Glass, steel or copper: what makes the best brew?
"We call this the London slurp," Alex Wallace explains, as he loudly ingurgitates a slug of freshly brewed coffee from a warm spoon. Apparently, this way it hits your retronasal olfactory receptors, where you perceive flavour the strongest – although I'm not sure you'll see it in Costa any time soon.
Wallace is head of quality control at Caravan Coffee Roasters, and today we're enjoying a cupping (coffee tasting) session at their Granary Square site in King's Cross. I'm here to learn how to brew a great cup of coffee at home, to dip my toe into the rabbit hole of coffee geekery, and to test and review the very best cafetieres that money can buy.
We tried out a range of cafetieres, sampling both Caravan's Daily Blend (£7.50 for 250g whole bean) – a drinkable coffee, low in acidity, that works either black or with milk and sugar – as well as a slightly roguish, naturally processed "wild" coffee, Gutiti Natural, from Ethiopia – considered by many to be the homeland of Arabica coffee (£8.75 for 250g).
It's dried in the sun in order to retain fruit sugars for a more heavily fermented, funky, earthy, complex brew.
I had high hopes for the Espro Press P7 because it offers a simple improvement on the standard cafetiere: the plunger has a double filter, which promises less grit and sludge in your mug.
Happily, my hopes were not unfounded.
"The quality and efficacy of the Espro Press P7's micro-fine mesh filter is dramatically different to bog-standard filters, but still easy to use," comments Wallace. "The stainless steel is double-walled, so it does a good job of insulating. There's a fair amount of resistance when it comes to plunging, which is a sign that its doing the job of separating the grounds from the water."
The resultant coffee didn't disappoint either. "Coffee brewed in a French press will always retain a certain oiliness, because there's no paper to absorb it – but this has a thinner body, and is syrupy, super-clean and silky without being too gritty.
"It also has more clarity of flavour; the balance of acidity, sweetness and bitterness is distinct. It really stands out."
Our only caveat? The fine mesh proves a little tricky to wash up perfectly, though the parts are dishwasher safe (top rack only).
Another steel option, I'm afraid – but they really do the trick. This one is double walled and air insulated, and did a particularly good job of retaining heat. It's dishwasher safe, so it's a dream to wash up, and it doesn't drip at all, thanks to an argon-welded spout. Stellar are known for the quality of their steel cookware, so you're getting a premium product here.
The resulting cup of coffee, while delicious, is ever-so-slightly siltier and less delicately balanced than that produced by the Espro. Then again, this cafetiere is half the price.
It's built to last, but in case your filter gets damaged or lost, it's reassuring to know that the stainless steel filter inside can be replaced. It's available in three different sizes, depending on how many of you there are or how much coffee you like to drink: .3 litre (£27.99, Wayfair), 9 litre (£35.99, Wayfair) and 1.4 litre.
The Bodum Chambord cafetiere comes with its own scoop. Because it's made of glass, it becomes hot to touch – an indicator that it's not the best insulator, so it won't keep your coffee as warm for as long as the steel products. However, that may be a moot point: if you don't tend to leave coffee sitting around in the pot for half an hour at a time, it won't matter to you.
On the plus side, because it's see-through, you can see the coffee. This gives you an element of control that you don't get from opaque steel, because you watch the coffee brew. For me, that adds to the brewing experience – although coffee geeks would respond that coffee should always be left to brew for roughly the same amount of time (Wallace suggests four minutes, give or take), so what does it matter?
Despite lacking the heat retention prowess of the stainless steel cafetieres listed above, the Daily Blend coffee we slurped was low acidity, and both bitter and sweet, with clear notes of cocoa and cinnamon. "It's not too course or gritty, and has that pleasing mouthcoating texture you're looking for," says Wallace.
This one has a capacity of 34 oz (6-8 cups), and is available in different sizes.
Despite being the most colourful, peacockingly Instagram-worthy cafetiere of the lot (it comes in a range of colours, including ombré volcanic orange, almond cream, flint, cerise, bright yellow, teal and blue), the Le Creuset ceramic stoneware cafetiere retains so little heat that during brewing it's so hot to touch that it might burn you.
I also fear that it's more breakable and fragile than the rest. It feels like it's more for display than practical use.
The resulting coffee (makes 4-5 cups) wasn't bad, but it did have a granular quality and a bit more harshness to it, suggesting the filter isn't as good as some of the others.
Double-walled stainless steel, but with a a high-gloss copper finish on the outside, this art deco cafetiere makes six cups and certainly adds to the ceremony of brewing.
But Wallace isn't convinced: "This cafetiere is beautifully designed, but there's no other defining feature to make it worth the money, or any advantage over any other stainless steel cafetiere," notes Wallace. "In fact, it's missing the extra guard on the filter lip which many other cafetieres have to keep runaway granules out, just in case you plunge too fast."
This plastic French press has a capacity of one litre and makes 8 small cups. It has a fiddly lock lid, which isn't ideal to navigate first thing in the morning (before your first cup of coffee). The scoop provided is quite small, and despite the fact that plastic is a good insulator, the resulting coffee has a granular texture.
When I use it for the first time out of the box, it also has a notably plasticky taste and aroma, which is detrimental to the flavour of the coffee (this gets better over time, but it certainly put me off to begin with).
"All you need to brew coffee in a cafetiere is a set of scales or a scoop to measure the grounds, boiled water, and freshly ground coffee, ideally from a traceable source," says Wallace. "The golden ratio for brewing coffee in a cafetiere is 60g of coffee per litre of water. If you don't use enough coffee, you end up over-brewing the grounds, leading to a weak, bitter, ashy brew.
"But if you use too much coffee, and not enough water, you tend to underbrew the coffee, which brings out acidity and sourness. It can be thick and sludgy, and not so pleasant in the mouth.
"Temperature-wise, I like the water to be about a minute off-boil. Coffee brewed in a cafetiere should have a thick body to it. It should be sweet, and not overly bitter or sour, with a silky mouthfeel and as little grittiness as possible. I brew French press coffee for four minutes, and drink it as soon as possible after brewing.
"Coffee tastes best when its just above body temperature. We perceive sweetness and acidity differently at different temperatures; for example, if you eat ice cream, it tastes great out of the freezer – but when it melts, it becomes far too sweet and sickly."
The cafetiere is an "immersive" method of brewing coffee, in which the coffee grounds (the solute) are fully immersed in water (the solvent), housed in one big thermal insulator (the cafetiere) and then separated (with a plunge filter).
You can stir it, to increase the concentration. Before plunging the filter, Wallace recommends "breaking the crust and skimming the foam", by scooping the grinds from the top. The best cafetieres will leave the least amount of silty grounds in the coffee, leaving you with the desired silky texture.
Such is Wallace's dedication to the pursuit of a good cup of coffee that for the purposes of our experiment, he even whips out his refractometer, which measures the strength of the resulting coffee with a laser in order to determine the TDS (total dissolved solids) –the percentage of solids which have been dissolved and extracted from the coffee grounds (30pc is the maximum – a decent TDS might be around 20pc).
