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'Green News Report' - January 21, 2016
With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...
By Desi Doyen on 1/21/2016 11:11am PT
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Surprise! 2015 was the hottest year ever recorded on Planet Earth; MI Gov. Rick Snyder apologizes and promises action for the lead-poisoned residents of Flint; New York breaks up with coal; Denmark sets a new world wind power record; PLUS: More bad news for Big Oil... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Graphs of the Day: The Pause no More; EPA shuffles its feet over bee die-offs; No jail time for Delta 5 in historic civil disobedience case; Global fish catch drastically under-reported; Canadian sue to stop wolf hunts by helicopter; Did EPA fail to protect community from environmental racism?; UT representative announces bill proposing Bundy-style land seizures... PLUS: Fox anchor, guest suggest government focus on climate change and "PC stuff" helped cause Flint water crisis... and much, MUCH more! ...
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Article Categories: California, New York, Environment, Michigan, Green News, Coal, North Dakota, Oil, Wind, Climate change, Extreme weather, Election 2016, Exxon Mobil, Mining, Andrew Cuomo, Rick Snyder
'Green News Report' - May 7, 2015
By Desi Doyen on 5/7/2015 10:48am PT
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Huge, political clean sweep for social progressives in Alberta, Canada, home of the dirty tar sands; New rules for oil trains, now with less transparency; Another disturbing milestone in global CO2 emissions; PLUS: Elon Musk revolutionizes the battery industry - again ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Poor in Pennsylvania? You're Fracked; Fracking chemicals detected in PA drinking water; Bank of America from coal; Ominous fire season ahead for CA with 12m dead trees due to drought; Got a dishwasher? Don't wash your dishes by hand; Report finds US nuclear plants seriously threatened by floods, rising seas; Shell flunks Coast Guard inspections for Arctic drilling... PLUS: Jerry Brown to water tunnels critics: 'Shut up' ... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Environment, Green News, Canada, North Dakota, Oil, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Keystone XL
Former Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) & the Conservative Case for Climate Action: 'BradCast' 5/6/2015
By Brad Friedman on 5/6/2015 4:45pm PT
Six-term Republican Congressman Bob Inglis (SC) was my guest on today's BradCast, fresh off of being honored with the John F. Kennedy Foundation's Profile in Courage award earlier this week.
After 12 years in the U.S. House, the very conservative Rep. Inglis was primaried out in 2010 by the Tea Party after he dared change his position from being a climate change denier to wanting to take action after consultation with scientists and even his own children.
Inglis has since founded the Energy and Enterprise Initiative at George Mason University, "guided by the conservative principles of free enterprise and economic growth, limited government, liberty, accountability and reasonable risk avoidance to solve our nation's energy and climate challenges."
We discussed whether he has any regrets about how things worked out in Congress; about his appearance in the new documentary Merchants of Doubt, which exposes how the denial industry works (and how the same sleaze merchants who denied the harm of cigarette smoke in previous decades on behalf of Big Tobacco are now using the very same tactics today. Watch the trailer.); why Republicans have become science deniers and whether he is optimistic that will change any time soon; and his plan for a revenue-neutral carbon tax to fight global warming by both reducing emissions and correcting what he (accurately) describes as the "market distortion" that allows polluters to socialize the cost of pollution and, essentially, pollute for free.
"One of the key philosophical underpinnings of conservative thought is that humans are responsible moral actors," Inglis told me. Yet, he says, the fossil fuel industry is being allowed to get away without taking responsibility for the damage they are causing to both people and the planet. "That's where we are on climate. We're allowing people to socialize their soot and they will get away with it as long as we let them get away without accountability." He says that was is currently lacking is "accountable transparent marketplaces."
"If we could get through the denial and get to the debate," it would be a good thing, explains Inglis, who describes global warming as a "crucial issue, vital to the future of our children and grandchildren" as he offers a surprisingly optimistic outlook for the future. How optimistic? He even believes some non-denier Republicans may enter the 2016 Presidential primary race! I'm dubious --- but we'll see. It was a fascinating conversation.
Also on today's show: even Fox "News" is now turning against the obnoxious organizers of the deadly anti-Muslim event in Garland, TX over the weekend; CO2 reaches a new and horrible milestone; another oil bomb train explodes in ND; and some very very good news for progressives folks in Alberta, Canada (and maybe for environmentalists down here!) after last night's election there...
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Article Categories: Fox 'News', Texas, BRAD BLOG Media Appearance, Accountability, U.S. House, Environment, South Carolina, Republicans, KPFK, Donald Trump, Coal, Canada, North Dakota, Oil, Climate change, Election 2016, BradCast, Election 2015, Bob Inglis
'Green News Report' - March 13, 2014
By Desi Doyen on 3/13/2014 3:55pm PT
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Battle lines drawn in contentious U.S. Senate hearing on Keystone XL; Hottest winter on record for California; China is declaring war --- on pollution; Drilling boom creating huge drilling waste problem; PLUS: Secretary of Energy Moniz cites a boom in solar and wind ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Texas: 'cheapest solar power deal ever seen'; Utility death spiral accelerates in Germany; US risks national blackout even in small-scale attack; NJ moves to shut down Tesla; Officials shut down fracking wells due to quakes; 18 Ohio coal plants operating without permits; Is this plant the future of 'clean coal'?; Asian carp eggs found as far north as Wisconsin; State Dept vastly overestimated oil-by-rail in Keystone XL report ... PLUS: Climate science predicted California drought ten years ago ... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: California, Environment, U.S. Senate, Republicans, Green News, Fracking, Natural gas, Coal, Canada, North Dakota, Oil, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Keystone XL
'Green News Report' - October 31, 2013
Scary Halloweeny Edition!
By Desi Doyen on 10/31/2013 4:10pm PT
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Students disrupt Obama's healthcare rally to protest Keystone XL pipeline; Koch Brothers' pipeline spills in Texas; BP's toxic oil spill still hurting Gulf fishermen; Spain's remarkable solar record; PLUS: Stanford University confirms: Renewable energy can provide 100% of the world's energy needs ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The 1 percent's flood insurance scam; Big Coal's law firm withheld evidence of black lung; Fukushima's precarious next step; 'Zombie Pipeline Act' would speed up pipeline approval process; Can science explain Tea Partiers' rage?; Netherlands town becomes first to divest from fossil fuels; CA condors poisoned by lead bullets; USDA plans to speed up poultry-processing lines; Al Gore: 'Carbon bubble is about to burst'; California's reservoirs drying up; US won't finance overseas coal plants ... PLUS: Naomi Klein: How science is telling us all to revolt ... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: West Virginia, Texas, Accountability, Environment, Barack Obama, Green News, BP Oil Disaster, Fracking, Koch Industries, Natural gas, Coal, Canada, North Dakota, Oil, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Keystone XL
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking: U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to EPA greenhouse gas emission regulations; India dodges a bullet with Super Cyclone Phailin, while Fukushima prepares for another; 800,000+ gallon oil spill in ND; Government shutdown shuts down US Antarctic research program; PLUS: Glimpse the future with the latest winners in solar cars and solar houses ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Treaty curbing mercury emissions now international law; USA Today "balances" hundreds of scientists with fossil fuel-backed group; A way to full solar energy deployment; A warning for the US Southwest - it's gonna get a lot hotter; Light at the end of the tunnel for fusion energy research?; Study: climate may be even more sensitive than we thought; BP pleads guilty to negligence in TX refinery pollution, but absolved by jury; Which is better: plastic or compostable plastic?; US court hands win to Keystone XL pipeline supporters; Arizona solar plant generates electricity at night ... PLUS: Denial As a Way of Life: Climate denial is closely related to debt-ceiling denial ... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Environment, Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court, Green News, BP Oil Disaster, EPA, Japan, Coal, Nuclear power/weapons, 'Tea Party', North Dakota, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Keystone XL, Australia
Disturbing News: Exit Polling to Be Scrapped in Some 19 States, Allowing For Much Easier Manipulation of Election Results
By Brad Friedman on 10/4/2012 1:46pm PT
Well this item from Washington Posts' "The Fix" blog today is rather troubling. It seems the the media consortium which previously ran Exit Polls on Election Day --- the best indicator of fraud and failure in election results (as opposed to pre-election polling which is far less accurate) --- is being scrapped in some 19 states, for the very first time, in the upcoming Presidential Election...
