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Private George Henry Carter, aged 27, died of wounds on 21st December 1914 and is buried in Belgium at the London Rifle Brigade Cemetery.
Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in 1887, he was the fourth of seven children born to parents James (a gardener) and Emily (née Gilbert) who had married in Bordesley in 1881. The couple set up home in Cheltenham, where their eldest four children were born. The family moved to Olton between 1887-1889. James had died by 1901 and his widow married John Thomas Edgington April-June 1901.
George became a regular soldier with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. In 1911, he was stationed in India with the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwicks.
He died of wounds at No. 10 Field Ambulance, Ploegsteert and is buried at London Rifle Brigade, Belgium. He is commemorated locally on war memorials at Dorridge, Hockley Heath, Knowle and Packwood.
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Here's part two of OWN IT where amazing playwrights I love talk about being amazing playwrights.
Find part one here.
Gina Femia
1. When's the first time you were like "I'm a playwright"? What was that moment like? Was it a reading? Was it when you wrote your first play? Or has that moment not happened yet?
When New Georges reached out to me to be a part of an all day jam event. I couldn't believe it! I was about a year out of grad school and had written around 10 plays at the time. I had met with Susan Bernfield while I was still in grad school and had been keeping in touch with her but I was shocked to be asked to participate in this New Georges event. It was a dope feeling. I still get that feeling when people reach out to me about my work, or when I send an e-mail to a Literary Manager and receive back a "I know who you are!". I especially feel it when I have to juggle contracts lol (I still don't have an agent but I've been getting productions, which is dope).
2. If a person could only read one play of yours, which one would you pick?
My ultimate favorite play I've ever written is THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE I-87 IN WESTCHESTER. It's not the play that the most people are excited about, but it is the one that is my ultimate favorite so I want you to read it on New Play Exchange!
3. 1-2 sentence tagline about your work/bio/website
Gina Femia has written 33 full-length plays, often about the working class and always exploring sexuality, abuse and trauma, usually through a queer lens.
DW Gregory
I'd been writing plays for a long time, but always found ways to dismiss the successes I had along the way. For instance, in the mid-90s, I had a 10-minute that was produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville and included in four anthologies. It had many productions around the world, but for me it didn't count because it was 'just a 10-minute play.' I don't know when I started to take myself seriously. My first professional production (Radium Girls) didn't do it; I still felt like a poser, even though it did incredibly well at the box office and earned universally positive notices. It never got another professional production, but I did get it published and it's done amazingly well in the amateur market. When the published scripts arrived and I opened up the box, I felt a real sense of pride at my accomplishment. But that didn't really erase the insecurity. I think it finally dawned on me in a rehearsal for Salvation Road – when I realized that I was completely in command of the script and able to tell the director very calmly exactly why certain choices were not supported by the text. It when was then that I realized I really do know what I'm doing and I really am a pro.
The one play I'd like people to read is Memoirs of a Forgotten Man, because it's my most recent and because it's my best. And stylistically, I think, it represents the perfection of certain elements I've use in other plays but not nearly as effectively – in particular, the use of doubling in enhancing the story-telling. The script is available on the New Play Exchange and is also published in an anthology from Methuen, Five Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival.
I'm best known as the author of Radium Girls, which has been named among the ten most produced plays in U.S. high schools for two years running. I tend towards historical topics, but not exclusively – more details at www.dwgregory.com.
Jacqueline Goldfinger
Third grade. I didn't know the word for playwright. I grew up in rural North Florida without a local theater scene. But there was a traveling group of actors that came to the elementary schools and did funny skits in the cafeteria once a year. It was my favorite day of the school year. And I remember thinking, I want to do THAT but I also don't want to be on-stage. I began writing poetry and dialogue-driven fiction. In middle school, a teacher showed me a play format, and I realized that's what I had really been writing plays all-along. I just did not know it.
BOTTLE FLY
3. How can they read it? NPX? Buy it?
It is available as a beautiful commercial book from Yale Press at all bookstores and online. It's also on NPX.
This is a terrific question for me right now. I've been trying to make my artistic statement more concise. So, here is a try: I write deeply rooted female characters with a sense of history whose urgency is reflected in contemporary issues and who also have a sense of humor about themselves and the world that opens audiences' hearts to challenging perceived realities of gender, identity, and personhood. Read more on my website: www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com
Donna Hoke
Well, I said, "I'm a playwright" to the biggest theater critic in our town very early on, before I'd had any plays produced, and he said, "Oh, have I seen any of your plays"? LOL. So I think I've always tried to wear the identity but I probably didn't feel confident about it until I started getting plays produced outside my hometown.
That is sooo hard. Not because of the "you can't pick a favorite child" reason but because which play somebody will like depends so much on who they are; my plays are all so different from each other. But if I have to choose right now, I'd say TEACH, because it's gotten the most universal attention and because it's one of the top five recommended full-length plays on NPX, and, despite all its credits, is still unproduced!
You can check out my work on NPX or my website, which also houses my blog, which has a lot of great info for playwrights: donnahoke.com
Liz Maestri
I feel like it was maybe when I saw my first review? This was for my first-ever play, too, so I was green, nervous, and ecstatic. And then I see this unfavorable review that compared me to Martin McDonagh — and not in a nice way! I was like, "Wow, I feel like shit… but he compared me to Martin McDonagh. I've ARRIVED." The moment was crushing and empowering all at once. I felt real profesh.
SINNER-MAN. I'm still working on it, but this is the one that feels the most alive to me.
It's available on NPX! https://newplayexchange.org/plays/24343/sinner-man
Liz Maestri is a playwright/screenwriter who writes introspective, satirical dark comedies that aim to amuse, abuse, & bemuse. www.lizmaestri.com.
I asked a couple of other playwrights but didn't hear back and didn't check back in because there was already so, so much. So if I asked you and you're not featured here, stay tuned. I am definitely doing this again. And possibly changing the format of it.
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Baldwin-Basinger Custody Feud Stalls
LOS ANGELES – The child custody feud between Basinger and Baldwin stalled in court Friday with no answer as to who leaked a voicemail tape of Baldwin lashing out at their 11-year-old daughter. Baldwin left the courtroom twice during the nearly four-hour hearing, which stretched on after the courthouse closed, gesturing and speaking animatedly to his attorneys and assistants.
"This is a waste of my (expletive) time," the actor said at one point.
Attorneys for Baldwin, 49, and Basinger, 53, declined to comment on what transpired inside the courtroom, which was closed to the public. Another hearing was scheduled for June 25.
Upon arriving in court, Baldwin and Basinger took seats at opposite ends of a table, their lawyers seated between them. Baldwin, dressed in a light olive suit, read a pamphlet while Basinger, in a black suit, her hair pinned back in a clip, sat with a grave expression on her face.
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Maren Nelson closed the hearing to the public, saying she was protecting the privacy of the couple's 11-year-old daughter, Ireland.
Nelson had said earlier she hoped to determine who leaked a voicemail of Baldwin berating his daughter as a "rude, thoughtless little pig" for missing a scheduled phone call from him. A tape of the message was obtained by celebrity Web site TMZ.com and broadcast worldwide.
Baldwin has apologized for the remarks and blamed Basinger for leaking the tape, which she has denied.


How does one define a style that is timeless, a style expressed through a diversity of crafts, forms, and materials? How does one sum up such a style in a few words? At Boucheron, a single idea – and a noble one at that – provides the answer.
Jewelry created by Boucheron helps women to reveal their style, their personality, and thus how they are each unique.


It's officially one of my most favorite times of the year. The holiday season is upon us, bringing with it all of the wonderful sights, sounds and, FOOD! Turkey, ham, prime rib, pies, cookies, breads, adult beverages all of my favorites. All of the seasonal flavors I love. Especially cranberries! What a versatile little berry. Tart yet sweet, and yet, it only gets used for a couple of months. Well, with the help of some blogging buddies, I have gathered up 23 of the best cranberry recipes. From breakfast to cocktails, from dinner to dessert, you are sure to find more than one to take advantage of this wonderful little red jewel, just bursting with flavor, from Thanksgiving right on through to New Years! Enjoy!
Kathe, Love some cranberries and so many of these recipes look like keepers!
Yummy, I love cooking and baking with cranberries. They are so yummy!
I have a few bags of those little red jewels in the freezer and will be adding to my stash so we can enjoy them all year. I see more than a few recipes that I will be trying...thanks for sharing your favorites, Kathe!
What a collection! Thank you for featuring my granola. We love it.
So glad you included cocktail recipes! Saying hello from Hump Day Happenings!
I love cranberries, especially this time of year. I just made an apple cider with fresh cranberries in it the other day, and it was so good! Thanks for sharing this fantastic list of recipes with Hump Day Happenings.
Oh my goodness, you had me at the sangria but the cranberry granola looks amazing! Can't wait to try these recipes!
A great collection of cranberry recipes. Thank you for sharing at The Southern Special and please join us again Tuesday starting at 7:00am.
I've had a few of these. I love cranberries as well. The cranberry white choc. chip cookies are one of my favorites. I love them in chicken salad too. Thanks for sharing all of these great ideas with SYC Kathe.