You should plunge it slowly because if you're too vigorous, the gritty particles of the grounds can escape. It also gives them a knock of energy, so they might release undesirable flavours, or upset the fine balancing act between sweetness, acidity and bitterness found in coffee. "I like everything to be gentle," Wallace adds. "Brewing coffee thoughtfully is a relaxing experience – part of it is about taking your time, and anticipating enjoying that first sip."
As I eye up a stoneware Le Creuset number, a shiny steel contraption from Stellar and a rather jazzy Tom Dixon design, I wonder what else I should be looking out for in a superior French press?
"Heat insulation is key," advises Wallace. "The hotter the liquid is kept during brewing, the better – especially if you want to leave it out and enjoy a second cup. If it's really hot to touch, that could mean too much heat is escaping. If it's cool to touch, or just warm, it's retaining the heat.
You should always warm up your French press before you begin by filling and emptying it with hot water, so that energy isn't wasted heating it up. Ceramic tends to give off a lot of heat (which is bad news for my Le Creuset fetish); glass, metals such as steel and plastic are better insulators.
The coffee grounds for cafetieres should be courser than espresso, but not too chunky. "Around the size of a grain of cous cous works well," says Wallace (check out our guide to grinding fresh coffee at home for more wisdom on this).
His other top tips? "Don't use London tap water," he urges. "It's hard and alkaline with a high mineral content, so it's bad for your kettle, and it brews a really chalky, strong, flat and thick coffee, removing all the distinctive flavours. At least use filtered water, and if you've got some really special coffee to try, use bottled water."
Coffee experts Caravan Coffee Roasters will open the doors to a new stand-alone roastery in Islington in late 2018. It is expected to roast nearly 200,000 worth of coffee every day, and will be combined with a coffee education studio, a brew bar and a café.


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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs after signing the Paris Agreement For Climate Change while holding his granddaughter Isabelle Dobbs Higginson during the Paris Agreement For Climate Change Signing at United Nations on April 22, 2016 in New York City.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hoped his presence at a Marrakesh conference to decide the finer points of an historic climate agreement would be a victory lap, capping off a year of negotiations that resulted in global agreements to stave off the worst effects of climate change.
Instead, he finds himself having to reassure delegates from almost 200 nations they can count on the United States to abide by the 2015 Paris agreement, despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's promise to withdraw the United States from the climate treaty.
Trump has called climate change a hoax, and said he would rip up the Paris deal, halt any U.S. taxpayer funds for U.N. global warming programs, and revive the U.S. coal sector.
A source on Trump's transition team said this week that he is seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement, which seeks to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
The accord won enough backing to enter into force on Nov. 4, four days before the U.S. election, and the conference in Morocco started in part as a celebration of that landmark.
Prior to Trump's election, the Obama administration had enjoyed momentum on the climate issue, with a deal in September in Montreal to limit carbon emissions from international flights, and another reached in Rwanda in October to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners.
The United States worked closely with China last year to build support for the Paris agreement, and the partnership of the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters helped convince other countries to back the agreement.
The agreement seeks to phase out net greenhouse gas emissions by the second half of the century and limit global warming to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.
Trump's election raises the prospect of the United States not fulfilling its commitments, being sidelined in global climate policy and ceding the leadership role to China, and has raised doubts among delegates in Marrakesh about whether Washington will still be a partner in the agreement come mid-century.
"It's really hard to see how the U.S. engages in that kind of dialog," said Sarah Ladislaw, director of the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
It is still unclear exactly what Trump will do when it comes to climate policy. On other issues, he has made contradictory statements, making it hard to predict his final policy, and he has said that unpredictability is an asset in international negotiations.
Trump denied during a debate with his rival Hillary Clinton that he had called climate change a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese, though he has said it repeatedly in speeches and on Twitter.
France and the United Nations on Tuesday stepped up warnings to Trump about the risks of quitting the accord to combat climate change, saying a historic shift from fossil fuels is unstoppable.


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Fulghum v. Embarq Corp., No. 13-3230 (10th Cir. Feb. 24, 2015)
by Paul Mollica | Feb 24, 2015 | Compensation, Benefits, & Bonuses, Daily Developments in EEO Law |
While ERISA does not provide a limitations period for most claims, it does impose a three-year limitations period after discovery of a breach of fiduciary duty, plus a six-year period of repose. Yet the statute also provides that "in the case of fraud or concealment, such action may be commenced not later than six years after the date of discovery of such breach or violation." The Tenth Circuit examined this quoted language today, and remanded parts of a class action to be reconsidered under this provision.
Fulghum v. Embarq Corp., No. 13-3230 (10th Cir. Feb. 24, 2015): ERISA provides the following limitations period for breach of fiduciary duty, 29 U.S.C. § 1113 –
"No action may be commenced under this subchapter with respect to a fiduciary's breach of any responsibility, duty, or obligation under this part, or with respect to a violation of this part, after the earlier of- (1) six years after (A) the date of the last action which constituted a part of the breach or violation, or (B) in the case of an omission the latest date on which the fiduciary could have cured the breach or violation, or (2) three years after the earliest date on which the plaintiff had actual knowledge of the breach or violation; except that in the case of fraud or concealment, such action may be commenced not later than six years after the date of discovery of such breach or violation. "
Thus there may be situations where claims may be brought more than six years after a violation, provided that the participant can establish "fraud or concealment." The circuits have not fully agreed what this language means.
In today's case, the plaintiff retirees alleged under a variety of theories that their former employers, Sprint-Nextel Corp. ("Sprint") and Embarq Corp., wrongfully denied them lifetime health and life-insurance benefits under their ERISA plans.
While ERISA welfare-benefit plans have no statutory vesting requirements, and can generally be modified or even cancelled by employers, the retirees argued that enforceable lifetime promises were made either by the terms of the plan or because of misleading communications by plan administrators. plaintiffs also argued that the cancellation of benefits violated the ADEA and state-law age discrimination statutes.
In addition to the plan instruments, there were various summary plan descriptions (SPDs) disseminated to the participants that explained the benefits. "In their motions for summary judgment, Defendants organized thirty-two SPDs into five groups based on language and coverage similarities, … asserting the relevant named plaintiffs and class members retired under an identified SPD or an SPD identical in all material respects to one of the identified SPDs."
First, the Tenth Circuit affirms summary judgment on the principal claim that the plans and SPDs expressly promised lifetime benefits. For each of the five groups, the panel holds either that the plans contained express "reservations of rights" (RORs) that enabled the employer to amend or terminate the plans (e.g., "[i]n the future, the company may change or terminate any of the coverages described in this Section") , or otherwise unambiguously contemplated future termination of the plans.
Notwithstanding, the panel remands for reconsideration claims by class members under SPDs and collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) other than those actually reviewed by the district court.
"Defendants sought summary judgment only on the specific claims of identified class members and only to the extent those claims arose from the thirty SPDs identified and discussed in Defendants' motion. Thus, Defendants were only entitled to summary judgment as to claims premised on the thirty SPDs, not as to all health or life insurance benefit claims asserted by each identified class member."
