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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Novello
The Misanthrope – Comedy
Three Days of Rain – Apollo
Best Musical Revival
A Little Night Music – Garrick
Annie Get Your Gun – Young Vic
Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air
Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best New Comedy
Calendar Girls by Tim Firth – Noël Coward
England People Very Nice by Richard Bean – National Theatre Olivier
Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth – Almeida
The Priory by Michael Wynne – Royal Court
Arturo Brachetti: Change – Garrick
Derren Brown: Enigma – Adelphi
Morecambe – Duchess
James Earl Jones in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Novello
Jude Law in Hamlet – Donmar at Wyndham's
James McAvoy in Three Days of Rain – Apollo
Mark Rylance in Jerusalem – Royal Court and Apollo
Ken Stott in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's
Samuel West in Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward
Gillian Anderson in A Doll's House – Donmar Warehouse
Lorraine Burroughs in The Mountaintop – Trafalgar Studio 1
Imelda Staunton in Entertaining Mr Sloane – Trafalgar Studio 1
Juliet Stevenson in Duet for One – Almeida / Vaudeville
Rachel Weisz in A Streetcar Named Desire – Donmar Warehouse
Best Actor in a Musical
Rowan Atkinson in Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Aneurin Barnard in Spring Awakening – Novello
Bob Golding in Morecambe – Duchess
Alexander Hanson in A Little Night Music – Garrick
Tony Sheldon in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace
Best Actress in a Musical
Melanie Chisholm in Blood Brothers – Phoenix
Patina Miller in Sister Act – London Palladium
Samantha Spiro in Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air
Hannah Waddingham in A Little Night Music – Garrick
Charlotte Wakefield in Spring Awakening – Novello
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Rory Kinnear in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton
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Eddie Redmayne in Red – Donmar Warehouse
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Hayley Atwell in A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's
Michelle Dockery in Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton
Alexandra Gilbreath in Twelfth Night – Duke of York's
Keira Knightley in The Misanthrope – Comedy
Rachael Stirling in The Priory – Royal Court
Ruth Wilson in A Streetcar Named Desire – Donmar Warehouse
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Sheila Hancock in Sister Act – London Palladium
Maureen Lipman in A Little Night Music – Garrick
Kelly Price in A Little Night Music – Garrick
Iwan Rheon in Spring Awakening – Novello
Rupert Goold for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward
Michael Grandage for Hamlet – Donmar at Wyndham's
Lindsay Posner for A View from the Bridge – Duke of York's
Ian Rickson for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo
Bijan Sheibani for Our Class – National Theatre Cottesloe
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Matthew Bourne for Oliver – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Bill T. Jones for Spring Awakening – Novello
Stephen Mear for Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air
Anthony Van Laast for Sister Act – London Palladium
Best Set Design
Pete Bishop and Mark Thompson for England People Very Nice – National Theatre Olivier
Christopher Oram for Red – Donmar Warehouse
Ultz for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo
Anthony Ward for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward
Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Palace
Peter McKintosh for Hello, Dolly – Regent's Park Open Air
Christopher Oram for Madame de Sade – Donmar at Wyndham's
Amy Roberts for The Misanthrope – Comedy
Best Lighting Design
Kevin Adams for Spring Awakening – Novello
Jon Clark for Three Days of Rain – Apollo
Mark Henderson for Enron – Royal Court / Noël Coward
Mark Henderson for Burnt by the Sun – National Theatre Lyttelton
Best Sound Design
Andrew Bruce and Nick Lidster for Mother Courage and Her Children – National Theatre Olivier
Ian Dickinson for Jerusalem – Royal Court / Apollo
Brian Ronan for Spring Awakening – Novello
Christopher Shutt for Every Good Boy Deserves Favour – National Theatre Olivier
Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Rambert Dance Company for an outstanding year of new work
Colin Dunne in Out of Time – Barbican Pit
Michael Hulls for lighting Two:Four:Ten – London Coliseum; Afterlight, Ex Machina and Eonnagata – Sadler's Wells
Best New Dance Production
Goldberg: The Brandstrup-Rojo Project, ROH2 – Royal Opera House
A Linha Curva, Rambert Dance Company – Sadler's Wells
Afterlight – Sadler's Wells
E=mc², Birmingham Royal Ballet – Sadler's Wells
The Rite of Spring, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in Opera
Nina Stemme in Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Anja Kampe in Der fliegende Holländer, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Stuart Skelton in Peter Grimes, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Michael Volle in Lulu and Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Best New Opera Production
Tristan und Isolde, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Der fliegende Holländer, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Lulu, The Royal Opera – Royal Opera House
Peter Grimes, English National Opera – London Coliseum
Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre
Cock – Royal Court Upstairs
Ìyà Ilé: The First Wife – Soho / Tiata Fahodzi
The Great Game – Tricycle
Audience Award for Most Popular Show
Billy Elliot – Victoria Palace
The Phantom of the Opera – Her Majesty's
War Horse – New London
We Will Rock You – Dominion
Wicked – Apollo Victoria
Society Special Award
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Media wars- Mainstream media the greatest tool to sway public opinion in favor of war…
To this day many people still see mainstream media as a good reliable source of information but is this the case? . Again i will point out why people need to find other sources of info from alternative media outlets etc and not to souly rely on what the tv screen is saying.
Throughout the decades media has been used to sway public opinion from presidential elections to the invasion of sovereign country's. Most mainstream media outlets such as BBC,CNN and FOX usually tend to skirt around the edges of events without really delving into the story or if needs be they make the story.
In the 1950's the CIA launched 'Operation Mockingbird' this operation was to subdue free press and to control what was and was not for public consumption. In 1948 Frank Wesner was director of (OSP) Office of policy coordination which then ended up becoming the espionage and counter-intelligence branch of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The director Frank Wesner was told to create a organization that would specialize in
"propaganda, economic warfare; preventive direct action, including sabotage, anti-sabotage, demolition and evacuation measures; subversion against hostile states, including assistance to underground resistance groups, and support of indigenous anti-Communist elements in threatened countries of the free world."
Soon after the establishment of this organization Frank Wesner launched 'Operation Mockingbird' which also aimed to control not only domestic news but international news outlets as well.
The CIA at one stage had over 400 agents planted throughout the media world from newspapers to Mainstream media outlets to small magazines. This operation was one that aimed to pull the wool over peoples eyes which in large part succeeded up.
For decades Wesner was trying to find other ways to convince the public that communism was a very real threat to them and their way of living. Fast forward to today and we have another bogey man. The threats of terror attacks after 9/11 was ramped up turning public opinion in the direction the government wished.
The ramping up of FEAR driven media was one of the main reasons the Iraqi invasion went ahead barely opposed by the public. Now we all know that what we were told at the time about chemical weapons etc was all a lie a pretext to invade but hindsight is a wonderful thing. The reasons behind the invasion are still debated.
These tactics serve to bolster those individuals and organizations arguments for war playing on peoples emotions and also sowing chaos among peoples of what ever country finds itself in the cross hairs.
If we move on to the NATO lead invasion of Libya which marked another turning point in the media/information wars. Media outlets ran with the narratives of the establishments without evidence or a clear idea of what was actually taking place inside the country at the time.
This lead to the death of thousands and the mass lynching of African migrants who the media labeled mercenaries of Colonel Gaddafi. The lies continued reports came thick and fast that Libyan forces were actually taking Viagra to rape woman and that the Colonels forces were slaughtering people on the streets.. (http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/07/07/libya-ethnic-cleansing/)
There was no evidence at all to suggest this was true or that mercenaries were in fact being brought in to fight for Gaddafi. This just turned out to be another feeble to play on the heart strings of the public and to ultimately push public opinion in favor of a NATO led invasion of Libya.
During the staged revolution that was taking place it was being sold to the world as a revolution of the people but as we know now this was also nothing more than a manufactured lie for the reasons i stated above.
As the conflict was in full swing some mainstream outlets namely Al Jazeera and Sky news went as far as showing videos of celebrations that were purportedly taking place in Libya's Green square in the capital of the country. The video and images actually turned out to have been a staged event that had taken place in Qatar.(http://stopwarcrimes.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/al-jazeeras-fake-green-square/)
Throughout the coverage images from other revolutions and celebrations were also aired for example BBC showed pictures of an event that looks to actually have taken place somewhere in India while the crowd waved the Indian flag. This is an insult of the peoples intelligence.