Have you ever been asked the question: "If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?" I have, and it's a tough one. For my cat, Laila, it isn't tough at all. She would respond without any further thought and answer Fancy Feast Broths. I have never seen her devour anything quicker. To put it simply, she LOVES the Fancy Feast Broth for cats. Her favorite is the chicken and vegetable flavor but really, any of them will do.
As the dispenser of her food, I also love giving her the cat chicken soup. I normally can't stand the smell of cat food, but this stuff smells more like something I would serve to discerning dinner guests. You can instantly tell it's real chicken.
Fancy Feast Broths are not something that you can feed your cat exclusively but they are absolutely perfect as a small treat. The small pieces make it easy for her to eat and as a result it feels like it is gone in seconds.
Laila is a cat who doesn't over eat. We leave her food out all the time and she eats what she needs. I think the fact that she inhales the Fancy Feast Chicken Soup is a testament to how good it is.
Another great thing about this chicken soup for cats is that is helps to keep them hydrated. Cats tend to get most of their water from food so this is a good compliment to a mostly dry food diet. The water content is high.
We have tried two of the Fancy Feast Broths so far Chicken and Vegetables and the Tuna, Anchovies and Whitefish. I know each cat is different but Laila prefers the chicken. She still seems to enjoy the fish flavor but the chicken seems to win out every time. My only way to judge is the speed at which she eats it.
Since all cats are different, yours may not agree with mine about the Fancy Feast Broths but I think it's worth trying one to find out. Laila (and me) give this product, specifically the chicken and vegetables flavor, 5 cat thumbs up!
Hi Amy. How happy your cat to have a master like you. I never think to give toys to the cats in my house, lol. I will do that to make them happy. This is a very unique website. Wish you get a lot of success with your website.
I'm glad you found the post and website helpful. Anything we can do to improve our cats' lives is a good thing.
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import static org.apache.hadoop.test.LambdaTestUtils.intercept;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.contract.s3a.S3AContract;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Test whether or not encryption settings propagate by choosing an invalid
 * one. We expect the S3AFileSystem to fail to initialize.
 */
@Ignore
public class ITestS3AEncryptionAlgorithmValidation
    extends AbstractS3ATestBase {

  @Test
  public void testEncryptionAlgorithmSetToDES() throws Throwable {
    //skip tests if they aren't enabled
    assumeEnabled();
    intercept(IOException.class, "Unknown Server Side algorithm DES", () -> {

        Configuration conf = super.createConfiguration();
        //DES is an invalid encryption algorithm
        conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM, "DES");
        S3AContract contract = (S3AContract) createContract(conf);
        contract.init();
        //extract the test FS
        FileSystem fileSystem = contract.getTestFileSystem();
        assertNotNull("null filesystem", fileSystem);
        URI fsURI = fileSystem.getUri();
        LOG.info("Test filesystem = {} implemented by {}", fsURI, fileSystem);
        assertEquals("wrong filesystem of " + fsURI,
            contract.getScheme(), fsURI.getScheme());
        fileSystem.initialize(fsURI, conf);
        throw new Exception("Do not reach here");
      });
  }

  @Test
  public void testEncryptionAlgorithmSSECWithNoEncryptionKey() throws
    Throwable {
    //skip tests if they aren't enabled
    assumeEnabled();
    intercept(IllegalArgumentException.class, "The value of property " +
        Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_KEY + " must not be null", () -> {

        Configuration conf = super.createConfiguration();
        //SSE-C must be configured with an encryption key
        conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM,
            S3AEncryptionMethods.SSE_C.getMethod());
        conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_KEY, null);
        S3AContract contract = (S3AContract) createContract(conf);
        contract.init();
        //extract the test FS
        FileSystem fileSystem = contract.getTestFileSystem();
        assertNotNull("null filesystem", fileSystem);
        URI fsURI = fileSystem.getUri();
        LOG.info("Test filesystem = {} implemented by {}", fsURI, fileSystem);
        assertEquals("wrong filesystem of " + fsURI,
            contract.getScheme(), fsURI.getScheme());
        fileSystem.initialize(fsURI, conf);
        throw new Exception("Do not reach here");
      });
  }

  @Test
  public void testEncryptionAlgorithmSSECWithBlankEncryptionKey() throws
    Throwable {
    intercept(IOException.class, S3AUtils.SSE_C_NO_KEY_ERROR, () -> {

        Configuration conf = super.createConfiguration();
        //SSE-C must be configured with an encryption key
        conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM,
            S3AEncryptionMethods.SSE_C.getMethod());
        conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_KEY, "");
        S3AContract contract = (S3AContract) createContract(conf);
        contract.init();
        //extract the test FS
        FileSystem fileSystem = contract.getTestFileSystem();
        assertNotNull("null filesystem", fileSystem);
        URI fsURI = fileSystem.getUri();
        LOG.info("Test filesystem = {} implemented by {}", fsURI, fileSystem);
        assertEquals("wrong filesystem of " + fsURI,
            contract.getScheme(), fsURI.getScheme());
        fileSystem.initialize(fsURI, conf);
        throw new Exception("Do not reach here");
      });
  }

  @Test
  public void testEncryptionAlgorithmSSES3WithEncryptionKey() throws
    Throwable {
    //skip tests if they aren't enabled
    assumeEnabled();
    intercept(IOException.class, S3AUtils.SSE_S3_WITH_KEY_ERROR, () -> {

        Configuration conf = super.createConfiguration();
        //SSE-S3 cannot be configured with an encryption key
        conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM,
            S3AEncryptionMethods.SSE_S3.getMethod());
        conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_KEY,
            "4niV/jPK5VFRHY+KNb6wtqYd4xXyMgdJ9XQJpcQUVbs=");
        S3AContract contract = (S3AContract) createContract(conf);
        contract.init();
        //extract the test FS
        FileSystem fileSystem = contract.getTestFileSystem();
        assertNotNull("null filesystem", fileSystem);
        URI fsURI = fileSystem.getUri();
        LOG.info("Test filesystem = {} implemented by {}", fsURI, fileSystem);
        assertEquals("wrong filesystem of " + fsURI,
            contract.getScheme(), fsURI.getScheme());
        fileSystem.initialize(fsURI, conf);
        throw new Exception("Do not reach here");
      });
  }

  /**
   * Make this a no-op so test setup doesn't fail.
   * @param path path path
   * @throws IOException on any failure
   */
  @Override
  protected void mkdirs(Path path) throws IOException {

  }

}

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In this episode, our heroes give you the low-down on all the living (and unliving!) threats you might expect to find in your adventuring career. From aarakocra to zombie, they run down some of their deadliest encounters, some of their most memorable foes, and a few monsters they thought were more bark than bite.
Plus: who would win in a fight between Khal Drogo and Thibbledorf Pwent? Should liches encourage Grey Shivers? And more!


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There's a free demo out offering one level of the single player campaign and one multi player map. You can also enable the full game if you like to purchase a serial key. For dedicated servers there is a download available for Windows only at the moment but a version for Linux should follow soon.
But why we are reporting about Warlord? The reason is, that some members of PadWorld Entertainment, the team behind World of Padman, helped out making the game. cyrri, one of our coders, was responsible for the bot support. If you see a bot acting stupid in Iron Grip: Warlord blame cyrri. doomdragon, our talented 3d movie guy, made the impressive Premiere Trailer and ENTE, the daddy of Paddy, created two maps known as "Centro" and "Brokengate". For these members it was their first trip into games industries, developing a commercial title. Maybe we see more of them in commercial titles soon.


