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I'm Dreaming Of A Mute Christmas
Posted on December 18, 2020 by 429harrowroad
It's that special time of the year where the sounds of well-worn Christmas hits from yesteryear fill playlists and people begin to debate whether 'Fairytale Of New York' really is the best Christmas song of all time.
With some help from my good friend and Mute afficionado Jorge, I here present a trawl through the back catalogues of Mute artists past and present to deliver an alternative compilation of seasonal songs; songs that range from the traditional, the just plain festive and on to the downright tenuous. Jorge has meticulously prepared a Spotify playlist containing everything we could get our hands on, though for some of the songs you may need to hope Santa brings you a Discogs gift voucher. For your optimal listening experience, Jorge's should be listened to while wearing this year's limited-edition Mute Christmas t-shirt and drinking one of the cocktails from Erasure's Snow Globe box set.
I often think of Erasure at Christmas, mostly because I remember receiving a 7″ of 'You Surround Me' in 1989 in my stocking. The year before, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell narrowly missed securing the coveted Christmas number one slot with Crackers International, an EP which led with 'Stop!' but also included the moving 'She Won't Be Home' (renamed 'Lonely Christmas' on the slightly dubious The Erasure Christmas Gift 7″); elsewhere on the EP, the duo delivered a spooky version of the traditional carol 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' complete with authentic choir-boy vocals from Bell, while two years before the pair did a relatively throwaway take on 'Silent Night' for the US Yulesville promo LP. The limited formats of the 'Am I Right' EP (1991) featured a festive Me Company design of Christmas trees with a photo of a young boy holding presents, while Andy Bell co-hosted Channel 4's Camp Christmas in 1993, with musical accompaniment from Vince. Andy also featured in a short film called I Hate Christmas as a market stall worker.
2013 was the year that Erasure went all-out Christmas with the celebrated release of Snow Globe. The album collected a number of classic Christmas songs, including 'Silent Night' and 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' in updated splendour, as well as some of Vince and Andy's own tracks. The limited-edition box – or should I say the obligatory limited-edition box, since if Mute did one thing in 2013 it was to ensure that their avid fans went without their turkey after spending out a small country's GDP on ever more elaborate and expensive box sets – included a bauble, balloon, a packet of sweets and some Erasure-themed cocktail recipes.
Other artists who've covered Christmas songs include Echoboy, who released a special split EP with Six By Seven for a Christmas show in Nottingham in 1999 which included a very alternative version of 'Silent Night'. Richard Hawley also delivered a very easy listening take on 'Silent Night' for a special one-track CD given away to people who attended his show in Sheffield in December 2006; during winter gigs and on radio Hawley has also covered 'Blue Christmas', made famous by Elvis Presley, but I haven't heard a recording of that yet (if anyone feels charitable enough at this time of giving to send me one in the name of research, please get in touch).
In the wake of their 2008 album Seventh Tree, Goldfrapp found time to record a beautifully jaunty version of 'Winter Wonderland' for a US Starbucks compilation, while former Blast First act Sonic Youth recorded a sketchy and somewhat unpleasant version of Martin Mull's 'Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope' for a 1996 compilation, which is definitely one for completists only.
For Can completists, the veteran Krautrockers put out an ultra-twee take on 'Silent Night' way back in 1976 on Virgin in the UK. The Residents launched their audacious avant-garde music career with Santa Dog in 1972, a double 7″ single mailed out to various people featuring four tracks by various pseudonymous artists, all of whom were actually The Residents themselves (whoever they are). The band have released several other versions of Santa Dog since 1972 – in 1978, 1998, 1992 ('Show Us Your Ugly'), 1999 (Refused), 2006 and 2012 (SD12). Way back in 1956, occasional Blast First artist Sun Ra co-opted the alias The Qualities and issued the doo wop 7-inch 'It's Christmas Time'. Backed with the sincere blues of 'Happy New Year To You!' this curiosity remains one of the most surprisingly accessible pop releases in the expansive Ra catalogue, and proof that they celebrate teh holidays on Saturn just like they do here on Ra's adopted home.
Einstürzende Neubauten stalwart F.M. Einheit and Caspar Brötzmann recorded an album called Merry Christmas which Paul Smith's label put out in 1994, but it isn't at all festive and, besides, it was released in May that year. Still, the album's sleeve of a hand-drawn tank reminds me of troops putting down arms during World War II, so maybe there's a connection to the festive season somewhere on this album after all. Mute US duo The Knife recorded a song called 'Reindeer' for their eponymous album in 2001; as if the song wasn't festive enough already with its lyrics about Santa, The Knife issued a version with Christmas bells (renamed 'Christmas Reindeer') in 2006 as a free download. Holger Hiller's eponymous last album for Mute in 2000 included the track 'Once I Built A Snowman', while Ben Frost's 2017 album Music From Fortitude opened with 'This Is Not Christmas'.
Andreas Dorau, he of one-time Mute group Die Doraus Und Die Marinas, has recorded two Christmas songs. 'Weihnachten Ist Auch Nicht Mehr Das Was Es Mal War' is a bouncy electropop track that appeared on Staatsakt's Santo Klaus sampler in 2016, and just over ten years earlier, he released the track 'Weihnachten Im Wald' as a limited-edition of 100 CDs for a Carhartt jeans promotion. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's 1992 Sub Pop Singles Club 7-inch paired together two excellent tracks – the wild rockabilly gestures of 'Big Yule Log Boogie' and the 'Blue Christmas'-esque 'My Christmas Wish'.
Josh T. Pearson became the first Mute artist to deliver a whole EP of Christmas songs, with his maudlin Rough Trade Bonus disc getting released in 2011 as a Rough Trade shop exclusive accompanying his Mute debut, Last Of The Country Gentlemen. This year, Pearson issued a new song, '2020's Silent Night Hindsight' straight to YouTube, and a more perfectly cynical take on a shit year you will be hard-pressed to find.
In 2012, Canada's Ladan Hussein, variously known as Al Spx and later Cold Specks covered Mary Margaret O'Hara's 'Christmas Evermore' for a Christmas compilation, complete with brass and obligatory messages of peace and hope and a bit of Diamanda Galás-esque tremulous wailing. The debut Cold Specks album, I Predict A Beautiful Expulsion (2012) also features the stirring track 'Winter Solstice'.
Looper's 2003 album The Snare features the haunting and evocative 'New York Snow', while the 'Intro' track on M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming has dreamy lyrics about walking in snow. Way back in 1982, Yazoo's Upstairs At Eric's included the sparse 'Winter Kills' and an orchestral version of 'Only You' was used in a Boots TV ad in 2017. A year before Upstairs At Eric's, future Mute artists A Certain Ratio recorded the irrepressable long-form funk track 'Winter Hill' for their To Each album, while, some twenty years later, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released the wintery 'Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow' in 2001, regrettably the closest the songwriter has yet come to recording a seasonal song. Surely there's a Christmas album in St. Nick somewhere? Moby's never done a Christmas track either, though he did remix arch-crooner Tony Bennett's 'I'm Coming Home For Christmas' in 2007, but the track was only ever released as a promo.
Maps, known to his parents as James Chapman, kicked off his pre-Mute career as Short Break Operator, including the haunting 'Some Winter Song' as the first track on his debut EP from 2003. In fact, of all the Mute roster, Maps is easily the most prolific Christmas-loving artists. He recorded the frosty 'Sparks In The Snow' for his second single, went on to cover East 17's 'Stay Another Day' for a promo CDr and released 'Merry Christmas (My Friend)' straight to Soundcloud in 2013, which is among the most atmospheric things Chapman has ever recorded.
