possible problems in translating research into practice include differences in the social and political factors that prevent generalisability of research and the ability of services to translate research into practice. An obvious solution to this problem is to engage in clinically oriented research, examining in depth programs embedded within operating services. This allows questions of purpose, approach, personnel and population to be addressed.
This PhD project aims to answer these questions for a residential rehabilitation service in Wellington, New Zealand. This service is run by the Salvation Army, an international church-based organisation who provide an AA-oriented residential service with a spiritual element. The project may initially involve developing an understanding of the addictions context internationally and in New Zealand, with a view to developing a general theory of the context of the Salvation Army service. This could then be tested, using a grounded theory approach with service users, ex-service users, and staff. The theory developed could be further examined quantitatively, by obtaining demographic, addiction, and outcome data on a cohort of patients within and through the service in order to examine how closely outcome matches the principles of treatment, and what, if any changes could potential improve these outcomes. Areas such as religion, spirituality, and ethnicity are relatively under-researched and of potential interest.
Funding is available to cover the costs of the project, but not a salary for the candidate. Contestable scholarships are available at the University of Otago.
Elliot Bell
Email elliot.bell@otago.ac.nz
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Q: Multiple request instead of one in EF Core I have this select which I expected to be executed by sending one command to SQL Server but I can see 10s requests instead. How can I fix it?
We have Companies which have Customers and Orders. For some reasons Orders are under Company entity.
var q = _dbContext.Companies
        .Include(x => x.Customers)
        .Include(c => c.Orders)
        .Where(a => a.CompanyId == 123);

 var total = await q.CountAsync();

 q = q.OrderByDescending(x => x.CompanyCode)
     .Skip((pageIndex - 1) * pageSize).Take(pageSize);

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     CompanyCode = x.CompanyCode,
     Customers = x.Customers
         .Where(c => c.IsActive)
         .Select(c => new CustomerDto()
         {
             FirstName = c.FirstName,
             Surname = c.Surname,
             Orders = x.Orders
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                 }).ToList()
         }).FirstOrDefault(),
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A: This is EF.NetCore optimization.
You actually cant achieve one query when your navigation properties are collections.
I can't find any links right now, but this is by design.
Once you have a collection in your navigations inside select or inside includes it will produce a separate query for each root entity. The reason I believe is the redundant data amount produced by such a query.
I suggest leave it as is if you have not a lot of data < 1000 rows in a result. You will see a lot of queries but they will be really fast.
As I can see you have pagination here so it shouldn't be a problem.
Otherwise, select your collections separately and join them in memory carefully.
Unfortunately, there is no other way for EF Core
Also, I recommend to turn on EF core logs to what is going on early. I bet FirstOrDefault will produce some warning.


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How To Organize Your Communications Team In An Era Of Earned Media Measurement
August 22, 2018 /in Executive Insights /by Kaila Garrison
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Forbes. See the original here.
It's almost impossible to find a business today that doesn't pay attention to data – and more companies will be digging deeper into their numbers in the next few years. According to research firm IDC, worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics grew from $130 billion in 2016 to more than $150 the next year.
As this shift toward analytics continues across businesses, the communications discipline will evolve with it. The function will have to rethink hiring, how employees work and interact with one another, and how to present information to company executives. Across the industry, there are also signs that communications professionals need to move with more urgency: 71 percent of respondents don't feel they are fully capitalizing on the benefits of technology and data, according to my company's 2017 survey.
For most of its history, the public relations profession has relied on traditional communications metrics to measure earned media performance. These less-sophisticated peripheral metrics allow PR professionals to quantify the success of their campaigns. For example, they might have reported that a story was seen by one million people because an online media outlet has that many subscribers, or concluded that an article must have done well because it received 500 shares on social media.
Over the last year, new robust analytical tools have emerged that allow PR professionals to garner the same kind of information on earned media pieces as they would on owned or paid media stories. Many metrics are now within the communicator's grasp, including how many people clicked on a third-party post or article, website visits after reading that article, and even how many people bought a product or asked for additional information. In this way, a communicator can quantify the degree to which their earned media content contributes to meaningful business outcomes such as awareness, consideration and behavior.
