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Grab yourself a piece of Escapism…
There may be light at the end of the tunnel, but that doesn't stop the news and daily briefings being any less depressing. Some people respond by immersing themselves in apocalyptic films like Outbreak, but we say what you need is pure escapism.
Here's our Selfish Darling pick of the best podcasts, books and screen time, that has absolutely no politics, health statistics or scare stories; just the ability to transport you to a different place and time when washing your hands after the postman has been wasn't even a thing.
Pocket Podcasts
Podcasts were already having their 'moment' with 7.6 million UK adults tuning in to their favourite podcasts each week; but being stuck at home means many of us have discovered the delights of a gritty drama or weekly update through our headphones. I enjoy a true-crime podcast like The Immaculate Deception, but on the theme of escapism and keeping it light, these podcasts will transport you away from the doom and gloom.
Hosted by singer Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie who happens to be a bit of a chef. Each week famous guests pop in for a natter about food, what their last supper would be, their best meal ever and their worst table manners, all while eating something delicious. Jessie and Lennie are charming, funny and you're left wondering when you'll get an invite.
Highlight guest: Tom Kerridge for his honesty and inspirational story
How to fail
Hosted by Elizabeth Day, this podcast is a series of interviews with celebrities who share the failures they've had in life, (Relationships/career/friendships) and what they've learnt from them. Candid and hilarious, the very first interview kicks off with Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge who is the queen of making mistakes and quite possibly not learning from them. (Read Why making a mistake might be the best thing you ever did for more on this) There are seven series in total, so they'll keep you going for the rest of the summer.
Drunk Women Solving Crime
You can tell the idea for this podcast was dreamt up on a boozy night out. Hosts Hannah George, Catie Wilkins, Taylor Glenn and a new guest each week (from comedians to crime writers) basically get drunk whilst discussing real-life crime cases and try to pick apart what happened. The escapism factor comes in, not because of the content (the crimes are real and often gruesome) but because they are hilarious and it feels like listening to your three oldest friends, getting drunk.
Dolly Parton's America
We would be happy listening to Dolly's Tennessee tones all day, but this 9-part non-fiction podcast explores what makes Dolly the way she is. We get the lowdown on growing up in Tennessee, the civil war, her life and influence on the music industry, the accent and the boobs, as radio host Jad Abumrad interviews Dolly and many of her friends. Most episodes are 30-40 minutes long and of course there are snippets of songs we all love as Dolly explains what they all mean – ready… Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jooooollllleeeeeeennnne.
The Mortified Podcast
The perfect podcast for anyone who ever poured their hearts out in a diary and hid it under the mattress with the words: Don't read this mum scrawled over the front. Its twenty-minute-long episodes feature adults reading from embarrassing letters, diaries, poems and songs they penned as teenagers. It's cringeworthy and sweet in equal measures and will take you back to the nostalgia and embarrassment of your love-sick youth.
The Travel Diaries
Journalist Holly Rubenstein interviews celebrities about the places that have shaped their lives, from earliest travel memories to the place at the top of their bucket list. Guests include Jo Malone and Sir Ranulph Fiennes. We may not be able to holiday abroad yet, but at least listening to this, we can plan our next adventure (even if it's in our heads).
Handy tip: each podcast is categorised as either long haul or short haul depending on length so you can choose based on how much time you have. There's also a list of countries each guest talks about so you can quickly scan anywhere you want to hear more about.
Where should we begin
Eavesdropping on other people's problems is one way to help you forget your own. Renowned Therapist, Esther Perel allows you to listen in on real people's relationship therapy sessions. It's all unscripted and anonymous and the clients change each week, but the problems and people are real, so it's just like having a therapy session yourself. Perel's insights and understanding are as compelling as the stories you're listening to.
Duo Lingo Spanish Podcast
Suggested to me by my daughter's Spanish teacher, for anyone who wants to improve their Spanish – Duo Lingo is a collection of true stories in easy-to-understand Spanish (with English narration). They're all around 20-minutes long so quick and easy to get into – a paragraph is read in Spanish, followed by the English translation, so whilst they are aimed at intermediate-level Spanish, they can be enjoyed by beginners who want to listen to as much Spanish as they can. There's also a French version for those who want to come out of lockdown bon en langues.
Six books to get you through…
Escaping into a novel has never been more necessary – here's six books to help you down the rabbit hole.
The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
It's 1969 and the four Gold children visit a travelling psychic in Manhattan's Lower East Side, who tells them individually the date they will die. It then follows their lives as each child has to choose whether to live by the prophecies they were given or whether to ignore them.
This New York Times bestseller is not only a family-sibling saga, but also examines how much we are in control of our own fate.
Circe, by Madeline Miller
In the House of Helios, God of the Sun and mightiest of Titans, a daughter is born, but she is a strange child and doesn't possess the power of the Gods, so is quickly banished to the world of mortals. There she discovers she does have a power – the power of witchcraft.
Don't be put off by the Greek mythology – Madeleine Miller beautifully weaves ancient myth and adventure with betrayal, bloodshed, feminism and magic and is by far one of the best (and award-winning) books I've read.
Big Sky, by Kate Atkinson
Fans of Private Detective Jackson Brodie will welcome his return (after nine years) in Kate Atkinson's latest novel. Jackson is now living in a sleepy seaside village with his teenage son (and Dido the dog) where he unwittingly stumbles into old secrets which were supposed to remain buried.
A whole host of new characters appear (we adore Crystal) as well as old ones from previous books, you'll love the dry humour, clever storytelling and the secrets of a seaside town.
Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens
This New York Times bestseller centres around a Barkley Cove, a small coastal town on the North Carolina coast. When handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, everyone suspects the so-called Marsh Girl – Kya Clark, who has survived alone amongst the gulls and the wildness of the marshes for years.
But Kya is not what they think, and her intriguing wild beauty starts to captivate two men from the town. A coming-of-age story, interwoven with murder, small town mentality and raw natural environment.
A Theatre for Dreamers, by Polly Sansom
1960 – with revolution about to embark on the world, the Greek Island of Hydra has a collection of poets, writers and musicians all tangled together in a heady mix of bohemia and Leonard Cohen.
In the middle of this arrives teenage Erica, who observes (through her own grief), the lives, loves and lusts of this free-spirited group, against the intoxicating backdrop of blue-skies and Bougainvillea's.
The Temptation of Gracie, by Santa Montefiore
A holiday read, for holidays we can only dream of. Widowed Gracie Burton finds an ad in a magazine for a week-long cookery course in the Tuscan countryside, which she quickly books with her lifesavings. She's joined by her daughter and granddaughter who she has a strained and distant relationship with.
What no one knows is the real reason Gracie was drawn to visit Italy and the extraordinary and secret life that she had before.
Clothes… and other things that matter, by Alexandra Shulman
Alexandra Shulman edited British Vogue from 1992-2016, so she is perfectly placed to write this part-memoir, part fashion bible, focusing with honesty and integrity on her life, career and the clothes that shaped her. The book leads us through her life in a rough chronological order, starting with her childhood, with each chapter taking on the title of an item of clothes – 'The Geography Teacher's dress', or 'Red Shoes', for example. We then get her musings on life, being at the helm of vogue for 25 years and how particular pieces in our wardrobes can invoke the emotions of the past or represent future parts of our lives.
The short chapters and illustrations make it very easy to dip in and out of and it's just as enjoyable as imagining a time when we can wear all the clothes in our wardrobes again.
Escapism Box sets and films
You've probably all seen Osark (brilliant) and The Last Dance (Not just for basketball fans, also brilliant), but if you want pure escapism from your TV, try these out for size.
The Emmy-winning comedy drama Glow, (or Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling), was released in 2017 with an almost all-female cast, excellent leotards and big 80's hair and make-up. It follows the lives of a group of women performing for a wrestling organisation in Los Angeles and is based on the all-female wrestling shows from the 80's. Its popularity has led to its fourth (and final) season being announced last year.
Find it on Netflix.
Delve into the world of ice skating, where a figure skater tries to get back into the competition after a head injury. Expect lots of dark tension and overbearing mothers, beautiful skating and January Jones (of Mad Men fame) playing a bipolar mother.
Find it on Netflix
Starring Paul Rudd (Phoebe's husband in Friends), who has a spa treatment to help him become a better person – except two of him emerge from the spa – one tired and cranky, one new and radiant. He not only has to put up with another version of himself, but also stop his unsuspecting wife know there are two versions of him wondering around.
This documentary film follows the life of Bethany Hamilton, a promising young competitive surfer from Hawaii, who just as she was becoming one of the most promising female surfers, was attacked by a 15ft Tiger Shark. Bethany survived, but lost her left arm in the attack, but instead of letting it defeat her she was back on the competitive surfing circuit just a year later. An absolutely inspirational tale, following Bethany as a small child before the attack (with lots of family home-footage) to her challenges of re-learning to surf with only one arm. Expect amazing footage of Bethany surfing and great insight into adapting to a new way of life whilst still following her dreams.
If you missed this film at the cinema, now's your chance to watch the newest version at home. Based on Louisa May Alcott's book, it follows the lives of the March sisters Jo, Amy, Meg and Beth, battling against conforming to 1868 Massachusetts life and working out if marriage will stop them being who they are. With Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scalen, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern and Timothee Chalamet – it'll make you miss the childhood games, fights and laughter you had with your sisters.
Watch it on Amazon.


