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UN Official Calls on World Religions to Defer Authority to United Nations
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmad Shaheed makes radical call
A top UN official has called on world religions to defer their authority on matters concerning law and policy to the United Nations, according to reports.
The fringe views of UN human rights bodies must take precedence over the mainstream beliefs of many leading world religions, when it comes to law and policy, according to the UN's special expert on freedom of religion.
Ahmad Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, wrote about the intersection of religion and gender equality in his newly-launched annual report.
He determined that laws based on traditional morality, often religious in nature, must be repealed if they conflict with the opinions of UN experts and human rights scholars.
"States have an obligation to guarantee to everyone, including women, girls, and LGBT+ people, an equal right to freedom of religion or belief," Shaheed said.
The obligations of the state include "creating an enabling environment where pluralist and progressive self-understandings can manifest," he added.
In order to enable these "self-understandings," laws criminalizing abortion or various sexual behaviors would need to be overruled, according to LifeSite News.
Shaheed noted that laws regarding abortion and homosexual behavior often arise from the application of religious teachings regarding the sanctity of life, the family, and sexual morality.
While stopping short of directly calling on major world religions, such as Christianity or Islam, to change their doctrines, he attempted to differentiate between "patriarchal" and "gender equal" interpretations of religious teachings.
The report cites the work of scholars who have worked to promote "progressive" reinterpretations of faith traditions, adding that the source of gender-based violence or discrimination is not necessarily religions, but, rather, certain interpretations of them, "which are not protected per se."
The notion of "LGBT+ rights," a concept that has only recently entered the parlance of scholars, and which has no international consensus, much less a formally accepted definition, is treated by the report as a given.
In contrast, religious traditions, some dating back thousands of years, are treated as subordinate.
The special rapporteur cites "many feminists and human rights scholars" in arguing that "rules regulating the status of men and women, including in the appointment of clergy," are not only religious, but political, and therefore "are a concern for the State and international human rights law."
Last November, Shaheed Tweeted a quote from a workshop focusing on gender equality and freedom of religion: "When access to safe abortion is denied, the right to life, the right to health, the right to equal human dignity is denied."
On Monday, the Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur, where a joint statement was presented on behalf of several pro-life and pro-family organizations, including C-Fam, raising objections to the report's disregard for the rights of unborn children and calls to restrict the rights of conscientious objection to abortion by health care professionals.
The position of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief is part of the subset of the UN Human Rights Council known as Special Procedures.
As such, he serves in an individual, unpaid, capacity, and his reports are advisory and nonbinding.
Nevertheless, they feed into the UN's library of human rights documents that frequently cite each other in defending interpretations of human rights that are far from gaining widespread support among UN Member States.
Previous special rapporteurs, including those whose mandates include torture, violence against women, and the right to health, have used their posts to advance pro-abortion positions.
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Q: On the total derivative of a differential form. I look for an example of differential form $\omega$ of degree $r$ defined on a surface $ M \subset \mathbb{R}^n $ of dimension $m$ such that its derivative $D\omega$ can not be defined on the entire surface $ M $.
Background. Let $\omega$ be a differential form of degree $r$ and class $C^k$ ($k\geq 1$) defined on a surface $M\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ of class $C^s$ ($s > k $) of dimension $ m $.
To fix the ideas take $\omega$ as an application of $M$ in $\bigcup_{q\in M} \bigwedge^r(T_qM)$ which at each point $ p\in M $ associates a $r$-linear application in $\bigwedge^r(T_pM)$. I am assuming that the tangent plane $ T_{p^{\prime}} M $ varies to the tangent plane $ T_{p^{\prime \prime}} M $ in a differentiable manner (with regularity $ C^k $) as $ p^\prime $ varies to $p^{\prime \prime}$.
Let's fix an arbitrary point $ p\in M $. Let a parametrization $ \varphi: \overline{U} \to \widetilde{U} $ of $M$ and a curve $\overline{\alpha}: (-\epsilon, + \epsilon) \to \overline{U}$ satisfying
$$
(\ast)
\left\{
\begin{array}{c}
\varphi(u)=p, \\
\overline{\alpha}(0)=u.
\end{array}
\right.
$$
The total derivative of $\omega $ should work as follows: each vector $ (\varphi\circ\overline{\alpha})^\prime (0)$ tangent to the curve $ \varphi \circ \overline{\alpha} :(-\epsilon, +\epsilon) \to M $ at the point $p \in M $ is taken by the derivative of $ \omega$ in the vector $ (\omega \circ\varphi\circ\overline{\alpha})^\prime(0) $ tangent to the curve $ \omega\circ\varphi \circ \overline{\alpha}: (- \epsilon, + \epsilon) \to \bigcup_{q \in M} \bigwedge (T_qM)$ at the point $\omega(p)$.
Suppose a second parametrization $ \psi: \overline{V} \to \widetilde{V} $ and a second curve $ \overline{\beta}: (- \epsilon, + \epsilon)\to \overline{V}$ satisfying the following properties:
$$
(\ast\ast)
\left\{
\begin{array}{c}
\widetilde{U}\cap\widetilde{V}\neq \emptyset\\
\psi(v)=\varphi(u) \\
\overline{\beta}(0)=v
\end{array}
\right.
$$
In order, for the total derivative of $ \omega $ to be well defined over the entire surface $ M $, the following property must be satisfied: for every $ p \in M $, for all parametrization $ \varphi $ and every curve $ \overline{\alpha} $ fulfilling the conditions $ (\ast) $ worth the equality
$$
(\omega\circ\varphi\circ\overline{\alpha})^{\prime}(0)= (\omega\circ\psi\circ\overline{\beta})^\prime(0).
$$
for any parametrization $ \psi $ and any curve $ \overline{\beta}$  that satisfies $ (\ast \ast) $.

So the example to be looked for is an example where there is a $ M $ surface and a differential form $ \omega: M \to \bigcup_{q \in M} \bigwedge^r(T_qM) $ for which at a point $ p \in M $  there is a parameterization  $ \varphi $ and a curve $ \overline{\alpha}$  satisfying $ (\ast) $ and a parameterization $ \psi $ and a curve$ \overline{\beta}$  satisfying $ (\ast\ast) $ such that
  $$
(\omega\circ\varphi\circ\overline{\alpha})^{\prime}(0)\neq (\omega\circ\psi\circ\overline{\beta})^\prime(0).
$$
  Is there any classic example with the above property? Is there any reference where I can find such an example?

I was unable to find any reference who could be of some help in answer my question. The references I researched were as follows:
Analysis On Manifolds by James R. Munkres
An Introduction to Manifolds by Loring W. W. Tu
Vector Analysis by  Klaus Jänich
A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds
by Jon Pierre Fortney
Mathematical Analysis II by V. A. Zorich
I would really appreciate if someone can give me some directions in the literature and, if possible give me an exemple.