Second, on the claims for breach of fiduciary duty "by withholding benefits due them, misrepresenting and concealing material benefits information, and misleading them into believing their health and life insurance benefits could not be amended or terminated," the panel reverses in part the district court's holding that the claims were time-barred. The panel finds that certain claims – brought under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3) – were not covered by § 1113.
Regarding fiduciary-duty claims arising pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1), the panel holds that there is a dispute of fact whether the six-year repose period was extended by defendants' "fraud or concealment."
The panel recognized that it had "never addressed the issue and the other circuit courts of appeals are split on it," with the First, Third, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits holding that the "fraud or concealment" standard "does not apply to breach of fiduciary duty claims based on a fraud theory but applies only when a fiduciary conceals the alleged breach." The Second Circuit, meanwhile, holds that a six year period of discovery applies only when "when the plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty claim is based on a fraud theory and when the defendant acts to conceal its breach from the plaintiff."
The panel holds that proof of either fraud or concealment by the fiduciary is enough to invoke this exception. "plaintiffs' responsive brief … contains a comprehensive list of the factual allegations relating to the fraud claims," and the record was otherwise "fully developed on the fraud claim." Thus, because the district court did not consider these claims, the judgments are vacated and remanded.
Third, the panel rejects ADEA disparate impact protection, affirming summary judgment on employer's affirmative defense that it had "reasonable factors other than age", i.e., to "reduce costs and bring life insurance benefits in line with those provided by other companies," and that the alternation in health benefits was authorized by EEOC regulation 29 C.F.R. § 1625.32(b).
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Privacy in a Connected World: Tracking, Telemetry, and IoT
Christine Lyon, Matti Neustadt Storie
Both at home and at work, a growing range of devices are "phoning home" to transmit usage, activity, and telemetry data to the companies offering these connected products and services. Software products report back details about the computing environment, while Internet of Things (IoT) devices use sensors to collect details about the physical environment, among other examples. In some cases, this data may be highly personal to an individual, such as when the device is associated with an individual (e.g., a smartphone or smart home device). In other cases, the same types of data may not be personal at all, when they involve industrial infrastructure such as servers or office automation systems. Although there is now widespread understanding that cookies and similar tracking technologies implicate privacy, there has been less attention to the privacy implications of telemetry and other "machine data" collected through connected products and services. This is now changing, as regulators and customers are starting to scrutinize this "machine data" through the same lens as other tracking data. This session will discuss this emerging area and the implications for B2C and B2B companies and their customers and end users.
Christine Lyon, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
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Secure the refrigerator: Broad new California and Oregon IoT security Laws come into effect.
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Browse music by historical eras
We're always working on improving and diversifying the ways that you can browse and search for music here at Shockwave-Sound.com, and this week we've added the possibility to browse for retro music by decade.
By clicking on Suggested Production Types you can see a panel similar to the one shown here on the left. You will see various "Historical / Retro:" selections including:
1980's: The era of the electro pop and a continuation of the "later era Disco" that was started in the 70's. Also, soul (Motown) and AOR Rock music was prominent in this era.
1970's: The era of Motown, Disco and Funk, when pants had flares and the Bee Gees ruled Boogie Town.
1960's: The era of peace and love, free love and free sex, when hippies set the musical order and pop & rock music took on Beatles'esque sounds and psychedelic colors. Also prominent in this era was the Bossa Nova and smooth latin chill-out music.
1950's: When Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and Bill Haley & the Comets ruled the world. This was the era of the Rockabilly, along with classic Jazz sounds
1920-1940's: This was the era of happy jazz music, Dixieland and Charleston, but also Gospel, Blues and early Hollywood type orchestral film music.
Older / History Channel etc: This is where you'll find music that we felt would be suitable for general Historical programmes, historical documentaries, world history / heritage and so on. Much of this music is pretty "ambient" in that it would work well simply as background music to storytelling, documentary film etc.
Remember that you can Combine one of the above selections with other criteria, by using the Advanced Browse feature. For example, you can choose to browse music from the 1970's which is also marked with having a "Happy" mood. Or, you can choose to browse music from the 1920-40's which feature a trumpet. There are many, many such possibilities available to you from within our Advanced Browsing tool, which you can read more about here.


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void TextualSearchResultsImpl::Connect(void* tag) {
    TextualSearchResultsAsyncService& service = static_cast<TextualSearchResultsAsyncService&>(*m_service);
    service.RequestGetTopKDocuments(&m_serverContex, &m_request, m_responder.get(), &m_completionQueue,
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    m_state = AsyncService::State ::NotConnected;
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void TextualSearchResultsImpl::Invoke(void *tag) {
    m_state = AsyncService::State::Connected;
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    m_consumer.GetTopKDocuments(word, k, this);
}

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    for(const string& documentName : documentsNames)
        reply.add_documentname(documentName);
    m_responder->Finish(reply, grpc::Status::OK, this);
    m_state = AsyncService::State::Completed;
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Home/Bay Area/New Fire Burning Through the Big Basin Redwoods Could Have Been Started from Last Year's Embers
New Fire Burning Through the Big Basin Redwoods Could Have Been Started from Last Year's Embers
Active NorCal Follow on Twitter May 3, 2021
In August 2020, a the CZU Lightning Complex Fire burned through the Big Basin Redwoods State Park, destroying much of the infrastructure of California's oldest state park and closing it indefinitely. On May 2, 2021, another fire popped up in the same burned area, growing to nearly 7 acres before being contained by firefighters. Oddly enough, the fires may be connected.
Do to the ongoing drought throughout Northern California, scientists recently reported record levels of dryness in the Santa Cruz mountains. With such a dryness, along with the ongoing embers of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire still alive in the redwood forest, it's likely that the fire was started by the embers from nearly 10 months ago.
LATEST: Firefighters have made ground access to the #BasinFire. Thanks to @BoulderCreekFD, Ben Lomond Fire, and @santacruz_fire (providing a water tender). The fire is holding at 3/4 acres. Ground resources have been making their way in, as it is very difficult access. #CaWx pic.twitter.com/kZI5xWomjB
— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) May 2, 2021
"By now you may have heard of the 20-acre fire in Big Basin Redwoods State Park over the weekend and asked yourself: How can there be a fire in a place that just had a major fire late last year?" wrote the Save the Redwoods League on Twitter. "Indeed, the fire in Big Basin burned very severely, so much so that the park is still a very long way from reopening… But it didn't burn severely in every corner. There were some pockets where it only burned at low or moderate levels. And these areas are still susceptible."
"There's also the real likelihood that this recent fire started from the embers of the same fire that hit the forest last year. Embers can continue deep in a tree's trunk or even underground… Piles of unburnt dead needles from last year's fire create lots of opportunities."
The prospect of a wildfire reigniting after 10 months is rather terrifying, especially considering the burn areas that NorCal has seen over the past year. In fact, 2020 was the state's largest wildfire season ever, fueled by our first "gigafire."