Susan Ferguson is employed by West Georgia Health as the foundation's Director of Development. From 1991- 1999, she was with InterCall. Inc. an audio and video teleconferencing company, rising to the position of Vice President of Finance and Human Resources. From 2006-2010 she was employed by the City of LaGrange and Troup County as the Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia family support liaison.
Mrs. Ferguson holds a BBA – Business degree from Georgia Southwestern University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Currently she is active in the Rotary Club of LaGrange and is on the Community Foundation of Troup County board, Juvenile Court Citizen Review Panel, and is a sustainer with the Junior Service League. She is a member of First Baptist Church and secretary of her Sunday school class. She is a past Chairman of the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce as well as Co-Chair of the 2003 Jimmy Carter Work Project and continues to volunteer for The Fuller Center for Housing.
She is married to Charles and they have two daughters, Chelsea, a student at the Medical College of Georgia, and Chandler, a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.


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If you're planning to adopt a cat for the first time, there are many things you can do to ensure your kitty is comfortable and happy in its new home. In part one of this series, we discussed the first six tips for first-time cat owners. In part two, we'll go over the final eight tips to ensure you're fully prepared for a feline roommate.
As you may know, cats are obligate carnivores, so choosing high-quality cat food for your kitty is very important to their overall health. When you choose a dry cat food, opt for a brand that will provide your cat with plenty of animal protein and healthy fats. Many feline experts recommend avoiding potentially allergenic ingredients, such as grains, soy, corn, wheat and any mystery meat by-products. It's also smart to provide your furry friend with wet cat food on occasion, to make sure they're getting enough moisture from their food. If you want to give your cat a little treat for breakfast, put a small amount of wet food on top of their dry food in the morning.
If there's one thing you need to know about cats, it's that they love to sleep. When you bring your new cat home for the first time, don't be surprised if you find them snoozing on your bed, the couch, or even the warm floor vents. Cats love to have a comfortable space to call their own, so investing in a luxury pet bed is a great way to spoil your new feline family member. If you're looking for hypoallergenic cat bed that your kitty will adore, pick up our Parasol Pets Luxury Pet Bed. With an orthopedic foam and suede cloth cushion, your cat will love lounging in their own secure and peaceful place!
One of the first things you should do with your new cat is have them microchipped. Microchips are small transponders that communicate your cat's ID information through radio frequency waves. Each microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and your local veterinarian will usually implant the chip under your cat's skin between their shoulder blades. Your personal registration number and information will be coded into the chip, so if your cat is ever lost, they can easily be identified with a scanner.
Did you know that cats have a natural instinct to scratch things? They do this for a variety of reasons: to mark their territory, to stretch and to sharpen their growing claws. Cats need an outlet for their scratching urges, so purchasing a scratching post or two is a great way to ensure they don't ruin your home's furniture, drapery and carpets. Scratching posts are also a great way to encourage your cat to exercise!
Before you fill up kitty's food bowl every time it's empty, make sure you know how much food you're actually feeding them. While you may worry that your cat needs food readily available at all times, you may be giving them too much which can cause them to become overweight. Talk to your local veterinarian about the best kind of food for your cat and how much they should be eating. Obesity is a very serious problem for pets, so by regulating their food intake, you can ensure they're getting the proper amount of caloric intake and nutrition.
Shortly after your bring your cat home for the first time, you'll start to notice cat hair on your couch, carpet and clothing. Cats are social animals, and when they're around their feline family and friends, it's not uncommon for them to groom themselves and each other. As your cat's primary caregiver, this responsibility will now fall on your shoulders, so investing in a reliable grooming brush is a smart idea. Set aside time every week to brush and groom your kitty. Not only will this help improve their fur coat, it'll help create a stronger bond between you and your furry friend.
Cat-proofing your house will help ease you and your kitty's anxiety upon bringing them home from the shelter. Cat-proofing can include removing small objects that your cat could choke on, as well as removing plants that could be toxic and hazardous to your cat. If you have a variety of plant species throughout your home, make sure to look over ASPCA's list of plants that are toxic to cats, so you can remove any potentially dangerous species from your home.
While most cats will need plenty of time to adjust to their new and foreign environment, it's important to set time aside each day to give your kitty plenty of attention. Providing your new cat with plenty of play toys will be both mentally and physically stimulating, especially if you plan on keeping your cat strictly indoors. There are a variety of great cat toys available on the market today to choose from, including stuffed mice, feathers and the notorious laser pointer. When you take time out of your day to play with your cat, they'll warm up to you and their new environment more quickly.
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i no this has been talked about a lot but i wanted to ask again.
i have a litter of 6 week old puppies that eat there own poop. i know there's stuff you can give a dog to not want to eat his poo but I can't find anything safe for puppies so young.
there poo smells really sweet too and i've never noticed that before in puppies.....i know the worm smells (they've been dewormed) and i've had parvo smells and coccidia smells. but this is really sweet. not like its a good smell where you stand there smelling going 'oh it smells so good in here' but more like a bearable bad smell. does that make sense? i've had toilet bowl fresheners that smelled worse.
they eat a beef loaf wet food mixed with water and then i use puppy chow mixed in with it. they eat the food just fine but they eat their poop even better.
Abby ate poo, too...yuk...I think they like gross stuff.
Understimulation, which leads to boredom and feces consumption.
Parasites (leads to starvation) can make the pups bowels move faster than the pups body can take in nutrients, as the parasites eat at the needed value of ingested food.
Starvation can happen even in a well fed pup, due to parasites. The pup still smells nutritional value in the feces, and due to the body eliminating needed product so soon, the pup recycles its waste material.
Rich, or high protien food being fed to a pup, too, can cause the above I mentioned - nutritional value is being passed out of the body, but the pup smells the *good* in the feces, so s/he recycles it.


