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Center for Limnological, Aquatic Biodiversity and Mariculture Studies (CLABMS)
Center Director: Martha Joyce G. Garciano, M.A. Ed.
Martha Joyce G. Garciano, M.A. Ed. joycegarciano@yahoo.com.ph
Professor Martha Joyce G. Garciano is an Associate Professor III of Cebu Technological University San Francisco Campus. She is a holder of Master of Arts in Education and is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Development Education. She is a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduate, and took up Professional Education courses. She is a Licensed Professional Teacher and is also a Registered Nurse. She works on several studies in science, environmental and education fields. She is a member of various Professional Organizations including National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) as an Associate Member in the Biological Division.
Cebu Technological University San Francisco Campus is one of the nine external campuses of the University. It is strategically located in Northern Poblacion of the Municipality of San Francisco, Province of Cebu. Municipality of San Francisco is one of the four municipalities comprising the Islands of Camotes, which is at northeastern part of the mainland Cebu; specifically located east of mainland Cebu, southwest of Leyte Island, and north of Bohol Island. Camotes Islands is endowed with aquatic natural landscapes including Lake Danao, estuaries, waterfalls and cave waters where diverse flora and fauna abound. Some of these aquatic resources provide livelihood to the residents surrounding the area, as well as they serve as tourist destinations to local and foreign tourists. As a DENR protective area, Camotes Islands abound with different species of Mangroves and Marine Sanctuaries providing food and resources to the people of Camotes.
Food Security and Poverty Alleviation are one of the thrusts of the Philippine government. Aquaculture is one of the important activities that can ensure such mentioned thrusts. With the richness of marine and freshwater resources, food can be secured, thus poverty can be alleviated. However, with the recent climatic changes, overfishing due to overpopulation, illegal fishing, man-induced environmental degradation and other anthropogenic activities, the decline of aquatic resources and biodiversity loss is substantially experienced.
Camotes Sea is approximately located at 1240 to 1250 longitudes in the east and 100 to 110 latitude in the north. It is bounded on the North by the Camotes Islands, on the East by Leyte Island, on the south by Danajon Bank in Bohol, and on the west by Mainland Cebu. It covers a total area of 10,900 square kilometers with the deep off-shelf water of 9,000 square kilometers and depth ranging from 10-800 meters. The shelf in the south along with the north coast of Bohol is covering about 1,400 square kilometers until Danajon Bank, with a depth ranging from 14 meters (BFAR Fisheries Profile 1996). Camotes Sea is one of the rich fishing grounds in the country and fishing is the leading source of income. Diverse flora and fauna become the source of livelihood to many fisherfolks.
Lake Danao, on the other hand is picturesque freshwater inland body of water with an area of 649 hectares located in the Municipality of San Francisco. It is the largest and longest lake in the Visayas (Station profile of Carmen Lake Danao Fishery Complex/ Research Station for Freshwater Fisheries Development Zone, 1995). The lake is surrounded by six barangays out of 15 in this Municipality. It supplies water to the rice fields in Sitio Danao and Patabog. Its shoreline ranges from rocky to soft mud. The lake water is free from pollutanta except for allochthonous materials. Ipomaea aquatica and Typha latifolia are the common flora that grow in the periphery of the lake, as well as Tilapia fish which originally abound the lake. It is a potential resource for food, social and economic activities to the people of Camotes. Presently, the Lake Danao is one of the booming tourist attractions in the Island. Different economic activities are flourishing here.
At present, there is a decline in the fish catch and other aquatic products. Prices of fishes and aquatic products are soaring high since the demand becomes higher but the supply becomes lesser. To lessen the impact of these problems, target fishes and other important resources need to be saved, conserved and preserved by culture and propagation activities to ensure sustainability of their supply. Researches on biodiversity, ecological status, anthropogenic activities, and many others are endeavors that need to be undertaken for the conservation and preservation of resources, and formulation of management and protection policies. Hence, the Center is created.
The CTU-CLABMS located at San Francisco, Cebu envisions making all inland bodies of water (both lotic and lentic) of Camotes Islands can be a perfect environment for all freshwater and estuarine flora and fauna, and can be recognized for its healthy environment sustainable resources, and well-managed lakes, rivers, waterfalls and estuaries.
It also envisions conducting mariculture studies of marine organisms for food sufficiency and livelihood adoption of all the marine waters of Camotes Islands and its neighboring provinces.
The Center is mandated to conduct researches on biodiversity, water quality, and socio-cultural studies which serve as data for policy and management formulation, and conduct aquaculture strategies and developmental studies of different aquatic plants and animals for sustainable, livelihood and food management.
The CTU- CLABMS aims to make the freshwater, estuarine and marine waters of Camotes Islands a healthy environment for all organisms to live, by making it sustainable, properly managed for livelihood, research activities, tourism, food consumption, and mariculture industries.
The CTU- CLABMS must be able to:
conduct researches on water quality and monitoring socio-cultural activities along the different disciplines;
disseminate the results of the researches about different flora and fauna, formulated IEC materials, and publications;
provide data for policy recommendations and management options of the freshwaters, estuaries, and the whole marine waters of Camotes Islands;
establish linkages with other institutions, individuals and groups, local, national and international levels to share resources and informations; and
develop mariculture studies of plants and animals using environment friendly technologies like cages, fishponds, tanks, rafts, monoline methods, and other aquaculture ventures.
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Last week, Leeds Beckett University officially launched the first of their digital hubs, advanced workspaces for emerging digital businesses across Leeds and Yorkshire as a whole. With start-up digital businesses facing a lot of difficulties in their first years, the digital hubs are designed to give those companies housed inside a lot of potential opportunities.
Firstly, with an expansive open layout, the hubs make cross-business networking far easier, letting businesses effectively share resources and help each other out, whether that involves digital marketing advice, feedback, promotion or anything else.
Thirdly, the digital hubs are designed with absolutely top-notch facilities. Convenient, central locations, comfortable, flexible office spaces, and world-class Internet connectivity. That's where we come in; we're providing ultrafast, future-proof connectivity to all of the digital hubs run by Leeds Beckett University through our DarkLight service.
Following a recent upgrade to our DarkLight speeds, we'll be delivering symmetrical 300 Mbps connectivity to all the digital hubs, on lines which can currently support a full 10 Gbps speed, ensuring that the emerging companies in the hubs get the high-speed connectivity that they require to perform at their best.
The first Leeds Beckett Digital Hub is open right now, placed in the Yorkshire Post building in central Leeds - a fantastic location for any starting business, with Leeds being one of the world's major areas for digital enterprise. There's already a few companies placed in the hub - if you're interested in finding out more about the hub, head over to the Leeds digital hub website.
Over the next few months, the university is set to open a few more business centres - right now, the Wakefield business centre is set to open at some time around November, while a further centre is set to launch in Halifax between December and January.
By opening a number of incubators for emerging businesses, Leeds Beckett University is looking to support the next wave of digital business, with advanced offices, great training and fantastic opportunities for those looking for an environment built to actively benefit them.
