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Joyce Marie Jungles
From Richland, WA | Born in Grand Island, NE
Thu, March 5, 2020, 5:00 pm
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Joyce Marie Jungles passed away on February 29, 2020 after a 20-year struggle with Parkinson's disease. Joyce was born September 6, 1933 in Grand Island, NE to Arnold (Jack) and Dorothy Jungles. She graduated from Ravenna High School on May 25, 1951.
As a young Catholic, Joyce felt called to the religious life and in 1952 she entered the convent at Sioux City, SD. She became a novitiate at Yankton, SD on August 25, 1953 at the Sacred Heart Convent. Her second profession of Perpetual Vows was at St. Benedict's Convent in Madison, WI on July 1, 1957. There she received the black veil. She took the name Sister Mary Martin de Porres O.S.B.
In September of 1957 she taught 4th grade at St. Mary's of the Lake in Waunakee, WI. There were 47 students in her class! In 1961 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart at Madison, WI and taught at the academy at Waunakee, WI. In 1962 she attended the University of Notre Dame to work on a master's majoring in arts, ceramic sculpture, and figure drawing.
In 1970 she received a B.S. in nursing from Creighton University, Omaha. She also attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA where she studied Catholic spirituality. She then became an administrative assistant at St. Vincent Hospital at Sioux City, IA. In 1977 she moved to Worcester, MA where she worked as a head nurse in a nursing home.
At age 65 she retired and moved to Richland, WA to live with her sister, Janet Schmale. She loved to travel and visit friends and relatives. She traveled to Rome several times and had a private audience with the Pope. She enjoyed trying new things. One time while visiting relatives in Texas, she tried out her nephew's mini bike. Everyone was surprised to see her speeding down the road, her nun's habit flying in the breeze!
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dorothy and Jack Jungles, her sisters, Dorothy and Marianne, and her brother, Fred. She is survived by her sister, Janet, and many nieces and nephews.
Viewing will be from 5 to 7 pm Thursday, March 5th at Events at Sunset (915 ByPass Hwy in Richland) with the Recitation of the Holy Rosary following at 7 pm. The Funeral Mass will be held at Christ the King Catholic Church in Richland at 11 am on Friday, March 6th, 2020. Burial will follow to Sunset Gardens in Richland at 2 pm.
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I knew Joyce as Sister Mary Martin when I was a student at St. Benedict Academy. I so admired her. She was an excellent teacher, and she had the most beautiful voice. In recent years, we corresponded and exchanged Christmas cards, then we lost track of each other. I don' t know what inspired me to type her name into Google search tonight. I am so sad to be reading her obituary, but I am proud to have known her.
Jean Robichaux Eiden
Fly high with the Angels✝
Debra Koslan Sanderson
I only met Joyce a couple of years ago, but she was always a bright spot on my route. I'm not surprised to learn that she'd lived such an accomplished and interesting life. My prayers are with her and the whole family.
I will offer a Mass for Joyce. Unfortunately I have a meeting in Seattle and can't attend her funeral. Joyce helped establish the Benedictine spirituality group at Christ the King and I was privileged to travel on a pilgrimage to Spain and Portugal with her and Janet in 2004. Well done, good and faithful servant!
Msgr. Robert Siler
I'm so sorry to hear of my aunt's death.
She was such a great help during my mother's illness prior to her death.
We always enjoyed her visits.
I have many fond memories of her.
She will be greatly missed.
Greg and Nancy Knerl
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A leading corporate location advisor exposes two myths about job creation.
he sucking noise heard coast-to-coast and border-to-border is from The Great American Job Purge orchestrated by a perfect storm: the recession of 2007 combined with globalization, free trade, offshoring, and politicians selling their souls to lobbyists and special interest groups," writes Ron Pollina. "Unfortunately, lawmakers at the state and local level have also exasperated the situation."
Pollina, the author of the nationally recognized Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States Study and the president and founder of Chicago-based Pollina Corporate Real Estate, punctures two myths associated with that purge. This commentary is excerpted from "Selling Out a Superpower: Where the U.S. Economy Went Wrong and How We Can Turn It Around" with permission from Prometheus Books.
Most governors and state legislators truly understand what it takes to maintain and foster job growth and are aggressively pursuing these efforts.
Current economic development trends are not promising for the United States. Federal efforts are very disappointing, as is true for far too many state governments. Our clients increasingly ask us the same question: "If we are to keep our operations in the U.S., what states have the most pro-business climates?" In response to this never-ceasing question, our company ranks all 50 states based on thirty factors, such as taxation, education, infrastructure, professionalism of the state economic development department, and state incentive programs. All 31 factors are controlled by state government.
Over the years, I've seen efforts by enlightened state political leaders only to be disappointed by other states that reverse a prior governor's or legislature's advances. I have seen new governors come into office and, within a few months, decimate excellent state programs and economic development staffs. I saw this happen in a Midwestern state where my company had assisted in the location of many corporate facilities.
In this case, we had worked with an economic development person for years. She was highly experienced, exceptionally professional, responsive and, most importantly, we and our clients liked and respected her. The new governor decided to replace her and several other excellent staff members with inexperienced political appointees. Even if they proved to be as good at their jobs as she was, it would take at least 18 months before they understood what they needed to do to be successful.
On another occasion, a young state economic development representative who was unable to answer any questions about his state's economic development programs told me he had not bothered to learn about them. He indicated that his uncle, a politician in the state, had gotten him the job, which he saw as only lasting another two years. Due to term limits, when the current governor would be replaced, he would be looking for another job.
The professionalism of state economic development departments varies greatly. Incompetence can harm a state's ability to retain and attract jobs. In some cases, the problem can be attributed directly to a lack of training and concern on the part of the economic development staff. In other cases, the staff is not provided the budget or economic development tools and training that are necessary for success.
Some states annually examine their economic development programs and the programs of competing states to make sure they have positioned their state to be in the most competitive position possible. Of the 50 states, seven have consistently ranked among the nation's top 10 pro-business states. Alphabetically they are Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wyoming.
Unfortunately, after having testified before a number of state legislative groups, it became clear to me that far too many legislators and governors are not well educated when it comes to economic development. Few of these political leaders have a good understanding of the national and international competition at play for the employers currently in their states.
When testifying before state legislatures, I am often representing businesses and economic development groups trying to pass job growth programs. It is most often very difficult to get political support to approve such programs. I once had a senator in a Plains state, who was a well-known agriculture advocate, tell me that financial incentives for companies were nothing but "corporate welfare." I asked how he justified the fact that farmers in his state had been receiving federal agricultural subsidies for decades and whether that should be considered "farm welfare." I also pointed out the fact that substantially more of his constituents were employed in non-agricultural jobs than in farming. He seemed not to recognize that his state was competing for jobs in a global marketplace, and that his state, like other states, needed to be more competitive if it was to maintain and increase jobs.