A small portion of the Big Basin Redwoods is expected to open on Memorial Day, although most of the park will stay closed indefinitely. Much of the park is expected to stay closed for years until new park facilities and infrastructure can be built. There's also plenty of work to be done to ensure visitor safety in the burned areas.
Until the park opens again, firefighters may continue to have fire issues in the Big Basin Redwoods.
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Medical Kidnap Healthy 17 Year Old Dies Shortly After South Dakota Takes Custody Away from Mother
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Healthy 17 Year Old Dies Shortly After South Dakota Takes Custody Away from Mother
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Brady Alan Folkens. Source: Dawn Van Ballegooyen
by Health Impact News/MedicalKidnap.com Staff
A 17 year old boy is dead, and his mother wants answers. The answers that Dawn Van Ballegooyen has been given by the state of South Dakota don't make sense to her, and her mother's intuition tells her that somebody is covering up what really happened to her son, Brady Alan Folkens, while he was in state custody.
Most of the stories that we cover at Medical Kidnap have to do with children who were taken by the state via Child Protective Services, but there are other avenues for the state to acquire custody of minors, especially teenagers. As this heartbreaking story shows, the results can be just as devastating, no matter which government agency decides that it can do a better job of raising a child than the parents.
Just as with CPS cases, Dawn was not given a choice in her son being taken from her.
Brady Folkens – Fairly Typical Teenager
According to Dawn, Brady was a fun-loving, artistic, and a really smart kid, the kind who sometimes corrected his teachers. Sometimes that kind of intelligence results in a student who is bored by school. Brady's grades slipped, and he was required to attend summer school between his 8th and 9th grade year. Dawn stated:
Brady Folkens was a 17 year-old teenager who was full of life. He always looked out for the underdog (he has an autistic brother who he promised to look out for). He loved his mother, father, brothers, little sister, aunts, uncles and all of his friends with all his heart. He loved to play his guitar and play his Xbox. He was VERY intelligent, he was in the 95% in the Stanford testing nationwide. I believe that's why he wasn't feeling challenged in school. Teachers were even amazed by how intelligent Brady was. One of his last conversations with his mom he talked about that he was torn between looking into going to school to become a lawyer or a doctor. Brady was just a typical teenage boy whose dreams got cut short.
Source: Dawn Van Ballegooyen
His lack of enthusiasm for summer school led him into a situation that both he and his mother were powerless to fight. When his mother had a difficult time getting Brady motivated to attend summer school, school officials threatened Dawn with truancy charges against her. When the single mom asked for help, the school's answer was to call the police.
The State Steps In and Incarcerates Brady
On the 2nd occurrence, the police told Dawn that they required her to file something called a CHINS petition – Child in Need of Supervision. Dawn said she didn't know that she had a choice not to sign, nor did she have a clue how devastating that paper would prove to her family. She erroneously believed that it was a temporary thing; instead, it kept her son in the system indefinitely, and gave the state rights to her child.
Brady reached his senior year of high school, and decided to experiment with smoking marijuana. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a government agency, 36.4% of high school seniors report having tried pot at least once in the previous year. [Source [1]] More than 1 out of 3 teens experiment with marijuana, but most teens are not under the ever watchful eye of the state. Because of the CHINS petition, the state of South Dakota had become a watchdog over Brady. They required random urine drug tests, and Brady failed.
Such a failure in an adult can result in a penalty of job loss or benefits lost. It does not result in incarceration unless there is a crime involved, such as possession or distribution. For 17 year old Brady, unfortunately, Dawn says that an officer and the school took great issue with another serious supposed infraction by Brady:
He wore his hat backwards at school.
According to Dawn, the backwards hat was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, and the juvenile court came down hard on him. Apparently, someone in the system associated backwards hats with gang activity, but Dawn says that is absurd, and that they don't have gangs there.
Excessive Punishment at Boot Camp?
Though Brady was never arrested, he was sentenced to go to STAR Academy [2] Boot Camp – a juvenile corrections facility that was more than 7 hours drive away from his home. Dawn says that she pleaded for another option, telling them that she would pay for a drug rehab program locally if that is what they required.
Dawn says that she has learned that the federal government pays "tons of money" for every child that is sent to the boot camps. The parents are required to pay child support and maintain medical insurance on the kids.
State law reportedly requires for the juvenile facility to be a last resort, after all other options were exhausted, yet no other options were allegedly offered. Federal law apparently also mandates that minors not be sent more than 70 miles from home. Both laws were allegedly ignored, and Brady was shipped off to STAR Academy [2] on October 25, 2013.
It ended up being a death sentence for Brady. He was buried 2 months later, on Christmas day.
Went to STAR Healthy – Dead 2 Months Later
Brady Folkens was completely healthy when he left his home for the final time. He was skinny, just 120 lbs, but he had no health issues. Those allegedly didn't start until he arrived at STAR.
Dawn says contact with his family was very limited. Brady loved his family, and looked forward to his one 10 minute phone call per week when he was allowed to talk with his mom.
In his journal, he called those brief contacts with home "the highlight of the week." He wrote numerous times of looking forward to the day when the boot camp would allow his mother to visit him on December 21. His journal entry on December 17 shows his deep love and respect for his mother:
I'm really excited to see my Mom this weekend. I can barely believe it's happening. I feel a little bad though. It's a long trip and a lot in gas $ on top of the money she already pays for me to stay here, but I bet she'll be happy to see me.
Little did they know that it would be the last time they would see each other, and by the time Dawn arrived at STAR on Dec. 21, he was very sick and had been admitted to the hospital. He died that night.
Her little boy is gone. Source: Dawn Van Ballegooyen
The state says that he died from a rare viral infection. The cause of death is listed on the death certificate as "lymphycytic myocarditis associated with parvovirus B19." But that explanation doesn't add up, reports Brady's heartbroken mother.
Dawn is still trying to put the pieces together. She and others believe that there is a cover-up of what actually happened. She has sought the input of Dr. Lars Aanning, as well as other experts. Dr. Aanning believes that:
glaring errors in the pathologist's work up almost completely rule out this virus as being responsible for Brady's death….I support Dawn's (Brady's mother) contention that the autopsy was grossly negligent, incorrect, and appears calculated to cover up Brady's real cause of death.
Brady's mother is still trying to obtain all of the medical records, but from the records they have, combined with Brady's journal entries, she believes that there may have been numerous instances of wrongdoing and negligence by STAR Academy and the medical staff, and that the autopsy performed on her son involved a conflict of interest.
They believe that the cause of death is most likely the result of a severe reaction to a drug prescribed, without his mother's knowledge or consent, to Brady at STAR. Instead of recognizing that he was having a reaction, staff and doctors allegedly continued to give other medications that should not have been given with his reaction, ultimately resulting in his untimely death after being in state custody.
How a Healthy Teenager Can End up Dead 2 Months Later – Timeline
It seemed to all start on October 28, when Brady received the flu vaccine [3].