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'Free Talk About Free Books': Tracing the evolution of America's libraries through primary source documents
William Stearns
1. From private collections to public repositories
The first libraries in the United States were largely private, the realm of wealthy and learned men. During the Colonial Era, these men bequeathed books to educational institutions, establishing early college libraries. They also initiated subscription libraries, which were private collections funded by memberships and dues. While such institutions weren't available to the general public, they laid the foundation for the public lending libraries that soon became a hallmark of American civic and intellectual life.
One of the earlier imprints chronicling this evolution is a broadside dated 1741, found in Readex's Early American Imprints, notifying the public of a meeting "in order to consider the Proposal of applying for a CHARTER, to incorporate the said Company."
That company was the Library Company of Philadelphia, the inspiration of Benjamin Franklin. The same year, Franklin published "a catalogue of books belonging to the company…" which members could borrow to read at their leisure—a rare luxury in a time when books were expensive and difficult to come by.
Thirteen years later another broadside, this time from New York City, proposed a subscription program to finance a public library. These important institutions were still not free, although their fees were relatively modest for Americans of comfortable financial means.
Meanwhile, the Library Company of Philadelphia continued occasionally to publish catalogs of their holdings. In 1807, Franklin's heirs released an expanded account: "A catalogue of the books belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, to which is prefixed, a short account of the institution, with the charter, laws, and regulations."
The Library Company was not alone. In 1806, the Bingham Library for Youth produced a catalogue of their collection.
More of these early compendia can be found in America's Historical Imprints, including examples issued by the Franklin Society in Amherst, New Hampshire, dated 1808, the Library Company of Baltimore, and "the library established in the Capitol at the city of Washington for the two houses of Congress"—later the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress also published its "rules and regulations to be observed…", as did many other libraries. Among them were the "Regulations of New-Bedford Library" in New Bedford, Massachusetts; the Social Law Library, in Boston; and the Boston Public Library.
These early compendiums and regulations offer fascinating insight into the culture of early libraries. Those that included novels in their collections, for example, could be subject to criticism. In 1789, the Herald of Freedom, a Boston newspaper, published an article which was tepid at best—and possibly derisive—about the inclusion of novels in "Libraries for the Ladies." The article asserted that "this species of writing hath not been received with universal approbation: Futility is not the only charge brought against it."
In 1811—the same year Jane Austen published her first novel Sense and Sensibility—the Trenton Federalist ran a column praising the demise of the novel. The author wrote that "the contemptible fictions and novels which not long since engrossed the attention of readers of almost every age and class, are manifestly sinking into disrepute and neglect."
Despite the ceaseless popularity of novels in libraries and private collections, newspaper columnists were loathe to retract this position. More than sixty years later, in 1874, the Cincinnati Gazette ran an opinionated column that began:
It must be confessed that novel reading is about the laziest semblance of occupation that can be indulged in; the mind of the reader being as nearly in a state of absolute inexertion as is consistent with the reception of ideas.
If people are foolish enough to buy this dross, the writer could accept it, "but should the public money, or the money of public benefactors be spent to provide people with such reading?" Clearly, he believed, it should not. The writer concludes:
Public libraries are not in the nature of book clubs, which must supply just what their members demand; and it is at least a serious question whether much of the flimsy and prurient fiction that cumbers their shelves might not, with propriety as well as profit to their readers, be excluded.
Americans also founded audience-specific libraries. Many of the earlier of these were designed for apprentices. An 1820 article in Boston's Columbian Centinel was enthusiastic about serving this population: "Every child, of ever so poor connexions [sic] is here educated!"
Soon, libraries purposed for a wider variety of people began to spread. In 1820, the Agricultural Intelligencer, and Mechanic Register of Philadelphia announced that "Apprentices Libraries have been commenced at Philadelphia and New-York. At Philadelphia 24 Managers are appointed, who are enjoined carefully to exclude every work of an immoral tendency."
Other contemporary publications announced the establishment of libraries meant specifically for mechanics, farmers, abolitionists, police, women, and passengers on trains and steamboats, among many others.
While generally accessible, these specialty libraries usually received some sort of membership or usage fee. Others were restricted to particular patrons. In each case, it appears the founders were guided by the conviction that these populations could be uplifted by access to knowledge which would redound to the progress and common welfare of society, and as such, only practical or uplifting books were included.
The turning point toward truly public, free libraries may be marked by articles such as the one published on January 1, 1868, in the Washington Reporter, from Washington, Pennsylvania. It refers to a plan to establish "township libraries in various parts of the count[r]y," and notes that "the Massachusetts and other New England Legislatures have made appropriations for this purpose, and in the former State every town or district has its public library of standard books…"
Before long, a nationwide movement for public libraries blossomed, often with the support of newspapers, whose reporters were increasingly dependent on libraries to research their stories. In late 1872, the Cincinnati Daily Times editorialized:
A free public library is something which every city should have. Every [person] possessed of refined taste and liberal education appreciates a book; and though all persons do not have these requirements, a free library will contribute largely to their attainment….Let us have free public libraries, and by-and-by, when the struggle for wealth—which now seems to so nearly absorb the entire time and energies of our people—shall have given place, as it eventually will, to a taste for a better acquaintance with books, we shall be in condition to gratify a reasonable and healthy demand in that behalf.
2. A national library rises from the ashes
At the same time that municipalities were improving citizens' access to literature, Americans were also beginning to establish a national library in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Congressional Serial Set captures the trials and tribulations of the Library of Congress. In 1817, for instance, a motion was made to
inquire into the expediency of commencing the erection of the centre [sic] building of the Capitol….inquire whether suitable apartments can be had in the Capitol for the reception and accommodation of the Library of Congress; and in case such apartments cannot be had there, to inquire into the expediency of purchasing or erecting a convenient building for the Library.
Despite this motion, the Library of Congress remained within the Capitol for another 80 years, beset by problems of space and the depredations of war and fire. In 1814, the British burned the building. In 1826 the Committee of the House of Representatives on the Library submitted a report in response to "a resolution of the House, of the 3d of January to inquire into the expediency of rendering the library room fire-proof…" They concluded that it was not necessary since "the library can, in the judgment of the Committee, be made sufficiently safe, by proper care of the lights and fires" and that they "do not deem it expedient that the House should adopt any measure in the premises."
This decision sufficed for twenty-five years. Then, in 1851, fire erupted again, destroying much of the collection, including books from Thomas Jefferson's library. After the devastating 1851 fire, the Senate Committee on Public Buildings reported on "a resolution directing them to inquire into the expediency of enlarging, repairing and refitting the principal apartment lately occupied by the library of the Congress, so that the same may be entirely fire-proof and capable of extension in harmony with the general plan of the capitol…" They concluded that because "of the necessity for some immediate provision to meet the want of a Congressional library…" hence it is "advisable to repair at once the former library room…"
Although the library was largely repaired, the need for more space became an intractable problem. By 1876, the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress issued a report committed to the "the erection of a separate building for the National Library…"
Congress began the long process of acquiring land, commissioning architectural plans, and allocating funds for a separate building. This process is well documented by the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army.
Additionally, the annual reports of the Librarian of Congress follow the development of the collection and the construction, interior fixtures, staffing, and other related matters of moving the Library to its new home in the Jefferson Building, a task that was finally completed in 1897:
The work was accomplished as follows: All transfer of the matter was made by means of wooden boxes, consisting of open trays and handbarrows. These were loaded and handled by workmen who generally carried them on the shoulder along the floors or upstairs, but the more heavily loaded boxes and all handbarrows were carried by two men, one at each end….they were piled into wagons going between the Capitol and the Library building…
3. An influx of riches
Toward the end of the 19th century, the expanding establishment of public libraries was profoundly affected by the philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie, one of America's wealthiest men. Between 1883 and 1929, 1,689 libraries in the United States were built thanks to Carnegie's largess.
Carnegie opened his first library in Dunfermline, Scotland—his birthplace. In 1889, the first Carnegie-funded library in America opened in Braddock, Pennsylvania, where a large Carnegie Steel plant was located. For the next thirteen years all of the libraries endowed by Carnegie were similarly in southwestern Pennsylvania, with one exception in Fairfield, Iowa, which was commissioned in 1892.
The New York Herald published an article of Carnegie's views on public libraries on March 9, 1890.
No city can afford to be without free circulating libraries any more than it can afford to be without public schools," he said. "We recognize that children must be taught in a republic. After they are taught at school the library stretches out its arms into their homes and keeps and leads them in the path of future education.
Newspapers around the country raved about Carnegie's generosity. Western Massachusetts' Springfield Republican reported that
An idea of how the public is profiting through Andrew Carnegie's generosity in establishing free libraries may be gleaned from the fact that Mr. Carnegie has so far given $6,174,500 for this purpose. With this sum 24 free libraries have been established in this country or in Scotland. Further, there are conditional offers now outstanding, all of which will, of course, be accepted, amounting to no less than $2,000,000.
In early 1902 the Omaha World-Herald announced that Carnegie "had just given away thirty-eight new libraries" including "one in Nebraska, seven in Iowa, two in South Dakota."
Not even fictional characters could escape Carnegie's influence. Mr. Dooley, a fictional Irish bartender invented by the journalist Finley Peter Dunne, was featured in a column carried by newspapers nationwide. The Anaconda Standard in Anaconda, Montana, carried one such column in its January 18, 1903, issue, written in Dunne's representation of an Irish accent.
"Has Andrew Carnegie given ye a libry yet?" asked Mr. Dooley. "Not that I know iv," said Mr. Hennessy." "He will," said Mr. Dooley. "Ye'll not escape him. Before he dies he hopes to crowd a libry on ivry man, woman an' child in th' country. He's givi' thim to cities, towns and villages, an' whistlin' stations. Theyre tearin' down gas houses an' poorhouses to put up libries. Before another year ivry house in Pittsburg that ain't a blast furnace will be a Carnaygie libry."
Still, Carnegie's beneficence was not universally applauded. The Trenton Evening Times reported on August 7, 1901, that
The Central Labor Union of Easton and vicinity representing twenty-five local unions and ten thousand working men, have adopted resolutions protesting against the erection of a public library which is a gift of Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie was roundly denounced by the speakers as the foe of laboring men. The members of the union agree not to enter the library after its erection.
Unions also protested how more and more villages, towns, and cities were accepting Carnegie's terms for operating the libraries he paid for. And Carnegie appears to have straddled the overt racism of his age. According to the Savannah Tribune in South Carolina, Carnegie provided "$25,000 for the addition to our main building of the public library, and $25,000 for the erection of a colored branch." Their headline read "Carnegie is Generous Donates $50,000 for Public Libraries Colored People to Get $25,000."
Carnegie's scheme had interesting effects. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on February 23, 1902, that
Mr. Carnegie has established, within the past two years, more than 300 libraries in cities and towns in almost every state and territory in the union, and is planning to establish many more in the future. At the same time there has been a great boom in the book trade, believed to be in a measure due to Mr. Carnegie's munificence. Publishers and book jobbers in New York city agree that the enormous sum given by Mr. Carnegie has done much to stimulate the trade and to increase the demand for books.
In an interview reported in South Dakota's Aberdeen Daily News, Carnegie himself declared:
I think it will be found, that far from being a philanthropist I am engaged in making the best bargains of my life. For instance, when New York had been given over a million pounds for seventy-two libraries I succeeded in getting a pledge from her that she would furnish sites and maintain these libraries forever.
Today, many of these libraries still stand—testaments to the influx of Carnegie's fortune, but also to the industry and thirst for learning of the American people.
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In a country plagued by the fear of regimes such as Cuba's Castro and Venezuela's Chávez, Gustavo Petro may have made a costly mistake this week. On Monday, the former M19 terrorist and mayor of Bogotá became the first 2018 Colombian presidential candidate among twenty to approve of Maduro's National Constituent Assembly.
"Maduro's assembly legitimacy will exclusively depend on the number of votes he gets", Petro said. "If his Assembly is successful, he will need to start with budget cuts, balance the economy".
Petro, however, has focused upon the positive and expressed support for the process. He opined on his twitter account that Venezuela should have the right to make a soverign decision.
The leftist candidate then criticized former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe for promoting foreign intervention, and for his calls on the opposition to revolt against Maduro.
"Our Constitution commands our President to respect the self-determination of other countries as part of our foreign policies", Petro wrote on twitter.
Petro's support for the constituent assembly, and his long time relationship with the late strongman Hugo Chavez, put him in league with FARC leaders. Timochenko also endorsed the Constituent Assembly and disapproved foreign intervention this weekend.
Voting results were published by Venezuela's Electoral Council, which reported more than 8 million votes. However most observes believe that the number is far lower. Venezuela's opposition puts the number at 2.5 million. Many of those who voted were coerced with threats of losing government subsidized benefits or jobs.
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Rojas claimed that "fear gets votes", and his opponents are highlighting Petro's support for the assembly as a way to tie him to the ideologies of Castro and Chávez. Given the failures of socialism in Latin America, one of Petro's principal challenges in the 2018 election will be to articulate the benefits to constituents while shying away from defending Maduro's failures in neighboring Venezuela.