The ability to pinpoint how well a piece of earned media performed represents a game-changing reality for communications programs. Media relations programs can be planned based on their ability to drive sales rather than simply their ability to generate significant buzz. PR strategy development and tactics can be formulated to propel business performance. But succeeding in this PR big data revolution requires businesses to reimagine and potentially retrain their communications teams. What can you do? Here are four ideas.
Hire Data Scientists
Most communications teams are made up of creative types — writers, journalists, designers and others who can create great press releases or media campaigns. They haven't been taught how to crunch numbers, analyze figures or navigate big data software. Analytics, though, requires a certain type of expertise. Big data scientists and math whizzes are being added to all kinds of divisions across corporations. Communications teams need to consider hiring people with more analytic backgrounds. Today, many PR degrees require a statistics class so the next generation of PR professionals will be fully equipped.
Help Employees Understand Big Data
While larger companies have data scientists working in other divisions, they can be a valuable resource when it comes to helping others understand the power of information. Set up training sessions with these experts – or bring in people from outside if need be – and get them to show the communications team why number crunching matters and what it involves. Companies need to bridge the knowledge gap between the creative and analytical sides of the business, and this kind of education will help. Some of your employees might be intimidated by the rise of big data and what it means for them. Let them know they play a key role. Even the most creative storytellers can benefit from data about their audiences to improve the relevance of their content.
Make Data Your Starting Point (Not an Afterthought)
While a press release will always be important, it's no longer the starting point for a campaign. Instead, projects need to start with data — and that could put the more analytical PR professionals, rather than the pure creatives, at the helm of big assignments. It is the data and the analysis of that data that will guide messaging, targeting and execution going forward. Data often yields surprises because it tests our preconceived notions. The numbers may tell you that a Twitter user with 1,000 followers is more influential for your specific audience than a major newspaper, or that a certain style of release generates more interest than something else. Continual data analysis is applicable throughout the communications process, not just at the end when it's time to evaluate your campaign.
Encourage Collaboration Between Creative And Analytic Employees
While PR professionals need to know much more about data analytics, they don't need to be spending their days digging into numbers. Leave that to the analytics folks on the team. More traditional PR professionals have Rolodexes of journalists and influencers — and it's their job to reach out to these people and get stories placed where they need to go. But the two sides need to talk. Data will help quantify PR's contribution to the brand and foster creative thinking by focusing resources on the areas that elevate the business.
As data becomes that much more important in the PR world, communications teams must readjust their thinking and look at bringing on new kinds of experts. What won't change, though, is the need for good storytelling and media outreach. With data, you can ensure that a campaign is that much more successful.
About Kaila Garrison
Kaila Garrison is the VP, Marketing Strategy and Operations at Cision. Garrision has a decade of marketing and business development expertise, with previous leadership roles at Oracle and Compendium Blogware. Garrison holds a bachelor's from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
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A 28-year-old man found floating in a Wilkes-Barre creek Saturday two miles from the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino was a key witness in a fraud and theft cases at the gambling center.
The Citizens Voice newspaper reports Matthew Crane, 28, of Shavertown, Pa., informed authorities in 2015 about a scheme to defraud the casino of hundreds of thousands of dollars through free slots play with the use of duplicated player cards and personal information numbers.
At the time, Crane was working as a table dealer at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
His body was spotted by a passers-by Saturday afternoon floating in Mill Creek in Wilkes-Barre. One of the eye-witnesses who spotted the body told the Citizens Voice the dead man appeared to have a wound to his head.
However, no official cause of death ruling has been made. An autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist Dr. Gary Ross was planned for Monday.
More on the case is here.


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The $3.75 million dining area expansion at The Pines in Burns Lake is expected to be complete in the coming months.
"The project includes a new dining hall, kitchen server and pantry, patient and staff washrooms and a new lobby and vestibule area, as well as a new covered loading area for deliveries and servicing," Northern Health spokeswoman Eryn Collins told Lakes District News.