According to medical records and Brady's journal entries, over the next month, he had a sore throat, a sinus infection, and exhaustion that he chalked up to the higher elevation. He was prescribed amoxicillin and cefuoxime. His acne got worse, and he was prescribed the antibiotic minocycline on December 5, at a dose reportedly 4 times the normal dosage.
Antibiotics like amoxicillin and minocycline can potentially cause liver toxicity.
His mother reports that STAR Academy was not authorized to prescribe drugs without parental permission. They also allegedly neglected to inform Dawn about the drugs.
She reports that no one ever asked her if Brady had any drug allergies or sensitivities. Had they asked, she reports that she would have informed them of a previously documented reaction to tetracycline, in which he began being jaundiced, a sign of liver toxicity. When that happened, the tetracycline was immediately discontinued. Minocycline is in the tetracycline family.
Brady showed signs that his body was again reacting to the minocycline, but those signs were apparently missed by the staff at the boot camp. Over the next 15 days, Brady experienced stomach aches, severe abdominal pain, weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, and extreme tiredness. All of these symptoms are listed on the drug information sheet accompanying the medicine, as well as on sites like Drugs.com [4], which states that "You should check with your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking minocycline." These are signs of a possibly life-threatening reaction, which can include autoimmune-mediated hepatitis.
Because of the risk of liver damage with minocycline, the manufacture recommends that other drugs that tax the liver, like Tylenol or antacids, not be given to a patient taking minocycline.
Yet that is exactly what happened. By December 16, Brady had been experiencing extreme tiredness. Staff at STAR gave him Tylenol.
On Wednesday, December 18, Brady wrote in his journal:
Today I felt really weird this morning. I thought that it was Thursday….I felt really tired in school.
He saw a doctor and was prescribed 3 days of bedrest. The staff reportedly ignored that, and Brady shoveled snow the next day with a 100 degree fever. He also played guitar that evening with other guys at the facility. His journal entry on the 19th reads:
Today I woke up feeling like complete shit. It has only gotten worse so far. I anticipate feeling bad tomorrow as well. But hopefully I'll be better by Saturday when my mom comes to visit.
That was Brady's final journal entry. He began vomiting. Staff gave him more Tylenol, as well as Ibuprofen, and Mylanta, all of which can interact with minocycline. Antacids are contraindicated with minocycline. His condition continued to deteriorate. No one made the connection that he could be reacting to the minocycline. He continued taking it, even on his final day.
No one called his family to let them know what was going on.
On Saturday morning, December 21, a staff member noted that Brady was looking yellow. He was transported to Custer Regional Hospital E.R. with vomiting, diarrhea, fever, jaundice, and severe abdominal pain, which Brady rated as "the worst possible pain." Records allegedly do not show that the staff at Custer were told of any of the over-the-counter medications that Brady had been given.
Brady was fighting for his life. Source: Dawn Van Ballegooyen
Tests at Custer included injecting a contrast medium to help in visualizing body parts in scans. Records allegedly show that Brady vomited violently immediately after the contrast medium – Gastrografin – was injected. On the consent form for the procedure, signed by STAR staff, it says that:
Other serious complications include severe respiratory distress or cardiovascular collapse accompanied by shock. Very rarely do these or a combination of these complications result in death.
Mother Arrives at STAR, Learns Her Son Is Hospitalized and Near Death
Dawn thought that she was coming to visit her son at the STAR facility, and had no idea that he was sick at all. After her 7 hour drive, she was shocked when staff members told her that Brady was at the hospital. There was no indication of how serious his condition was.
When she arrived at the hospital, she found a very sick young man, but he was coherent and able to talk. He walked down the hall to the restroom on his own. She recalls him trying to decide if he wanted to go to school to be a doctor or a lawyer when he got out and graduated. At the time, they believed that both were viable options.
His mom says that Brady always stood up for the underdog. He had such a big heart. Source: Dawn Van Ballegooyen
Meanwhile, several STAR staff members and the E.R. doctor held what appeared to Dawn to be a furtive conversation as they huddled together. She says that they were whispering, and the STAR personnel "looked panicked and very worried." By this time, Brady had been diagnosed with acute hepatitis and liver failure. There were reports of a possible clot in his liver. She wonders if they were making the connection to the minocycline.
Shortly after, she reports that she received a call on her cell phone from the judge who committed Brady to the STAR Academy. He wanted to know if it was OK with her if they transferred custody of Brady to her. Of course, she agreed, thinking that her son would get better and that he would be back home, never to go back to STAR.
Looking back, that phone call looks to Dawn like there was an ulterior motive or hidden agenda behind it.
Immediately after the phone call, the E.R. doctor, Dr. Heith Waddell, informed Dawn that Brady was going to be flown to another hospital, closer to her home. At that time, doctors said that Brady had acute portal vein thrombosis.
Things Go Downhill Fast
Dawn begged to ride with her son on the airplane, but people at Custer persuaded her to drive and meet him at Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls. She left for the 4 hour trip, but it was another 2 hours before Brady was loaded onto the plane. The air transport records reportedly show that his blood pressure and his heart rate were all over the place.
Throughout the transport the patients cardiac rhythm jumped between a wide complex rhythm, sinus rhythm, and accelerated junctional rhythm.
When they contacted Custer Hospital to ask about Brady's heart rhythm prior to transport, they learned that he had not been on a heart monitor there.
By this point, Dawn says that Brady was clearly in trouble, and it doesn't appear that the air transport team had adequate information on Brady. They allegedly administered a number of medications in the attempt to stabilize him, to no avail. They started an IV with heparin. According to the literature on heparin, combination of heparin with both NSAIDs and minocyclene can be problematic. The heparin was later stopped.
By the time they reached Avera Hospital at 8:30 pm, Brady was in "profound shock." He was hypotensive, hypoxic, and had a heart rate of 35. He was still able to respond to questions. Very shortly after, his heart gave out, and doctors at Avera began cardiac life support.
When Dawn arrived, she says that they rushed her to his room where they had him on a ventilator. The doctors called time of death at 11:12 pm. However, one report states that Superintendent Haiar at STAR "reported that he received information that Folkens had died between 9:30 and 10:00 PM on 12-21-13 (MT)." She tearfully reported to Health Impact News that his lips, ears , and fingertips were already blue.
She says that a nurse later told her that the scene was staged to make it look like he was still alive when she got there, but she knew what she saw:
He was already gone.
A life too short. Source: Dawn Van Ballegooyen
Autopsy Anomalies
Dawn was told that her son died from parvovirus B19, but she says:
I felt it that night, that I wasn't being told the truth.
Doctors at Avera asked her if she wanted an autopsy. She was still in shock at the death of her child that she didn't even know was sick until a few hours earlier, but she said that she wanted an autopsy, but she wanted it to be performed at another hospital – Sanford. She hoped, that way, to get objective answers. She never signed any consent forms.
Contrary to her wishes, a pathologist at Avera performed the autopsy. According to records of the investigation, "Haiar [from STAR] said he requested an autopsy after learning of Folkens' death."
