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Computer-automated Microfluidic System
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Computer-automated Microfluidic System for Precise and Targeted Chemical/Drug Delivery and Sampling
NJIT Case No. 18-006
Inventors: Roman Voronov, Quang Long Pham, Anh Tong
Intellectual Property & Development status: Patent protection is pending.
NJIT is currently seeking commercial partners for the further development and commercialization of this opportunity.
Technology Brief:
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering have invented a microfluidic-based novel, cost-effective, automated and precise drug delivery system for real-time monitoring of cellular responses in the culture.
The ability to grow, observe and manipulate complex cultures requires precise control over the cell culture environment. Existing automated microfluidic system of cell culture does not provide targeted fluid delivery or sampling. The invention provides a powerful platform for computer-automated delivery of sample fluids (e.g., drugs, agonist chemicals) and sampling at targeted locations within the culture. This enables a dynamic cell culture environment that is controllable, manipulatable, reproducible with extreme accuracy, and precision. Additionally, the microfluidic ports can be used for non-biological applications, such as printing nozzles.
Inventors Bio:
Roman Voronov is an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has received, private foundation grant, New Jersey Health foundation grant and multiple NSF I-Corps seed grants grant for his work in microfluidics.
Prior to his appointment at NJIT, Prof. Voronov was a American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania under the guidance of Prof. Scott Diamond. Prior to joining UPenn, Dr. Voronov held a brief post-doctoral appointment at the University of Oklahoma (OU) studying enhanced oil recovery from porous rock formations (Advanced Energy Consortium). He received his PhD in 2010, MS in 2006, and BS (Summa Cum Laude with a Minor in Physics) in 2003 in Chemical Engineering from OU. His dissertation research involved optimization of culturing conditions for artificial bone tissue using computational fluid dynamics (NSF), and his thesis concentrated on relating slip phenomena to contact angle on superhydrophobic surfaces via molecular dynamics (ONR-NAVY).
His research interests encompass high performance image-based modeling of complex flows with applications ranging from bone tissue engineering, to blood systems biology, to drug delivery. His research group utilizes a combination of supercomputing, cutting edge image processing and microscopy tools, equipment automation and experimental techniques (soft lithography, 3d printing) to develop new ways of controlling cell behavior for culturing artificial tissue and organs. For additional information about the group and for short description of possible projects, please visit http://stem.cell.engineering
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PhD student Anne (Anh) Tong won $3,000 in an elevator pitch New Business Model Competition. Many entrepreneurs submit practical innovative ideas for review by a panel of judges at a chance to win a $3,000 summer fellowship to pay them to work on their idea. Program sponsor Capital One provides Innovation Acceleration Fellowships to winners ($3,000 each). The Fellowships allow winners to work on their business ideas, while they participate in the NJIT Martin Tuchman School of Management Summer Lean Start-up Accelerator. Anne and only three other students received the 3k award out of the 92 initial competitors. Learn more about the competition here:
http://centers.njit.edu/njiac/students/challenge/index.php
Ph.D. Candidate Danh Thanh Nguyen has been awarded a scholarship of $1,000 by the Department of Chemical Engineering for publishing in a research article in a repubtable journal during the first year of his studies. Congratulations Danh!
Prof. Voronov's ChemE Car team scores 2nd Place in the AICHE 2019 Regionals Poster Competition!
Danh Thanh Nguyen has joined the V-Lab as a PhD student!
Undergraduate Research Assistant Migle Surblyte has been highlighted by NJIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0NPROniMSA
Prof. Voronov's first PhD student Long Pham has started a postdoctoral appointment in the Prof. David Kaplan group at Tufts. Read more about Prof. Kaplan's work here: https://news.njit.edu/biomedical-journey-ingenuity-and-invention-along-david-kaplans-silk-road/
PhD candidate Femi Kadri has passed his Dissertation Proposal.
PhD candidate Long Pham has passed his Dissertation Defense.
PhD student Anh Tong has passed her Qualifying Exam.
Undergraduate student Migle Surblyte wins the Blue Waters supercomputing award, which provides financial support for her to do a year-long internship in Prof. Voronov's lab. Also, as a part of this award, she will attend a two-week Petascale Institute at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (May 21-June 1, 2018). https://bluewaters.ncsa.illinois.edu/internships/interns/2018/
PhD student Anh Tong wins the Spring 2018 NSF I-Corps Site award!
December 1, 2017. Prof. Voronov gave an invited Seminar, "Cell-Cell Interactions Affect Fibroblast Directional Decision-Making during Chemotaxis in Tissue-Mimicking Microfluidic Mazes," at the Center for Engineering in Medicine at the Shriners Hospital (a subsidiary of the Massachusetts General Hospital), Boston, MA.
Prof. Voronov wins a one year $35,000 grant from the NJ Health Foundation, titled: "Novel Mechanism of Blood-Clotting Could Revolutionize Stroke and Heart Attack Treatments".
Prof. Voronov gave an invited seminar titled: "Statistical Analysis of Undergraduate ChE Curricula of U.S. Universities", at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Read more here: https://www.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2016/proceeding/paper/610b-statistical-analysis-undergraduate-che-curricula-us-universities/
PhD student Long Pham wins the Fall 2015 NSF I-Corps Site award!
Prof. Voronov wins the NJIT Faculty Seed Grant, titled: "Collaborative Multidisciplinary Platform for Single Cell Analysis – Microfluidics, Biomedical Imaging, Computation, Drug Delivery & More". Profs. Basuray and Xu are collaborators on the grant.
Prof. Voronov wins a 3 year $400,000 Major Investment Grant from the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation, titled: "Developing New Tissue Engineering Technology for Bone Implants". The grant includes $100,000 for undergraduate research stipends
Dr. Voronov begins as an Assistant Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology's York Otto Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering.