Later still, 2016 Chapman's collaboration with former Mute artist Polly Scattergood, On Dead Waves, yielded two Christmas songs in the form of a cover of 'In The Bleak Midwinter' and the track 'Winter's Child' that closed the duo's only album together. This year, Polly Scattergood released her own Christmas track, 'Snowburden', which followed this year's career-defining and intensely personal album In This Moment. The new song found the singer somewhere between Laurie Anderson-esque sound art and sensitive balladeering.
Also this year, one of Mute's longest-serving sons, David Baker – one half of I Start Counting, Fortran 5 and Komputer – released 'The Lights Of The Pub', a charity single under his Joanna-tinkling alias Dave The Keys in aid of his local London boozer, The Lamb on Holloway Road. Inspired, in part, by 'Fairytale Of New York', 'The Lights Of The Pub' has the requisite mix of memories, festive bells and a Dickensian air of that which has been lost. Read more about 'The Lights Of The Pub' here.
Speaking of charity, here's a shameless plug: in 2012, Documentary Evidence compiled MuteResponse, a double download charity compilation album intended as a tribute to Mute's legacy, and also to rule off the first ten years of writing this very site. On MuteResponse #1, I was able to include one-time Credible Sexy Units act Vic Twenty's 'Christmas In Korea (New Year In Japan)'. Angela 'Piney Gir' Penhaligon and Adrian Morris recorded the track years ago but it was never officially released until the MuteResponse compilation. I first heard this track years ago during an interview with Morris, and I always wanted to make sure that others would get to hear it, and so I was delighted to let the song see the light of day. Incidentally, Piney's done plenty of other Christmas songs, one of my personal favourites being the lovely 'For The Love Of Others' in 2009. You can find MuteResponse over at Bandcamp.
So we've surveyed the traditional and the festive – what about the tenuous? Look no further than Mute's most bankable act, Depeche Mode, whose only obvious Christmas connection was Dave Gahan delivering a festive message on the aforementioned Yulesville compilation. However, a year earlier, Depeche's Alan Wilder and Martin Gore penned the track 'Christmas Island' as the B-side to 'A Question Of Lust'; it isn't remotely festive, it was released in May that year, it's named after an island in the Indian Ocean, but it's got the word Christmas in the title and so, dubious though it is, onto the Dreaming Of A Mute Christmas playlist it goes.
Christmas is supposed to be fun, and so here's a version of The Normal's 'Warm Leatherette' by The Bombshelter Brigade, re-titled 'Merry Christmas' and taken from the 1988 compilation Christmas At The Bombshelter.
Happy Christmas to Mute fans everywhere.
DJFormaldehyde · Merry Christmas – The Bombshelter Brigade
Words: Mat Smith
Spotify playlist and Mute Navidad nous: Jorge Punaro
(c) 2020 Documentary Evidence & Jorge Punaro. Earlier versions of this feature were published in 2012 and 2013. If we've missed anything let us know and we'll get them added in.
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Dave The Keys – The Lights Of The Pub
"The lights of the pub are shining. Though we can't be there to hear, in spirit we'll all be singing, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year."
– 'The Lights Of The Pub' by Dave The Keys
In normal times, if you were to head down to The Lamb on London's Holloway Road on a Thursday evening, you'd be sure to find a certain Dave The Keys tinkling the ivories and playing popular songs at the piano. Said Dave is Mute stalwart David Baker, one half of I Start Counting, Fortran 5 and Komputer, whose prowess with the pub's upright piano might come as a surprise given how every iteration of his pairing with Simon Leonard has been almost exclusively centred on electronic music.
Well, these aren't normal times, and The Lamb, like so many pubs across the country, is on its knees thanks to two lockdowns and financially punitive – though necessary – restrictions. In response, Baker has recorded 'The Lights Of The Pub', a beautifully evocative song where all sales go toward The Lamb's crowdfunding campaign to avoid its metaphorical last orders.
'The Lights Of The Pub' is the singalong around the Joanna that never was, carrying a gentle sway like the last song before closing time. The song is led by Baker's piano, around which a softly fluctuating synth meanders, joining up with festive bells and a beat as crisp as a frosty winter morn. Here you will find a wistful nostalgia for more carefree times, deeply rooted in a sense of a London community that could permanently lose the centre of its community. Poetic reflections of Baker's North London locale abound here; an ambulance screams down the Holloway Road; a desperate man sits outsides the Tube station; he sings of an empty train, an ironic inversion of the movement of people across the capital that he sang about in Komputer's 'Looking Down On London'.
"I'd been wanting to do a Christmas song for years, but never got round to it," Baker explains. "I had an idea of doing a London version of 'Fairytale Of New York'. It started off as 'The Lights Of The Thames' but it evolved into 'The Lights Of The Pub' when I connected it to the plight of The Lamb and many other pubs around the country. The Lamb is a lovely pub on Holloway Road in North London where I've been playing piano for singalongs on Thursdays for a few years now. Unfortunately, it is closed due to the current regulations so they launched a Crowdfunder which I thought I'd try and help out with."
Support The Lamb's Crowdfunder here. Buy 'The Lights Of The Pub' at Bandcamp.
The Lights Of The Pub by Dave The Keys was released December 4 2020.
(c) 2020 Documentary Evidence
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Vin Diesel is a Geek
Yahoo has an interview with Vin Diesel on producing (and starring in) the video game The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.
While he doesn't discuss his voice acting for the game in the interview, I believe genre fandom would find it interesting that he freely admits being a fanboy, a hardcore gamer, a Dungeons and Dragons roleplayer, and a "huge fan of game animation."
Says Diesel, "I am a Tekken guy. I am a Dead Or Alive guy. I'm a Soul Calibur guy. And I played these games like every kid would love to have played these games – on fifty-foot screens. My dedication to these fighting games has been a little sick at times, because it's been in these huge auditoriums, and I've created these tournaments — I have all these guys come and play, and we'd sooner be playing fighting games for money than poker. There's nothing cooler than sitting in an auditorium filled with people and having your avatar on a 50-foot screen kicking someone's booty."
Continue reading: Vin Revisits Riddick in 'Dark Athena' [Yahoo]
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A Teesside University lecturer who started her career drawing monsters and zombie priestesses has been named as one of the most influential women in the gaming industry.
Gabrielle Kent has been named as one of the top 100 most influential women working in the UK games industry by GamesIndustry.biz.
Ms Kent is a senior lecturer in game development at Teesside University but also writes children's books in her spare time. Her career started after she gained a degree in illustration.
"In the mid '90s, during my illustration degree at Teesside University," said Ms Kent, "I took work experience at Iguana Entertainment/Acclaim based in Stockton where I drew monstrous creatures and zombie priestesses all day, igniting my desire to work in games.
Since then Ms Kent has worked on the Test Drive Series, Demolition Race-No Exit and LA Rush. Recently she wrote a tie-in novel for the upcoming Knights and Bikes video game from FoamSword Games.
She also ran the Animex Festival of Animation and Computer Games and brought together some of the most talented developed from world leading studios together with the next generation of developers.
Ms Kent is passionate about address the gender imbalance within the games industry and is urging women to try and make more connections to help them develop and progress their careers.
"Women wanting to break into games or progress careers need to break out of their cocoon and get networking," she said. "You can make lots of great friends and contacts at games events such as EGX, Develop, Women in Games events.
Ubisoft's Giselle Stewart and Hammerhead's Sally Blake also made the top 100 list for their work in the North East's gaming community.
Ms Blake has worked on a number of games - such as Watch Dogs and Tom Clancy's The Division - and has also set up a Women Making Games group in the region.
Ms Stewart helped grow Newcastle studio Reflections until it was bought by Ubisoft. She is also heavily involved in the North East Futures UTC, which she hopes will close the tech skills gap.