Breaking from two decades of tradition, this year's election exit poll is set to include surveys of voters in 31 states, not all 50 as it has for the past five presidential elections, according to multiple people involved in the planning.
Dan Merkle, director of elections for ABC News, and a member of the consortium that runs the exit poll, confirmed the shift Wednesday. The aim, he said, "is to still deliver a quality product in the most important states," in the face of mounting survey costs.
The decision by the National Election Pool — a joint venture of the major television networks and The Associated Press — is sure to cause some pain to election watchers across the country.
Here is a list of the states that will be excluded from coverage: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
That would seem to be an invitation to fraud in those states, since Exit Polls have traditionally served as a helpful check and balance against fraudulent or simply inaccurate election results, particularly for the almost 100% unverified election results that the media now count on to report results in all 50 states. Those results come from often-failed, easily-manipulated computer tabulators used across the entire country.
This news is disturbing, as you probably already noticed, for a number of reasons...
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Article Categories: Election Irregularities, Florida, Utah, West Virginia, Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, Georgia, Alaska, Election Fraud, Wisconsin, Exit Polls, Wyoming, Mainstream Media Failure, Louisiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Nebraska, Washington D.C., Election 2012, Hawaii, South Dakota, Delaware, North Dakota, Idaho, Oklahoma
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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Rick Santorum knows science better than "some people" ("some people" who are actually scientists); Grand Canyon is safe --- at least for awhile; Obama Administration's historic move to protect the nation's fisheries; No snow in Colorado; Too much snow in Alaska; PLUS: Republican presidential climate deniers visit a very warm New Hampshire ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): BP Oil Spill: Oil is more toxic than previously thought; Oil prices rise on Iran tensions, supply crunch; Nigerians protest rise in oil prices; Your car helps cause tornadoes; US coal plant wants new pollution rules; OH decides to stop fracking; Canada minister calls opponents of tar sands "foes of Canada"; Ducks doomed by global warming ... PLUS: Big Ag freaks out over tighter limits on toxic dioxin in food ... and much, MUCH more! ...
Article Categories: Fox 'News', Colorado, Arizona, Alaska, New Hampshire, Mainstream Media Failure, Environment, Republicans, Bush Legacy, Green News, BP Oil Disaster, EPA, Nigeria, Fracking, Coal, North Dakota, Rick Santorum
Big Government: Predator Drones Used by Police to Help Capture Cow Rustlers in North Dakota
First confirmed use of unmanned 'terror tool' spy plane in U.S. against U.S. citizenry...
By Brad Friedman on 12/11/2011 9:33am PT
Golly. All those pinko, commie, terrorist-loving Leftists who have long been warning about the dangers of Big Government overreach and the dangerously increasing use of terror tools against U.S. citizens --- the same thing that "Tea Party" RWers pretended, only after Obama's election, to be concerned about --- were nothing but America-hating alarmists, weren't they?
From KTLA::
Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front
Unmanned aircraft from an Air Force base in North Dakota help local police with surveillance, raising questions that trouble privacy advocates.
Armed with a search warrant, Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke went looking for six missing cows on the Brossart family farm in the early evening of June 23. Three men brandishing rifles chased him off, he said.
Janke knew the gunmen could be anywhere on the 3,000-acre spread in eastern North Dakota. Fearful of an armed standoff, he called in reinforcements from the state Highway Patrol, a regional SWAT team, a bomb squad, ambulances and deputy sheriffs from three other counties.
He also called in a Predator B drone.
As the unmanned aircraft circled 2 miles overhead the next morning, sophisticated sensors under the nose helped pinpoint the three suspects and showed they were unarmed. Police rushed in and made the first known arrests of U.S. citizens with help from a Predator, the spy drone that has helped revolutionize modern warfare.
But that was just the start. Local police say they have used two unarmed Predators based at Grand Forks Air Force Base to fly at least two dozen surveillance flights since June. The FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration have used Predators for other domestic investigations, officials said.
It's a shame the Predator B Drone didn't just unload some heat-seeking missiles on the three suspected cow rustlers, eh? Think of all the gas money they could have saved the Sheriff's office from having to drive in and arrest them in person.
What was it that you "Tea Partiers" were saying about Big Government and Big Brother again, even as you were then, and are still now, supporting the unfettered, unConstitutional use of terror tools in the "War on Terrorism U.S. Cow Rustlers"?
And what will you use an excuse to rationalize it all this time? Our comment section is open for your hypocritical justifications, as usual.
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Is Labour Party leader Ed Miliband the junkie twin of Shrek with some unprintable birth defect?
We live in a world where computer animation can do almost anything and I saw a BBC News Channel report last night in which a disabled human being could control the movements of his own wheelchair by his thoughts alone. But I think Pixar and/or Disney and the scientists have gone a step too far in creating a deformed cartoon character and making him leader of the Labour Party in the UK.
What has happened to the Labour Party's image-control and PR sense and why are the media not talking about how just plain ugly and/or weird Labour leader Ed Miliband and Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls are? With the Conservative Party's new-found PR confidence, Labour is now on a hiding to nothing.
Ed Miliband looks like a slightly slimmer, emotionally-distraught version of Shrek, stumbling about what to him is the alien world of Planet Earth.
Young Ed seems barely out of short trousers and looks like the type of slightly-swottish and humourless schoolboy who gets remorselessly picked-on by bullies. His equally alien-looking brother, the politically-deceased ex-Foreign Secretary David Miliband, was odd enough. He looked like an unholy cross between an unblinking starey-eyed zombie and an automaton from some 1920s German silent movie. I always half expected the front of his face to fall off revealing a mechanical interior, like Yul Brynner in Westworld.
Neither Miliband brother has any visible warmth. But Ed Miliband looks worse.
Yesterday, the coalition government did a u-turn when it announced it was not going to privatise 258,000 hectares of state-owned woodland in England. I have no more idea than anyone else what a hectare is – it sounds like a small woodland creature with long sticky-up ears – but it also sounds quite large; I mean the land area, not the woodland creature.
The point is that the Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, stood up in the House of Commons in a light beige jacket with a light pastel scarf round her neck and said in a gently serious voice: "I am sorry, we got this one wrong, but we have listened to people's concerns".
Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, always a surprisingly unsympathetic speaker on TV when you consider he used to write for the TV satire show That Was The Week That Was, tried to criticise this as a "humiliating climbdown".
Caroline Spelman said: "It is only humiliating if you are afraid to say sorry. We teach our children to say sorry."
This is PR gold dust. It's a brilliant piece of pre-prepared PR writing.
I have never understood why admitting you are doing a u-turn on a policy has been a no-go for all political parties for so many years. If you phrase the u-turn as a caring, listening, party-of-the-people apology and get the tone right, the public will lap it up.
On the other hand, if you get not just the policy but the party leader wrong, you are dead in the water.