The BBC hoped that maybe no one would notice these deceptions. If we fast forward to the Syrian conflict we will see the exact same tactics being applied to sway public opinion.
One of those most noticeable fabrications of events on the ground was that of the nuclear attack that mainstream media outlets portrayed as an attack by government forces on the Damascus subberb Gouta.
But an episode of the 'Truthseeker' aired detailing the ways in which this event had been falsly portrayed and even how some of the coverage was edited to suit the narrative that the Syrian army launched the weapon.(http://seeker401.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/the-total-farce-of-the-green-square-scenes-and-the-reasons-nato-attacked/comment-page-1/)
What had not been shown often was the fact that fighters of one of the main fighting groups Al-Nusra had been caught on the border a week or so before the nuclear attack with a quantity of 'Sarin Nerve Gas' That along with propaganda videos of masked men claiming to be testing nuclear elements on animals.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ1C4evK06I)
In fact members of Jabhat Al-Nusra had told an Associated Press that they had mishandled Saudi supplied chemical weapons which caused the Nuclear incident in Ghouta.(http://www.globalresearch.ca/jabhat-al-nusra-rebels-admit-responsibility-for-chemical-weapons-attack/5347485)
The fight against 'Communism' having been replaced with the fight against 'Terrorism' to adapt to the modern geo political situation we see today. IS is now the big enemy with constant coverage by the MSM along with a huge propaganda campaign utilizing social media and other platforms to reach the masses.
Or we find pick another supposed enemy 'Russia' the media in the West scorns and demonizes 'Russia' as an aggressor against Ukraine and the 'Free World' in general but the people of those Western nations seem not to agree with this analysis. Is it because of a mass awakening to the fact that mainstream media lies ?
At any rate in today's world media is used more than ever to sway the peoples of the world example of which is that of the enemy 'ISIS' which came along months after the push to invade Syria collapsed and the war hawks had to back off.
Again the push to enter Syria was proposed but this time it was the 'Islamic state' which was being used as a pretext for war. IS who seemed to come out of nowhere to be one of the most feared terror groups in the world was ultimately magnified 100x because of the constant coverage.
This happened because of the medias constant fear mongering they basically put a magnifying glass on a group which blew them up to be something they are not. Yes the people within 'IS' are animals naive brainwashed people but we need to understand they are just another pawn which is being used in the geo political game which we see playing out today across the globe.
Gerard Dinnen
Founder of The Risen People, I set out in anger and frustration at what i percived to be grave injustices in the face of humanity. I am a political & Human-rights activist covering topics locally and internationally. Through Co operation and solidarity we can create a real change, to create real change in the minds and hearts of the people.	View all posts by Gerard Dinnen
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Here at Alternatives For Girls, we believe all young people deserve a safe and empowering environment, which is why we acknowledge November as National Runaway Prevention Month and National Youth Homelessness Month. The pandemic has exacerbated this growing crisis of houseless adolescents. On a single night in 2020, 34,210 adolescents were counted as houseless, 90 percent of whom were between the ages of 18 and 24.[1] Many of them have run away from home, a number estimated to be between 1.6 million and 2.8 million each year according to the National Runaway Safeline.[2] This means that millions of children and young adults are vulnerable to the physical, mental and emotional harm that comes with housing insecurity. They are more likely to engage in dangerous behaviors necessary for their survival, more likely to be exploited for sex and drug trafficking, and less likely to receive basic necessities, such as medical treatment for mental and physical illnesses.
Despite the dangers houseless children face, they can be harshly stigmatized. They are often blamed for their decision to run away, labeled as "bad" kids that need punishment and discipline. But the overwhelming majority of children and adolescents on the street are not there by choice. They are forced there by a complex system of violence and oppression that impacts their lives on an interpersonal and institutional scale. This National Runaway Prevention Month, we must challenge and change the systemic issues that contribute to the growing crisis.
Abuse & Exploitation: For victims of child abuse and exploitation, the street often looks safer than home. Many runaway and houseless youth are escaping domestic violence in their former households. Children are far more likely to experience abuse from family, and the violence can become so severe that running away from home feels like the only option. Additionally, children are far more likely to be exploited by people they know. According to Polaris, exploitation from a family member is the second highest recruitment tactic in sex trafficking.[3]
Gender & Sexuality: Even though only 7 percent of young Americans identify as LGBTQIA+, out of the 1.6 million youth experiencing houselessness, 40 percent were LGBTQIA+, according to a 2012 study conducted by the Williams Institute at UCLA Law. Nearly half of them were either forced out by their family or ran away from home due to their gender or sexual identity. One-third of them ran away because of the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse they faced in their household due to their identity.[4]
Race & Ethnicity: Latinx youth are 33 percent at higher risk of houselessness than their white peers—a number that rises to 83 percent for Black youth, who are the most overrepresented group among all young people experiencing houselessness. But Black adults are also disproportionately impacted by houselessness overall. The combination of institutional racism and structural poverty excludes historically oppressed people from equal housing, economic opportunities, and community support, especially young children.[5]
System-Involved: Foster care is often the only option for children in unstable households, but the system is not without its faults. Sometimes, they are placed in unsafe and unstable homes that lead to homelessness. Also, according to a study conducted by National Runaway Safeline, 30 percent of respondents who had been in foster care ran away from home, compared to only 8.1 percent that were not. [6]
[1] https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/who-experiences-homelessness/youth/#:~:text=How%20Many%20Youth%20Are%20Homeless,under%20the%20age%20of%2018.
[2] https://www.ojp.gov/files/archives/blogs/2019/invisible-faces-runaway-and-homeless-youth
[3] https://polarisproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Polaris-2019-US-National-Human-Trafficking-Hotline-Data-Report.pdf
[4] https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/serving-our-youth-lgbtq/
[5] https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/ChapinHall_VoYC_1-Pager_Final_111517.pdf
[6] https://www.1800runaway.org/prevention-education/educational-and-outreach-materials
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Generally speaking, the historic evolvement of investigative reporting has not been systematic, nor has it developed in a regular and routine form. In fact, its emergence can be better characterised as chaotic and dispersed, where its successes in achieving change and making an impact have been occasional. Therefore, the evolution of investigative journalism does not translate into a continuous historical narrative; rather, it can be described as a cyclical evolution that is dependent on particular circumstances and conditions that relate to the media institution; the journalist; and the political, economic, and social conditions at the time. This cyclical evolution can be noted not only at a global level but also in the Arab narrative. This chapter will outline both a global and Arab understanding of the rise of investigative reporting, particularly focusing on developing countries, which have many commonalities with the Arab scenario. First, however, it is necessary to outline what is meant by investigative journalism.


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MPs face grilling on £7.4billion GKN takeover bid
Ministers face a grilling in the Commons this week over the hostile £7.4billion takeover bid for engineering giant GKN.
Theresa May is under pressure to intervene amid mounting concern about the impact the buyout could have on industry and national security.
GKN, based in Redditch in Worcestershire, makes parts for the F-35 Anglo-American fighter jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the US's B-21 stealth bomber, as well as cars and aircraft around the world.
Its future has been thrown into doubt after the City turnaround group Melrose lodged a £7.4billion offer last month. GKN's board, led by American Anne Stevens, 69, is attempting to fight the deal.
GKN, based in Redditch in Worcestershire (pictured), makes parts for the F-35 Anglo-American fighter jet, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the US's B-21 stealth bomber, as well as cars and aircraft around the world
Last night it emerged that Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is set to be questioned about the bid when he appears before the defence select committee on Wednesday.
Its chairman, Julian Lewis, said: 'The committee have had correspondence strongly against and in favour of the hostile takeover bid and I therefore wouldn't be surprised if the topic came up on Wednesday.'
A Whitehall source said: 'There is growing concern across Whitehall about the impact this aggressive takeover of GKN would have, especially the long-term defence and security implications it may have for the UK.'
The takeover already faces the prospect of wider investigations, with the business, energy and industrial strategy committee expected to scrutinise it further after initial questions were raised by chairman Rachel Reeves.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategyis is understood to be monitoring the situation closely, and a senior civil servant has been appointed to examine the impact of a takeover.