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Rafael Benítez: I made the right decision joining Chelsea
Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benítez says he made the "right decision" taking charge of the Blues despite a mixed reign
Sunday 14 April 2013, 10:17 UK
Rafael Benítez is set to leave Chelsea in the summer Photo: The Sport Review
Rafael Benítez believes he made the "right decision" becoming Chelsea's interim manager despite the hostility from Blues supporters.
The 52-year-old will hope to mastermind his side's passage to the FA Cup final when Chelsea take on Manchester City on Sunday afternoon after replacing Roberto Di Matteo in November.
The Blues also have a Europa League semi-final against Basel to look forward to in April, as well as staying in the hunt for a top-four finish in the Premier League.
Despite his success, Benítez is still a controversial figure in the eyes of Chelsea fans, but the Spaniard admitted he will be sad to leave the Blues when his reign comes to an end in the summer.
"I was pretty sure it was the right decision. We had to come and show our level and be professionals," he told the Daily Mail.
"Always when you start something and you can see things are improving and going well, when you can see players getting better… when you have to go it is not easy [to leave].
"Always you will miss something if you have to go, because you are trying to improve players who are people. You talk with them and work with them every day. You will miss them."
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Doctor Who: Casualties of War review
Who would have thought that Sir John Hurt would play the Doctor on screen in Doctor Who in a blockbuster fiftieth anniversary special? That we have the delights of The Day of the Doctor itself seems improbable in and of itself; that the greatest actor to ever play the Doctor agreed to do Big Finish boggles the mind. Like, surely John Hurt had better things to do? It seems that he did not, that he was as delighted as we were that he was the Doctor.
Pretty Lies finally shows Ollistra's the strategist the stories claim she is
Tragically, Casualties of War will be his last outing as the unnumbered incarnation of the Doctor. The last War Doctor box set came out just weeks after his death, the timings of production such that an extra MP3 track on the download is all that could be done to mark Sir John's passing. Yet there's an air of finality about the whole thing. Casualties of War picks up right from the end of the previous War Doctor set, Agents of Chaos, and takes us from there to Gallifrey, and to the beginnings of an inkling of a fateful decision.
It's no secret that I haven't been fully entranced by Big Finish's approach to the War Doctor and the Time War, and Causalities of War contains both the strengths and the weaknesses of the saga so far. The weaknesses are very much on display in the first story, Pretty Lies by Guy Adams. The Doctor and Cardinal Ollistra, on the run from the Time Lords, meet a war reporter. There's certainly a clever and compelling story on war reporting to be done in the context of the Time War; Pretty Lies isn't it. You can pretty much guess it all from the title. The war reporter is gung-ho and opportunistic, and even though he comes from a neutral planet he seems to be writing Time Lord propaganda. I could imagine a story tackling the necessity of propaganda, but this story doesn't go there. Having recently been reading about journalism during the Arab Spring, I could also imagine a story about the dangerous necessity of war reporting. This story doesn't go there either. Still, it has occasional moments of strength: the Doctor talking to an old man who wants to hang on to every moment; Ollistra whipping a local government into a fighting force, finally showing she's the strategist the stories claim she is; the camp EDITOR computer played by Mark Elstob. The ending attempts tragedy, but is so obvious as to be banal.
Louise Jameson knocks it out of the park as Leela, but The Lady of Obsidian doesn't quite give her what you'd expect
Interestingly, the War Doctor tales have largely avoided fan-pleasing moments. I'm sure we all want to know what Romana, K9, Susan, Drax, Professor Chronotis, Commander Maxil, Irving Braxiatel, Coordinator Narvin, and Rodan were up to during the Time War, but none of these characters have been even mentioned in the Time War sets so far. Casualties of War gives us our first kiss to the past with the reappearance of Leela, reprised once again by Louise Jameson. She knocks it out of the park, of course, but The Lady of Obsidian by Andrew Smith doesn't seem like it quite gives her what you'd expect. The Leela here is lost and confused, but still recognisably Leela, fighting the good fight even though she doesn't know her own past. Jameson gets some great moments as she sorts through who she is, and explains the tragedy of what's happened to her. But on the other hand, you might think there's a potent irony in Leela discovering the Doctor who was always training her to not be a warrior is now himself a warrior, yet the story doesn't go there. Instead, we get a misjudged fight against the "Unlived", who aren't half as interesting as their name makes them sound. Chris Porter puts in a very annoying performance as their leader, who the cast list tells me was "Skaul", but sounded to me like "School", hardly the most intimidating moniker.
Nicholas Briggs originated Big Finish's approach to the War Doctor in Only the Monstrous, and he returns to wrap it up with the last story in this set, The Enigma Dimension. The Enigma Dimension is the best War Doctor story since The Neverwhen, and maybe the best Big Finish War Doctor story full stop. A mysterious artefact appears both above and on Gallifrey, and the Doctor, Leela, and Cardinal Ollistra must push beyond the bounds of knowledge to work out what exactly is going on. The Enigma Dimension is eerie and strange, and more like what I would have thought the Time War would be like from Russell T Davies's evocative imagery. It's more stripped back, and more personal, and it shines a light into the character of the War Doctor in a way these stories haven't always done. Howard Carter has always done well on sound and music in this range, but give him something less bombastic and more intimate to work with, and he really pulls out all the stops, elevating Briggs's material with some great sound design.
The Enigma Dimension may be Big Finish's best War Doctor story full stop
As a result, it's probably John Hurt's best hour on audio. In a way, it seems unearned when the Doctor claims the Time Lords are as bad as the Daleks — these stories have very much concentrated on the villainy of the Daleks, and have almost always put the Doctor on the side of the Time Lords. But John Hurt's weariness and anger are enough to sell it, and you really do believe that he's willing to wipe out both sides if it means that the war will be over. Louise Jameson is, as ever, a delight, but on the other hand, Jacqueline Pearce feels wasted as Ollistra, who has gone from master strategist on Disc One to asking "What's that, Doctor?" on Disc Three.
I will probably be forever disappointed that these War Doctor stories weren't better than they were. Yet, Casualties of War shows them at their best, and provides a fitting end to this sequence. We were lucky to have John Hurt, and these stories show us why.
Casualties of War (by Guy Adams, Andrew Smith, Nicholas Briggs; starring John Hurt, Jacqueline Pearce, Louise Jameson) was released by Big Finish Productions in February 2017.
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Oliver Hofer: Rock of Ages
From the Blue Man Group to Rock of Ages, Oliver Hofer gives us his low down perspective from behind the curtain and in the pit.
In 2004, Oliver Hofer was playing in Blue Man Group in London. A guitar player by the name of Michael Maddox was in town, as part of a European tour with the Los Angeles-based band Vain. The two met each other after Vain's London show, got "blitzed," according to Hofer, and swore that one day they'd work together. Well, Maddox subsequently got the guitar gig in the Broadway jukebox musical Rock of Ages, and when it came time to put the band together for the national tour, he remembered the pact he had made with Hofer and called. "He never even heard me play," laughs Hofer. "It was all about the hang. I guess my resume gave him an idea, but that was it—15 years in the making."
Hofer grew up in Germany and says that he was "subconsciously" influenced by rock music from the age of nine-years-old. "My first vinyl, a birthday present from my sister, was The Best of Uriah Heep [Bronze/Mercury, 1976]," he recalls. "I still absolutely love that band. I did not become a musician until I was 17 years old, but the bass parts in particular were amazing. Just listen to 'Sweet Lorraine.' It sounds like James Jamerson sitting in with a rock band—absolute killer performance by Gary Thain."
Hofer subsequently attended Bass School Munich for a year. But back then, he admits he wasn't into the academic side of things. "I wanted to play rock music and enjoy everything that was part of that magic, or what I thought was part of it," he recalls. "Not the best choice, but I enjoyed it anyway." He moved to New York City in 1999 and started studying more seriously, including private lessons with renowned teacher and Bass Magazine columnist Patrick Pfeiffer. Nowadays, Hofer says there are two things that act as the foundation for his ongoing studies. "I keep going back to a Billy Sheehan interview where he said, 'If you learn the entire Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [the Beatles, Parlophone, 1967] album you will come out on the other side a better player. And then you pick the next album.' I believe that to be true 100%."
The other tenant was a bit of wisdom from Pfeiffer. "I said to Patrick, 'Hey, I am invited to audition for We Will Rock You. I am going to audition for Brian May and Roger Taylor. What should I do? What do they expect?' He said, 'You want to make sure you are 100% yourself. Don't pretend you are someone else. They might look for you, but they won't see youif you're acting like someone or something you think they're looking for.' Make sense?"
We caught up with Hofer in New York City while he was subbing on Blue Man Groupdates. He had just wrapped a nine-month-long national tour with Rock of Agesand was candid about playing in some of Broadway's hottest and Off-Broadway's longest running shows.
Did you have to read charts for Rock of Ages?
This gig is different from a typical Broadway pit gig. We appear on stage for most of the show and look like an LA rock band from the Sunset Strip in the '80s. So, there are no music stands, except for the Musical Director/Keyboard Player. We were given a score before rehearsals started, but years of development has led to a mix of what's in the score, the original recordings of the songs, and what past musicians have played, from show recordings that had been forwarded. On top of that, when you're touring for nine months, the [current] band will find its own little sparkles and confetti, so to speak—things that might sit better with the particular choreography of that particular production. Basically, it's like playing with a real band.
How does one prepare for performing in the "pit?"
I've only played in a handful of rock musicals. Namely The Who's Tommy, We Will Rock You,Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Blue Man Groupand Rock of Ages. Of those, Tommy and We Will Rock You were proper pit situations. I had to get my reading up to speed, which I don't use often in live situations. I prefer to be independent and not glued to a piece of paper. There is so much to enjoy when playing live and when you listen and pay attention to what's happening around you. Funnily enough, I am usually better prepared than I think. I remember during a Rock Youshow early on, we were about to play "No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)," a ballad with just piano, bass and vocals. It was my "sweaty hands" number in that show. The keyboard player's fan blew the chart off my stand and voilà…I just played the damn thing. I never looked at the chart again. There are more complex scores out there where it is definitely important to be a good reader. You also want to learn to adjust to the way your MD is conducting—pay attention to that early on. Everyone is a little different and your interpretation might need some adjustment.
Hofner onstage with the Rock of Ages band
How does being a Broadway sub differ from being on the national tour?
Well the biggest difference, is that on tour it was my chair. And, to an extent, I played my show—a little lick here, a slide down there, and so on. When you sub, especially on Broadway, you need to sound as close as possible to the fulltime musician, in this case, the incredible Winston Roye. The goal, and unwritten rule, is that the cast, and band, don't miss the guy who is usually there. Beyond that, you don't want to walk in thinking you know it all because you just came back from tour and that's how wedid things there. It really means squat in the next situation and you've got to leave that all at the door.
Hofer performing with Blue Man Group
You're also a sub for Blue Man Group. What's that like and how does it differ from the Rock of Agesgig?
While I am a sub here in NYC, I've been with that brand for almost 15 years and played full time between 2005 and 2012 all across Europe. In the beginning, you need to forget a little bit of everything you think it is to be a musician and be open to alternative approaches that seem weird and against everything you ever learned or thought to be true. That is the hardest part to landing that gig. I was part of the auditions and saw absolute monster players walk in and not get the job because they did not show the ability to let go of what they had known to be right their entire life. The music is written...ish. It's a very recognizable aesthetic that is easily identified as "Blue Man Music"—almost circus-like. Everyone involved in the composition of the core catalogue is very much responsible for making it sound like "Blue Man." It's a thing—a special sauce not many know how to cook with.
GEAR (Rock of Ages National Tour)
Bass Schecter Michael Anthony USA Signature
Amps Positive Grid Bias Head (power amp-only, with flat settings)
Effects Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra, MXR M87 Bass Compressor (both for dialing in tone)
Strings Ernie Ball 2833 Hybrid Slinky .045-.105
Accessories Jerry Harvey Audio IEMs, Aviom A-16II Personal Mixer
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Sabine Reh (* 28. November 1958 in Zeven) ist eine deutsche Pädagogin. Sie ist Professorin für Historische Bildungsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Direktorin der Bibliothek für Bildungsgeschichtliche Forschung (BBF) des  Leibniz-Instituts für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation.

