The Board Secretary provided information regarding minor revision on page 495, third paragraph starting with Mr. McArthur, fourth line, "at a later date" the word date after later and on page 498, third paragraph – "How will they get from the parking spaces."
Mr. Conway moved that the minutes of the May 24, 2010 Regular Meeting be approved as revised, seconded by Mr. Scagnelli.
Mr. Schulz stated approval is needed of the meeting minutes of the Executive Session held on May 24, 2010.
Mr. Scagnelli moved that the meeting minutes of the May 24, 2010 Executive Session meeting be accepted, seconded by Mr. Conway.
Mr. Schulz advised this application is being reviewed for completeness at tonight's meeting; there will be no testimony heard.
Mr. Kevin Bodnar introduced himself to the Board and the Board Professionals and provided an address of 26 Overlook Trail, Morris Plains, New Jersey.
Mr. Denzler presented the results of his review of this application stating the application was deemed incomplete. He gave specific details of why it was determined to be incomplete.
Mr. Hall presented the results of his review of this application making specific comments regarding different checklist items. He advised they had also deemed the application incomplete.
Mr. Schulz asked the applicants if they understood the concerns of the Borough Professionals.
Mr. Bodnar responded that he did to some extent, but not for everything. He provided information concerning grading and contour. The only change they would like to make regarding the driveway is to add parking off to the side and bring it into conformance with the pre-existing condition of the driveway they have now. He is not sure why so much topography work is needed. He does not know whether his engineer and Mr. Hall have spoken, but believes his contractor has. He thinks there may be some misunderstanding about the drainage plan that was submitted. He explained some of the items that he is uncertain about.
Mr. Schulz asked Mr. Bodnar to have his engineer contact Messrs. Hall and/or Denzler directly to discuss certain details of the proposed work project.
Mr. Hall provided additional information in connection with the drainage issues.
Mr. Schulz believes the drainage issues can be further discussed during the testimony phase of the public hearing.
Mr. Conway moved that this application be deemed incomplete based on the Professionals' reviews, seconded by Mr. Reilly.
Mr. Schulz commented that the applicants have already noticed for public hearing. He asked the Board Attorney if the notice can be preserved to next month's Board meeting.
Mr. Sullivan stated this public notice can be preserved.
Mr. Schulz stated this application will be carried without further notice to the July Board meeting. He reminded that all documentation must be submitted to the Board Secretary a minimum of 14 days prior to the July meeting (July 12, 2010).
If the information is submitted in a timely manner, this application will be placed on the Board's July meeting agenda for completeness and public hearing.
Mr. Schulz stated this application is on tonight's agenda for continuation of the public hearing begun at the Board's May 24, 2010 regular meeting.
Mr. Peter McArthur of the law firm of Azrak & Associates, LLC, introduced himself to the Board and Professionals as the attorney for the applicant and provided an address of 627 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Pompton Plains, New Jersey.
Mr. Sullivan swore in the Board's Professionals.
Mr. McArthur presented a summary of the testimony provided at the Board's May meeting, including the additional material prepared by Mr. Olivo which was submitted to the Board on or about June 14, 2010. He is present at this meeting to discuss his findings. Mr. Palus is also present at this meeting to discuss changes to the site plan which address safety concerns relating to on-site pedestrian circulation. He called Mr. Palus to explain the on-site pedestrian circulation changes.
Mr. Sullivan swore in Mr. Palus who provided the following information: John Palus, 1904 Main Street, Lake Como, New Jersey.
Mr. Palus stated his office was involved in the original site plan and design with this Board on what was previously approved. His office recently was contacted about safety concerns at the applicant's site.
Mr. Sullivan advised that the plan now has a revision date of June 7, 2010.
Continuing, Mr. Palus commented that there were two handicapped spaces in the northwest corner; two more were added for a total of four handicapped spaces. Two crossings have been provided. He also commented on the location of the stairs in proximity to the parking spaces and different options for the final location. There are now a total of 126 parking spaces.
Mr. Sullivan swore in Harold K. Maltz who provided the following information: Harold K. Maltz, a principal of Hamal Associates, Inc., 19 Porter Road, West Orange, New Jersey. Mr. Maltz is the Board's traffic expert.
Mr. Maltz commented on crosswalks and existing and possible sidewalks.
Mr. Denzler commented about the on-site pedestrian circulation and lighting.
Mr. Palus stated the lighting was designed to maintain a minimum of a half-foot candle in all the areas; in the pedestrian areas it is a minimum of 0.8.
Mr. Schulz opened the meeting to questions from the public of this expert. Hearing none, he closed this portion of the meeting to the public.
Mr. McArthur next called Mr. Charles Olivo who was sworn in by Mr. Sullivan and who provided the following information: Charles Olivo, a principal with Stonefield Engineering and Design, 36 Ames Avenue, Suite 2B, Rutherford, New Jersey.
Mr. Olivo summarized his report dated June 11, 2010, including that he prepared a more extensive, comprehensive study including the shared-parking methodology as well as a revised shared-parking analysis table (Exhibit 1). Exhibit 2, revised shows the different periods of time that occur over the weekday and weekend periods to indicate peaks within the retail center. Two parking demand studies were conducted in connection with the Dunkin' Donuts parking demand – one at the Morris Plains Dunkin' Donuts at Routes 10 and 202 and also a Dunkin' Donuts on Route 46 in Denville. He worked with Mr. Palus on a number of the other aspects of this application and site. He also addressed concerns about employee parking for the Dunkin' Donuts. He spoke to the staff at each of the sites where demand studies were conducted. What he discovered is that the staff typically are dropped off by a single car and picked up by a single car. Only during one studied period was there one parked car. He believes that at Panchero and Smashburger there will be a more conventional employee parking situation, but there may still be some amount of carpooling. Seats or lack of seats at an establishment is not always a sure way to project parking demand. He provided additional information about typical daytime parking at Dunkin' Donuts. He commented on probably submitting for a Letter of No Interest from the Department of Transportation (DOT). He also researched the access permit for the property. Based on his experience, he believes the DOT would issue a Letter of No Interest. He also spoke with Mr. Maltz regarding traffic issues; he believes they are generally in agreement about their respective findings. He commented on the importance of considering the type of use in such a setting as proposed in the application; convenience versus offices, medical offices, and the like where people would have to be for work or an appointment.
Mr. Hall referred to page 3 of Mr. Maltz's report and a possible trip generation miscalculation.
Mr. Olivo replied that he would not use miscalculation, but rather that he used a different rate that is in accordance with DOT – Fast Food Usage. He explained his analysis of the specific situation.
Mr. Maltz commented on the information contained on page 3 in the second paragraph. He spoke about the determination of peak hour(s) timeframes and also provided information specific to strip malls, particularly treatment as one unit versus individual stores/businesses.
Cross discussion about trip generation issues and analyses.
Mr. Schulz asked what would happen if the Board approves this application and subsequently DOT does not issue the Letter of No Interest; but with an issue instead would this void the approval.
Mr. Sullivan responded that it would depend. The Board's Resolution would state the applicant would have to receive the Letter of No Interest from DOT. But, if there was some material change, the applicant would have to return before the Board for a new approval.
Mr. Hall commented on Mr. Sullivan's remarks.
Mr. Maltz stated the applicant is not changing geometrically any of the Route 10 curb cuts. The side road, Candlewood Drive, is known as alternate access. The only thing that would trigger anything happening is if the NJDOT changed its method of how the trip generation calculations are determined. He provided details on trip limits and what their effect can be on a permit.
Mr. Conway asked what the trip generation determination impact of a fourth restaurant being added to the strip mall would be. If one of the anticipated restaurants was to go out of business and a diner wanted to move-in, in its place, would the diner have to come before the Board?
Mr. Denzler said he believes the answer is yes because the anticipated restaurants would be granted approval based on the type of food establishment each is.
Mr. Stewart asked if it is the type of restaurant or is it the proper name of the restaurant. An argument could be developed that there really are no two types of restaurants that exert exactly the same impact.
Mr. Denzler stated that most diners are open 24 hours a day.
Mr. Sullivan commented that if Dunkin' Donuts were to leave and Joe's Doughnuts moved in, he believes this would be within the parameters of an approval granted in this matter. If a new restaurant is different in the way it conducts its business, then a decision would be made regarding a need to come before the Board.
Mr. Conway asked what if Smashburger decided to add a breakfast menu to its business and changed its hours to include early morning.
Several people stated this scenario would require a return to the Board for a new use variance.
