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The Shiny Home
After spending over 22 hours analyzing 39 toilets from brands such as Toto, American Standard and Kohler, we believe that the best toilet for most consumers is the Woodbridge T-0001. It's a medium priced toilet that comes with a lot of features that could easily put it into a higher price range; it comes in a one-piece design, it has a fully skirted trapway that makes it look elegant and modern, and it's equipped with a highly efficient dual flushing system that consumes 1.28 gallons of water per flush.
But the truth is that not every toilet suits everyone's needs and budget because not every toilet is the same. That's why we have made an extensive buying guide that will help you find the toilet that works for you.
If you are in the process of buying a new toilet, you are probably asking yourself at least one of these three very common questions.
What makes a good toilet?
What are the differences between dozens of flushing systems that are available on the market?
How much water can you save by choosing a highly efficient toilet?
Best Flushing Toilets – 2019 Comparison Chart
Before we proceed with our buying guide and start answering those questions, take a look at the comparison chart of what we consider the top 10 toilets for average consumers right now. We ranked them based on several criteria such as price, flushing system, design, and efficiency.
1. Woodbridge T-0001 (Editor's pick)) One piece 1.28 GPF Dual flush
2. TOTO Aimes One piece 1.28 GPF Double cyclone
2. American Standard Townsend One piece 1.28 GPF Vormax
4. Kohler Wellworth Two piece 1.28 GPF Class Five
6. TOTO Vespin II Two piece 1.28 GPF Double cyclone
5. TOTO Drake (Budget pick) Two piece 1.6 GPF Double cyclone
7. TOTO Ultramax II One piece 1.28 GPF Double cyclone
The ultimate toilet buying guide
Buying a new toilet can be overwhelming and time consuming. It's an investment that can last several decades and it's important to make a proper research before deciding which one to buy. An average human spends around 90 days sitting on a toilet over the course of a lifetime and the last thing anyone wants is buying a toilet that will often get clogged and bring nothing but disappointment in the long run.
What makes a great toilet?
While a toilet is just a toilet, not all of them are the same. We talked to several plumbers and interior designers who helped us narrow down four most important things every consumer should take into consideration before buying a toilet.
How efficient is the flushing system?
How does it look and does it fit into the design of your bathroom?
How comfortable is it to sit?
How much maintenance does it need?
Now without a further ado, here's our extensive buying guide that will help you understand everything you need to know to make your buying decision as easy as possible.
One-piece vs. Two-piece toilets
Flushing system is the single most important part of a toilet. It's responsible for flushing down the waste and keeping the toilet clean. There are several different types of them on the market and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Some of them are more efficient than others, some are more expensive than others, and some are overhyped, very expensive and only useful in very specific circumstances.
Pressure-assisted toilets
Pressure assisted-toilets use pressurized air to enhance the force of the water coming into the bowl and through the drain.
When the flushing action starts, the flushing valves release the water mixed with compressed air. Because the compressed air enhances the force of the water, it creates somewhat explosive flushing action that is capable of emptying the bowl fairly quickly. This results in a powerful flushing action that is capable of pushing more waste down the drain while consuming less water.
However, not everything is so great about toilets with pressure assisted flushing systems. They do have several benefits that are impossible to overlook, but there's a reason why they were never quite as popular as standard toilets with gravity flushing systems. Here are some of the most common reasons why pressure assisted toilets never reached the popularity of other flushing systems.
They can be expensive and when something starts malfunctioning, it's likely that the replacement parts will be expensive as well. The air compression tank is often more expensive than the bowl.
The pressure assisted flushing action is often very loud which might be a huge problem early in the morning when others are asleep.
Another thing worth mentioning is that several pressure-assisted toilets that are available on the market right now were initially designed as gravity-fed toilets. When the U.S. government decided to limit the water consumption of toilets to 1.6 gallons of water per flush, man manufacturers realized that their toilets are poorly designed and can't be as efficient as needed with a low-consumption gravity-fed system.
That's why they decided to go for the more affordable option and equip them with pressure-assisted system instead of redesigning their toilets from scratch.
While we were making our list of the top 10 toilets, we decided not to include pressure-assisted toilets because we believe that their downsides outweigh advantages. If you are still convinced that you need one, feel free to check out our list of the top 10 pressure assisted toilets.