E-mail Prof. Voronov at rvoronov@njit.edu
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Game of Thrones Season 4 Premiere Recap: Revenge of the Stark
Tyrion and Cersei turn down sex, Jaime gets a new sword (and hand), Jon Snow confesses his transgressions, Daenerys learns the limits of motherhood, and Arya exacts revenge.
By Mike Hogan
Stop reading if you haven't seen the Season 4 premiere of Game of Thrones, titled "Two Swords"—unless you enjoy spoilers.
Earlier today, I saw someone tweet that they were worried Season 4 couldn't possibly live up to fans' expectations. Well, I don't know about you guys, but I feel great about what we just saw.
It's tempting to begin with the fist-pumpingly awesome (if morally troubling) sequence starring Arya and the Hound, but instead I'm going to take a cue from David Benioff and Dan Weiss and save the best for last. Instead, we'll start where the show does, with the mostly miserable Lannisters of Casterly Rock.
Tywin is, understandably, feeling pretty impressed with himself right now. He's beaten back Stannis Baratheon, melted down Robb Ned Stark's sword, and neutralized most other rival families through a series of arranged marriages. Unfortunately, the atrocities committed in his name, and the fact that none of the actual participants in these marriages is remotely happy, means that today's hard-won peace is hardly sustainable. And that's not even taking into account the twin threats from Daenerys Targaryen in the east and Mance Rayder in the north.
Having been around the block and acquired some underdog perspective along with that Valyrian steel sword and 24-carat Luke Skywalker hand, Jaime is far better attuned to the fact that Joffrey's reign is still seriously vulnerable. ("The war's not won—not while Stannis lives.") And Tyrion is a nervous wreck. Everyone he talks to seems to be harboring a well-founded grudge concerning the Lannister family's habit of murdering high-born rivals and desecrating their corpses. Meanwhile, Cersei is drowning her first-world problems in a river of chianti. (I assume she's a chianti drinker, don't you?)
No wonder nobody in this family is getting laid. Cersei is too bogged down by booze and self-pity to indulge the old incestuous itch with Jaime. It also sounds like she may have some kind of medical condition, judging from her hushed words about "symptoms" and her line to Jaime about it being "too late." And Tyrion is afraid—rightly—that any grunting and moaning he and Shae produce will wind up getting them both killed.
In the end, though, Tyrion might as well have accepted Shae's thumb-sucking invitation to "relax," since one of Cersei's spies heard their whole exchange anyway. Maybe the chance to torment her brother will be just the thing to help Cersei get her groove back.
Even more ominous is this whole business with Prince Oberyn Martell. Now here's a fellow with large appetites—for sex (with participants of both genders), for violence (hey, maim all the "The Rains of Castamere"–singing Lannisters you want, pal), and, most of all, for revenge. He's not precisely thrilled that Gregor Clegane raped his sister and then split her in half with his sword, and he's taking his grievances to Joffrey's wedding.
I mean, it's enough to make you wonder why anyone in the Seven Kingdoms ever agrees to get married.
The Knights of the Watch don't have such problems. They just have to guard against wildlings, White Walkers, giants, and this new crew of Thenns, who have bald heads, elaborate facial scars, and the coolest theme music of any clan in Westeros. You wouldn't want to meet these guys in a dark alley, especially around dinner time, since they have a fetish for the "marbled" meat of fat, happy humans from south of the wall.
They're just one of the clans that Mance Rayder has enlisted in his master plan to raid the south, starting with Castle Black. Jon's knowledge of these plans is what saves him from the puritanical zeal of his superiors, despite his lunkheaded admission to sexing it up with Ygritte. To me, the highlight of this subplot was Maester Aemon's remark that "if we beheaded every Ranger who lay with a girl, the Wall would be manned by headless men."
Meanwhile, out east, Daenerys and her army of eunuchs are marching on the city of Meereen. The Mother of Dragons runs a tight ship, but she's finding out that there are a few things she can't control. The first are her dragons. She isn't yet like one of those sad single guys who adopts a baby tiger and then has to call animal control when the thing colonizes the bedroom and urine starts leaking into the apartment downstairs, but that's a possible outcome.
The second is Daario Naharis—who, for those of you as confused as I was, is indeed being portrayed by a new actor this season. (Apparently, Ed Skrein, who played Daario last year, left so he could star in some action movie with Jason Statham, which seems like such a good career decision.)
I'll give Khaleesi this much: she doesn't miss a beat. She's got 20,000 Unsullied standing in front of her, and the first thing she notices is that Grey Worm and Daario aren't among them. Turns out they are "gambling" for her affections, which is a bit poignant in the case of the biologically bereft Grey Worm. Later, Daario doubles down by presenting Daenerys with a bouquet of wild flowers, accompanied by a little lesson in "strategy." In a nutshell, he tells her, the people you're conquering will trust you more if you know which flowers to put in your tea.
"You are a gambler, aren't you?" the impressed Khaleesi says, and I'll admit it: I got a bit misty.
Unfortunately, Daenerys is soon distracted from her romantic interlude by the sight of a crucified slave girl pointing the direction to Meereen. It's a provocation and a taunt, one that Ser Jorah and Ser Barristan gravely report is repeated at every one of the 163 miles between their location and their target city.
So, if I had to guess, I'd say very, very bad things are in store for the city leaders of Meereen.
Very, very bad things are in store for the people on Arya Stark's kill list, too—at least for those who are unfortunate enough to cross her path. As George R.R. Martin reminded Vanity Fair's Jim Windolf for the magazine's recent cover story on Game of Thrones, the magazine's recent cover story on Game of Thrones, Arya is supposed to be 11 years old, and that's worth remembering as we watch her evolve from a kind-hearted if unusually spunky Stark sibling to a ruthless killer who seeks out opportunities to dispatch her enemies.
She wants a horse, she wants to eat, and, once she catches a glimpse of him through the bushes, she wants revenge on Polliver, the yammering scumbag who stole Needle from Arya and used it to kill her friend Lommy. Never mind that Sandor Clegane doesn't feel like killing five men on an empty stomach!