Cross discussion on the issue of the anticipated restaurants and different restaurants coming to the site over time and their possibly changing their menus/hours of operation and when they would need to appear before the Board in connection with a possible use change.
Mrs. Lopez asked if Dunkin' Donuts is automatically granted the ability to be open on a 24-hour basis. Does this have to be approved or is it a "given."
Mr. Sullivan replied that the Board does not need to do anything. If there was a significant reason to consider decreasing the hours, a condition addressing this could be contained within the Resolution. He is uncertain if there has been a "link" with the testimony and the hours of operation.
Mr. Olivo provided clarification regarding Exhibit 1 of this June 11, 2010 letter. He commented specifically on issues relating to parking at the site in general and parking during peak-hour timeframes. He gave detailed information concerning parking and different types of businesses. He also gave information on the typical updating cycles of the various "trip generation"/parking official manuals.
Mrs. Lopez asked if the applicant has any signed leases since the last Board meeting.
Mr. Sullivan swore in Mr. Edward Kloss, P O Box 1097, Pine Brook, New Jersey. He advised that three leases are signed: Dunkin' Donuts, Panchero, and Smashburger. He provided information concerning one or more businesses that are considering tenancy.
Mr. Schulz asked if there were any additional questions of the traffic professionals from Board members or the public. Hearing none, he closed this portion of the meeting to Board members and members of the public.
Mr. Maltz pointed out an area where he had different calculations from those of Mr. Olivo; it was the Saturday peak period. He also commented on shared parking.
Mr. Olivo advised that the requirement by the Board for the wholesale building is 50 parking spaces. He referred to the possibility of the tenant being a larger furniture store with a showroom that would have a lower turnover use. He believes the applicant has done the best it can with the information available at this time.
Mr. Hall commented that he believes the Resolution can be structured in such a way that it will be very clear for the Zoning Officer to understand what the Board and the Professionals have done in connection with this application.
Mr. Sullivan recommended that the June 25, 2010 Hamal Associates report be marked as Exhibit B-1.
Mr. Maltz commented briefly on the site plan, pedestrian safety, and the issues of the shared parking. He did not identify anything he would consider red flags. He has used a shared parking analysis many times in the past. He concurred that he and the applicant's traffic expert had a good dialogue and overall he agreed with the applicant's traffic expert's findings and conclusions.
Mr. Schulz asked the Professionals if they are satisfied with the new pedestrian safeguards. Do they provide maximum protection for pedestrians?
Messrs. Hall and Denzler replied they were and offered a number of comments.
Cross discussion about issues relating to pedestrian crossings, signage, and a possible need for railings which will be double checked.
Mr. MacArthur next called Mr. McSweeney.
Mr. Sullivan swore in Mr. Daniel McSweeney, 409 Washington Boulevard, Sea Girt, New Jersey, the president of McSweeney Consulting, LLC.
Mr. McSweeney stated he has appeared before this Board in the past on the two previous applications in 2007 and 2009 and was accepted by the Board at those times as an expert witness. He advised he is licensed in the State of New Jersey to practice as a professional planner. He was retained to provide a planning analysis of the variances being sought in conjunction with the amended parking plan submitted to the Board. He has reviewed the site plan prepared by Mr. Palus as well the Borough ordinances relating to land development and zoning, the Borough's Master Plan, and the reports of the Board Professionals. He also conducted a site inspection of the subject property and reported what he observed. He reviewed what was addressed in the previous two applications and what the outcomes were. The three restaurant uses require a different parking standard than the straight retail use as covered in the Borough ordinance. Mr. McSweeney advised the property has environmental constraints in that there are monitoring wells on the site. The plan submitted to the Board anticipates a total of 126 parking spaces where 188 parking spaces are required by ordinance. The applicant is before the Board now for an amended special reason variance application. He described the work that has already taken place at this location under prior approved applications. He commented on what must be satisfied regarding special reasons. He reviewed the purposes of Municipal Land Use Law that he believes the applicant satisfied for earlier applications and which still apply today for the current application. The work the applicant has completed and is currently doing, eliminated eyesores, dilapidated buildings, and blighted conditions that previously existed on the site. The uses being proposed are consistent and compatible with the character of the area. It is his opinion that the property is particularly suited for the use as proposed; the special reasons variance, a D-1 variance, can be granted and a use variance should be granted for the proposed three small restaurant operations. He does not believe there will be any substantial detriment to the Zone Plan or the Master Plan or any adverse effect on any adjoining properties.
Mr. Denzler asked if Mr. McSweeney is satisfied with the traffic experts' reports. He also provided additional commentary. He also gave information about his Additional Comments Nos. 2 and 3.
Mr. McSweeney responded he is. He commented on the shared parking analysis and issues relating to the building planned for wholesale type use.
Cross discussion about special reasons variance issues.
Mr. Schulz opened this portion of the meeting to questions/comments from the public. Hearing none, he closed this portion of the meeting to the public.
Mrs. Lopez expressed her concern that there will not be adequate parking, especially in light of the unknown issue of the three other units plus the wholesale use building.
Cross discussion concerning the adequacy of the proposed parking and under what circumstances a new business would have to come before the Board. It also included discussion as to the official definition of "wholesale."
Several Board members shared their thoughts about this application, all of which were essentially positive in nature, especially since the end result will be a significant enhancement in the appearance of the site.
Mr. Maltz pointed out that a benefit for the future will be that assuming this application is approved, when a new proposed business comes before the Board, the Board and Professionals will not have theoretical information about activity (traffic flow, parking issues and related matters) at the mall, but rather will have actual data as to what is occurring and whether any unanticipated problems have surfaced.
Mr. Sullivan referred to items in Messrs. Denzler's and Hall's reports and to recommendations contained in Mr. Maltz's report. He stated that all references to Staples will be removed and replaced by the phrase "wholesale facility." A railing will be added next to the steps from one of the parking lots. Mr. Hall has requested a revised full set of drawings be submitted. He also commented on a specific parking space that was at issue. Messrs. Hall and Maltz will need to sign off on the signage and striping plans. These are what he believes should be the conditions of the approval resolution.
Mr. Hall made a request related to parking. He also referred to a freestanding sign (his June 24, 2010 report) stating it currently violates the variance relief that was granted by the Board; a CO should not be issued until this sign is in conformance with Borough requirements.
Mr. Sullivan noted that a condition will be included that provides an "alert" to the Zoning Officer regarding requirements in connection with any change in tenancy.
Mr. Hall read text relating to off-street parking and front yard setback requirements. He also discussed other matters relating to setbacks.
Mr. Sullivan commented on encroachment on setbacks, setback variance, and the placement of the dumpster.
Cross discussion about the placement of the dumpster.
Mr. Conway moved that this application be approved with the stipulations stated by the Board Attorney, seconded by Mr. Scagnelli.
Mr. Schulz stated the approval will require a Resolution memorializing the approval of the application. The memoralization will be on the agenda of the Board's regular July 26, 2010 meeting.
The applicant's attorney thanked the Board and the Professionals.
Mr. Conway seconded this motion.
Mr. Schulz advised that BA-4-09 should be here next month and if not, there will be discussion on what action may be required.


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Overriding desire for democracy tops agenda in Arab youth survey
The single greatest priority for young people in the Middle East remains living in a democratic country, according to the findings of the 2010 ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey, the biggest study of its kind of the region's largest demographic. This finding echoes the results of the 2009 survey — conducted well over a year before the start of recent regional unrest — which similarly identified the yearning for greater political participation as the defining characteristic of Arab youth.
This is the key finding of the 10-country survey unveiled Wednesday in Dubai and New York. Conducted by leading international polling firm Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), the Third Annual ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey included 2,000 face-to-face interviews with Arab nationals and Arab expatriates between the ages of 18-24 in the six Gulf Cooperation Council nations (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE), as well as in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. These interviews were conducted in December 2010 and January 2011.
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Qatar, Japan step towards mutual visa exemption
EU appoints new 'anti-Muslim hatred' chief following rising Islamophobia
Top Iraqi oil chief predicts Qatar will acquire 20-25% stake in TotalEnergies project
Qatar to invest $150 million in 'Love Is Blind' producer
Qatar to host meeting between Sudan's conflicting parties: reports
FIFA Club World Cup 2023: Egypt's Al Ahly knocks out Auckland City 3-0
QFA slaps fines on Al Sadd's star players
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It appears that the favorable Hurricane Irma track for the Greater Tampa area that we may have taken for granted on early Thursday has taken a significant turn for the worse. By now, you have probably heard countless times to make sure you have your valuable papers saved in a plastic bag, to stay in a safe interior room during the worst of the storm, and to (most importantly) stay calm.