The US's own committee on foreign investment will also have to examine any takeover, as will the authorities in France and Germany.
GKN dates back nearly 260 years, and made cannonballs for the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
It now has 6,000 employees in the UK among 58,000 worldwide. It is a key supplier to aerospace firms including Airbus, with bases in towns including Telford in Shropshire and Luton.
Its future has been thrown into doubt after the City turnaround group Melrose lodged a £7.4billion offer last month. GKN's board, led by American Anne Stevens, 69, is attempting to fight the deal. Pictured: GKN headquarters in Redditch
Melrose specialises in buying underperfoming firms and selling them on at a profit within three to five years.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has urged the Government to block the bid for GKN, calling Melrose an 'utterly unsuitable owner'.
Speaking in the Commons earlier this month, the Prime Minister said: 'Of course the business department will be looking closely at, and has been following closely, the issue. I and the Government as a whole will always act in the UK national interest.'
Concern about a GKN takeover has also been raised in the US, where Congressman Neal Dunn has written to the committee on foreign investment urging it to block the bid.
He said: 'In addition to concerns over who may ultimately acquire GKN, Melrose's business strategy will undermine long-term investments in research and development and secure supply chains, which are critical to the major defence platforms GKN currently supplies.'
According to documents published by Melrose, any takeover would have to be considered by Germany's federal ministry of economic affairs and energy and the French ministry of economy.
Melrose is run by accountants Christopher Miller and David Roper and solicitor Simon Peckham, its chief executive.
They have said that they 'welcome any and all opportunities to explain to government why we believe a merger with GKN will create an industrial powerhouse of which the UK can be rightly proud'.
They added: 'Melrose builds businesses to long-term health and prosperity and has an impeccable pension track record.'


Magisto is an app and a cloud-based service which takes your poorly organized and poorly shot videos and makes from them a consolidated video with only the interesting parts. If you take a lot of pictures and video editing is not your cup of tea, then you should give the video collection to Magisto. It analyzes the video and selects the best parts, joins them together and creates one good video out of them. You have to see it to believe it, and since it's free you may as well try.
I love the idea of the Powerbag. This is a backpack with a built-in battery pack and charging system. They make messenger bags and briefcases too.It has a battery case capable of handling a 9000mAh battery, which is huge.
Everyone is talking about the YOGA, so-named because it bends over backwards. On the one hand it's an ultrabook in conventional notebook configuration. On the other, it opens 360 degrees (or nearly so) to make the screen a tablet with a pure touch interface.
It's a case for a device, probably a phone, which includes a charger based on a little turntable in the case. You spin the wheel (turntable) or put the phone down on it and spin the phone, and the kinetic energy is harnessed to charge the phone.nVolutions, the company, claims that you really can keep your phone charged this way. Is it just cool and interesting or is it actually practical?Strangely, nVolutions has no web site, but does have a Facebook page.


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Regarding what is apparently the ONLY reason anyone has anything to say about Young Avengers
Apparently there is some question about whether or not Hulkling and Lightning Lad from Young Avengers are a gay couple. I'd be lying if said I didn't suspect the same thing after I read the first issue, and I think the real intrigue isn't found in the few lines of dialogue from the comic that raised the questions, but in the fan response to the author's hints (misdirection?).
Like everyone else, my first suspicion was that Lightning Lad wanted his staff in the back door of Gamma Base. But I developed an alternate theory--and certainly a less controversial one--that the writer may be pulling the wool over our eyes.
Hulk and Thor are fierce rivals. Everyone knows that. Hulk vs. Thor debates clog the Internet like cell phone callers on subways and buses. It's indicative of one of the major differences between the superheroes of DC and Marvel. Read Identity Crisis and you get the feeling that everyone in the DCU has everyone else's pager numbers. Read Secret Wars and you learn that, when brought together to work towards a common goal, Marvel's stars would often rather beat the shit out of each other than do what needs to get done.
A back issue that would normally sell for pennies skyrockets in price if you put Hulk and Thor on the cover pounding on each other. Go check the Comics Guide's prices for Defenders #9 (the first volume) and Defenders #11 and compare them to the "Avengers/Defenders War" issue where Thor and Hulk fight--Defenders #10--and tell me that I'm wrong.
So maybe, just maybe, the Young Avengers writer is making a joke out of this? Teenaged, less mature versions of Hulk and Thor treat each other with more respect and generosity than maybe any comic book superhero male duo, whereas the more mature versions will start throwing punches at the drop of a winged hat, usually destroying enough square blocks to adversely affect three separate Starbucks in the process? Yeah, maybe, that might be a joke. Sounds like one. Looks like one. Could be.
But maybe not. What are we basing our suspicions on? I don't have either of the first two issues right in front of me, but as I recall, in the first issue Hulkling and Lightning Lad compliment each other on their fighting ability. In the second, after Lightning Lad mentions that he feels he's getting better at flying, Hulkling responds with something along the lines of, "You don't know how happy that makes me."
Now that's gay. That's gayer than gay. "You don't know how happy that makes me?" I bet gay people have said that before. Just hearing that phrase makes the sons who haven't been conceived in my non-pregnant girlfriend's uterus want to live a life of crime just so they can be thrown in prison where they'll be able introduce interior decoration to the penal system and get gang-raped by sexy white supremacists.
My sarcasm is directed right back at me, by the way. Like I said, I suspect it just like everyone else, which is what makes the response to this thing so fascinating.
I'm sure a lot of folks remember the "Free Your Mind" spots MTV used to run (I haven't watched MTV in a while so I don't know if they still run these). There was one in particular, where two cowboys face off in the middle of a desert, their hands at their guns. They eye each other warily, step forward, and suddenly clasp each other and start dancing. Afterwards, the screen reads something along the lines of "Would you rather they shot each other?"
Am I the only one who detects a similarity here?
For years, Hulk and Thor have happily volunteered as each other's punching bag and punching bag-ee, and we've lapped it up. We watch these two so-called "heroes" obliterate property, businesses, livelihoods, and lives (you KNOW all of those buildings weren't condemned just as well as I do) in what are basically super-powered bar brawls, and we'll pay quadruple for 'em if we can get them NM five years after the fact. We scan particular panels as proof in the online debates about who REALLY won (even though neither ever have or ever will, and you know that, too). And when we somehow think they should have fought, but they don't--as was the case with many who read the Avengers/Defenders battle in The Order who whined that their new and improved (and subsequently DEAD) Uber-Thor didn't get a chance to tussle with the Hulk--it's considered so heinous an act that the authors should be kidnapped by Israeli Special-Ops and flown to Nuremberg for trial.
And we never question whether or not that's okay.
But Hulkling tells Lightning Lad he did a good job in a fight against criminals, and not only do we all suddenly assume that Hulk's younger counterpart wants to shove his Green Destiny down Lightning Lad's throat, but debates about homosexuality in comic books erupt all over the net.
In the meantime, when the Hulk throws an entire fucking train on Thor's head in the last Hulk/Thor battle Stan Lee ever wrote, thereby causing an explosion which destroyed an entire trainyard (property, livelihoods, businesses, lives) over what was nothing more than a grudge match, our only questions are along the lines of whether or not Thor was wearing his belt of strength, whether or not this shows Hulk's strength level goes above the 100 ton mark, which of Hulk's 3,498,573,956,948,564 incarnations was at work, if anyone can make some wicked-ass wallpaper out of the panel, etc.
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"LET US PRAY TOGETHER, TOM."
Rather than reinforcing the lost Labour majority in the council democratically by reaching agreement with the rising Greens, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees has doubled down on his already well-developed autocratic tendencies.
Encouraged by the authoritarian nature of the office he holds and the support of "even-higher in the firmament" despot Dan Norris as West of England Regional Mayor, Reverend Rees has instead surrounded himself with a personally selected cabinet of sycophantic courtiers. All eager to pretend to the deluded but fragile-as-glass messianic emperor that he's fully clothed.
Alas, to complete the "choir of angels" required around the celestial centre, the steady drip-feed of sufficiently pliable self-seekers and arse-lickers was wearing thin on the ground, even for the Bristol Labour Party.