Can we pause to admire the sublimely vulgar dialogue in this whole sequence? Upon learning that Arya named her sword Needle, the Hound makes fun of her for it. Arya: "Lots of people name their swords." Hound: "Lots of cunts." Etc.!
Is anyone going to disagree with me that the entire sequence in the farmhouse is a masterpiece, on a par with anything else this show has done? The way the soldiers take their time assessing these unexpected visitors before betraying any reaction. The way the conversation between Polliver and the Hound unfolds, pivoting on his very simple declaration of disloyalty—"Fuck the king"—and climaxing with his ostensibly absurd yet unmistakeable threat to "eat every chicken in this room." And then there's the unfair fight, as Sandor slices and smashes the soldiers into submission.
At first, we think Arya is hiding, but no. She's waiting for her moment. And when it comes, observe the clinical precision with which she carries out her vengeance. A sword through the chest of this one, a slash across the legs of that one, until she's on top of Polliver, Needle in hand, and ready to recite the words he spoke upon killing her friend. It's only when she gets to the part about picking her teeth that he understands what's happening—and that's when she delivers the death blow, right into his throat.
After that, there's nothing else to do but ride off into the sunset on two horses, Sandor contentedly chewing a chicken leg, Arya savoring the afterglow of her reprisal.
Watch out for these two, folks.
What did you think of this episode? Let us know in the comments, or on the Vanity Fair Facebook page. Or just ping me on Twitter.
A note about these recaps: they're a continuation of a series I started last season over at HuffPost Entertainment, and they're spoiler-free. I don't watch or read ahead (though I do some Internet research to get my facts straight), so I know about as much as any attentive HBO subscriber. You can feel free to ridicule me for speculating erroneously, but to me that's half the fun.
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Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer
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"Maybe there isn't such a thing as fate. Maybe it's just the opportunities we're given, and what we do with them. I'm beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don't just happen. We have to make them ourselves."
Can you hear that ? That's the sound of me being relieved because this book is All That. Finally, my expectations were met and it feels… so good.
Cress is the third installment in the Lunar Chronicles, which is essentially a retelling of some iconic tales such as Cinderella or the Little Red Riding Hood. Cress is based off of Rapunzel. That being said, that's where it stops being a retelling.
The Lunar Chronicles are set in the future where the Earth is in conflict with Luna (the Moon) ruled by Queen Levana. While book 1 and 2 weren't my favorite, book 3 is in my opinion completely different. The main problem I had with the past two was that the story wasn't fleshed-out enough. The side characters ended up being less developed than the main and it made for a very unbalanced cast of characters. This installment is the first where I can confidently say I'm invested in the characters and the plot. They're all much more fleshed-out and they were given proper agency where it felt like for example in Scarlet, we were kind of lost, searching around for meaning around this whole mission aka How To Deal With Levana (who btw, makes for a great villain but I wish she'd step up even more). I can honestly say that Meyer's writing has improved a lot with this one.
✨The characters✨
Cress is the main focus of this book. She's a girl who's been raised on a ship (a satellite maybe?) and is in charge of doing Levana's dirty work (aka surrounding the Earth with Lunar ships while remaining undetected). Cress undergoes a lot of abuse at the hands of her "mistress" Sybil, the Queen's right hand woman. She's verbally and physically abused to make sure she doesn't disobey her orders. While Cress started out as a very naive almost sheepish character, she grows into her own character with her own personality by the end of the book. She was a bit overshadowed by the main plot and the other characters but it didn't feel disproportionate. Like I said, the story becomes much more fleshed-out so Cress' personal struggles were implemented nicely with the rest of the plot.
One thing I particularly enjoyed was the depiction of Cress' anxiety and the way she deals with it, by imagining she is someone else.
Cinder : While I sometimes struggle with the Chosen One trope (i.e Cinder), it didn't bother me that much in this book. I loved Cinder's progression and how she finally starts to claim her title. "She didn't think she'd ever felt so invested in her identity, and determined to claim her place. It was a strange feeling, bordering on pride."
Thorne, YOU HAVE MY HEART BREAK IT IF YOU WANT. Cinder and Thorne's relationship : A+, I Stan Friendship. Thorne truly is one of the Softest character in the Lunar Chronicles (ironic) and I love him so so much. His relationship with Cress, although somewhat very predictable, ended up being one of my favorite things about this book. Their relationship is 100% my favorite from the series.
Iko : I Love Her. "In another life, we could have been sisters, and I feel it's important to acknowledge that." A blank stare. A blink, every six seconds. "But as it stands, I'm a part of an important mission right now, and I cannot be swayed from my goal by my sympathy for androids who are less advanced than myself."
Winter is introduced as the niece (?) of Levana and I'm so excited to learn more about her (she gives off Nelly Crain vibes and it's an understatement to say that I'm here for it). Her potential is infinite.
"But you are crazy." "I know." She lifted a small box from the basket. "Do you know how I know?" Scarlet didn't answer. "Because the palace walls have been bleeding for years, and no one else sees it."
✨In Conclusion ✨
What I admire the most about Marissa Meyer's writing is the fact that she mastered this transition between book 2 and book 3 and lit back my interest in the story. Her ability to build up a plot is quite impressive : while it felt empty during book 1 and 2 (which does serve a purpose but I personally prefer to be literally thrown in and I'm too impatient for a slow build-up), book 3 reminds me of that little something that still made me enjoy book 1 and 2 but it's also giving me So Much More.
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Tax implications, federal district court and constitutionality of Affordable Care Act
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on December 14, 2018, issued a decision striking down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The case is: Texas v. United States, 4:18-cv-00167-O (N.D. Tex. December 14, 2018). Read the district court's decision
The court held that, following passage of the U.S. tax law referred to as the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017" (TCJA), the "individual mandate provision" in the ACA is unconstitutional and the remaining provisions of the ACA are inseverable and are, therefore, invalid.