We're extremely proud to be supplying Internet connectivity to all of the digital hubs run by Leeds Beckett University. With each hub designed to support dozens of workers and a wide range of businesses, all working almost exclusively in the digital realm, the hubs need truly advanced connectivity to give their tenants the ultrafast performance they require.
While bandwidth requirements for businesses are constantly rising, particularly when it comes to the digital side of the market, the hubs will eventually require faster connectivity - because of DarkLight's dark fibre design, that's easy to accomplish.
We're able to upgrade the speed that our DarkLight customers receive at practically any time, with absolutely no additional construction. With every DarkLight line currently supporting a full 10 Gbps speed, we're providing truly future-proof Internet to the companies starting out in the Leeds Beckett digital hubs across Yorkshire.


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Pet Lion At Casa
this is happening tonight and I'm v excited. xx
Guys, the time has come. I'm getting back onstage next Thursday, and it's gonna feel soooooo good. Supporting a fashion show by the talented Danniel Oickle. I'll be playing solo around 7:30pm, would love to see you. Click on the picture for more info. xx
Second BRBR Session - Bonemaker's Song
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Merry Xmas, friends!
Honing the magic of the season, I break my radio silence to bring you glad tidings. My voice is on the mend, and although I'm not quite at the point yet where I can make definite plans, this is still very good news. I've been seeing an excellent ENT and a passionate and caring SLP at Montreal General, who have both been helping me immensely to heal. My last vocal cord scope on December 15th showed excellent progress, and I go back in a month for another check up. I will keep everyone in the loop!
This has been an exhilarating, challenging, devastating, eye-opening and delicately beautiful year. The build-up of the album's release coupled with the let-down of having a serious vocal injury and having to cancel everything was an experience I wouldn't wish on anyone. With the blessing of time passed and thus gained perspective, I won't tell you that I think it "happened for a reason" or some bullshit like that. But I will say that there's significant insight to be gained from any heavy experience, and I will carry on into 2015 smarter, tougher and braver than ever.
In the meantime, here's a little video that Todd Elsliger and I did at TFO's studio in Toronto for BRBR. Acoustic 'It's Coming On', I'm very proud.
Wishing you all a wonderful and relaxing holiday season. Joyeuses fêtes à tous le monde!!
Fall Shows Postponed Due To Vocal Injury
It seems like yesterday I was sitting here at my desk, excitedly typing away to announce the release of Bones Are Forever. I come at you now from a slightly darker, albeit more introspective place, as it pains me to have to announce that I have been forced to postpone my upcoming shows in Montreal, Sherbrooke, Québec City, Ottawa and Sutton due to a vocal injury.
Feel free to reach out for the full story, but the short of it is this: I have been having issues with my vocal cords since September, although I was proceeding full steam ahead since the doctor I initially saw - who reluctantly wrote me a referral to see an ENT - told me that the symptoms I was experiencing should just go away on their own. I finally had my appointment with the specialist on Friday and the diagnosis was vocal rest ASAP or else risk further, permanent damage. I won't go into more detail here, but what that means is no singing, limited speaking and lots of rest over the next two months.
I am obviously devastated, and, if I may editorialise just a little bit, I feel like my heart has been hung out to dry. I mean, come on - this is happening now? On the heels of my album release?? I know that life isn't the balanced fairytale I used to think it was, but seriously...I teach people to use their voices in a healthy way, and you won't find a voice student of mine who wouldn't be able to tell you the benefits of a thorough warm-up and the pitfalls of vocal overuse, making my current situation just that much more ironic. However, in the true spirit of indie music, I will not let this stop anything. I will be reassessing with my team of wonderful, wonderful people this weekend to re-book the shows for late winter/early spring, and in the meantime, I will be focusing on promoting the album and videos online.
I just want to thank everyone who has supported me so far in the release of Bones Are Forever, especially those handsome folks who came out to our Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton shows (which were so awesome, by the way, thus paining this announcement even further). Anyone was has already purchased tickets for the upcoming shows will have their cards reimbursed this afternoon, although please allow up to a week for processing.
For now, I ask for nothing more than good healthy thoughts. Oh, and maybe some sharing around of our official music videos for the songs UNDERGROUND and IT'S COMING ON. ;)
Thank you so much for your understanding, and my greatest of apologies. I'll get back to you soon.
Bones Are Forever Is Here - And So Is Our New Music Video
Hey guys! Did you miss this last week?? BAF is now on sale, and to celebrate, here's the music video for the opening track, Underground.
The opening track from Ainsley McNeaney's sophomore album Bones Are Forever. Directed and designed by Daegan McNeaney and Ainsley McNeaney. Filmed by Daegan McNeaney, with additional technical assistance by Alex Hofmann and Kyle Gray. Shot in Freelton, ON in September 2014.
The musicians on this track are: Ainsley McNeaney (piano, vocals, chorus, timpani, chimes, glockenspiel, vibraphone, tambourine, cymbals, gong, triangle, snare drum, bass drum), Marie-Pier Houle (flute), Marta Kosek (English horn), Julia Hambleton (clarinet), Catherine Magowan (bassoon), Tanya Charles (violin), Emily Eng (viola), Soohyun Nam (cello), David Gustilov (double bass), Jonas Feldman (trumpet), Brad Dickson (trombone), Jay Austin (French horn), Colin Edwards (chorus), Carlie Howell (chorus), Ashley Magwood (chorus), Ryan Rogerson (chorus), James Sutherland (chorus), Janet Sutherland (chorus) & Taylor Sutherland (chorus).
This video comes straight from my ventricles.
This Weekend's Shows Postponed
With a bit of a heavy heart I have to announce that next weekend's shows in Ottawa and Sutton have both been postponed, due to last minute technical issues that were completely beyond our control. I am so sorry to all our friends and fans who were planning to spend their weekend with us - the loss is all ours, trust me!
The good news is that we will be announcing the new dates soon, so please stay tuned and I promise I will give you news as soon as I have it.
Less than 24 hours before Bones Are Forever can become all yours! See you tomorrow!!
Bones Are Forever Tour Dates - we're coming soon to a city near you! At least, probably... If you live in one of these lucky places. And if not, please keep following this journey online, 'cause we've got more music videos, contests and giveaways happening as we count down to October 28th.
Click on the links below to snatch up your tickets today and for more info!
Friday, October 31st - Ottawa, ON @ The Mercury Lounge
**Special BAF Tour Kick-Off Costume Party!**
Saturday, November 1st - Sutton, QC @ Salle Alec et Gérard Pelletier
Thursday, November 6th - Kingston, ON @ The Clark Hall Pub
Friday, November 7th - Hamilton, ON @ The Baltimore House
Saturday, November 8th - Toronto, ON @ The Rivoli
Thursday, November 20th - Québec City, QC @ Café Babylone
Friday, November 21st - Sherbrooke, QC @ La Petite Boîte Noire
Saturday, November 29th - Montreal, QC @ Cabaret du Mile End
**With full orchestra!**
Once again, I thank you all for your patience and support - this album is finally almost here.
It's Coming On Music Video
It's finally here! Download 'It's Coming On' FREE!