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Matt Hilton Books In Order
Publication Order of Joe Hunter Books
Dead Men's Dust (2009) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Dead Fall (2009) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Judgement and Wrath (2010) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Slash and Burn (2010) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Cut and Run (2010) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Blood and Ashes (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Dead Men's Harvest (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
No Going Back (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Rules of Honour (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Red Stripes (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Lawless Kind (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Devil's Anvil (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Hot Property (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
No Safe Place (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Marked for Death (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Fourth Option (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Carter Bailey Books
PreterNatural (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Tess Grey & Po Villere Books
Blood Tracks (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Painted Skins (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Raw Wounds (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Worst Fear (2017) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
False Move (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Rough Justice (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Collision Course (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Blood Kin (2021) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Fatal Conflict (2022) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of DI Kerry Drake Books
Darke (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Dominion (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Darkest Hour (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Mark Darrow and the Stealer of Souls (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Shadows Call (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Tempus / The Phoenix Man (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
The Girl on Shattered Rock (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Wildfire (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Dirk Ramm: Suited and Booted (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Demon Drink and Devil's Porridge (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of SNAFU Anthology Books
SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror (2014) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Wolves at the Door (2015) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Future Warfare (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Unnatural Selection (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Black Ops (2016) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Resurrection (2018) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Last Stand (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Medivac (2020) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest (2021) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Hunters (2021) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Holy War (2021) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
SNAFU: Dead or Alive (2022) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Anthologies
True Brit Grit (2011) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Action: Pulse Pounding Tales, Volume 1 (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology (2012) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Death Toll 2 (2013) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Death Toll 3: End Game (2019) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Asinine Assassins (2021) Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Matt Hilton is one of the noteworthy authors from Britain, who likes to write most his novels based on the thriller genre. He has been very fond of writing short stories right from his childhood days. When Matt was only 11 years old, he had attempted to write his first novel. Before going on to become a writer, he used to in a security agency and as well as in the police force. Author Hilton says that he was influenced to write his own novels after reading the popular works of authors such as Dean Koontz, Robert Crais, Robert Howard, Don Pendleton, Jeffery Deaver, as well as a few others. He is well known for developing the lead character named Joe Hunter for his popular thriller series. In addition to using his original name for writing his novels, author Hilton writes under the pseudonym Vallon Jackson. It is believed that author Hilton was born in the same year when England had won the soccer World Cup and that his real name is Matthew Hilton.
Even though he is related to soccer quite often, he is actually interested in martial arts, MMA, and boxing. He says that his interests in boxing and martial arts have developed greatly due to the fact that he has four brothers and often used to scrap his way through the meal times when he was a kid. Author Hilton was born in Scotland, and moved to England along with his family. He spent most of his growing years in Carlisle, Cumbria. He had moved back to his land of birth for a period of 2 years as a teenager and apart from that, he has mainly stayed in England. During his growing days, he used to listen to adventure and horror stories quite often, which were told to him by his father. Author Hilton used to think of his father as a natural storyteller. He even considered natural that his active imagination allowed him to remain indulged in reading and writing books. During his early teenage years, Matt had written a coming of age novel titled 'Aggro', which was followed by a few heroic fantasy novels. It did not take him much time to discover his love for crime and action thriller novels. On occasion, author Hilton was selected for a national writing competition and came 4th in one such competition. He had also written some non-fiction articles at that time, which were published in magazines.
For around 20 years, author Hilton kept on writing novels and submitting them to the publishers, but was not able to gain any success. Till that time, he had contributed 7 standalone thriller novels without getting noticed. However, he was finally able to secure a literary agent in the year 2008, who helped him to get a 5-book deal with a publishing company in writing the Joe Hunter series. After that, author Hilton succeeded in grabbing a three book deal in the United States and a further two book deal in the United Kingdom. A few translation deals also came his way from Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, and Romania. The debut novel written by author Hilton titled 'Dead Men's Dust' was able to reach the eleventh position on the bestseller list of the Sunday Times. It was even nominated for the Debut Thriller Award by ITW in the year 2009. Before joining the private security agency where he worked for 18 years, author Hilton had worked for a number of mundane jobs. Later, he worked as a cop for 4 years. He left his police job at the Cumbria Constabulary in order to become a full time writer and focus on his popular Joe Hunter series. The written works of Matt Hilton are influenced from the fantasy and horror writers of the 1930s and 1970s. Among all the writers who have influenced him, he likes the works of John Connolly very much. In addition to the thriller novels, author Hilton also writes humorous and horror short stories.
The Joe Hunter series written by author Matt Hilton consists of a total of 10 books published between the years 2009 and 2015. All the novels of the series feature Joe Hunter as a vigilante on hire living in the USA, who is a former counterterrorism operative from Manchester, England. The first novel of the series was released under the title 'Dead Men's Dust'. It was published by the William Morrow publishing house in the year 2009. The plot of this novel introduces the character of Joe Hunter as a person who solves the problems of his clients. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, he is depicted as an ex-CIA agent as well as an ex-military operative, and is quite good at whatever he does. Joe comes to know that his brother, with whom he does not have a good relation, has been missing. He also learns that what he is going to face next is something that he has never experienced in his life. Another character named Tubal Cain is shown, who is described as being a smart, arrogant, and stealthy person. He is also quite sentimental and considers his set of knives as his most precious possession. When his favorite Bowie among the set of knives gets stolen, Cain becomes very much furious and decides to do whatever it takes to have it back. Joe Hunter comes to know the thief was his own brother, who has since been on the run for his life. In order to save his brother's life, Hunter is required to find Cain. All the three men are taken to a barren spot in Southwest America after a tense chase, a place which is filled with nothing but the dust of the dead men.
The second novel of the Joe Hunter series was published under the title 'Judgement and Wrath'. It was released by the Hodder & Stoughton publishing house in the year 2009. The plot of this novel once again depicts the events happening around the life of the main character named Joe Hunter. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, it is shown that Hunter is living a new life in Florida after nearly escaping while trying to save his brother from getting killed by a deranged killer. But soon, he gets approached by a man who wants him to bring back his daughter named Marianne. The man tells him that her boyfriend is not a good man and he can do whatever it takes to get his daughter home safely. However, when Joe Hunter meets his daughter, he finds her extremely happy with his boyfriend. Things take a twisting turn when a contract killer named Dantalion tries to kill Marianne and her boyfriend named Jorgenson. Dantalion seems to be a ruthless person and does not let anyone come in the way of his targets. But, when Hunter saves Jorgenson and Marianne, the situation turns into an extremely deadly cat and mouse game, which takes the hunter as well as the hunted targets deep into the swamplands of Florida.
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2 Responses to "Matt Hilton"
Dave Howes: 5 months ago
Happened to come across Dead Men`s Dust what a great book was not able to put it down shall be getting all the rest of the series. Looking forward to my next read.
Andrew William May: 2 years ago
I have read No place safe and Marked for death that i bought at a book stall and loved the character so much I have googled your books, wow you have so many, cannot wait to read them


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Armistice celebrations in Birmingham, 1918: This image will feature in an exhibition of more than 100 photos 'Renewal: Life after the First World War in Photographs' - at IWM London from September 21 (© IWM Q 63690)
'Making a New World' - IWM opens final WW1 Centenary programme
Posted on centenarynews.com on	26 July 2018
A season of exhibitions and live events exploring 'how the First World War has shaped today's society' is starting at Imperial War Museums - IWM - in the UK.
Running until spring 2019, Making a New World spans the centenary of the Armistice, a focus for considering the evolution of remembrance since November 1918.
The Tower of London Poppy installations, Wave and Weeping Window will also be displayed by IWM this autumn, before joining the Museum's permanent collections.
On November 6, the IWM Remembrance Lecture -Why are we silent when conflict is loud? - will bring bring together artists, historians and psychologists to challenge and discuss the role organised silences play in 21st century remembrance.
IWM North in Manchester opens the season today (July 27) with Lest We Forget?, an exhibition charting a century of commemoration of the Great War, and the controversies that have at times accompanied it.
Exhibits at IWM North include John Singer Sargent's painting 'Gassed', returning home after a two-year international tour, and an original 'Joey' puppet from the National Theatre production of War Horse. 'Gassed' was among works commissioned by the British Government from leading war artists for a Hall of Remembrance which was never built (Image © IWM ART 1460)
Four more exhibitions open at IWM London on September 21. They include:
African Soldier: a multi-screen installation by artist John Akomfrah, combining sound, historic footage and newly-created film to remember the millions of African men and women who served in the First World War
Renewal: Life after the First World War in Photographs highlights the ways in which lives, landscapes and national identities recovered, evolved and even flourished in the aftermath of the war.
I Was There: Room of Voice: 32 personal stories of the Armistice, from recordings in the IWM Sound Archive.
A series of live events will accompany the exhibitions. Among them is Contagion, a new dance piece exploring the Spanish Flu pandemic – which started to spread in the final months of the Great War. It'll be performed by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance at IWM North on October 21.
IWM's annual Short Film Festival (from October 20-25) will include a Making a New World award category, inviting filmmakers from around the world to respond to themes explored by the season.
'Lest We Forget' is at IWM North Manchester from 27 July 2018 – 24 February 2019. The exhibitions at IWM London run from 21 September 2018 – 31 March 2019.
For full details see Making a New World on the IWM website.
The Tower of London Poppy sculptures are coming to IWM after a nationwide UK tour. Wave and Weeping Window originally formed part of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red commemorative installation at the Tower in 2014. The story is told in a forthcoming book from IWM, with a foreword by the Duke of Cambridge.
Wave will be at IWM North from 8 September – 25 November 2018. Weeping Window will be at IWM London from 6 October – 18 November 2018.
See also in Centenary News: '14-18 NOW' global campaign to map Tower Poppies online.
Source: Imperial War Museums - IWM
Images © IWM Q 63690 (Armistice celebrations); © IWM ART 1460 ('Gassed' - John Singer Sargent)
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Consumer sentiment improves more than expected
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WASHINGTON - Consumer sentiment rose more than expected in August and expectations hit the highest level since the recession began, indications that Americans' pessimism about the economy may be lifting.
The housing sector also showed signs of life as a national measure of home prices posted its first quarterly increase in three years.
The New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday its Consumer Confidence index rose to 54.1 from an upwardly revised 47.4 in July. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a slight increase to 47.5.
Still, the index is well below 90, the minimum level associated with a healthy economy. Anything above 100 signals strong growth.
Economists closely monitor confidence because consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. Consumer sentiment - fueled by signs the economy is stabilizing - has recovered a bit since hitting a record-low of 25.3 in February.
Many analysts expect the economy to grow 2-3 percent in the current July-September quarter, spurred by a more stable housing market and the Cash for Clunkers program, which has boosted auto sales.
But economists worry that without healthier consumer spending, the recovery may weaken next year.
The housing slump and a weak job market have made consumers reluctant to spend. But the outlook for jobs is improving, the Conference Board said, with fewer respondents saying positions are "hard to get," and more claiming they are "plentiful."
Consumers' expectations for the economy over the next six months rose to 73.5 from 63.4 in July, the highest level since December 2007, when the recession began. The consumer confidence survey was sent to 5,000 households and had a cutoff date for responses of August 18.
Sal Guatieri, an economist at BMO Capital Markets, said the jump in the expectations index meant consumers likely will spend more in the months ahead.
"It won't be a smooth ride, but with consumer confidence now tracking higher, the groundwork for a sustainable recovery appears to be in place," he wrote in a note to clients.
The housing sector also received positive news. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller's U.S. National Home Price Index rose 1.4 percent in the second quarter from the January-March period, the first quarterly increase in three years. Home prices, while still down almost 15 percent from last year, are at levels last seen in early 2003.
The reports, along with President Barack Obama's reappointment of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chief, sent the financial markets higher. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 80 points in midday trading, and broader indices also gained.
Obama said Tuesday that his administration's $787 billion stimulus package, and the extraordinary efforts by Bernanke to pump trillions of dollars into the financial system, have helped turn the economy around.
"Our auto industry is showing signs of life," Obama said. "Business investment is showing signs of stabilizing. Our housing market and credit markets have been saved from collapse."
Jobs are a weak spot, however, and could limit future consumer spending if Americans remain concerned about layoffs or declining wages.
Still, the Labor Department reported earlier this month that the unemployment rate dipped for the first time in 15 months, and workers' hours and pay rose slightly in July. The unemployment rate slipped to 9.4 percent, from 9.5 percent, while July job losses slowed to a total of 247,000, the fewest in a year and a big improvement from June's 443,000.