Another physician, Dr. Lars Aanning, later noted numerous anomalies with the autopsy. According to a letter that Dawn sent to the judge:
We have just recently learned from Lars Aanning M.D. that Brady Folkens' death was not due to a viral infection with parvovirus B19 as the pathologist, Dr. Raed Sulaiman of Avera McKennon, documented in his final autopsy report on January 15, 2013. Dr. Sulaiman based his diagnosis on three positive tests for this virus obtained post mortem. However, four tests for this virus had originally been ordered. The 4th test (IgM), which was negative for acute infection with parvovirus B19, had been left out of the autopsy report. The other three tests simply confirmed that Brady had previous exposure to this virus, that his immune system had developed antibodies to the virus, and that traces of this virus could still be detected by very sensitive DNA methods. In fact, over 50% of teenagers like Brady show positive results for these same three tests.
Our conclusion that Brady Folkens did not die from an acute parvovirus B19 infection is supported by the results of Dr. Radio, pathologist at University of Nebraska Medical Center, an authority on parvovirus B19 infections of the heart, and several medical specialists, both national and international, who have recently published studies on parvovirus B19 infections of the heart. Dr. Aanning will be glad to share his evaluation and correspondence on this issue.
Dr. Aanning reports:
I have had email conversations with international authorities on parvovirus B19-associated myocarditis and they also do not agree with Dr. Sulaiman that Brady Folkens died from the effects of this virus.
These experts believe that Brady died from a cascade of events precipitated by an autoimmune hypersensitivity reaction to the minocycline which resulted in ultimate cardiac collapse and death. From the medical evidence, it appears that his liver was overloaded. He reacted to the minocycline, and other liver-toxic medications that he was given compounded the overload on his liver.
Dawn pleads for justice for her son. Source: YouTube Video [5] screenshot.
Dawn and some of the experts she has consulted believe that the autopsy was "engineered" as a cover-up to hide possible negligence on the part of STAR and medical providers.
A combination of omissions, wrongful interpretations, and incompetence … caused the death of Brady Folkens – whose minocycline-induced illness should have been promptly suspected and appropriately treated.
Further, they allege that having the autopsy performed by Avera Hospital is a conflict of interest, because the Lt. Governor of the state of South Dakota, Matt Michels, is the chief legal advisor for Avera. As such, he would have "strong reasons" to support a diagnosis which removes any blame or responsibility for Brady's death from the state.
Mom Wants Justice and Closure
The death of one's child may be the most difficult thing any parent may face. Not having answers makes it even harder. Dawn feels like the state of South Dakota is stone-walling her. She just wants answers. She wants to know for certain what happened to her beloved son. Instead, she is being forced to fight for every bit of information she gets. There are still missing medical records. It took her many months to get Brady's journal.
When Dawn first started corresponding with Health Impact News, and we responded back, she wrote to us:
Thank you for believing my beloved son Brady's life did MATTER!!!
Of course it mattered. Every child matters, and no child deserves to die. How cruel is it that the state decides it knows best how to parent, yet the child is abused, molested, or dies while in the care of the state? Dawn is a mom who wants validation that her son's life meant something.
Brady was a very talented young man with immense potential, whose dreams were cut down before they ever had the chance to be. He made some mistakes, but those mistakes should not have cost him his life. From his writings, it is clear that he regretted his mistakes, and had learned from them. He was determined to work hard for his freedom, and make a difference.
His mother prays that his story can help to save other kids. She asks how many children die in custody that we never hear about.
Friends of Brady have uploaded a recording of a guitar track that he wrote and recorded at age 15:
Dawn Van Ballegooyen wants to find an attorney willing to help her to get justice for her son and uncover the cover-up, but hasn't yet been able to find one with the courage to fight this fight. She hopes that a good attorney will step up.
She wants a whole new investigation to be done, because the first one was allegedly filled with conflicts of interest and cover-ups. Supporters believe that it may take an out-of-state investigation to get to the bottom of everything. It would be great, she says, to finally be able to get all of the medical records. At this point, some of them are still missing.
Governor Dennis Daugaard may be reached at 605.773.3212, or contacted here [6].
Supporters may get involved and leave words of encouragement at the Justice for Brady Alan Folkens [7] Facebook page. Her mother's heart needs to hear that her son's life DID matter. Those messages are welcome on Brady's page.
Article printed from Medical Kidnap: http://medicalkidnap.com
URL to article: http://medicalkidnap.com/2016/01/21/healthy-17-year-old-dies-shortly-after-south-dakota-takes-custody-away-from-mother/
[1] Source: http://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2011/12/cigarette-alcohol-use-historic-low-among-teens
[2] STAR Academy: https://doc.sd.gov/juvenile/programs/star/
[3] the flu vaccine: http://vaccineimpact.com/2016/government-continues-to-pay-damages-for-injuries-and-deaths-due-to-the-flu-vaccine-in-vaccine-court/
[4] Drugs.com: http://www.drugs.com/sfx/minocycline-side-effects.html
[5] YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw_--MlOQNg
[6] here: http://sd.gov/governor/contact.aspx
[7] Justice for Brady Alan Folkens: https://www.facebook.com/justiceforBradyalanfolkens/?fref=ts
[8] Image: http://network.sophiamedia.com/openx/www/delivery/ck.php?n=af3e0a62&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE
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A School Library Paragraph
August 27, 2020 February 10, 2021 MD Morshed	3 Comments	A school library Paragraph, Paragraph on A School Library, school library, school library Paragraph, What is the school library
A school without a library is unthinkable these days. It has books on various subjects, newspapers, journals, and magazines. Students, especially those who want to broaden their knowledge, go to the library in their vacant periods and study.
My school has an up-to-date library. It is quite big. It is housed in a separate room. There are nearly twenty-five bookshelves. They are placed along the walls of the room. The shelves have glass pane. Besides textbooks, the almirahs have books on travels, biographies, history, and geography.
On one side of the library hall, there are long tables and benches. Students sit there and read newspapers, journals, and magazines; some take down notes. Nobody is permitted to talk to disturb others.
The library also has references and textbooks. These are meant for studying in the library only. The calm and quiet atmosphere of the library helps the students to work attentively.
The school librarian is a trained and qualified person and well-experienced. He gives advice to students on the choice of books. He is an expert in his work. He understands his duty well and is of great help to students. We find him busy all the time. He advises students not to spoil books by scribbling in them or tearing off the pages.
A librarian is in charge of the school library. The library is always open on all days of the week. The students get the books directly from the librarian. The books are well graded. The students find no difficulty in the selection of books. The students read books during the week. They return them the following week. Nobody is allowed to keep a book for more than two weeks.
The school library is a good way to develop general knowledge. The students beget studious habits. It creates a taste for books after school life. The library creates a love for books among the weak boys. It gives opportunities to make the best use of our leisure time. It gives us day-to-day information about the world.
Paragraph on A School Library
Question: write a paragraph in about 100-120 words on 'our school library'. You have to use the following questions in writing this paragraph:
What is the school library?