Biographie
Sie studierte Germanistik, Geschichte und Erziehungswissenschaft an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen und der Universität Hamburg und schloss 1985 das Studium mit dem 2. Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien ab. Darauf folgten bis 1992 Tätigkeiten als Lehrerin in Fortbildungsmaßnahmen für Arbeitslose, als Lehrerin der staatlich anerkannten Berufsfachschule für Heilerziehungspflege in den Vorwerker Heimen in Lübeck (Diakonie), als Referentin für den gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Fächerbereich in der Sekundarstufe II im Pädagogischen Landesinstitut Brandenburg und als Referentin in der Grundsatzabteilung des Ministeriums für Bildung, Jugend und Sport des Landes Brandenburg. 1992 erfolgte die Promotion an der Universität Hamburg. Anschließend war Reh hier von 1993 bis 2002  wissenschaftliche Assistentin am Institut für Schulpädagogik. Im Jahr 2002 erlangte sie ihre Habilitation. Von 2001 bis 2002 vertrat Reh die C3-Professur für Schulpädagogik an der Hochschule Vechta und war von 2002 bis 2003 Professorin für Schulpädagogik/Schulentwicklung an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Freiburg. Sie wechselte dann auf die C3-Professur für Pädagogik der Sekundarstufen/Schulentwicklung an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, an der sie ab 2003 ein Jahr lang tätig war. 2004 wurde sie auf die Professur für Allgemeine und Historische Erziehungswissenschaft (C4) an der Technischen Universität Berlin berufen, die sie bis 2012 innehatte. Seit Oktober 2012 ist Reh Professorin für Historische Bildungsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Direktorin der Bibliothek für Bildungsgeschichtliche Forschung (BBF) im DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation. Von September bis November 2018 war sie im Rahmen eines Gastaufenthalts als Professeur Invité an der École normale supérieure de Lyon tätig. Im November 2019 wurde sie zudem zur stellvertretenden geschäftsführenden Direktorin des DIPF berufen.

Sabine Reh ist Mitherausgeberin verschiedener Fachzeitschriften und Fachbuchreihen, u. a. des Jahrbuchs für Historische Bildungsforschung, der Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, der Reihe Pädagogische Fallanthologien sowie Studia Educationis Historica/Bildungsgeschichtliche Studien/Studies in the History of Education/Estudios de Historia de la Educación.

Sie ist Mitglied in Fachgesellschaften und Beiräten, darunter in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaften (DGfE), in der Reh von 2010 bis 2016 einen Posten im Vorstand bekleidete, und dem Wissenschaftlichen Beirat des Georg-Eckert-Institut – Leibniz-Institut für internationale Schulbuchforschung, den sie seit 2017 als Vorsitzende leitet. Zudem ist Sabine Reh als Gutachterin für verschiedene Kommissionen in Akkreditierungsverfahren und bei universitären Berufungskommissionen tätig.

Forschung
Zu ihren Forschungsschwerpunkten zählen neben der Historischen Bildungsforschung (hier insbesondere Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte pädagogischer Institutionen, Professionen und Diskurse) die Geschichte des (Fach-)Unterrichts, die Historische Epistemologie, die Ethnographie pädagogischer Ordnungen und Praktiken, die Theorie und Methodologie historischer und rekonstruktiv-hermeneutischer Bildungsforschung (E-Humanities) sowie die Auseinandersetzung mit Institutionen und Wissenspraktiken im pädagogischen Feld nach 1945. Diese Forschungsinteressen verfolgte Reh oftmals innerhalb von größeren Forschungsprojekten, gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und das Deutsche Institut für Internationale Pädagogische Forschung (DIPF).