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In 2009, I was very excited to present a few funky things we've been developing with Neolab, at the largest independent IT conference in Slovenia. The world was obsessed with "2.0" back then, and we were determined to join that hype. Facebook was already big at that point, and it was becoming clear they will make a huge impact on the future of technology. Tim O'Reilly wrote a seminal article on the topic, arguing how Web 2.0, the new generation of the internet (and software!), has changed everything.
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Why Twitter is so important for the future of the Web
While working on a project, I visited a website to check out a product. Since then, I've been seeing their ads all over Facebook and various other sites via Google Ads. Can't run away anymore - it's becoming obvious the power of these two online giants is growing by the day, which leaves the decision about what you will see on the Internet in the hands of only a few. This is something that's very alarming; the Web is becoming too monopolized, and this trend needs to be turned around.
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The Web is becoming just another television
A few months ago, I managed to bookmark my 20.000th link. I always imagined I would be able to say something really inspiring when it would finally happen, but after years of collecting and tagging content on Delicious like mad, proud of the amount of information I've consumed, I ended up feeling a bit empty. Categorization schemes, mashups, systematic repeating of essays and articles, it seems nothing could help me grow anymore. What else can you expect from a passive observer of a world, overwhelmed with unlimited knowledge?
How the #hashtag took over the world
Ever since the times of IRC, there has been a need to categorize specific messages on the internet. With the rise of the social web and increased amounts of information, this habit became even stronger. First popularized by Twitter, the hashtag was introduced in 2007, and since then, found its way into standard offering of the most popular social services (Instagram, Tumblr, Google+, etc.). It seems even Facebook will introduce its own version soon, though people already use them overthere anyways. The hashtag changed the way we create and consume content, and it became a symbol of collaborative publishing in the social era.
Daft Punk, Arrested Development, and how content is becoming an experience
What a great year for content! In October 2012, Red Bull Stratos set a benchmark for what can be done with branded content. The jump was watched live on YouTube by 8 million people. A few months later, Gangam style established a new standard for how far online virality can take you. It became the first video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. Powered by the internet. These two extreme cases probably won't be topped for quite some time (internet time, that is) and are clear leaders in their categories. But lately, I've noticed two other great examples that clearly show something else - where commercial content (promotion) is headed. It's all about delivering experiences, which are created and amplified by digital marketing.
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Reinventing the blog, part 2: The challenges, the opportunies
After the initial dissection of the most innovative and well designed blogs, it's time to go behind the scenes. We've seen how some of these blogs look like, but there's even more value in understanding why they look like they do. Every good user experience analysis needs to have a clear overview of the goals and good insight into the problems of the situation, and I will try to outline these by using my blog as an example. A lot can be deducted by monitoring the basic Google Analytics reports.
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Q: Form target not being set to iframe So I'm working on a project where I need to change via javascript the target of a form so that it's response opens in an iframe. So I have an iframe 'frame' and in my javascript I have a function on a button as follows:
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However this seems to still open the form in a new page rather than in the iframe, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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"Treat training is sellable because it sells treats and it sells time," says Livshitz.
Not only does Livshitz not use treats, his dog Ben doesn't have a leash or even a collar on.
Livshitz claims you don't need any equipment to control your dog.
Livshitz doesn't just work with puppies, young and ready for schooling.
He takes on all dogs, even those other trainers have written off as incapable of rehab.