Video shot by Tyler Gibb:
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Filmed in August 2014 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The musicians on this track are: Ainsley McNeaney (piano, vocals, percussion, accordion), Pierre Haché (drums), Marie-Pier Houle (flute), Nick Lavigne (bass), Corinna Rose (banjo - http://www.corinnarose.com), Taylor Sutherland (vocals), Emily Eng (viola), Mike Field (trumpet) & Brad Dickson (trombone).
Special thanks to the cast of characters: Su Sokol & Tanya McNeil Morris (Underground), Cécile Olivier & Arnaud Lays (The Moon), Selina Mackie (On The Mountainside), Geoff Cronin (Honey), John McLeod (Octopus Man), Ken McMurray & Tannaz Doroudian (Zoe Vs. The Giant), Laurie Russell (Mulberry Disease), Cliff Makinson (Only Time), Stephanie Moore (The Robin's Egg Is Blue), Lisa Pietersma (Intro Royale), Clint Earle (Sleep Through The Night) & Elaine Jost (Bonemaker's Song).
Extra thanks to costume/prop designer Manu Hummel, Daniel Minsky, and my band for their assistance in putting this video together. Thanks to Rémi Forget for getting us the heart monitor!
Special cameo appearances by Julien Sandiford on banjo and a wonderful group of friends!
Thanks for an awesome night and video launch!
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Alberto Tonon "Cavaliere del Regno" founds the company. The location of the company is located in the northeast of Italy, the Friuli area in the village of Manzano.
Alberto Tonon brings as first the technology of bent wood to Italy.
Tonon delivers deckchairs for the cruise ship rex for Lloyd Trieste.
The economic crise in Italy, everything is lacking, Tonon specializes in the production of bicycle wheels in wood.
Tonon is growing up to 220 workers. In the aera the people are calling the company Tonon simply "la fabbrica" (the factory).
Augusto and Bruno Tonon lead the company in the 60ies, supplying the italian furniture industries as subcontractor.
Sandro Tonon joins the company. Bringing Tonon back to its own brand. Uniforma, is the first collection of design after supplying the furniture industry.
High gloss furniture are coming in fashion. Tonon gets with the paperclip chair a bestseller in America. Department stores as Bloomingdale and Macy's sell the chair all over the United States.
Paolo Nava creates the Jonathan chair. A new interpretation of the typical bent chair of the past.
In cooperation with the designer Paolo Nava and a company in the aircraft industry Tonon is developing the first carbonfiber chair.
Tonon opens a new market in the horeca business (hotel, restaurant, cafeteria). The wide program of the Flowers Collection gives an answer for every destination. Hotel chains like Sheraton, Holiday Inn, Hilton etc. get customers of Tonon.
Tonon is changing from the traditional upholstery on wooden frame to shells with steel construction and injected foam.
Episodes collection will get soon one of the most famous collections of Tonon. In 2004 Tonon delivers over 1900 chairs for the main restaurant of the Queen Mary 2.
Follow me is the first collection of Tonon that includes steel chairs.
Shells is one of the first winning products of Tonon in a design award.
The first chair in skin injected foam is born (integral foam).
Sandro Tonon developes together with 6 designers a fully upholstered collection all manufactured with injected foam shells.
The first outdoor collection. Tonon invests in moulds. Sundance, Sunrise and Sunset are produced in polyethylene with a rotational moulding process.
The Up-chair immediately gets the favorite in all international markets, both for the material and for its organic design.
Our first sideboard is born with carvet front doors in wood or in Soft Touch.
The product manufactured in soft touch polyplus for indoor and outdoor seating.
As the name suggests, Fl@t comes from a thin, padded and flexible shape, which is curved to form a body and fixed by a dedicated steel hardware, which also serves as a decorative element. The body is "suspended" on a black painted aluminum arch, fixed to a base in the same material. This slightly flexible shell gives the product an extremely light look and offers optimal seating comfort.


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For a product rarely anyone had been aware of 5 years ago, they now seem to be on everyone's lips. While much has been written about the safety of these products and their potential to either support or ruin efforts to lessen smoking rates, it's timely to think about why the global tobacco industry has taken such a keen interest in buying electronic cigarette companies.
Despite e-cigarettes seemingly dominating public and academic debate on tobacco control, the global electronic cigarette market is minuscule in comparison to traditional tobacco products. Euromonitor estimates the global e-cigarette market was worth US$3 billion in 2013.
Compare this for the global tobacco market, probably the most valuable fast moving consumer goods industries, worth an estimated US$800 billion – a lot more than 260 times the size of the e-cigarette market. This highly profitable tobacco market, outside of China, is dominated and controlled by simply five major players: Japan Tobacco International, Imperial Tobacco, British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International, and Altria/Philip Morris USA.
All of the global tobacco companies now have a stake inside the e-cigarette market, with most buying up independent e-cigarette companies.
Philip Morris International, called PMI, has taken it one step further: as well as recently purchasing UK electronic cigarette company Nicocigs Ltd, it will be launching the ecig brands. Unlike e-cigs, which vapourise liquid nicotine, the HeatStick takes normal tobacco and heats it to 350 degrees Celsius to produce a tobacco vapour.
PMI wants to introduce the Marlboro HeatStick in test markets in Japan and Italy later this season. Similar kinds of products were introduced in the 1990s, but failed dismally when smokers rejected both taste and absence of smoking satisfaction. PMI appears hopeful this latest generation of heat technology could be more acceptable to smokers.
On the surface, it might seem like the tobacco market is simply buying up these businesses before they turn into a major threat to the profits. Or perhaps, which it sees a bright future for e-cigarettes and wants to control the market.
But considering the amount more profitable traditional cigarettes are than e-cigarettes, and the tobacco industry's long and chequered corporate history, it's important to question what other motivations they might have.
Tobacco advertising on television is almost universally banned, the tobacco-friendly states of Indonesia and Zimbabwe being two holdouts. It really has been decades since a tobacco ad appeared on television screens in america and Great Britain. But e-cigarette marketing is a booming business within both countries with controversial television ad campaigns and celebrity endorsements.
Using celebrities, se.x, glamour, adventure, rebelliousness, youth and sweetness to market addictive products is quite familiar territory for your tobacco industry. These sorts of campaigns contradict the tobacco industry's pubic relations message that it must be only interested in selling e-cigarettes to adults who are not able to stop smoking.
Increase the fact that PMI cannot show packs of Marlboro on store shelves or splash the iconic red Marlboro chevron on Formula One cars, it may promote the usa$69 billion Marlboro brand by putting it on the HeatStick product.
E-cigarettes can also assist the tobacco industry undo the effects of policies which have seen cigarettes pushed away from social settings that kept people smoking. While smoking bans are principally about protecting people, especially workers, from secondhand smoke, they may have an extra positive benefit from reducing smoking rates.
Pushing to enable e-cigarette use in pubs and restaurants means there is not any must quit, because when you can't smoke, simply use an e-cigarette instead. But, don't forget to maintain smoking the real stuff when you are able too.
Since acquiring electronic cigarette brands, not one tobacco company has stepped taken care of of tobacco control policy makers working to reduce smoking. The business has not yet raised a white flag and decided to no longer oppose effective tobacco control policy reform.