It has been planned for one year.
The expansion aims to enhance the experience of residents at The Pines, as Penny Anguish, Northern Health Chief Operating Officer explained.
However, the project comes as some members of the community have questioned whether the funding could've been better spent on adding more rooms to The Pines, which is at full capacity.
"Long-term care is always at full capacity. They've got a certain number of rooms," said Anguish.
As a result of the shortage of vacancies at The Pines, some people have had to stay longer in the hospital, where patients have been moved to the emergency room because all of its beds were occupied over the past few months.
"You would be hard pressed to find a hospital in Canada that didn't have capacity issues over the last few months," said Anguish.
"This year has been a harsh flu season. There was a surge of flu viruses, and there wasn't a strong match between the immunizations and one particular strain of influenza. It affected people with already chronic diseases," she explained.
Some of the hospital capacity problems remain for the time being, partly because sending patients home or to The Pines can't be easily accomplished.
"There are some people in the hospital in Burns Lake that are waiting for long-term care. They've being assessed and that's the appropriate place for them to be. That's not unusual. We try not to have that be a long wait and we try not to have that be a lot of people because that does cause some challenges with the bed capacity.
Anguish said that building more rooms at The Pines won't necessarily solve the problem.
But the bigger issue, she pointed out, is that adding capacity to long-term care facilities is only part of the answer.
Funds for the dining area expansion were provided by the Ministry of Health, the Stuart Nechako Regional Hospital District, and Northern Health.


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Interview with Claire Tang: From jogger to runner!
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Camel Muar Half Marathon (3rd)
There are many ways to relieve stress and exercising, in the form of running, is definitely one of the popular methods to run off our anxieties and setbacks we face in our daily lives. In this interview session, we chat with Claire Tang, a jogger-turned-runner who has achieved numerous commendable placings for both local and overseas races and got her to share with us how she became the adrenaline junkie she is today.
JustRunLah!: How will you introduce yourself to Singapore running community?
Claire Tang: A mileage junkie who prefers to run instead of taking public transport if it's at all possible. I like to use my legs to take me to places, exploring new surroundings some of which is only accessible by foot. Also, I do not like to jostled and elbowed by the crowds taking public transport so running to places works well for me.
JRL: When did you first pick up running (what age) and what inspired you to do so?
Claire: I took on jogging as a hobby when I started working. Gee…. that was more than 10 years ago! Running then was a means to cope with the stress of working life but over the years, I came to fall in love with it, progressing from a jogger to a runner.
JRL: What would you consider to be your biggest running achievement so far?
Claire: If you consider achievement by the number of wins in races, then there were the Asics City race and Sundown marathon team relay which my team came in first for both events. I came in third for Camel Muar Half marathon and was the champion for the union category in the NTUC 350 run.
NTUC Income Run 350, Champion (Union category)
On a different note, running in Boston marathon this year and completing the race under chilly temperature, strong gusty winds and rain showers is something that I am really proud of. At some point during the race, I really wanted to drop out of the race due to the extreme cold. But the overwhelming support of the crowd out in full force on the streets, braving the rain to cheer the runners on helped me to persevere. The difficulty in qualifying for this race also made it a memorable one with the qualifying time getting tougher each year.
JRL: You ran an impressive 43min37s for the 10km! How long did it take you to train for that?
Claire: Running is an expression of your complete self and where you stand now; all your training, habits, food and who you meet – everything. For me, running has always been a part of my life for many years so the timing is a result of all of that.
JRL: What advice would you give to someone taking that 10km race? Just Run Lah?
Claire: For starters, just run lah! Enjoy the experience of completing the race without any target on timing. However, for those who wish to run for their personal best, you would need to have a proper training plan incorporating long run, speed session, strength and flexibility training. Yes, running is a holistic sport and if you want to do well without injuring yourself, there is a lot to be done!
JRL: Do you have any pre-race rituals? What goes through your head every time you run?
Claire: Weeks before a race, speed session is mandatory to simulate running at race pace and to fire up the muscles. The speed sessions also help to boost my confidence to run in the race. On race day, a cup of Kopi-O is a must for breakfast a few hours before the run as it helps to prevent pit stops during the race.