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Rene Roman Nose addresses the crowd during a celebration marking Indigenous Peoples' Day at the Daybreak Star Cultural Center on October 13, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. Earlier that afternoon, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signed a resolution designating the second Monday in October to be Indigenous Peoples' Day. (David Ryder / Getty Images)
By Jacqueline Keeler, Truthout
On Wednesday, October 3, the Cincinnati city council joined a growing trend when it voted to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day. It is now one of more than 70 cities across the country to do so. The first was Berkeley, California, which adopted Indigenous Peoples' Day in 1992, in recognition of the 500–year anniversary of the European arrival in the Western Hemisphere and the ensuing devastation to Indigenous nations already here in what became known as the Americas.
Other cities that have made the change include Los Angeles, Seattle and Phoenix, as well as states like Minnesota, South Dakota and Alaska, which have significant Native American and Alaskan Native populations. In 2017, the island country of Trinidad and Tobago made the change after a statue of Columbus was splattered in blood-colored paint. A grassroots group called the Cross Rhodes Freedom Project posted an explanation for the vandalism on Facebook at the time, explaining that the painting was soaked in red to protest the celebration of the "Genocidal Genovese Sailor" who "decimated the first peoples of the Americas, destroyed their way of life, then turned around and denied their humanity."
There are rumors of more cities, including Dallas, Texas, following suit by today. More than 90 different entities (including cities, counties, colleges, universities, states and one country) have changed from honoring Columbus to honoring Indigenous people — at least in name — since 1990.
"I think history tells us that Christopher Columbus was not a good representation of the kind of people we'd want to value and appreciate," said Chris Seelbach, a Cincinnati councilman, when explaining his vote. He also tweeted, "We can't re-write history, but we can acknowledge the millions of people who didn't need to be 'discovered.'"
Jacqueline Keeler is a Diné/Ihanktonwan Dakota writer. Her book The Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears is available from Torrey House Press and the forthcoming Standing Rock to the Bundy Standoff: Occupation, Native Sovereignty, and the Fight for Sacred Landscapes will be released next year.
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I Wanna Talk About You is an album by pianist Tete Montoliu recorded in 1980 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.

Reception

Ken Dryden of AllMusic said: "Tete Montoliu's releases are inevitably a joy to hear; this 1980 studio session with bassist George Mraz and drummer Al Foster is no exception. ... Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, who by 1980 had pretty much retired from performing due to ill health, makes one of his final record dates by guesting on "Autumn Leaves"; he starts slow but ends up turning in a fine performance. Highly recommended."

Track listing
All compositions by Tete Montoliu except where noted
 "Nexus, Plexus, Sexus"- 7:09
 "Blues for Wim and Maxine" – 7:29
 "Scandia Skies" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:44
 "Jo Vull Que M' Acariciis (Caress Me)" – 9:40
 "I Wanna Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) – 11:37
 "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) – 7:36 Bonus track on CD
 "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma) – 8:08 Bonus track on CD

Personnel
Tete Montoliu – piano
George Mraz – bass
Al Foster – drums
Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (track 7)