It really is business as always: oppose, lobby and litigate when countries implement laws that impact on cigarette sales. Which is the reason the international treaty to reduce tobacco use, the planet Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, is explicit in banning tobacco industry influence in tobacco control policy. Finding a "fundamental and irreconcilable conflict arzalp interest" in between the industry and public health means the industry will not be a welcome stakeholder in formulating public health policy.
E-cigarettes really are a potentially useful tool in giving the tobacco industry a seat back at the policy table. If this can point to e-cigarettes as "proof" it cares about consumers and is trying to reduce tobacco harms, then maybe it can not be shut from the regulatory process. Irrespective of that e-cigarettes really are a tiny part of its total business.
And lastly, e-cigarettes really are a huge distraction to tobacco control advocates and policy makers. No doubt the tobacco industry celebrates witnessing the debate and division among tobacco control colleagues on the utility of e-cigarettes in reducing the harms of tobacco use. The less attention paid towards the deadly US$800 billion arm in the business the higher.


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Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq
From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release
SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 22, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Officials reported details of the latest strikes, which took place between 8 a.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. today, local time, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.
Attack and fighter aircraft conducted five airstrikes in Syria:
-- Near Hasakah, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.
-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, two airstrikes struck two ISIL wellheads.
-- Near Kobani, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL fighting positon.
Airstrikes in Iraq
Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted conducted 15 airstrikes in Iraq, approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense:
-- Near Asad, two airstrikes destroyed five ISIL buildings.
-- Near Haditha, one airstrike struck an ISIL staging area.
-- Near Mosul, four airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying two ISIL tunnel systems, an ISIL motorcycle, an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL cache.
-- Near Ramadi, five airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying five ISIL armored vehicles, two ISIL tanks, two ISIL vehicles, an ISIL armored personnel carrier, three ISIL IEDs, five abandoned tanks, two abandoned armored personnel carriers and two abandoned armored vehicles.
-- Near Sinjar, three airstrikes struck three ISIL tactical units, destroying four ISIL buildings, two ISIL heavy machine guns and an ISIL mortar system.
Part of Operation Inherent Resolve
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, the region and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group's ability to project terror and conduct operations.
Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations conducting airstrikes in Syria include the United States, Bahrain, Canada, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Special Report: Operation Inherent Resolve - Targeted Operations Against ISIL Terrorists


Brilliant Cat – and this is just the beginning. Thank you for your dedication and your example, most of all your amazing sincerity in helping those around you.
Good job on the Podcast. I thought you were both insightful and witty. You were great with Damh the Bard!
I heard about your blog from the DruidCast! Our music was on the latest episode #72. It was so exciting to hear it on there. And I feel so fortunate that our song was chosen.


Clasp on mighty glory and reap all the compliments for it. The shown pair of earrings (17.000 carats) have been inspired from the cheer and joy of flowers. Filled with the intoxicating blue, the pair features a combination of Ceylon colour quartz along with white topaz. The earrings are designed for rich tastes and come sculpted in platinum overlaying sterling silver for a lasting shine.
Ceylon Colour Quartz Pear 12x10 Faceted 2 9.550ct.
Ceylon Colour Quartz Oval 8x6 Faceted 2 2.450ct.
White Topaz Pear 4x3 Faceted 20 3.700ct.
White Topaz Round 1.75 Faceted 40 1.300ct.


There are several potential causes of cerebral palsy, which in itself is not one specific condition but a term used to describe cases of poor motor function caused by a brain abnormality that does not improve.
One cause of cerebral palsy is an injury sustained during the birth of a child. In some circumstances such an injury may give rise to a clinical negligence claim, such as when the labour has been poorly handled by hospital staff.
The effects of cerebral palsy can be catastrophic. The nature of such a brain injury may mean that your child will need help with most aspects of daily life. In such cases, if negligence is proven, compensation awards can reach in excess of £8 - £9 million.
Public Funding (Legal Aid) is usually available to fund cases of this kind but you will need to discuss your case with a solicitor who holds a contract with the Legal Aid Agency, which enables them to apply for Legal Aid.
Geldards have a strong track record in handling birth injury claims and cerebral palsy cases and have a contract with the Legal Services Commission. If you would like to discuss your case further please contact a member of our specialist medical negligence team for a free initial consultation.
The claimant born in 2009 sustained an acute, profound hypoxic insult prior to delivery.
Due to negligent treatment he suffers with a severe form of cerebral palsy, epilepsy, has no speech, but relatively preserved cognitive function.
The Trust admitted liability early on.
Secondary psychiatric injury claim arising out of childbirth in which her son was negligently delivered by caesarean section and suffers Cerebral Palsy as a consequence. Breach has been admitted in the respect of the infant's claim and interim damages exceeding £2.2 million have been paid, for the benefit of the child to provide a home for him and his family, suitably adapted to accommodate his severe disability..
Damages for the Mother's psychiatric injury have settled at £25,000.


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Ralph Love (1907-1992)
Christmas – 1942
9 x 14″
signed verso – from R.H. Love, Pastor
Yucaipa Full Gospel Church
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From AskArt: Ralph Love was born in Los Angeles, California April 18, 1907. He died May 26, 1992 in Escondido, California.For many years, Ralph Love taught as well as painted. His students were made up of avid artists throughout Southern California, and their classroom was the wide-open spaces. On rainy days, the class would meet in the old Art Shack in Temecula, California, which Love opened in the mid-fifties. It was from this Art Shack that his work received national recognition.
Ralph Love was perhaps most well known for painting the Grand Canyon and California landscapes. "Arizona Life" (magazine) featured his work on the cover and on the inside spread, showing several of his original oils. Senator Barry Goldwater owned several of Love's Grand Canyons, and a letter from him stated,"…Love is the finest living American artist I know, and I could look at his work all day long."
Love's desert scenes are immortalized in Palm Springs at the Palm Desert Museum through dioramas. Another of these unique displays can be seen at the historical Mission Inn in Riverside, California. The Frontier Museum in Temecula, California has honored Ralph Love in their museum publication with two pages of his contribution to the area through his art. The late Erle Stanley Gardner, who commissioned a Love painting of his ranch, is the only other person in this publication.
Ralph Love paintings are hanging in several other museums throughout the West, including the Noirthern Arizona Museum in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Phillips 66 Museum in Oklahoma, and the Leanin' Tree Museum in Boulder, Colorado.
Ralph Love is listed in "Who's Who of International Art", in the Tenth Anniversary edition of the "Southwest Art Magazine" hardcover contemporary artist listings, Prize Winning Paintings published in New York, and has been featured several times in Southwest Art, Artist of the Rockies, Western Art Digest, and Art of the West. He is listed in the Edan Hughes reference book of Early California Painters from 1840 to 1940.
Though art was his career from his youth, Ralph Love was also an ordained minister. He often used his art in the ministry, and would combine the two in special meetings in churches all over the West. A very special treat for the congregation was when he would pick up the violin and play a medley of favorite hymns. In his studio, he always painted to classical music, and would often stop painting to play his favorite passages on the violin.