At the same time, the court refused a request for an injunction by the plaintiffs, so the ACA will continue in full force and effect until after an appeal is decided. The Department of Health and Human Services has indicated in a press release that it will continue to enforce the ACA. Attorneys General from several states and industry group leaders confirmed that an appeal would be filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Importantly, it is not expected that the case will be resolved in the coming months; indeed, it could take years.
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As noted above, the nature of the decision leaves the ACA in force for now. As a result, all current taxes enacted as part of the ACA likewise remain in effect, pending appeal of the case.
Depending upon the outcome of that appeal, the case could eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Ultimately, a number of different outcomes are possible. The decision could be upheld in full, reversed in part (i.e., an appellate court could decide that the individual mandate is unconstitutional but is severable from all or part of the law and the rest of the law stands), or reversed in full.
If the decision ultimately were to be upheld in full (i.e., without modification), it would have far-reaching implications, resulting in a rollback of all provisions of the ACA—including all of the taxes and fees contained in the ACA. These include, for example, the additional "HI" tax on high-income individuals as well as a variety of healthcare industry taxes and fees.
It is not clear, however, what the potential impact of the case ultimately being upheld might be on tax provisions contained in a separate bill that was enacted in conjunction with the ACA—the "Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010," Pub. L. No. 111-152. Tax provisions included in this separate bill include: the medical device excise tax (Code section 4191), the 3.8% tax on net investment income (section 1411), and the codification of the economic substance doctrine (section 7701(o)).
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What is St Ives Town Team?
The Town Team is a group of residents who work together to promote St Ives. They aim to make the Town a good place in which to live, work and visit. The Town Team and The Old Riverport scheme has the backing of the Town Council but we hope that it will prove to be a combined effort with individuals, organizations and businesses all contributing to its success.
The Town Team is only as good as its members. We are always keen to welcome newcomers with particular skills and abilities, and so if you wish to help keep St Ives vibrant, and feel you can contribute to our work, we shall be delighted to hear from you. Please contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
How the Town Team was formed
In 2010, St Ives celebrated the 900th anniversary of its market charter with a series of events around the town. During these 900 years the town has evolved, changed and adapted to meet the needs of its people and visitors, a process that continues today.
In the spring of 2011 the Town Plan was published and a community team was formed to progress the actions identified. Around this time the Government, with marketing expert Mary Portas, was promoting better high streets. St Ives made a bid for funding through this scheme and was awarded £10,000, which was matched by St Ives Town Council. The key partners came together to create the Town Team.
Initially the Town Team concentrated on those issues raised by the public consultations. One group worked on transport and environment matters, another on community projects, out of which the Our St Ives website developed. An economy group, after studying the history of the town, proposed naming the town centre The Old Riverport in recognition of the importance of St Ives as a major inland port. Many people know that St Ives was a significant market town, but its river heritage has largely been overlooked. The river is the feature that attracts many visitors to the town centre.
Why call it The Old Riverport?
We needed to find a special something that would set our town apart from its neighbours. It became clear during the research just how important the river had been over many centuries. Long before roads and railways were built the river was the only way to move heavy or bulky items. St Ives' famous markets flourished because the river Great Ouse enabled goods from around the world to be brought to the town. This trade made St Ives one of the most important river ports in the country, and only ceased as recently as the 1930s. This heritage gives our town a unique selling point compared to most other market towns and a designation that defines us. We believe it is unique in the UK.
New signage, exhibitions and events including children's discovery days and river activities have been held. Consultations with businesses, particularly those on the 'high street', are helping to create a sense of place for residents and visitors alike.
What else is being done?
Newly arrived residents are welcomed with a revised and updated Welcome Pack which includes an enhanced Town Guide.
This website has been designed to promote the Old Riverport and bring all available information about St Ives to one place. The site includes a community area (Our St Ives), the official sites of the Town Council, Norris Museum and Corn Exchange, plus a section for businesses and tourists. A complimentary town map and leaflet is available from The Corn Exchange, the Town Hall, Norrris Museum and Library.
A new St Ives logo, designed to specifically identify St Ives, Cambridgeshire, is freely available for St Ives businesses to incorporate into their own identities. Consistent Riverport branding and marketing will make St Ives, Cambridgeshire, the place to be.
Out-of-town marketing initiatives will promote The Old Riverport, particularly in Cambridge to take advantage of our guided bus links.
Along with events already organised by FESt we hope to encourage entertainment throughout the year. The Town Team works with several groups, such as The Old Riverport Retail Group with the unique Snowman Festival, on projects to promote shopping in the town.
We are currently organising The Old Riverport Jazz and Blues Festival, now in its 5th year, to be held from 19 to 22 September 2019.
Businesses will be encouraged and helped to re-assess their own marketing and be part of the Old Riverport concept.
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Archaeologists reconstruct 5000-year old tomb in Ukraine belonging to an 'elite' nomad
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Credit: Michał Podsiadło
Posted By: Dattatreya Mandal September 20, 2016
During a series of excavations archaeologists have discovered a 5,000 year old tomb located near the village of Prydnistryanske, on what is now the border between present Ukraine and Moldova (near river Dniester). On further analysis the experts deduced that the burial, relatively 'monumental' in its scope, belonged to a man who was one of the elites of a nomadic shepherd community. And now the researchers have been able to successfully reconstruct the structural ambit of the tomb with all the authentic details.
As we mentioned before, the community in question here pertained to a group of nomadic shepherds; which meant that the (temporary) inhabitants of the area didn't really construct permanent dwellings. However the archaeologists were able to find burial mounds dotted all over the proximate lands. On assessment of these cemeteries, the researchers concluded that this nomadic society was dominated (in status) by the adult males, for whom the monumental mounds were mainly constructed. As Danuta Żurkiewicz of the Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University (in Poznań) said –
They erected monumental burial mounds, which played an important role in the life of the community. They were clearly visible in the landscape – now they are destroyed and poorly outlined.