Asics City Relay 2015, Champion Team
JRL: What is your mantra for when the going gets tough in a race?
Claire: I always tell my friends that racing is "siong" (tough) and I always "chuan" (breathless) during races. Having said that, racing is a way to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could do and helps us to find out what we are made of.
When the going gets tough in a race, I focus on maintaining a good running form and telling myself that it is mind over body. Reminding myself that "there is no limits" help me overcome the pain of running at my maximum effort and that the race is soon over stops me from whining. Once the race is over, I like that I have no regrets knowing I have run my best in the race.
JRL: What do you think makes a runner, especially someone who keeps at it, put feet to the ground day after day?
Claire: Motivation. The capacity to challenge yourselves and drive yourselves to overcome the obstacles. Waking up early in the morning to put in the mileage when it is so hard to peel yourself from the bed. Speed training after a hard day at work when it takes so much out from you physically and mentally. Pushing through at a certain pace at great discomfort to achieve your race target on race day. All these takes a tremendous amount of motivation.
JRL: Finish this sentence: Running is…
Claire: empowering and liberating. You could do by yourself, under your own strength and power. You could go in any direction. You could go fast or slow. You could seek out new places to enjoy the sights and sounds of nature. You live in the moment as you feel your entire body moving using the strength of your feet and the power of your lungs.
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Farewell Martha
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At times everyone feels somewhat alone. But Martha was truly alone, all alone. Living in the Cincinnati zoo, Martha was the last Passenger Pigeon remaining on earth. Her parents were dead. She had no living brothers or sisters. No relatives or friends. No one. She was the last of her kind. When she died at age 29 almost a century ago (September 1, 1914) Passenger Pigeons ceased to exist.
Zookeepers rushed Martha's lifeless body to the Cincinnati Ice Company. Held by her feet, she was lowered into a tank of water, frozen upside down into a 300-pound block of ice and shipped to the Smithsonian Institution where her lifeless corpse remains on display today. A simple sign reads: "Extinct".
Larger than a typical urban pigeon and weighing twice as much as Mourning Dove, Passenger Pigeons preferred forestland to crowded city streets and parks, and congregated in very large flocks. Their name came from a French word, passage, meaning "to pass by".
The most abundant bird
And when they did pass by, their numbers were impressive. Less than 100 years before Martha's death, the Passenger Pigeon was the most abundant bird in the country. Reliable estimates place their total number at up to 5 billion individuals, more than 30% of all birds, possibly the most abundant bird that ever lived on earth. Ornithologists reported flocks over one mile wide and 20 miles long that literally "blacken the sky". Audubon observed a migration flight so enormous it took two days to pass. A single roost site might contain 5-7 million birds.
An old adage maintains that there is strength in numbers. Larger groups tend to have advantages over smaller groups. Winning generals deploy more troops than their enemies. Successful politicians gather more delegates.
With such a massive population the possibility that Passenger Pigeons might become extinct was inconceivable. Yet in less than a century, they were gone. From 5 billion individuals to Martha, to none.
How did 5 billions birds disappear?
How could a species so incredibility abundant become extinct is such a short period of time? What caused their dramatic decline? If you suspect humans played a lead role, you are on the right track. Although there was no single cause, man tipped the balance of nature. Loss of habitat and food combined with extensive hunting were major contributors.
As vegetarians their primary food source was "mast" — a general term for the seeds and ripening fruit of hard wood and fruit bearing trees. They loved beechnuts, acorns, and maple and elm seeds. A large flock could quickly strip a small woodlot of all edible food. Then the flock would move on. Pigeons were semi-nomadic, constantly on the move to find food. Fortunately, different types of mast matured at different times during the year. But only a fairly large forest could produce enough mast to satisfy a huge army of pigeons.
The eastern half of the country was originally heavily forested. However, as human population mushroomed, civilization moved inland and westward from the coast. Forests were rapidly cleared for farming, industry and cities. As these forests shrunk in size, finding ample food became more challenging for Passenger Pigeons.