In another situation where I was testifying, a state senator said that he saw no reason to support the proposed legislation because he did not believe that they had lost a major employer in the state in many years. Having been warned that this senator often made this point, I came prepared. Looking at the state's six largest employers, I showed that indeed they were all growing but the growth was occurring either in other more pro-business states or, as was the case with three of the companies, virtually all of the growth was offshore. The senator and his colleagues seemed surprised to hear this.
In some states, financial incentives are often used as substitutes for the best method for attracting jobs — across-the-board cuts in corporate taxes and the elimination of unnecessary and costly regulations. Since the commencement of the recession, we have never seen so many states that previously had weak economic development programs all of a sudden "see the light." They, however, waited for unemployment to reach staggering proportions (8-15 percent) before taking action.
Waiting for a recession before beginning a serious effort to attract jobs is not the ideal time to start such a program. These programs are not inexpensive, if done correctly, but are an investment that will reap many benefits, both for citizens' job security and the state's financial security. Unemployed citizens do not generate taxes. Companies that move offshore do not create revenue for a state or community. For example, United States companies are in competition with Chinese firms, which receive considerable assistance in the form of financing, protection from imports, and a legal system that favors Chinese-owned companies.
Sadly, the majority of states in the U.S. stack the deck against American companies because they provide too few reasons to stay or expand their operations. It's just too costly and litigious, and American companies must therefore consider offshoring if they are to continue to be competitive in a global marketplace.
If Americans lose their jobs to offshoring, the government needs only to provide a safety net to protect their healthcare and pension while retraining them for a new, secure job.
High-skilled and technology jobs don't exist in the numbers necessary to accommodate the millions of Americans who have lost their manufacturing jobs. Additionally, many Americans would find it very difficult to qualify for such jobs. According to the United States Education Department, one in seven U.S. adults could not read this paragraph.
How are these Americans to be trained to operate sophisticated manufacturing equipment? The U.S. government, while spending billions of dollars to shore up its banks and other industries, has the distinction of spending less on training its citizens than almost any other country in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (30 high-income, developed countries). Obviously, those who believe we can simply retrain Americans for high-tech jobs need to get out of their offices and closer to the American people.
However, there are some political leaders at the state level who are working hard to help their unemployed workers. Michigan, one of the hardest hit states in the nation due to its long-term dependency on the automotive industry, is fortunate to have a governor who "gets it." Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan has built on the economic development programs of former Governor John M. Engler (who has now served for six years as president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers). She has a two-prong approach to building employment. First, she has in place some of the best economic development programs among the Great Lakes states, designed to encourage the attraction of new employers and the growth of existing companies. Second, Michigan has developed the "No Worker Left Behind" program that provides Michigan workers with up to $10,000 for two years of training in a high-growth sector industry.
Finding these jobs may not be easy. However, if a trained work force can be developed for specific promising Michigan industries, it will help to maintain the state's vitality and attract other similar companies. Community colleges within the state have played off of this leadership and are designing training programs around these industries.
While there is a very small handful of governors in hard-hit manufacturing states who are making the effort, it amazes me how many simply talk a good talk, but take little or no constructive action.
What many governors say publicly and how they actually run their administrations is most often miles apart. My company specializes in international corporate site selection. We had a project in a state with a governor who talked about having a great economic development program. He gave dramatic speeches about preserving existing jobs and creating new jobs. In his words, his entire administration had made this a top priority.
We were representing a company with a research and development facility located in a major metropolitan area of this governor's state. This Rust Belt state had lost a large number of jobs in recent years. The company needed to expand its 280-employee operation by approximately 100 scientists and engineers, and this could not be accommodated in its current facility. The company was deciding whether it should offshore all or part of the operation or go to another location in the same metropolitan area. We estimated that, with some assistance from the state, our client didn't need to move offshore. Because this was retention, rather than an attraction (new jobs to state) project, the governor's economic development department was less than enthusiastic. This is common in many states as retention projects do not play as well to the press as does attracting new jobs.
The CEO and CFO planned to fly in and tour their old facility. They asked if we would join them and bring the state economic development department representatives to discuss the possibility of remaining in the same area. A call was placed immediately to the two state economic development officials assigned to the project. They asked if the CEO and CFO could come to their office.
We indicated they did not have time to drive downtown from their suburban facility and then back to the airport, where their plane would be waiting to take them to an appointment in another city. The state officials insisted the meeting be held in their office, admitting that they did not want to drive out to the suburbs for a 3 p.m. meeting as they would get caught in rush-hour traffic coming back. They refused to make the effort. I called the secretary of commerce for the state and left a message about the problem. He didn't call back until after the meeting date, and then provided a half-hearted apology and assurance that his people would meet with the executives the next time they were in town.
When we explained the situation to our client, the CFO said, "It's clear they're not interested." The CEO said simply, "We don't have time for this. Focus on the other locations." Within 12 months, the operation began to be phased out. Most amazing was that no one from the state ever called to find out what was happening. Keep in mind that the governor of this state was often very vocal in proclaiming publicly that preserving existing jobs and creating new jobs was a top priority. You have to wonder how he staffed his departments that had less priority.
Based on the type of jobs lost, there were at least ten governors I could have called that would have been more than willing to attend such a meeting. If these governors could not make a meeting on such short notice, they would have sent the lieutenant governor or secretary of commerce. In the end, there were 280 families worried about making their mortgage payment, school tuition, and car payments, very likely due to two bureaucrats who did not want to drive in rush hour traffic and a governor with an administration that did not really care.
In 1950, manufacturing accounted for 33.7 percent of all non-farm jobs; by 2006 this percentage had dropped to 9.4 percent, and is projected to drop further, to 7.6 percent, by 2016. While increased productivity accounts for some of these losses, my experience tells me the majority of the losses can be attributed to offshoring of jobs.
We must stop thinking of manufacturing as a relic of the industrial revolution. Manufacturing has certainly brought many benefits to America. For many immigrants, it was their stepping-stone to the American Dream. It impacts all aspects of an economy. It pays well, especially for the millions of Americans with a high school or less education, as well as those more educated. This industry employs a broad range of skills and has a huge multiplier effect on job growth of all other sectors of an economy. It is an essential element of any broad-based stable economy and is vital to the development of a balance of trade and in paying down the national debt.
For insights into what states are doing to foster a better business climate, look for the "State of the States Data Pages" in the January 2011 issue of Site Selection.


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Jon DeCles (1941- ) is Diane Paxson's husband.
I recently had an email from Jon and he has kindly let me pass on this information regarding what he's been up to lately and his involvement with the St. Cutbbert's Guild:
I write as Jon DeCles and appear on the stage and in films as Jon DeCles. I worked for the Renaissance Pleasure Faire for a long time (as Jon DeCles) and after various jobs was assigned that of putting together a continuing parade organization. I did my homework and together with Rona Elliott (who I am told was later featured on the Today show on television) we established St. Cutbbert's Guild, which, as you say, produced parades and pageants for the Northern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire.