Gravity-fed toilets
Gravity-feed toilets have been around ever since the first flushing toilet was invented. The word "gravity" implies that the water that's dropped from the tank into the bowl uses the force of gravity to flush down the waste.
The tank gets filled with water and once you press on the flush button, the water is dropped into the bowl. This type of flushing system has been around for as long as the flushing toilets exist and it's the most popular and probably the simplest flushing system on the market.
With that said, not every gravity-fed flushing system is the same. Once the government started regulating the maximum flush rate of toilets, manufacturers were forced to look for solutions to improve their toilets to be just as efficient as before while consuming much less water.
Here are some of the most notable types of gravity-fed flushing systems.
It's not long ago since toilets with dual flushing system were invented, but they are getting more popular each day and they have already become more popular than pressure-assisted flushing systems.
A dual flush toilet offers the option of using partial flush instead full flush. The idea is that you don't always need the maximum flushing power to flush down the waste and you could save a lot of water by using partial flush for liquid waste and full flush for solid waste when you really need it.
Partial flush usually uses about a gallon of water per flush while the full flush uses about 1.6 gallons, depending on the model of the toilet. Such a small difference doesn't mean much, but it can definitely save a lot of water on the long run and shave a few numbers off the water bills every month.
Double cyclone
The Double Cyclone flushing system was invented by Toto, the world's largest toilet manufacturer. It's praised by many professional plumbers and Toto has been pushing it heavily with their toilets.
The secret of toilets with Double Cyclone flushing system is the rimless design. Instead of rim holes, there are two nozzles located at the side of the bowl. Once the water comes out through the nozzles, it moves through the bowl like a spiral. This creates centrifugal force which is more powerful than the force of gravity alone, making the water able to scrub more waste from the surface of the bowl.
Because Double cyclone system generates more force than standard gravity flush, it uses less water for the same effect. Here are the most notable advantages of the Double Cyclone flushing system.
Because toilets with Double Cyclone don't have rims, they require less maintenance and are easier to clean.
Flushing action of the Double Cyclone is very powerful on the surface of the bowl.
The downside of the Double Cyclone flushing system is that it usually comes with above-average priced toilets. It's exclusively used by Toto who is not particularly known for the most affordable toilets.
When it comes to the toilet style, there are two types; one-piece and two-piece.
One piece toilets are made of a single piece of material. The tank and the bowl are fitted together in seamless design which allows the toilet to be a little bit shorter in length compared to two-piece toilets.
There are three main advantages of one piece toilets:
Because the tank and the bowl are already fitted together, one piece toilets are slightly easier to install.
The lack of space between the tank and the bowl eliminates the need of cleaning the area between the bowl and the tank.
Because the area between the tank and the bowl has no edges, the whole appearance of the toilet looks more elegant and sleek.
The downside of one piece toilets is the price. They are about 25% more expensive on average and if something starts malfunctioning, you will often have to replace the whole unit instead of just replacing separate parts such as leaky tank or broken bowl.
What about two piece toilets?
Two piece toilets have the bowl and the tank separated and mounted together with fittings. They are easier to manufacture which makes them more affordable in general and they are often cheaper on the long run because if something gets broken, you don't need to replace the whole toilet at once.
They are cheaper than one piece toilets in general
Most parts are easier to replace.
The downside of two piece toilet is that they are often longer in length and require more cleaning than one piece toilets. They are also not as aesthetically pleasing as one-piece toilets, but the design is just a matter of personal preference.
When it comes to the comfort of the toilet, there are two factors playing a role; toilet height and the shape of the toilet bowl.
There are two main shapes of toilet bowls. Each of them comes with unique sets of advantages and disadvantages.
Round bowl is round in shape. It measures approximately 16 and a half inches from the center front of the bowl to center of the hinge post holes. It takes less space than toilets with elongated bowl which makes it more appropriate for smaller bathrooms, but makes the toilet less comfortable to sit on.
Elongated bowl makes the whole toilet larger. An average elongated toilet measures about 18 and a half inches from the center of the hinge post holes to center front of the bowl. These extra two inches make the toilet more comfortable to sit on, but take up more space in the bathroom.
The height of a standard toilet (measured from the ground to the top of the bowl) is anywhere from 14 to 17 inches. The higher the toilet, the more comfortable it is to sit on it and stand back up for most adults. Toilets that measure 17 inches or more in height are called "comfort height toilets" while toilets that measure 14 to 17 inches are called "universal height toilets".