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University of Maryland-University College offers 332-degree programs and 326 via distance education. Student-to-faculty ratio is 22:1. 52.8% are women, and 47.2% are men. 1% percents of international students. The average annual total cost of attendance at University of Maryland-University College is 10558$, that is at the level of national average. 6% of full-time University of Maryland-University College students completed their education in 150 percent of time: graduation rate is at the level of national average. Average salary after attending is $49,900, so if you studied 2 years, you'll get your funds back in less than 2 years.
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The CARICOM Election Observation Mission has praised the conduct of Jamaica's just concluded general elections and said the results reflected the will of the people.
The eleven-member Mission, led by Ms. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer, Belize, issued a Preliminary Statement Friday, following Thursday's elections which saw the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led by Mr. Andrew Holness emerge victorious over the incumbent Peoples National Party (PNP) of Ms Portia Simpson-Miller in a close 33-30 race.
"The Mission's general assessment of the day's activities is that the voters were able to cast their ballots without intimidation or harassment, and that the results of the General Elections of 25 February 2016 reflected the will of the people of Jamaica and reinforced their commitment to the democratic process," the Statement said.
The Mission deployed five teams in several constituencies on polling day which observed the Opening of the Poll, the Voting process, the Closing of the Poll and Counting of Ballots.
"The Mission noted that all materials and supplies needed were present at the stations in the required quantities. For the most part Polling Stations were opened on time and voting commenced promptly at 7:00 a.m. at the Stations in which the opening was observed. All Stations were fully staffed and most had representatives of all the Political Parties contesting in the various constituencies. The teams noted that representatives of the two major Political Parties were present in all areas observed. For the most part, Polling Stations were conveniently located and accessible to the electorate."
The Mission's full Report, which will include its findings, recommendations and suggestions for continued strengthening of the electoral process in Jamaica, will be prepared and submitted to CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque.
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CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO JAMAICA 2016 GENERAL ELECTIONS 25 FEBRUARY 2016
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Mission Head, Ms. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize.
At the invitation of the Honourable Mrs. Dorothy Pine-McLarty OJ, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) mounted an eleven (11) member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the General Elections of Jamaica held on 25 February 2016. The team arrived in Jamaica over the period 21 to 22 February 2016.
Prior to Polling Day, the team monitored the preparations for the Elections and held meetings with various stakeholders. The Mission met with Prime Minister, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller; Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Andrew Holness, MP; Dr. Carl Williams, OD, JP, PhD, Commissioner of Police; Commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica; Professor Trevor Munroe CD, Executive Director, National Integrity Action; Mr. Warren McDonald, President, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and Bishop Galbraith, Chairman of the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches.
On polling day, five (5) teams were deployed to observe the elections in several constituencies. The teams monitored the day's activities by observing the Opening of the Poll, the Voting process, the Closing of the Poll and Counting of Ballots.
Adequate security was in place at all locations with the Officers displaying a very professional approach which contributed to the level of calm which accompanied the day's activities. Throughout the day the poll workers remained resolute and steadily carried out the required procedures ensuring that electors who turned out were able to register their vote.
The Mission's general assessment of the day's activities is that the voters were able to cast their ballots without intimidation or harassment, and that the results of the General Elections of 25 February 2016 reflected the will of the people of Jamaica and reinforced their commitment to the democratic process.
Congratulations to the hard working and dedicated staff of the Electoral Commission, the Poll Workers, the Political Parties and their Candidates, the Security Forces and the People of Jamaica for the mature way in which the Elections were conducted and the high level of discipline displayed throughout the process. Jamaicans must be commended for the conduct of a peaceful elections process.
The Mission's full Report will be prepared and submitted to the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), H.E. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. This Report will include the findings of the Mission and its recommendations and suggestions for continued strengthening of the electoral process in Jamaica.
The CARICOM Election Observation Mission wishes to thank the Leaders of the Political Parties, Civil Society Groups, other Stakeholders, Media and the People of Jamaica for their warm welcome and cooperation which contributed to the success of this Mission.
JOSEPHINE TAMAI
CHIEF OF MISSION
CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION
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Farmer's Viral Drought Poem Asks PM 'Where's The Aussie Aid?'
Katherine Kalk
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When Joanna Collett wrote a poem to Malcolm Turnbull, she had no idea her words would become a rallying cry for her community.
Five years ago, Joanna and her husband bought 2000 acres just out of Wee Waa, NSW, a tiny town about 215km north west of Tamworth. After growing up in the country, the couple finally realised their dream of owning a little bit of country themselves. Together, they breed ewes and lambs, cows and calves and farm about 1000 acres of crops.
But in Wee Waa, as in many rural communities across the country, drought is devastating the land and the people who work it.
Even though Joanna and her husband are lucky enough to have off-farm income, and their farm is "better off than most," in the last year she has seen prime grazing land shrivel to dust, livestock wither down to skin and bone, and despite thorough planning for drought, resilient farmers struggle to cope with one crippling loss after another.
And she saw the Australian Government sitting on the sidelines, watching it happen, while spending money elsewhere.
"It made me a bit angry really," she said.
"It just seemed to me that country Australia was being ignored. Why are we giving so much money overseas, and why can't we get some help here?"
So she put pen to paper, authoring a 40-line poem addressed to the prime minister.
Here's how the poem starts:
G'day Mr Turnbull, I trust that you are fine,
Sorry to be bothering you, but there's something on my mind.
I listened to a bloke last week; he had a bit to say.
You lot may have heard of him? He delivers all that hay?
He spoke of countless hours and the distances they drive,
Feeding starving stock, to keep bush hopes alive.
They do not get assistance from your tax funded hat,
They do it on their own, all off their own bat.
And you can read it in full here.
In late July, Joanna posted the completed work to Malcolm Turnbull's Facbook page. She also personally mailed him a letter, along with a copy of the poem.
"I haven't had any response from anybody in Canberra," she said.
But the response online was overwhelming. Joanna's poem struck a chord with people right across the country, who shared it more than 12,000 times, and flooded her inbox with comments of thanks, praise, support and solidarity.
"Everyone has just said, 'Yep, exactly right,'" she said. "I've just said what everyone's been thinking."
Joanna on her property in 2014, before the devastating drought. (Image: Supplied)
She said she never expected such a huge and heartfelt reaction.
"It's just actually blown me away. I never ever thought in my lifetime it would have this response. Out of all the comments and all the shares, there was only one negative comment out of thousands. It's absolutely incredible."
On Sunday, two weeks after Joanna wrote her poem, the Turnbull Government announced a $190 million emergency relief package for farmers in the grips of drought. (The NSW Government announced $500 million in additional funding in late June.) The package will allow farmers to access two additional cash payments of $6000 through the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) scheme, as well as provide additional support for mental health and rural financial counselling services.
"We're not ungrateful, it's a start," Joanna said. But she said whether the aid goes far enough is difficult to say.
"Every situation is different. I know that money will help some people, but it's a drop in the ocean to others."
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She questioned the red tape surrounding the application process, whether farmers with off-farm income and assets will be eligible, and how far down the track the money will become available.
"It might get you a load of hay or a load of grain, which depending on how big your enterprise is, it might last a month, it might last five months. But it really is a drop in the ocean if you're going to try and pay for things like fodder with it," she said.
"The first [payment] is available next month in September... well it's only the start of August. And then the second lot isn't available until March next year, which is a long, long time away."
If weather conditions don't ease in the next six months, Joanna and her husband will be forced to sell off all of their livestock.
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Ninety-nine percent of NSW is in drought and farmers are struggling to keep their animals alive.
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A crippling drought is setting in across the country. Image: Getty
Parched Pastures
Cattle feed on a parched pasture on a farm in Coonabarabran owned by Ambrose and Lisa Doolan and relief from the dry weather isn't expected until spring at the earliest.
Too Weak To Eat
Farmer Tanya Jerry, also from Coonabarabran, spends her time caring for her animals some of which are too weak to eat.
A malnourished and vulnerable lamb sits curled up on the dry earth.
Dusty Fields
Seven-year-old Heidi Taylor plays in the dirt fields on her family's farm.
Dams In Distress
This small pool of water is what is left of a dam on a farm in Coonabarabran.
Barren And Bare
Dry pastures stretch for as long as the eye can see on the Doolan property.
Dead cattle are commonplace on the Jerry property.
80-year-old Carol Jerry hand-feeds orphaned lambs as ewes are unable to produce milk and so, abandon their babies.
Skin And Bone
No rain means no food leaving livestock starving.
Deathly Drought
Six-year-old Harry Taylor with the bones of a dead animal.
"We don't have a crop this year, along with the majority of the people, so we probably wouldn't have a farm income until December 2019 or January 2020," she said.
"It's basically about keeping what stock you have alive, because if you have to sell it, and to get back into it when the season does break, it's going to be nearly impossible, and it might break you."
She said what farmers in her community really want to see is aid in the form of interest subsidies, and subsidies to keep farm employees on the farm.
"Most people on the land have massive debt, so any kind of subsidy that would go towards an interest repayment is going to be welcome," Joanna said.
"There's a lot of people who don't own a farm but live there and work there and that is their home -- possibly for many, many years. If they're without a job, they're also without a home. So subsidies to keep them not only on the farm, but in the community as well -- their kids go to school in our town, they come into our town and spend money -- and if we lose families like that, it's a big hit, not just to the farm that employs them, but to the community."
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She said waiving shire rates would also bring welcome relief.
"The state government is paying the local land services rates for 2019, but the local council shire rates [are still being paid by farmers]," she said.
The poem, she said, wasn't about her personally, but about Australian farmers' collective hardships, and about being seemingly invisible to policy makers hundreds of kilometres away in Canberra. As a group, she said, farmers won't ask for handouts, and life on the land breeds a culture of resilience.
"You just get on with it," Joanna said. "That's all you do, that's all you can do. We had four mils [of rain] here the other day, which was nice -- it barely settled the dust -- but it just lifts spirits. You just do it. You sell what you can, you feed what you can, you do what you can."
Beyond regional farming communities, word of the drought is spreading. The response from people in cities, not on the front lines of the crisis, has been one of compassion.
"I think most people, even people who have just learned about it, are very understanding," Joanna said.
"They understand where their food comes from, and I think most people want to help. Everyone's just been so kind."
She invited people across the country to see what's going on first-hand.
"If [people] don't understand [what's happening], get in the car, come for a drive and have a look," she said.
"Anybody would be happy to show you what they're doing. Just come have a look."
If you want to help Australian farmers in need, you can donate to a registered charity. Donate online to Rural Aid's Buy a Bale, Drought Angels, Aussie Helpers or Lions' Need for Feed. You can also support farmers by buying Australian grown produce at your local supermarket.
For 24/7 crisis or suicide prevention support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or visit www.lifeline.org.au/gethelp.
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TLC Renews 'Too Close To Home'
Aug 22, 2016 - Feb 22, 2017
Anna - Danielle Savre
The Tyler Perry drama will return for Season 2.
It is being reported that TLC has renewed Tyler Perry's Too Close To Home for a second season. The freshman drama, which is just two episodes into its run, is the cable network's first-ever scripted series.
The pickup follows a strong performance of the show's premiere episode, which has been seen by 4.2 million viewers in airings across TLC and OWN combined. Its viewership on TLC alone helped give the network its highest-rated Monday night in over a year among key women demographics.
Too Close To Home follows all the drama that occurs when a woman returns home to face her troubled past after causing a career-related political scandal in Washington, D.C. New episodes are currently airing Monday nights at 9:00pm.
Look for Season 2 of Too Close To Home to premiere in 2017.
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I lLove this show.When will it return? It was like real Life.Lol
I love this show. When is season 3 going to start?
The first 2 hour episode was slow to get going, I almost stopped watching then but decided to give it a chance. It got better and I've been watching them since. I would like to know why they showed a rerun on 9/26? It was listed as new but wasn't?
I watched the pilot episode and it was awful! There was nothing at all to recommend this show.