Konkret hat sich Reh in mehreren Projekten mit der Einrichtung der Ganztagsschule beschäftigt und hier Ausarbeitungen zu Praktiken, Ordnungen und Unterrichtstechnologien vorgelegt. Damit war sie eine der ersten, die ethnographisch orientierte Methoden für die Erziehungswissenschaft großflächig nutzbar machte. Hier zugehörige Projekte waren z. B. "Kooperative Entwicklungspartnerschaft zweier Ganztagsgrundschulen (KEG)", das Projekt "Lernkultur- und Unterrichtsentwicklung an Ganztagsschulen " (LUGS) und "Gemeinschaft und soziale Heterogenität in Eingangsklassen reformorientierter Sekundarschulen (GemSe)". Ebenfalls ethnographisch, wenngleich methodisch differenzierter, war das Projekt "Anerkennungsverhältnisse an urbanen Grundschulen (AnuG)".
Weiterhin hat Reh sich breit der Quellensorte der Schülerzeitung zugewendet und diese im Rahmen des Projektes "Schülerzeitschriften der 1950er und 1960er Jahre in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Artefakte gymnasialer Schulkulturen und ihr Bedeutungswandel (PAUSE)" als Gattung und zeithistorisches Dokument für die BRD ausgewertet. Im Projekt "Aufmerksamkeit. Geschichte – Theorie – Empirie" arbeitete sie das Konzept der "Aufmerksamkeit" historiografisch auf und ermöglichte hierdurch ein besseres Verständnis der vergangenen Schulwirklichkeit wie auch maßgeblicher Transformationen im Bereich der Unterrichtsführung.
In jüngerer Vergangenheit war Reh an der Aufarbeitung der Möglichkeitsbedingungen sexueller Gewalt in pädagogischen Kontexten im Rahmen des Projekts "Institutionelle Risikokonstellationen sexueller Gewalt in familialisierten pädagogischen Kontexten (IRiK)" beteiligt. Weiterhin setzte sie sich mit institutionellen Veränderungsprozessen des Schulsystems auseinander. Dies betrieb sie in doppelter Ausrichtung: Im Rahmen ihrer Arbeit im Projekt "Schule im Wandel V (SchiWa V)" ging sie Möglichkeitsbedingungen der erfolgreichen Implementierung von Schulveränderungsimpulsen nach. Ebenfalls diesem Sektor ist die Forschung zur Einführung der Ganztagsschule zuzuordnen, maßgeblich betrieben im Projekt "Ideen, Akteure, Wissen – Gesamtschule in Hessen am Beispiel des Flächenversuchs Wetzlar von den 1970er Jahren bis zur Gegenwart".

Schriften
Die Einbindung in verschiedene Forschungsfelder der Erziehungswissenschaft spiegelt sich auch in den Publikationen Sabine Rehs wider, die sie zumeist in Publikationsteams erarbeitet und veröffentlicht. In ihren allein verantworteten Schriften setzte sie sich im Rahmen ihrer Promotionsschrift "Man gibt uns Unterricht statt Brot". Arbeitslosenbildung zwischen Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Wohlfahrtspflege in Hamburg 1914–1933 (1995) mit dem Thema der Arbeitslosenbildung auseinander und entwarf hier eine Typologie der verschiedenen Typen und Funktionen von Arbeitslosenbildung am Beispiel der Stadt Hamburg. Die Promotionsschrift wurde von Klaus-Jürgen Tillmann (Universität Hamburg) betreut und durch ein Stipendium der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung gefördert. In ihrer Habilitationsschrift aus dem Jahre 2003 mit dem Titel Berufsbiographische Texte ostdeutscher Lehrer und Lehrerinnen als "Bekenntnisse": Interpretationen und methodologische Überlegungen zur erziehungswissenschaftlichen Biographieforschung untersucht Reh – ausgehend von der Umbruchssituation der deutschen Wiedervereinigung – den Zusammenhang zwischen institutionellem Wandel und biographischer Bearbeitung der individuell erlebten Folgen dieses Wandels. Zentrales Ergebnis hier ist die methodische Reflexion des biographischen Forschungsansatzes. In der Studie gelang es Reh bestehende Deutungsmuster zur pädagogischen Professionalität zu identifizieren und zu gruppieren. Rehs Habilitation ist im Bereich der Allgemeinen Erziehungswissenschaft und Schulpädagogik angesiedelt und wurde durch ein Habilitanden-Stipendium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) gefördert.

Zu den Herausgeberschaften und Monographien kommt noch eine Vielzahl weiterer Bearbeitungen von Thementeilen und Schwerpunkten in verschiedensten Fachzeitschriften hinzu. Die aktuelle Publikationsliste befindet sich auf der Homepage von Sabine Reh auf den Seiten des DIPF.

Publikationen (Auswahl)
 "Man gibt uns Unterricht statt Brot". Arbeitslosenbildung zwischen Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Wohlfahrtspflege in Hamburg 1914–1933. Ergebnisse, Hamburg 1995.
 Von der "Idioten-Anstalt" zu den Vorwerker Heimen. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1997.
 mit E. Arnold, J. Bastian, A. Combe und C. Schelle: Schulentwicklung und Wandel der Pädagogischen Arbeit. Zur Arbeitssituation, Belastung und Professionalisierung von Lehrerinnen und Lehrern in Schulentwicklungsprozessen. Bergmann und Helbig, Hamburg 2000.
 Berufsbiographische Texte ostdeutscher Lehrer und Lehrerinnen als "Bekenntnisse". Interpretationen und methodologische Überlegungen zur erziehungswissenschaftlichen Biographie-forschung. Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn/Obb. 2003.
 mit U. Popp: Schule forschend entwickeln. Juventa, Weinheim/München 2004.
 mit K. Rabenstein: Kooperatives und selbstständiges Arbeiten von Schülern. Zur Qualitätsentwicklung von Unterricht. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2007, doi:10.1007/978-3-531-90418-4.
 mit J. Bastian, W. Helsper und C. Schelle: Professionalisierung im Lehrerberuf. Von der Kritik der Lehrerrolle zur pädagogischen Professionalität. Leske und Budrich, Opladen 2000.
 mit F.-U. Kolbe, B. Fritzsche, T.-S. Idel und K. Rabenstein: Ganztagsschule als symbolische Konstruktion. Fallanalysen zu Legitimationsdiskursen in schultheoretischer Perspektive. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2009, doi:10.1007/978-3-531-91354-4.
 mit C. Schelle und K. Rabenstein: Unterricht als Interaktion. Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 2010.
 mit W. Thole, M. Baader, W. Helsper, M. Kappeler, M. Leuzinger-Bohleber, U. Sielert und C. Thompson: Sexualisierte Gewalt, Macht und Pädagogik. Barbara Budrich, Opladen/Berlin/Toronto 2012, doi:10.1007/978-3-531-19095-2.
 mit H. de Boer: Beobachtung in der Schule – Beobachten lernen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2012, doi:10.1007/978-3-531-18938-3.
 mit A. Tervooren, N. Engel, M. Göhlich und I. Miethe (Hrsg.): Ethnographie und Differenz in pädagogischen Feldern. Internationale Entwicklungen erziehungswissenschaftlicher Forschung. Transcript, Bielefeld 2014, doi:10.14361/transcript.9783839422458.
 mit H.-P. Füssel (Hrsg.): Recht und moderne Schule. Beiträge zu ihrer Geschichte. Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 2014.
 mit T. Hascher, T.-S. Idel, W. Thole und K.-J. Tillmann (Hrsg.): Bildung über den ganzen Tag. Forschungs- und Theorieperspektiven der Erziehungswissenschaft. Barbara Budrich, Opladen/Berlin/Toronto 2015.
 mit U. Gebhard, M. Hummrich und K. Rabenstein (Hrsg.): Dinge, Wissen, Fachkulturen: Die Materialitäten in Unterricht und Schule. In: Zeitschrift für interpretative Schul- und Unterrichtsforschung (ZISU). Jahrgang 4, 2015, online: https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/zisu/article/view/21311/18606
 mit B. Fritzsche, T. Idel und K. Rabenstein (Hrsg.): Lernkulturen: Rekonstruktion pädagogischer Praktiken an Ganztagsschulen. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015 (= Schule und Gesellschaft. Band 47). doi:10.1007/978-3-531-94081-6.
 mit K. Berdelmann und J. Dinkelaker (Hrsg.): Aufmerksamkeit: Zur Geschichte, Theorie und Empirie eines pädagogischen Phänomens. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, doi:10.1007/978-3-531-19381-6.
 mit W. Keim und U. Schwerdt: Reformpädagogik und Reformpädagogik – Rezeption in neuer Sicht. Perspektiven und Impulse. Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 2016.
 mit S. Blömeke, M. Caruso, U. Salaschek und J. Stiller: Traditionen und Zukünfte. Beiträge zum 24. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE). Barbara Budrich, Opladen/Berlin/Toronto 2016.
 mit D. Wilde, Denise: Die Materialität des Schreiben- und Lesenlernens. Zur Geschichte schulischer Unterweisungspraktiken seit der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts. Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn 2016.
 mit E. Glaser, B. Behm und T. Drope: Wissen machen. Beiträge zu einer Geschichte erziehungswissenschaftlichen Wissens in Deutschland zwischen 1945 und 1990 (= Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 63. Beiheft). Beltz, Weinheim/Basel 2017.
 mit N. Ricken: Leistung als Paradigma. Zur Entstehung und Transformation eines pädagogischen Konzepts. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2018, doi:10.1007/978-3-658-15799