Greater danger
Loss of food sources was not the only peril. Hunting was a more lethal danger. Early settlers quickly learned that pigeon meat was tasty. And pigeons were plentiful and easy to kill. Subsistence hunting to feed the farm family was not the major problem. Rather it was professional trappers and market hunters who killed pigeons in sufficient quantities to feed an entire city.
One throw of a net into a sleeping roost could capture hundreds of birds. A single shot might kill 5, 10 or more. The supply seemed inexhaustible. In 1874 at one roost in Michigan, a group of market hunters bagged 25,000 birds a day for 28 straight days. In 1771 Boston markets sold 50,000 pigeons per day. Pigeons were an inexpensive source of meat protein.
Squab (the young pigeon nestling) was particularly flavorful and highly prized. Pigeon hunters raided roosts taking all the squabs. As a result, few young remained to produce future generations of pigeons. Adults that did survive the hunters eventually died naturally. Reproduction rates were drastically reduced and population numbers plunged into a downward spiral toward zero.
At one time the total number of passenger pigeons was far greater than total number of sparrows and starlings combined today. Their numbers were almost unimaginable. Yet large numbers did not help them survive. Can you imagine today that starlings might be in danger of extinction?
The total population of all the currently endangered species (California Condor, Whooping Crane, Kirtland's Warbler and others) numbers in the hundreds of birds, not thousands or millions of individuals. If 5 billion pigeons could disappear, so could today's smaller populations if things don't change.
Since human activity contributes to the decline of a species, changes in human activity can reverse the trend. The banning of DDT halted and reversed the threat to Bald Eagles and Ospreys. California Condors are flying free in the wild again. All the result of direct help from caring humans.
Still, in the last two centuries, five species have become extinct in the U.S. Currently the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service lists about 50 species and subspecies as "endangered" in the continental US.
Current populations of these endangered species are very small. But as the plight of the passenger pigeon vividly demonstrates, sheer numbers do not guarantee future well-being. The most common birds in your backyard could also be at risk. Careful attention to what is happening in your yard, your city and your area can prevent another bird, maybe that cheerful Robin on your lawn, from joining Martha on display at the Smithsonian.
Great results from Nighthawk Watch
Last evening I joined 15 other birders at the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch platform to observe migrating Common Nighthawks. Perfect weather. Cool, with low humidity. Not a single cloud. Ideal. Our total tally after 1.5 hours constantly scanning the skies was: Blue Jay and Titmouse, 2 of each. Nothing else. Nary a Nighthawk. (Although the official hawk counter spotted birds about 5 miles away.) It would be natural to consider the time spent staring at empty skies as an unproductive waste of time. But it wasn't. It was overwhelmingly refreshing. Nothing to do but breathe deeply, search the horizon, chat with other friendly birders. When darkness finally filled the sky and I made it down the hill to my car, I was completely relaxed. Best I've felt in some time. I've got to do this again soon. Maybe next time I will even see some birds.
Count your toes.
Q: How many toes does a bird have?
A: Most birds have four toes, usually arranged with three toes pointing forward and one (the hallux or big toe) pointing backwards. Woodpeckers, however, tend to have two toes forward and two backward which makes it easier to hitch vertically up a tree trunk.
Of course nothing is absolute in nature. There are always exceptions. Three-toed woodpeckers only have three toes. So do plovers, oystercatchers and sanderlings.
And just to be different, an Ostrich only has two toes
Early Hummingbird Season
I usually tell people that the peak hummingbird time here in Westchester is the first two weeks of September. You will see more hummingbirds then than at any other time. That is because all the hummingbirds that summer in New England and Canada have started their southern migration. When the reach Long Island Sound they prefer not to fly over that expanse of water. So they turn west and fly along the Connecticut coastline until they can fly south over land again. And that is lower Westchester.
But this year, a great number of people have come into the store excited because they had just seen a hummingbird in their backyard. I've sold as many hummingbird feeders in the last 3 days as I have in the last month. There is something about hummingbirds that really attracts people. I'm not sure if it is their tiny size, or the rapid wingbeats, or their fast stop-and-start flights, or what. But I do know they are a popular favorite.