References

Tete Montoliu albums
1980 albums
SteepleChase Records albums

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September 21th 2004: Interview with Josh On
TIMESHIFT: Interview With Josh On
Josh On is a free-lance designer living in San Francisco. He is best known for his collaboration with the design studio Futurefarmers and as the maker of the web project They Rule, which is an interactive mapping system that visualizes the interconnections between the board members of the most powerful companies in the US. They Rule won the prestigious Golden Nica award at the Ars Electronica Festival in 2002. At the Ars Electronica festival this year, Josh On took part in the 'Language of Networks' conference where he spoke about classes and networks. Sebastian Campion talked to him afterwards.
They Rule became an instant classic when you released it and it still is one of the most referred-to internet projects
within the media-art community. Did you expect this kind of success - and why do you think it became so popular?
I was excited about They Rule when I was first making it because it was very captivating data. I knew that I had the right skills to
do it so I thought it would be a success on my own terms. I think it was the right-project-at-the-right-place kind of thing. It came
out 6 months before 9/11 at a time when the world was becoming a much more political place. There was a rise in the antiglobalization movement, there were more and more interest in social networks on different fronts and there was the dotcom crash. I think people were looking for anything that was exciting, that was happening on the internet and wasn't commercial.
They rule
Perhaps people were also looking for an information visualization project that focused on other aspects than aesthetic representations of computer data?
Yes, exactly. There had been a whole lot of projects which really - I don't want to say were contentless - but were much more
concerned with visual form.
Were you ever inspired by any of those?
Yeah, sure! I love some of them. I like pretty stuff as much as anyone does.
Can you say a few words about your new project Exxon Secrets, which resembles They Rule quite a bit.
My wife Amy Balkin and I worked on it for Greenpeace. They came up with all the data and approached us to visualize it ... and that
was tricky. We actually wanted to do a thing that was not like They Rule at all. We started playing with the data, trying to find ways to present it but Greenpeace definitely had They Rule in mind. We presented a lot of different things but they chose a way that looked a lot like They Rule, although it is slightly different. Exxon Secrets is oriented towards journalists, so it wasn't trying to be too cool for school, which They Rule is a bit. It is more usable in some ways. It announces what it is about and explains itself a lot more. Greenpeace is going to continue updating the site and in fact that was a major part of the project for us. We built it backend so that Greenpeace could keep the database up-to-date which isn't in They Rule.
Exxon Secrets
Did you ever consider taking They Rule further - such as including a way for users to interact directly with the
companies and people that it maps? I am thinking of info-warfare tactics as carried out by culture jammers and hacktivists like The Yes Men, Electronic Disturbance Theatre, etc.
You mean to be more proactive and getting people involved politically around that? Well, I haven't put much thought to that but I am sure there's a lot of different things you could do. But I think the reason why I haven't pursued the path is that I really think that the way we are going to move forward in social movements is less around art-pranks and more on good social organizing with one another in real life. Organizing conferences, organizing protests, organizing places where people can come together to debate ideas and stuff like that. I think that's where the key is to changing the world. I don't necessarily see They Rule as a launch point for that, although I am sure there's a lot of interesting things to be done in that field.
Anti-Wargame
Still, I guess some of the projects that you are involved in, such as Anti-Wargame and They Rule, can be employed as
strategic ways of engaging people - especially within the internet design community?
Hmm... I don't know...
...or perhaps I should say, that is how I perceive them.
Right, I wonder if that's true at all. I don't know if it is. I think these things aren't necessarily building anything directly. They are
very amorphous so it's hard to evaluate their success. I don't know. I am suspicious that they're not that successful. They're more personal outlets for some of the stuff that is going on. But really, the emphasis of my activism is in old ... you know ... most of my time right now outside of work, is not spend designing these projects - it is spend helping organize regular political events and
things.
The designs are not meant as political tools to somehow awaken people?
I don't like to use the term awaken people because I don't think people are asleep necessarily. A lot of people say that, right? -
Wake up, wake up! Don't you see this world is crazy?! 30,000 people are dying every day! etc, etc ...
Well, people know this! People are living this. People are having terrible healthcare and don't have any job security and things are
falling apart around them and they are getting drafted to go off to war, etc. So, it's not a matter of waking up. I think it is a matter
of having some clarity and some hope about how we can actually change things. I think that's what has disappeared in society.
Any hope that we could actually come together and organize a better world. I think people have given up on that - although
people never give totally up on it. There will always be resistance - and that's great and it's through that resistance that we'll gain
hope again. In these hard times that's what we need to help organize that resistance and point out that there's been dark times before and we'll get out of them. So fitting into that ... I think that these designs are very small contributions to the propaganda. I sell socialist papers on the street corners. That's what I do. Every Friday morning and Wednesday night and I think that is a more effective way of having fruitful conversations and bringing people into politics.
I am still curious about the link between your work as a designer and as an activist.
Yeah ... ha-ha ... me to. I think I am compelled to do the other stuff because I can. You know, I have these ideas and then I am like "that's a good idea, I should do that" and then I want to do it because it's fun essentially. Like, They Rule, there's a lot of
interesting things that I wanted to work out. It is both an input and an output. This was interesting and fascinating to me. There's
always new problems to solve in information visualization. But I am loath to justify it ... or making big claims that I think it is going to change the world or that we need to be making more designs or websites like this. Because this is ... and I hate to sound
hypocritical, but I don't think this is what we need to be doing.
I think design is very important. Whether it is a political thing, that's a different question. Designers were always important and
always will be. Things have relevance beyond their political content, obviously, and I don't want to put down designers. There is a temptation for designers who are political to see their contribution to the movement as good design. I don't think that's true. I think their best contribution is to be like everybody else and help organize the movement. Of course, sometimes their design can play a role and they will be able to help on that front but generally, it is more important to get involved and learn the politics of what is going on and have debates etc. That's the key. You know Howard Zinn? He is an American socialist who wrote 'The People's History of America'. He gave a talk recently on the role of artists in times of war and he said something like: "Historians talk about history, plumbers fix the plumbing, and artist make art but who's role is it to talk politics? Surely we can't leave it up to the politicians. It is all our role to talk politics. Everyone should be political". So, you know. I think that's the case. I don't think designers or artists are special. They are the same as everyone else and we owe it to ourselves to get politically involved.
At the Network conference you invited a few members of the audience to particpate in a group-exercise in which you
asked them to position themselves physically on a continuum in relation to certain questions. The exercise was originally employed by the psychiatrist Jacob Moreno and it is the basis of the internet site communiculture.org that you have developed within the framework of Futurefamers. It is a very playful site that allow users to post questions and to respond to them by placing an avatar of themselves on continuums. Can you tell a bit about the intention of making people enact their opinions in this way - and perhaps about Moreno's influence on your work?
My Father is a psychodramatist, that is he practices psychotherapy and often uses techniques using psychodrama which were created by Jacob Moreno and his collaborators. I was exposed to a lot of his ideas about group organization - I think much of it will be useful in certain circumstances.! I wanted to play with some of those methods of exploring small group relations online.
Communiculture.org is a little experiment - that could be a use ful tool if it was implemented in relation to a real community I think.
Communiculture.org
You question the term Network Society and prefer to call it a Class Society. But don't you think that we live in a moment in time that is characterized by networks - from economies and smart-mobs to Al Qaeda etc?
It's interesting because there's always been networks, you know. It is so a-historical to think that, now we are a networked society
but before we weren't. What were the Bolsheviks in Russia but a network of activists? What were groups of terrorists in the past?
Society is full of networks. It's like a truism. Of course we live in a network society and to that extend I think it is a meaningless
term.
In your presentation you referred to 'Friendster' as a superficial social network which I think was a pretty good illustration of Network Society. The mantra of the Network Society is connectivity hence, we are afraid of being disconnected and social software such as Friendster and Orkut reflect this trend by encouraging people to grow pseudo networks that are much more visual than actual.
Perhaps the term Network Society is really a distraction ... that not all networks are even. Oh, that's what I forgot to mention! I think the most basic criteria out there is how do we organize production. And what is your relationship to that production. That is class. But people in power all want to distract you from that simple question because it is totally injust. America considers itself the most democratic society in the world, yet you don't vote for the people in the most powerful corporations. You don't get to vote for your boss at work. Those things are totally top-down organizations. Corporations are autocratic dictatorships and of course they'd rather have us think that we live in a network society than a class society. That fits much better with the ruling class's view of the world: I am in a network, you are in a network. Yeah, we are all connected together! We are only 6 people apart! You and me, we both speak the same language! Whereas with working people a more meaningful link is the shared relation they have to the system. Workers must work for a living, under conditions they have little control over. Workers in US actually have more in commen with the workers in Iraq and France etc. than they do with their bosses in the US.
Sebastian Campion is an independent designer based in Amsterdam.
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http://www.theyrule.net
http://www.communiculture.org
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Oscar Predictions - Part One
It's finally that time of the year and oh what a great time it is. As the Oscars draw closer and closer, the big night being February 28th, the time has come to submit those final predictions. Over the next week, I Am Sam will feature a daily breakdown of particular categories, culminating in the big five awards on Friday. So without further ado, here is Part One:
Favorite: Mad Max: Fury Road
It's not really shocking that the adrenaline filled roller coaster is the favorite to take home the trophy. The film's combination of practical and digital effects is seamless and it is really the core of what makes Mad Max: Fury Road the spectacle it is.
Who I Want to See Win: Ex Machina
The much smaller budget sci-fi thriller does some amazing things with the main character of Ava. While it's not nearly on the level of films like Star Wars or Mad Max, some acknowledgment to one of the better films of the year here would be great.
My Pick: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
This is a no brainer in my opinion but the Academy will certainly have a tough decision between this and Mad Max: Fury Road. For me, what puts The Force Awakens above the rest, besides being Star Wars, is the sheer magic it seems to recapture despite the thirty-year gap. Plus it's Star Wars. I mean c'mon.
Best Film Editing
Another technical category, another perceived victory for Mad Max: Fury Road.
Who I Want to See Win: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
I have to admit I want Star Wars to win everything it is nominated for come February 28th. And that's it. That's the reason I want Star Wars to win. Is that bad?
Prediction: The Big Short
No other film sees such a contribution and energy boost from it's editing that The Big Short receives. The exhilarating pace of it all, done by Hank Corwin, makes everything just that much better.
Favorite: Cinderella
Designed by Sandy Powell, who has been nominated ten times in the past (winning three), Cinderella features gorgeous colors and attire that make callbacks to the animated classic while maintaining its individuality at the same time.
Who I Want to See Win: Carol
Designed by Sandy Powell, who has been nominated ten times in the past (winning three), Carol features gorgeous and appropriate attire. No you didn't misread that; Sandy Powell is nominated twice this year for two separate films. In this case, some recognition for the film as whole would be a welcome surprise.
Prediction: Cinderella
First off, regardless of the title of the film, I believe Sandy Powell will be walking away with her fourth Oscar. However on this night, presuming she doesn't split votes with herself, the elegant retelling of a classic will likely be called here, as Cinderella brings it home.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
In ultimately a two-film race, Mad Max takes on The Revenant. It's clear that Mad Max had, not only more makeup work, but achieved much more with the work that was done.
Who I Want to See Win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Again this is a no brainer. Mad Max was one of my favorite films of the year and largely achieves this through its stunning visuals, including makeup.
Prediction: Mad Max: Fury Road
This isn't even a contest in my opinion. The Revenant did a great deal of things right but just doesn't have enough here to beat Mad Max: Fury Road.
Best Production Design
In a category where a bulk of the nominees are history based, the post-apocalyptic world rises above the rest. The majority of the film taking place largely among one long car chase is still miles above what any period piece could provide.
What I Want to See Win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Please see above.
Please see above. Then see above that.
Oscar Count through Part One:
Mad Max: Fury Road – 2 (Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling)
Cinderella – 1 (Best Costume Design)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 1 (Best Visual Effects)
The Big Short – 1 (Best Film Editing)
So what are your predictions? Subscribe, Share, Comment below, be sure to look out for Part Two on Tuesday, and as always return to I Am Sam for weekly reviews and insight.
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Hard to imagine it happened to me. But it did. I planned a trip to Japan in the fall near the beginning of November of 2009. I tried to find a destination that would have a matsuri (festival) during the time I would be in Japan. I found a Hikiyama Matsuri in the prefecture of Saga on the island of Kyushu, in the town of Karatsu. The Festival is called Karatsu Kunchi, a shinto based celebration of the areas Shinto Temples after the harvest season in in swing.
The origin of the festival started as each area within Karatsu had their own specific temple for the purpose of their needs or prayers. Each of the temples represented fishermen, farmers, rice producers, merchants, politicians and other community members. The members of each temple had a beautiful golden shrine made of wood and shiny lacquer with highly detailed wagons to pull through the streets around the whole town, intended to show off the success and prosperity of each community group. As the population increased so did the amount of people available to pull these sacred carts and shrines through the streets.
So each group began to build large floats called Hikiyama and increased the amounts of people and lengths of rope to pull them. The floats represent favored myths or objects of affection for each group; some are folk tales and others are fish that a make up the fishermen's livelihoods, also dragons that pull ships under the water during storms.
The floats became more and more elaborate and larger still as each of the communities Hikiyama were pulled through the tight streets and past the rival hikiyama group's host house, found in each of the areas that a temple exists.
The history seems to be a lot like our own Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, it started with small decorated carts and vehicles. The hikiyama are without the corporate sponsorship, but are definitely a show off event. At each of the host houses throughout the town you will find a very proud family inviting in the participants of the festival for food and drink, not to mention a massive family like atmosphere that the towns folk then included myself and my travel companions in.
The tables of food stretched the length of the houses main living space and had young to old, babies to ancient members of the community taking in the pride of their area as well as being humble enough to sit at the rivals table. It is really hard to find the words to describe the level of cheer and happiness that each of the houses we visited with our host/ self proclaimed tour guide Mune (his name means chest) provided us. I never felt like, the ever so obvious outsider, I was only shown the grace of the Japanese people and their culture in Saga. The tables were piled with giant platters,plates and bowls filled with a weeks worth of kitchen work for the local women. There were giant fish, mollusks of all types, shellfish, endless sandwiches, karage chicken, sushi, sashimi, pastas, potato salad (macaroni too), sauces, tea, water, beer, wine, you can name it it was available for eating. The host families were so generous it still causes me to tear up as I remember the day.
The people and faces I met that day will never fade, it is burned, ingrained even to my soul directly forever. Please enjoy the pictures I have posted, they mean the world to me for others to see. I am also going to try to link to some of the historical fact pages to help create a useful tool for others to travel to Karatsu for this remarkable festival. to be continued….
A festival more important than summer holidays and New Year's! "Karatsu Kunchi" is when Karatsu's people come together as one.