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Hochschullehrer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
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Democracy and participation, Education
Monitoring Social Media during Elections in Europe shortlist
Raising awareness about the role of social media and its impact on electoral integrity
Anastasia Pociumban
Democracy Reporting International
http://www.democracy-reporting.org
Who is joining forces?
MEMO98
http://ww.memo98.sk
University Duisburg Essen - Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science
http://www.uni-due.de/proco/index.php
Social media has become an arena of public discourse and political campaigns. While there is much debate about how it works, there is little 'live' monitoring. Many problems, such as manipulation, hate speech and trolls are discovered too late. We want to address this gap and raise awareness of its use. We will monitor social media in the Bavarian and the Moldovan elections. Our findings will make citizens more aware of how social media campaigns can manipulate messages and misinform voters.
Berlin, Bratislava, Duisburg-Essen, Bavaria and Moldova
Through this cross-border, multi-disciplinary project, we strengthen linkages among civic tech and democracy activists and media to contribute to electoral integrity, transparency and digital education. We want to build the ground for a wider effort of social media monitoring of the European Parliament elections in 2019.
We are looking at both national elections (Moldova) and sub-national, state elections (Bavaria), to test our monitoring methodology and identify the main trends in social media's role in agenda-setting, misinformation and transparency of online ads.
The public and the expert community will be more aware and understand better how politicians and others use social media to set the agenda and to what extent disinformation is playing out in these two elections. Citizens will understand better how social media is used to target them. Domestic and international election observers will be able to use the findings to make recommendations on areas like campaign finance and transparency of the ads. Relevant electoral regulatory bodies will be able to use the findings to assess the campaign activities of political parties, such as, the use of inflammatory language, or intimidation of other candidates. Facebook's promises of more transparency and stricter community standards will be monitored.
1.Kick-off meeting to assess the political context and agree on methodology
2.Partnership with a Moldovan think tank
3.Creation of outreach and communication plan of the findings
4.Monitoring during the pre-electoral/electoral and post-electoral period
5.A hackathon/communicathon in Moldova to engage ICT specialists, media and civil society in creating joint solutions for social media monitoring
6.Creation of an online tool based on the hackathon results
7.Publication and dissemination of regular reports using visuals
8.Presentation of the results and the interactive tools in Munich, Chisinau and Brussels
9.Evaluation of the use of the app/game/test
10.Collecting feedback from media and partners; lessons learnt and drafting of proposal for monitoring of EP elections 2019
Citizens use social media daily, but only the Cambridge Analytica scandal triggered a broader debate about hidden political influence and hidden marketing approaches. After the US elections and the Brexit referendum there has been a sense of "too late". We want to inform citizens about the use of social media in electoral campaigns, so they can follow and interpret campaigning as it unfolds.
Civil society, media, first-time voters and the public need to understand that the content on social media is not only shaped by their interests, but by the algorithms. We also want to raise awareness on spread of disinformation and trolls. We believe that knowledge about social media bias, its algorithms and disinformation can help users to make more informed choices, especially during elections.
We do it primarily for the public. We will work with media, academia and civil society to spread the results through an interactive tool (quiz/test/online game). We will reach young people through social media campaigns and relevant media partnerships.
Our results should be of specific interest also to political parties, journalists, regulatory agencies, citizen observers, and academic researchers. We also do it to build the groundwork for an initiative that could be scaled up for EP elections in 2019.
We want to use two specific examples to show some of the social media tools used by political parties, individual candidates and others during electoral period. We plan to answer some of the following questions, but there might be more unanticipated findings.
-	How are themes presented by contestants in social media, who sets the agenda and how?
-	How do political parties use targeted ads in their campaigning? (and does Facebook keep its promise to publish all such ad)?
-	What is the level of disinformation spread by politicians?
-	Can public track engagement of trolls and fake accounts?
-	Can public identify other forms of disinformation and manipulation?
-	How are women or minority group candidates represented in social media? Do they face abuse, or higher levels of trolling?
Travel and accommodation costs: 8,230 € Events costs: 9,390 € Expert fees and honorarium: 12,305 € Public relations: 2,012 € Personnel costs: 16,464.00 €
What do you need from the Advocate Europe community?
Are there other organisations doing social media research? We could apply our methodology for other projects/elections if there are like-minded organisations already working on this topic.
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Last edit on May 22, 2018


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Strencom acquires Baker Security & Networks
Strencom acquires leading Irish security company Baker Security & Networks
Dublin, 6th June 2019 – Strencom, the Irish managed connectivity and cloud computing provider, today announced that it has acquired managed network and cybersecurity company, Baker Security & Networks. The deal will bolster Strencom's security and networking offering and further the company's ambition to achieve annual recurring revenue of €50M.
Established in 2000, Strencom provides managed connectivity, unified communications and managed cloud hosting services to clients across a wide range of industries including retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, legal, agribusiness and security sectors in Ireland and the UK.
The acquisition will expand Strencom's footprint to three office locations, establishing a presence in Dublin's city centre in addition to its existing Dublin and Cork offices. Strencom will retain the Baker Security & Networks brand within the Strencom Group, as well as all of Baker Security's employees, which will bring the company's headcount to 40. The acquisition deal value has not been disclosed.
One of the longest established security and networking companies in Ireland, Baker Security & Networks provides a range of managed security and networking services, specifically looking after the most complex security and networking elements of customers' IT systems.
It works with more than 100 clients across a broad spectrum of industries including enterprises operating across the globe. Through this acquisition, Strencom will primarily seek to target large enterprises and public sector organisations as it looks to grow its customer base. Baker Security & Networks' clients include Kingspan, Office of Public Works, Genomics Medicine Ireland (GMI), ASL Airlines and The City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB).
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During that week or so, the water turned from green to a real pretty milky blue color and doesn't seem to want to clear further.
I'm ready to get the pool going and address this milky water so I did my testing today.
But the CYA was reading 90 which would be significantly higher than the 50 reading I think it was at last season.
I'm not using any pucks or shock so I don't know where the extra CYA could have come from.
The water in the pool is very milky making it nearly impossible to see the bottom of the 3ft deep shallow end.
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I'm wanting to slam the pool to see if I can address this cloudy water issue but the CYA reading at 90 calls for a little over 7 gallons to get to slam while a CYA of 50 calls for half as much.
Do I trust my gut and slam it for 50 or take the results for what they are and slam it for 90?
It's not a huge financial hit either way but I pay $5.00 a gallon for 10% here and it does add up. No sense in wasting chlorine and money if I don't have too.
Fill the CYA tube to the top with straight pool water and see if the dot appears cloudy at all. If it is crystal clear then it is not affecting your results.
CC comes from chlorine reacting with ammonia or some such substance, a normal algae bloom will not usually cause significant CC if any.
CYA doesn't get into your pool unless you put it there.....somehow. If not pucks, dichlor shock?
The cloudiness in your pool water should have little to no affect on your CYA. To confirm this, take a sample of your plain pool water and put it in the CYA view tube and run the test. Can you see the dot? If your tube is filled and you can see the dot, there is no interference.
If, somehow, you read 20 or 40 with just pool water, subtract that reading from your CYA test and that will reveal your true CYA.
Water looks clear in the tube to me. I know the CYA test is subjective but I don't think my eyes could be off this much from one year to the next.
If the test is correct, I have 2 options.
1. Drain and refill 44% of the pool water. I'm not super happy about this as the current water was only in there for 1 season.
2. Just slam it at current levels and keep the pool around 10 on the chlorine scale all Summer.
I think what I'll probably go ahead and slam it now and deal with the high CYA once it warms up a bit more here.
That is a big difference to be testing error but..........just to be thourough, remember that lighting conditions are important for the CYA test. You want to be outside on a sunny day with your back to the sun and holding the tester tube at about waists height.
One thing that I ran into last year when I opened my pool and tested my cya it showed high also so I drained half the pool and checked it again and it was around 50 and then I ran out of the r-0013 agent and had to get a new bottle and when I checked it with the new r-0013 it showed like 20-my conclusion was the r-0013 went bad over the winter.
I have a very similar thing this year when opening, I had ordered the 50 cya solution to check and to me it also shows high so I am going to order some new r-0013 and go from there.
Good point, thanks for bringing it up!
Actually, the reason I didn't post my Calcium results is that it appears one or some of my solutions for that test are no longer working. I dropped in 100 drops and it never turned blue.
I'll order up a new test kit and see if that explains some of the variance in CYA level.
Certainly remotely possible but not likely. R-0013 is an inert substance and there is virtually nothing in it to go bad. I cannot account for the test discrepancies.
I would SLAM it according to the 90 reading. The worst thing that can happen is that you waste a few $$. I was too conservative with my early SLAMs last (my first) season, and I tolerated less-than-crystal-clear water for too long because I didn't SLAM it with a high enough chlorine level. Then I performed a proper SLAM, and saw the results, and I've had crystal clear water ever since. I found that I can do it once at the correct level, or do it multiple times with mediocre results.