View color coded north & south shelter maps for easy location find. Shelter maps are numbered like the chart below.
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Residents will not be permitted to enter the general shelters until 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Hillsborough County is issuing a voluntary evacuation for special-needs residents located in Evacuation Zone A starting Friday, Sept. 8, at 8 a.m. Two shelters will be opened to accommodate special-needs residents only. Residents can confirm evacuation zones at HCFLGov.net/StaySafe or call (813) 272-5900. Hillsborough County strongly urges special-needs residents to observe to the voluntary evacuation notice.
The special-needs shelters are only for residents with medical issues that require electricity assistance or cognitive issues that would not be supported in a general population shelter.
On Saturday, Sept. 9, at 8 a.m., Hillsborough County will open 14 shelters for residents in Evacuation Zone A whose homes are vulnerable to wind damage, as well as evacuees from other Florida counties who have been unable to find shelter elsewhere. Below is the list of shelters opening on Saturday at 8 a.m.
Sandbags are available at seven County Public Works Service Units until 9 p.m. today.
The nearly 200,000 sandbags distributed so far is six to seven times more than distributed during any previous storm event. Materials will be available for Hillsborough County residents to make their own sandbags. Residents need to bring a shovel for sand bags. Each resident must provide their home address and sign their name acknowledging the receipt of 25 sandbags or less.
Hillsborough County offices and facilities will be closed Friday, Sept. 8, and Monday, Sept. 11.
Businesses are reminded to sign up for Florida Virtual Business Emergency Operations Center (FLVBEOC) to receive up to date storm-related information. Businesses will also be able to use FLVBEOC to fill out Damage Assessment Reports and post hours of operation during the storm. To sign up, visit http://flvbeoc.org/index.php?action.
Make sure to have a plan. Residents and visitors are encouraged to register for HCFL Alert, Hillsborough County's official public notification system for emergency and urgent alerts. To receive messages by email, phone, and text, go to HCFLGov.net/StaySafe. For more information, call (813) 272-5900.
Everyone in a mobile and manufactured home must always evacuate.
Do you live in an evacuation area?
If you don't know your evacuation zone, you can look it up on the Know Your Zone website. Be prepared to follow the evacuation orders issued by Emergency Management.
Do you have special needs or require transportation assistance in order to evacuate?
Make sure you have a plan and are registered for a special needs shelter or transportation.
If you live in a non-evacuation zone, before deciding to stay in your home, review these statements .
If you are evacuating, do you know where you will go and how you will get there?
If you must evacuate, the best choice is to seek shelter with friends, family, or a host home. Public shelters should be a shelter of last resort. While they are safe places to be in a storm, space and comforts are limited. Pack your essentials, but pack light because it is possible you may only have a space that measures 5 feet by 2 feet. Remember, a public shelter is not a cruise ship. It is a life boat with the mission to save lives.
Do not bring jewelry or valuables to the shelter. Make arrangements for those items before leaving home.
Do not bring pets to public shelters. If you have a pet, you must register in advance for a pet shelter.
Do not bring firearms, illegal drugs, or alcohol to public shelters.
Keep an eye on children at all times.
Stay out of deserted or restricted areas of the building.
Law enforcement officials will be stationed at each open shelter. Report any suspicious behavior to them.
Be courteous to others in the shelter by keeping noise to a minimum.
Please show respect and gratitude to the Pinellas County School Board or other host organization by leaving the shelter the way you found it.
Host Homes is a voluntary program offered by faith organizations, community groups, and employers to provide a safe and comfortable shelter alternative. Participating organizations match members who live in a non-evacuation area with those who must evacuate. Then, when a storm is coming our way, the "guest" will stay with the "host" during the storm. For more information, go to our Host Homes page.
Whether in the county or on the road, hotels and motels are a temporary shelter option. In Pinellas County, there are locations in non-evacuation zones that may take pets or have accommodations for wheelchairs. When a storm is approaching, you can go to www.visitstpeteclearwater.com for a list of available hotels and motels.
To start your planning early, you can see a list of hotels and motels arranged by evacuation level by clicking here and filling in your address.
Do not stay in a dangerous situation just because you don't have a ride. If you need special transportation assistance to a public shelter or a special needs shelter, YOU MUST REGISTER FOR TRANSPORTATION IN ADVANCE. To start the process, you need to call (727) 464-3800. Select option 1 and leave your name and address on the answering machine. You will receive an application form in the mail that must be filled out and returned to Pinellas County Emergency Management. Once your application is approved and in the system, your local fire department will be able to pick you up during a hurricane evacuation and take you to a local shelter.
Buses will continue to run routes to help people get prepared for a storm until it is no longer safe to travel. When a storm is coming and people have been ordered to evacuate, special routes will move people to public shelters until the winds reach 40 mph. Rides are free during an evacuation. You can plan ahead by locating your nearest bus stop and public shelter. Learn more on the PSTA website at www.psta.net/.
If you are taking your own personal transportation to leave town, be sure you are leaving enough time to get to your final destination. Roads get crowded and traffic jams can put you in danger because a hurricane can take many different paths through the state. When a HURRICANE WATCH is issued, you need to be packing your car and ready to leave as soon as the WARNING is issued.
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K. Sengupta, Haase, P., Schmidt, M., and Hitzler, P., "Editing R2RML Mappings Made Easy", in Proceedings of the ISWC 2013 Posters & Demonstrations Track, Sydney, Australia, October 23, 2013, 2013, vol. 1035, pp. 101–104.
P. Hitzler, "Grand Challenge: From Big Data to Knowledge", in Final Report on the 2013 NSF Workshop on Research Challenges and Opportunities in Knowledge Representation, Arlington, VA, 2013.
P. Hitzler, "Knowledge Representation in the Big Data Age.", in NSF Workshop: Research Challenges and Opportunities in Knowledge Representation, Arlington, VA, 2013.
T. Narock, Rozell, E. A., Hitzler, P., Arko, R., Chandler, C., and Wilson, B. D., "Leveraging Crowdsourcing and Linked Open Data for Geoscience Data Sharing and Discovery", in 2013 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2013.
P. Hitzler, "Lightweight KR", in Final Report on the 2013 NSF Workshop on Research Challenges and Opportunities in Knowledge Representation, Arlington, VA, 2013.
P. Hitzler and Janowicz, K., "Linked Data, Big Data, and the 4th Paradigm", Semantic Web, vol. 4, pp. 233–235, 2013.
G. McKenzie, Janowicz, K., Hu, Y., Sengupta, K., and Hitzler, P., "Linked Scientometrics: Designing Interactive Scientometrics with Linked Data and Semantic Web Reasoning", in Proceedings of the ISWC 2013 Posters & Demonstrations Track, Sydney, Australia, October 23, 2013, 2013, vol. 1035, pp. 53–56.
Y. Hu, Janowicz, K., McKenzie, G., Sengupta, K., and Hitzler, P., "A Linked-Data-Driven and Semantically-Enabled Journal Portal for Scientometrics", in The Semantic Web - ISWC 2013 - 12th International Semantic Web Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, October 21-25, 2013, Proceedings, Part II, 2013, vol. 8219, pp. 114–129.
A. Krishna Joshi, Hitzler, P., and Dong, G., "Logical linked data compression", in The Semantic Web: Semantics and Big Data.10th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2013, Montpellier, France, May 26-30, 2013. , 2013, pp. 170–184.
P. Hitzler, Janowicz, K., and Sengupta, K., "The New Manuscript Review System for the Semantic Web Journal", Semantic Web, vol. 4, p. 117, 2013.
E. Kharlamov, Giese, M., Jiménez-Ruiz, E., Skjæveland, M. G., Soylu, A., Zheleznyakov, D., Bagosi, T., Console, M., Haase, P., Horrocks, I., Marciuska, S., Pinkel, C., Rodriguez-Muro, M., Ruzzi, M., Santarelli, V., Savo, D. Fabio, Sengupta, K., Schmidt, M., Thorstensen, E., Trame, J., and Waaler, A., "Optique 1.0: Semantic Access to Big Data: The Case of Norwegian Petroleum Directorate's FactPages", in Proceedings of the ISWC 2013 Posters & Demonstrations Track, Sydney, Australia, October 23, 2013, 2013, vol. 1035, pp. 65–68.
F. Maier, Ma, Y., and Hitzler, P., "Paraconsistent OWL and Related Logics", Semantic Web, vol. 4, pp. 395–427, 2013.
A. S. d'Avila Garcez, Hitzler, P., and Lamb, L. C., "Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning, NeSy'13, at the 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Beijing, China, August 2013", Ninth International Workshop on Neural-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning, NeSy'13, at the 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Beijing, China, 2013.