Logs are your best friends on those late nights when you try to troubleshoot that problem in production that was written by a friend of you who is on holidays at the moment. Logs are the main way to know what is happening at runtime with an running application but as we don't realize how important they are until we actually need them it is usually an under appreciated part of our development process.
This talks overviews the logging module of the standard library and demonstrates some basic best practices and techniques make the most out of our logging when we need it. After this talk you will be fully familiar not only on how to use the logging library but also how it is actually designed, how it works, how to extended further than the basic usage and some sample recipes and configurations for complex applications.


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Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles; it empties today of its strength.
-- Unknown
Books - Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban
This book is awesome, but it's extremely hard to communicate why. Ostensibly it's a dystopian science fiction novel, although that is a fairly inadequate descriptor.
The book was written in 1980 and follows a set of characters living in the English countryside about 2000 years after an apocalyptic nuclear war. The technological level of humanity has only just returned to iron age status and many people are still hunter-gatherers. The story focuses on a young man, Riddley, as he comes of age and embarks on an adventure to rediscover a bit of lost knowledge from the past.
The culture of the society in which Riddley lives is an eclectic set of hybridized and bastardized myths sourced from generally misunderstood material from Christianity, antiquity, science, and half destroyed bits of leftover technology. This culture is distributed and maintained through puppet shows in the style of Punch and Judy (a British tradition I'd never heard of before, but which is a whole interesting topic in itself).
The text of the novel is written in a hypothetical version of English that has devolved from what we understand the language to be today. It's often described as almost Chaucerian, but that's a bit backwards. It's more accurate to say that the people in the novel find the pre-apocalypse version of English as difficult to read and understand as the average person today finds the works of Chaucer. Further complicating the language is the fact that the version in this book devolved from a version of heavily accented rural English that also made use of Cockney-style rhyming slang.
I've made it sound like this is a hard book to read, and it is, but it's also strangely absorbing. The characters survive despite terrible conditions, but they all seem to carry an unspoken sense of loss for knowledge that led humanity to such heights (and eventual destruction). For me the struggle to understand the text had a very neat parallel with the struggles of the characters as they attempt to reclaim that knowledge.
Here's a sample of the text (it sometimes helps to say the words out loud):
I dont think it makes no diffrents where you start the telling of a thing. You never know where it begun realy. No moren you know where you begun your oan self. You myt know the place and day and time of day when you ben beartht. You myt even know the place and day and time when you ben got. That dont mean nothing tho. You stil dont know where you begun.
This is definitely a book that warrants multiple readings. It was only at the end that I felt I had a pretty good handle on "Riddley-speak" and when I re-read it I think I'll catch a lot more. Despite the challenge I thoroughly enjoyed the story and I'm grateful for having discovered it in an article listing the favourite books of famous authors. "Riddley Walker" was the choice of Margaret Atwood, obviously.
TAGS: books; margaret atwood; dystopia; science fiction; russell hoban; riddley walker; england; nuclear war; punch and judy; devolved english