So please step forward Tom "Plasticene Man" Renhard to fill the gap. The pliant New Labour councillor for Horfield – a former nobody known only for his ambition and compulsive brown-nosing of anyone in the party he saw as useful for advancing his political career.
Greasy pole-dancer Renhard started from humble beginnings as the mere obedient secretary to Cllr Brenda "Commissar" Massey's chairing of Horfield Branch Labour Party. He then proceeded to ingratiate himself with Bristol North-West's Blairite MP Darren "Dipshit" Jones, before – most recently – sniffing out the Reverend Rees himself by providing "indispensable" services during the Mayor's re-election campaign in April. As a direct consequence, he's been elevated into the latter's key cabinet post of Director of Housing.
Plasticene Man's been catapulted into the office previously occupied by someone with at least a minimum of experience and credibility – Paul "Wolfie" Smith. His qualifications and talents for this are, according to Bristolians who've had the misfortune of working with the Play-Doh chameleon or who've been forced to rely on him for any competent undertaking – no matter how small – completely and utterly absent. It would appear therefore that the sole reason for Renhard's selection as Marvin's right-hand man in the cabinet is due to the elasticity of his composition.
Eager to be all things to all people and thereby to increase his profile and visibility among the gullible, Tom Renhard has been sliming around the Labour Party and the Co-op Party for some time. Not to mention the "tenants union"/community organisation ACORN, who are currently thrilled to laud him as the hero of their forlorn hope to acquire influence in Shitty Hall. So on the face of it, at least in The Reverend's eyes, Plasticene Man is the perfect man for the job.
What could possibly go wrong?
This entry was posted in News and tagged Acorn, Bristol City Council, Cabinet, Housing, Labour Party, Marvin Rees, Tom Renhard on June 14, 2021 by thebristolblogger.
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING HALF CABINET: A REVEREND REES ADVENTURE
Eighteen days after his election and the Reverend Rees still hasn't managed to find a full cabinet for his second term.
Despite reappointing his 'Infamous Five', the two deputy mayors – Craig "Dick" Cheney and Asher "The Slasher" Craig – his anointed successor – Helen "Oh My" Godwin – court favourite – Nicola "La La" Beech – and aging makeweight – HRH Helen of Holland – Rees still has no cabinet members to run Transport, Housing or Education.
Neither is the Reverend intending, it seems, to reach out to the Greens by giving them some cabinet seats after they decimated his councillors and destroyed his majority at the election.
What is his plan then? Is the Reverend going to end all pretence of democracy in Bristol and simply let council managers and appointed One City business wankers run these departments any way they see fit?
Questions are also being asked about the appointment of La La Beech to the Climate, Ecology, Waste and Energy brief. Here, among other things, she'll nursemaid through Rees's deranged City Leap public asset sell-off to a multinational company. This may result in the burning of as much shit as possible in Avonmouth to generate loads of lucrative dirty (surely clean? Ed.) energy.
Alas, it turns out that La La Beech, in her day job as a corporate PR consultant, lists one of her clients as the National Grid. is there a conflict of interest here at all?
We think we should be told.
This entry was posted in News and tagged Asher Craig, Avonmouth, Bristol City Council, Cabinet, City LEAP, Climate, Craig Cheney, Ecology, Education, Green Party, Heat from Waste, Helen Godwin, Helen Holland, Housing, Labour Party, National Grid, Nicola Beech, Transport, Waste and Energy on May 24, 2021 by thebristolblogger.
TUPE TRANSFER WATCH #2: IS IT RACIST?
The great white masters decide the fate of the black workers
The transfer of Bristol City Council's lowest paid staff in security and cleaning to Bristol Waste to save the authority a few quid and prop up their cash-strapped waste company looks racist.
One thing left unexplored by the council's HR Committee last Thursday was the fact that, at least, 34 per cent of the staff involved are black and many have English as a second language. Although that's not the full picture as ethnic data on this section of the council's workforce is incomplete.
Many observers see this as a text book case of institutional racism as well-paid white male bosses assure councillors that these voiceless staff are happy to be transferred over to Bristol Waste on poorer terms and conditions than the ones the bosses will continue to enjoy.
Director of Workforce John "Bedwetter" Walsh – who gets by on £122,475 a year plus £20,835 pension contributions – didn't mention to the HR meeting the make-up of this section of his workforce. Was he embarrassed to admit that he's forcing one of the lowest paid sections of his workforce with one of the highest numbers of black employees on to second class terms and conditions?
An Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) has been produced for a Cabinet meeting on Thursday and it confirms that 34 per cent of this workforce is black as well as showing that data on ethnicity for this section of the workforce is incomplete. The assessment also contains plenty of weasel words that try to excuse management.
For example, it claims any 'potentially adverse impacts on people with protected characteristics' are 'indirect'. As if poorer terms and conditions do not directly affect those concerned? The EqIA also claims, 'contractual terms and conditions (including pay and pension) are protected in law, and it would be unlawful for the new employer to seek to change these for any reason connected with the transfer.'
Then comes the caveat, 'unless they have a justifiable Economic, Technological or Organisational Reason for doing so'. In other words, Bristol Waste have loopholes on hand to set about attacking these workers' terms and conditions from the day one.
The assessment also explains that 'Non-contractual elements – such as HR policies – would change to those of the new employer, which may be more or less generous than those currently in place'. Why so coy over whether these conditions are more or less generous? The council know. It's a simple exercise for HR bosses to read Bristol Waste's HR policies and compare them to their own. Why hasn't this been done?
On the question of whether these workers' existing HR terms and conditions will be protected, we're told 'BCC and BWC may secure greater protection of noncontractual terms, subject to this being affordable within the overall business case for the proposal'. In other words, terms and conditions will be traded away on the basis of a mysterious business case that hasn't been published.
Last year the council published a worthy 'Transforming race and equality at BCC' document to help them tackle their ongoing problems with institutional racism. The report's recommendations under the heading 'Corporate Leadership' addressing Equality Impact Assessments say, 'In the event of there being likely disproportionalities in relation to BAME staff, a corporately agreed mechanism should be established to explore the reasons; and to determine whether there may be ways of mitigating against this.'
So where's Bedwetter's corporately agreed mechanism exploring the reasons why black staff are being disproportionately affected by an outsourcing plan that's attempting to save a few quid at the expense of workers' dignity?
This entry was posted in News and tagged Bristol City Council, Cabinet, Cleaners, Director of HR and Workforce, EqIA, Equality Impact Assessment, HR Committee, Institutional racism, John Walsh, Outsourcing, Security, Transforming race and equality at BCC, TUPE on February 22, 2021 by thebristolblogger.
HOUSING CZAR ABDICATES
Wolfie: in the news
The Reverend Rees's highly regarded Cabinet Member for Housing has sensationally QUIT the council. Paul "Wolfie" Smith resigned from Rees's cabinet on Tuesday and also QUIT as a councillor to take up a lucrative £90k (plus bonus) a year position as Chief Exec at Elim Housing Association. The resignation leaves the Reverend without a majority at Bristol City Council.
According to social media, Wolfie was a great champion of social housing and has had some success over the last few years getting homes built and tackling homelessness. However, over the last year some increasingly erratic policies have emerged from Wolfie's housing department where Jez Sweetland, who runs the Bristol Housing Festival and happens to be a prominent member of the Reverend's Church at the Hope Chapel, Howells has become increasingly influential.
Harebrained initiatives emerging from Sweetland have included a plan to build 173 IKEA chipboard homes on the verge of the A4174 Airport Road and another madcap idea to build 'Hope Rise'. Tiny modular flats for young people over the car park at St George Park. This week the council even started a queue jumping 'super tenancy' opportunity for these properties, directly offering a shared council home to applicants in exchange for voluntary work with vulnerable young people. A plan that is unlikely to comply with law.
Wolfie's department also announced their intention last month to create the slums of the future. They will house 200 homeless people and families in the shoddily converted Parkview office complex in Hartcliffe. Homes that do not meet national space standards. The owner of the flats, Caridon, are also one of the country's most notorious slum landlords.