On TV last night, I watched Ed Miliband try to mouth off about the coalition government's change of policy and, as usual, I could not pay any attention to what he was actually saying because I was utterly mesmerised by his mouth.
When Gordon Brown first became Chancellor of the Exchequer, I had trouble listening to him because he appeared to have been trained to talk in easily-assimilated short phrases and mini-sentences by sticking his tongue into the inside of his cheek when the pauses had to be made. He gave new meaning to the phrase 'sound bite'. He got slightly less obvious about this by the time he became our unelected Prime Minister, but it was still there and still slightly distracting at the time of his political demise.
Ed Miliband has desperately emotionless fish eyes which stare like someone who has just seen his entire family die in an intense house fire and his lips have a strange rubbery-out-of-control mind of their own. Last night I had no idea what he was saying. His lips had taken on a mad, OTT cartoon life of their own, separate from the rest of his face, as if drawn by a cartoonist on a very strong and very demented acid trip. His upper and lower lips moved around independent of each other and independent of his face, sometimes leaping sideways, upwards or downwards, unrelated to the sounds coming out.
Has he had some terrible accident or did he have some awful birth defect the media are too polite to tell us about? It is like we are watching a man with a mouth being attacked by Pixar and eyes added on by CGI from the shark in Jaws.
And don't mention Ed Balls.
Firstly, how can any political party seriously expect to get votes from the notably humour-loving British public when their Shadow Chancellor is called Balls. But then, to add another impossible layer to their chances, Ed Balls – who looks not unlike Fred Flintstone forced to wear a second-hand business suit – appears on TV to be a charisma-free zone who, like the Miliband brothers, tries not blink on camera – it's a trick I think some politicians may have learned from Hitler's filmed speeches. Hitler was an exceptionally good public speaker who had trained himself not to blink on camera to create an even greater aura of self-confidence. I read that Tony Benn copied this media trick of Hitler's, though not his policies.
Ed Balls (unlike Hitler) has an emotionless feel and, although there's not much he can do about being bulky, he fails to overcome this when he tries to smile with his eyes: it merely makes him look like a 'heavy' enforcer for some dodgy East End protection racket – and it's slightly reminiscent of Gordon Brown's unfortunate and terrifying attempts to smile on camera.
Compare the dead-eyed Miliband brothers and Balls to the on-screen personas of Prime Minister David Cameron (slightly eager and well-meaning public school boy) and Chancellor George Osborne (a bit of a smug prefect from a family with no money worries, but probably efficient).
And add to all that the fact that the Conservatives landed on their feet when they had to go into coalition with the Liberal Democrat Party.
The Conservatives faced a terrible future of having to make vastly unpopular financial cuts to basic services because of the state of the economy. But it turned out the coalition allowed them to deflect a large percentage of public anger onto the Lib-Dems
All three parties have problems, but the Conservatives have re-discovered their power over PR and image control. The Lib-Dems have a problem by seeming to go back on Election promises. But the Labour Party is in a worse position. It has lost its grip and has insurmountable problems until it dumps Ed Miliband and Ed Balls and finds some new acceptable face of socialism.
And, my dear, that gaunt look with the staring eyes! Heroin chic is just SO last century.
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January 9, 2011 · 11:20 am
How to write the perfect film script: "Die Hard" meets Pixar animated feature "The Incredibles"
This morning, someone asked me about scriptwrtiting. He asked:
"Am I correct in assuming that boy loses girl three quarters of the way though almost every movie?"
This sounds like one of those formulae I don't believe from one of those people who charge $800 for seminars in which they say Casablanca is the perfect way to write a script – in which case, the perfect way to write a script is to not know the ending while you're shooting, have a cast of completely flummoxed actors and to write the script virtually day-by-day-by-night as shooting progresses. I have also heard Alien held up as a perfect piece of movie-making and, having met several crew members, I can tell you shooting on that film was an unhappy utter nightmare. So creating a nightmare situation for cast and crew would be the best way to make a film… Not.
The classic story, allegedly, is a 'three act' screenplay and the classic story is "boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl", but I think those three stages can happen anywhere you feel like in percentage terms.
As far as I'm concerned, there are only two rules of thumb. One is something I was told ages ago…
In the standard US TV movie, the entire basis of the plot and all the central characters at the heart of that plot are introduced in the first three minutes.
The best example I've ever seen of this is actually the first Die Hard big-screen movie in which, by the end of the opening credits – before the movie even starts properly – you know that Bruce Willis is a New York cop who has come to LA to see his ex-wife whom he still has affection for and who works for a Japanese multinational company in a large building, it is Christmas and there is a party in the building and (if my memory serves me) you are also introduced to the lead villain who has a team of baddies heading towards the building. All this before the opening credits end. It is a brilliant piece of scriptwriting.
It is done very efficiently by Bruce Willis' apparently insignificant chit-chat with a taxi driver (whose character also runs through the movie) and by simple intercutting.
Last night, I accidentally saw the beginning of the Pixar animated movie The Incredibles and the central characters, situation and tone of the movie are, just like Die Hard, introduced clearly and concisely before the opening credits. I was interrupted by a phone call so never saw the rest of the movie, but I could tell I wanted to know more and to see more. I was hooked at the very start of the film, which is a big thing…
Because the second movie structure rule-of-thumb is that there has to be a 'hook' at the very beginning. If there isn't a hook at the start of a film, I am never involved either emotionally or intellectually.
Setting up the atmosphere/tone at the start sounds good but doesn't work.
You have to set up the atmosphere/tone but ALSO introduce the central characters and situation very quickly and succinctly. Another great example of this is the opening of my favourite film The Wild Bunch – everything is set up during the opening credits with dramatic music which sets the atmosphere/tone – you are shown the central characters, the bounty hunters waiting, the start of the opening bank robbery, the physical set-up for an upcoming massacre of the innocents… it is a giant hook of expectation built-up by great music… and even the director's movie-making philosophy is established.
As the final credit DIRECTED BY SAM PECKINPAH appears on screen, William Holden barks out: "If they move… kill 'em!"
To my mind, the best films and TV episodes and the best novels have this structure… They start with an unresolved problem and end with the resolution of that problem; the plot is the unravelling of the problem and, during the story, you cannot yourself see how it can possibly be resolved so you have to keep watching to find out.
In the case of Die Hard, the unresolved problem is actually that the central character's marriage has fallen apart plus there is going to be an attack on the skyscraper in which the ex-wife is working/partying. Along the way, bit by bit, there are other little hooks, each of which have to be straightened out. A couple of them are when the wife's identity is revealed to the 'terrorists' and another the point at which the Bruce Willis character (armed) comes face-to-face with the lead 'terrorist' (unarmed) who pretends to be a hostage. So the hook running through the movie is Can he save his wife? and Can he save his marriage? And, along the way, there are a succession of little hooks.
I think the best example of this structure of constant hooks throughout a narrative is surprisingly Scots comedian Janey Godley's terrifying autobiography Handstands in the Dark – an emotional rollercoaster which makes the Himalayas look like goose bumps – I edited the book but did not write it (she wrote it) and I was therefore the first to be emotionally traumatised by reading it.
At the very beginning, even on the first page, there is a hook; I defy anyone who reads the closing paragraphs of the first chapter not to read the second chapter. And this happens throughout the book. She constantly tells the reader not-quite-enough facts to be satisfied. They have to read on a little more to find the resolution of each particular hook and, by the time they understand what is going on and/or are satisfied with the resolution of that problem, another hook has been set up. The book is also full of page-turning "Jesus fucking Christ almighty!" moments. Thunderbolts come out of the blue without any warning at all. And she intercuts multiple narrative strands throughout – this was nothing to do with me; she did it. It is an extraordinary narrative.