Ralph Love received no formal art training, but was literally self-taught. It was when he was about eleven or twelve, his teacher took the class to the Los Angeles Museum of Art, and he discovered what he wanted to do. He remembered standing in front of one of the old Flemish masters, and it just came to him. . . "I can do that!" And he did.
As a young artist, he had the privilege of painting for two years with Sam Hyde Harris. This was the only real "formal" training Ralph Love had. The rest was from avidly devouring all the art books in the library he could find.


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Andrew Redmayne is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Heart.
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Home › World Building: The Art of Including Era and Place in Your Writing, Part 1
World Building: The Art of Including Era and Place in Your Writing, Part 1
Do your characters exist in a specific time and place? Of course they do. Pride and Prejudice would look very different if the story took place in Communist Russia during the Cold War, for example. But how much of your character's world are you sharing with the reader? And just how much is necessary?
All writers must convey era and place. Readers appreciate "knowing where they are"--that's what World Building accomplishes.
An overdose of detail stops a reader, just as a deficiency causes reader confusion. But proper use of World Building keeps the reader in the moment of the story and compelled to keep reading, whether it be a mystery, historical novel, or romance. Especially if the work is "contemporary" because the "current" situation may be past by the time the book makes its appearance.
Today's writers often wrestle with how much and which detail the reader needs. Perhaps the better question is: Do we know where we are? A sleek black Cadillac limo only conveys the car itself, while a banged up Ford pickup vintage 1960s among a parking lot of high-end SUVs gives era and contrast of economic, social, or personal preferences. And this bit of detail can give effective character insight as well.
This tutorial is taught by Charlotte Cook, former publisher and acquisition editor, and currently working as a story editor along with her cohort Mariah Klein, writer, educator and blogger. Both Charlotte and Mariah are experienced in discussing World Building and its use in genre and mainstream fiction, as well as nonfiction. Charlotte and Mariah are guided by the essentials of compelling story, engaging characters, and an evocative world. Both also are practical in their advice and examples, mentoring many writers to successful publication.
In this 39-minute tutorial video, you'll discover:
How to think of World Building as a strategy rather than details or description
How to choose the pieces of era, setting, and geography that will effectively convey these aspects in terms of story arc
How to manage tension with elements of World Building
With the tips, examples, and discussion provided by this tutorial, you might find that some of your instincts were right but your application needed refinement--a more dynamic approach. That desire to "tell" will be replaced by the light touch of a confident writer who knows that era and place are essential elements within the story and for the reader.


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US, British, French air strikes target Syrian chemical capabilities
By Steve Holland and Tom Perry
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT - U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targeting what they called chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a poison gas attack.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced the military action from the White House, saying the three allies had "marshaled their righteous power against barbarism and brutality".
As he spoke, explosions rocked Damascus.
The bombing represents a major escalation putting the West in direct confrontation with Assad's superpower ally Russia, but is unlikely to alter the course of a multi-sided war which has killed at least half a million people in the past seven years.
That in turn raises the question of where Western countries go from here, after a volley of strikes denounced by Damascus and Moscow as both reckless and pointless.
By morning, the Western countries said their bombing was over for now. Syria released video of President Bashar al-Assad, whose Russian- and Iranian-backed forces have already driven his enemies from Syria's major towns and cities, arriving at work as usual, with the caption "morning of resilience".
British Prime Minister Theresa May described the strike as "limited and targeted". She said she had authorized the British action after intelligence indicated Assad's government was responsible for the attack using chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Douma a week ago.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the strikes had been limited so far to Syria's chemical weapons facilities.
With more than 100 missiles fired from ships and manned aircraft, the allies struck three of Syria's main chemical weapons facilities, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford said.
The targets included a Syrian center in the greater Damascus area for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weaponry as well as a chemical weapons storage facility near the city of Homs. A third target, also near Homs, contained both a chemical weapons equipment storage facility and a command post.
Mattis called the strikes a "one time shot", although Trump raised the prospect of further strikes if Assad's government again used chemical weapons.
"We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents," the U.S. president said in a televised address.
The Syrian conflict pits a complex myriad of parties against each other, with Russia and Iran giving Assad military and political help that has largely proven decisive over the past three years in crushing any rebel threat to topple him. Fractured opposition forces have had varying levels of support from the West, Arab states and Turkey.
The United States, Britain and France have all bombed the Islamic State group in Syria for years and had troops on the ground to fight them, but refrained from targeting Assad's government apart from a volley of U.S. missiles last year.
Although the Western countries have all said for seven years that Assad must leave power, they held back in the past from striking his government with no wider strategy to defeat him.
Assad's government and allies responded outwardly with fury, although there were also clear suggestions that they considered the attack a one-off, unlikely to harm Assad.
A senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus told Reuters the Syrian government and its allies had "absorbed" the attack. The sites that were targeted had been evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, the official said.
"If it is finished, and there is no second round, it will be considered limited," the official said.
Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said on Twitter: "Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences."
Syrian state media called the attack a "flagrant violation of international law." An official in Iran's Revolutionary Guards said it would cause consequences that were against U.S. interests.
French Defence Minister Florence Parly said the Russians "were warned beforehand" to avoid inadvertant escalation.
"ABSORBED THE STRIKE"
At least six loud explosions were heard in Damascus and smoke was seen rising over the city, a Reuters witness said. A second witness said the Barzah district of Damascus had been hit in the strikes. Barzah is the location of a major Syrian scientific research center.
Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned the U.S.-led attacks and said Washington and its allies would bear responsibility for the consequences in the region and beyond, state media reported.
State-controlled Syrian TV said Syrian air defenses shot down 13 missiles fired in the attack. The Russian defense ministry said none of the rockets launched had entered zones where Russian air defense systems are protecting military facilities in Tartus and Hmeimim.
The combined U.S., British and French assault appeared more intense than a similar strike Trump ordered almost exactly a year ago against a Syrian air base in retaliation for an earlier chemical weapons attack that Washington attributed to Assad.
Mattis said the United States conducted the air strikes with conclusive evidence that chlorine gas was used in the April 7 attack in Syria. Evidence that the nerve agent sarin also was used was inconclusive, he said.
Allegations of Assad's chlorine use are frequent in Syria's conflict, raising questions about whether Washington had lowered the threshold for military action in Syria by deciding to strike after a chlorine attack. Syria agreed in 2013 to give up its chemical weapons. It is still permitted to have chlorine for civilian use, although its use as a weapon is banned.
Mattis, who U.S. officials said had earlier warned in internal debates that too large an attack would risk confrontation with Russia, described the strikes as a one-off to dissuade Assad from "doing this again".
But a U.S. official familiar with the military planning said there could be more air strikes if the intelligence indicates Assad has not stopped making, importing, storing or using chemical weapons including chlorine. The official said this could require a more sustained U.S. air and naval presence in the region, as well as more surveillance.
EXIT SYRIA?
Trump has been leery of U.S. military involvement in the Middle East, and is eager to withdraw roughly 2,000 troops in Syria taking part in the campaign against Islamic State.