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The latest missive from the SlothBoogie crew's SBEDITZ series comes from Joe Cleen, a shadowy producer who has previously impressed via releases on the Bordeaux-based Jazz Cabbage imprint. He's up to his old tricks this time round, too, wrapping sharp, ear-pleasing horns and jaunty jazz-funk samples around a bobbing deep house groove on "Give You All I Got", before brilliantly chopping and looping a slap-bass propelled boogie jam on "City Nights". Over on side B, "Dear Lord" is a deliciously deep, piano-and-reverb-heavy take on an old gospel house number, while the brilliantly bouncy "The Fun Part" sees the man of mystery smother a jazzy, hot-stepping house groove with wonderfully fluid electric piano solos.


Seis sombreros para pensar / Edward de Bono.
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El libro del color / Juan Carlos Sanz.
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Espíritu de las universidades norteamericanas.
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1st Edition 1st Book on Surfing 1935 Hawaiian Surfboard Tom Blake Signed Pulani
Paradise of the Pacific Press. Iv, 5- 95; 32 photographic plates plus other illustrations in text. Bound in original tapa-cloth, issue without surfers on upper covers (no priority). Signed by Pulani, Hula dancer of Lalani Hawaian Village on her photo (very faint). Text block has a bit of dampstain present along the fore-edge (see photos).
Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. He first book devoted exclusively to surfind and the the most important publication in the surfing canon. " De la Vega, "200 years of surfing Literature It contains 95 pages that describe surfing and surfboard designs and innovations in the 1920s and early 30s. The photographs were taken by Blake himself. Thomas Edward "Tom" Blake (March 8, 1902- May 5, 1994) was an American athlete, inventor, and writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential surfers in history, and a key figure in transforming surfing from a regional Hawaiian specialty to a nationally popular sport.
Assessing Blake's significance, the sociologist Kristin Lawler wrote: Tom Blake is a legendary figure; he's considered the founder of California surf culture. He personally innovated most of what's associated with surfers to this day: he was the first to experiment with making better surfboards, revolutionizing board design in the process with lightweight materials and the fin; he was the first to build a waterproof camera housing and inaugurated the tradition of surfers documenting themselves and their friends; and he was the first among countless surfers to come to write a book on the history and pleasures of surfing. In addition, his personal style became the prototypical beachcomber look, still in effect today. 1st Edition 1st Book on Surfing 1935 Hawaiian Surfboard Tom Blake Signed Pulani.
Up For Sale Today is. Tom Blake Introduction by Duke Kahanamoku. Blake first attempted to ride a wave in 1921 on an old board he found while working at the Santa Monica Swim Club. According to his account, he wiped out badly and waited several years to try again.
Upon arrival, Blake attempted to seek out Kahanamoku, only to find that he was not on the island. However, he quickly became friends with Duke's five brothers, all skilled surfers in their own right, and became immersed in the study of surfing and Hawaiian culture. Over the next decade, Blake rose to eminence in a sport that had until then been largely the province of native Hawaiians.
Back on the mainland, in September 1927, Blake and his friend Sam Reid became the first to surf Malibu Point, and in 1928, he organized, and then won, the first Pacific Coast Surfriding Championship. In 1930, he entered the Hawaiian Surfboard Paddling Championships using a lightweight board of his own design. He overwhelmed all opposition, setting eight new records in the course of the match. However, his victory sparked some resentment among his native Hawaiian friends, feeling that the new board had given him unfair advantage, and Blake stopped entering races after this. Nonetheless, he continued to compile an extraordinary record of athletic feats.
In 1932, Blake, with two friends, made the first successful attempt at paddling the 26 miles from the mainland to Catalina Island. Then on August 1, 1936, he set a milestone that still stands: entering the waves at Kalehuawehe near Waikiki, he made a run estimated at 4,500 feet, the longest recorded surf ride in history. These included a variety of styles, from the shorter alaia to the heavy, 16-foot long olo boards traditionally reserved for royalty.
On his 1926 visit, he was able to secure permission from the curators to study the boards' construction and restore several of them. He then began his own experiments in improving surfboard design. Up until that point, most modern surfers, even Duke Kahanamoku, used the shorter alaia boards due to the immense weight up to 200 pounds of the solid olo boards. Blake initially sought to build lighter olos by drilling hundreds of holes in the board, then covering the openings with a thin outer layer. This was the style of board he used to win the 1928 Pacific Coast Championship.
Then after three years of experimenting, in 1929, Blake constructed a hollow board with transverse bracing. In 1931, he received a patent for his hollow surfboard design and opened the sport up to hundreds of people who weren't able to muscle the heavy plank boards down the beach and into the water. " One historian remarked: "Blake changed the whole scene by working on these boards.
He single-handedly, without really giving it much thought, changed surfing in a massive, huge way. It was because of this we are doing what we do on boards. " Blakes internally braced hollow wooden surfboards were eventually superseded by laminated boards with an interior layer of balsa, then by foam-and-fiberglass designs, but another of his innovations remains a fixture of modern surf- and paddleboards, the "skeg or fin. Traditional surfboards were flat-bottomed, but in 1935, Blake experimented by tearing the keel off an old speedboat and attaching it to the bottom of a surfboard. Blake later remembered, I finally put the fin on the board and went out in the surf, paddled out.
In paddling out, the board had an entirely different feeling with the skeg on it, it wasn't entirely a likable feeling... But I got a pretty good wave and right away found the remarkable control you had over the board with the skeg on it.
It didn't spin out, it steered easy, because the tail held steady when you put the pressure on the front. You could turn it any way you wanted it. I knew right from that moment it was a success. I consider it as my good solid contribution to the sport.
It gives me a lot of pleasure when I see the kids drive by in their cars with a fin on their board. According to at least one source, the San Diego surfer Woody Brown independently came up with the idea for the skeg shortly afterward, but Brown himself gave Blake precedence: (I made my first surfboard keel) about'36 or'37, somewhere in there; about the same time. But, I didn't know anything about (Blake) and his experiments with adding fins to surfboards. See, we were all separated out. I was in San Diego and he was in L. Tom Blake is widely described as one of the most significant figures in the history of surfing: for his athletic achievements, for his innovations in board design, for his success in popularizing the sport, and for his role in pioneering what came to be known as the surfing life. In 2001, surf journalist Drew Kampion wrote, Blake altered everything. He almost single-handedly transformed surfing from a primitive Polynesian curiosity into a 20th-century lifestyle. " Blakes biographer Gary Lynch described his significance this way: "Tom Blake is the obvious link between the ancient South Pacific waterman and the twentieth century Anglo waterman. Blake placed surfboards, paddleboards, and life saving equipment within reach of the interested athlete, lifeguard, and seaside visitor.
In Blake's life, there was no separation between religion, surfing, swimming, building surfboards, eating, and exercise. At the time, no one guessed that his unorthodox life style would one day become the accepted standard for the beach culture. In 1991, writing in Surfer magazine, Sam George summed up Blakes accomplishments: To put it simply, because Tom Blake was, we are.
The extraordinary contributions of this one man to the lifestyle we call surfing are almost impossible to gauge. They're too broad, too all-encompassing. Thomas Edward Blake's initials are at the root of so many innovations and influences as almost to be taken for granted. A dozen or so men might have eventually done everything Blake did singularly. Even a partial list of his accomplishments is overwhelming.
His greatest contribution was a life - our life. Tom Blake didn't just surf, but made a life of surfing. And while the great Duke nobly represented a spiritual tie to his ancient Hawaiian sport, it was Blake who provided the modern mode for all who came after. And now here we are at the end of the century - a century of surfing he shaped more than anyone - we still look like him, we still dress like him, we still surf like him.
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Subject: Sports & Recreation
Topic: Surfing
Character Family: First Book Published on Surfing
Year Printed: 1935
Publisher: Paradise of the Pacific Press
Place of Publication: Honolulu, Hawaii
Author: Tom Blake; Duke Kahanamoku
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Modification Description: Signed by Pulani; Hula Dancer
Special Attributes: 1st Edition


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Dinner last Thursday night with our friends John and Becky, and their beautiful 3 year old, Daphne. We wanted to try someplace different, and decided on the Library on Main. Sorry, I wasn't impressed.
In 1916 Walnut Creek opened a Carnegie Library on this site at the corner of Civic and North Main. That building lasted until 1961, when a new library was opened a block away.