It reminded me, oddly, of Lord of the Rings, where Tolkien separates the central characters, then intercuts between the narrative strands, leaving the story strands dangling so you have to keep reading to find out what happened. Janey doesn't have separate plot strands in that sense, but she intercuts her narrative. And the ending simultaneously is the biggest cliff-hanger since the climax of the original Italian Job and also satisfyingly emotionally rounded-off. A neat trick she pulled there.
So my three golden rules for writing a film script (the third one echoes the late Malcolm Hardee's Third Golden Rule of Comedy) are:
1) explain the set-up and central characters in the first three minutes
2) structure the narrative with constant unresolved hooks
3) if all else fails, clothes off and knob out!
I should, perhaps, point out I never read any part of the Killer Bitch script until after shooting had finished and have still never actually read the full script…!
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FFPE-EPO is a Zombie (if Not Dead) Yellow Union Whose Only de Facto Purpose Has Been Attacking the EPO's Staff Union
Posted in Europe, Patents at 10:23 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: A new year's reminder that the EPO has only one legitimate union, the Staff Union of the EPO (SUEPO), whereas FFPE-EPO serves virtually no purpose other than to attack SUEPO, more so after signing a deal with the devil (Battistelli)
SOMEONE recently sent us a copy of a report on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) [PDF], which we had written about earlier that year. The report is not secret; in fact, a lot of EPO staff already saw it and here it is as HTML:
What is wrong with the EPO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)?
In March 2015 the Administrative Council encouraged SUEPO to enter into tri-lateral talks with the Council and the President to come to a recognition of the Unions as a social partner. Other topics such as the reforms of the last years were excluded from the discussion. During the talks (to be concluded by the end of the year) the reforms were to continue.
SUEPO exists since 40 years. It represents about 50% of staff. "Talks" should not be necessary for the administration to recognize its existence. Union recognition talks furthermore
do not address any of the real problems facing staff. Under pressure from Mr Kongstad (Chair of the Council) who insisted that these talks were "only a start", SUEPO nevertheless agreed, also since such talks at least provide access to the Council.
The result is known: Mr Battistelli1 sent the Investigative Unit after his would-be "social partner" on the basis of vexatious and absurd accusations, thereby demonstrating bad faith. When questioned about the investigations during one of the meetings, Mr Battistelli cynically asked why we felt concerned. Under such circumstances meaningful talks are not possible and SUEPO pulled out. However, a small staff union (about 75 members) in The Hague did sign the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
In its March 2016 meeting the Council requested Mr Battistelli "to achieve, within the framework of the tripartite negotiations, an MoU simultaneously with both trade unions, which would have no pre-conditions or exclude any topics from future discussions." With the disciplinary sanctions against 3 SUEPO officials still standing and 3 others still under investigation [Editor: 4 of them have been punished already, 3 dismissed], we do not see how any MoU could be achieved. But the investigations are not the only hindrance, the MoU proposed by the EPO also shows the bad faith of the administration. Below we list some of the most obvious deficiencies.
1. The MoU stresses (it is mentioned three times) that the unions "shall be bound by the legal framework applicable to the EPO". That legal framework as it now stands contains strike regulations that have been judged illegal, and various other regulations that are highly controversial (staff committee elections, investigation guidelines, sick leave and invalidity regulations, new career). It is clear that SUEPO cannot sign up to such regulations.
2. The EPO legal framework (Service Regulations, Circulars, Guidelines) can be changed unilaterally by the Council and/or by the President. Signing a MoU that obliges the Staff Union
1 In the one case where we have been informed about identity of the complainant it was Ms Bergot (PD HR and right-hand of the President). In the other cases we were not informed about the complainant, raising the strong suspicion that these were also initiated by Ms Bergot.
to respect Regulations which can be subsequently changed on a unilateral basis amounts to signing a blank check.
3. The MoU does not have much to offer for the unions: some office space, two mass e-mails per year, the right to hold general assemblies outside core hours – all of which the unions had before Mr Battistelli took it away.
4. Art. 4 MoU stipulates that "union activities shall in no way be prejudicial to the person concerned". The wording of this Article is equivalent to Art. 34(2) of the ServRegs2 for the staff representatives. Staff representatives are nevertheless being sanctioned by the President who simply denies that the disciplinary measures imposed have any connection with staff representation activities. There is no reason that this will change with the MoU.
More generally: what is the value of an agreement concluded between two parties, if one of the two parties considers itself not to be bound by any regulations and hides behind its immunity when caught breaching the law?
5. The MoU is silent on what will happen in case no agreement can be reached. But the wording gives some hints. Art. 11(1) of the MoU states that the President shall inform the
unions what items are to be the subject of consultation. According to Art. 11(3) MoU the unions may inform the President which items they wish to have discussed. The final list shall be established in mutual agreement. And who decides if there is no agreement? The answer is in Art. 13(4): "the agenda shall be set by the President". In other words: the MoU foresees just another consultation process, the topics of which are dictated by the President and the results of which may be ignored by the President.
6. The devil is in the details. There are many more details that need to be questioned. For example: existing rules and (past) decisions are explicitly excluded from the negotiation process (Art. 11(4) MoU), so signing this MoU means accepting all Mr Battistelli's reforms. The MoU requires the Union to act "in the general interest of staff" (Art. 3(2) MoU). But who will decide what is in the interest of staff? MoUs normally foresee a minimum level of staff adherence, for example 5% in the EU agreement, as a pre-condition for a recognized Union to be considered as representative. The EPO-MoU does not. This means that SUEPO, representing 50% of staff, is considered by management just as representative as any other Union, even one which would represent only 1% of staff.
The alternative – ignored
SUEPO submitted a proposed model "Framework Agreement" on 5 February 2014 (su14020cl). On 29 April 2015 SUEPO further submitted the MoU which was agreed upon in the EU (su15182cl). Both proposals are examples of European "best practice" and either of them would, in our opinion, be a much more suitable starting point for discussion between the Office and SUEPO. The current Administration chose to disregard both these proposals without any further discussion.
With additionally three SUEPO officials sanctioned in Munich and three more expecting the same in The Hague, it is not clear how union recognition talks can be taken up again. Under the circumstances agreement seems a long way away.
SUEPO Central
2 "The duties undertaken by members of the Staff Committee and by their nominees to the bodies set up under the Service Regulations or by the Office shall be part of their normal service. The fact of performing such duties shall in no way be prejudicial to the person concerned."
As readers may recall, the EPO's management attempted to create an illusion of social peace just before an Administrative Council meeting that brought up the subject. "What is wrong with the EPO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)?" It's not about understanding at all, it's about domination — it's for SUEPO to be dominated by the sociopath, Battistelli. The MoU proposed by the administration is "seriously flawed," SUEPO explained and the above "publication lists the most obvious deficiencies."
To outsiders, the above may not be obvious, especially because the EPO's management lies so much (both inwards and outwards). This recent article about EPO and SUEPO, for instance, is full of inaccuracies. The author is obviously unaware of the whole saga and just accepts whatever EPO management says at face value.