"America does not seek an indefinite presence in Syria, under no circumstances," Trump said in his address. "The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons."
The U.S. president, who has tried to build good relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, had sharply critical words for Russia and Iran over their support of Assad.
"To Iran and to Russia, I ask, what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children?" Trump said.
Last year, the United States fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the guided missile destroyers USS Porter and the USS Ross that struck the Shayrat air base.
At the time, the Pentagon said that a fifth of Syria's operational aircraft were either damaged or destroyed.


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Shayne Looper: Why I keep an empty Coke can on my shelf
Shayne Looper More Content Now
When I was young, my parents or other adults occasionally quoted to me the old saw, "You can't judge a book by its cover." I haven't heard that for a long time. It's as if the maxim has dropped out of contemporary parlance. Apparently, a metaphor about a book and its cover no longer strikes home in our digital world.
Nevertheless, the adage stands: You still can't judge a book by its cover. A torn and tattered cover may contain a priceless book while an attractive cover may surround 300 pages of rubbish. Or vice-versa. When I visit a used bookstore, I largely ignore splashy, contemporary covers. Perhaps I have missed some great, even life-changing, books because I was judging them by their covers.
However, no one was ever speaking about books when they shared that bit of wisdom with me. They were always thinking of people. The point is always: You can't judge a person by the way he or she looks.
Isn't that the truth? Sometimes it's the people who appear to have it all together that are falling apart, the people who seem full of confidence that are sad and empty. The psychologist Madeline Levine has identified a new variety of unhappy teenagers. In the past, they were often socially inept kids who got poor grades and struggled to fit in. Now the unhappy teen is increasingly likely to be smart, successful, and privileged — yet lost and profoundly empty.
For Dr. Levine, one client epitomizes this new type of adolescent unhappiness. She was her last appointment on a Friday afternoon, a 15-year-old girl Levine described as "bright, personable, (and) highly pressured by her adoring, but frequently preoccupied … parents."
She wore a long-sleeve t-shirt pulled halfway over her hand, with an opening cut in the cuff for her thumb. Since girls sometimes wear these kinds of shirts to hide self-mutilating behaviors, the therapist asked her to pull back her sleeve. When she did, Dr. Levine was startled to find the girl had used a razor to carve the word "EMPTY" onto her forearm.
Levine says that the most common thing she hears from kids these days is, "I'm fake." On the surface, their lives look good. They are successful students with many friends. They leave school in new cars that take them to beautiful homes with manicured lawns. "But," Dr. Levine says, "when you get to what's going on beneath these kids' T-shirts, there's not much happening inside." They are empty.
Emptiness is a disorder that affects adults as well as teens, religious as well as irreligious people. As a pastor, I have met many religious people, including clergy, who look good on the outside but are empty on the inside. They dress right, use the most up-to-date phrases and buzzwords and, frankly, are an impressive sight. But they are, in the prophet Jeremiah's memorable metaphor, "broken cisterns that cannot hold water." They are empty.
That may not always have been the case. They may once have been full of life and enthusiasm but, as a friend of mine says, "People leak." The outside still looks good, but the inside is empty.
On a bookshelf in my study I keep an empty Coke can. It's not empty because someone drank it. It is sealed, the pull-top still in place, the familiar white Coca-Cola logo emblazoned on the shiny red can. It came in a case of Coke in which every other can was full, but this one was empty.
I keep it as a reminder that I can look fine on the outside — proper, pious, kind — and yet be empty on the inside, a disappointment to those who are thirsting for something real. People are thirsting, but they will never quench their thirst on the way a thing looks.
Jesus pictured (and lived) a different kind of life, one that is rich and full, and enlivens others. He spoke of the availability of a life in which "rivers of living water" flow from within a person to refresh those around him. This life, as he made clear, is given to those who trust and obey him, but constantly eludes those who rely on appearances.
— Shayne Looper is the pastor of Lockwood Community Church in Branch County, Michigan. Read more at shaynelooper.com.


The Hill Has Eyes in Franklin has five attractions that are open through Oct. 28.
Cannibals, demonic carnies and mutant hillbillies play games just like you.
But, while you're trying to beat your brother at "Apples to Apples" or "Cards Against Humanity," the horror professionals at The Hill Has Eyes in Franklin are playing games that are meant to improve their ability to terrify you.
"Our goal is to bring these actors out of their shells and get them into a comfort zone that might not exist with an event like this," said Scot Johnson, director of customer experience for ROC Ventures, which puts on The Hill Has Eyes.
The Hill Has Eyes, which just opened for the season and will run through Oct. 28, has 120 actors for its five attractions that span 45 acres.
One exercise the actors do is like a darker and verbal version of charades. All of the actors line up in two parallel lines facing each other. Each pair of two walk through the line while acting out a scene. Johnson said a scene could entail an actor being bitten by a zombie and then slowly turning into one, or being chased by a demon-possessed dog. The other actors have to guess what's happening. All 60 pairs get a scene to act out.
This is horror professional Shaun Marks' favorite game. "It gets people out of their comfort zone and makes them do things they never thought they'd do before," he said. He joined The Hill Has Eyes during its first season, seven years ago, because of his love for Halloween.
For another game, Johnson said all of the actors are divided into groups of about 10. One person holds an imaginary knife and throws it at another. That actor can catch it and throw it at someone else or get hit by it and act out the process of dying. Johnson said this exercise is meant to improve body movement.
There's also a twisted version of "Telephone." But, instead of words, actions are used. Actors circle up around a theater instructor. The leader does a short outburst or action, like being attacked or dying. One actor copies the action and does it toward the person next to them. That actor does it to their neighbor, and the chain continues.
"It evolves as it goes along," Johnson said. "That exercise brings out people's personalities." He said this game helps the staff determine where to place actors within the haunt.
While about 60 percent of the actors are returning scarers like Marks, others auditioned at one of the three job fairs The Hill Has Eyes held in September.
Johnson said everyone who auditioned got a part. "We have no interest in killing ambition or turning them away," he said.
After the audition process, the actors attend a four to five hour orientation/training, where they learn the back story of the haunt, which is that the hill is an abandoned trailer park where the government dumped chemical waste, Johnson said.
Then, they get into the games and exercises. The following week, the actors are brought in for two more sessions to go through similar activities and their scripts.
"By the end of the process, a lot of these actors are completely transformed," Johnson said.
For the first two years Marks was involved, he played a clown with no lines. He became Junkyard Ray, a lead character that's the face of the haunt, five years ago. "It was really cool to move up to that role and make it my own," he said. "I build on it every year to make it better and better."
The actors follow a script that has both words and actions, which was created by a staff member, Johnson said. Improvisations have to be pre-approved. While each of the five attractions have their own script, they're all connected to the hill's back story.
"They're not a boo or a scream," Johnson said. "They're actual story lines that we'd like to take through the entire haunt. It adds to the experience."
Marks said it took him about two weeks to get his script down the first year he was in a lead role.
While all five attractions receive updates from year to year, Containment, Failed Escape and Hunger Hollow have been redesigned for 2018.