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Sturm 10.9; LeVar McClary, Oak Harbor, 10.9; Averey Hongel, Prairie, 11.0.
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John West, Mead, 23.20; LeVar McClary, Oak Harbor, dq.
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James Zion, Tumwater, 1:58.73; Sean Winter, Auburn, 2:00.71.
Seth Peltola, Kelso, 4:33.3; Wes Arnett, Shorewood, dnf.
Hakim Weatherspoon, Evergreen-Van, 15.55; Peter Blue, Lake Washington, 15.57.
Mike Young, Mariner, 15.48; Justin Phillips, Bothell, 15.62.
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Jared Remington, Woodinville, 41.51; Frank Walton, Mariner, 42.07.
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Joe Iverson, Columbia River, 44-0; James Deaver, Marysville, 43-4¼.
Chris Nofoaiga, Mt Tahoma, 137-0; Byron Chinneth, Clover Park, 133-10.
Brendan Heath, North Thurston, 163-0; Chris Turchin, Issaquah, 152-6.
Freddie Ravenell, Spanaway Lake, 6-2; Chris Rushing, Lake Washington, 6-0.
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My sister Shelley invited Harvey Heiges to her first prom in the 11th grade. She didn't know him well, but at least he was the son of friends of our parents. This was one of the downsides of going to a girl's school in the 1950s, we had to do the asking for dances and there was no way out of it. We had to have a date and we had to go to the prom. The neighborhood boys we knew were out of the question because they'd never behave.
Getting up the courage to make the call was painful, the terrible awkwardness of asking and the possibility of rejection. I was two years older and had been there already, nothing was worse. A call always took at least three attempts on our parent's bedroom phone, door closed, pacing around the bed, revising the script. Harvey accepted right away and for Shelley, a short-lived relief was quickly replaced by other anxieties about a dress, hair, pimples, and even worse, what to talk about between dances. They were too young to have drivers licenses and the usual arrangement was that one set of parents took us and the other brought us back. On this occasion, the Heigeses brought Shelley home.
Dr Heiges was a physicist and Mrs Heiges was a water-color artist. They had emigrated from Germany after the war, probably no more than ten years before and they still spoke with heavy German accents. He was short and thin with a pencil mustache and wore round rimless glasses. He was very serious and intense. Mrs Heiges was short and stout and she wore small hats with long feathers. She was a sweet woman who laughed easily. It was wintertime, close to the holidays, and a new snow covered the ground.
When Dr Heiges pulled his car into our driveway, my father was waiting to help him back his car safely onto the icy road. He rushed out of the house wearing his bright red full-body winter long johns and approached the driver's window and knocked. Dr Heiges rolled it down and startled when he saw my father. He exclaimed, "Oh, my god, vat is dat?" and immediately rolled his window up. My father walked around the car and knocked on the passenger window and Mrs. Heiges rolled it down. Equally alarmed, she burst out, "Oooh, here's another one!" Shelley was smothering her giggles and snorting helplessly in the back seat. She bolted from the car and ran into the house.
Later, she told us the story as we gathered around the fire, holding her sides hurting from laughter. We roared when we speculated that Heigeses might be doing the same and how they'd describe their reaction to my father's long johns. Over the years, the story has been told and retold, even in French (in which long johns is "caleçon"). Maybe it was told in German as well.
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Theodosia Garrow (, previously Fisher; ca. 1770 – 4 November 1849) was an English contralto singer who performed with her sisters, Harriett, Eliza and Jane Abrams. She was considered, with Margaret Kennedy, the leading female contralto of her time, and abandoned a promising career upon her marriage.

Early life

The daughter of John Braham and Harriet Abrahams, Theodosia Abrams was born into a Jewish family that probably moved to England following an Hanoverian minister to the English court. John Braham with Harriet Abrams and their two daughters, Harriet and Theodosia Abrams, were portrayed in a pencil with watercolour in around 1800s by Richard Cosway. All the family were interested in music and nine siblings were professional musicians. Harriett (ca. 1762–1821), Georgiana (Miss G.), Jane (ca. 1767–1814), Flora and Theodosia were singers, Eliza (born ca. 1777) was a singer and pianist, Charles and William were violinists, and David Abrahams (1775–1837) was a violinist and singer. Other siblings, John, Charlotte (born ca. 1758), who married John Lucas, and Thomas never performed in public.

In 1791 five of the Abrams sisters converted to the Catholic church: Charlotte, Harriett, Jane, Theodosia and Eliza.

Career
Harriett Abrams made her debut on 28 October 1775 at Drury Lane, with a piece written for her by David Garrick and music by Thomas Arne. Her sister Miss G. joined her during the 1778–80 seasons. Harriett Abrams left the stage in 1780 and performed in concert series and festivals in London and the provinces. She appeared as soloist and with one of her sister, probably Georgiana and later Jane, who started her career in 1782.

In 1783 a concert of Ancient Music advertised the singers as Miss Abrams, Miss Abrams Jun. and Miss T. Abrams (probably Theodosia). Theodosia Abrams sang the contralto part in the quintet from Handel's Jephtha. Harriett, as soprano, and Theodosia, as contralto, sang again in 1784 Handel Memorial concerts at Westminster Abbey and the Pantheon. In 1785 Theodosia and Harriett Abrams were listed as main female singers in Charles Burney's An Account of the Musical Performances in Commemoration of Handel. In 1788 Theodosia Abrams was a soloist at the Oxford Music Room and at the Tottenham Street Concert House.

Eliza Abrams started her career as solo pianist in 1788 and from 1790 sang with Harriett and Theodosia.

In 1794 Joseph Doane lists in his Musical directory: Harriett Abrams, singer, Theodosia Abrams, singer, Charles Abrams, cellist, and William Abrams, violinist, all living at 73 Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place.

From 1781 to 1796, Harriett Abrams organised a yearly concert of Ancient Music, first at Tottenham street, then at Hanover Square, and for the last two years at the Opera House, Haymarket. Other than family members, Harriett Abrams employed leading singers and musicians: Joseph Haydn played the piano in 1792, 1794 and 1795. John Baptist Cramer, composer and pianist, was a soloist in 1782, and said that Theodosia Abrams "could pick out a wrong note on any instrument in a full orchestre".

Harriett Abrams was also a composer of glees and ballads like Orphan's Prayer and Crazy Jane, sung by her sister, Theodosia. Theodosia Abrams abandoned a promising career upon her marriage; she was considered, with Margaret Kennedy, the leading female contralto of her time. Harriett Abrams' last song in 1803 was dedicated to Queen Charlotte, "with Her Majesty's most Gracious Permission". The Abrams siblings were friends with brothers and actors John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble and Sarah Kemble.

After Theodosia's marriage to Joseph Garrow, the family was involved with the St. John's Chapel, Torquay. In the late 1830s Joseph Garrow arranged Sacred Music for four voices, later printed in London with a dedication to John Sheepshanks, Archdeacon of Cornwall and former curate of St John's Chapel, Torquay, who formed the choir. It included music by Beethoven, Mozart, Weber and others, and also eight hymns tunes by Joseph Garrow and tunes or chants by Eliza Abrams, Theodosia Garrow, Theo Garrow (Theodosia and Joseph's daughter) and Harriett Fisher.

Family
On 6 August 1794, at St Maurice, Plympton, Theodosia Abrams married Captain Thomas Fisher (1773 – June 1810) of the Devonshire Militia. He was the son of the rector of Little Torrington, North Devon, from 1773 to 1803. They had two sons, Charles (b. 1806) and Harriett Theodosia, named after Theodosia Abrams' sister. Harriett Theodosia Fisher, baptised at Plympton, Devon on 4 November 1809, died from smallpox in Florence on 12 November 1848, just seven months after she moved there to live with her sister. She is buried with her family at English Cemetery, Florence. Strangely for the time, her maid, Elizabeth Shinner (1811–1852), is buried beside her.