Coming back to the reconstructed tomb, the researchers were initially drawn to this particular burial because of the intricacy of the construction. For example, while most of the other burial chambers were composed of timber and battens, this rectangular tomb was specially covered with uniformly-shaped limestone slabs. The tomb was also protected at the top and bottom by woven mats, while its interior boasted yet another secondary roof made of ash wood. Additionally the structure housed a lump of ochre (red dye), with the stone slabs being partially covered in this natural earth pigment.
Interestingly enough, the archaeologists were also surprised by the sheer literal size of the tomb's occupant. To that end, this burial chamber was the resting place to a 1.9-m (or 6.2-ft) tall man. Now given the standard heights of the time, this male must have stood out with his stature, thus possibly endowing him with an air of eminence. However on the health side of affairs, the elite member of the community suffered from rheumatic changes and degeneration of his spine. These factors allude to how the man, who met his demise at the age of 35 to 50, took part in rigorous physical activities during his lifetime, including extended horseback riding.
The tomb during excavation. Credit: D. Żurkiewicz
Original view of the mound before excavation. Credit: D. Żurkiewicz
The preliminary results of the study will be published in September, in the 20th volume of the yearbook Baltic Pontic Studies.
Source: PAP – Science and Scholarship in Poland
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Several churches set to challenge code red restrictions in court
Mike Arsenault
Published Friday, December 11, 2020 7:46PM CST
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WINNIPEG -- Next week the province will be heading back to court.
Several churches in the province have teamed up to file a legal challenge against public health orders, orders they say trample their charter rights.
Allison Pejovic, staff lawyer with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is representing the group, she said the orders are a severe infringement on her client's freedom of religion and right to worship.
"They want to be together, they want to be able to see each other and have that human experience as they're worshipping before God together, and they want some clarification from the judges," she said.
The Manitoba Public Health Act says when responding to a health crisis, the restrictions of rights and freedoms should be no greater than necessary.
Pejovic said the applicants don't believe the lockdowns were needed.
"They're looking for declarations of invalidity and a declaration from a court that these orders are unlawful."
In addition to the several churches involved, two restaurant owners and a man who was ticketed for speaking at a hugs over masks protest have also joined the applicants in the lawsuit.
Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba's chief public health officer, couldn't comment on the lawsuit, but said the health restrictions are absolutely necessary.
"The alternative to these restrictions is to overrun the health-care system and the reading of much more Manitobans passing each day."
Roussin said no one likes the restrictions that are in place, but they've been implemented to protect our health-care system for those who need it.
Todd Andres is a partner at Pitblado Law who practices in human rights law, he said the health orders do infringe on human rights, but the issue is more complicated than that.
"Can that infringement be what is called demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society?" asked Andres.
"I think the courts are going to afford a fair bit of deference to the legislature here, we have an emergency situation and these are elected officials."
Pejovic said the applicants want clarification as to how far the province can go with health restrictions.
"Is there a line in the sand? Has the government crossed that line?
"We say they have and they're not justified in doing so."
The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 17 at 10:00 a.m.
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*UPDATE* The new Bath #2 citizen's group has met and has been getting down to business. And Lester Freeman has finally surfaced.
Bath #2, but Mayor Jennings threatens use His veto for the first time ever.
Once again the government of the City of Albany is planning to rob the South End of one of it's last remaining publicly owned treasures and create an abandoned building. Bath House #2, one of the last all year heated indoor swimming pools in the City and the only bath house that has not been demolished, is about to be deprived of operating funds. Closure is scheduled for the end of November. Just like that.
The official reason is the usual. The City is suddenly without warning having it's annual "budget crisis" due to mismanagement, and there's just simply absolutely no money available to keep it open.
This is pure and utter nonsense. As a registered federal historic building located inside the Groesbeckville Historical District, there's a whole boatload of grants and funding opportunities available to not only keep Bath #2 open but to also turn the surrounding buildings on that block into a showplace. But apparently the City does not want to bother.
And once again your humble blogger has managed to anger and annoy our City officials by getting in their faces for laying waste to the South End. Why am I so rude? Well, after decades of hearing the same tired lines to justify applied neglect and destruction of the South End, I can't bring myself to be polite when they pull this same old crap against us one more time.
On the morning of the Saturday before the first snowfall of the season, I went down to the short block of Fourth Avenue between South Pearl Street and Franklin Street. For people who don't live in the South End this is an obscure location. The task of finding this block and of finding Bath #2 is made even harder by the visible decay of the surrounding neighborhoods, the end result of more than sixty years of applied neglect by the City government.
This is an old City firehouse, built back when the buildings used to house fire equipment were considered an important part of every neighborhood. When the City "consolidated" firehouses some thirty years ago, some of these amazing buildings were incorporated into the new system and are still being used today. Those buildings were kept open as a gesture of appeasement to neighbors who did not want to lose either the beautiful buildings or neighborhood fire protection.
Unfortunately, there was no one considered worth appeasing in the vicinity of the Fourth Avenue Firehouse, so it was left as an abandoned building owned by the City. Eventually the City was able to unload the building, and fortunately it ended up being used for something more than storage. Today the St. Ann Institute owns the building as offices for itself and for nonprofit tenants.
If you turn around from the firehouse and look across the street, you will see the now former St. Ann's Church, which has not been condemned to be closed by the Catholic Diocese of Albany. At least not yet. This past year the congregation of St. Ann's has been merged with the congregation of the former St. James Church up on Delaware Avenue, an architectural treasure in it's own right. As of this past autumn both churches are now clumsily renamed St. Francis.
At least both buildings remain open and continue to be used for their original purpose. Over the past thirty years or so the Albany Diocese has been aggressively closing urban churches throughout the region, while simultaneously investing in suburban churches and expanding into money making operations such as upscale nursing homes. As a result, our City has a number of highly visible abandoned hulks that are causing increasing embarrassment to Bishop Howard Hubbard.