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Momentum Music Fund – deadline for applications 29th May
Momentum Music Fund
PRS Foundation, the UK's leading charitable funder of new music and talent development has announced a new partnership with Creative Scotland to support its Momentum Music Fund. Previously only artists based in England were eligible for funding, but now, Scottish artists can apply for funding to support activities such as recording, touring and marketing. The new partnership will enable artists to apply for career-boosting grants of between £5,000-£15,000 – artists must be at a tipping point in their careers, showing current progression and growth with significant potential to continue developing.
The next deadline is Tuesday 29th May 2018 at 6pm.
For more information please visit: prsfoundation.com
WOMEX 2017 was great!
We're back from WOMEX 2017 in Katowice, Poland and what a great experience it was. Four days of meetings, networking and watching! A truly multi-cultural, diverse feast of music and cultures – we loved every minute of it.
Our stand was visited by a huge range of artists, radio presenters, festival organisers, agents, and promoters from across the world including Canada, Morocco, USA, Switzerland, Hungary, Colombia, Germany, Poland, Armenia, Mozambique, Latvia, Chile, Sweden, Belgium and many more.
Our promotional CD Northern Lights was included in each of the delegate bags along with a copy of the WOMEX edition of fROOTS, which featured a 2-page advert, an editorial and an album download. We sent out regular tweets with some of them reaching the huge screens at the back of the WOMEX hall. For more information on the artists please visit birnamcd.com/northernlights.
We've already had notification from a radio station in Australia that they have played a track from the fROOTS download, which is part of the digital fROOTS edition, sent out just before WOMEX.
We had lots of discussions with radio presenters looking for music from across the world and were particularly interested in the range of music and artists we were promoting here in Scotland. We've now linked with a folk, blues and world music internet radio station which streams 24 hours a day from Vienna, connected with radio presenters from Germany and Hungary and set up links with a network of 45 radio presenters who all feed into the World Music Charts, as featured in fROOTS.
We held very positive discussions with a wide range of WOMEX delegates covering many different aspects of the music industry. Like us, many delegates were looking to establish positive partnerships which would support increased awareness and opportunities for artists and music in general. We will be working on a few exciting developments over the coming months.
We had the pleasure of the company of TALISK who were there to do one of the showcase performances – a hugely significant accomplishment given that there were around 1350 applications for around 60 available slots. Their gig went extremely well, lots of very positive feedback and a queue of delegates looking to book them. They're lovely folk and we wish them even more success in the months and years ahead.
We also had the pleasure of meeting a great bunch of folk from Catalonia – we've been thinking of them since we returned, and we wish them well for the future.
Just to finish, we'll leave you with another two photographs. The first one is the indoor beach with hammocks and deckchairs. This area proved very popular later in the day when folk were getting weary.
The second photograph is our PARKING TICKET – all the way from Scotland to Poland and we managed to get a parking ticket on the last night!
Well, we didn't have time to do any shopping, so it's nice to have a souvenir…..
WOMEX 2017 was a hugely enjoyable experience and we're looking forward to WOMEX 2018.
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WOMEX 2017 – Stand number 5
Birnam International Music Promotion – We're packed and ready to go – 2 of our team are off to WOMEX!
WOMEX is THE international networking platform for the World Music industry. This year's event is in Katowice, Poland from October 25th – 29th and, as ever, a huge number of key industry personnel from around the world will gather together, seeking new music to distribute and new artists to introduce to audiences via festivals, concert tours, television, film, radio, press and digital platforms worldwide. Approximately 2,900 delegates attend WOMEX each year and for networking and exposure opportunities, WOMEX is one of the best.
We have the privilege of working with a huge range of extremely talented musicians, many of whom are independent. A few years ago, following requests from a couple of artists, we launched our Birnam PR service. To date, we have concentrated largely on promotion across the UK & Northern Ireland, with some additional international promotion. However, again, following requests from artists we are launching our international promotional package this year.
We have coordinated, designed and produced a compilation album – 'Northern Lights', featuring ten artists who we have had the pleasure of working with and supporting over the years – the album will be included in every WOMEX delegate bag. We've designed Northern Lights promotional leaflets and posters for our WOMEX Birnam stand (number 5) and will be giving away further copies of the promotional album.
The October 2107 WOMEX edition of fROOTS magazine has a free download featuring different tracks from each of the artists, a 2-page editorial and a 2 full-page advertisement featuring each of the artists – fRoots magazine is available digitally and hard copies will also be included in each WOMEX delegate bag.
To find out more about each of the artists on the Northern Lights album please visit Northern Lights.
If you're at WOMEX please come and say hello – you can find us at stand 5.
Nurturing Talent – Time to Shine Fund
'Nurturing Talent – Time to Shine Fund'
Young Scot and Creative Scotland's 'Nurturing Talent – Time to Shine Fund'
The fund aims to support young people aged 14-20 who are interested in developing skills in one of the following areas:
Drama – Dance – Music – Film – Visual Arts – Literature – Digital Arts
Who can apply – Anyone aged 14-20, living in Scotland. Both individuals and groups can apply for funding ranging from £50- £600.
The deadlines for applications are: 28th August 2017, 9th October 2017
For more information visit young.scot
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CD Pressing, Design for CD Packaging and Social Media Graphics, Music Promotion, Digital Distribution, Social Media Support and more… Birnam Case Study
We've been working with independent musicians for over 30 years now and consider ourselves very privileged to be able to continue to work with a huge number of dedicated and talented musicians. We know that sustaining a career in the music industry is not easy and we like to think that we offer a complete service, supporting artists through all the stages of an album release and beyond.
A few folks have said that they thought we only offered CD, DVD and Vinyl pressing (well, we have built a reputation for that over the years). We actually do a whole lot more, so we're introducing a few case studies to demonstrate and explain about the broad range of services that we offer.
The first case study features Liza Mulholland, an independent musician based north of Inverness. Liza came to us early in 2016 when she was planning her debut solo album. She wanted to have physical CDs in attractive packaging to sell at her gigs but also fancied the idea of the album being available to download and stream. She was keen to achieve widespread radio airplay as well as press and online reviews for her work. We discussed various packaging, design and promotion options and put together a full package covering all of Liza's requirements.
You can read the case study HERE.
Liza gave us some really nice feedback, here's a short excerpt:
'Although technology and the internet have revolutionised the music business, making it much easier for musicians to release their own music, it still involves a lot of work. To be aided throughout the process, and relieved of much of the stress and hassle, has been a huge benefit and one that I would highly recommend. Self-releasing a solo album can feel a wee bit lonesome, with the burden of the whole project on your own shoulders; with Birnam CD at my side I felt like they were taking care of everything for me. Even better than that, I'm now getting nice reviews coming in and plays on radio stations I previously didn't even know existed!'
Look out for a few further case studies over the coming year. We welcome, listen and pay attention to all feedback and we're constantly striving for ways to build on and improve our services. In 2016 we revamped our website to make it more 'user friendly' and easier to navigate. We'll be continuing to streamline and build on our range of services in the coming year and beyond, so please drop us an email with any suggestions or comments.
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Looking Ahead in 2017
After a very relaxing festive period, all of us here at Birnam CD are primed, ready and looking forward to 2017.
The year just gone was our 30th year as a business, and also our most successful year to date. To flag up just a few of last year's milestones, we produced and delivered a record amount of CDs, DVDs and vinyl, made more tracks and albums for more artists than ever before available for downloads and streaming, launched a host of new services, overhauled our website and saw our (now expanded) promotional packages have their most popular year to date. Now we are looking ahead to further progress in 2017.
An awful lot of the artists we have worked with have already confirmed that 2017 is going to be a very busy year. Here are just a few events we are currently eyeing up…..
Just round the corner is the world-renowned Celtic Connections festival. Last year, we delivered 16,000 CDs to a range of artists in time for their album launches at the festival. This year, the number of CDs being delivered is already up there (and we aren't done yet). As always, we are looking forward to heading to Glasgow to attend a number of album launches, events and concerts throughout the festival. The full list of Birnam clients performing is – as in previous years – too huge to fit into a humble blog post, but we will be providing extensive coverage of what they are all up to at the festival through our social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+.
Further down the line, the Scottish music scene in 2017 remains as rich and far-reaching as ever. TradFest returns to Edinburgh at the end of April and spills over into early May, providing some fantastic concerts and great networking opportunities. In May, the Orkney Folk Festival celebrates their 35th year, with Eddi Reader and Flook amongst the acts already confirmed. June sees Skerryvore's "Oban Live" return for its second (well, technically third, but who's counting?) year, with one of Scotland's most renowned bands again joined by We Banjo 3 and Skipinnish, with many more acts yet to be announced. Out on the beautiful Isle of Lewis, HebCelt will be back in July, and already have Dougie Maclean, Skerryvore and Peatbog Faeries confirmed to appear. August brings two of Scotland's most popular events with Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, and the incomparable (and often inexplicable) Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Of course, all of these events are just a drop in the ocean when stacked up against the full wealth of Scotland's music scene. Be sure you get out there and enjoy what Scotland has to offer in 2017.
As for Birnam CD, we have no intention of slowing down. We are working on several exciting new projects and services to roll out over this coming year. Unfortunately, we'll have to keep tight lips for now, but expect to see some big announcements from us in 2017. Or, better still, sign up to our newsletter here and have news of new developments delivered straight to your inbox.