Now that you know everything about what to look for when buying a new toilet, here is a list of our suggestions.
1. Woodbridge T-0001
Style: One piece
Flushing System: Dual Flush
Water consumption: 1.0 / 1.6 GPF
Height: Comfort height
Bowl: Elongated
OUR RATING: 9.7 / 10
When it comes to toilets, there are plenty of players with decades of experience on the market. The California-based Woodbridge is a fairly unknown company compared to giants such as Toto, American Standard, or Kohler, but they have made quite an impact with their medium-priced toilets.
One-piece toilets with fully concealed trapways are usually much more expensive than toilets with exposed trapway. The Woodbridge T-0001 is one of the rare exceptions that don't cost a fortune, but still have a lot to offer.
The first area where the T-0001 shines is the design. It has a fully concealed trapway. There are almost zero edges around it which gives it an elegant and sleek design and makes it easier to clean. The flushing button is rectangular in shape and is located at the top of the tank which even further enhances its looks. Of course the design is just a matter of personal preference, but we strongly believe that the T-0001 is one of the best looking toilets we have reviewed so far, especially considering its price.
Flushing system
The T-0001 has a fully glazed dual flush system that delivers a powerful, but quiet flushing action. The partial flush uses 1.0 gallons and the full flush uses 1.6 gallons of water per flush. The average consumption is 1.27 gallons which makes the T-0001 over 20% more efficient than the current federal standard and makes it certified by Watersense.
We have analyzed over a dozen of dual flush toilets that are available on the market and the T-0001 is on the affordable site compared to most of them.
The final area where the T-0001 outperforms most of its competition is the warranty coverage. It comes with 5-year limited warranty on porcelain parts which comes handy if the glaze starts fading or staining. There's also a 1-year warranty on flushing mechanism and the toilet seat.
Dual flushing system – 1.0 / 1.6 GPF
Quiet flushing action
Toilet seat included
Fully concealed trapway
The flush button could be closer
2. TOTO Aimes
Flushing System: Double Cyclone
Water consumption: 1.28 GPF
Height: Universal
Other features: SanaGloss ceramic glaze, Watersense certified.
The Toto Ltd was founded over 100 years ago in Japan and is officially the largest toilet manufacturer in the world at the moment. They own a number of patented flushing technologies and they have a lot of different toilets in all price ranges on the market. We picked the Aimes because as our second choice because it's a medium-priced one-piece toilet that looks more expensive than it actually is, and because it comes with quite a few advanced features that could easily push it into the higher price range. But let's talk about the design first because this is the area where the Aimes starts to shine.
If you are not into standard white bathroom fixtures, you will appreciate the fact that the Aimes comes in several color designs to choose from; colonial white, cotton white, bone, and sedona beige just to name a few. Consumers will traditional bathrooms will most likely opt for the cotton white which has similar shade than most traditional bathroom fixtures while consumers with more colorful bathrooms will probably choose bone or sedona beige. We believe that the whole appearance of the Toto Aimes is a thing of the art. The trapway is fully concealed which makes its appearance more elegant because it also makes it look wider than it actually is.
The Aimes uses Toto's Double cyclone flushing system which is one of the most highly praised gravity flushing systems on the market. Instead of using rim holes to flush the water from behind the rim edges, the Aimes uses two nozzles that push the water through a single hole on the side of the bowl. This produces centrifugal force that is able to clean the surface of the bowl more thoroughly while consuming less water.
Speaking about efficiency, the Aimes uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush which makes it certified by WaterSense and compliant with CalGreen regulations. Another huge advantage of the Aimes (and all toilets with Double Cyclone system) is that they require less cleaning. We all know that the corners and edges under the rim can get very dirty through time and they are often hard and disgusting to clean. Toilets with Double cyclone flushing systems don't even have a rim. Instead, there's a single opening on the side of the toilet where the water comes through, so you will never have to worry about waste and mineral buildups behind the edges of the rim.
Low water consumption – 1.28 GPF
SanaGloss finish
Requires much less cleaning than an average toilet
Above average price
3. American Standard Townsend Vormax
Flushing System: Vormax
The Townsend is another high efficiency toilet that uses 20% less water than required by the current federal standard. It's equipped with powerful Vormax flushing system and has an elongated bowl for enhanced level of comfort.