Men and the dreams In the Dhauldhar is the story of three different people who meet each other accidentally in the Dhauldhar. Nanda, Kusru, and Rekha are main characters around whom the story plot revolves. Each one of them has a secret past that they are hiding. Their and many other lives change when a Hydro-electric project is approved and a dam is to be constructed.
The plot basically highlights the lives of the people that are involved in the dam construction project and terrorism.
Although the story is set in the Dhauladhar (Himalayan Range), there is the mention of many other places too which you will get to know as the story progresses. The story plot is quite interesting and gripping. The pace is fast and I found the story quite engaging. Each character adds value to the plot.
Other than that, I being an architect by profession have to say that there are certain technical details in the book which would be difficult to grasp for other people. Maybe, they will have to skip that part if they read the book. Overall, it's a good book. I highly suggest you read the book and share with your loved ones too. It's definitely worth a try. I would love to read more in future by the author, Mr. Kochery C. Shibu.
Yes! I highly recommend this book to all of you. Please buy a copy and share it with other people too.
So, I hope the book reviews or the book recommendations on the blog are helpful for you guys. Also, I shall be sharing more. So, stay tuned for that!
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Right I have some HD video editting to do, and I am suffering from serious lag. I was wondering does anyone have experience of monitors that are 1080p full HD (whatever)?
The next question would be, can I connect it to my macbook?
lag when video editing won't be down to the screen, it will be down to 3 things, ram, cpu (and gpu if program can accelerate using it) and hard drive access speeds.
but that is cs4 and i'm still cs3!
So not sure what to do, I might have to do some wrangling, and trial CS4.
If you still need a monitor, any decent one over 20" would be able to show a 1080p video at 100% size.
The resolution on my iMac is set to 1680 x 1050... which would probably translate as 1050 p or i. I'm no expert mind.
So the next question is, how do I run a second screen on my mac. I have googled it in the past and to be honest all I see is complete tech gibberish! I need an idiots guide!
Yeah pretty much. I've seen Typo set it up so it can't be that hard.
You need a display connector thing though, apple doesn't use standard ones.
Glad you've been paying attention.
that would be why I got confused!