"We don't want things to get stale," Johnson said. "We have a serious passion for this."
The haunt starts with Containment, which Johnson described as "Wisconsin's gateway to terror." He said bureaucrats decided it was in their best interest to cover up that there was ever a trailer park community on the grounds. Then, guests move into Failed Escape, where they meet Junkyard Ray and the mutant community. From there, they enter Hunger Hollow, which is cannibalistic with super mutated people and butchers. At the end of Hunger Hollow, guests go through a mutated church and onto the Scare Lift. Finally, they reach a death carnival, Carnivore.
Admission ranges from $30 to $53, depending on the date, and includes all of the attractions.
The West Allis Players will be putting on "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," at the West Allis Central Auditorium, 8516 W. Lincoln Ave., West Allis. Performances are at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 5-6 and 12-13, and 2 p.m. Oct. 14. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students, and $8 for children 12 and under. For more information, visit westallisplayers.org.
An Oktoberfest with live music, children's activities and food vendors will be held at Konkel Park, 5151 W. Layton Ave, Greenfield, from 1 to 8 p.m. Oct. 6. For more information, visit bit.ly/greenfieldoktoberfest.
Fall Family Festival at the Market will have trick-or-treating and kids crafts from 3 p.m. to dusk Oct. 4 at 1101 Milwaukee Ave., South Milwaukee. For more information, visit bit.ly/fallfamilyfestmarket.
The 28th annual Downtown West Allis Classic Car Show is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 7. Cars will be parked on Greenfield Avenue, from 70th to 76th streets, and adjacent side streets. Admission is free. For more information, visit downtownwestallis.org/events/classic-car-show.
Oktoberfest at Three Cellars, 7228 S. 27th St., Oak Creek, will have German music, food and beer from 3 to 11 p.m. Oct. 5 and noon to 11 p.m. Oct. 6. Admission is $5 and includes a beer. Families are welcome until 6 p.m. For more information, visit threecellarsoakcreek.com.
China Lights: Panda-Mania at the Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, continues through Oct. 21. It's open from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays and closed Mondays. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for seniors 60 and over and children 5 to 17, and free for kids under 5. VIP tickets are $30. For more information, visit chinalights.org.


Choirmaster of the great synagogue of Strasbourg, musical and artistic director of the Jewish Choral of France, Hector Sabo hosted in 2017-2018 a serie of radio broadcasts on Jewish music on Radio Judaïca Strasbourg.
Native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hector Sabo grew up in the 'hazanout tradition (cantorial art) transmitted by his grandfather David Sabo. At the age of nine, he joins the professional choir of the Great Synagogue of Buenos Aires (Paso street) singing with his father.
Settled in Strasbourg, Hector Sabo hosts, since September 2017, the radio show "Ledor Vador" on Radio Judaïca Strasbourg 102.9 FM. He hosted 39 shows dedicated to the history of Hebrew music trough time.
Hector Sabo gave to the EIJM a copy of his broadcasts in order to preserve and diffuse the Jewish musical heritage.


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Join us for a Music/Policy Mashup in DC: April 12, 2005
FMC @ Tribeca Film Festival: April 27 and 28, 2005
FMC Policy Summit September 11 – 13, 2005
FMC on Orphan Works
Supreme Court Hears MGM v Grokster
Birth of FMC Recreated at Harvards' Signal/Noise 2: April 8
Senate Takes Up Indecency
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On Tuesday, April 12, FMC is hosting a one-day DC Policy Day, where we will apply a laser-beam focus on four critical topics emerging in the Courts, Congress, and at the Copyright Office: digital audio broadcasting and the future of radio, low power FM and community voices, health insurance and musicians, and Copyright in the Courts and Congress including the discussions about the Grokster case and orphan works. Please join us if you can, and spread the word!
What: Future of Music DC Policy Day
Where: Kaiser Family Foundation's Barbara Jordan Conference Center
1330 G Street NW, Washington, DC
When: Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 10 AM to 6 PM
The Policy Day will feature keynote speakers FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein and Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) as well as a diverse selection of panelists, including:
Claudia Bach AdvisArts Consulting
Ann Chaitovitz National Director of Sound Recordings, AFTRA
Jeffrey Cunard Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
Berkley Etheridge Vice President, National Music Publishers Association
Adam Forest Executive Director, Fractured Atlas
Mitch Glazier Senior VP, Government Relations, RIAA
Jim Griffin CEO, Cherry Lane Digital
Joseph Kluger President, Philadelphia Orchestra
Mila Kofman Assistant Research Professor, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
Alex Maiolo Partner, Lee-Moore Insurance
Chris Mays VP and Program Director, KMTT Seattle
Matt McConville musician, Annapolis Musicians' Fund
Margot Nassau Royalties and Licensing Manager, Smithsonian Folkways
Nan Rubin Community Media Services
Hannah Sassaman Organizer, Prometheus Radio Project
Jule Sigall Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs, US Copyright Office
John Simson Executive Director, SoundExchange
Gigi Sohn President, Public Knowledge
Dave Ulmer Director of Marketing, Media Solutions, Motorola
A complete list of panels and a schedule is available here
Space is limited so reserve your seat now! The suggested donation for attending the event is $25. Student and musician scholarships are also available on the website.
Food! Drink!
As has become tradition with our Policy Summits, we're working on arranging a pre-panel Pho dinner at Nam Viet in Arlington, VA on Monday, April 11. This is a great chance to meet panelists and other attendees while eating delicious Vietnamese fare. We're also expecting to walk over to the bar/restaurant Red Sage after the panels conclude on Tuesday for a few drinks. Details for your social calendar will be posted to the website as we confirm them.
If you're in DC a few days early, be sure to check out the festivities associated with the Six Points Music Festival, being held April 7 – 11 and showcasing over 40 artists at 13 venues in Virginia, DC, and Maryland.
FMC is also proud to be working in collaboration with the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival to produce two panels that focus on the issues at the intersection of music and film: one on soundtracks and one on rights clearance for creative works used in documentaries and films.
Confirmed panelists include:
Rick Karr Cultural Correspondent, NPR News
Orlando Bagwell filmmaker and Program Officer, Media, Arts and Culture, The Ford Foundation
Peter Jaszi Professor, American University School of Law
Rena Kosersky Music Supervisor for documentaries
Jeff Tuchman Documentary producer/director/writer, Documania Films
…with many more in the works
Both panels will be held in the main room of the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, NYC starting at 1 PM on both April 27 and April 28. Tickets are $20 and are available on the Tribeca website
More info about the Tribeca panels is available here
Our signature event will be held in September this year, putting us in just after Bumbershoot and just before CMJ. We already have many panel and panelist ideas percolating, as well as new opportunities to expand the programming and bring in more musical components. At this point, we hope you will mark your calendars and make plans to attend.