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I heard this a comment from a number of people I hadn't seen in quite awhile when I went back to Boston for a short visit. I appreciated the compliment, of course, but was also a little taken aback. Why wouldn't I look healthy? I'd just spent most of the last 8 months in the Caribbean on a sailboat! See the tan?
Upon reflection, however, the comments made sense. They were talking about my breast cancer.
And this was a bit odd for me, because when I think of cancer these days, my mind asks, "Did I really have breast cancer?" The diagnosis, the surgery, the chemo, the radiation, the reconstruction, the tattoo—the whole shebang that took almost two years from beginning to end, seems like a nightmare that I woke from long ago.
Did I really have cancer? I did, I know. I know it changed me, but did not define me. But I don't dwell on it, actually, I don't think about it much at all. My post cancer life is filled with excitement, work, distraction, and rum punch. There is no room for cancer.
Last week, a few people forwarded me a NY Times article entitled, "Good News For Women With Breast Cancer: Many Don't Need Chemo." The article explained that new research confirmed that women with breast cancer, with an intermediate Oncotype gene test score between 11 and 25, may not benefit from chemo, if the cancer has not spread to the lymph nodes (mine had).
My friend Jennifer called to talk to me about the article, because she knew I must have seen it, and she knew that whether or not to proceed with the chemo, given my intermediate test score, was an agonizing decision. I'll never know if it was the right decision, and that is ok. I'm well beyond that now.
But a piece of my conversation with Jennifer really amazed me- the piece where I couldn't remember a thing about the test- not the name of the test, nor the results of the test, even though for an agonizing two weeks it was all I thought of.
"What was the name of the gene test they do?" she asked me.
"I think it was called the Anka test," she told me. She was very close. You say Onco, she says Anka, we both knew what she was talking about.
"You may be right. But I thought it was 18." 18 is a special number, meaning "life" in Judaism. If my score had been 18, how would I have not remembered that irony? I started to think she must be right.
In actuality, my score was 20. I had to go back and look it up. I don't blame Jennifer for not remembering my score, but how could I have forgotten it? My score had consumed me.
What is it that allows someone to put a really difficult part of their lives away, to have large lapses of memory of the very best kind, to protect the mind and soul? I'm not sure what it is about my particular emotional makeup that allows me to do this, but I'm happy to be protected this way. I am blessed to have a brain that has allowed me to put those two years in a box, file it away in my mind under "S" for things that Sucked, and not open it again unless I have to. And I don't have to, not now.
Recently, I received very sad news from a close relative and a close friend- one diagnosed with cancer, and one who will be getting divorced after a very long marriage. I love them both.