And they are showing up early this year.
My plans for our monthly birdwalk this coming Saturday is to look for hummingbirds. Based on the number of recent first hand reports I have heard, we should have success.
Turtles on a BirdWalk
Went on a walk with friends at Rockefeller State Park. Hot and muggy. And no birds. I always see swallows, bluebirds and woodpeckers. Today, none. Did see one female Am. Redstart and one Black-and-white Warbler. And flocks of Cedar Waxwngs were devouring berries. But most birdlife was scarce.
So I learned about turtles.
There are three common turtles in this area: Painted Turtles, Red-eared Sliders and Snapping Turtles.
Painted Turtles have a smooth, shinny carapace (top shell) without a central keel or ridge. The top shell is divided into large squares with a thin line between the squares and the squares basically line up in a straight line.
A Red-eared Slider has a flattened, bumpy carapace that has a flat, dull finish. There is long red streak on each side of the head.
Snapping Turtles are big and mean looking.
In general birds are more attractive than turtle, but if there are no birds around, you look at what you can find.
Shakespear, a fairly well-know author, was meticulous in selecting just the right word. One of his famous lines was "What's in a name?" Of course he used a reference to roses but his point can also apply to birds. A bird's name may be somewhat misleading but the bird is still the bird.
The Common Nighthawk is a good example. First, it is not a hawk. It is a proud member of the little known nightjar family. It is a predator but hunts flying insects. That makes it closer to a swallow than a Red-tail Hawk. And its flight is similar a swallow with zigs and zags and erratic, quick changes of direction.
Secondly, Common Nighthawks are most active at dusk and dawn and don't fly in the inky black of night unless the moon is full. You often see them at night baseball games chasing after flying insects that are attracted by the bright lights illuminating the ball field. I've only see one in mid-day once. It was stretched out on a horizontal branch sound asleep. Its coloring blended in perfectly with the tree bark.
And finally, it is not extremely common in this area except in late summer when they are beginning their southbound migration. Then you may see loose flocks numbering hundreds of birds.
I haven't seen a nighthawk yet this year. But next week Bedford Audubon is hosting a hawk watch to look for migrating nighthawk. This will take place at the Chestnut Ridge HawkWatch platform high above I-684 on Thursday, August 30th from 6-7:00 PM. I've never tried this before and am looking forward to it.
I will let you know what we see and experience.
Sitting Ducks
Birds don't molt all their feathers at once. That would leave them naked, vulnerable and unable to fly. A complete molt might extend over several weeks or months. It progresses with one small section of feathers at a time beginning on the head, face and throat and then moving backward to the tail.
Feather loss is usually symmetrical on both sides of the body. If feathers are lost on the right side of the bird, the same feathers on the left side are lost. This keeps the bird balanced.
You can often observe this symmetry by watching soaring hawks. If you notice a gap (a missing flight feather) on the right wing, there will be a corresponding gap on the left wing. This balance allows the bird to fly reasonable well despite missing feathers.
Waterbirds are an exception to the gradual molt rule. Mallards, for example, molt all their flight feathers simultaneously, usually in mid to late summer after breeding season. Without flight feathers they can't fly and are vulnerable to predators so they spend countless hours floating in the center of a pond where they are reasonable safe from land-based predator. This is where the term "Sitting Ducks" is said to have originated.
You may have noticed that you do not see many male Mallards at this time. That's because they go through a quick molt and change into what is called their "eclipse plumage." Males lose their glossy green head feathers and look more like female Mallards. So at that time, you will see lots of "females" and no males. In early fall another molt brings back the classic male green head for the male Mallard.