More recently, the restaurant Eleve was there, featuring modern Vietnamese food. The owners closed that business last year, and now operate the bar/dance part of the business and have pop-up restaurants providing the food–at least, that's what I think I understand from their website. There is some plan to have a different activity on the second floor, too, but I really didn't understand that.
In any event, the food is currently being provided by 310 Eatery, which was a restaurant on Locust Street that closed. I couldn't get a straight answer to see if this was to be permanent or temporary.
We started with something they do quite well–popcorn crabcakes.
Crab cakes re-imagined as tiny bites you can just pop in your mouth. They were great.
Then came the fries–this is a big thing with 310Eatery. Fries with "bacon jam", whatever that is supposed to be.
The fries weren't crispy, the bacon "jam" just tasted like bacon, with lots of grease. I thought it was a soggy mess, and a horrible version of poutine. There was an alternative with clam chowder instead of the bacon, but it sounded even less appetizing.
The baby had a hot dog. It comes with an absurdly large bun, and, yes, another ramekin of the bacon jam.
I don't get the aluminum foil pans for serving dishes. This is very nice building, in a good downtown location, and the presentation is downscale–note that the crabcakes were served on a nice plate with garnish, so there is no consistency in their outlook.
Gail also ordered the hot dog, which comes with all the usual fixings–the one pictured is bare only because it was for the child.
There just isn't anything interesting here. Presentation is sloppy, the taco has nothing to recommend it, the tortillas were stale. Bleaaaah.
Becky had a soft shell crab sandwich and felt her bun was way too large for the amount of crab. Meals should be in proper proportion.
I thought I paid the check, but as we got to the door the waitress chased me down–it turns out that the bar is run separately and I had paid the dinner check but not the bar tab. That's just poor organization/bookkeeping. The customer is not responsible for figuring out their system–they need to get their act together and present one bill.
I loved Eleve. Not at all impressed with Library on Main/310Eatery or whatever this is.


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Match Preview – Albion Rovers vs Stenhousemuir
Posted by Ian Fitzpatrick | Aug 6, 2021 | Featured, Mens Team | 0
Match Preview
The Warriors make the short trip to Coatbridge to take on Albion Rovers on matchday 2 in cinch League Two.
Unlike us, Albion Rovers had a winning start to their league campaign with an impressive 2-0 win against Edinburgh City.
Warriors TV spoke to the Gaffer about his thoughts on Albion Rovers, "I expect them to be well organised. They're very useful and have plenty of energy. We watched back their match against Edinburgh and they caused them a lot of problems with their two strikers. Brian Reid's teams are always very well organised and they'll be hard to break down with big physical centre backs. It will be another tough game and we've told the boys that there will be no easy games in this league. Everybody in the league is well equipped and we're under no illusions that this will be a tough game."
The squad is starting to get back to full fitness, with Graeme Smith returning to physical training this week. Jordan Tapping and Adam Corbett remain injury doubts.
Looking back on last week's opening day defeat, Swifty was clear what he expects from the team moving forward. "We didn't think we had enough speed in the game and were a bit pedestrian at times. We've lost our flow coming out the League Cup where we've had to set ourselves up against better teams. We're hoping now to get better after each game as we adapt to playing teams at our level. We have a brand new squad and we're not expecting miracles overnight, but there has to be a point where we start to grow that momentum and get some wins on the board."
Warrior's fans are welcome to The Reigart Stadium with tickets costing £12 for adults and £7 for concessions. Under 16s can enter for £2. Entry is pay at the gate and Albion Rovers can accept cash or card payments.
If you can't make it to the match, PPV is available for £10 and you can sign up here.
If you are planning on making the short trip, you can find full details, including directions, on our Albion Rovers page.
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Minong Museum
Come and see a blast from the past.
Fire/Police Department History
Gordon/Wascott
Lakes, Rivers, & Dams
Local Families
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Gordon Fire Department Fire
By: Larse Ausing
In the early afternoon hours of September 19, 2013, a fire broke out in the Gordon Fire Department in Gordon, Wisconsin. Several small explosions were heard coming from the building. The explosions were thought to have come from oxygen tanks and other equipment in the building. The fire was originally thought to be started by a lightning strike, but the storm the lightning came with was proven to have started after the fire. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
Many important pieces of machinery were lost including six trucks; two engines, two tenders, and two brush trucks. A snowmobile was also lost in the blaze. The two engines were pulled from the building and had to be extinguished outside. One of the trucks had to have sand dumped on it to extinguish the flames. Although the building was up to date with safety and technology, a sprinkler system was not added to the building. Gordon Fire Chief Mike Chmielecki said, "By the time firefighters arrived, flames were already coming from the building." No one was hurt in the fire.
*Information for this article came from the Sawyer County Record and the Duluth News Tribune
Germann Road Fire
By Dominik Rose
The Germann Road fire was one of the largest fires in the past 33 years for Northern Wisconsin. It started at 2:45 pm on May 14, 2013 and ended at 9:00 pm on May 15, 2013.
It burned 7,499 acres of land and destroyed 104 structures. An estimated 350 structures were saved due to fire control efforts. It burned a swath about 10 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. It was started unintentionally by a logging crew. At the start of the fire the temperature was 82o fahrenheit with wind speeds of 12-21 mph. The humidity was 26 percent.
Three fire towers reported smoke and soon after a 911 call DNR fire crews went to the scene. There were high winds and dry conditions which allowed the fire to rapidly spread. There were several evacuations. DNR firefighters, local fire departments, and other federal and state cooperating agencies worked hard to suppress the fire. The blaze was contained in less than 30 hours and thanks to the hard work of many, it resulted in no injuries or fatalities.
*All information in this article came from the wisconsin DNR
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Minong 5 Mile Fire
By Haakon Gulbrandsen and Jeffrey Meling
It was started by a single match, on April 30, 1977. It lasted for 17 hours. It started southwest of Nancy Lake and spread northeast and finally was stopped by County Road Y and West Mail Road. People were having a campfire and the sparks got out and started the fire in the dry grass. They tried to put it out, but it spread too fast. The fire reached the pine trees and it took off. The fire destroyed 13,000 acres of land and 63 buildings. There were 1,600 people from around the area that helped put out the fire. The people were from Minong, Chicog, Webster, Gordon, Wascott, Hayward, Spooner, Solon Springs, and other communities around the area. They used a grassy field as a fire headquarters. It was filled with trucks, school buses, bulldozers on trailers, dump trucks, tanker trucks, fuel trucks, and hundreds of people.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whspress/books/book.asp?book_id=357
Oak Lake Fire
The Oak Lake Fire started 11 miles west from Oak Lake. April 21st and April 22nd 2010 were the 30th anniversary. A lot of things were damaged. 16,000 acres, 118 homes and cabins, 114 garages, and outbuildings were lost. They estimate 254 buildings were saved.
The fire involved 2,000 firefighters, including 23 departments, 52 D.N.R fire trucks, and 30 D.N.R tractor plows were used. Cabin after cabin were burned down by the fire. One Sun Fish Lake cabin owner who lived far away was stunned to see the smoke. You could see and smell the smoke 90 miles away. Another person saw a wall of flames 300 feet high. Chet Peterson was with the Spooner Volunteer Fire Department. Some people think that the Oak Lake Fire was set on purpose, and others think that it was lit by a spark from an engine. Who knows how it got started? The one lucky thing is that nobody died. One person who was fighting the fire found out later that his house had burned down.
Minong Fire Department
The Minong Fire Department was started by Ronny McKee. He was the first fire chief, Norm Adams and A.E. Adams were a couple of the first volunteers. They decided to start the fire department to help people in case of a fire or any other emergency. The first fire truck was a 1917 American La France. The 2nd Fire Truck was a 1937 Chevy military 4- wheel drive. The 3rd Fire Truck was a 1956 Ford Pumper. The 4th Fire Truck was a 1972 Pumper. The first equipment was paid for by the residents of Minong and used for the safety of the firefighters and to help extinguish the fires. The fire department started keeping records in 1957, but the department was started long before that. A few of the first volunteers were John Waggoner, Roy Combs, Carl Nelson, and Ed Gagnow.
The department was volunteer only, because at the time the department started, the town of Minong did not have enough money to pay people to stay at the fire hall all day. The fire department is still today, a volunteer organization.
Minong Ranger Station
The Minong Ranger Station has been around since 1936, but there has been a ranger station in Minong since at least 1933. At that time it was in the back of Etchyson's Tavern (Longbranch).