I wrote the songs to open and close the Faire in hopes of minimalizing some of the conflicts that were current between entertainers and crew, and it seemed to work pretty well. (I sitll own the copyrights on the songs. I never write for hire, though I do act and organize for hire.) The following spring I established St. Audrey's Guild to do the same thing at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire. Both were in working order when I left the employ of the Faire. (The Patterson Family retains the right to use the songs at their pleasure.)
I had been writing and publishing as Jon DeCles for a long time before the establishment of the Society for Creative Anachronism. When Diana invented the SCA by holding the First Tournament in her back yard she took the name Diana Listmaker because everyone kidded her about her habit of making meticulous lists; and because she kept the lists of the fighters that day. At that first tournament I was one of the judges. Later I chose to fight under the name of 'The Red Baron." Folks didn't take themselves so seriously in those days. It was the College of Heralds, years later, which insisted on attaching my working name to my SCA persona, without my permission and much against my will.
My sister, Marion Zimmer Bradley, had been writng an astrology column and ghost editing Syble Leek's Astrology Magazine under the name of "Lady Elfrida," for some time, and chose to use that name in the SCA. I am not sure when she appended the "Greenwalls" to it, but she did not move into her house, Greenwalls, until she returned to California after several years of exile on Long Island, New York, paying off debts.
None of the names we used in the SCA had anything to do with our participation in the Rennaisance Pleasure Faire, though in the early days of both organizations there was a certain amount of crossover in terms of the people who did the work. In the end, the Faire was Theater and the SCA was a Recreational Club, much closer to Science Fiction Fandom in its makeup than it was to Theater. Mostly we all tried to keep our lives separate from our pastimes, but at times that became difficult.
Don't take anything you read in the divers histories of the SCA with less than a kilo of salt. Most of the people writing those histories were not there, and despite the fact that it has only been about thirty years since the founding, the mythology has grown and the disimformation has grown even faster. In one very scholarly article I saw recently it was set out that the First Twelth Night took place in Milpitas. --I don't believe any of us had ever visited Milpitas until Good Old Bonouer moved there with the mailing list, years down the line. I've been writing in other fields more profitably for some time now, but I have a collection of science fantasy short stories coming out, maybe next year. I had hoped to be part of the crew for the new Thieves World, but I didn't make the cut. A reissue of my novel "The Paticolored Unicorn" has been in the works for about three years now, to be followed by the sequel, "StormWars!" I hope this helps. I know how hard it is to get information about various things, even in the age of the Net. Thank you for noticing my small participation in your subject matter.
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Levi Hord Levi Hord, a fourth-year Sexuality Studies, School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities (SASAH) and Scholar's Electives student, was named a recipient of the 2018 Rhodes Scholarship, an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford. Over the course of their undergraduate studies at Western, Hord has undertaken […]
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Levi Hord
Levi Hord, a fourth-year Sexuality Studies, School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities (SASAH) and Scholar's Electives student, was named a recipient of the 2018 Rhodes Scholarship, an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford.
Over the course of their undergraduate studies at Western, Hord has undertaken extensive research on the use of gender-neutral language in transgender communities, and how linguistic identity expression varies based on grammatical gender systems. This project is part of a larger mission to raise awareness of, and enhance research into, transgender identities and how they are embodied and experienced in society. Hord hopes to play an integral part in breaking through the social and intellectual barriers that remain for those who subvert the binary gender system.
Hord is Western's 23rd Rhodes Scholar. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious scholarships.
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The Houston Center for Photography opened two new exhibitions, In Appropriation and Learning Curve 6, this weekend with a Friday evening reception and a Saturday morning curator walk and talk-through with Aaron Schuman. Separated from the melee of opening night, a quieter Sunday afternoon yielded the floor -- gallery, actually -- to the photographs so they could speak their thousand words; a cliché but appropriate phrase to describe visceral, sometimes haunting portrayals of human experience and emotion.
In Appropriation is a presentation of, according to Schuman, "contemporary photographers" Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, working in tandem, Melinda Gibson, Seba Kurtis, Esther Teichmann and Michael Wolf. "On Kawara," a mixed media piece by Wolf, places two photographs side by side in one frame, but it's not just some cut-and-paste juxtaposition. The white letters of the emblazoned date, "SEPT.10.2001," stand out from a bleak black background. Positioned next to a calm scene of everyday ordinariness, the photo becomes bleak, making the viewer a hopeless psychic of sorts, knowing what will happen 24 hours later but being unable to stop it -- not in hindsight, at least.
Wolf's pieces continue around the room -- notably in "Andy Warhol," another picture-by-picture piece from his Real Fake Art series. ("On Kawara" is part of this series, too.) In this one, a painting of trees is to the left, while a photo of a man holding that same painting is to the right.
Broomberg and and Chanarin remix the usual point-shoot-click formula with the Afterlife series. The chromogenic prints, i.e., photos pressed onto clear glass, retell the graphic execution of Kurdish prisoners in Iran on August 6, 1979.
The pair return in a different room for a series entitled "People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground," an apropos name for a collection of photos depicting emotional nuances. Next to each other in the 15-photo series are "Man Grieving" and "Laughing hiding pulling," depicting a man in mourning and a young girl laughing, respectively.
"Each of these fragments," the pair's artist statement reads, "...offers up a self-contained universe all of its own; a small moment of desire or frustration or thwarted communication that is reanimated here, after many years in darkness."
Around the gallery's corner hangs Learning Curve 6, the yearly showoff of Houston Center for Photography's Learning Center class, a school made up of more than 300 workshops offered to any aspiring photographers, professional or not. The modest collection of juried photos by Jenny Ackerman, Susan Alexander, Jennie Z. Carr, Lesia Fuqua, Megan Gile, Terri Golas, Johnce Hall, Jasleen Kaur, Brandon Merz, Jory A. Pacht, Marcia S. Patrick, Jerry Pierson, Felisa Prieto, Dave Ripley, Christina Rivera, Saundra Salter, Dawn Steel, Michael Swift and Haya Varon are not as big or complicated as the In Appropriation pieces, but solid in their simplicity.
The exhibition could just have easily been alternately named "In Appreciation"; that's what we felt for Prieto's "Ice" piece from her Single Series: a piece of ice: Simple. Jennie Z. Carr "Nose and Mouth Device-Day 1" is a hopeful close-up of a toddler wearing a device to fix his cleft palate, proving that, even around photos of candles and naked women in ecstasy, everything and everyone is beautiful.
Both exhibitions run through October 28 at the Houston Center for Photography, 1441 W. Alabama. Visit .