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"Frances Law's studio is filled with a mix of flotsam and jetsam she has picked up on past beach-combing trips. In this small tranquil space, your eye dances from the views out to rolling fields, and back to shelves crowded with beautiful carefully constructed assemblages of found treasure, bowls of shells and pebbles, bottles and brushes. Then there are the large scale oil paintings of the interior world of a shell. Among the cards, receipts, memos and aide-memoires pinned on the wall, there's a typed quote from Marcel Proust's La Prisonnière, the fifth volume of Remembrance of Things Past, which reads, 'The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes.' I first saw Frances' work in the summer of 2010, when she was selected to be a finalist in what turned out to be the last-ever Aspect Prize. What initially struck me most about Frances' work was the fact that although there were no figures within its hidden depths, it was almost as though a figure existed there. Hidden, lurking, watching and waiting. When I tell her this, she replies, 'I always feel like I am painting myself in these works. Until 1998, I painted the figure all the time, but since then, I have been exploring the possibilities of structures such as shells or other natural forms. I like the way that natural forms become architectural.
The process by which Frances arrives at her large shell paintings sees her looking through a tiny homemade viewfinder at small sections of shells grouped together. She then sets to work, using the dry brush technique she learned at Glasgow School of Art under her tutor there, the acclaimed painter, Sandy Moffat.
'The style of painting suits me,' she explains. 'I wanted precision and Sandy opened a door for me which allowed me to paint in a very precise way.' Talking to Frances about her work, it feels like her early interest in archaeology, gleaned she says from her history-mad father, has burrowed its way into her psyche.
She explains. 'I remember as a young child - maybe around seven or eight - being with my dad and my brother and sister, watching an archeological dig on the Antonine Wall outside Denny, where we lived.
It is this luminous aspect of Frances Law's work, which makes it so intriguing. Like all good artists, she takes us, her viewers, on a voyage of self-discovery to places we didn't know existed. Frances' work can be seen from 3rd March - 20th May at the Park Gallery, Callendar Park House, Falkirk."


THE NewsMail has a long history of standing side-by-side with the region's residents to campaign for a fair go.
And that's what Future Bundaberg is all about.
It's no secret that of late the Bundaberg region has been through some of its toughest times in decades, but the green shoots have started to appear.
A pipeline of key projects is on the horizon that if delivered will take the region to the next level.
From these projects jobs will flow.
But while we may be seeing a return in confidence, it's not time to rest on our laurels.
It's time to take a step back, look at the big picture and see where our pathway forward is taking us.
We need to be asking how we position ourselves in a fast-changing world? How do we ensure our economy is diverse enough to ride the highs and lows? What will a future Bundaberg look like for our children and grandchildren?
Future Bundaberg is focused on doing just this.
With a Federal Government election just around the corner, the NewsMail will take a deep dive into the region's data and look for what we can glean to help shape our future.
We've engaged Bernard Salt, one of Australia's most respected demographers, to walk us through the data and understand what it means.
Mr Salt has offered his unique insights, providing a suite of steps he argues will take the region forward.
We now want to present this data and these insights to the community.
In coming editions, NewsMail journalist Emma Reid and I will explore every facet from population growth to employment, agriculture, education and our aging population to deliver you a comprehensive picture of the Bundaberg region.
We want you to be part of the conversation.
Following the data and after having taken on feedback from readers, the NewsMail will put together a plan of key actions that will guide the paper moving forward.
Future Bundaberg is the next step in ensuring we get the best outcome for our region.