Ranger stations have been strategically placed all over the state of Wisconsin. They tried to put a station up about every 20 miles. Some reasons why they put a station in Minong are: the location of fire towers, the track of major roadways, and the areas of high fire hazard.
Several theories exist about where the land for the ranger station came from. Some of these are the Village of Minong or an anonymous person may have donated it. It was built by the Minong CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps). The building hasn't changed all that much since 1936, but it has gotten a third dormer on the roof. Bill Scott added it for a bedroom space when he lived there full time during the 1970's. In 1955, they took off the swinging garage doors.
The trucks, dozers, and technology have changed a lot over the years, but they still have a lot of the same features. In the 80's they put showers on the dozers to make them safer for the operators. The new equipment was bigger, faster, safer, and more modern with new technology. Aerial technology has changed too. Today they have airplanes that go over the fire and spray foam to put out the fires. Also, the airplanes and helicopters help spot fires in high fire danger times. Pete Paske, a worker in Minong, was the first helicopter manager in the state of Wisconsin.
Prescribed burns, which are controlled burns, are a great way to manage some of our natural resources. Rangers often perform prescribed burns on barrens in order to keep it from turning into a forest, keep the grouse around, and for regeneration of trees. During the burn, different tools are used. One tool that is used is called a flapper. A flapper is a square piece of rubber that rangers would lay across the burning area to control the oxygen and fuels to control the fire. In the early 1930's they would start burning in Lampson and let it burn all the way to Minong in order to get blueberries. Then they would collect all of the berries and ship them off by train and car.


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Artist To Artist: Palmbomen Ii & Betonkust
This month marks the release of a new collaborative album by two of the scenes oddest musical purveyors.
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"At thirteen, I liked the music. I liked the parental advisory sticker on the cover of a record called HOW DO YOU LIKE BASS?"
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The longstanding radio show and record label run by Tim Sweeney has become a staple of leftfield electronic music and has helped form the basis of many a developing career with big names and small all having graced the radio studio in NYC across the decades.
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"The police came to shut us down and you were showing them on the map that it was out of their jurisdiction. They had a helicopter flying over the party radioing to police on the ground."
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"The repetitive readings of the same kinds of poems at funerals, weddings and memorials suggests a kind of disingenuous going-through-the-motions, but I also suspect that as long poetry holds that rearguard position at the very least, it retains the potential to have a wider social and political role, beyond the rarefied world of poetry itself…"
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"People have so many expectations of you and what and who they want you to be..."
The Meine Nacht founder and man behind her first label release go head to head.
This month marks the release of a new collaborative album by two of the scenes oddest musical purveyors. Palmbomen II and Betonkust have each established singular sounds blending far reaching influences from punk, diy, krautrock, disco, funk, soul and beyond into their modern day take on dance and electronic music. Rough and rugged, live and uncut the pair are focused on establishing a raw aesthetic which channels character and personality rather than polished, pristine production. The new album on Dekmantel is the latest in a series of collaborations which has seen them release music on 1080p and Pinkman previously.
We invited them to talk below...
Palmbomen II:
Hey, kind of awkward to talk English to you, but that's our audience I guess. We were asked to tell something about our experience in Center Parcs. What do you remember about that?
Betonkust:
Not that much actually. Of course I remember packing the equipment and driving there, the empty subtropical swimming pool and getting groceries at Albert Heijn, but I don't have much recollection of making music. Maybe it's the same as with playing live shows. You're just focused and your brain isn't busy with 'recording' every key that you press. All of your CPU is used in the moment. I do remember some nice local tv shows with a car with a camera on it just driving around. Inspiring footage of the environment.
No, the music making is kind of a blur for me too. We made so many songs per day, and while doing that we are completely in the zone. The only way to keep the days apart is to know what dinner was. I remember vegetarian shoarma that we made. And maybe the time we went swimming in that subtropical swimmingpool. Oh I do remember also that we set up the gear on day one, installed everything, and while testing our setup out, our very first thing we made was 24x33. Very naturally, with just you and me playing some melodies and rhythms. I wish everything was not so god damn lofi sometimes though.
That's true, that was the first one. I think we made 2 or 3 tracks per day in that period. Like a military operation. No alcohol, no (girl)friends, no Facebook. Music bootcamp. Like they do when Rihanna needs a new album. Putting producers/songwriters in a studio until something comes out. Yeah our stuff is more lo-fi though. Maybe we should start making mid-fi tracks.
Yeah it felt like such a music bootcamp, but then totally free, just playing around. If someone makes a reggae rhythm, the other adds DR660 metal drums to them etc. We only spend 2/3 hours on a song so nothing matters. I guess that's the reason also why it's so lofi. It's easy that way to make something quick, and put it through tape, you don't hear the details really. It's like abstract / expressionist painting versus hyper realisytic painting or something. But yeah I wish sometimes to go mid-fi. Just being able to DJ our own songs. A little more effort on mixing and quality. Would that not ruin our sound?
No I think people will say that we have EVOLVED as artists. Personally, I always care a lot about what people in music journalism think of my work. The professionals. Especially the Dutch ones. By the way, I think we have one track left that didn't make the record right? Do you have it? Is it any good? I don't have it anymore I think.
Haha yes I love reading music and concert reviews all day long too. No, which song do you mean? That dark kind of melodic goth/metal song? I used that actually in a fake commercial about cigarettes, in a Memories Of Cindy video. We also had some other left overs, like that Belgium carnaval song. Which was kind of only a small loop I guess. Do you know which one I'm talking about? I'm going through projects now, and I'm finding all kinds of things. I just discovered a more atmospheric version of "Leo/ Mirjam". It's actually not bad.
I remember that new beat carnival thing, it was scary, like totally out of control drunk horror hell that you can't escape from. That was a jam that I did while you were on the phone. I don't know anything about another 'Leo/ Mirjam' version. We did one take per track right? I can't recall doing any alternate takes. Maybe if something went wrong within the first 30 seconds we would start over, but then we would only keep the finished version. I also remember going outside at like 1 AM to check if the music wasn't too loud. Always some kind of fear of being thrown out of Center Parcs. "These are recreational bungalows! Not studios!" Never happened though.
Haha no we never had any contact with anyone there. Only with the receptionists. And that's it. But yes I'm always afraid if people will throw you out. Always making pictures of the place to put every table and chair back to the original position when you leave. Yes scary carnaval, didn't you make that pattern by sending a drum pattern to a bass synth? That's always a recipe for something good. And about the extra take, yeah there's normally no alternate versions, but I found this rough strange version. Not sure why we made it? Maybe we took it to the next day and recorded this to be sure? But we never do that, we normally always finish everything directly. What do you think is the difference of recording in recreational bungalows and recording at home?
Yes so called 'happy accidents'. It was probably a drum beat in the Boss DR-660 and then I searched through different drum kits but the Boss also has two kits with bass sounds, so then you have a drum pattern played with a bass synth sound. The same happened with 'Suite 100' on the Hotel Breukelen record released on Pinkman. Unexpected random dissonance.
The difference between home and a rented space is that you have a very clear time limit. A frame. You have five days. Make as much music as possible. You don't have to feed your cat, no one is coming over, complete focus. At home you will have all kinds of things that you have to do and the risk of friends/family coming over. Going to a bungalow is like a band going into the studio for a limited amount of time. Only we don't need an expensive studio, we just bring some cheap gear. The speakers were probably the most expensive stuff we brought. Or the Cioks power supply.
Ha yes, cheap gear. It was even only a midweek, so 4.5 days I believe? But we did another session too, to add some songs for the LP. Or can I not say that? Do we ruin the magic saying this?
Yes from Monday afternoon till Friday morning, the classic midweek. When the EP came out some articles wrote that it was all recorded in a weekend but I don't know were that came from, that's a lie. And yes, it were two seperate sessions, but I myself even forgot about that. It all blended into one memory for me. The two sessions were pretty close to eachother though. Couple of months in between maybe. Did you know that 'reality tv' actually started at Center Parcs De Eemhof? They did the first 'Big Brother' experiments there in like 1997. One bungalow with a couple of people with mics and cameras and one bungalow for the crew who were watching them every move. I saw a documentary on this.
Ah wow, so before the first Big Brother? Yeah there's quite some history huh in that The Eemhof Center Parcs park. It is a pretty cool idea to do such a thing in Center Parcs. Those things are very useful for many non-recreational things. I also rent houses a lot for filming. It is great to have spaces like that. What do you think should be next for us next to the mid-fi quality of the music? Where shall we rent accommodation? And around what theme shall we make songs?