Has Wolfie thrown in the towel? Has he quit while he was ahead? But how ahead was he anyway? Despite all the promises of council housing from the Rees administration and Wolfie's regular assurances that his projections to meet a manifesto promise of 2,500 homes, 500 affordable, a year were 'on target', the stats say something quite different. In March 2016, there were 27,402 council homes in Bristol. By March 2020 there were 26,833. A net reduction of 469 council homes.
Of course, Wolfie can't be held to blame for the Tory 'Right to Buy' policy, which has led to this reduction in council homes. But he can be blamed for spending four years delivering half-arsed market solutions and supporting timid private sector responses to the city's housing crisis. These solutions have simply failed to deliver and were never going to deliver the quantity of council homes required to turn around a housing crisis.
Wolfie can also be blamed for entertaining Sweetland and his weirdo ideas for the last few years. The evangelical nutter is now left free to dominate the show with his Victorian Christian charity message and fill the city up with his cheap shit housing for the poor and vulnerable.
Are we in more of a housing mess than when Wolfie started?
This entry was posted in News and tagged Airport Road, Bristol Housing Festival, Cabinet, Council houses, Hope Rise, Imperial Apartments, Jez Sweetland, Labour Party, Marvin Rees, Parkview, Paul Smith, Right To Buy, social housing, St George Park on September 2, 2020 by thebristolblogger.
CARIDON IMPERIAL DEATH STAR ENTERS PARKVIEW ORBIT
On September 1, Bristol City Council's Mayoral Executive will ram through a package to house many of Bristol's homeless currently sheltered from Covid-19 in a series of inner-city hotels. They will be sent to a large office-to-housing development at Parkview (formerly the offices of Bristol City Council) off Whitchurch Lane in South Bristol.
These homeless, and any new homeless, are to be given places in 200+ alleged 'flats' in a converted office building at Parkview. Run by Caridon, a Croydon-based property company who will PROFIT from this scheme, it will be be known as 'IMPERIAL APARTMENTS'.
Planning restrictions for an 'office-into-home conversion' do not hold the same weight as in residential properties, however. For example, they do not have to conform to normal health and safety regulations and cupboards or storage spaces can be turned into squeezed/minimal size 'flats' that do not even have a window.
Companies like Caridon – see this BBC investigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0pXJ8L_2g – specialise in EXPLOITING a new housing market devised by councils desperate for cheap housing in an ongoing housing crisis.
And who will deliver Caridon's profits for their imperialist dream of providing' sub-standard 'accommodation'? The answer is of course the Bristol taxpayer, signed off by The Mayor and his Council Executive cronies at College Green on September 1. BCC will also offer Caridon the rent IN FULL as demanded by its Director Mario 'Darth Vader' Carrozzo, regardless of whether the residents can pay or not.
The flats run by Darth Vader's Evil Caridon Empire will house the homeless, single parents, victims of domestic violence, the mentally ill, probationers etc; all together in one big happy family. Take a look at this Panorama documentary to see how well a very similar project, once again run by Caridon, worked out in Harlow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAuilFQYHKc
BCC appear to have told Caridon to keep mum about their Bristol adventure in light of this bad publicity, as the Caridon currently provide no relevant information or links on their website.
This entry was posted in News and tagged Bristol City Council, Cabinet, Caridon, Homeless, Imperial Apartments, MarionCarrozzo, Marvin Rees, Office-into-home conversion, Panorama, Park View Campus on August 18, 2020 by thebristolblogger.
ONE RULE FOR THEM …
Dim Labour cabinet member for women, children and young people, Councillor Helen "Oh My" Godwin has come up with an INTERESTING WHEEZE.
She's demanding a new maternity leave policy from the council, which would mean that councillors have BETTER maternity benefits and pay than their council employee plebs. This is the same Oh My Godwin who told Full Council in 2016 that she wouldn't support a cost of living increase in councillor expenses while people were LOSING THEIR JOBS!
No doubt it's just a coincidence that her friend and Labour cabinet colleague Nicola "La La" Beech is just about to pop off and have a sprog? And if the new rules are passed then La La would be entitled to these ENHANCED maternity benefits through her £40k a year councillors wedge.
Isn't it nice to see senior Labour councillors looking after themselves so well?
This entry was posted in News and tagged Allowances, Bristol City Council, Cabinet, Helen Godwin, Labour Party, Maternity benefits, Nicola Beech on March 20, 2019 by thebristolblogger.
ARENA: LEGAL ADVICE BOMBSHELL
A friend of The BRISTOLIAN, who has had sight of the highly CONFIDENTIAL legal advice produced by Bristol City Council for the mayor regarding Tuesday's arena decision, has been in touch.
This legal advice, which has only been made available to the MAYOR, his supine LABOUR CABINET and a small group of councillors on the Overview and Scrutiny Management Commission, has been kept well away from us plebs.
And for good reason. The Reverend's own legal team inform him that Bristol City Council would only have "50:50" chance of winning a legal action if the current arena contractors for Temple Meads pursue Bristol City Council in the courts for abandoning the project.
The likely financial risk to the council is in in the TENS OF MILLIONS the report says. Further advice clearly says that the council should engage with the Temple Meads contractors to seek to reduce the RISK OF LEGAL ACTION before publicly announcing any decision not to proceed with the arena.
Will we get another fudged decision from the Reverend on Tuesday or will he brazenly embark on a course of action helpful to his new Malaysian corporate friends likely to cost us tens of millions in the courts?
This entry was posted in News and tagged Arena, Buckingham Group, Cabinet, Colin Skellett, Filton, Labour Party, Legal advice, Live Nation, Marvin Rees, Overview and Scrutiny Management, SMG Europe, Temple Meads, YTL on September 1, 2018 by thebristolblogger.
RESHUFFLE KERFUFFLE
Bizarre Cabinet reshuffle from the Reverend Rees last month. The highlight of which was a BLATANT LEAK to the press of his decision to fire his Labour rival for Mayor and transport chief Mark "LAME DUCK" Bradshaw days before the official announcement.
Quite what the Reverend and his PR point man Kevin "Don't mention the private school education" Slocombe thought they might achieve by publicly firing Bradshaw is anyone's guess. Maybe it boosted the pair's FRAGILE EGOS and helped them feel like they were actually in charge of something?
The Reverend also took the opportunity to PROMOTE his close friend, hapless incompetent Asher "The Slasher" Craig, to Deputy Mayor alongside yes-man Craig "Crapita" Cheney, the cabinet's overpromoted finance man.
Slasher's promotion came just days before another LEAK to the press appeared. This one claiming Close-It's enormous £5k council tax DEBT, run up over a number of years and still outstanding when she was elected councillor last May and promoted to Cabinet in the autumn, was paid off by the local Labour Party!
The LEGALITY of any of Slasher's financial decisions while having an undeclared debt with the council is being carefully studied. As is her new portfolio extended to include public health and public transport alongside her existing and disastrous responsibilities for demolished kids' playgrounds, collapsing Neighbourhood Partnerships, underfunded leisure centres, closing libraries, decaying community assets and up-for-sale parks.
"Even those on the right wing of the Bristol Labour Party think she's A TORY!" is how one insider described Slasher to us recently.
Meanwhile, the Reverend is taking on PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for the ongoing Arena non-appearance project and for elements of the TRANSPORT brief, particularly congestion. Effectively splitting responsibility for the city's difficult and badly managed transport brief between himself and useless Asher the Slasher. Of course, neither have any EXPERIENCE whatsoever of transport.
The Reverend and Kevin "Don't mention the private school education" Slocombe are desperately touting this reshuffle as a "CONSOLIDATION OF POWER". However, the press leaks; the Reverend's new responsibility for two poisoned chalices and the promotion of an idiot – Asher the Slasher – look more like an administration UNRAVELLING.
There may be trouble ahead …
This entry was posted in News and tagged Arena, Asher Craig, Bristol City Coucil, Cabinet, Congestion, Council Tax, Craig Cheney, Debt, Kevin Slocombe, Mark Bradshaw, Marvin Rees, Reshuffle, Transport on May 14, 2017 by thebristolblogger.
BUNDRED: GRAMMAR CLASS
OK. Here's the Reverend's new Chief Executive, Anna "Big Wedge" Klonowski's long-awaited 'Response to the Bundred Review' going to cabinet next week.