Where is your school library?
How is it decorated?
How many books are there in your school library?
What kinds of books are available in your school library?
Who can read and borrow books?
What are the arrangements for books on different shelves?
What facilities do you get from your school library?
What are the rules and regulations of your school library?
How long does it remain open?
What is an opinion about the school library?
Answer: a library is a place that can help a man to satisfy his unquenchable thirst for knowledge. A school library is a part and parcel of an educational institution. Our school has a rich library. It is housed in a separate building. Our school library is well-decorated. There are three big rooms in it. Two rooms are used as reading rooms. Boys and girls have separate rooms. In the other room, books are arranged in almirahs. There are about 5,000 books in our library. They include many reference books on our different subjects. It also contains some rare books on history and culture. Only the students can read and borrow books from the library. For this, they have to issue library cards. A student can borrow two or three books at a time and keep them at home for a week. But in the reading room, he is allowed to read as many books as he can. It remains open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on holidays. Our school library is a great attraction for us. We are really proud of it.
Question: Write a paragraph about "A School Library" by answering the following questions?
How is it furnished?
What kinds of books are there in the library?
Where does to librarian sit and do?
Who are books supplied to students?
Answer: a library is apart and parcel of an educational institution. It may be called the store-house knowledge. We have a big library adjacent to the teacher's common room. It is housed in a spacious room on the first floor. There are about five thousand books in our library. There are a good number of book-shelves and book-cases in the library. We have issued books on cards for a week. These books are issued class wise on cards for a week. These books are issued class wise on different dates. There is also a big reading room attached to the library. It is well-furnished with big and roundtables. A few valuable writings like 'silence are golden.' 'Knowledge is power' and the like are hanging on the wall. The librarian sits in a corner at a table and maintains strict discipline in the library. We are very proud of our school library.
What is the importance of a school library?
Where is it located?
How are the books issued to the students?
How do you feel about your school library?
Answer: A library is a storehouse of knowledge. It is a room of books. Our school has a big library. It is housed in an academic building. There are some benches in the library. The students sit on them and read books. There are a chair and a table for the librarian. There are many almirahs in the library. There are so many books on it. There are novels, ghost books, reference books, storybooks, textbooks, etc. all the books are well-arranged. Both the teachers and the students read books in the library. The students are allowed to borrow books for a week. The library is our leisure companion. It helps to widen our knowledge. We are proud of our library.
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Immortalised in song by Happy Mondays, Dennis and Lois met at New York venue CBGB's in 1975. They befriended The Ramones – and so began a life as "super fans", travelling thousands of miles around the globe to see some 10,000 shows over a 40-year period. The pair made Manchester something of a second home, which helps explain why the soundtrack to a new Dennis And Lois documentary includes a Frank Sidebottom song 'Monopoly'.
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Boom For Real is a U.S. documentary film directed by Sara Driver, which tells the story about the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and his key role within the New York City art scene of the late 1970s. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO, a graffiti duo responsible for enigmatic epigrams across Manhattan's Lower East Side. The film's soundtrack includes a post-punk period piece by Spizzenergi, 'Soldier, Soldier', originally a single in 1979 on Rough Trade. Cherry Red represent many recordings by Spizz, under various guises, from that period.
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Tailings
By Andres Kabel
Illinois historian Eric Mogren now researches bow hunting (according to his university's web page on him) but in 2002 he wrote an illuminating history of uranium mill tailings (i.e. the sandy residues of mining the mineral). This involves more detail than my general history can cover, but I did enjoy reading this conclusion:
Moreover, the AEC's persistent focus on short-term, high-level radiation hazards, its favorable interpretation of the scientific evidence regarding the risks posed by low-level radiation exposure, and its self-confidence in its own expertise on all atomic energy matters, including environmental and public health, all worked to divert the attention of agency managers from the explosive public relations disaster arising from mill tailings pollution. Above all, atomic technocrats had a difficult time resolving the tailings issue because they were convinced that they had anticipated and resolved radiation-related health dangers. "The depth of their commitment," noted Herbert Simon, "prevented them from considering objectively whether the evidence was on their side." Yet farsighted wisdom was exactly what was required to manage the long-term hazards of uranium mill waste.
Mogren, Eric W. 2002. Warm Sands: Uranium Mills Tailing Policy in the Atomic West. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, p. 75.
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Kamikochi Line will restart full operation on June – Damaged by the heavy rain in 2021
May 12, 2022 May 9, 2022 横山 勝巳 / Yokoyama Katsumi
Alpico Kotsu will resume operation of all lines from June 10, 2022 (Fri) on the Kamikochi Line, which has been disrupted for partial sections due to the heavy rain in August 2021.
Alpico Kotsu Type 3000 train operated on the Kamikochi Line (arromata/photoAC)
By the flooding of the river due to the heavy rain on August 14, 2021, the Tagawa Bridge between Nishi-Matsumoto and Nagisa was damaged by tilting the piers. The current suspended section is between Matsumoto and Nagisa, and the replacement bus service are served on the section (see the transit map below).
Restoration work to construct a new pier is underway at Tagawa Bridge, and they are planning that the train operation will resume for the first time in about 10 months from the first train on June 10, 2022 (Fri). As a result, the operation of the replacement bus will end on June 9 (Thu).
Although the cost of restoration work is subsidized by the local government, the impact of COVID-19 has been prolonged in addition to the damage caused by heavy rain, and the management of the Kamikochi line is in a difficult situation. Meanwhile, some third party companies launched a support project to support the restoration of the entire Kamikochi line and the continuation of operation in the future.
As one of them, Val Laboratory Corporation (Headquarters: Suginami City, Tokyo), which provides the transit search service "Ekispert", is implementing the "YELL for Transportation JAPAN" project. If someone shares from the special site to their SNS, the company will donate 5 yen per share to the Kamikochi line.
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Countdown to restoration of the damaged bridge – Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line
Operation resumed on JR Iida Line between Misakubo and Hiraoka (updated on September 28, 2020)
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Photo Taru Elfving
Saara Ekström: Beacon, 2019
Interview with artist Saara Ekström
To follow the diverse and often unpredictable paths of enquiry and collaborations in the project Spectres in Change, CAA interviews the artists and scientists working on the island of Seili at different stages of the process. The first interview was conducted by Saskia Suominen during the autumn 2020 and winter 2021.
At the moment I am working on an upcoming exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki in 2023. It includes, among others, a 16mm film that revolves around the essence of time and matter. The work creates a concentrated and multifaceted interpretation of the concept "Deep Time", which refers to the time scale of geologic events starting at the birth of the earth. By plunging into the various layers that make up the earth's stored chronicle, the work challenges our way of looking at surface and depth, present and past, and the human chronology in relation to the lifespan of the mountains and rocks. The film explores how time manifests itself in the complex system that constitutes our planet's metabolism. In this gradual process where surface and subterranean change places, the geological and organic intertwine, giving birth to each other.