Not so long ago I was asked to play a dj set at some holiday park but the gig got cancelled because the bungalow where I was supposed to play had been completely destroyed the night before. Some festival had used the bungalows as accommodation for the guests. Anyway, I'd like to record the next batch of tracks in the original Big Brother house in Almere. Does that still exist? Or at the Mediapark in Hilversum, somewhere in some abandoned tv studio? Or at IKEA? Or at a electricity substation?
Ha yeah that sounds good. Locking ourselves up in Ikea during some holiday closing. Didn't Bart De Graaff do that too? Inspired by your guitar/electronics song you sent me recently, it would be great to stay near Seattle sometime, in the Marco Polo hotel. And make some more guitar related tracks with our setups. Or should we stay in Holland?
Let's stay in Holland for a Bart de Graaff concept album first and then we'll go to one of those terrible heroin motels near Seattle to make sad electro grunge.
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"Khan Fayde, we are nearing the Sacred Grounds. The other tribes are already aware of our presence and will be waiting for us ahead. They have been informed of our tribe's circumstance" One of the Foxkin scouts was reporting back to me after having come in contact with Demi-humans from the Sacred Grounds.
"Good, thank you. You can go back to your duties."
I was beginning to feel nervous, there was a lot riding on this.
She was acting as the wife of a Khan should. She was fulfilling her role admirably ever since I became Khan of the Foxkin. She was proving to be an amazingly talented and versatile woman.
Allein was also present and fussing as well. She had an important role to fulfill too. With her at my side, the other Khans would not be able to deny me my rightful place at their side, and eventually above them. Everyone in the tribe was filled with anticipation, worry, hope, anxiety and other emotions.
"Hurry up Fayde! Put them on!" Allein said while holding on to me.
Ugh, I really don't want to wear these, they are way too big and make me look stupid.
That was way they were supposed to be so I just had to suck it up. I knew I was going to be laughed at. It was already bad enough that I was a Human, but when they saw me like this, they would definitely laugh.
It might save me from them trying to kill me at least.
Fieral went to work putting the robes on me after stripping me of my clothing. She never got embarrassed about it no matter how many times she saw me naked. There really wasn't a whole lot of privacy.
I know this is part of their duties as my servants but it is hard to get used to it. You think I would have by now, I guess it's just the fact that there are way too many people watching me be stripped naked.
It wasn't just Reia, Allein and Fieral in the tent. All of the Rej'gan were also present and they were all women and they would sometimes glance at me while I was stripping. I figured since I was their Khan and they were apparently my possessions, they were curious about my body.
Not that I have any designs on any of them but I suppose they expect that one of their duties, is to serve their Khan in any way he desires.
Their culture wasn't really that much different from ancient ones from Earth. Not only did the leaders have multiple wives, but it was not uncommon for them to have concubines as well. It seemed that the Rej'gan would also serve that purpose if the Khan so desired which is why they were all young and beautiful women.
It's tough being me and surrounded constantly by beauties, I thought sarcastically.
Well, it was in a way. Having the eyes of so many on me while naked was a little bit unnerving.
It took some time to get me fully dressed in the traditional clothing of a Khan. I was expecting all of the women in my tent to be looking at me with eyes of ridicule, but I was surprised to see that they only appeared to be looks of respect and pride. Maybe I didn't look as stupid as I thought or maybe their fashion sense was just way off.
Reia walked up to me and smiled. She flattened out some of the wrinkles on my robe and took my face in both her hands.
"You look just like a Khan should my love."
Reia had been much more reserved originally about expressing her feelings in public towards me, but ever since we were nearing the Sacred Grounds, she had been much more open about her feelings.
Fieral interrupted our touching moment.
"It is time my Khan. The warriors are all waiting for you."
I nodded in response.
We all left the tent, my two wives and the Rej'gan following behind me. We walked through the caravan as the Foxkin went to work packing all the tents up and loading the wagons for the final stretch of our voyage.
The warriors of the tribe were lined up in formation awaiting final inspection by their Khan. Their discipline and strength was something to be admired. They had come a long way these past couple of months from what they were. They were no longer just warriors, but a true professional army with proper equipment.
After the tribe had finished gathering their things and loading up the wagons, we made our way to the Sacred Grounds. I was at the forefront of the tribe and I would be the first person that the other tribes saw as they welcomed us.
I wonder how they will receive me? I had an idea of course but it was still nerve wracking.
After a considerable amount of walking, our procession finally arrived at the outskirts of the Sacred Grounds. I was pretty amazed by what I saw because stretching out before me, as far as the eyes could see, were a multitude of colored tents. I had never seen anything like it in my life. There was an estimated 100,000 Demi-humans on the Plains, and they would all now be here in this location.
I didn't even want to imagine how much food a hundred thousand Demihumans ate. Each tribe was required to bring sufficient food for their own purposes throughout their stay at the Sacred Grounds but hunting parties would still be sent out every day to hunt as a contingency in case something were to go amiss. That is, at least until the Grand Council competition began.
Stretched out before the entrance to the Sacred Grounds were several hundred Demihumans awaiting our procession. These were not the leaders of tribes or clans, but just curious Demihumans who were interested in who was arriving. Once they realized that a Human was walking before them, they began to shout in anger. They knew the Foxkin tribe had arrived but they didn't know a Human would be at the forefront since only the Khans had been informed. I was getting somewhat nervous but I was expecting this so I kept my outward calm.
Despite their angry shouts which could be heard from far away, they didn't stop the procession and let us past. They were pointing and hurling all manner of obscenities at me in their native language. I only understood because of the ring of communication I had in my possession.
Maybe I should have taken the ring off.
The Fox-kin behind me remained quiet, they were all aware this would happen and had been given instructions to say nothing. Quite a few of them were practically biting their tongues in anger though. Knowing how my own tribe felt about me helped me move on without faltering.
Having heard the commotion, many Demihumans of all tribes came to see what was going on. Some of them looked on with curiosity, some with anger or fear. There was almost as many reactions as there were Demihumans but none of them approached us or attacked, they allowed us to continue down the path. Our destination was the Grand Council tent which was an enormous tent made to accommodate the Khans, chieftains, and their wives.
All of the Demihumans wore clothed in their tribe's colors and style. There seemed to be as much variety in fashion between the tribes as there were number of tribes. Some wore robes, others furs or cloth. Most of the women were something similar to a dress, all of which were embroidered with colors and flower patterns.
The Demihumans themselves varied in appearance, but there was really little difference between them and Humans. The only differences would be in their animal like ears and the tails protruding from their backsides. Their ears and tails were different depending on the race of Demihuman and their colors were also diverse.
"How dare you attempt to deny entry to the Khan of our tribe!" She said that while putting her hand on the pommel of her sword.
The Foxkin warriors, who had suffered through the humiliation as they marched through the throngs of people, were equally as angered. Every one of them readied their weapons and murderous intent poured out of them. The guards were all taken aback, not expecting such a reaction.
One of the guards stepped forward and bowed his head slightly.
"My apologies for the disrespect. My friend was just surprised by the strangeness of the situation. Seeing a…. Human leading a clan of Demihumans isn't something we normally see."
This particular guard appeared much more level headed than the rest and they calmed down at his words.
"My name is Erikkar and I am in charge of these warriors. It is our duty to guard the Grand Council tent. You may of course enter and please, again, accept my apologies for this disrespect to the honorable Khan of the Foxkin tribe."
Erikkar, who belonged to the Wolfkin tribe, was sincere in his words and it left an impression on me. His appearance was dignified and he looked to be young and athletic. He had ears similar to a wolf and a bushy wolf tail. He also had facial hair which made him look even more wolf-like.
He looks very strong and his eyes are honest. I will have to remember him for the future. He seems to be a good man.
"No need to apologize Erikkar. Your subordinate was only ignorant and meant no offense I'm sure. This isn't exactly normal so I can't possibly hold it against you." The Wolfkin warrior accepted my words graciously and beckoned me to enter the tent.
I entered the tent alongside Reia, Allein, Nes and all the chieftains of the Foxkin tribe. The inside of the tent was enormous, much bigger than my tent. There were hundreds of Demihumans inside and they all stopped their conversation and turned to look at us as we entered. There were no looks of surprise, they had already been informed of our presence within the Sacred Grounds and were awaiting our arrival. Most of them did not look pleased.
It seemed that all the other Khans and Chieftains were present, along with many women I assumed to be their wives. Since Khans and Chieftains practiced polygamy, there were many more women in the tent than men. This was the first time I had seen so many Demihumans in one place and of course the first time I had seen such a variety of species.