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Talk about a game of two halves! There was no comparison between Aber's free-flowing, fluent team performance in the second half, with the ponderous, error-ridden display we saw in the first half of this game. In the opening forty minutes the visitors, two places and five points below Aber in Division 1 West, outplayed the hosts and led 7 – 12 at the interval.
In the first five minutes of a bizzare first half, two yellow cards were shown and a player from either side spent ten minutes in the sin-bin. Territory and possession were shared equally and both teams showed a willingness to open up the game. Aber broke the deadlock when James Plumbridge raced away downfield and the momentum was continued by scrum-half Gruff Jones. Breaking from the ensuing ruck, he fed Matthew Hughes who scored the opening try wide out. Steff Rees added the conversion with an excellent kick to put Aber 7 – 0 ahead.
Llanelli Wanderers, buoyed by the recent return of their coach, ex-British Lion, Barrie Thomas, hit back immediately. From a scrum 35 metres out, fly-half Lloyd Thomas jinked through some very poor, half-hearted Aber tackling to score an unconverted try. Aber then let two good try-scoring opportunities slip as handling errors let them down with the line at their mercy. This encouraged the visitors and winger Zac Chambers scored their second try in the corner. Lewis Jones converted to give Wanderers a 7 – 12 lead at half time.
Aber made a confident start to the second half and as a result of a typically aggressive run by Tom Evans followed by good carries by Ian Ellis and Llyr Thomas, Tommy Sandford scored in the corner. Another fine conversion by Steff Rees put the hosts ahead by 14 – 12. Their next try came from Ian Ellis following good breaks by Arwel Lloyd and replacement scrum half, Mike Jones. Again the visitors hit back hard but a timely interception by prop forward Oisin Canney changed matters. Showing the acceleration and deft handling that only a loose head prop is capable of, he raced a full 25 metres before unselfishly offloading to Matthew Hughes who scored Aber's bonus point try in the corner. Another excellent conversion by Steff Rees brought the score to 26 – 12.
Again the Wanderers retaliated hard leading to an unconverted try by winger Daf Parkman. But Aber weren't finished yet. Steff Rees found touch with a penalty kick into the visitors' 22 metre area. The ball was spread wide before Daniel Harvard picked up a difficult pass to scamper over for Aber's fifth try, converted by Rees to widen their lead to 33 - 17. The hosts closed the scoring with Matthew Hughes' hat trick try crowning a fine personal performance. Llyr Thomas put over a good conversion to close the scoring at 40 – 17.
The score suggests that this was eventually an easy win for the hosts. But make no mistake, at no time did the Wanderers give up the fight. They covered and defended very vigorously right to the end. The fact that Aber were able to race away and win the game so well in the second half reflects the way they fought for and retained possession, the way they carried and supported the ball carrier, and offloaded for the eventual scorers to race away for the points.
If Aber can repeat this second half performance in their remaining games, there is no reason why they should not achieve a clean sweep and an unbeaten run through to the close of the season. This would put them firmly in the upper end of Division 1 at the finish.
To do this they first need to iron out their tendency for handling errors and maintain the fluency and understanding between each other to launch quick attacks and counterattacks from anywhere on the field as they did in the second half of this match. At restarts, Daniel Harvard consistently shows his fellow forwards how to field opposition kick offs, but Aber are often slow to follow up their own kick allowing the opposition time and room to respond.
Up front, Tom Evans and Bryn Shepherd again shone in the rucks and mauls for Aber and the front row trio was evident in the loose in general. Neither pack had the edge in the scrummages and in the lineouts Dan Binks' ball-winning skills were sorely missed. Steff Rees' place kicking continues to be of the highest standard.
Aber have another home game next Saturday (16th Feb) against Whitland. They lost the away leg putting in a very weak performance, so they will be determined to put matters right at home. If they can repeat the stylish display of running rugby that we saw in the second half of this Saturday's game they should win.
Also on Saturday, Aber's Youth XV will take on Cwmafon RFC Youth at Plascrug in the quarter final of the Welsh Cup competition. The boys and their coach, Wayne Thomas, need all the support they can get. They have done brilliantly to get as far as this and have the ability and potential to go right to the final at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, so please come down and cheer them on.


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var assert = require('assert'),
    mathjs = require('../../../index'),
    math = mathjs(),
    range = math.range,
    matrix = math.matrix;

describe('range', function() {

  it('should parse a valid string correctly', function() {
    assert.deepEqual(range('1:6'), matrix([1,2,3,4,5]));
    assert.deepEqual(range('0:2:10'), matrix([0,2,4,6,8]));
    assert.deepEqual(range('5:-1:0'), matrix([5,4,3,2,1]));
    assert.deepEqual(range('2:-2:-3'), matrix([2,0,-2]));
  });

  it('should create a range start:1:end if called with 2 numbers', function() {
    assert.deepEqual(range(3,6), matrix([3,4,5]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(1,6), matrix([1,2,3,4,5]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(1,6.1), matrix([1,2,3,4,5,6]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(1,5.9), matrix([1,2,3,4,5]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(6,1), matrix([]));
  });

  it('should create a range start:step:end if called with 3 numbers', function() {
    assert.deepEqual(range(0,10,2), matrix([0,2,4,6,8]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(5,0,-1), matrix([5,4,3,2,1]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(2,-4,-2), matrix([2,0,-2]));
  });

  it('should output an array when setting matrix==="array"', function() {
    var math2 = mathjs({
      matrix: 'array'
    });

    assert.deepEqual(math2.range(0,10,2), [0,2,4,6,8]);
    assert.deepEqual(math2.range(5,0,-1), [5,4,3,2,1]);
  });

  it('should create a range with bignumbers', function() {
    assert.deepEqual(range(math.bignumber(1), math.bignumber(3)), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
  });

  it('should create a range with mixed numbers and bignumbers', function() {
    assert.deepEqual(range(math.bignumber(1), 3), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(1, math.bignumber(3)), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));

    assert.deepEqual(range(1, math.bignumber(3), math.bignumber(1)), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(math.bignumber(1), 3, math.bignumber(1)), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(math.bignumber(1), math.bignumber(3), 1), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));

    assert.deepEqual(range(math.bignumber(1), 3, 1), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(1, math.bignumber(3), 1), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
    assert.deepEqual(range(1, 3, math.bignumber(1)), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
  });

  it('should parse a range with bignumbers', function() {
    var math = mathjs({
      number: 'bignumber'
    });
    assert.deepEqual(math.range('1:3'), matrix([math.bignumber(1),math.bignumber(2)]));
  });