LOS ANGELES, Calif. – While offering their analyses of the most recent match following Tuesday's practice session in Downtown Los Angeles, the Blues players and coaching staff were all smiles for the first time in about a month. There was a simple reason for the good mood. For the first time in four weeks, the Blues had reason to be satisfied with both their performance and the final score, as they beat hosts Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3-0 on Sunday.
Blues Associate Head Coach Shayon Jalayer was even more explicit in his positive assessment of the team's performance, attributing the victory largely to defensive improvements and the play of the key attacking trio of Walter Gaitán, Cesar Rivera and Chukwudi Chijindu.
With all three nursing nagging injuries of late, Rivera only saw 21 minutes of playing time in Friday's 1-1 draw with Dayton, while Gaitán was rested entirely. The trio did start against Pittsburgh and they made their presence felt throughout the match, their combination plays leading to Chijindu registering an assist and two goals, one of them set up by a beautiful Gaitán chip over the Riverhounds defense.
Chijindu's second tally of the night, which made it 2-0 in the 29th minute, was considered by many to be the game's best.
While joining Chijindu in praising the buildup play that led to the goal, Shayon Jalayer was also quick to applaud his striker's individual performance throughout ninety minutes.
"The game against Pittsburgh was the first time I felt like Chuck looked healthy and really comfortable," the Blues' Associate Head Coach offered. "I even mentioned to (Blues Head Coach) Charlie (Naimo) on the bus that, had Chuck not had two goals and an assist, I would have still said he's on the right path. He was very clean on the ball and looked sharp overall.
Jalayer explained why the availability of Chijindu, Gaitán and Rivera is such a crucial factor in the team's attacking-oriented style of play, despite numerous other high-quality players on the Blues' roster.
"We believe very firmly that any team we put on the field should be able to get a result for us," the former Head Coach at California Baptist University clarified. "You saw that against Dayton. Even though we were without Cesar and Walter for the majority of the game, we could have still walked away with six points if it hadn't been for a lack of concentration. At the same time, not having our most creative players out there definitely makes for a more calculated game plan.
34-year-old playmaker Walter Gaitán joined the Blues after an illustrious career that included successful stints with Argentina's Boca Juniors and Spain's FC Villareal as well as 73 goals in 179 matches for Tigres UANL of the Mexican Priméra Division.
Meanwhile, Rivera is perhaps the member of the Blues' "attacking triangle" with the most intriguing story. Despite training with Mexican powerhouses Necaxa and Morelia, the now 24-year-old couldn't seem to latch on to a professional club and ended up spending time with several amateur sides as well as with the PDL's Los Angeles Azul Legends. He was discovered by the Blues' coaching staff ahead of the 2011 USL PRO season for his raw talent and his awe-inspiring attacking instincts.
Finally, Chijindu is on loan from MLS side C.D. Chivas USA, where he has played 23 games since 2009 and at one point looked on his way to eventually cracking the starting eleven.
Chijindu acknowledged the importance of his two attacking-minded colleagues to his game but also stressed that a performance like Sunday's against Pittsburgh is the result of a full team effort.
"The chemistry is obvious when Walter, Cesar and I are all out there together," he said. "Of course, having two players of their quality alongside me can only impact my performance in a positive way. Even though none of us are fully fit, knowing each other's strengths still enables us to create dangerous opportunities. We pose a threat to any opponent because we can hurt them in many different ways.
The striker's point is an important one, especially considering some defensive lapses in recent games caused the Blues to give up untimely goals as well as valuable points as a result.
"Against Pittsburgh, the team went out and played a solid ninety minutes," defender Cameron Dunn assessed. "We finished our chances and defended well. In other games, we seemed to let up a little and allow our opponents to get back into them, but we didn't make that mistake this time. We know how we can play as a team, and I think we proved it against a strong Riverhounds squad.
Nelson Akwari agreed with his backline colleague, focusing in greater detail on some of the defensive problems that seemed to become a common theme in the analyses of recent matches.
"The coaching staff has been giving the whole team fair criticism in regards to our defending," Akwari said. "I think in the past few games the backline hasn't done the job we know we're capable of. Having given up a goal in the second half against Dayton on Friday, we were all focused on keeping a clean sheet and getting back to our winning ways.
The challenge for the Los Angeles coaching staff now is to maintain the form from the dominant win despite an extended period without any official fixtures, as the Blues' next match will come in the first round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 14. However, with several players currently banged up, Shayon Jalayer stressed the upside of the break while declining to give specifics on what the team might be focusing on in training over the course of the next few weeks.
The Blues' Associate Head Coach did close on a positive note, as he addressed the current state of the team in light of the games at Dayton and Pittsburgh and looked ahead to the upcoming four weeks without league fixtures.
"At the end of the day, coming out with four out of a possible six points during this road trip speaks volumes," he offered.
Josh Tudela joined Jalayer in his overall positive assessment of the side's form, while also glancing carefully towards the rest of the season.
The sentiment was echoed by Nelson Akwari, who also shared his teammate's cautiously optimistic outlook on the rest of the 2011 USL PRO campaign.
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Maureen Watt
Maureen Watt MSP
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Member for: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
Region: North East Scotland
Party: Scottish National Party
Maureen is a member of the following Committees:
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Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Germany (Member)
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Japan (Deputy Convener)
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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 16 January 2020 [Draft] : 16 January 2020
Maureen Watt (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP)
This is a very interesting part of the bill and one that there has been quite a bit of debate about, not just in the committee but informally among members of the...
Meeting of the Parliament 15 January 2020 [Draft] : 15 January 2020
I was disappointed, but not surprised, to see a North East Scotland member, Liam Kerr, trying to score political points in the local press about police incidents ...
3. Maureen Watt (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the £30 million link road project at the Haudagain roundabout in Aberdeen. (S5O-03995)
Meeting of the Parliament 14 January 2020 : 14 January 2020
I, too, thank Richard Lyle for bringing the debate to the chamber, for all his work in convening the cross-party group on showmen, of which I am a member, and for...
I, too, am pleased to take part in the debate. I have taken part in debates on Scotland's Gypsy Travellers several times in the ...
Okay. The company had its contract to deliver a far smaller and far less complex broadband project in Devon and Somerset terminated due to non-delivery and there ...
Does the minister agree that it is hugely disappointing for people in the north of Scotland that Gigaclear's actions have resulted in a delay to the award of the ...
Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee 08 January 2020 [Draft] : 08 January 2020
Sorry about that, convener.
So a combination of all those measures will be necessary. In the longer term, there will probably need to be a bus priority lane, coupled with a severe reduction in the number of single-pers...