There were Rabbitkin, Wolfkin, Tigerkin, Dogkin, Catkin, and many others. They appeared to be garbed in their own tribe's version of the Khan robes I wore. The only real differences seemed to be the colors and patterns decorating the robes. There were also differences in the sizes of their ears and tails. Some had long ears and short tails, and some short ears and long tails. Other than that, they really didn't look much different from Humans.
"So, you have finally found your way here." The voice of a member of the Tigerkin clan called out to me.
It was not said in an inviting manner and he didn't seem very pleased to see me.
He was a large man with tiger ears and a striped tiger tail. He bore an air of leadership and looked on me with condescension. The Demihumans put much stock in strength and it was clear he didn't think much of mine.
He had painted on his face whiskers, I guess he was trying to look more like a feline although it looked a little ridiculous to me. It seemed that the Demihumans would find ways to make themselves look more like the animals for which they bore their names.
Wolfkin grew facial hair to make themselves look more wolf-like and Tigerkin painted whiskers on their faces. I hadn't really thought much of it before since I had only ever been surrounded by Foxkin, but it seemed that Foxkin enjoyed wearing fur caps.
Other clans would have different ways of expressing themselves, some with tattoos, some with accessories like bracelets or necklaces made of bones. There were even sometimes differences in how males and females of the same tribe expressed themselves.
"You wear the traditional robe of a Khan and the Foxkin claim you are their Khan, but all I see is a filthy Human. I thought it a joke when I heard that a Human was Khan of the Foxkin clan, but now I see it with my own eyes. This is ridiculous! You should be dead, not parading yourself through our Sacred Grounds!"
I had just about had enough and was going to say something when Allein stepped forward unexpectedly, removing the hood that she had used to hide the fact that she was a Dragonkin.
All of the Demihumans present gasped as they stared at Allein in astonishment. No one here had ever seen a member of the Dragonkin, but all here knew the features that would define a member of the Dragonkin clan. Even the Tigerkin who had expressed his extreme displeasure towards Fayde quieted in surprise, almost biting his own tongue.
"You would dare deny my husband's place among you? The Khan of not only the Foxkin clan, but also that of the Dragonkin!" Her words sent ripples through the crowd of Demihumans within the tent who couldn't believe what they were hearing.
An old Wolfkin man stepped out from the crowd.
"That was never our intention at all. Some of us are just a little….. Overzealous than they should be."
He looked towards the large Tigerkin man who had spoke earlier with a look of annoyance.
"I am Khan Rhaegnar, leader of the Wolfkin clan and we welcome you Khan Fayde of the Foxkin and Dragonkin. You have been recognized by them as their leader and who are we to say anything otherwise." He said that while glaring at all those within the tent to make his words clear.
Khan Rhaegnar was an impressive looking Wolfkin man standing at a little over 6 feet tall and despite his age, he was quite physically fit. He wore thick furs and a bone necklace which was barely visible as he stroked his long and thick white beard, reminiscent of a mane. It was easy for anyone to see how well respected he was from the way others were reacting to his words.
His eyes then settled on the Tiger-kin man.
"Rajal Khan sometimes forgets that he is not a king. Who are we to speak out against whom other clans decide is their Khan."
"Tch." Rajal Khan was visibly angry but said nothing more.
They had all accepted the words of Khan Rhaegnar and no longer voiced their displeasure.
Khan Rhaegnar was strong willed and a stickler for tradition and none would dare speak out against the traditions of which the Khan of the Wolfkin was the most familiar, having lived the longest among them.
While the Demihumans continued to observe from the sidelines, Khan Rhaegnar slowly approached Allein. There was no sense of danger from the old Khan and so I didn't feel the need to step in front of her. He walked right up to her and placed his right hand on her head and smiled at her, it was a warm smile.
"Welcome. In all my years, I never thought to lay my eyes on one of the Dragonkin but here you are." The old Khan began to choke up, as if he would break into tears any moment.
"Not one, but two? How can this be? Where you have you two been all this time?"
He was shaken at this realization. Many of the other Demi-humans within the tent were also moved by this and some of them even visibly teared up.
"It is a story I wish to hear, but not now. Please, Khan Fayde and the esteemed chieftains of the Foxkin, take your place among us. No one will object, you are all welcome here!" Khan Rhaegnar laughed a booming and jovial laugh as he clapped me on the shoulder and hugged me as one Khan would do to another.
An extremely immense, almost herculean, Demihuman stomped into the Grand Council tent howling in anger. I had never seen such a large Demihuman before and I couldn't tell what clan he might belong to only that he had large horns protruding from his head, similar to that of a bull.
"WHAT IS THIS I HEAR OF A HUMAN!!!"
I really wanted to fade away into some distant corner but I stood my ground. His eyes soon rested on me and he came storming towards me, his gargantuan halberd at the ready. He quickly closed the distance and would have struck me if not for Nes standing in his path. The abnormally large Demihuman was so filled with rage he barely even noticed who was blocking his path and he growled with murderous intent.
He would have attacked Nes if not for a sudden slender and tender hand placed on his shoulder.
"Brother, you are making a fool of yourself."
The Demihuman almost turned his anger upon the young and alluring woman at his side, but recognizing who she was, stopped himself.
"But Laila, he is a human!"
Laila arched one eyebrow towards her brother, shutting him up immediately.
"A Human he may be, but he has already been accepted as a Khan. Do you wish to make yourself an enemy of all here?"
With the drama now finally over, I walked over to Nes with a mischievous grin on my face.
"Brother-in-law!! I never knew you cared about my well being!" I laughed and slapped him on the back.
That only made me laugh harder.
"Now I know how you really feel about me!"
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Tilray Gains on Aphria Merger, Global Cannabis Operations
Tilray (TLRY) is a large-scale Canadian cannabis LP with global operations.
It holds first place among other cannabis producers in geographic footprint, and Canadian cannabis market share. The company significantly increased its size and revenue through a recent merger with Aphria, another large Canadian LP.
Tilray made news when its stock rose from $7 per share to $67 per share between January and February of this year. The stock price currently sits around $12 per share, as investors digest its new valuation and long-term potential. (See TLRY stock charts on TipRanks)
Although its stock has been down over the summer, I maintain a bullish rating.
Tilray's Operations
The company holds the No. 1 market share in the Canadian medical and recreational cannabis markets. It maintains grow and processing facilities in Ontario and British Colombia, from where it distributes a variety of cannabis products through a myriad of brands in all provinces. In Manitoba, it has a hemp/CBD grow and processing plant from where it sells hemp-based health products in Canada and the United States.
In Europe, Tilray maintains cannabis grow and processing facilities in Portugal and Germany, from where it exports cannabis products as far as Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. In addition, it has cannabis operations in Italy and Poland, with positioning for operations in the U.K., Spain, and France. The company is currently developing operations in Argentina, with eyes set on Latin American expansion.
The company owns SweetWater Brewery, the 11th-largest craft beer brewer in the United States. Tilray has other plans for United States expansion as well.
The company recently acquired the majority of outstanding convertible senior notes of the American based cannabis MSO, MedMen (MMNFF). Upon federal legalization, Tilray has a right to a majority interest in the company.
Q4 2021 Earnings Post Aphria Merger
Tilray reported Q4 net revenue of $142.2 million, showing a 25% increase compared to the prior year's quarter. Gross profit was $22.5 million. The revenue report only represents one month's performance since the company's merger with Aphria. The revenue total breaks down into the following segments: Cannabis ($53.7 million), Distribution ($66.7 million), Alcoholic Beverages ($15.9 million), and Wellness ($5.8 million).
The company reported a net income of $33.6 million, compared to a net loss in the prior year's quarter. It has $488.5 million in cash, with current assets of $883.6 million, and total assets of $6 billion. Its current liabilities are $401.2 million, and total liabilities are $1.6 billion.
The company's estimated quarterly revenue for Q1 2022 is $180 million.
Wall Street Price Target
According to Wall Street, Tilray has a Moderate Buy consensus rating, based on three Buys and seven Holds assigned in the past three months. At $16.77, the average Tilray price target implies 39.6% upside potential.
In conclusion, cannabis-minded investors should keep an eye on Tilray.
The company holds the largest geographical footprint in the cannabis industry, and operates in multiple nations. Besides medical and recreational cannabis, the company operates in craft brewing and the CBD/wellness markets.
Its revenues after the Aphria merger have significantly increased, and the company has more revenue synergies to look forward to in the future.
Disclosure: At the time of publication, Alan Sumler had a position in Tilray.
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