For those who wonder what FFPE-EPO has been up to since (the above alluded to it only as "a small staff union"), here is a summary of articles about it:
In the EPO's Official Photo Op, "Only One of the Faces is Actually FFPE-EPO"
Further Evidence Suggests and Shows Stronger Evidence That Team Battistelli Uses FFPE-EPO as 'Yellow Union' Against SUEPO
"FFPE-EPO Was Set up About 9 Years Ago With Management Encouragement"
Fallout of the FFPE EPO MoU With Battistelli's Circle
The EPO's Media Strategy at Work: Union Feuds and Group Fracturing
Caricature of the Day: Recognising FFPE EPO
Union Syndicale Federale Slams FFPE-EPO for Helping Abusive EPO Management by Signing a Malicious, Divisive Document
FFPE-EPO Says MoU With Battistelli Will "Defend Employment Conditions" (Updated)
Their Masters' Voice (Who Block Techrights): FFPE-EPO Openly Discourages Members From Reading Techrights
Letter Says EPO MoU "Raises Questions About FFPE's Credibility as a Federation of Genuine Staff Unions"
On Day of Strike FFPE-EPO Reaffirms Status as Yellow (Fake/Management-Leaning) Union, Receives 'Gifts'
Needed Urgently: Information About the Secret Meeting of Board 28 and Battistelli's Yellow Union, FFPE-EPO
In Battistelli's Mini Union (Minion) It Takes Less Than 10 Votes to 'Win' an Election
FFPE-EPO Going Ad Hominem Against FICSA, Brings Nationality Into It
High on EPO: Battistelli's 'Social Conference' Nonsense is Intended to Help Suppress Debate About His Abuses Against Staff and Union-Busting Activities
Leaked Letter Reveals How Battistelli Still Exploits FFPE-EPO (Yellow Union) to Attack the Real EPO Union, SUEPO
The optimal scenario is, we won't be hearing anything from and about FFPE-EPO this year. Every time FFPE-EPO has something to say the beneficiary is Team Battistelli; FFPE-EPO's role — like the role of many other entities after the Battistelli 'purge' — is to be a "yes man" or a "lapdog". Battistelli is still trying to purge SUEPO but is unable to do so except by false accusations and unjust dismissals (even an illegal "house ban"), which draw plenty of backlash and threaten to leave Battistelli in an ashtray of history alongside Kim Jong-il. █
FFPE-EPO, the EPO Management's Pet/Yellow Union, Helps Union-Busting (Against SUEPO) in Letter to Notorious Vice-President


The year kicked off with a sense of euphoria as bitcoin broke all time highs in China, hitting a top of 8888 on OKCoin. Once the price broke out above 8000 CNY, momentum accelerated and the markets shot up and wen't parabolic.
Since the parabolic blowout, the price swung violently to the downside, losing 33% of its value and coming right back down to the levels prior to the rally. Price action hit a double top on most USD exchanges.
If we measure the entire bull trend using fib retracements, we can see the the price dropped to the 38% level. There's also levels of confluence as prior resistance turned into support. Also the larger trend line is still very much intact, which tells me that we may still be in a bull market. This exact same scenario has already happened on the two other major breakouts at the $300 and $500 level.
I'm currently long and waiting for the bounce play. My favourite time to buy bitcoin is after these massive dumps when everyone is panicked and market sentiment is at its lowest.
If we are close to the bottom, then the markets will likely slowly retrace up above $900, perhaps even with a retest of $1000. Consolidation within the range of $750-$1000 will be bullish for the larger trend and could eventually lead to a real breakout later this year. On the flip side, if we break down below the ascending trend line around $650 then that could signal the end of the bull market and the beginning of a longer bear trend.


How those winter chasers can be heading to the Southern Hemisphere for another winter, I don't know. I've done it twice, and that's enough! Friends of mine have done it for years, squeezing bits of warmer weather in between seasons in the form of autumn or spring.
No thanks! My body needs some vitamin D and time out of ski boots, for more than just 2 months a year.
I have loved the spring, spending time in London, catching up with friends and family, gatecrashing the end of my parents holiday in the Ardèche, and going down to spend some time near Perpignan. Lucky lucky!
So, I've been building up my confidence cycling. Spin classes and getting certified have really helped, with technique as well as conditioning the legs. Friends are helping with my inability to cycle in a straight line, my excessive breaking downhill and total fear at squeezing past cars at traffic lights, going around roundabouts and bends – my general, poor bike management!
The 50m outdoor pool in Morzine will be good to go in July and, guess what? It's literally in my back garden this summer! Sadly I will have to share it. For now I need to get myself to the indoor one and bash out some lengths. The water in Lac Montriond looks very tempting, but it still needs to warm up a little.
Runs are hard. I'll get there. I'll get faster. I'll get stronger.
What's more, a triathlon club has been set up in Morzine, Tri Montagne, in association with Buzz Performance. I might actually get some professional help rather than just fumble along! The club welcomes everyone and I really hope people have the time and motivation to at least come and tri a training session and see if they enjoy it – you don't know unless you tri!!
Finally, I better earn some money. As I mentioned when I passed the Spinning certification, I'd be working with Buzz Performance. Well, I've been attending classes over the past month, training up, ready to start teaching. I'm so excited to be working with Joe and Amelia at Buzz, and am quite literally buzzing after classes. I really enjoy teaching!
I'll be supplementing this with cleaning and odd-jobs – it's not all glamorous!
Oh, and this is, Olive, the new addition to the family. I'll let the photographs speak for themselves. Actually, these are photo's only of her looking cute. She's completely mental, not scared of anything and a right cheeky so 'n' so, but highly love-able and very entertaining.


Admission into the Lamar University Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Cardinal Jazz Orchestras is determined via a relaxed audition process administered at the beginning of the fall semester. All students who have experience performing in a wind ensemble, symphonic band or jazz band in high school/college, regardless of major, are encouraged to schedule an audition.
It is common for new students to be nervous about their first audition. However, Lamar University has a long tradition of serving performers from all musical backgrounds. There are members of the Lamar University band program with a wide range of ability and experience levels, including many that never performed an audition until their first semester as a university student. The faculty at Lamar strive to accommodate all students and will work hard to make sure that you feel comfortable and relaxed during your audition.
Detailed information regarding the audition process is outlined below. However, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. McMahan if you have any additional questions.
Audition sign-up sheets will be posted on the large bulletin boards across from the Music Department office on the first floor of the Simmons Music Building by Wednesday, August 1. Auditions will take place during the first week of classes, throughout the afternoon on Tuesday (Aug. 28) and/or Thursday (Aug. 30).
Audition results, including ensemble and chair assignments, will be posted in the music building and distributed via email after auditions have concluded.
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The Ford GT40 Is a Le Mans Legend. Now You Can Own a Soup-to-Nuts Replica for $300,000.
Made in South Africa by Superformance, the Tool Room GT40P/1075 boasts 420 hp and 425 ft lbs of torque.
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Sitting just 40 inches above the ground, the GT40 feels impossibly low upon entry. But slither over the sill-mounted shifter, under the Frisbee-sized steering wheel and into the right-hand seat, stab the start button and you're rewarded with pure sonic adrenaline. The engine explodes to life, sucking a whale-lung's worth of air into four Weber carbs and bellowing from an exhaust loud enough to rouse Beethoven.
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With its sweep of the top three finishes at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, the GT40 became an instant icon. Powered by a fire-breathing Ford 427 cu in V-8 engine, it continued its first-place streak at the fabled endurance race through 1969, fit, for the latter two races, with a 302 cu in V-8.
A rear view shot of the fire-breathing race car. Robb Rice
This is a Tool Room GT40P/1075, built to replicate every nut and bolt of the same car that won in '68 and '69. Made in South Africa by Superformance (under license from Gulf Oil and Safir GT40) each Tool Room car bears a chassis number within the original P1000 series and can be homologated for historic racing. Impeccably constructed and wearing the iconic Gulf livery, the Tool Room GT40 costs from $300,000 to $330,000 ready to roll, depending on engine and options; a non-homologated version called the 50th Anniversary GT40 starts around $250,000 and comes with air-conditioning, optional left-hand drive and modern components.