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S5M-20415.3: Education (John Swinney)
Meeting Date: 15/01/2020
Result - For: 60, Against: 63 Abstain: 0
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That the Parliament congratulates Pathways, an Aberdeen-based employment support charity, on receiving an £86,415 grant from the National Lottery; understands that Pathways will use the funding to continue its invaluable counselling service for women affected by domestic abuse across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire for the next three years; recognises that Pathways anticipate that it will help approximately 275 women during that period, and that the funding will also enable Pathways to make its service more accessible beyond referrals from Grampian Women's Aid; commends Malcolm Pritchard, the manager, and his team, for making a difference to the lives of women affected by domestic abuse, and wishes all involved at Pathways, and its service users, every success in the future.
Motion S5M-20499: Maureen Watt, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17/01/2020 Show Full Motion >>
Supported by: Richard Lyle, Stuart McMillan, Bill Kidd, Sandra White, Bruce Crawford
That the Parliament commends the impact of VSA, an Aberdeen-based social care charity, on the lives of young people in the north east; understands that recent figures have highlighted that, over the last year, VSA has provided one-to-one counselling to 225 children, support to 311 young people with additional support needs, and arranged a total of 2,332 visits through its dedicated call centre to help children affected by family breakdowns; notes that VSA also provides school-based counselling services at Hazlehead, Northfield and St Machar academies; commends the rightful recognition given to VSA's work through six Scottish Qualification Authority awards won by the charity, and wishes the management, staff, volunteers and service users every success in the future.
Supported by: Emma Harper, Bruce Crawford, Stuart McMillan, Richard Lyle, Stewart Stevenson, Rona Mackay, Fulton MacGregor, Liam Kerr, Sandra White, Gil Paterson, Jenny Gilruth, Bill Kidd, Tom Arthur, Gillian Martin, Ruth Maguire
That the Parliament congratulates Macdonald Norwood Hall Hotel on its recent success at the Top Tier Awards; understands that the hotel, which is in Garthdee, Aberdeen, won the Wedding Venue of the Year 2019 award, which it also won last year alongside the 2018 Scottish VOWs Awards and Scottish Wedding Awards respectively; notes that Norwood Hall Hotel has also been shortlisted for Local Wedding Exhibition of the Year at the Scottish Wedding Awards due to take place on 25 February 2020 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow; recognises that its sister hotel, Pittodrie House Hotel, has also been nominated for the award, and wishes the management and staff at both hotels every success in the future.
Supported by: Stuart McMillan, Bill Kidd, Sandra White, Kenneth Gibson, Stewart Stevenson, Richard Lyle, David Torrance, Fulton MacGregor, Liam Kerr, Clare Adamson, Colin Beattie, Gil Paterson, Jenny Gilruth, Tom Arthur, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin
That the Parliament congratulates Inchgarth Community Centre, which is based in Garthdee, Aberdeen, on being awarded £150,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund; notes that this is the biggest funding award in the centre's history; understands that the grant will be used to employ a full-time member of staff, retain its assistant manager, sustain current services and develop opportunities moving forward; recognises the tireless efforts of the centre's staff and volunteers, who help deliver 170 sessions covering a wide range of activities for people of different needs and age groups; commends all involved with the centre, including Paul O'Connor, the chairman, and wishes it every success for the future.
Supported by: Richard Lyle, Sandra White, Stewart Stevenson, Stuart McMillan, Bill Kidd, Kenneth Gibson, Gillian Martin, Gail Ross, Clare Adamson, Angela Constance, Liam Kerr, David Torrance R, Tom Arthur
That the Parliament congratulates 19-year-old Rebecca Hammell from Aberdeen on the success of her care package initiative, Becca's Care Packages; recognises that, since starting the project, Becca's Care Packages has reached over 500 people with mental and/or physical ill health, with some packages going overseas as far as the United States and Australia; understands that the care packages are made up of everyday items to help promote self-care and include toiletries, puzzle books, toys, clothing and positive quote cards; acknowledges what it sees as the positive impact that these care packages will have on the mental and physical wellbeing of those who receive them; understands that many have been sent in bulk to food banks, churches, homeless charities and hospital wards across the country, including the Royal Cornhill Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital; commends Rebecca for her valued efforts and creativity to date, and wishes the project every success for the future.
Supported by: Sandra White, Bill Kidd, Stewart Stevenson, Fulton MacGregor, Kenneth Gibson, Mark McDonald, Joan McAlpine, Liam Kerr, Gil Paterson, Richard Lyle, Tom Arthur, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Gail Ross, Clare Adamson
That the Parliament congratulates Aberdeen and District Cerebral Palsy Association, which assists individuals and families in Aberdeen affected by cerebral palsy, and Rhythm Nation Dance Companies PTA, which supports a fun and enjoyable experience for children of all ages in the creative art of dance, on winning the Asda Bridge of Dee and Asda Portlethen Green Token Giving programmes' customer vote and award of £500 each; further congratulates the runners-up, NASS Aberdeen, which provides regular physiotherapy for people living with axial spondyloarthritis, Sunshine Partnership SCIO, which provides loss and bereavement support for children and young people, Home-Start Kincardine, which promotes the positive sides of family life, and Friends of Portlethen Primary, which fundraises to achieve school improvement priorities, with each receiving £200; notes that the programme gives local customers the chance to vote for projects that matter most to them; thanks the Asda Foundation for its continued support of local communities, which has seen more than £370,000 invested in community projects and worthy causes in 2018, and hopes that many more local organisations will continue to benefit from the awards.
Supported by: Bill Kidd, Sandra White, Richard Lyle, Liam Kerr, Stewart Stevenson, Gil Paterson, Fulton MacGregor, Tom Arthur, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Gail Ross, Clare Adamson
That the Parliament welcomes National Tree Week, which begins on 24 November 2019; recognises that National Tree Week has occurred every year since 1975; acknowledges that trees are a necessity for tackling climate change, removing around 9.5 million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year in Scotland alone; understands that over 22 million trees were planted in Scotland last year, over 80% of the UK total, across over 11,000 hectares of land; congratulates the Scottish Government on exceeding its own target of 10,000 hectares of afforestation, and welcomes its plans to increase tree planting targets to over 30 million trees per year, or 15,000 hectares.
Supported by: Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Sandra White, Rona Mackay, Joan McAlpine, Kenneth Gibson, David Torrance, Jenny Gilruth, Gil Paterson, Stewart Stevenson, Angela Constance, John Mason, Fulton MacGregor, Emma Harper, Tom Arthur, Gillian Martin, Ruth Maguire
That the Parliament welcomes the recent announcement by the Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index, which lists Aberdeen as one of the UK's top 10 cities to live and work in; understands that Aberdeen rose to sixth place, becoming Scotland's highest-ranked city on the list; acknowledges that the rise has been attributed to improvements in health, work-life balance, housing affordability and income distribution, and that, of the 11 different indicators, Aberdeen scored above the national average in seven of them, and welcomes this positive announcement, which it believes should be considered as a stimulus to continue efforts to prevent Brexit at all costs, as it understands that Aberdeen is predicted to be the worst-hit city across the UK should this occur.