On March 25, 2005, FMC, AFTRA and AFM filed joint comments in the Orphan Works proceeding at the US Copyright Office. Our comments said that the US should adopt a modified version of the Canadian Unlocatable Copyright Statute to allow creators and the public to use copyrighted works that are unavailable because the Copyright owner is either unidentifiable or unlocatable. We also suggested that uncollected royalties should be used to finance a Heritage Fund that will advance the preservation of copyrighted materials for the cultural and public good. In addition, we asked the Copyright Office to issue a notice of inquiry examining the status of out-of-print sound recordings, something that's particularly important for musicians whose prior albums may not be available for sale. The entire document is here
We will also be submitting reply comments before the May 9 deadline.
700+ Orphan Works Comments Filed at the Copyright Office
The U.S. Copyright Office has posted the orphan works comments that were submitted. Over 700 comments were submitted in total. The CO will be accepting comments in direct reply to these through May 9.
By Gavin Baker, BoingBoing, March 30, 2005
Lessig Blog
The 711 unique comments submitted to the Copyright Office on the "Orphan Works" question have been posted. This is a fantastic response.
By Larry Lessig, March 30, 2005
Joe Gratz Blog
Joe has posted several entries documenting the filing process. He has even corrected the Copyright Office's link system on his site.
By Joe Gratz, March 30, 2005
If you haven't already heard, on Tuesday, March 29, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in MGM v. Grokster. The major record labels claimed that peer-to-peer file-sharing technologies (P2P) should be liable for the copyright infringement of their individual users. The P2P companies argued that if they were to be held liable for infringement, the currently open door of technological innovation would be left barely ajar.
By all accounts, the Justices were prepared and familiar with the complex issues at stake in the case and asked probing questions of both sides. According to a number of folks in attendance, Justices were particularly concerned about the hypothetical inventor – the "guy in the garage" – who may not move forward with an invention if he/she might be sued for its use in infringing copyrights, no matter the intent of the invention.
FMC has avoided taking a side in this case because we recognize that musicians hold a whole range of opinions about copyright, file-sharing and the internet. Look no further than the online survey that we did in 2004 with the Pew Internet and American Life Project, in which 2,700 musicians were asked a range of questions on these issues. It was clear that musicians have embraced the internet as a way to create, promote and distribute their work. But when it came to file-sharing, about a third of artists were supporters of P2P, about a third were opposed to P2P, and about a third were unsure.
Pew Study here
A sampling of musicians' comments on file-sharing here show the range of opinions
Clearly, this case has generated a lot of news, as well as some predictions about the outcome:
Lively Debate as Justices Address File Sharing
The much-heralded Supreme Court showdown in the Grokster case between old-fashioned entertainment and newfangled technology found the justices surprisingly responsive on Tuesday to warnings from Grokster…that a broad definition of copyright infringement could curtail innovation.
By Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, March 30, 2005
The Grokster Case's Silent Majority
Using no more than my laptop and any one of a hundred cheap or free online services, I can be recording studio, record label, music store and marketing machine.
By Chris Anderson, LA Times, March 30, 2005
Camping Out for the Grokster Case
Forget Star Wars premieres. A seat at the MGM Studios v. Grokster Supreme Court hearing Tuesday morning was the hottest ticket in town.
By Katie Dean, Wired, March 29, 2005
My Day with the Supremes
Bottom line on Grokster: I think the Court is likely to affirm the basic idea of Sony – that you can't sue a manufacturer or distributor of a technology for copyright infringement if the technology has non-infringing uses. But I also think they will remand and allow the RIAA to pursue a claim for "active inducement" to infringe based on Grokster's conduct.
By Harold Feld, WetMachine Blog, March 30, 2005
Not an iPod
Grokster and StreamCast Networks are two of the latest Napster-like file-sharing companies to send copyright holders into a tizzy — and with good reason.
Editorial, Washington Post, March 30, 2005
It was back in February 2000 when Jenny and Kristin took the overnight train to Boston to attend the first Signal or Noise conference. When they arrived they wrote "I know Ben Morgan" on their nametags, which they hoped would assist them in meeting two people they only knew from their postings on Ben's Musictech email list: Brian Zisk and Walter McDonough.
Brian was easy to find. In attendance with his father, he cheerfully introduced himself and we had a lively discussion about his webcasting company Green Witch. But it wasn't until the end of the first round of panelist presentations that we figured out who Walter was. After what sounded like informed statements from various record industry folks, moderator Charles Nesson looked around the room for questions from the audience. A tall redhead asked for the microphone, who then delivered a blistering critique. Then, instead of dismissing his argument, Professor Nesson invited this provocateur to JOIN the panel, where he then proceeded to shred the other panelists to pieces with his legal knowledge. It was none other than Walter McDonough.
Fast-forward five years to Signal/Noise 2, which will be held on Friday, April 8 at Harvard where both Jenny Toomey and Walter McDonough will serve as panelists. Also in attendance will be FMC's Research Director Peter DiCola, Technologies Director Brian Zisk and Shoshana Samole Zisk. If you want to get their attention, try writing "I know Ben Morgan" on your nametag and see what happens.
Registration for this event is $20. Go here to sign up! http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sn/register. For more information about the conference's location, schedule and participants, please visit http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sn/schedule.
As mentioned in the past few newsletters, Congress has been very busy trying to curb "indecency" on broadcast TV and radio. On February 16, 2005, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation that sharply raised fines on TV and radio stations and entertainers who violate decency limits on air. Penalties had been $32,000 for a station and $11,000 for a performer. That has now been lifted to $500,000 for the station and the performer.
The Senate is poised to consider its own version of legislation, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act (S. 193). Introduced by Sen. Brownback (R-KS) and co-sponsored by Sen. McCain (R-AZ) the bill currently does not contain fines on individual performers and announcers.
Many music organizations, including FMC, have been working hard to ensure that the Senate does not pass a bill with fines on individuals and maintains that position if the bill goes to conference with the House. On March 9, FMC sent a letter to the Senate articulating our concerns about the unintended consequences of indecency legislation.
Now it's your turn. AFTRA has set up a letter-writing campaign that urges the Senate not to include fines on performers in this bill. Go to this website to customize a letter and it will be delivered post-haste to your representatives.
Congressman Counters Anti-Indecency Legislation
Rep. Bernie Sanders has introduced the Stamp Out Censorship Act of 2005, a bill aimed at curtailing efforts to extend indecency regulations to satellite and cable providers.
By R&R, March 28, 2005
Cell Phone Songs Prompt Control Questions
The rush is on to deliver music and video to mobile phones, with wireless providers and device makers jockeying for position to grab their share of the payday, all parties mindful of the surprising billions being spent on musical ringtones.
By Bruce Meyerson, Associated Press, March 27. 2005
LPFM Station Welcomes Voices Not Often Heard
Its organizers hope to allow access to the media to those who might not be given such access by a commercial station.
By Pamela Martineau, Sacramento Bee, March 29, 2005 (registration reqd)
Rockers Flex BitTorrent's Muscle
With MTV and VH1 now crowded with programs like Date My Mom, The Ashlee Simpson Show and Celebrity Fit Club, there's little room for music videos, especially from independent artists.
David Byrne launching internet radio station
Musician and artist David Byrne, known most widely as co-founder of the Talking Heads, has just launched an internet radio station that streams the music he digs.
By Xeni Jardin, NPR's Day to Day, March 28, 2005
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