Stretching its legs through sweeping back road curves, the car's 14-inch-wide rear tires push like a steamroller. The brute is a challenge to control, with serious understeer, a suspension that transmits every pebble and a recalcitrant shift linkage, all battled from a stiflingly hot, cramped interior full of gasoline fumes. Yet the visceral experience becomes more addictive and exhilarating with every sweeper—a muscular, aggressive dance requiring constant concentration on steering, shifting, braking and maintaining revs above 3,500 rpm (without radiator fans, the car will boil to death if not kept at speed).
An inside look of the racer's circuit-ready interior. Robb Rice
Having spent years behind the wheel of a De Tomaso Mangusta, which shares the same Ford 302 power plant and ZF transmission, I'm endeared to the quirks and personality of the GT40. But make no mistake: This is a high-strung race car, inspired by 420 hp and 425 ft lbs of torque at 5,500 rpm. It requires effort, though as far as work goes, it's the thoroughly rewarding variety. At 7,000 rpm, the cockpit's apocalyptic cacophony becomes an ecstatic jackhammering—the sort of sound one might expect if shattering the space-time continuum and landing, say, at Circuit de la Sarthe, circa 1969.
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Felicity Huffman's 'Desperate Housewives' Costar Slams 14-Day Jail Sentence
posted by Emily Lee - Oct 9, 2019
Before the college admissions scandal, Felicity Huffman was best known for starring as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives. The popular drama ran for eight seasons on ABC. Huffman's work on the show earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. While Huffman has spoken fondly about her time on the show and remains friends with some of her cast mates, including Eva Longoria, it seems not all of co-workers feel the same way.
Ricardo Antonio Chavira opened up about his own experience working on Desperate Housewives in recently resurfaced tweets from September. He opened up about the white privilege he witnessed while working on the show after Huffman's light prison sentence was handed down. "White Privilege. And I saw eight years worth of it, so I know what I'm talking about," Chavira wrote. "Accountability and Responsibility don't mean s–t to these people."
"I saw eight years worth of it working on Housewives," he continued. "I've seen a lifetime of it being a halfbreed, and I've struggled w the intricacies of it on a daily basis w all the cultural bias I've received on both ends. But whatever. Slap on the wrist. Sorry, but this s–t."
Chavira wasn't the only person upset by Huffman's 14-day prison sentence. Many people took to social media to call out double standards in the American justice system follower her court date. During a rare interview, U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling opened up about why Huffman was let off easy. He called Huffman "probably the least culpable of the defendants" involved in the case.
"She took responsibility almost immediately. She was contrite, did not try to minimize her conduct," Lelling explained. "I think she handled it in a very classy way. And so, at the end of the day, we thought the one month was proportional. I think the two weeks that she actually got was also reasonable. I think we were happy with that. I think it was a thoughtful sentence."
"If people take responsibility for their conduct and they take responsibility for their conduct early on, then it will probably go better for them," he continued. "What I value in the Felicity Huffman sentence is that I think it sent a clear message to other parents involved that there really is a good chance that if you're convicted of the offense, you're going to go to prison for some period of time."


Once more our dashing team have been out and about visiting all the wonderful properties in our portfolio. This time, our kooky photographer Laeti and her two interns headed off to visit our chateaux in the Dordogne, and she's been kind enough to write us an awe-inspiring blog about her experiences. Read on to catch up with all her adventures! We promise it's a good'un.
The ever-beautiful South-West France! This was one of the longest trips I've been on to date, with a whopping 10 days out of the office! I was joined by my two interns, Archie and Luke and together we photographed, droned and updated 24 properties in the region.
and the second half! A lot of driving, I know!
2. What was the highlight of the trip?
The Dordogne is easily one of the most amazing places I've visited so far. Being an enthusiast of castles, history and beautiful villages, this was heaven.
You'll find caves from 12,000 years ago. Our ancestors drew in these caves and they were using pigments, blood – anything they could find to keep a trace of their life on earth. Just imagine how clever they were to think of this. It was for the future generations, like their grandchildren. They couldn't have possibly imagined that to this day, people would still visit the caves and learn from them. Les Grottes de Lascaux is the most famous one but there are loads around the Dordogne. Although the original cave can't be visited anymore – the oxygen and air damaged the paintings too much and sadly had to be closed down.
There is a legend in the Dordogne. I can't remember it properly but it goes something like this – an angel had diamonds in a little bag and decided to throw them out. The diamonds then transformed into magnificent chateaux. When this angel was flying above the Dordogne, he decided to pour his bag all over, creating 1001 castles!! How do you see them all? Well, you pack your bags, sell your house, and move there haha!
But let's get serious for two secs. Most of the Dordogne is protected by the UNESCO. 10 villages in the Dordogne are qualified as the 'most beautiful villages in France'. If that doesn't speak for itself, what does?
One of the best villages we visited was Sarlat. When we entered the centre through a tiny street, we arrived straight into the markets.
I didn't think it was going to be as magnificent as it was. The stone, the colours, the music of the crowd, the markets, the people, all of it was perfect.
We sat down in the main square to have a hot chocolate and croissant and just observed the people around us. Everyone was doing some food shopping in the markets, smelling the fresh fruits, discussing their evening with the merchants.
I could go on forever about Sarlat, and all the different villages we visited, which I will but later because I see Natalie (our Copywriter) having a crisis at how many words she is going to have to edit.
But just one thing, I have to mention the food. Dordogne is renowned for its deliciousness. I cannot tell you how good it feels to be back in France and eat fresh produce.
I love London don't get me wrong, but they will never be able to do food like the French. The tastes, the smells, all of it took me back to my grandma's kitchen when I was trying to steal some food whilst she was cooking. My Mémé's cooking was always the best. But anyway, I'm going off on a tangent, onto the next question!
3. What and where was your best foodie moment?
Duck! It's a regional speciality and there are a lot of things you can do with it. There is something called 'magret de canard', that you can with a salad. You can also make them on the grill. My grandpa loves making them that way and we use to have it all the time. You can't have it well done though, that would mean the duck died for nothing and that's not what you want. 30 seconds on each side – if that!
But, the best meal we had was when we stayed at Chateau Granges Dans. We celebrated the owner's daughter's 7th birthday. We had her favourite dishes, lasagne, and chocolate cake. It was the simplest thing but they made us feel like we were family. It was amazing. The food was delicious. That chocolate cake was superb.
4. Favourite property that you saw and why?
Chateau de Cardou was one of a kind. The actual chateau is MASSIVE.
Chateau la Moinerie was another one. Again, the place is huge and the structure is impressive. I'm also a huge fan of the swimming pool. It's so symmetrical it makes me happy.
The last one is Grand Carre. The views from this villa are crazy. The way it is set up is amazing as well. It is formed of 3 different houses and they all have a different style. The owner is an interior designer and he knows what he is doing. It is airy, modern in places and vintage in others. One of a kind.
5. Any stand-out traditions or cultural observations made in the area you stayed?
Wine! Wine in the Dordogne and Bordeaux area is huge and for a good reason. It is one of the best in the world! There are too many wines to be listed but one stuck in my mind as my grandpa still has some bottles from the 1960's – St Emilion.
6. For anyone travelling to Dordogne, what can't they miss?
Canoeing on the river Dordogne and seeing all the castles perched on their hill from the canoe. We haven't had the chance to do it during this trip but all owners have mentioned it and it is one of the things the Dordogne is best known for!