Supported by: Sandra White, Stewart Stevenson, David Torrance, Bill Kidd, Emma Harper, Richard Lyle, Stuart McMillan, Kenneth Gibson, Gil Paterson, Gail Ross, Fulton MacGregor, Joan McAlpine, Gillian Martin, Tom Arthur
That the Parliament welcomes the launch of Scotland Excel's £1.5 billion new-build residential construction initiative, which is aimed at meeting future demand for social housing across the country; congratulates the Aberdeenshire companies, Chap Group (Aberdeen) and Bancon Construction, on being enlisted along with another 17 construction companies, including 13 small- and medium-sized enterprises, to take the initiative forward; notes that each of the firms appointed had to meet rigorous standards and agree to provide a range of community benefits, including creating job and training opportunities, paying at least the real living wage and partnering other businesses and social enterprises on projects where the value of work exceeds £1 million; understands that Scotland Excel has helped save councils more than £150 million since the not-for-profit shared service was established in 2008, and believes that, with Scotland's 32 local authority areas having set out plans to see more than 40,000 new homes started across the country by 2024, this initiative will be invaluable in supporting these aims.
Supported by: Gil Paterson, Sandra White, Bill Kidd, Stuart McMillan, David Torrance, Kenneth Gibson, Richard Lyle, Alex Neil, Stewart Stevenson, Gail Ross, Fulton MacGregor, Joan McAlpine, Gillian Martin, Tom Arthur
That the Parliament notes Sue Ryder's call for further funding to expand its Dee View Court facility, which is currently Scotland's only specialist neurological centre; understands that £3.1 million of the £3.9 million target has already been raised, with builders entering the final stages of refurbishment; notes that the expansion will ensure round-the-clock care for vulnerable people with serious conditions such as Huntington's disease, stroke and motor neurone disease, and will provide rooms and apartments with hi-tech hoists, specially-designed beds and wheelchair access to the facility's gardens; recognises that this follows Sue Ryder's success at the Celebrate Aberdeen Awards on 14 September 2019, when the Dee View Appeal was awarded Campaign of the Year, and joins the charity's staff and volunteers in encouraging people to contribute to this commendable appeal to help it reach its goal.
Supported by: Edward Mountain, Stuart McMillan, Sandra White, Emma Harper, Rona Mackay, Mark McDonald, David Torrance, Bill Kidd, Kenneth Gibson, Liam Kerr, Stewart Stevenson, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Gil Paterson, Ruth Maguire, Tom Arthur, Angela Constance, Gail Ross, Joan McAlpine, Gillian Martin
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Question S5O-04047: Maureen Watt, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15/01/2020 Show Full Question >>
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with drug companies and pharmacies to reduce single-use plastics in the dispensing of medicines.
Current Status: Due in Chamber on 23/01/2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the £30 million link road project at the Haudagain roundabout in Aberdeen.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15/01/2020
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the UK Government's spending pledges and the Barnett consequentials that might arise from these.
Question S5W-26588: Maureen Watt, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 03/12/2019 Show Full Question >>
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the procurement of the next Northern Isles Ferry Services contract.
Answered by Paul Wheelhouse (04/12/2019):
We have been formally notified that CalMac Ferries Limited have raised legal proceedings to set aside the decision to appoint Serco Limited as the preferred bidder to provide the Northern Isles Ferry Services.
Given the ongoing legal proceedings, Scottish Ministers are limited in what we can say at this stage, so as not to prejudice the outcome of those proceedings.
However, I can confirm that Scottish Ministers remain fully committed to the provision of safe, effective and reliable ferry services to the Northern Isles. On behalf of Ministers, Transport Scotland are liaising with the current operator, Serco Limited, to make arrangements for the extension of the current contract to maintain continuity of service and to ensure full connectivity to and from the Northern Isles. This will mean that the local communities, passengers and businesses who rely on the services, and the staff who work on them, will not be affected by the legal proceedings and services will be run as normal throughout this period.
The legal proceedings will not affect our recent commitment to fare reductions on the Shetland routes for islanders, including a 20% discount on cabin fares and a three year fares freeze from January 2020 on the Northern Isles ferry services that builds on the existing 30% discount for passenger and vehicle fares already enjoyed by islanders.
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Executive. Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 04/12/2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to concerns regarding the number of hoax calls to the emergency services in Aberdeen.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the forthcoming first anniversary of the closure of The New School Butterstone, when the Scottish Ministers will respond to the call for an independent review into this matter.
Answered by John Swinney (08/11/2019):
An independent review into the closure of the New School Butterstone has been commissioned and will be led by James Martin CBE.
The Review will consider the procedures followed by the Board of The New School Butterstone, the Care Inspectorate, Education Scotland, the Registrar of Independent Schools, all relevant Local Authorities and the Scottish Government in advance of the decision by the Board of Governors to close the School, and the School's care accommodation service, on 23 November 2018.
The Review will focus on these procedures to provide reassurance to all those affected, with the overriding purpose of the Review being to consider this information fully and, if applicable, identify any learning that could enhance practice in the future.
Further details are available at https://www.gov.scot/groups/new-school-butterstone-closure-independent-review/
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Executive. Answered by John Swinney on 08/11/2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of women, including single mothers, resorting to so-called survival sex because their universal credit payments do not cover the basic needs of daily living.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that Northern Ireland will be given powers to shape its future relationship with the EU, what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding similar powers being given to Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what the expected costs incurred by Police Scotland will be in preparing for Brexit.
Answered by Humza Yousaf (11/09/2019):
Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority are keeping the expected costs of preparing for Brexit under review. The Scottish Government has already committed to funding EU exit-related policing costs of up to £17 million in 2019-20. This funding is ringfenced to support the effects of a No Deal EU exit.
In parallel, the Scottish Government continues to pursue the costs of EU exit with the UK Government. EU Exit was not Scotland's choice and the Scottish Government has been clear that any costs relating to EU exit should not have a detrimental impact on Scotland's public finances.
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11/09/2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it met the EU threshold target of paying at least 95.24% of the total value of valid pillar 1 schemes applications by the 30 June 2019 date.
Answered by Fergus Ewing (03/07/2019):
I can confirm that the Scottish Government did meet the EU threshold target of paying at least 95.24% before the 30 June 2019 for all 5 pillar 1 schemes. By the 30 June 2019 we had paid:
£432.5 million
The Scottish Government has also paid 95.40% of value of LFASS (less favoured areas support scheme) applications, this is several months earlier than last year and ahead of our payment schedule deadline.
In total £516.9 million has been paid out through all of our rural support schemes by 30 June 2019 which is 18% more compared to the same time last year.