Of course, the Albany Diocese is doing what all the other local branches of mega corporations are doing, fighting a war against our Cities by denying vital services and demanding that we drive cars to their suburbs to acquire those services. Bishop Hubbard has been acting exactly like CEO David Brown did to our YMCA on Washington Avenue. And he is trying to do what the arrogant US Postal Corporation clowns are doing to our Delaware Avenue PO, which is now slated to shut at the end of the year.
The reason given by the Diocese for these aggressive anti-urban policies is the same given by the other corporations: The Revenue Is Not There." In actuality, Bishop Hubbard long ago made the decision to follow the older richer Catholics as they move to the suburbs, almost completely abandoning the much poorer Catholics who have now have settled in the Cities. The CEO of the Albany Diocese has, in my opinion, consistently placed money making in front of the spiritual mission of The Church.
Actually, there is a movement afoot in our local Cities to force the Diocese to take responsibility for the church buildings it wants to abandon and leave as rotting hulks. The City of Amsterdam has taken the lead and filed suit, they want to start taxing the Diocese for these abandoned buildings after they are empty for one year because they are no longer being used for religious purposes. Schenectady and Troy have jumped at this opportunity to keep these buildings open, while Albany, I understand, has only reluctantly joined the bandwagon.
Thus St. Anne's and St. James remain open, but only because their respective congregations have demanded so. I think it rather apparent that Bishop Hubbard, as a committed corporate socialist., is unable to understand that the money woes of the Diocese are ultimately caused by his organization's corporate style devotion to the bottom line. More of the same application of secular corporate practices will continue to make the Diocese's financial problems worse.
This gorgeous building with the mansard roof is directly across the street from Bath House #2. I'm told it used to be the rectory for St. Anne's Church, back when Catholic priests still lived in and were part of the community that they ministered. I'm afraid I don't know the current use for this building. All I can say is that someone is taking excellent care of the building, keeping a big slate roof edifice in such good shape can get mighty expensive.
Across Franklin Street from St. Anne's is this wonderful building that's been for sale a long time. St. Anne's used to support nuns and monks on this site, this is where they lived. If some well heeled pioneer wants to help transform the neighborhood there's no need for him or her to live in a run down shack. Man, I'm not much for showing off but if I lived in this building I'd bring everybody down this way to check it out.
Make no mistake about it, government maliciousness is what caused the surrounding neighborhoods to decay so thoroughly, and maliciousness caused this extraordinary block to be hidden and nearly forgotten. And it is that spirit of maliciousness that moves the City administration to close and abandon Bath House #2.
The City is giving us taxpayers the same reason for shutting down Bath #2 as the local corporations always give for shutting down other vital urban services, "The Money To Keep It Open Is Not There." This is an utterly bogus excuse. In fact, this excuse is dangerously close to being an outright lie.
Bath House #2 is a designated federal historic landmark. The entire block is in the middle of the Groesbeckville Historic District. This means there are pot loads of funds available to transform the neighborhood, all the City has to do is ask. Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings knows this very well, His refusal to do access funds reveals His attitude toward the South End.
Mayor Jennings did not exactly announce the impending closure of Bath #2. Instead, He merely sent the City budget for 2011 to the common council with a row of zeros in the space provided for funds for operating costs for the building. Basically, He left it to our legislators to ignore the stealthy defunding or deal with it as they may.
This is a far cry from the way His Majesty announced the closure, destruction and privatization of the Lincoln Park Pool in 2002. Strutting and crowing triumphantly, the Mayor announced that "the City had formed a partnership" with a private outfit who would replace one of the largest outdoor swimming pools in the world with a much smaller pool. And of course the privateer partners would charge my neighbors around Lincoln Park for use of "their" facilities.
This plan backfired badly. Some 250 people by my count, mostly from the South End, came down to the Lincoln Park Poolhouse in drenching rain to confront the Mayor. Not one person endorsed Jennings' privatization of dedicated parkland plan, everyone demanded that the City continue to operate our pool. And we demanded that the City stop neglecting the pool and resume regular maintenance, which had almost ceased shortly after the start of Jennings' first term.
By the end of this confrontation, the Mayor and His minions, standing exposed before the defiant crowd, looked stunned. This was the first time I'd seen that expression on Jennings' face, the look of defeat. I don't believe He ever expected to see such behavior from the people of the South End. That's why the Lincoln Park Pool is still with us today.
Jennings has been hot to close Bath #2 since He took first took office, in 1998 He announced the closure of our pool with His usual bravado. Back then the pool was not suffering the effects of denial of routine maintenance and was very still popular. The old timers tell me that during peak hours there was often a line out to the door of people waiting to use the pool.
The story goes that the late Alfrieda Textores, staunch and feisty defender of the South End, organized a very successful call in to the Mayor's weekly AM radio show. Folks still remember the elderly nun who, with a quavering voice, thoroughly chastised Jennings over the radio waves until the Mayor was reduced to humble apologies. Alfrieda managed to browbeat the Mayor so thoroughly that He didn't dare try to close Bath #2 until years after she passed away and was unlikely to repeat the humiliation.
Alfrieda is gone but the Bath #2 is not alone. It was, of course, Dominick Calsolaro who alerted the public at the end of October to the imminent closure. While the building is not part of his First Ward district, Dominick has long been involved with the Bath #2 and with that block of Fourth Avenue, back when Dominick helped administer the old Weed and Seed program with the late Reverend John Miller.
And right in the middle of all this is The Wife. Bath #2 is where she learned learned to swim some eight or nine years ago, and she still swims regularly for much needed health and exercise. But since the closure of the Washington Avenue YMCA there is no indoor pool nearby that she can use. Thus she takes the announced closure personally.
I want you all to know that The Wife has become quite expert at instant rabble rousing. Within a few days she cleanly and efficiently organized a rally that took place in the lobby of Bath #2. I counted well over sixty people attending, not bad for so fast, and plenty of media showed up.
This rally was timed so that the public could meet the members of the Common Council, who arrived to tour the facility with Commissioner John D'Antonio and other officials of the Department of Recreation which oversees Bath #2. The idea was for the Common Council members could see for themselves the amount of work that needed to be done. As for The Wife, her idea was to show our elected officials that we the taxpayers do indeed care about our pool and community gathering place.