Vormax flushing system
Vormax is American Standard's answer to increasingly popular Double cyclone flushing system by Toto. It's been said that the American Standard brand was purchased by Inax, one of Toto's biggest rivals in Japan, so we could see a lot of similar "battles" happening in the future.
Both Vormax and Double cyclone are very similar. The most notable difference is that the Vormax uses a single jet instead of two used by the Double cyclone system. However, this isn't necessarily a downside because both Vormax and Double cyclone performed similarly in several independent tests. The Vormax uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush which is the same as the TOTO Aimes and a bunch of other high efficient toilets.
The Townsend comes in one-piece design which means that it's made of a single piece of material. The tank and the bowl are connected through seamless design which makes the whole appearance of the toilet more elegant and sleek. The trapway is exposed which makes the toilet look smaller and narrower compared to toilets with fully concealed trapways.
10-year limited warranty
The American Standard Townsend also comes with 10-year limited warranty which is way more than industry standard. Just be aware that you need to keep the original receipt and register your warranty on the official American Standard website.
Vormax flushing technology – 1.28 GPF
EverClean antimicrobial finish
4. Kohler K-3948-0 Wellworth
Style: Two piece
Flushing System: Class Five(R)
The Kohler Wellworth is a budget friendly toilet that includes K-4841 14" Rough-in tank and K-4198 elongated toilet bowl. Unfortunately it doesn't include a toilet seat which has to be purchased separately and that's one of the reasons we didn't rank it higher.
Despite the fact that two-piece toilet that shouldn't look as elegant as one-piece toilets, the Wellworth doesn't lag much behind because the space between the bowl and the tank is barely visible when the toilet seat is open.
The Wellworth's flushing system is called the Class Five which is a name Kohler gave to their second most powerful line of flushing systems. It has a larger flush valve and trapway than industry standard which provides efficient and powerful flushing action. The Wellworth consumes 1.28 gallons of water per flush and it's fully certified by Watersense.
Class Five(R) flushing system – 1.28 GPF
Two-piece design
5. TOTO Vespin II
Weight: 106.5 pounds
The Vespin II CST474CEFGNo.01 is a two-piece toilet with double cyclone flushing system, elongated bowl and modern design. It is one of the most affordable toilets from the Vespin II series and we believe that it has a lot to offer for the money
The first thing that most people probably note on the Vespin II is the skirted trapway and high profile design. The concealed trapway makes it look bigger than it actually is which makes the whole design quite unique. We believe that it looks quite futuristic, but the design is just a matter of personal preference.
Double cyclone flushing system
The Vespin II uses double cyclone flushing system which means rimless design, and a lot of flushing power. It uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush which makes it Watersense certified.
Like most high-end TOTO toilets, the Vespin II bowl is finished with SanaGloss. This prevents mold and debris from sticking to ceramic surfaces which means that it doesn't require as much cleaning as an average toilet.
Double Cyclone flushing system – 1.28 GPF
Universal height
SanaGloss ceramic glaze
The seat is not included
6. TOTO CST743S#03 Drake
Most toilets manufactured by TOTO cost above $400, but the CST743S#03 Drake is one of rare exceptions that doesn't break the bank. It's a solution for consumers who want to experience Toto technology on a budget.
The TOTO Drake looks contemporary and comes in several designs to choose from. It has a round bowl which means that it takes less space than a toilet with elongated bowl, but offers less comfort.
The Drake features G-Max flushing system. While it isn't as powerful and efficient as Toto's double cyclone system, it's still powerful enough for residential or commercial use.
The secret of the G-Max system is in large 3-inch flushing valve that is about 125% larger than conventional 2-inch valves. This allows more water to get through the bowl at once which allows water to create more force needed for flushing down the waste.
The TOTO Drake consumes 1.6 gallons of water per flush which means that it's efficient enough for most consumers although it uses about 50% more water than some of the most efficient toilets on the market.
G-Max flushing system – 1.6 GPF
The toilet seat is not included
7. TOTO Ultramax II
The TOTO Ultramax II is one of the latest toilets in the quite popular Ultramax series. The previous Ultramax toilets were becoming a little bit outdated, but the latest models feature more elegant design and come equipped with the Double cyclone flushing system.
The Ultramax II features simple one-piece design that's full of curves. The trapway is not fully skirted which gives a certain level of sharpness into the design.
The Ultramax II features Toto's Double cyclone flushing system. It uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush which makes it certified by WaterSense.