  describe ('option includeEnd', function () {
    it('should parse a string and include end', function () {
      assert.deepEqual(range('1:6', false), matrix([1,2,3,4,5]));
      assert.deepEqual(range('1:6', true), matrix([1,2,3,4,5,6]));
    });

    it('should create a range start:1:end and include end', function () {
      assert.deepEqual(range(3,6, false), matrix([3,4,5]));
      assert.deepEqual(range(3,6, true), matrix([3,4,5,6]));
    });

    it('should create a range start:step:end and include end', function () {
      assert.deepEqual(range(0,10,2, false), matrix([0,2,4,6,8]));
      assert.deepEqual(range(0,10,2, true), matrix([0,2,4,6,8,10]));
    });
  });

  it('should throw an error if called with an invalid string', function() {
    assert.throws(function () {range('invalid range')}, SyntaxError);
  });

  it('should throw an error if called with a single number', function() {
    assert.throws(function () {range(2)}, TypeError);
  });

  it('should throw an error if called with a unit', function() {
    assert.throws(function () {range(math.unit('5cm'))}, TypeError);
  });

  it('should throw an error if called with a complex number', function() {
    assert.throws(function () {range(math.complex(2,3))}, TypeError);
  });

  it('should throw an error if called with one invalid argument', function() {
    assert.throws(function () {range(2, 'string')}, TypeError);
    assert.throws(function () {range(math.unit('5cm'), 2)}, TypeError);
    assert.throws(function () {range(2, math.complex(2,3))}, TypeError);
    assert.throws(function () {range(2, 'string', 3)}, TypeError);
    assert.throws(function () {range(2, 1, math.unit('5cm'))}, TypeError);
    assert.throws(function () {range(math.complex(2,3), 1, 3)}, TypeError);
  });

  it('should throw an error if called with an invalid number of arguments', function() {
    assert.throws(function () {range()}, SyntaxError);
    assert.throws(function () {range(1,2,3,4)}, SyntaxError);
  });
});

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Q: regroup after unwind of subdocument of subdocument This is my Document.
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cb"),
    "name" : "foo",
    "users" : [
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cc"),
            "name" : "Peter",
            "emails" : [
                {
                    "address" : "peter@email.com"
                },
                {
                    "address" : "test2@email.com"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cd"),
            "name" : "Joe",
            "emails" : []
        }
    ]
}

I'm unwinding users and users.email
And when I try to regroup, I get a duplicate on user named Peter because it has 2 emails.
Query:
db.test.aggregate([
  { "$unwind": {
    "path": "$users",
    "preserveNullAndEmptyArrays": true
  } },
  { "$unwind": {
    "path": "$users.emails",
    "preserveNullAndEmptyArrays": true
  } },
  {
    "$group": {
      "_id": "$_id",
      "name": { "$first": "$name" },
      "users": { "$addToSet": "$users"},
      "allEmails": { "$push": "$users.emails.address" }
    }
  }
])

Result:
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cb"),
    "name" : "foo",
    "users" : [
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cd"),
            "name" : "Joe"
        },
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cc"),
            "name" : "Peter",
            "emails" : {
                "address" : "test2@email.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cc"),
            "name" : "Peter",
            "emails" : {
                "address" : "peter@email.com"
            }
        }
    ],
    "allEmails" : [
        "peter@email.com",
        "test2@email.com"
    ]
}

I need the users object to be exact the same before the unwind with allEmails on the document parent as shown in the following example.
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cb"),
    "name" : "foo",
    "users" : [
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cc"),
            "name" : "Peter",
            "emails" : [
                { "address" : "test2@email.com" },
                { "address" : "peter@email.com" }
            ]
        },
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cd"),
            "name" : "Joe",
            "emails" : []
        }
    ],
    "allEmails" : [
        "peter@email.com",
        "test2@email.com"
    ]
}

A: Running the following aggregate pipeline should give you the desired result:
db.test.aggregate([
    {
        "$addFields": {
            "allEmails": {
                "$reduce": {
                    "input": {
                        "$map": {
                            "input": "$users",
                            "as": "user",
                            "in": "$$user.emails"
                        }
                    },
                    "initialValue": [],
                    "in": { "$concatArrays": ["$$value", "$$this.address"] }
                }
            }
        }
    }
])

The above pipeline works by initially creating a two dimensional array of emails addresses objects using $map. To show an example result produced by apply the expression
{
    "$map": {
        "input": "$users",
        "as": "user",
        "in": "$$user.emails"
    }
}

run a test pipeline with just a single field that holds the results:
db.test.aggregate([
    {
        "$project": {
            "twoDarray": {
                    "$map": {
                        "input": "$users",
                        "as": "user",
                        "in": "$$user.emails"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
])

which will produce the 2D array
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("589b6132fafb5a09549b46cb"),
    "twoDarray" : [
        [
            { "address" : "peter@email.com" },
            { "address" : "test2@email.com" }
        ],
        []
    ]
}

Now, denormalise this 2-D array
[
    [
        { "address" : "peter@email.com" },
        { "address" : "test2@email.com" }
    ],
    []
]

by using the $reduce operator which applies an expression to each element in an array and combines them into a single value. With the help of the $concatArrays operator, you can concatenate each element within the $reduce expression to form the final desired array
[
    "peter@email.com",
    "test2@email.com"
]