The Bundred Review, you may recall, discovered that Bristol City Council was a financial basketcase where senior managers were running amok committing a variety of offences in order to massage our council's accounts for their own benefit.
Many of us have been hotly anticipating clear and bold action from the Reverend and his well remunerated sidekick, Ms Big Wedge, to clear up this fiasco and nail the culprits once and for all. Alas, it looks like we may be disappointed.
One of Bundred's many recommendations raised by Ms Big Wedge in her new report is:
"The Council should take steps to build on recent improvements in the quality of reporting and document management. Where necessary guidance should be issued, or training provided, to report authors emphasising the importance of clarity, transparency, analysis and advice (paragraph 121)."
Another is:
"Members should be less tolerant of poor quality reports than they appear to have been in the past (paragraph 120)."
OK then. Who's gonna tell Ms Big Wedge the standard of English, grammar and syntax in her report is simply not good enough? Here's a few random examples from the first two pages:
"To ensure that cross directorate saving proposal [sic] or proposals that covered [sic] more than one Directorate are achieved, each savings proposal has been allocated a named Strategic and Service Director lead as accountable officers."
"Further consultation will be required in respect of some areas of savings proposals and will commence when the General Elections [is there more than one?] have concluded. This has required Officers to consider further mitigations to assure delivery of the budgets in these unusual circumstances."
"In addition, Directorates will be challenged to explore alternative options for meeting the cost pressures faced within their existing resources or seek supplementary estimate [sic] to increase the directorate spending limit."
"This has now been put into implementation [sic] and should ensure there is a shared understanding and approach to council processes across the organisation that supports all Members."
For fucks sake, "Put into implementation"? Isn't there a word for that – 'implemented'? Have the Reverend, Big Wedge or the council never heard of proofreading?
Meanwhile moving on to the subject of 'clarity'. Try some of these for size:
"We have also reviewed, aligned and combined the monthly mechanisms for managers and their Service/Strategic directors to submit a holistic view of savings delivery from a financial and action focussed perspective."
If anyone has the foggiest idea what Service/Strategic directors will be physically submitting and to who, please get in touch.
Or try this nightmare piece of prose from the depths of hell:
"Member oversight is a new element of this governance process that now includes a Delivery Executive. This involves attendance by the Mayor and Deputy Mayor (Finance, Governance and Performance) who is the chair of the new Delivery Executive. This meeting provides an opportunity to discuss the savings proposals, delivery and implementation and provides an additional challenge, enables further investigation of the detail, reviews any mitigating actions and provides a formal feedback loop to Cabinet with an overview of progress on savings delivery. Relevant Portfolio holders also attend these sessions, providing joint ownership and accountability for savings by both members and officers."
This seems to be suggesting "member (ie, councillor) oversight" will be a matter for a "Delivery Executive", which includes only one member out of 70 – the Deputy Mayor – plus possibly "relevant portfolio holders". This meeting will then provide a "formal feedback loop" to Cabinet members (although in order to be a "formal feedback loop" wouldn't it have to return to the Delivery Executive where it came from?)
So Big Wedge's "member oversight" stretches to around nine cabinet members if we're generous and include those in her new-style "formal feedback loop". The other 62 normal councillors who aren't in the executive can presumably fuck off then?
Now try this bollocks for size:
"A one-off investment fund has been allocated to support savings related change activity across the council, this also includes funding a proportion of the change resource within the council. The resource is limited, making the threshold for allocation of this resource high, therefore promoting local ownership of service change and savings delivery, whilst mitigating against increased savings targets in future years for replenishment once this resource is fully used."
We've no idea either. And what's "mitigating against" all about? Meaning is so lost in there that it's hard to tell whether it's a straightforward error mistaking 'mitigating' for 'militating' or whether it's the tautology 'mitigating against'.
And finally (as we can't stand any more of this half-arsed meaningless drivel):
"To ensure the achievement of long term improvements in the function, it will be necessary to take an end-to-end approach, combination of top down and bottom up initiatives, take along those involved in the execution of the operations; optimise the finance functions by removing waste and re-focus on core and value add activities."
Excellent use of cliché, ambiguity and vague platitudes that could mean anything from Ms Big Wedge here.
Wouldn't it all be so much simpler and provide a helluva lot more 'clarity' if she just fired the arseholes who fucked up the accounts in the first place and instead employed some people who can write reports competently in plain English and implement the proposed plans?
Bundred Response Recommendations FINAL-2
This entry was posted in Bristol City Council, Marvin Rees, News, Shitty Hall and tagged Anna Klonowski, Bristol City Council, Bundred Report, Cabinet, Marvin Rees, Response to the Bundred Review on May 11, 2017 by thebristolblogger.
RAT AND SHIP UPDATE
MAX WIDE 'BOY' – Hell toupee when we see what he's done …
So it's farewell, then, to Max Wide "Boy", the city council's Business Change boss who leaves the organisation at the end of May after two years of hard graft SACKING PEOPLE in return for over £250k! What a deal that's been for the city.
Former BT salesman, Wide Boy, arrived at the council just two years ago on a £130k a year wedge after a stint controversially PRIVATISING SERVICES in Barnet. His remit in Bristol was to deliver £64m of cuts by 2017.
His final report to the city's cabinet suggests he's actually delivered about £33m of these cuts by FIRING around 500 council staff and a further £18m may get delivered if his 'EFFICIENCY SAVINGS' pan out as planned. Meanwhile the £12.9m in cuts still outstanding will need to be found by a further 450 REDUNDANCIES according to the cabinet report Wide Boy published shortly before scarpering.
So well done Mayor Fucking Useless and Bristol City Council. You've paid someone a quarter of million pounds to sack a 1,000 people and run away before the disastrous results of this policy become clear.
This entry was posted in News, Shitty Hall and tagged Bristol City Council, Cabinet, Change Board, Cuts, George Ferguson, Max Wide, Redundancies, Single Change Programme on May 11, 2016 by thebristolblogger.


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ABSTRACT: Pilot experiments in the tidally dominated Dutch Wadden Sea indicated a negative relationship between Zostera marina L. transplantation success and tidal depths. As light availability was sufficient, we hypothesised that water dynamics (particularly waves) and ensuing sediment mobility (movement or resuspension of the sediment) were the major cause for the loss of transplants at larger depths. Transplantation experiments were carried out at intertidal flats and depths under conditions of normal and reduced water dynamics and sediment mobility, using exclosures that reduced water dynamics and shells that stabilised the sediment. To test bioturbation effects, cages that excluded large biota were used. Without protection, Z. marina plants were successfully established in a belt within the intertidal zone (0 to -0.20 m mean sea level, MSL) at 2 out of 3 transplantation sites during the first growing season. Reduced water dynamics by exclosures prevented the loss of plants in the zone -0.40 to -1.15 m MSL; removal of the exclosures after 1 mo resulted in loss of all plants within a few days. Neither light limitation nor bioturbation could explain these results. We conclude that prevalent water dynamics, particularly the relative period of exposure to wave dynamics, were too high for establishment and maintenance of intertidal Z. marina at depths below -0.20 m MSL at these sites of intermediate exposure. At the third, exposed, transplantation site, water dynamics prevented transplantation success along the entire depth gradient studied. Reduction of sediment mobility by shells had a positive effect on transplant survival, particularly at -0.20 m MSL. Shell armour can therefore be recommended in transplantations near the lower limit of potential intertidal habitats of Z. marina. Anchorage of the plants with pegs had no positive effect. Depth limitation of intertidal Z. marina populations by water dynamics can explain zonation patterns that occur in several tidal systems in northwest Europe.


Thread: I broke my alternator bracket. Help??
anyone may know of a parts car somewhere...or any advice/tips...These things are getting more and more difficult to keep alive!
2019 and mine runs pretty strong,but shes starting to get brittle I guess.
My VX thanks you for any help! And me as well!
They had two isuzus with motors so they should be able to get what you need. That was two weeks ago. Why not have your bravket welded? Its steel isnt it?
Thanks I will try calling!
My mechanic says the bracket is pot metal. Also says his guy may be able to weld something...but rather not.