Double cyclone flushing system (1.28 GPF)
Comes with SoftClose seat


The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) warns that millions of rand is being squandered on concrete block paving (CBP) roads simply because of poor specifications. The association, in an opinion piece published on its website, reports that "in many instances paving is simply specified as being 25MPa with no reference to the SABS mark". This results in paving failure, mainly in shopping centres, office parks and housing developments – where paved surfaces tend to be regarded as simple, not requiring an engineering design.
The primary reason for non-adherence to SANS 1058:2012 (the new CBP standard), according to John Cairns, civil engineer, independent paving consultant and CMA Technical Consultant, is that a number of industry professionals remain ignorant of the difference between the old and the new CBP standards or, in some cases, are unaware of the change in standard. SANS 1058:2012 criteria is based on tensile strength and abrasion-resistance while the outdated CBP standard is compression resistance-based.
According to Cairns, the reason the standard was changed is because, as paving blocks do not crush under load, compression testing is an inadequate performance indicator. "In fact, paving blocks can have extremely high compression strength but poor abrasion resistance," he says.
"In most instances paving blocks fail either by cracking and splitting or through surface abrasion due to factors such as particle distribution and binder percentages. These properties are addressed in SANS 1058:2012," Cairns points out. "This lack of awareness is resulting in sub-standard CBP installations and unnecessary remedial expense." He adds that most paving breakages occur in shopping centres, office parks and housing developments, where paved surfaces tend to be regarded as simple, not requiring an engineering design.
There are several solutions, according to Cairn. Build road bases to handle construction loads, paving them only when construction is complete, or install complete roads before construction commences. If the latter, they should be built with paving blocks to handle heavy-duty traffic. Thereafter, the contractor must ensure the roads are kept free of sand and stone, or assume responsibility if damage occurs.
Birkenmayer's Monika Howarth says that Birkenmayer endorses the use of the new CBP specifications, and that the engineering behind Birkenmayer Block and Brick Making machinery and equipment adheres to the highest standards for high quality blocks and bricks.


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So Old It's New '2' Jeff Beck (RIP)-heavy set list for Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023 – on air 7-9 am ET
January 12, 2023 Karlo Berkovich Leave a comment
My track-by-track tales follow this bare-bones list.
Muddy Waters, All Aboard (from Fathers and Sons featuring Otis Spann, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Sam Lay and Buddy Miles)
The Chieftains with The Rolling Stones, The Rocky Road To Dublin
The Rolling Stones, Surprise, Surprise
James Brown, I'll Go Crazy (from Live at The Apollo)
Tom Cochrane, Willie Dixon Said
Jeff Beck, Beck's Bolero (from Truth)
Jeff Beck, Diamond Dust (from Blow By Blow)
Jeff Beck, Morning Dew (from Truth)
Jeff Beck Group, Plynth (Water Down The Drain) (from Beck-ola)
Jeff Beck, Wild Thing (UK-only single, 1986, Beck lead vocals)
Split Enz, What's The Matter With You
Deep Purple, Strange King Of Woman (live, from Made in Japan)
Bruce Hornsby, Talk Of The Town
Social Distortion, I Was Wrong
Carole King, Corazon
Warren Zevon, The Sin (live, from Stand In The Fire)
Joe Jackson, Throw It Away
The Yardbirds, Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars)
Jeff Beck, Rock My Plimsoul (from Truth)
Jeff Beck, Freeway Jam (from Jeff Beck with The Jan Hammer Group Live)
Jeff Beck, Big Block (from Guitar Shop)
Beck, Bogert, Appice, Jizz Whizz (previously unreleased track, recorded 1973, issued on Beckology box set, 1991)
Jeff Beck Group, Going Down (from Jeff Beck Group 'orange' album)
Jeff Beck, Gets Us All In The End (from Flash)
The Band, (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes (live, from Rock Of Ages)My track-by-track tales:
Muddy Waters, All Aboard (from Fathers and Sons featuring Otis Spann, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Sam Lay and Buddy Miles) . . . Not much more to say beyond my list of who plays on Muddy's 1969 album, other than it's great. It was wonderful how, as an elder statesman of the blues by then, Muddy's 'sons' flocked to help him out on albums, including as the decade of the 1970s progressed, Johnny Winter who played on and produced three late period Muddy albums plus the fabulous Muddy 'Mississippi' Waters live record.