Besides Dominick, four other Common Council members showed up. Leah Golby (Ward 10) was the most enthusiastic in favor of keeping our pool, like The Wife she learned to swim here. As importantly, Ms. Golby told the crowd that she used the pool when she did not have the time or money to regularly attend some far away and expensive facility that could only be accessed by car.
Michael O'Brien (Ward 12) and Ron Bailey (Ward 3) took the tour, both made skeptical noises and seemed surprised to see the crowd and the media. Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin made a special point of attending, this used to be her ward before she became President. Although she remained non committed her tone towards Bath #2 in her usual rousing style speech to the crowd was decidedly negative.
On my way back to the lobby Commissioner John D'Antonio accosted me, to my surprise he was worried that I would say terrible things about him and his department on this blog. I assured him that I had no intention of doing so. But now I am wondering what awful things they are currently saying about me to each other down at City Hall. Ha!
Several of the Common Council members who did not show up have weighed in on Bath #2. After a public email argument I had with Anton Konev that afternoon, the 11th Ward representative finally revealed that he would vote against funding our pool. Anton had originally announced that he would tour the pool, but canceled at the last minute.
Frank Commisso Jr. of the 15th Ward, which is the furthest part of Albany from the South End, told the Hearst-owned Times Union that he did not think that "it would be worth raising City taxes a percentage point just to keep the pool open." But again, raising property taxes is not the relevant issue. It's all about whether or not the City is willing to access available moneys and radically change it's policies toward the South End.
Mr. Commisso's wrong-headed attitude toward Bath #2 may be understandable considering that his Ward is so far away from downtown and contains so much sprawl. And perhaps he is trying to temper his comments so as to position himself to make a move for the Mayor's office a little ways up the road. But please consider that this is a guy who has not objected in the least bit to Jerry Jennings obliterating a good part of his own 15th Ward under an ever expanding mountain of garbage and toxic sludge.
And everyone is asking, where's Lester Freeman? Bath #2 is in his Ward. The 2nd Ward Common Council member has been mostly missing in action this fall, not attending Council committee meetings and leaving early from those meetings that he does attend. That's what I've been told. And his listed phone number has been disconnected.
The day after the rally, one of the TV stations was searching for Lester to interview him about another matter concerning his Ward, again he could not be found. Whoever heard of a politician who didn't want to be interviewed?
The Wife tried contacting Lester as early as October 23 via email to ask him to speak at the rally but he did not respond. When she finally found him the day before the rally he emailed her that he had not responded to her because he was annoyed with Dominick for holding a press conference about a matter in another member's Ward! Of course, it was The Wife who set up the rally and called the media. In any case, Lester made it clear that he wants Bath #2 closed.
It appears that Mr. Freeman is currently experiencing some sort of ongoing distractions from his elected duties. Perhaps that is why he wants to close our pool. I hope that he can deal with his problems and get back to the business of serving the community. And hopefully he will educate himself about the importance of community centers like Bath #2.
Will These Doors Be Shut Forever?
At the Monday rally a citizen's committee was formed, with Willie White of the recently formed AVillage as the coordinator for the effort. Mr. White comes out of Trinity Institution, the surprisingly little known community service group that has had such a positive impact on the downtown neighborhoods. Under Mr. White's direction, AVillage is currently renovating a formerly abandoned house along lower Morton Avenue for their offices.
In passing I should note that this past summer AVillage circulated a petition to get the Capital District Transit Authority (CDTA) to run a bus along the Morton Avenue/Holland Avenue corridor. They collected more than 3000 signatures. In response CDTA, another one of those corporate style outfits that ire fond of limiting urban services, was forced for the first time to acknowledge the longtime request for a bus in my neighborhood.
Will Bath #2 stay open? It all comes down to how badly we want to have a place to gather and swim when we want or need to. Unlike all those hostile CEOs, our elected officials can't hide from us, and they can't blow us off unless we let them. Stay tuned.
Once again you misinterpreted what I said publicly. I said I want to keep the bath open and want to 1) ensure it is done right = bonding more than just for simple repairs - hey if we can find grand money we can get reimbursed later and pay back the bond 2) ensure that we get some programming in there, get the usership up by marketing 3) find money in the budget for operating expenses (so far no one has been able to come up with a definite solution we could do within the charter limits). You are more than welcome to offer a solution to that operational funding problem.
Amenities such as pools, post offices, grocery stores, gyms etc. are what keep urban professionals....urban! And keeping urban professionals means more taxes for the city. Why don't they take that into account? I find it remarkable that some of the same people who tout the supposed magic of "trickle down economics" don't consider effects like this on the local level.
Anton is opposed to keeping it open because he isn't allowed in the pool, what with his history of public urination and all.
Off topic: I wish you had some sort of feed whereby Blogger would tell me you have as new post up. Maybe it's RSS - it's all Geek to me - but maybe your wife can do something.
Roger- My apologies. The problem is that I have limited control over the website. For example, I've been waiting some four years for that "Web (optional)" line above to start working. It's very embarrassing to me but there's nothing I can do about it.
I was assured many months ago that after some glitches the RSS has been working perfectly with no more problems. Last night I was informed by the person in control that it hasn't worked for many months. Thanks for letting me know, otherwise I would never have found out.


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U.N. Reports Libyan Migrants Suffering 'Human Rights Crisis'
By Reuters	 On 12/13/16 at 4:27 PM EST
Illegal migrants, who were detained by Tripoli Libyan naval forces, rest at Tripoli seaport before they are transported to a detention center in Libya, October 22, 2016. REUTERS/Hani Amara REUTERS/Hani Amara
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Migrants in Libya are suffering consistent and widespread abuse, including arbitrary detention, forced labor, rape and torture, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.
Record numbers of migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, have been trying to reach Europe via Libya, usually in flimsy inflatable boats provided by smugglers.