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Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Executive. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 03/07/2019
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A-HA DOWN TO THE TRACKS – Barry Page
April 3, 2020	by	Paul Browne
Norwegian legends are given the in-depth treatment…
The meteoric rise of Norwegian synth-pop outfit a-ha during the mid-1980s was an event that seemed unlikely at the time, not least to the band's founder-members. Yet, since their formation in 1982, Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket have carved out a musical career that has produced an impressive series of chart-topping albums and singles.
Although they were often pigeonholed into a category that put them down as simply 'pretty boy pop', there were depths to a-ha's music that cast the trio's output in a very different light in comparison to many of their contemporaries. But their initial success was presaged by a gruelling period of penury and hard graft; a crucible that saw their distinctive sound and style gradually honed to perfection.
The Electricity Club's own Barry Page has penned an exhaustive book which charts that 40-year musical journey, including the ambitions of pre-a-ha outfit Bridges, through to the desperate attempts by the fledgling a-ha to establish themselves in the UK and the breakthrough that the iconic 'Take On Me' delivered (after something of a false start).
It includes extensive commentary on the various member's solo efforts as well as track-by-track evaluations of all of a-ha's releases. It also covers the band's evolution as their sound went beyond the synth foundations of their youth and through to the more mature offerings of their modern catalogue. Described by Pål Waaktaar-Savoy as "Really entertaining!", Down To The Tracks is also published by This Day In Music Books, previously responsible for publishing the OMD book Pretending To See The Future).
Aside from showcasing each a-ha album in track by track detail, Down To The Tracks includes a comprehensive look at both the band's pre-fame years and each of the three members' side projects, up to and including the release of Magne Furuholmen's 2019 solo album, White Xmas Lies.
Photo: Fritz Johannessen
Told from a number of different perspectives, this fresh take on the story mixes archived interviews and reviews, along with exclusive new input from a wide-ranging number of contributors, including a-ha's Magne Furuholmen and Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, plus Dag and Jørun Bøgeberg, Viggo Bondi, Pål H. Christiansen, Anneli Drecker, Espen Farstad, Zoë Gnecco, Erik Hagelien, Matt Letley, Sven Lindvall, Robert Alan Morley, Tini Flaat Mykland, Martyn Phillips, Mark Saunders, Tonje Waaktaar Gamst, Harald Wiik and more.
Covering that territory makes for a lengthy read and at 400 pages, there's practically no aspect of a-ha's musical career that doesn't come under the spotlight. The focus on Bridges, for example, offers a curious window on a very different band. Here, the Doors-influenced moody rock combo seem to be light years away from the electropop outfit they would later spawn. But hidden away in the young band's compositions is the raw material that would later be turned into such classic a-ha songs as 'I've Been Losing You', 'Scoundrel Days' and indeed the classic 'Take On Me'. Originally conceived as a song with the cryptic title of 'Miss Eerie', this embryonic version of 'Take On Me' was later christened by Morten Harket as 'The Juicy Fruit Song' (initial copies of the book also shipped with a special 7″ vinyl release of 'Miss Eerie').
The London years sees the band struggling to survive, with every resource directed to the recording and production of what would later become their iconic debut album Hunting High and Low. At times, this provides a harrowing read as the band had initially entered the country on a tourist visa, meaning that they couldn't secure work to prop up their musical ventures. But at times, their misfortunes could sometimes be interpreted as a sign they were on the right track. Initially finding rejection at every turn, they were also dismissed by Decca – the label that had famously turned down The Beatles back in 1962.
The book zones in on a-ha's extensive catalogue in forensic detail. By the time of the release of their second album Scoundrel Days in 1986, a-ha were already in the midst of a world tour. As an album, it delights in an almost cinematic narrative across a variety of compositions that balanced inventive synth-pop with Nordic melancholia. The book details, for instance, how 'I've Been Losing You' was a late addition to the album, with the band having to record on the fly while still on their global travels. "Morten sang the last lines shouting from the lift waiting to take use to Japan" recalls Waaktaar-Savoy.
Photo: Jørun Bøgeberg
There's also the intriguing story of the band almost working with the legendary Giorgio Moroder, as well as the troubled genesis of their James Bond song 'The Living Daylights'. Apparently, there were tensions between the band and Bond composer John Barry, as well as Waaktaar-Savoy struggling to drum up suitable lyrics without having any idea about what the film was about!
While many of their contemporaries would begin to run out of steam during their post-Smash Hits period, a-ha curiously kept evolving. Their ambitious 2000 album Minor Earth | Major Sky showcased a band embracing a more mature sound and approach, including some pointed commentary on their life in the music business care of 'The Company Man' (a track whose biting lyrics, Furuholmen toned down after discussion with his cohorts).
The unusual circumstances of a-ha's premature retirement in 2009 are also covered. Although it allowed the three founder-members to broaden their solo projects, the announcement of 2015's Cast In Steel album came a bit of a shock to the a-ha community. "You're allowed to change your mind", a philosophical Furuholmen commented.
Photo: Jakob Sekse
The in-depth account brings the story up to the MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice period (see TEC review previously), in which a-ha demonstrated that even without the use of synths, the craftsmanship of their music can still demonstrate its strengths in an acoustic fashion. It also meant that a-ha could indulge in some surprising collaborations, bringing onboard Ian McCulloch and Alison Moyet for some guest vocal slots.
The book also ventures into the various solo offerings and side projects in detail, including Waaktaar-Savoy's impressive work with Savoy. It also comes more or less up to date with covering Magne Furuholmen's White Xmas Lies album (see TEC's review previously), which arrived in the winter months of 2019, an album which sought to explore the "more melancholic, darker sides to Christmas" according to Furuholmen.
Down To The Tracks is an exhaustively researched tome that not only provides a rare insight into the process of crafting a-ha's music, but also acts as a testimony to a band that have helped shape the direction of contemporary electronic music.
a-ha Down To The Tracks is out 9th April 2020 via This Day In Music: https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/books/a-ha-down-to-the-tracks/
Paul Browne
After studying electronic music at Goldsmiths College in London, Paul spent his formative years indulging in fanzine culture before branching out to graphic and web design in later years via his Arc23 outlet.
Responsible for the creation of the original Official OMD Website, Paul also spent over 10 years administrating the site. As well as providing sleeve notes for many of the OMD reissues, he also provided design concepts for sleeve art and tour promotions.
He ran the Julian Cope-focused Screaming Secrets for many years and also administers Virginia Astley's official website.
Outlets and publications that have featured his contributions include Electronic Sound, Metro, Japan Update Weekly, J-Pop Go and Wavegirl.
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After studying electronic music at Goldsmiths College in London, Paul spent his formative years indulging in fanzine culture before branching out to graphic and web design in later years via his Arc23 outlet. Responsible for the creation of the original Official OMD Website, Paul also spent over 10 years administrating the site. As well as providing sleeve notes for many of the OMD reissues, he also provided design concepts for sleeve art and tour promotions. He ran the Julian Cope-focused Screaming Secrets for many years and also administers Virginia Astley's official website. Outlets and publications that have featured his contributions include Electronic Sound, Metro, Japan Update Weekly, J-Pop Go and Wavegirl.