By a strange turn of luck and goodwill from Sabina Westerholm, director of the Nordic House in Reykjavik, I travelled to film on Iceland during the fall of 2020. Iceland is, by earths standards, a young island, still in the middle of giving birth to itself. You are struck by a mental and physical vertigo while crossing the immense lava fields on twisting roads, gazing in the eyes of the sulphur-fuming claypits and sensing the erratic motion of the earth's crust beneath your feet. While filming at the Krýsuvík geothermal cauldron the ground suddenly shook like crazy, and I was jolting with it for a time which felt like an eternity. Alarmed and excited I squeezed my lunch sandwich, as there was nothing else to hold on to. The violently beautiful landscape devours its spectator and positions the human as a tiny vanishing dot in the midst of the incomprehensibly grand event of nature.
I've been filming material for this work since 2019 at various locations: fossils at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm and the Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University, dripstone formations at Nerja caves in Spain where geological, biological and archaeological research is done side by side, and granite cliffs on the Finnish islands, where the Ice Age has left its marks on one of the world's oldest stone types – the movements of the Precambrian source rock here in Fennoscandia are very slow.
How has working in Seili contributed to your artistic work in general?
Seili gives me hope and a peace of mind, both important for the integrity of thought and time to concentrate in these peculiar times. The buildings there have a sad and painful history, yet the island itself is serene and welcoming. Like in Iceland, the nature brings you to a closer connection with your origins. Stripped bare – or pure – enables a more direct encounter with your environment and yourself, both a frightening and comforting thing at times.
I've visited Seili since the 1990s and staying there makes me think about the nomadism of artists: for various reasons, we travel to destinations often without delving deeper into the environment, culture, history or present conditions , and because of this we don't quite recognise changes, traditions or long term patterns of cause and effect. It's almost necessary to grow mycelia, a kind of an organic attachment to the landscape, before you have anything to say about it, or before it gives you something. This is why long or repeated residencies are significant, such as on Seili.
Each project brings new perspectives to my work. So does Seili. Following the grazing sheep, documenting the flowers bloom and wilt on the meadows, filming the dance of pollinating insects – and above all, seeing how one event unveils and launches the next in a continuing cycle – grant me further understanding of the world we are part of. The fact that the historical buildings today host scientific research on the current state of the Baltic sea, inevitably makes the visitor acknowledge the fragility of nature and the necessity of change.
Could you tell a little more about your work Beacon? Has something about the process been especially inspiring?
Beacon is a performative video work I made for the Screen City Biennial 2019 titled Ecologies – lost, found and continued curated by Daniela Arriado and Vanina Saracino. My aim was to create an expanded cinema event, taken out of the white cube and into the streets among people. The work, filmed on 8mm film on several nature conservation areas in the Finnish archipelago, mimics the light beam of a lighthouse: unselectively it sweeps over a landscape, picking out seemingly insignificant but vitally important details that are often left unnoticed. The film was projected with small portable pico-projectors on buildings as well as the bodies of passers-by. It was marvelous to see the glimmering spider webs and leaf veins merge with the open palms of viewers. The act of sharing and holding these delicate worlds in the cup of your hand, concretely demonstrated the power and responsibility we have in relation to our environment. In 2020, supported by CAA and curator Taru Elfving, Beacon continued to evolve as I studied how the grazing sheep in Seili contribute to the restoration of coastal meadows and their biodiversity. These patient animals taught me an important lesson: if a damaged landscape can be healed by eight sheep, it's not too late to retrace your steps in other matters.
In Seili you were observing the animals, plants and insects living on the island. Your latest work, however, concentrates on geology, rocks and clays. How does it differ being present among these diverse forms of life, or do you see similarities between them?
Everything around us is in motion and alive, each in its own way. Even our bodies are inhabited by lifeforms that feel alien to us, as trillions of bacterial organisms and microbes interact and affect our development. When observing insects, their fragility is bewildering. Yet for instance the resilient and altruistic ant family has been around much longer than us humans. In these encounters I hope to find a perspective that allows me to see through the surface to the continuum, which we too are a part of.
Rocks and minerals have already appeared in earlier work. In their diversity and mystical beauty, they seem to function as silent and motionless witnesses to the transformations of the planet and its history. Yet rock and stone too are born. Petrified wood, lime and carbon fossils have organic origins, while the birth of minerals is chemical. Geology has been extensively researched, but only in recent years has evidence been discovered on the joint development of life and rocks. In my understanding, researchers on the origin of life now conclude that rocks and minerals must have played key roles in virtually every phase of life's emergence—they catalysed the synthesis of key biomolecules; they selected, protected, and concentrated those molecules; they jump-started metabolism; and they may even have acted as life's first genetic system.
My question is how or why should we determine the living and the non-living as differentiated from each other? Do we even have the capacity to answer a question like this with our limited awareness and understanding? In Japanese Shintoism, as in other pantheistic animistic religions, a stone possesses a living and vibrating core, as do all creatures, also the so-called inanimate objects. When standing by stones, rocks, fossils and lava fields I feel transparent and transient, as time moves with another type of density and current around these beings.
How has the scientific community in Seili contributed to your artistic work? Has science helped you to further understand the "seemingly insignificant details" you capture in your work?
I've been collaborating with researchers also in previous projects, and thanks to them found new and thrilling areas of interest. Science and art are both driven by curiosity and a desire to understand how we and the world function and transform, and we approach these matters from our respective viewpoints, experiences and backgrounds. This kaleidoscopic gaze is vital when making sense of the world. There are also other voices that need to be acknowledged, included and respected, as they open another angle to understanding the world as a whole; the cultures and knowledge of indigenous people are bringing a crucial shift of thinking and practice into the discussion.
To answer your question: yes, science has guided me towards important insights, and in addition, so has poetry, art, music, spirituality, journeys, encounters with people, swimming in the sea, conversations with friends. I feel all these experiences emphasise the essence of subjects and themes, making them meaningful in a profounder way. My practice is not research, though there are similarities, but rather a process/mode of sensing, relating and interpreting. As an artist I can approach controversial subjects without academically having to defend my work. I can fantasise, play and imagine. By learning I become aware of how all knowledge is not achieved through science but via multiple channels, enriching the researched, questioning the known and touching the hidden.
More information on Saara Ekström's work in the context of Spectres in Change:
Beacon by Saara Ekström
Saara Ekström in Seili
Kalle Hamm and Saara Ekström in Seili


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Les Miserables Cast Changes
There are some cast changes in Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre after Christmas with Sierra Boggess leaving the show on 10th January to play Christine for a limited season in Phantom on Broadway.
She will be replaced by Dutch actress Celinde Schoenmaker making her West End debut playing Fantine from 14th January.
As already mentioned, Corrie's Vicky Entwistle (loudmouth factory worker Janice Battersby) will be playing Madame Thenardier from Monday 28th January and will be joined by Jamie Ward as Marius and Christopher Jacobsen as Enjolras.
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SylviaR said...
Always sad to see people go, but the producers have a knack of replacing them with excellent people. Looking forward to seeing the new cast next year.
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