Armed groups have taken effective control of official detention centers for migrants amid the political chaos that now reigns in Libya and they also run their own centers, competing and cooperating with criminal gangs and smugglers.
"The situation of migrants in Libya is a human rights crisis. The breakdown in the justice system has led to a state of impunity, in which armed groups, criminal gangs, smugglers and traffickers control the flow of migrants through the country," the U.N. report said.
"The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has also received credible information that some members of state institutions and some local officials have participated in the smuggling and trafficking process," it added.
Libyan officials were not immediately available to comment, but in the past have complained of being overwhelmed by migrant flows and of lacking the resources to cope.
The report said migrants were frequently bought and sold and were forced to work to pay for their onward journey, while smugglers and traffickers extort extra money from families through a complex system of money transfers.
Some Sudanese women were advised to take a three-month contraceptive injection before traveling to Libya because of the expectation they could be raped, it said.
A 16-year-old boy from Senegal detained in the southern city of Sabha was quoted as saying: "The women and the very young girls are raped and if they resist, they are beaten and threatened with guns."
Infectious diseases have spread in a number of centers, where migrants are packed into rooms without sufficient space to lie down and are forced to openly defecate and urinate in their cells, the report said.
The report also listed alleged abuses by Libya's coastguard, which sometimes intercepts migrant boats before they reach international waters, where they can be picked up by European rescue ships.
Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 22, 168,542 migrants arrived in Italy from Libya, and 4,164 are known to have died at sea.
The U.N. report urged Libyan authorities to immediately release the most vulnerable migrants, to provide protection from abuse and to prosecute human trafficking and smuggling offences.
It also urged the European Union to "further evaluate" a training program for the Libyan coastguard launched this year "to ensure that its vetting procedures are stringent and its humanrights component is comprehensive".
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Thousands of dignitaries, traditional worshippers, people of the town and others on Wednesday joined Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwunsi in his palace to celebrate new yam festival.
The festival which has not been celebrated for a long period of years in the ancient city was revived back to life by the Ooni.
The festival witnessed display of best traditions and culture and added glamour to the occasion.
The cultural display was on until the Oba Ogunwunsi arrived amid jubilation by the teeming crowd while the cultural troupe hit the stage again to showcase their culture and tradition through cultural dance to mesmerize the audience.
Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, who was among the dignitaries that witnessed the festival, lauded the monarch for bringing development to the town and the University through promotion of peace and culture.
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He announced that the Ooni has cooperated with the indigenes of Yoruba who are outside Nigeria Like Brazil, Cuba and others to bring them to Ile Ife to learn Yoruba culture and tradition.
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Taylor Orwig '19 Shows Incentives Increasing Flu Vaccination Rates in Worcester Schools
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Taylor Orwig '19 recently compared flu vaccination rates in the Worcester Public Schools over a three-year period and concluded an incentive program likely improved rates by 25 percent.
Orwig conducted the research as part of an internship with the Worcester Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Under the direction of Dr. Matilde "Maddie" Castiel, Worcester's commissioner of Health and Human Services, Orwig was tasked with examining the in-school vaccination data from 43 Worcester schools, ranging from elementary through high school.
Demographics of the students participating in the program were also collected to determine possible racial disparities that could be impacting vaccination rates.
"It is important to examine the groups with low vaccination rates in order to increase their rates in the future," says Orwig.
Comparing data from 2017, 2018, and 2019, Orwig identified a spike in vaccination rates during the 2018 and 2019 program years.
"Across the 43 schools in the program, the number of vaccinated students has increased over 25 percent to almost 2,800 students," she says.
Orwig attributes the increase in vaccination rates to the addition of incentives for participating schools. The incentive initiative was launched in 2018 through a public-private partnership between DHHS, the United Way of Central Massachusetts, and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation. Each group pledged funds for the city elementary school, middle school, and high school, with the schools with the highest participation rates receiving new Chromebooks.
"The goal of the [flu vaccine] program is to vaccinate as many students as possible," she says, "and so incentives for the schools, such as new Chromebooks, will continue to be offered to encourage future participation."
Orwig presented her findings to the city manager, superintendent of schools, and other city officials.
While Orwig has had to hit pause on her internship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she says that she is grateful for the public health experience she gained in her time with DHHS and hopes it will help her on her path to a career in public health.
"The most rewarding parts about this experience were meeting and connecting with different departments of the Worcester Community–Worcester Public Schools, DHHS, United Way program directors, and many others. Also, it was very rewarding being involved in a community health project that will, in time, increase vaccination rates within the Worcester Public School District."
As for life after lockdown? Orwig plans to jump right back into her internship and work on projects that address youth homelessness, another pressing issue facing the Worcester community.
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Major Key Studios, who run two foundation degrees with the University, have taken a suite of rooms at the landmark West Bromwich arts centre, The Public. The rooms include two studios, a control room, a mixing and production suite as well as a green room and kitchen.
Budding music moguls on the foundation degree courses in Music Industry Practice and Sound Production, offered by the School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure, will be able to use the hi-tech equipment from September.
Major Key Studios owners and lecturers Ken Banks and Phil Savage are delighted to be expanding into The Public.
Ken said: "Moving into The Public gives us a fantastic opportunity to look at innovative collaborations within the arts, and we are tremendously excited about this new challenge."
Phil added: "The move to The Public is a big step to establishing an international school of excellence for music."
The foundation degrees offer students hands-on experience of the music industry, as well as the theory to develop their understanding of the business. For further information, visit www.wlv.ac.uk/sspal or www.wlv.ac.uk/foundation
Major Key Studios is promoting a number of live music events at The Public during August and September. Admission to Music in The Big Pink is free and upcoming performances include jazz quartet Swing Museum on Friday, August 29 and David Moore Blues Band on Saturday, August 30.For more information call 0121 533 7161 or visit www.thepublic.com
For media inquiries, contact Vickie Woodward in the Press Office on 01902 322736 or 07973 335112.