Theodosia Abrams secondly married a much younger man (by at least 19 years), Joseph Garrow, a magistrate in Torquay, on 17 March 1812 at St Margaret, Westminster. Joseph Garrow was born on 29 October 1789 at Fort St George, Madras, the son of Joseph Garrow, a secretary to the Commander-in-Chief for the East India Company, and an Indian woman, Sultana. He was orphaned when he was only three and raised by his father's sister, Eleanora Garrow. His grandfather was Rev. David Garrow, rector of Hadley, Middlesex, a schoolmaster for 50 years. His uncle was William Garrow, the English barrister. Joseph Garrow attended St John's College, Cambridge, and practiced as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn starting in 1810. They had one daughter, Theodosia Garrow (1816–1865), who married Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810–1892) in April 1848 in Florence.

Harriett and Eliza Abrams lived with their sister Theodosia at the Braddons, Torquay, while instead Jane Abrams moved from Devon to London, Park Lane.

Theodosia Garrow died on 4 November 1849 in Torquay. Joseph Garrow went back to live in Florence with his daughter Theodosia Trollope, and is buried there with his daughter and stepdaughter.

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I'm really interested in getting a MA-32 model after I read your comment, in another post, that the MA-32 sounds similar to Clavietta's. I found the MA-32 at Buyee with a very cheap price. Would you mind to record a sound sample of it? I searched YouTube and did not find anything.
Is there a sound difference (timbre) between Clavietta and the Clavietta black version? Can any other difference be noticed besides the color?
Congratulations for the initiative! Surely I'll buy a copy!
So I decided to post a little Scarborough Fair arrangement that I did, and also played by myself.
I knew the Buyee site only by name, but because of the fear that they did not deliver correctly in Brazil, I never bought anything. Maybe I should give it a chance because there really are a lot of melodica options out there. Thanks for the tip!
On which Japanese sites can I find vintage melodicas to buy? I'm very interested!
After a search here in the forum, this model is physically similar to that of the Juliett Pianola and the Meazzi Accordietta Gigante, although there is no indication of the manufacturer.
I found this model being sold here in Brazil. Somebody knows? The sale announcement says it's an Italian model called "La Sopranina". It seemed interesting to me.
I'm glad you're interested in this melodica.
Finally I recorded a video with the Scaletta.
It is divided into two parts. In the first one I show the instrument with many angles and compare it with a customized Yamaha 32D. Unfortunately the camera did not focus properly, but you still can see the many details and get a good idea of the size of the instrument.
Although it looks like cracks, they're just time marks, Alan. The surface of the keys remain smooth. It is even interesting that you have asked because in all the copies I have seen of this model, practically everyone has these marks. About Gui Prioli, thank you.
Hello! First of all, I apologize if my English is not perfectly understandable, but I will write the best I can. I have been following the Melodica World forum and website for a long time and I have learned a lot here, so I would like to contribute now.


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Commission invites regions and communities to join the Mission Adaptation to Climate Change
The European Commission has launched an invitation to EU regions and communities to join the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change.
A survey is now available for regions and communities to express their interest in joining the Mission. Once the replies to the survey have been analysed, regions and communities that demonstrate commitment to adaptation will be invited to sign a Mission Charter.
The Mission's objective is to support 150 regions and communities to accelerate their transformation towards climate resilience by helping them understand, prepare for and manage climate-induced risks.
Joining the Mission will put the regions and communities right at the forefront of innovation in Europe's transition to becoming a more resilient continent.
The issue of adapting to the changing climate and becoming more resilient to its effects has gained very strong momentum, both at global and European level. The EU Adaptation Strategy sets out how we can better prepare for the unavoidable climate impacts and extreme weather events.
The EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change Mission contributes to putting the strategy in practice on the ground in EU regions and communities, as they are best placed to deploy tailor-made solutions that address their specific local climate vulnerabilities.
The European Commission's Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans said: "Adaptation to climate change requires local action, and Europe's regions, cities, and municipalities are already leading the way to a climate-resilient future. To achieve real and lasting change on the way to climate neutrality, I encourage all these communities to join the EU Mission on Adaptation and share their insights on how Europe can best prepare for the consequences of the climate crisis already here."
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, said: "The EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change will support research and innovation to develop breakthrough solutions that will help us adapt to climate change. The Mission will provide regions and communities with knowledge of the risk assessment methods necessary to withstand the negative effects of climate change. By joining the Mission, regions and communities will have an opportunity to develop their regional or local pathways to climate resilience."
Why participate? Benefits for regions and communities
By signing up to the Charter and the tenets of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, regions and communities will become part of a community of practice on adaptation to climate change, and have the opportunity to network and share with other regions and communities in Europe.
Signatories will also have access to the services of the Mission Implementation Platform, which will be operational in early 2023. These will comprise:
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The survey aims to assess the interest from regions and communities in joining the Mission Adaptation to Climate Change by signing up to the Mission Charter. It also seeks to understand the key issues and challenges faced by local and regional authorities in the EU in adapting to the impacts of climate change.
The Mission's secretariat will evaluate the commitment of regions and communities through the replies and evidence provided. On this basis, regions and communities will be invited to sign the Mission Charter. Representatives from regional and local authorities will be asked to sign of the Mission Charter on behalf of their respective authorities.
Participation in the survey is open and non-competitive. All applications received will be evaluated accordingly.
In 2019, five Mission Boards were formed to help specify, design and start the implementation of Missions for Horizon Europe and their mandate ends at the end of 2021. Based on their proposals, the European Commission selected five Missions in September 2020.
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Chicago Farmer, the moniker Bloomington, Illinois' Cody Diekhoff performs and writes under, is set to independently release his 7th album titled Midwest Side Stories on September 30, 2016. Midwest Side Stories is about hope, depression, job loss, meth, skateboards, a divided nation, used cars, the late shift, farms, factories, the destruction of our environment, and still being around to sing about it. The new release contains ten tracks all of which were written by Diekhoff (pronounced dee-cough), with the exception of the John Hartford classic "I'm Still Here."
Folk hero Todd Snider says, "I love Chicago Farmer's singing and playing and songs, but it's the intention behind the whole of his work that moves me to consider him the genuine heir to Arlo Guthrie or Ramblin' Jack Elliott. He knows the shell game that goes on under folk music… which is sacred to me. Chicago Farmer is my brother; if you like me, you'll love him."
Lyrically driven, Chicago Farmer delves into the social and political issues of today's world, taking it all in and putting it back out through music as a commentary on modern times in the Midwest. With his unfeigned and relatable approach, Chicago Farmer has earned a place in the heart of this generation's rise of protest songs. He composes music written and sung by and for the working man, the "regular person", bringing to mind modern day folk tales.
"I arrived here, kicking and screaming the day that I took the stage, I went searching for some kind of meaning, like words looking for a page. Came up empty and full of worry that nothing could cover the pain, then these songs and stories began unfolding like an umbrella in the rain." This is the opening stanza to the first song "Umbrella", a song that speaks of the power of music in people's lives and is dedicated to songwriters everywhere, including many of whom we've lost in 2016.
With heartfelt observations of the world around him, Chicago Farmer has been around the folk scene for a while now singing the stories he has written along the way, aiming to capture the essence of the human condition and putting it all on display. He has gotten to know a variety of players over the years and brought together a wonderful cast of musicians to perform on the album. Diekhoff co-produced Midwest Side Stories, with engineer Chris Harden at I.V. Labs Studios in Chicago, Illinois. Harden also played Glockenspiel and harmonized vocals on select tracks. Others on the album include vocalist and guitarist Ernie Hendrickson, drummer Darren Garvey, vocalist Heather Horton, and a handful of other Midwestern mainstays.
Cody has his finger on the pulse of middle America. Coming from a long line of family farmers and factory workers in central Illinois and growing up in a rural farming community has inspired many songs that are autobiographical in nature. Farms & Factories" is a workgrass song featuring fiddle, tempo changes, and the farming side of Chicago Farmer. In 2002 he moved up north to the big city where he came up with the name Chicago Farmer for what was initially intended to be a band, but ended up keeping the name for himself and started writing and recording albums. Eventually he moved back in 2008 to central Illinois where he makes his home in Bloomington. The Midwest is where he was born and raised. It's where he first started to write poetry and where he would eventually set those words into motion with his guitar.
With Midwest Side Stories Chicago Farmer builds an adventurous narrative that brings issues to the front burner with folk/protest songs. "Two Sides of the Story" is an acoustically portrayed glimpse of the evolving division in the United States. It takes aim at the media, politics, and religion's role in that division. "There's two sides to every story, there's two sides to every town, the side of town that tells the story. The side where the story went down."
An upbeat electric working class protest song, "Revolving Door," describes manufacturing job loss in the Midwest with howling vocals, a driving beat, and ripping harmonica. "My home state of Illinois continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the region, and manufacturing jobs continue to disappear." Cody says, "Politicians who work the current system to benefit themselves and their constituencies have sold out these industries and workers. While the CEO's of these companies hand out pink slips to their workforce, they continue to hand themselves bonuses."
"9pm to 5" examines the plight of the working American and pays tribute to those with unconventional work hours. At other times Chicago Farmer goes tongue-in-cheek with "Skateboard Song" which takes listeners on a ride with this folk story song, questioning our laws and priorities.
Midwest Side Stories is a follow up to 2013's Backenforth, IL which rose to #33 on the Americana Charts as well as top #10 on several folk charts. Honest Tune wrote of it, "You can smell the dirt in the fields, hear the wind as it blows across the plains, and see the people that Chicago Farmer sings about. Each track captures a moment in time, whether for a person or a particular place. Imagine if a John Steinbeck short story had been written as a song, and this will give you a fairly good idea as to what Chicago Farmer accomplishes on his albums."
Chicago Farmer is ready to kick down some more doors and put something new in as many ears, hands, living rooms, and car stereos as possible. Midwest Side Stories is available now on pre-order on Kickstarter and folks that donate will receive it at their doorstep several weeks before the official release. "We've set our goal at $20… because we love you." Cody says, "My last album has a song called HYPERLINK "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15GB2H2ILAA" The Twenty Dollar Bill. It's easily one of my top 3 requested songs, I especially love that it's requested by people of all ages. It's a story song inspired my grandparents and I've been told has moved a lot of people. We put a lot of heart, soul, sweat, tears, and even some blood into making this album. While the basics are covered, we still have a large hill to climb and any support that you can offer is greatly appreciated"
Midwest Side Stories captures everything that Chicago Farmer is capable of as a performer, songwriter and story teller. He draws you in with the emotion in his voice and holds you captive with the lyrical pictures he paints about the real struggle the common man is up against.
Further information can be found at HYPERLINK "http://www.chicagofarmer.com/" www.chicagofarmer.com, HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/chicagofarmer" www.facebook.com/chicagofarmer, and HYPERLINK "http://twitter.com/chicagofarmer" twitter.com/chicagofarmer.
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Bigfoot Yancey is a four piece hard driving progressive Bohemian Blue-collar group with Folk, Rock & Bluegrass roots. The Yancey boys incorporate Guitars, Banjos & even Saws into their melodic, yet melancholy, raw, acoustic pop sing-along tunes. Bring your stomping shoes and leave your man at home!