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Unpopular opinion? Team games are harder than 1v1s
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i kinda agree...
BUT there are teamgames and also there are teamgames with random opponents (and allies)... and they are kinda different.
Also often people go to teamgames to chill
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No, 1v1 games are much more aggressive which is experienced as difficult for beginning and low-level players. Who else played LAN parties in the past when RTS were still common? - Most players would join only on condition of "build-time".
Also, we had 4 computers in our student association for gaming, nobody was ever interested in RTS 1v1... but 2v2 was popular (or more, with laptops).
Each has a total average winrate of 50%, not sure if difficulty can really be compared. 1v1 is about T1 spam and tech transitions, Team games about ASF and experimentals... A 1v1-only player and team-only player of equal skill badly lose in each others preferred play modes.
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Whether a team game involves ecoing + going immediately to high tech, or if it involves a lot of spam, depends largely on the map. It also depends on the players, of course. But if you look at high-rated team games, where you have players who know what is effective, their play style changes a lot based on the map.
@Wainan said in Unpopular opinion? Team games are harder than 1v1s:
In a 1v1 I have a basic plan and I adjust it according to what my opponent is up to. It feels like we are opposing forces trying to find and exploit weaknesses in each others' defence and I can feel the flow of the game and each next action is chosen reactively.
In a team game everybody is doing everything at the same time and I end up trying to do a bit of everything to compensate and as a result I fail at everything. There's no flow to it in the same way as a 1v1.
In most team games that I have played with 6+ players, I do not experience that at all. My experience is that most people only focus on their own "lane" and it is common to ignore opportunities to cross over into someone else's lane.
Maybe you are just not communicating well with other players to understand what each person considers their "lane" to be?
For example, in a 4v4 on Seton's, each player's role is very well-defined. The mexes they can/should take, whether they should upgrade their economy, who is responsible for making t1 interceptors, who needs to make navy. One of the players is the "Air Player" who is responsible for rushing to T3 Air tech. There is always some room for cheese (for example, an air player who stops at T2 tech and makes 6 corsairs) but the basic roles are very well-defined.
If there is a particular map you are struggling with, watch a few replays of HIGH-level players in a team game on that map (for example, a game with average rating 1700+). Watch what they do and characterize what you think the "role" is of each player. Then the next time you play a team game on that map, try to adopt that "role" instead of trying to do everything around all of the map.
Wainan
@Valki those things are all true.
My question is though, how do I get into the mindset of somebody who is good at team games?
Rezy-Noob
@Wainan make t3 eco and watch your team die,that's the motto of today's teamgames process mate,not gonna lie,doing the same stuff and winning with exps
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For team games the key is if you can actually trust your teammates to know the meta and to do their roles. The higher level the game the more likely that will be the case and the more fun it will be. The more random the team mates the more rage inducing it is.
I find team games overall easier because i'm better at concentrating on 1 or 2 things not literally everything that's going on.
My big issue is knowing which things to focus on. Is it just a thing you have to learn per map or are there ways to help you decide what to focus on?
I'll copy paste some advice I put in a thread on the older forums.
I'll put it in terms of wonder open 5v5.
Lobby:
The most important part of teamgames is often not the game, particularly when you're talking about random lobbies. Due to the nature of custom games, a variety of factors influence rating such as map familiarity, slot familiarity, teammate familiarity, game size familiarity, etc. This means people that have an understanding of the people within their game often have the ability to turn a theoretically even matchup trueskill wise into a massively stacked game without ever changing the game balance itself. I could put Maverick against some 1400-1500 air player and more than likely result in the game ending at min 11. I could put Sui against (really any) 1800 in air and watch a similar thing happen.
Point is, familiarity with players (if you're host) can result in you winning the game before it begins. If you aren't host, it could prevent you from deciding to x up to a lost game, provided you would rather play no game than a bad game. But that is, of course, a personal decision to make.
Then there is the aspect of slots. If you deem yourself a competent player, you need to put yourself on a slot that has influence on the game state. Some maps can have every slot have an influence on the game state, such as selkie isle or sentons. Some do not, like wonder. If you put yourself on a side slot on wonder, you are essentially putting your faith into your teammates and their ability to turn a potential opening into a crush. If you as the side crush the enemy side at min 8, it doesn't matter much if the enemy is able to do so on the other side. If they are able to push beyond the mid player because he refused to react and just REALLY wanted to finish his t3 mex, then you lose and there is nothing you could do about it. If you die to a t3 gunship rush while your air player is busy making his 4th t2 pgen, then you lost.
Meanwhile, if you took the air slot, you could essentially react and interact with any state in the game. You could supplement a push that could potentially stalemate by gunship sniping a near dead acu. You could powersnipe the enemy air player in order to delay him and keep the t2 air stage going longer. You could do early air aggression or early defensive air to protect mid player bombers to secure a likely win on the side. Or you could just do the typical t3 air rush because the game seems to be going into that sort of game state.
Likewise, if you took mid, you could do a lot of the things mentioned above. You could rush air with tree group reclaim, bomb the side player engies, and easily secure a win for your side player assuming minimal interaction by the enemy mid player. You could lab the enemy air player, you could tml rush, build pd to support side player push, or just keep the enemy mid busy while your side player crushes. If your side player fails to crush, it does not necessarily mean game over for you because your slot is far more predisposed to tech and you likely have the ability to stop a swarm of units through PD and mass efficient t2.
How can you tell which slots are the "competent slots?" Well if you can't, probably don't put yourself on one. It tends to be slots that are free to eco, which are often air slots and more secure frontline slots. If your role in the game relies upon making infinite units at the start, there isnt gonna be much of a role for you beyond min 9 once you are made irrelevant thru ACU upgrades, PD, and air.
The Game:
Just learn how to interact. You dump mass into units to defend or because you know an attack will succeed. There's also the scenario where there's nothing left to lose, but it's self explanatory. If nothing is left because the game is lost in 5 minutes, you might as well as look at the enemy base and go through a checklist of potential options and pick what has the highest chance of succeeding.
Defense is also pretty self explanatory. You look at what the enemy made and you look at what your team has. If they can stop it, don't worry about it. Either the enemy wasted mass in units or they will donate you mass in an attack. If you cannot stop it, make what will stop it or tell your team to make what will stop it. Learn the optimal mass counters to a variety of strategies, this only comes through developing game sense.
Knowing an attack will succeed is the least explanatory one but also one that requires you to develop the most understanding of the game. Sure it's easy to say that 40 strats kill an acu with no protection, but understanding it on a fine level like whether an ACU and 5 percies can kill an ML is what matters more and more as your rating increases more and more. If your attack fails, you lose the units invested into it as well as the mass invested into it, meaning you could have just turned a win into a loss for no real reason.
This logic also extends into attacks that you "know" will fail in the long term, but succeed in the short term. For example, a drop proxy base might fail to, well, win the game by killing the ACUs, but it accomplishes the goal of causing 3 players to devote their eco into land factory spam to deal with the mass spam of arty. These units are being sent to a corner where they will then be useless for another 2 minutes before they can manage to get to the front. However, if you do this drop and it is quickly countered before you manage a sizeable buildup of arty, you have now made yourself entirely irrelevant to the game as you are 3 minutes behind in development compared to your mirror and he can just build on that lead to force you even further behind. It's up to you to determine whether the risk is worth the reward by knowing the map, players, and your own capability.
This finally extends to eco, or the ability to keep yourself relevant. Even if you "are keeping up with your mirror" who has finally reached full t2 mexes while 5 other players are full t3 eco, it doesn't matter. You're irrelevant. You are there to soak up mass spots and everyone stopped considering you a player in the game 8 minutes ago. All you're good for now is buzzing around. Really, you should give your mass to someone else that can upgrade it faster rather than doing inefficient RAS boys or fabs around mexes. You need to keep track of how fast the game is progressing eco-wise, and recognize whether you have the ability to keep up or whether you are in a role that is built to be made irrelevant, like wonder side slot. If you are in that role, then perform your job and have faith in your team. If you aren't, then do what will win by looking for openings.
After the Game:
How can you find openings? Watch the replays and look for it. Really there aren't many games that, if perfectly balanced but you switched a 1.3k for a 2k, they wouldn't be able to win on their own. These could be small things like microing your first lab better or larger things like realizing you should have switched to t2 tech 5 minutes ago. Depending on your rating and your slot, the things that you should be considering "openings" differ. Less rating, less refined. Less obvious what the slot does, the less refined.
I disagree on voice making you better. FAF teamgames are nowhere near the level where voice communication is a necessity to truly succeed. You'd need to be playing like 2k+ tournament teamgames in order for voice communication to be putting you over the edge. I covered the most important parts that voice communication gives the illusion of helping you by in the pre-lobby part of this. 2 competent players on 1 team and you will be able to win basically any teamgame that isn't 2000 average rated. If you aren't, then it means both of you aren't as competent as you think you are and can easily find things you could be improving on, whether it's stopping the loss before the game starts or interacting better during the game.
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If you think of it purely theoretically you could say that a 4 player game is inherently more complicated than a 2 player game. Not only do you have to keep up with the enemy, but now you also have to think about what your teammate is doing.
In practice however teamgames tend to remove many of the more difficult aspects of the game.
unpredictable eco overflow levels the playing field (I can't easily predict how much energy teammate will overflow making it worthless to plan ahead of time a perfectly balanced economy. This helps lower rating players who are not able to plan a good ecobalance to begin with)
maps are generally of a similar complexity without accounting for the increased player count. Eg. Open palms 1v1: each player has to consider both sides, middle, back, and both plateaus. In 2v2 you are essentially playing only 1 lane + mid with plateau control predecided by spawn locations. So not only can you divide the map between yourself and teammate, but also map is divided further between your team and enemy team due to increased spawn locations.
more ACUs. Acus are the most powerful earlygame unit and they very effectively limit the play area as most of the time you want to stay out of enemy acu firing range with your units. The amount of acus and limited play area also streamlines the game since gun and t2pd are incentivized further
more starting resources/faster expansion. The expansion phase of the game is in many ways the most complicated phase. The more spawns you add the less expanding there is to do.
dividing up tasks between players in larger teamgames. Often you can completely ignore air in a 5v5 since the responsibility is shifted onto a teammate, almost entirely removing one of the two or three theatres of war. In high level 1v1 games a very large difficulty is scouting air counts and finding ways to take advantage of an air lead
(it's not an exhaustive list btw)
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let's take a real look at the lobbies:
->40% of the total lobbies are dual gaps;
->40% are astro crater lobbies;
->10% are seton's;
->5% are moded games;
->2-3% are coop/survival/other custom games;
->1%? of the actual lobbies are something but what's above;
I am totally fine with the players that are playing those maps since I basically don't care about them or their performance but have you ever played those maps?
-yes,I did and most of those,as Blodir said,have the same pattern :t3 mexes,9:30 t3 air,18 mins nuke and so on,it's nothing but a huge pattern that can be easily countered by players that can understand what's this map all about.
and the sad thing is that some really good players on those maps have already developed super-effective strats that deny anything but some cheese things,you're just forced to learn that pattern and do the same OR risk and go for a counter which is more likely going to fail.
People on the competitive scene from global have either moved to ladder/tmm or just basically left,you can rarely see a lobby where people select a random map and just go for a more active gameplay.
To resume what's above,how could anyone call that hard?it's nothing about RTS experience,it's just a huge build order with a great efficiency... Maybe I am wrong and I play in a different dimention but I can see 5-6 high rated/medium rated lobbies that are something but what i have mentioned in the beginning which is depressing and without a good reputation it's just impossible to either play in those lobbies (you get kicked due to being a random) or you're not gonna get the players for it (since everyone prefers the ''follow the damn BO")..
I think I find the eco maps tough going because it's just mind numbing.
Another issue I have is not knowing who's on my team, at least not without thinking about it. That causes me big problems because I think, if only briefly, that the allied army near me is a threat. Of course you can set it to all green Vs red, but that's not ideal either because you can't tell who's who at all.
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@Resistance the more i play setons at higher levels, the more i realize that it's really open to creative strategies. It can be static sure, but most players won't let their opponent just sit there and eco. The only position that needs to follow a strict BO is the air slot but even then you can still ignore it and do something unorthodox with a surprising level of success