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We launched our campaign on Kickstarter on 28th April 2018, and while the first 48 hours were extremely encouraging, we soon felt the crunch. Progress had observably plateaued and there was evidently something wrong with our campaign approach. At only less than 10% funded on the 9th day, we came to accept the fact that our campaign was going nowhere and will not be able to achieve success. Not in the package we are offering.
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Obtaining authorisation for construction projects can be extremely demanding, but a combination of persistence and the right legal advice will often win the day. In a case on point, a householder whose hopes of building a garden room were time and again thwarted by planners was finally granted his wish by the High Court.
The householder twice applied to his local authority for a certificate confirming that his proposed development was automatically permitted under the terms of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (GPDO) and that formal planning permission was therefore not required. His applications were rejected on both occasions and his appeals to planning inspectors were dismissed.
His challenge to that outcome hinged on whether his plans fell within Class E of Schedule 2 of the GPDO. Class E permits the provision within the curtilage of a dwelling any building which is for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of that dwelling. There was no dispute that the proposed garden room fell within that definition.
However, Class E places tight restrictions on the height and scale of new buildings. Relevant to the householder's proposal was the requirement that the height of any structure, measured from the ground immediately adjacent to it, must not be more than three metres. Where a building is within two metres of a dwelling's boundary, and is more than 2.5 metres in height – again measured from the immediately adjacent ground – it is also excluded from Class E.
Ground to the north of the proposed building had been excavated some years previously and the planning inspector who most recently rejected the householder's case ruled that the height of the planned structure, measured from the existing level of immediately adjacent ground, would exceed three metres. The householder pointed out that the excavated ground would be back-filled in the course of the development. His argument that the structure's height should be measured from the level of the ground post back-filling was, however, rejected.
Overturning the inspector's decision, the Court found that the only sensible reading of the relevant parts of the GPDO accorded with the householder's interpretation. Back-filling formed part of the plans he had submitted and the Court found that the building's height should be measured from the level of the immediately adjacent ground on completion of the development. That height would be less than three metres.
The south flank of the building would abut a wall marking the property's boundary and the inspector found that, when measured against the immediately adjoining ground – which could not be back-filled – that part of the structure would exceed 2.5 metres in height.
However, in also upholding the householder's challenge to that ruling, the Court found that the ground immediately adjacent to the south flank should be taken as being his neighbour's garden. That was less than 2.5 metres lower than the nearest part of the proposed building.
The Court concluded that the only correct answer to the issues raised by the case was that the proposed development fell within Class E and would thus be lawful development. The Court had no power to substitute its own decision for that of the inspector. However, it remitted the matter for reconsideration by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with its judgment.
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TEXARKANA, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - The dispute over which court has jurisdiction over an Arkansas class action lawsuit is an intriguing one, according to a Mississippi law professor, and two appellate decisions might provide some insight.
A federal judge in Arkansas' western district is tasked with determining if a plaintiff can circumvent the Class Action Fairness of Act of 2005 if it asserts that it is seeking less than the $5 million CAFA threshold while still maintaining the possibility of demanding and being awarded more than $5 million if the case is returned to state court.
A class action lawsuit filed Dec. 7 in the state circuit court of Miller County, Arkansas and subsequently removed Jan. 17 to the federal district court has become a jurisdictional controversy. The plaintiffs' lawyers have made a motion to remand the case back to state court.
The plaintiffs aren't asking for more than $5 million, but the defendants say any settlement or jury award would exceed that amount.
Professor Ronald Rychlak, the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the University of Mississippi School of Law, said it is not unusual for attorneys to structure their pleadings with jurisdiction in mind. If an attorney does not want to be in federal court, the attorney will find a reason not to be, he said.
He does find the issue of whether the case should be within the CAFA guidelines interesting. He said the questions are issues that should have been legislated.
"This is an interesting case. This strikes me as one of those legal questions that should have been taken care of when the law was drafted but perhaps was not," Rychlak said.
He opined that the method of placing a value for injunctive relief and whether to count attorneys fees probably should have been addressed when the law was made.
"This seems to be a case of first impression under this statute. I guess if I were a judge, I would have a hearing to figure the value of the requested injunctive relief, and I would put that towards the $5 million."
The litigation involves an alleged conspiracy by the defendants - insurance companies - to pay uninsured and under-insured motorist claims at a rate less than purportedly deserved. The method to conduct this alleged conspiracy was a claims-paying software program called "Colossus."
The case was removed to federal court after the defendants argued that this was a federal case per the terms of CAFA. Once the case went to federal court, the defense filed motions to dismiss.
According to court documents, the Travelers Insurance company and Infinity filed motions to dismiss on Jan. 18; the 21st Century and Erie filed theirs on Jan. 23; and the Farm Bureau Mutual Group, ANPAC and Pacific Defendants filed Jan. 24. All the other defendants have either filed an answer or motions to extend the time to file an answer.
The plaintiffs filed a motion Jan. 19 to stay responses to these motions to dismiss. The plaintiffs asked the court to grant a stay to the response deadline for the defendants' pending dismissal motions.
Two defendants - 21st Century and ANPAC - responded by requesting the court address the personal jurisdiction arguments contained in their motions to dismiss. They wanted this ruling before deciding any future question concerning subject matter jurisdiction posed by a remand motion.
The court granted the plaintiffs' motion to stay responses to the multiple defendants' dismissal motions. The plaintiffs' deadline to respond to any dismissal motion "before the Court addresses remand is stayed until the Court issues its remand ruling."
CAFA permits, with some narrow exceptions, class actions exceeding the sum of $5 million to be tried in federal court. If the class asks for less than $5 million, it can remain in state court.
The defendants want to keep the case in federal court where they believe they will have an equitable proceeding. They say they will be unable to defend themselves in state court against a flood of discovery requests designed to force a settlement because they will be unable to appeal any of them.
Another legal scholar said that this is an issue that has come up in a number of circuits. He said one consideration is state procedural law. If the plaintiff can receive more than $5 million from a state trial, the federal courts are unlikely to accept that the plaintiffs are willing to accept only $5 million to have the case returned there.
Recently a federal court ruled that a plaintiff can make a binding commitment for an award. Then the question of the wording of the stipulation becomes an important issue.
"To determine jurisdiction before trial, the court will rely on the facts as pleaded and discovered," said Michael I. Krauss, a law professor at George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Va.
Nonetheless, plaintiffs have attempted extraordinary measures to avoid CAFA. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District's decision in the 2008 case of Freeman v. Blue Ridge Paper Products is an example.
The plaintiffs wanted their litigation remanded to state court. The appeals court ruled the plaintiffs separated their suit into five different actions for distinct time periods and limited the total damages for each to less than CAFA's $5 million threshold.
The appeals court said, "Because no colorable basis for dividing the claims has been identified by the plaintiffs other than to avoid the clear purpose of CAFA, remand was not proper."
More recently, a March ruling by the Eighth Circuit in the case of Hargis v. Access Capital Funding, LLC, et al., denied a remand motion because the plaintiff did not stipulate her class size was limited to Missouri residents.
The court said, "The district court correctly denied Hargis's motion to remand to state court. Hargis argues that her putative class consists only of Missouri plaintiffs, because she is alleging a violation of Missouri's statute prohibiting the unlicensed practice of law.
"When only Missouri plaintiffs are considered, she contends, the amount in controversy does not reach the $5 million threshold required by CAFA. Defendants counter that Hargis's original complaint did not restrict her class to Missouri plaintiffs, and so consideration of a nationwide class was appropriate. When a nationwide class of plaintiffs is contemplated, the amount in controversy exceeds the $5 million mark."