The Chieftains with The Rolling Stones, The Rocky Road To Dublin . . . Listen closely and you'll hear the Stones sneak a little snippet of the Satisfaction riff into this 19th century traditional covered by the Irish band. It's from 1995's The Long Black Veil album, a collaborative effort that, besides the Stones, featured Mick Jagger on another track, Marianne Faithfull, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame, Sinead O'Connor, Sting, Tom Jones and Van Morrison.
The Rolling Stones, Surprise, Surprise . . . I always play the Stones, my favorite band, my show, my rules…although I wasn't going to necessarily do that once I got the Saturday morning gig in addition to my longtime Monday show. But I can't help myself. Here are the rules, if anyone cares. Every Monday there's a Stones' track, or something Stones-related, from what I call Stones, Inc. ie solo material from any band member or associate, past and present. Saturdays: I'm not committed (although I probably should be) to the Stones in terms of my set list but…here they are again. Anyway, I was of two minds for Saturday's show. This track, Surprise, Surprise, an early, up-tempo number from 1965 I've always liked. Or, another early Stones' song, The Spider and The Fly but done up for the 1995 semi-acoustic live album Stripped. In the end, I chose Surprise, Surprise because I thought it fit with me playing a Chieftains track which may not be so unusual in that I'm into all forms of music but perhaps unusual given my usual fare on the show. But of course, the random element was the Stones' participation. And enough about that, time to move on to the next song. Thank Christ, I hear the chorus.
James Brown, I'll Go Crazy (from Live at The Apollo) . . . Short, sweet, kick butt stuff from the "Hardest Working Man In Show Business', the "Godfather of Soul' and he who went by assorted other nicknames, via one of the greatest live albums of all time. It was recorded in late 1962 in Harlem and released in 1963. There wound up being four 'live at the Apollo' albums – Vol II in 1968, Revolution Of The Mind: Live At The Apollo Vol. III, from 1971 and Live At The Apollo 1995, the last live album Brown recorded before his death in 2006. All are excellent, typically high-energy James Brown, to me not much to choose between them musically, because as many artists repeatedly prove, as they age they can still 'bring it'. But the original remains arguably definitive as a landmark album that cemented Brown's reputation critically and commercially.
Tom Cochrane, Willie Dixon Said . . . I like a lot of Tom Cochrane's work including his days in Red Rider, the obvious hits, Big League, Life Is A Highway, the Red Rider stuff like Lunatic Fringe, Light In The Tunnel/Human Race, Napoleon Sheds His Skin, the latter three of which I've played over time on the show. As for this Willie Dixon-themed tune, I must admit that, years ago, when you had to buy music, I bought Cochrane's Xray Sierra album specifically for this cut in honor of one of the blues greats. Here's a tease: He's got another, similar, great one, about boxer Muhammad Ali. I played it long ago. I'll play it again soon.
Jeff Beck, Beck's Bolero (from Truth) . . . Interesting track in terms of songwriting. It's always credited to Jimmy Page but if you read up on it, Beck claimed credit too, but never apparently got one. Wouldn't be the first time Jimmy Page was involved in a songwriting controversy yet somehow he and Beck remained friends, apparently. Great track, in any event, featuring a supergroup – Beck, Page, future Zep bassist/keyboard player John Paul Jones and The Who's drummer Keith Moon. Beck opens with it on the Live At Ronnie Scott's album/DVD/Blu-ray and streaming, also on YouTube, a concert worth checking out.
Jeff Beck, Diamond Dust (from Blow By Blow) . . . Beautiful stuff from a terrific album.
Jeff Beck, Morning Dew (from Truth) . . . A song by Canadian writer Bonnie Dobson covered by so many including Nazareth and the Grateful Dead. Among the covers, I've always found it difficult to choose between the Nazareth and Jeff Beck Group versions. But since much of this set is in tribute to the late great Beck, here's the version from the groundbreaking Truth album, lead vocals of course by Rod Stewart.
Jeff Beck Group, Plynth (Water Down The Drain) (from Beck-ola) . . . Cool stop start sort of track, written by Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Nicky Hopkins for the second, and last, album by the first incarnation of The Jeff Beck Group.