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'Hairspray': Uplift, SF-style
Cassie Grilley ("Tracy Turnblad") and company members in Bay Area Musicals' production of "Hairspray." Photo: Ben Krantz Studio
I'd already been grinning for a good 10 minutes when the cast of Bay Area Musicals' joyful production of "Hairspray" launched into the civic swoon of their opening anthem, "Good Morning Baltimore." From the moment I arrived at the Mission District's Victoria Theater, I'd been thinking "Hellooo, San Francisco!"
A crowd that ranged from tweens to seniors in a wide spectrum of skin tones and wardrobe choices gathered under the marquee and filed into the auditorium, chatting in accents and lingos as varied as their looks. For the first time I can recall, a San Francisco theater audience seemed to genuinely reflect our local citizenry. So did the cast and crew, their harmony of surnames including Cabrillo, Kanaski and Patibanda, El-Tayeb, Gutierrez and Wong. Between its open-minded approach to casting, modest ticket-pricing, commitment to community outreach, and, with this production, a canny choice of name-brand material that's also smart and topical, Bay Area Musicals had set the stage for success before the first note was sung.
They followed through with flying colors. The vibrant pinks, yellows, reds and greens of Brooke Jennings' outstanding exaggerated 60s mod costumes immediately established a gumball-bright mood for the evening that was matched by high-spirited and well-calibrated performances across the board. Perhaps the most challenging aspect of "Hairspray" for actors is establishing and maintaining a delicate balance between the humane and the cartoon. "Hairspray" is much more "Grease" than "West Side Story," but its subject matter demands the kind of deft handling provided here under the direction of Matthew McCoy.
The show's script, adapted by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan from John Waters' 1988 screenplay, is built around a drive to end racial segregation among the teenage dancers on an "American Bandstand"-like local television program in 1962. A parallel storyline focuses on plus-sized dancer Tracy Turnblad (Cassie Grilley) and her truck-sized mother Edna (Scott DiLorenzo) as they struggle with issues of social and self-acceptance. The script astutely suggests that racism and fat-shaming have a common denominator, in the judgment of character based on physical appearance.
On opening night, it took Grilley a few scenes to fully snap into character. But by the time Tracy falls into a romantic reverie after accidentally being touched by high school heartthrob Link Larkin (Kamren Mahaney) and sings the swelling "I Can Hear the Bells," she'd found just the right mix of baby-faced romance and blue-collar moxie the character calls for, and zipped through the rest of the show like a shiny pinball. John Waters' twisted wholesomeness is delightfully evoked when Grilley, in a metallic dress and stripey Bride of Frankenstein bouffant, and Mahaney, with a toothy grin of psycho-killer intensity, officially couple up in the finale to sing "You Can't Stop the Beat." The bubbly score by Marc Shaiman, music and lyrics, and Scott Wittman, lyrics, evokes period girl groups and R&B without ever sounding too derivative of existing hit songs.
As Tracy's best friend Penny Pingleton, Melissa Momboisse is a lanky comic delight. All pointy elbows, orange pigtails and boundless enthusiasm, she's like a neurotic Pippi Longstocking. As her black beau Seaweed, Dave Abrams brought the house to its feet for a standing ovation with the strongest singing and dancing in the entire cast. Abrams' booty-rotating, high-jumping turn in "Run and Tell That" is electrifying. Paul Plain manages to find a real depth of emotion in what can be the one-dimensional role of Tracy's father. And as Seaweed's mom, the DJ Motormouth Maybelle, Elizabeth Jones hits gospel heights in the rousing (if slightly out of left field) 11 o'clock number "I Know Where I've Been."
Curiously, the character for which "Hairspray" is most famous, Edna Turnblad (Scott DiLorenzo), is the weakest link here. Tradition has the part played by a man — Divine, Harvey Fierstein and John Travolta among them. Back in 1988 or even 2007, when the movie remake came out, this may have seemed funny or transgressive in its own right. But the part has never been played for gender-bending laughs, and DiLorenzo isn't great at playing nurturing or matriarchal. At this time, in this city, a bolder casting move might have been to cast a woman as the mother. Here's wishing San Franciscans even more of the engaged community theater they deserve.
Hairspray, through Aug. 11 at the Victoria Theater, 2961 16th St., SF. Tickets, $50-$85: (415) 320-2207, www.bamsf.org