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PANAP executive director Sarojeni Rengam, for her part, reiterated that solidarity through regional actions among mass movements campaigning on the ground against land grabbing must continue to be strengthened. "The landless people, including those displaced by corporate oil palm plantations, have been fighting back. An effective regional initiative needs to build on and highlight these struggles and victories," Rengam said.
Rural folks are poor mainly due to landlessness. About eight out of 10 of the world's poorest live in the rural areas, many of them from landless rural families. The advocacy group GRAIN estimates that a mere quarter of farmlands globally are in the hands of small farmers. This amid continuing threat of land grabbing by big corporations and investors. There are more than 1,000 land deals covering almost 38 million hectares worldwide, based on data compiled by the website Land Matrix.
29 March is a historic event in the people's struggle for land and resources in the Asia Pacific with the founding of the APC on the said date 13 years ago to challenge imperialist and feudal oppression and exploitation. The APC is composed of farmers, landless peasants, farmworkers, peasant women, fisherfolk, dalits, herders, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, rural youth and their allies. PANAP is an associate member of the APC.
PANAP and APC also launched the campaign "No Land, No Life!" on the Day of the Landless 2015 as a regional initiative to highlight the human rights aspect of land grabbing. ###
For more details, please contact Ms. Danica Castillo of the PANAP secretariat atnolandnolife@panap.net
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