What to do with an old worn out coat
What to do with an old coat? A new coat looks bright and crisp when you first bring it home from the store. But after a full season of wear, it no longer looks new. It starts to look somewhat frayed, slightly worn. Just from daily use. Eventually it looks shabby. You may donate it to Salvation Army and buy a new coat. Bird feathers also suffer from daily use. They show wear, maybe fade in the sunlight, feathers edges become ragged. Individual feathers may be bent or damaged, maybe fall out. Worn feathers are not as effective for insulation or as reliable for flight. But birds can't go to the store to get a new coat. So they do the next best thing. They create a new coat by getting rid of their old, worn-out feathers and replacing them with new feathers. All North American birds go through the process, call molt, at least once each year. New feathers grow in and push out the old ones. They don't lose all their old feathers at once. That would make them naked and vulnerable, unable to fly. A complete molt could take weeks. Different sections of feathers are replaced a little at a time. New feathers may give a bird a slightly difference appearance. Consider the male Am. Goldfinch who molts his bright yellow feathers at the end of summer and replaces them with a more drab looking winter coat of feathers. Same bird, but a much different look. Even starlings look different after they molt into new feathers. They appear shinny black with specks of bright gold. As winter weather takes it told and the new feathers become old and worn. The specks wear off leaving the black iridescent starling that we are all familiar with.
Hank versus Doug / Green Heron or Black-crowned Night Heron
WasWas Doug wrong? Or was I?
Asjdjdjdjdl it turns out we were both right. We were looking at two different birds. Both were about the same distance away, at the same height in a tree, both definitely herons. But one was on the right bank of the Bronx River, the other on the left side.
We both were sure the other was misidentifying the bird. We each knew what we were seeing and any other ID was wrong.
This situation illustrate the importance of being able to describe exactly where a bird is so that others can follow you directions. How many times have you heard: "It's in that tree." "On the big branch." Both may be true but not helpful as directions.
Imagine someone saying "I saw a yellow bird. What was it?" Someone else says "a small bird, smaller than a sparrow, bright yellow with black wings, 2 white wing bars and a black cap" Now you have enough information on which to base a solid ID
More details are better in describing a bird or providing directions to find a bird. The more specific and detailed your directions, the faster others can find the bird. The tall maple tree to right of the shed. About 10 feet to the left of the trunk on the lowest horizontal branch.
Get in the habit of being precise in describing the location of a bird.
Was Doug wrong? Or was I?
As it turns out we were both right. We were looking at two different birds. Both were about the same distance away, at the same height in a tree, both definitely herons. But one was on the right bank of the Bronx River, the other on the left side.
Doug wrong? Or was I?
A warm winter coat
When colder winter weather arrives I get out my winter coat. It is heavier and warmer than my fall jacket. And despite much colder outdoor temperatures it keeps me warm.
Birds do the same thing.
One ornithologist counted the number of feathers on common house sparrows in mid-summer (July). The average total was 3,150-3,200 feathers. Then he repeated his count again in mid-winter (Jan/Feb). In the colder temperatures of Jan/Feb the average number increased to 3,550-3,600 feathers, about 12% more feathers in winter than in summer. Most of the additional feathers were down feathers and, if you ever had a down jacket or used a down sleeping bag, you understand how down retains warmth.
Sometimes on a blustery winter day you will notice a chickadee that seems puffed up, much more plump than normal. The chickadee has fluffed its feathers trapping more air between the feathers thus creating added insulation. A chickadee's normal body temperature is around 104 degrees. When the outside temperature drops way below freezing all that separates its body from the frigid outdoor cold is ¼ inch thickness of feathers.
It seems very practical for birds to grow additional feathers in winter to provide greater insulation.


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Q: Getting current state of storyboard in c# windows phone 7 I am trying to get the current state of a storybaord.
I wanted something like if the storyboard have stopped play it again.
How should i go about getting the current state??
Below is my code to play teh storyboard :
void loadtime()
{
    ringingAlarm.Begin();
}

A: Storyboard does not have any properties or methods that indicate its current state. However it does fire a Completed event when it has finished. You could create a simple wrapper around your Storyboard to track state, see this forum post for an example.

A: You can use Storyboard.GetCurrentState to get the ClockState. This ClockState is an enumeration that has a Stopped property, which is returned if your animation is stopped.
Or, you can create a wrapper as ColinE suggested.