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The Nevis Multiform Foundations Ordinance 2004
Posted January 23, 2014 by admin & filed under Uncategorized.
Although St. Kitts and Nevis are part of one Federation Nevis has its own Legislative Assembly with autonomous powers to pass Ordinances. Committed to remaining relevant to the needs of existing and new clients the Nevis Legislative Assembly decided to enhance the jurisdiction's product portfolio to offer better options to the sophisticated investor. With this in mind the Nevis Multiform Foundations Ordinance came into force on October 1, 2005.
This piece of legislation facilitates a New Corporate Vehicle described as the "Swiss Army Knife" of legal entities. It introduces into the Nevis international financial services regime the formation of a 'Multiform Foundation' which is an innovative and flexible hybrid type of foundation.
What is a Nevis Multiform Foundation
The Nevis Multiform Foundation is an attractive asset protection tool which offers unique planning advantages. It is a legal entity which can be seen as an umbrella within which [subject to given rules that define the structure] a subscriber can personally design their form of Foundation.
With a single filing an entity can function as:
1) A corporation
2) A trust
3) A limited liability company
Each Nevis Foundation has a stated Multiform, which means that the constitution of the Foundation states whether it should to be treated as a trust, a corporation, a limited liability company or an ordinary Foundation. Whether an entity is designated to function as a corporation, a trust or a limited liability company would also be determined by the registration filed with the Registrar.
Requirements for Registration
The subscriber, promoter or registered agent acting on behalf of a subscriber or promoter shall deliver to the Registrar an original copy of the memorandum of establishment and by-laws (if any) of the foundation and a statement in the prescribed form signed by the subscriber and legally acknowledged, or signed by the registered agent on his behalf and duly witnessed.
The constitutional format and the stated identity of the Foundation can be changed during its lifetime, thereby allowing for greater flexibility in its use and application;
Existing entities can to be converted or transformed, continued, consolidated or merged into a Nevis Multiform Foundation;
An entity incorporated outside of Nevis can be converted into a Nevis Foundation;
An existing Nevis entity can be similarly transformed into a Nevis Foundation;
Two or more entities from outside or within Nevis can be merged into a Nevis Multiform Foundation.
These features serve to make the Nevis Multiform Foundations Ordinance an effective piece of legislation for the provision of asset protection vehicles.
The Nevis Multiform Foundation is a useful tool for estate planning, financing structures, special investment holding arrangements and charities.
If the Nevis Multiform is used as a limited liability company ("LLC") type entity a creditor pursuing a claim against the Multiform must post a $50,000 cash bond with the Nevis Courts, and transfers to the LLC are subject to a shortened statute of limitations on fraudulent transfers (maximum 1 year). Therefore members of a Multiform LLC may obtain benefits similar to settlers of an offshore asset protection trust. Multiform trusts enjoy similar protection as Multiform LLCs.
Once the Foundation conducts no business with persons ordinarily resident within the Federation, the Foundation is exempt from income, withholding and capital gains taxes.
The Foundation can become tax resident in Nevis. This is particularly important for some jurisdictions, and again enhances the flexibility of these entities.
The application for tax residency is simple and requires a fee of US$1,000. The Multiform will then be subject to Corporation Tax at a rate of 1% of net income (net profits) with a minimum tax payable of US$1,000 per annum.
A local Corporation Tax return must be completed each year. Audited accounts are not required to be filed, but the accounts and/or the return must be completed by a qualified accountant.
There is provision for a balance between privacy and transparency. As with all Nevis entities, privacy is guaranteed under the St Kitts and Nevis Confidentiality Act 1985. The Foundation can elect to have some or all information available on the public record. This is achieved by completing the appropriate form and supplying the Registrar with the information that you require to be made available. Should circumstances change, the Foundation can apply to have this information removed from the Register.
There is provision for a form based system of information collection. This removes ambiguity from the processing of information to and by the Registry, and simultaneously reinforces confidence in the system. All forms are held by the Registered Agent who can advise as to which form is required to meet each specific circumstance.
The Nevis Multiform Foundation Ordinance addresses the issue of forced heirship by categorically stating that any Multiform Foundation governed by the laws of Nevis cannot be made void, voidable or liable to be set aside or defective in any manner by reference to the law of a foreign jurisdiction.
Nevis Multiform Foundation is a new type of financial vehicle made available through innovative legislation. The key benefits of a Nevis Multiform Foundation are its flexibility, the ability to elect for tax residency and the balance between privacy and transparency.
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Canadian Post Metallers Zero Fire release video for "Disaster Symphony"
Canadian post-metal band Zero Fire have released a lyric video for their track "Disaster Symphony". The song is taken from their album Second Sun which will be released this Friday.
Zero Fire is a band whose music strives to combine hard hitting riffs with soaring vocal melodies, all wrapped up in a package where feel, groove and flow is paramount. Born from a collaboration between singer/guitarist Graham King and drummer Erik Thorkildsen, this band conjures up a hard rock sound reminiscent of the 90s and 2000s, yet still has a style all its own.
After sharing the stage with bands like Silent Planet, Hail the Sun and Mandroid Echostar, Zero Fire's new release, Second Sun, shows them expanding and evolving. With riffs to make you bang your head and melodies that won't leave your brain, the band hopes this is an EP that makes you say "Damn, I want to listen to that again" right after it's finished.
Canadian Violin Progressive Metallers Cydemind unveil Vivaldi cover in stunning video "Winter"
After releasing their debut album "Erosion" in 2017 and writing the video game soundtrack of NavyBlue and the Spectrum Killers in 2018, Cydemind is back with a new single and music video called "Winter". The song is an arrangement of one of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Season violin concertos.
"It's always been in Cydemind's side-projects to make metal covers of classical music pieces. What better way to start than with one of my favourite violin concertos by Vivaldi!"
"Vivaldi's Winter violin concerto is already such a cinematic piece with lots of contrast. It was a great challenge to find landscapes that could match both our view of Quebec's winter while maintaining Cydemind's highly energetic approach to the piece."
"As much as we had no luck last year, karma was on our side this year. The weather was fabulous, I think it definitely highlights the splendour of our Canadian winters."
"Winter" was recorded at The Grid studio in collaboration with producer Christian Donaldson (The Agonist, Cryptopsy, Beyond Creation). The artwork was created by Cydemind's own drummer Alexandre Dagenais.
"Winter" is available for stream and download on Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, and all other major platforms, where you can also find Cydemind's debut album Erosion (2017).
In a world where so much music is bland and generic, Cydemind is a breath of fresh air! Mixing progressive rock, jazz, classical, and progressive metal, Montreal-based Cydemind is a special and unique band, one we'll be hearing a lot more from in the future. Influenced by such bands as Dream Theater. Symphony X. Haken, Neal Morse Band, and jazzmen like Avishai Cohen and Tigran Hamasyan, violinist Olivier Allard describes their sound as "violin meets instrumental prog metal!".
Prolific artists, Cydemind released its first EP 'Through Mists and Ages' back in 2014 and soon after its single 'What Remains'. After a few years of writing and refining their sound, the quintet (violin, bass, piano, guitar, drums) came back with their first full-length album. Entitled 'Erosion', its six tracks are centred around the theme of nature and its persistence through time. Epic is the word here, with one track clocking in at an impressive 27 minutes. 'Erosion' was released independently on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and all major online retailers.
Cydemind then branched off a bit from the usual metal band musical path to produce the music for the indie video game 'Navyblue and the Spectrum Killers'. The game released in September 2018 and is available on Steam. In addition to writing the whole soundtrack for the game, Cydemind also released two singles 'Navyblue' and 'Lights of Iberia' as bonus content for the game.
To further expand their musical soundscape and reach new audiences, the versatile band released its first music video 'Winter' in March 2019. The single is an arrangement of Vivaldi's 'Winter violin concerto' from the Four Seasons. Shot in various locations in Quebec, Canada, the video highlights both the majestic Canadian winter and the highly energetic performance of the band.
In addition to their recording experiences, the band has performed many times in the Montreal area since 2011 in venues like Foufounes Électriques, Katacombes, Theatre Plaza and more. They recently created the first edition of Proggy Nights in Canada, a small tour that reunited 3 Canadian prog bands in Québec City, Montreal and Toronto.
Aside from their performance expertise, Olivier (violin) and Camille (piano) have also been teaching their instrument for many years. Olivier is a doctorate student in violin performance at University of Montreal, while Camille graduated from the classical piano program at CEGEP St-Laurent in Montreal.
Canadian metallers All Else Fails are ready to release their new album 'The False Sanctuary', coming 2 years after the last critically-acclaimed full length 'The Forever Lie'. Keeping with their tradition of crushingly heavy and progressive metal they have composed 2 new songs for this album and included 5 B-sides from 'The Forever Lie', which were never released digitally.
To accentuate this album they have also released a music video for the first single 'A Dream of Names'. Technical guitar parts are juxtaposition against melodic vocals in the band's 10th music video, a moody visual for the thought provoking lyrics that address the current state of the world.
"In a lot of ways this album is at a state of the union address. It's been 2 years since the release of The Forever Lie, and already the themes of financial corruption, abuse of religious power, and political scandal seem tame. I wrote this one half with a sarcastic smirk, half with an crippling sense that we are well past the point of return." says Barrett Klesko (vocals, guitar).
Canada-based mantra doom act Zaum has signed a multi-album deal with Listenable Records.
Zaum is a passage toward the dark realizations of the old world; a monolithic, doomy mantra-based meditative experience forged by bass and drums interwoven with sitar, woodwind, string, and synth textures. Based in New Brunswick, observers experience a tranquil resonance whereby the astral and physical planes can coexist and be understood from a natural perspective.
Zaums most recent full-length musical chapter, Eidolon, was released in October of 2016 via I Hate Records. In their few years as an active, touring band Zaum has performed over two-hundred shows including support stints for Voivod, Cauldron, Mars Red Sky, and Bison as well as showcases at Roadburn, Haywire Festival, and Incubate.
Zaum is currently composing new material for their next full-length, slated for a spring 2019 release via Listenable.
In the meantime, check out the band's mesmerizing live performance of "Influence Of The Magi" (taken from Eidolon) at THIS LOCATION.
Canadian black metal cult Goathammer premiere the new track "Right of Conquest" at Decibel magazine's website. The track hails from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Ceremony of Morbid Destruction, set for international release on December 7th via Hells Headbangers. Hear Goathammer's "Right of Conquest" in its entirety exclusively HERE.
Formed in 2013 and promptly getting to work on a split tape and two successive demos, Goathammer have been a study of staunch underground ethics from the very beginning. Theirs is a sound that's steeped in decades of arcane black/death wisdom, canvassing an array of eras and international flavours whilst being finesse into foul, filthy form by true fanatics. As such, Ceremony of Morbid Destruction is the grand, garish culmination of Goathammer's noble work thus far. Here, the quartet prove they're more than just an identikit "goat"/bestial band; there's a sulphurous aura and true dungeon-bound darkness that bespeak the ancient ways of the 1990s, but completely unselfconsciously so.
Sure, the swarming violence of Blasphemy is certainly detectable, but more so is the hammering disgust of legendary labelmates Profanatica; likewise, the crude magic of classic Ungod coexists alongside the frantic misery of old Mütiilation. Which is all to say that, despite the signposts being clear, Goathammer possess the unique elan to conjure a sensation that evokes both nostalgia and newness, and above all, put forth an identity that's theirs alone and offering boundless exploration of those depths for the future.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, so engage in a true Ceremony of Morbid Destruction with Goathhammer! Continue engaging with the new track "Right of Conquest" exclusively HERE, courtesy of Decibel, North America's only monthly metal. Begin engaging with the previously revealed "Invoking the Sadistic Spirits" HERE at Hells Headbangers' Bandcamp, where the album can be pre-ordered.
Combining influences from Tool, Mastodon, The Agonist, Gojira and A Perfect Circle; Vancouver progressive metal band KOSM's sound is dynamic and unquestionably lethal. Since their induction in 2016, they have been making their mark on Vancouver's metal scene and beyond with cover videos along with singles "Ancient Heart" and "Space Mead". Set to unleash their debut album "Cosmonaut", a release loosely based on themes from stories by H.P. Lovecraft and others, the band is ready to be reveal on Bravewords.com their new lyric video for their next single "The Esoteric Order". "Cosmonaut" will be released on November 16th and available on all major digital platforms.
"Cosmonaut is a concept album loosely based on the weird-fiction of HP Lovecraft, and borrowing concepts from the science-fiction of Frank Herbert, and Roger Zelazny. The album follows a cosmonaut on a cosmic journey through time and space; from the earthly confines of mortal life, to ascendancy as an immaterial and omnipotent being. The cosmonaut's journey is essentially symbolic, serving as a commentary on the human experience: a journey from confusion and anger, to transcendence and self-understanding."
"The cosmonaut finds themselves marooned at a monastery in the stars. This monastery is of the Esoteric Order. They offer the space mead as a means to push forwards. The cosmonaut initially refuses, hoping to avoid the mind-altering properties of the mead, but ultimately accepts, realizing there is no other way forward."
Lutharö, from Hamilton, Canada is proud to premiere their music video for their single "Unleash The Beast" via Bravewords.com. The single is the title track off their upcoming EP and is an enticing amalgamation of death metal growling and punchy double kicks accompanied by power metal cleans and fiery guitar solos.
The myriad of dynamic elements and groovy bits make this one powerhouse of a song. Its lyrics follow the familiar situation of someone restraining themselves for too long in fear of judgement or emotional pain; as this goes on they feel an anger grow inside of them until it eventually turns into a full on monster seeking vengeance. The range on the vocals masterfully paint a vivid image of all hell breaking loose.
The band has crafted this EP in the hope their listeners will have a positive and and lasting experience, finding it enjoyable and authentic but also relatable. Giving nods to some of their noticeable influences including Arch Enemy, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Behemoth and Iron Maiden, Lutharö sits imposingly on the border of the death, power and thrash sub-genres.
"Unleash the Beast" is due out November 16th and will be available on Bandcamp, iTunes, and Spotify. Download of the EP title track is available on the band's Bandcamp here.