photos of my great grandson Darrin and I added my grandson Christian in the 2nd. one for the Jaunty Journaling chal.
adorable photos and great journaling!! really love the photo where your grandson is looking away from the camera and through the pipe fence!!! thanks so much for creating this for my challenge!!!


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Texas Memory Systems
11200 Westheimer Suite 1000
Texas Memory Systems to Participate in World's Largest Interoperability Demo
Houston, TX – Oct. 29, 2002 – Texas Memory Systems, producer of the World's Fastest Storageâ, announced today that it will work with more than 40 storage networking companies at the Storage Networking World (SNW) conference in Orlando, Florida this week to stage the world's largest storage networking interoperability demonstration. The Interoperability and Solutions Demo is a regular highlight of the biannual conference and is organized by corporate members of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
As the only solid state storage company participating, Texas Memory Systems will exhibit the RamSan-210 solid state disk. The RamSan-210 uses SDRAM as primary storage media and includes redundant, internal UPS systems and backup disk drives to ensure non-volatility. This disk is incredibly fast, allowing for 700 MB/s of internal bandwidth, 20 microseconds access time, and 200,000 I/Os per second. Used to cache high-traffic data, the RamSan can accelerate SAN performance up to 10x.
"The hard work of SNIA member companies, such as Texas Memory Systems, is the key to success for the SNW Interoperability and Solutions Demo. Our members spent countless hours organizing the demonstration, and their efforts are helping end users to easily manage multi-vendor storage networks," said Sheila Childs, Chairperson of the SNIA Board of Directors.
SNIA member companies participating in the demonstration include: Adaptec, Agilent, Akara, AppIQ, BMC Software, Brocade, Chaparral Network Storage, CIENA Corporation, Cisco Systems, CNT, CommVault Systems, Computer Associates, Crossroads Systems, Decru, EMC, Empirix, Emulex Corporation, Eurologic Systems, Fujitsu Softek, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM Corporation, INRANGE Technologies, Intel Corporation, InterSAN, KOM Networks, Legato Systems, LSI Logic Storage Systems, McDATA, Microsoft, NEC Corporation, NeoScale Systems, Netreon, Network Appliance, Nortel Networks, Overland Storage, QLogic, Quantum Corporation, SANRAD, Spectra Logic Corporation, StoreAge Networking Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Texas Memory Systems, VERITAS Software, Vicom Systems, Vormetric, and XIOtech.
About the SNIA
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a not-for-profit organization, made up of over 300 companies and individuals spanning virtually the entire storage industry. SNIA members share a common goal: to set the pace of the industry by ensuring that storage networks become efficient, complete and trusted solutions across the IT community. To this end the SNIA is uniquely committed to delivering standards, education and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. For information, contact the SNIA at 650-949-6720 or via e-mail at executivedirector@snia.org, or visit the SNIA web site at http://www.snia.org.
About Texas Memory Systems
Since 1978, Texas Memory Systems has designed, manufactured, and marketed the fastest storage subsystems on the market. TMS provides solutions across the globe for customers demanding the best performance at the highest value for solid state disks and digital signal processing systems. More information is available at www.superSSD.com.
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Denzel Talks Looking Beyond Race in New Macbeth Adaptation
Sunday, January 16 - 1:30 PM The Root - Alexandra Jane
"We ought to be at a place where diversity shouldn't even be mentioned, like it's something special." -Denzel Washington... [Read More]
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Denzel Washington says 'Equalizer 3' is on its way
Sunday, January 16 - 7:09 AM New Music Express
Denzel Washington has given an update on the next instalment in the 'Equalizer' series, revealing that a third film has been written. [Read More]
Denzel Washington Is the King of Pain in 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
Saturday, January 15 - 11:12 AM Rolling Stone - K. Austin Collins
Joel Coen's adaptation of Shakespeare — starring the Oscar winner as the doomed title character — is a starkly modern take that knows absolute power corrupts,... [Read More]
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Denzel Washington loves the challenge of Shakespeare's words in 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
Friday, January 14 - 8:53 PM KABC ABC Los Angeles - Otrc, George Pennacchio
Actor Denzel Washington is no stranger to Shakespeare. He's now getting into, as the original work suggests, "double, double toil and trouble" while playing the... [Read More]
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Denzel Washington, cast of 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' discuss the magic of Shakespeare
Friday, January 14 - 5:29 PM Wellsboro Gazette
The cast of 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' discuss the power of Shakespeare's writing and their approach to delivering their monologues. (Jan. 14) [Read More]
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Denzel Washington Explains Why We're Still Obsessed With 'Macbeth' 400 Years Later
Friday, January 14 - 3:59 PM Digg - Adwait
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Denzel Washington Reflects on Ellen Pompeo Grey's Anatomy Drama: "It Was Nothing" - E! Online
Friday, January 14 - 2:34 PM E! Online
Denzel Washington is wasting no time worrying about the past. The former Grey's Anatomy director dished on Ellen Pompeo's claims of going "at it," and... [Read More]
Denzel Washington and Corey Hawkins took different paths to 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
Friday, January 14 - 1:56 PM Marietta Daily Journal - Peter Sblendorio, New York
Denzel Washington has been a Shakespearean standout for decades, but he'd never seen a production of "Macbeth" before being crowned the lead of the latest... [Read More]
What to stream this weekend: 'Tragedy of Macbeth,' 'Hotel Transylvania'
Friday, January 14 - 12:50 PM Breitbart
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in a re-imagining of Macbeth, Hotel Transylvania is back with a fourth and final entry and... [Read More]
Denzel Washington tells Christopher Nolan to give him a call
Friday, January 14 - 11:42 AM We Got This Covered - Scott Campbell
Denzel Washington says he'd love to work with Christopher Nolan, and urges the filmmaker to give him a call. [Read More]
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What makes Joel Coen's Shakespeare unique: His 'Macbeth' is haunted by other movies
Friday, January 14 - 11:06 AM Los Angeles Times - Charles Mcnulty, Dramaturgy, Dramatic Criticism
Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, carves out its own space in the history of Shakespeare onscreen. [Read More]
Leonard Pitts Jr: Sidney Poitier — he was the only one we had
Friday, January 14 - 11:00 AM Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Leonard Pitts Jr, Leonard Pitts Jr.
These days, we have Denzel Washington. We have Viola Davis, Kevin Hart and Jamie Foxx. We have Octavia Spencer, Regina King and Samuel L. Jackson.... [Read More]
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Review: 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' features Hollywood legends in fine form
Friday, January 14 - 10:58 AM We Got This Covered
This masterful adaptation from Joel Coen showcases flawlessly performances, spearheaded by Denzel Washington on blistering form. [Read More]
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Denzel Washington stars in the 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' a new retelling of Shakespeare's masterpiece — here's how to stream it
Friday, January 14 - 10:18 AM Business Insider
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in this adaptation of a Shakespeare classic. It's now on Apple TV Plus after a short run in theaters. [Read More]
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Worth Watching: 'Ray Donovan' Last Stand, Denzel Is 'Macbeth,' 'After Life' Final Season, A Real 'Scream'
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Showtime brings back "Ray Donovan" for a movie-length finale to bring closure to the dark drama. Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand headline "The Tragedy of... [Read More]
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Pitts: For many years, Sidney Poitier was the Black community's only movie star
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Editorials in W magazine rarely disappoint, especially when super stylist Lori Goldstein is involved. In the glossy's May 2011 "Design Issue," Britt Maren stars in a colorful portfolio photographed by Solve Sundsbo called "Hip Pop."
Editorials in W magazine rarely disappoint, especially when super stylist Lori Goldstein is involved.
In the glossy's May 2011 "Design Issue," Britt Maren stars in a colorful portfolio photographed by Solve Sundsbo called "Hip Pop."
The spread gives readers a look at the best of pre-fall trends through a kaleidoscope-like lens.
Click through for an exclusive look at "Hip Pop" before the issue hits newsstands tomorrow.


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"This company is a meat grinder for great people. They use them and toss them."
"My Team was hand-picked and one of the best ever."
"The best advice I can give is - DON'T WORK FOR THIS COMPANY."
"More red tape than the government and a meat grinder for great people."
"The management needs to treat people with respect and dignity."
"Inside and outside job that requires face to face customer interaction."