Visit all the caves, castles and medieval villages, as many as you can possibly fit in during your holiday. This region was truly blessed for the culture and history it holds.
And eat!! Never stop eating, even when you fly back. Get yourself a saucisson, a bottle of red wine, a piece of cheese and eat. But whilst you are there, try the duck, try the soups, try it all. Something you don't know? Put it in your mouth, you'll thank me later.
7. Describe the region in 5 words?
Why aren't you there yet??
PS: I forgot to tell you a funny story. Whilst driving for 4 hours with the two amateurs in the back seat, we got hit by a wild boar. You know the scary looking pigs? I only saw it for 10 seconds, probably less but I couldn't avoid it. It came on the side of the car and I thought we were going to die. Thankfully, we were okay. The shock woke them up funnily enough. They never fell back asleep in the car after that.
And that's a wrap, but don't forget to check our in-depth travel guide that covers everything you need to know about Ireland. And if you're looking to kick-start your French adventure, take a look at our stunning villas or contact our concierge team who are always on hand to help plan your dream holiday.


Highlight as everyday is just incredible! So we checked in at Cinnamon Lakeside with our Dilmah tea and Bols hats well and truly on!
Day two we had a truly sensational welcome at the Dilmah school of tea participants with the employees all welcoming us with a traditional dance including handing everyone a tea garland around our necks as we entered the building with cold tea punch in hand!
The passion was there to see straight away from senior management down to the smiling ladies on the factory floor.
We were then ran through the 25 year old history going on two taste the teas including quality control.
Then onto the MJF Moratuwa Centre where we met a lot of locals with disabilities who handed us coconuts on arrival then welcomed us into their school including artwork, planting trees, and other craftwork, all in the heat of the day but still their energy was there to see and as I headed back to the bus I was given a bookmark as something to remember them by! Hitting home was a understatement and was good to see first hand exactly how much of a difference Dilmah have been making in local community's!
Day two and off to the Hilton in Columbo to prepare a cocktail using the knowledge we had learnt at the school of tea!
We then presented these to a group of VIP's at dinner hosting our tables. My cocktail is available through Bols Facebook page!
Day three and a super detailed progamme leading into the scientific side of tea and food matches! Followed by each bartender making a themed cocktail. My given theme was Mystism so went on my way to researching the history of Sri Lanka and religion and made a drink based on instinct, insight, and intuition using Dilmsh Almond, Rose, & Lychee tea with Bols Creme de cacao, and Bols Kirsch!
We then proceeded back to our hotel to get ready for cocktails and canapés at 8 degrees mobile boat so we got to see the harbor and relax with our groups whom we had made tea cocktails for!
Day 4, straight into low elevation tea and how it inspired the original irish breakfast tea. Then we headed off to Huniwela Estate in the Sabarsgamuwa, famous for its precious stones. On route we managed to stop at w tea factory and saw first hand one the tea leaves are picked including the whole process. What blew me away in particular was the electro static machine that removes the stalks from the tea leaves!
Back on the road again, quite a surreal experience as we left the heavens opened as we played Frank Sinatra in the bus drinking tea and discussing just how incredible the journey so far had been!
Hours later we finally arrive at Grand Uda Walawe Safari Resort, again blown away as we are led to our beach bungalows with a huge table set high up on a sand dune with a BBQ and drinks set next to a roaring log fire!
Day 5, up super early to make sure we head out to the safari in time to see all the wildlife before the heat is too intense for the animals and they hide in the shade until night! One thing I really noticed was the array of fruits and herbs ideal for not only the animals but tea & cocktails !
We then head back for lunch in extreme heat, so hot I burnt my feet walking on it, and to prove my point the director of filming had to tape his shoes together with black tape during filming as the sand was so hot it melted his shoes!
Day 6, our very long journey by road begins, so long in fact a few of us decided to combine our snacks from the local supermarket make a cheeseboard in the bus to eat along with our tea accompanied with a book or two for the journey! After super long picturesque journey from 1868-6128ft up to the Grand Hotel we are stunned by all the Dilmah plantations on route and arrive in time to view the snooker room which is over 100 years old and has all the original furnishings and hosted many generations of royalty from around the world particularly from England and the Dutch when it was colonised!
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It's Friday! Time for another round of fave fives!
5.) Things were a little quiet on the blog this week. I chose to set aside blogging to spend time with my husband on his one week off from summer classes before fall semester starts back up. We also celebrated our 3rd anniversary yesterday!
4.) Preston had to work on our anniversary, but he definitely made up for it. First he sent flowers to the house with the lyrics to "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles written on the card. I had no idea it was a hint at what was to come...he then surprised me with tickets (and secured a babysitter) to see Paul McCartney at Busch Stadium tomorrow night! I can't believe this guy. We saw Paul in concert in 2012 thinking it had to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and then this Beatles anniversary came around and he is back! I can't believe I will be there to witness it once again!
3.) Parker had a rough couple of days in the middle of the week that meant a loss of sleep for everyone. I think it was his tummy and a bit of a growth spurt rolled into one. He is a happy fella now, though!
2.) Did you see this week's only blog post? It was my most famous recipe-- Chocolate Chip Cookies! I shared some tips, tricks, and secrets to making them absolutely perfect and chewy!
1.) I'm so blessed to have a handy hubby! He has been working on our car every night this week and it is finally back up and running (though still not fully fixed). I know he saved us a ton of money not having to take it into a shop.
This weekend is going to be a blast! I hope yours is amazing too!
Happy Anniversary! Have a blast at the concert!
Thanks, Becky! I am so stoked!
Your kiddos are too cute! Happy Anniversary - love the sweet and romantic way you were able to celebrate!
Your cookie post makes me want to bake (that doesn't happen often)! I know you had such a great time last night. That was so sweet of Preston!


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Stuff That You Really Didn't Know About Weed!
Lists promise a lot sometimes. The majority of smokers have a wide knowledge of their bud in the modern era. A connoisseur can tell the difference between Blueberry, Blue Cheese, and Triple Cheese with just the smallest of nasal inhalations while others pretend to. It's always good to expand your knowledge about a beloved subject. The problem is simply that everybody knows George Washington grew weed and we're all aware of the psychoactive nature of THC. It's not secret that CBD is good for you and no one will be surprised when you tell them that cannabis used to be weaker in the past. So what can I possibly tell you that you probably don't already know? Let me have a go! I promise you at least 1 thing that you didn't know before about the world of weed.
Published 4 years ago4 years ago in Potent
The Weed that Changed the World
With only 50 years of history, growing stabilised indoor cannabis strains is a fairly new innovation. But that half a century of hydroponic horticulture is brimming with a rich heritage of stories and ancestry. From Afghanistan to Colombia, Thailand to Russia, intent humans have bred some of the most astounding cannabis plants and we are now tooting the fruit of their victories. For that is all marijuana is, a fruit. The humble plant has fed the brains of our kith and kin for centuries but now we are entering a new potent world of weed.
Terrorism Is a Failure to Tackle Mental Health Issues Globally
We are avoiding confronting the root cause of modern terrorism. We are to blame. Every attack that has happened in the past 50 years, whether it be the IRA or Islamic fundamentalism, has been a direct result of unresolved mental health issues. We try to pin the blame on ideology, on the religion, or the cultural divisions in society, but that's the easy way to ignore the real issue. Terrorism is the direct result of a global inability to tackle mental health issues. It is very easy to just call people evil, but when you actually dissect what evil actually means we discover a distorted reflection of ourselves. Evil is sadness and grief left to fester in an unloved heart. Evil is somebody ending a life, or even their own. Evil are kids who have not been shown any better?