Jeff Beck, Wild Thing (UK-only single, 1986, Beck lead vocals) . . . If you go back through Jeff Beck's material dating to the Yardbirds, he could sing as well as play guitar. Maybe not perfectly, maybe not a true vocalist, but not too shabby, actually. This version of The Troggs hit got wider exposure via Beck's 1991 box set release, Beckology. It's an amazing 3-CD compilation. So good, in fact, that in tribute to Beck I considered just playing Beckology for Saturday morning or, at least, as much of it as I could squeeze in in two hours. But, I had a show planned already, then adjusted upon the sad news of Beck's death, for a half-Beck, half other artists set.
Split Enz, What's The Matter With You . . . Remember these guys? Some of the key members eventually morphed into Crowded House. Split Enz's big hit was I Got You but I've always preferred this track which wasn't even a single, although it had fairly good airplay at the time, 1980, in Canada, at least.
Deep Purple, Strange King Of Woman (live, from Made in Japan) . . . Total play off the Split Enz track ie what's the matter with you, you strange kind of woman but of course totally different genres, the hard rock of Purple live vs the pop/new wave of Split Enz. But, it all works in musicland, I say.
Bruce Hornsby, Talk Of The Town . . . Not sure when the last time was, or if there was such a time, that I played Bruce Hornsby. Beyond the two obvious hits he had, way back when, The Way It Is and The Valley Road, he's an interesting/amazing artist, on his own, in sessions, and on the road in latter day versions of the Grateful Dead. Much respect to artists like him who do what moves them rather than what might bring them commercial success. So, in that sense, he especially belongs in a set largely dedicated to a similar artist, the late great Jeff Beck. Lovely piano as one would expect from Hornsby on a compelling tune about an interracial romance.
Social Distortion, I Was Wrong . . . I got into Social Distortion via this song, from the 1996 album White Light, White Heat, White Trash back when commercial rock radio was still at least occasionally playing new material by relatively new bands, or even new music from longstanding bands. Social Distortion was into their fifth studio album by then, but thankfully I heard it and became a fan. Great lyrics.
Carole King, Corazon . . . Funky, Santana-esque track, something many might not expect from the singer-songwriter who produced the amazing Tapestry album, released in 1971. Corazon is from King's Fantasy album, two years after Tapestry. I pulled it from a compilation I bought years ago, The Essential Carole King. It's a nicely done compilation. The first CD features King as singer/songwriter/performer. The second disc is her songwriting, as done by others including well-known tunes like The Monkees' Pleasant Valley Sunday and Little Eva's The Loco-Motion, also done by Grand Funk Railroad.
Warren Zevon, The Sin (live, from Stand In The Fire) . . . To my knowledge, this is the only version available of this song, recorded live in 1980 in West Hollywood, California. It was a new song at the time, debuted live, rock and roll, and there it sits on the Stand In The Fire album. The album was released in 1980 but quickly became hard to find, going out of print, apparently, before I had a chance to buy it. It finally was re-released on CD in 2007. Well worth having/listening to, all available online now of course. But be wary. Online stuff doesn't always stay there.
Joe Jackson, Throw It Away . . . I played JJ's A Slow Song last Saturday so I figured I'd go with one of his fast ones this week. Just to show him that he, too, often turned music into the 'savage beast' he referenced in A Slow Song. And that's great. Killer stuff from his debut, Look Sharp!
The Yardbirds, Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on guitars) . . . Back into the late great Jeff Beck we go on this rousing Yardbirds team-up featuring two of that band's legendary guitarists, the other being Eric Clapton.
Jeff Beck, Rock My Plimsoul (from Truth) . . . It's hard to find words for the songs on Truth. The album is ridiculously great – a template for so much of the hard, bluesy rock it influenced.
Jeff Beck, Freeway Jam (from Jeff Beck with The Jan Hammer Group Live) . . . This is why Jeff Beck was so great. He stepped out, into other genres, with different musicians, often on his previous tunes, like this one that first appeared on Blow By Blow, while incorporating all of it into who and what he was.
Jeff Beck, Big Block (from Guitar Shop) . . . I always owned it but didn't fully get into Guitar Shop until I heard a live version of this track on a later Jeff Beck release, Jeff Beck Live + from 2015. So, I went back to the original studio version and, as often happens, was rewarded. Worth the price of admission for the intro alone.
Beck, Bogert, Appice, Jizz Whizz (previously unreleased track, recorded 1973, issued on Beckology box set, 1991) . . . From the early 1970s power trio, Beck and two-thirds of the original Vanilla Fudge, on a previously-unreleased 1973 recording that only saw the light of day on the aforementioned Beckology box.