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The big money world of professional online gaming
There are rich rewards on offer for investors and gamers in the world of professional e-sports Credit: Getty
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Andrew Cave and Alex Miller
The growth of electronic sports has escaped many, but with huge prize packages and a unique appeal to sponsors, it's no surprise that 2016 looks set to continue the trend
"You'll never amount to anything playing video games," is a favourite admonishment of parents worldwide. However, it no longer always holds true.
Last year, electronic sports, or e-sports, the competitive playing of online games ranging from Call of Duty to League of Legends, broke records for viewership, prize money and investments. And this year looks set to continue the trend.
This month, 113,000 supporters attended the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland, the largest annual e-sports event, which has awarded prize money of $5.6m (£4m) over the past ten years.
USM Holdings, founded by industrialist Alisher Usmanov, is ploughing up to $100m into Russian e-sports team Virtus Pro, while retired basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez are investing in NRG Esports, which owns teams in the Counter-Strike and League of Legends tournaments.
Market intelligence agencies Newzoo and Repucom forecast that global e-sports revenues will rise by 43pc to $463m this year, entertaining 131 million enthusiasts and 125 million occasional viewers. By 2019, they predict there will be 145 million enthusiasts and global revenues of $1.1bn.
An e-sports player could win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award within a decade
Big businesses have already taken notice and Coca-Cola and American Express are among the sponsors of the League of Legends Championship Series.
Matt Wolf, Coca-Cola's head of global gaming, has said that for the demographic of men aged 17-30, tournaments organised by League of Legends and the games group Riot Games crush traditional sports events.
"The Super Bowl is a massively viewed event with more than 111 million viewers [in the US]," he told a conference in Munich. "But when you layer on a gender and age split that we're very interested in as a consumer packaged goods company, it comes pretty far down."
The growth of e-sports has escaped many people's radar. "Viewership is growing in such an amazing way and unless you're in the games sphere it just doesn't resonate," he adds.
Gfinity, a UK company set up in 2013 to buy Europe's Warped Gaming League, has had as many as 419,000 registered teams on its bespoke gaming platform. It operates a London venue at which spectators pay to watch e-sports on giant screens, and organises G3, a gaming event that has drawn 4,000 paying spectators and nine million online views from 35 countries. Neville Upton, its chief executive, believes an e-sports player could win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award within a decade.
Gfinity has 156,000 Twitter followers and has attracted 92,000 Facebook likes, while Twitch, an online social video platform and community owned by a subsidiary of Amazon.com, claims 60 million users a month.
A unique opportunity in the e-sports space is that brands can sponsor players
"The key is the 18-34 age demographic," says Paris Davies, business development manager at Pitch International, the sports marketing agency. "I've never seen a [group] as concentrated towards young affluent males. It's not just that you're reaching this target audience; you're also able to engage with them in a very powerful way."
Newzoo says 18 to 34-year-olds account for more than half of broadcast and online e-sports audiences, compared with some 7 per cent for Premiership rugby and about 10 per cent for Premier League football games.
Ashish Mistry is managing partner of BLH Venture Partners, which has invested in KontrolFreek, a company making accessories that give gamers a competitive edge. "A unique opportunity in the live-streaming e-sports space is that brands can sponsor players," he says, adding that it can make sense to align with an individual rather than a whole team.
There are risks for sponsors, with violent games, but Davies adds: "Those games are not as popular on the e-sports scene as people believe. Fantasy games are the most popular. We haven't seen any [reputational] issues there. We think e-sports are just going to get stronger."
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As revenues became more sustainable, we have seen valuation re-rating, and major games publishers Activision and Electronic Arts delivered substantial out-performance to shareholders, including Standard Life Investments' Global and US equity funds.
E-sports may be the next step. Activision wants to create an "ESPN of e-sports", hiring an ex-CEO of ESPN to lead that effort. One of the most successful sports broadcasters in history is now popularising e-sports for the general public.
Other companies benefit from this, too. Gaming-related channels on Google's Youtube are extremely popular, building the rapid growth of advertising revenues at Google that we have seen in recent quarters." – Mikhail Zverev, head of global equities, Standard Life Investments
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IHSA: No spring state tournaments
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All spring High School state tournaments were canceled Tuesday after the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for their April meeting.
The decision to cancel the spring state tournaments comes in conjunction with Friday's (April 17) announcement by Governor Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education that all Illinois high schools will complete the 2019-20 school term from home via e-learning.
The IHSA offers state tournaments in the following sports and activities in the spring: Girls Badminton, Boys Gymnastics, Bass Fishing, Boys & Girls Track & Field, Boys & Girls Water Polo, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, Boys & Girls Lacrosse, Boys Volleyball, Baseball, and Softball.
IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson said he feels the right decision was made.
"As disappointing as it may be for students, it is the right decision for their health and safety, as well as for the health and safety of the general public, as we cope with this unprecedented pandemic," said Anderson.
"We support the decision by Governor Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education, and given the logistics, we simply felt we could not conduct state tournaments that meet the expectations of our member schools this spring."
The Board also determined that summer contact days are suspended for this year, unless state government and medical leaders indicate such gatherings are safe. At that time, the Board indicated a willingness to reconsider how summer contact might be conducted and whether opportunities for schools to conduct some kind of spring athletic events might occur.
"Once it is determined safe to return, we will provide a detailed outline to our schools on the plan for summer contact days and possibly some kind of spring athletic events," said Anderson.
"Including if the number of days and dates that coaches can meet with athletes has been altered. At this point, though, all that is dependent upon state government and medical leaders giving the go ahead for such."
"Our thoughts right now are with all the impacted students, coaches and communities. Especially the seniors," said Anderson.
"It will be difficult for them to find a silver lining in all of this, but we stress that even if they don't get the chance to compete again at the high school level, they are better for having been a part of their respective high school teams. By participating in high school sports and activities, they were exposed to life lessons in teamwork."
The IHSA provided a glimer of hope when it said spring participation will be considered based on what health professionals advise.
"The possibility of playing a spring sport game this summer is about closure," said Anderson.
"If we are able to offer this opportunity, no student-athlete would be restricted by having already practiced or competed with a non-school team."
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Q: how can i choose image/picture for my nodes in gexf or networkx my project's aim is to generate a network diagram, I've made a program that creates objects as swicth and nodes in python then it generates a gexf file and my question is :
Can everybody tell me if he knows a way that allow us to choose a node image by using gexf, networkx or other tools.
Thank you so much

A: NetworkX supports adding any form of data as attributes for a node such as an image:
G=nx.Graph()
G.add_edge(0,1, image=my_img)

Essentially everything is stored as a dictionary underneath.

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