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Theresa May's Father
Theresa May's Father, Reverend Hubert Brasier, was born on 20th August 1917 at 61 Clonmore Street, Wandsworth, London. Like many people a century ago, his was a home birth. Hubert's father, Tom Brasier, was a military man. He had served as a sergeant in the King's Royal Rifles, but was a clerk by the time Hubert was born. Hubert's mother's maiden name was Amy Margaret Patterson and they had married 8 years prior in Hampshire. Amy and Tom's first son, James David Brasier, had died within a year of his birth in 1911 in Uttaranchal, India, where Tom Brasier had been deployed whilst in service. Two years later, in 1919, Hubert was joined by his younger sister and only other sibling Jean Robina Brasier.
The Bad Fire
The Bad Fire has a fantastic story behind it. Even though it is obviously about an abused woman and an angry hate filled man the actual events still make me chuckle. It was a busy night in a hotel where I was working a few years back. I was the Duty Manager and I was in a slightly cynical mood. It's easy to become cynical when you work nights in a hotel, as you are often surrounded by drunk people at their very worst. When they get kicked out of pubs and clubs they come back to where they're staying, often bedraggled, moody or with bad company. I've had the same inane conversations with drunk people over the years. It's often like nursery school for people detached from responsibilities. They forget what politeness is and become impulsive and rash in their actions. Some fight, some threaten, some attempt to abuse others and to rape when the opportunity arises. If you have 400 people in house and a third of them are stag and hen parties things become gruesome and so if someone wants to book in late at night with no reservation then you must be a little suspicious of what may occur once these people are out of sight and amongst other rooms.
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Laura Kuenssberg
A few years ago I wrote a Blog where I questioned the so called 'impartiality' of the BBC. It wasn't the first time I had noticed a stream of blatant propaganda which could only benefit the Conservative Party, aired by the BBC in the guise of unbiased news. Usually it would be a tabloid style report, that tried to pour scorn on anyone who opposed the Tory stances. After a while I started to see a pattern of deceit appearing that was then impossible to be unseen once gazed upon. A channel that I trusted because of their supposed impartiality, were starting to take on some of the traits normally seen on a state media channel in a far flung eastern realm. In that time there has been one member of the BBC political team who has left me flabbergasted by the rhetoric and her complete disregard for impartiality. I got so angry recently by her behaviour that I decided I needed to investigate who Laura Kuenssberg actually is? Why does she seem to support the UK Conservatives? But most of all what made her like this? A public stooge with a separate agenda than the one dictated to her by the BBC charter. My investigation led me back through her family history to try and discover the seeds of potential influence. To search for the root of influence I started to regard those who obviously have had influence over Kuenssberg through her life, her parents and grandparents. Recently David Cameron became offended when people questioned his father's offshore banking. I understand people being protective over their family, but this isn't name calling in the school yard and defensive reactions just increases suspicion. I'm sure Laura Kuenssberg may be offended by me including her family in this Blog, but people will ask questions when she is appearing to use a public platform with a hidden agenda.
Welcome to Caerdydd
Welcome to Caerdydd! It's hard to fight for a free and independent Wales. Our wonderful land of rolling hills and mountains is classed as a principality rather than a fully fledged country. Our resources were plundered by our neighbour, England for over 200 years. The capital city Cardiff, or Caerdydd in native Welsh, was only a small village 200 years ago. The Industrial Revolution came and went and left us with a population of 350 thousand plus ethnically mixed proud Welsh folk.
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AOSIS reflection on 2019
African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd (AOSIS) wishes to thank the scholars, professionals, editors, and readers who have contributed to a remarkably successful 2019. AOSIS recorded significant accomplishments in its three major areas of operation: publishing, professional development for healthcare professionals, and online learning. Publishing AOSIS Publishing...
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Call for Book Proposals
Division AOSIS Scholarly Books Introduction AOSIS is calling upon prospective authors and editors to submit their book proposals for consideration at AOSIS Scholarly Books. Authors or editors submitting under this call should plan to have their full manuscript ready by the end of November 2019. Submission Deadline: 31 June 2019 As an open access publisher, AOSIS aims to present...
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AOSIS Honours Landmark Study of Water Governance & Security
AOSIS Publishing celebrated a successful 2018 at its Laureatus Awards 2019 on 10 April. The event, held at North-West University's Potchefstroom campus, devoted its second session to a symposium centred around Prof. Johann W.N. Tempelhoff's ground-breaking book South Africa's water governance hydraulic mission (1912-2008) in a WEF nexus context. Like all AOSIS titles, the book is...
AOSIS Publishing celebrated a hugely successful 2018 at its Laureatus Awards 2019 on 10 April
The event, held at North-West University's main campus, devoted its first session to recognizing the best and most impactful scholarship published by AOSIS, Southern Africa's leading publisher of open-access, peer reviewed literature. The session introduced new titles published by AOSIS Scholarly Books and honoured achievements in journal indexing and author citation. The Journal of...
Invitation to attend AOSIS MD's public lecture on scholarly books at North-West University on 14 May 2018
Prof. Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation at the North-West University (NWU), cordially invites you to attend a public lecture by Dr Pierre de Villiers, Managing Director of AOSIS to share his views on the new frontier of scholarly books as open access and digital publishing presents new possibilities for academic institutions and researchers to...
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On the 29th of November 2017 AOSIS celebrated with its book editors and authors the 20 books published over 2016 and 2017 at the University of Pretoria Merensky II Library. The event was presented in two separate sessions. In the first session AOSIS announced the newly published books of 2016 and 2017, and handed out honorary gifts to the authors and editors. In the second session...
Open in order to …. empower Africa's people through access to knowledge
This year's theme for the 10th International Open Access Week, celebrated on 23-29 October 2017, is "Open in order to…". This is a prompt to talk about what openness enables and the actions needed to realise its benefits. AOSIS has been publishing open access scholarly journals since 2008, and we currently publish 38 scholarly journals. Every year we welcome new journals to our...
AOSIS MD presents keynote speech on publication and peer review of scholarly books in South Africa at 2017 Society for Medicinal Plants and Economic Development conference
On August 28th, 2017 Dr PJT de Villiers, MD of AOSIS, was the keynote speaker at the 2nd International Conference of the Society for Medicinal Plants and Economic Development (SOMPED). He addressed delegates on the publication and peer review of scholarly books in South Africa, saying that recognition of the importance of scholarly books has increased since the ASSAf Scholarly Books...
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Affiliation:Department of Medical Genetics and Child Development, University of Pecs, Postal address: H-7624, Pecs, Szigeti 12, Hungary.
Abstract: A number of nuclear and mitochondrial mutations have been implicated in non-syndromic hearing loss. Among them, various mutations of mitochondrial SerUCN-tRNA and 12S rRNA genes have been found to be associated with deafness; the A7445G mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in this group is unique, simultaneously affecting two different mitochondrial genes, encoding the SerUCN-tRNA and the first subunit of cytochrome oxidase. Besides the hearing loss, it is mainly associated with palmoplantar keratoderma, though; different phenotypic associations have been reported. The current paper reviews the available PubMed reports on the A7445G mtDNA mutation, with special attention to the phenotypic variations. Further, a Hungarian family with the A7445G mutation is reported, in which analysis of both the affected and the non-affected members revealed the mutation in both homo- and heteroplasmic forms, independently of the hearing status of the subjects, a phenomenon previously not reported in other pedigrees. The female lineage represented a rare variant of the U4b haplogroup.