"I was told of a great and extensive training program that since I have been with the company have yet to attend."
"Terrible leadership that does not care for its customers and employees. Only care about the shareholders and stock value."
"Listen to my customers and employees to change and revamp company culture."
Customer Service Lead
in Commerce, CA
"The people I work with and the environment that they create."
"Ask a lot of questions, be prepared to work long hours."
"The management style that is there creates an enviroment that is very stressful and unhealthy."
"They need to stop creating a stressful and unhealthy environment."
in Elgin, SC
"My overall experience with Waste Management was great!"
"Great company to work for with a lot of innovation."
"Be confident and be yourself, stress customer service, attention service!"
"For the most part give employees tools to become successful."
"Do what you say you're going to do. Spend a little time with your employees."
in Temple, TX
"A life changer; anything is possible with consistency and proficiency."
"Health benefits, company paid events, and providing quality customer services."
"You must always have faith in yourself and your abilities."
"Was not able to advance any more through the company."
"Respect employees, empower the team, reward for well done performances."
in Tullytown, PA
"The position included mowing fields, cleaning docks, and trash disposal."
"The fact that I was doing hard honest work and that I was learning simple techniques that made the job easier."
"Always remember to pull your share of the load but also that your employees are there to assist you if you are overwhelmed."
"I I like least about the company is the lack of benefits."
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in Stockton, CA
"Centralized control at the corporate level. Limited ability to effect change."
"The waste industry gets into your blood: you like it or you don`t. You get to meet the most incredible people on a daily basis."
"If going for a management position, understand that regardless of what you are told, an 11 hour day is the norm."
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Home 5G Ideas and Opinions: What does 5G revolution mean for businesses?
5G is on everyone's mind. The technology, touted by some as the perfect tonic for floundering productivity in the business world, is making its way out of the lab and into the field.
But what really is 5G? What will the emerging network technology provide? And what does it mean for businesses in the UK and around the world?
Let's start at the beginning. 5G refers to the emerging network technologies that make up the next generation of connectivity. Figures for speeds vary, but the ITU IMT-2020 standard points to speeds of up to 20 gigabits per second.
By way of some context, this give users the ability to download a full HD movie in less than 10 seconds on a 5G network, compared to over 10 minutes on a current 4G set up. The technology builds on the 3G and 4G mobile standards, dramatically expanding the amount of data processed between devices using the network.
For businesses, 5G is expected to usher in a highly improved standard of network connectivity, capable of facilitating fast, accurate and real-time processing of information. Fundamentally, the technology is all about enabling large amounts of data to be processed at speed.
This means that businesses will be able to become more mobile than ever before, allowing their employees to work anywhere via access to a 5G network. By removing the need for employees to access WiFi in order to make hi-res video calls and send and receive files, 5G is set to accelerate the revolution in modern, flexible working.
But what about the technical benefits? Well, businesses need precision, and 5G offers that in the form of lower latency. We'll experience much less delay when using our phones and other devices on 5G systems. Currently, using 4G networks, latency is typically around 40-50 milliseconds.
5G promises to chop this delay to 1 millisecond or less, making it practically undetectable to the user. The next generation of networks will also enjoy greater capacity, meaning systems will be able to cope better with running several high-demand applications concurrently. From smart cities and the Internet of Things, to VR/AR experiences and simultaneous HD video streaming, 5G can support several high level uses cases at the same time.
5G is also expected to be much more reliable than the current 4G systems. This reliability will manifest itself in a lack of dropped calls or connectivity, which will allow businesses to use it in critical use cases; including the likes of crisis communications, digital health and connected cars.
The networks also promise to be more flexible, permitting network 'slicing' that allows a physical network to be divided into multiple virtual networks so the operator can use a segment that aligns with the requirements of any given use case.
These capabilities enable 5G to support a variety of devices with unparalleled speed, scale and complexity, offering robust connectivity tailored to businesses in every industry. In practice, this will allow multiple devices to transfer large volumes of data from anywhere in the world, helping to provide businesses with the ability to create complex network ecosystems detached from a single geographical location.
This process of network broadening will mean all businesses will be able to make the technical and economic case for flexible working, removing the need to house all members of its staff under one roof.
5G will soon be open for business, and with its superior levels of connectivity, it's widely expected to enhance business communications and productivity in way that its predecessors have been unable to fully match.
This type of network connectivity will not only improve pre-existing services, but will also provide a suite of newer, more intelligent capabilities. 5G is coming and the technology is set to allow businesses to work faster, smarter and more efficiently than ever before.


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Turkey, US to form a three-way mechanism to tackle festering bilateral issues, help normalize ties
February 19 2018 00:01:00
Hande Fırat - ANKARA
The mechanism that aims to tackle festering bilateral issues between Turkey and the U.S. will include three working groups: A group of defense ministers, a group of foreign ministers that includes the heads of intelligence organizations and a group of prime ministers, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said.
The retreat of Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militants from Manbij town in Syria "is a step," Yıldırım said. "In mid-to-long term, we cannot allow a terror threat against Turkey to reside in either Iraq or Syria," he told a group of journalists on his way back from the Munich Conference.
Turkey does not differentiate between "east and west Euphrates" in its fight against terror, since the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has developed the tactic of changing the name of its affiliated groups in order to achieve its goals in northern Syria, he said, stressing Turkey's willingness to pursue any terror threat, whether west or east of the Euphrates. "As long as they persist, our soldiers will be on their necks," he said.
"The name of the PKK is old and has been designated as a terrorist organization by many countries," he said, warning against the group's attempts to form a "terror state in northern Syria under a different name, as it had done in northern Iraq."
Turkey's "Operation Olive Branch" and "Operation Euphrates Shield" aimed to prevent such eventualities, he noted.
In a key visit by State Secretary Rex Tillerson to Ankara on Feb. 15-16, Turkey and the U.S. agreed to form working groups to handle problematic areas between two NATO allies.
The "comprehensive" working groups will not only work on the issue of the YPG, but also other problematic areas that influence Turkey-U.S. relations, the prime minister stated.
"Even if we cooperate on Syria and they give up cooperating with the YPG, our ties with the U.S. will not normalize. We have other issues, such as the issue of the FETÖ [Fethullahist Terrorist Organization], and there is an ongoing court case. There are courts cases of their citizens here. We also have the Halkbank/Zarrab case. These should all be handled as a whole," Yıldırım said, referring to the U.S. court's "guilty" ruling of Turkish public lender Halkbank's executive Hakan Atilla on Jan. 3 for breaking U.S. sanctions on Iran. The U.S. citizen Pastor Andrew Brunson has been detained in Turkey over charges of supporting the FETÖ. Two U.S. consulate staff members have also been detained in Turkey.
Referring to arrested journalists in Turkey, Yıldırım said: "We know the core issue is not journalism. People voice their views and criticisms. Does anything happen to them?"
The prime minister also said some journalists "mingle with terrorist organizations." The arrested journalists engage in activities that provide "logistic support for a terror organization," he said.
"This is not journalism," he added.
Yıldırım said Turkey was different to Germany, which does not struggle against a terrorist group.
US, diplomacy, Afrin,
Ankara not 'pessimistic' about Libya, says foreign minister
Turkey did its part, ball now in Moscow's court, Erdoğan says
Turkish defense chief meets US Syria envoy
Top diplomat to run for 2020 Turkish Cypriot presidency
Nothing can be achieved by excluding other states in region, Turkish Cyprus FM says
Support to join the EU stands at 60 percent
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Fantastic can mean "amazing, wonderful, and good" and it can also mean "impossible, beyond reality, and of fantasy". I'm going for the second meaning here as I discuss the claim by the current White House that massive intrusion of the federal government into health care will reduce costs. That's fantastic (again, in the "beyond reality" kind of way).
This article in Investor's Business Daily makes the point cleanly.
If 45 million Americans are now uninsured, that means 265 million are insured privately, and the government should not disrupt that. If the government becomes the insurer of most Americans, the impact on the budget would be absolutely awesome. Rationing of medical care that is so often mentioned would surely result.
Again, I believe the author is using awesome with a negative connotation.
It seems the height of fantasy to argue that the feds can make something cheaper by trying to control the market centrally. It is the height of arrogance to make that argument with a straight face.