It's so much information. I mean, it's just like four days worth of information, now it's four years worth of information. It's just so much that as hard as you work, and as much as you absorb, there's no possible way you're getting it all. This is my third time through. I'm sure I'm not even scratching the surface with it. There's so much more to get, so every time, you see it from a different perspective.
I go back and look at my first Fast Track book and my notes, my second, and if I compare, you can see myself evolving. My level of thinking is getting higher and higher each time I do things.
First, for me personally as a leader, I thought I was leader, but I was really more of a manager. Managers maintain status quo, and I was probably pretty good at that. Thought I was doing a better job, but seeing what real leadership is about, kind of a game-changer. That's helped the businesses, of course. Now I'm leading more, and not just managing, and building leaders, so that's going to help things accelerate.
The other thing I think is really important with Fast Track is you … I'm an HVAC guy, so I have these HVAC blinders on, so I see HVAC. CEO Warrior just takes those away, and all of a sudden you see this whole wide open field. You see the possibilities. Been around the industry a long time, and so it's like that old story, you can't see the forest for the trees. I can't see the forest for the trees. It's like I'm just focusing on what I've always done, total game-changer in that regard.
Everybody who comes here is on the fence at some point. I said, "Get off the damn fence. Sitting on the fence ain't comfortable, and if you keep sitting on the fence, you're never going to get to the other side where the rewards are." Make the decision. It's money, but you got to get one idea, and you've paid for the investment, simple as that, many times over.
Mike, and Rob, and the team, they walk all the miles in our shoes. They don't tell us theories. They live it, so there's nothing being rolled out that's like, "Here's a great idea that I borrowed from somebody else." It's an idea that it works. It took us 10 tries to get there. Don't make these mistakes, just do this and move forward. That's not my typical experience with a consultant inside of the industry at all. It's more trial and error, where this is super practical. They don't hide the fact that it's not perfect, that it took a while to be perfect, and things like that. I think that's very unique for consultants.


Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a man of choleric disposition. The Turkish president has a track record of ruthlessness in dealing with opponents and critics and, thus, his response to Friday's attempted coup by sections of the Turkish military can be expected to be fierce and brutal..
Erdoğan's combative outlook is the result, at least in part, of his experiences as a poor child growing up in a working-class Istanbul neighbourhood. He also experienced tough treatment when, as the city's mayor and a rising opposition figure prior to 2003, he was persecuted and sentenced to jail, along with many of his supporters.
But his tough-guy stance is also the result of his determination to have his own way; his paternalistic conviction that he knows what's best for Turkey.
Since becoming prime minister and later president, Erdoğan has frequently claimed to be the target and victim of murky conspiracies designed to depose him and destroy his neo-Islamist ruling party, the Justice and Development party (AKP). Usually, in his mind, these supposed plots are directed by hidden enemies based abroad. His particular bête noir is Fethullah Gülen, a former ally now exiled in the US.
In remarks uhis return to Istanbul after the coup was apparently foiled, Erdoğan pointed the finger of blame directly at the army, or at least elements within it who claimed to be defending Turkey's Atatürkist secular tradition against the advance of Islamism in public life.
He said the coup was a "God-given" opportunity to cleanse military ranks and that those responsible would pay "a heavy price". The obvious religious undertone carried in his threat suggests another major purge of army personnel may now be a prospect, ostensibly conducted with God's blessing. This justification will be vital in sustaining public approval for his future actions in a country that is devout but also highly respectful of its armed forces.
On Saturday, the prime minister Binali Yıldırım, said 2,839 military members had been detained. When asked by a journalist, he said the government would consider legal changes to allow the reintroduction of the death penalty.
Previous army purges during Erdoğan's tenure led to mass trials and jailings of army officers accused of disloyalty and plotting. Now, given the bloodshed and violence on Friday night that seems to have exceeded the infamous coup of 1980, the punishment for alleged coup leaders, real and imagined, may be harsh indeed.
Erdoğan is not a popular figure with western leaders. He has clashed with the US over the Kurds and Syria, with the EU over mass migration and refugees, with his Arab neighbours and Israel over jihadi terrorism, and with Russia over border infringements. His record on human rights and media freedom has attracted growing criticism in the west.
But the sudden prospect of Erdoğan and the AKP being forcibly overthrown, of parliament under bombardment by tanks, and of Turkey's democratic system – a rare achievement in the Middle East region – being dismantled at gunpoint will have had a rapid, sobering effect in Washington and Brussels.
Have you been affected by the attempted coup in Turkey?
Erdoğan may be problematic, but the emergence of an unelected military junta in this key strategic ally and Nato member would be infinitely worse. There will be a period of sympathy and support for Turkey's president that has hitherto been lacking. In the end Erdoğan is a democrat, however imperfect.
The fear is that he will exploit the uprising not only to purge the army but to intensify his undeclared war on the Kurdish minority in the south-east. He may also lash out at pro-Kurdish and other opposition politicians (who have unanimously condemned the coup), to bludgeon through controversial constitutional changes enhancing his presidential powers, and increase his government's harassment of independent media, journalists and academics.
If Erdoğan goes down this route he will quickly lose the sympathy engendered abroad by the failed putsch, while the solidarity shown on the streets will dissipate. If he continues to blame "invaders" for the coup, and uses this spectre of sinister foreign forces bent on destroying the Turkish republic (as he has done in the past) to justify further repression, he will squander any moral capital he has accrued.
Likewise, if Erdoğan, claiming to be the saviour of democracy, further undermines and diminishes that democracy in his determination to punish the plotters, the contradiction will be only too plain. Overreaction is now Turkey's and Erdoğan's biggest enemy.


As it does for many of us, life gets very busy or we have to travel somewhere for work or vacation and sometimes the only option is eating out at a restaurant. This doesn't mean you have to completely go off your healthy eating plan. If you know what to look for, you can make some great choices when eating out that is in line with your goals. To help you know what to look for and what to avoid, download Making Healthy Menu Choices and keep it handy.
Eating out doesn't have to be bad and it doesn't have to completely derail you from your goals. With some knowledge of what to look for you can stay on track no matter where you go or what situation you're in.
Staying on track while travelling can be challenging but some prep work before hand will help keep you focused and motivated!
To see 8 reasons why traveling is good for your health, check out this great article over at positivehealthwellness.com.
Increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables is important as they prevent malnutrition and nutrient deficiencies; they reduce the risk of many cancers, diabetes, and heart disease; and they balance out acids coming from proteins and grains and reduce osteoporosis risk. Also, the higher fiber intake improves blood sugar control, reduces appetite, and increases digestive health.
When shopping at the grocery store look for and avoid foods with: trans fats, long ingredient lists containing lots of artificial ingredients and added chemicals, and otherwise healthy products that contain additional sugars added like sucrose, glucose, sugar, maltodextrin, corn syrup, etc. Also, be skeptical of foods making health claims like: added vitamins and minerals, wholesome or healthy, no added sugar, contains real fruit, natural, fat-free, low-carb, high-protein. Always check the label to see what is in the products you are buying and purchase food that is as unprocessed as possible.