Jeff Beck Group, Going Down (from Jeff Beck Group 'orange' album, 1972) . . . Great cover of the Don Nix classic by the second Jeff Beck Group, this one comprised of Beck, Bobby Tench (vocals), Max Middleton (keyboards), Clive Chaman (bass) and Cozy Powell (drums) as opposed to the original Beck group featuring Rod Stewart on lead vocals and Ronnie Wood on bass.
Jeff Beck, Gets Us All In The End (from Flash) . . . Killer riffology to start the track, which suffers a bit from 1980s overproduction. It was released in 1985 but yet another indication of Beck's guitar prowess.
The Band, (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes (live, from Rock Of Ages) . . . A friend of mine mentioned he was listening to this album the other night, New Year's Eve in fact which is when much of the album was recorded as 1971 passed into 1972. So, as always, a thought is planted and I play something. Hanging it up now, until Monday's show.
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A major focus of FOBB's Volunteer Group has been tackling the non-native invasive species – Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed and Japanese Knotweed – which are taking over the land beside the Bowdon Bollin to the detriment of local wild flowers. As well as excluding native species, Balsam worsens riverbank erosion and Giant Hogweed sap can burn skin on contact. Japanese Knotweed, which can reproduce from every part of itself, is also spreading in this area. FOBB is involved with BEACON (Bollin Environmental Action and Conservation), who have been funded by DEFRA, to raise awareness and control these species in the Bollin catchment area (from Macclesfield forest to the Manchester Ship Canal).
Typically grows to heights of 2-5m (6.7-18.1ft) & causes severe burning when in contact with the skin and exposed to sunlight, (potentially life-long scarring and blindness) making our local fields especially dangerous to children and pets. In addition, it is crowding out indigenous species and destroying wildlife habitat, (each one produces 1,500 to 100,000 seeds). Avoid contact with this plant.
Typically grows 1-2m (3.3-6.5ft) high with soft red-tinged green stems and from June to October pink flowers, which explode scattering seeds up to 7m (23ft). This tremendously vigorous plant out-competes indigenous flora and then dies back in winter leaving river banks prone to erosion leading to bank subsidence. Please pull it up whenever you see it.
Our Community Spaces grant funded 3 training days with the Trust for Conservation Volunteers (TCV). FOBB volunteers learnt hedge-laying and tree pruning skills as well as how to lay and edge paths. We were also joined by Sale and Altrincham Conservation Volunteers (SACV) for a hedge-laying day.
We always need more volunteers so please help us if you can. See our Calendar or contact us to join our Volunteer Group email list where reminders of activities will be posted.


Doctoral Candidate Lucy Schultz has accepted a tenure-track position in philosophy at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. Midwestern State University is a public liberal arts university that enrolls approximately 6000 students and is one of 27 institutions that comprise the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). Schultz is currently finishing her dissertation, Creative Climate: East-West Perspectives on Art, Nature, and the Expressive Body, which defends the need for a renewed conception of nature as seen through the lens of an artist engaged in artistic creation. By exploring the embodied foundations of the relationship between artists and their media as recounted by Kant, Hegel, Schelling, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Nishida, and Watsuji, she offers a way of thinking about artistic expression that recognizes the active, expressive character of artistic media and, more broadly, nature itself. Her work has appeared in journals such as Philosophy East and West and Environmental Philosophy.
Upon entering the Theatre/Dance program, and specifically the Movement Fundamentals curriculum, what were your initial reactions? Upon leaving?
I was never trained in any "traditional" dance styles, so I felt really comfortable entering into the MF classroom since I didn't expect that kind of background. I understood immediately that what we were doing was more than a dance class. We were learning about our skeletal construction, how our body moves, and even how to cultivate healthy attitudes toward ourselves and our bodies. Upon leaving, I knew that I had undergone invaluable training that would stick with me for a very long time.
I am pursuing a PhD in philosophy, and I hope to be a college professor of that subject.
A lot of my research examines theories of the body and philosophies of art with a special interest in spatiality and movement. My dissertation explores the body as the site of the dialectical intertwining of the natural and the artistic—two categories that have traditionally been taken to be mutually exclusive. I experience the MF curriculum as a kind of studio philosophy class where students were able to practice and experiment with the ideas we were learning about. Of course, the classes involved the cultivation of artistry, and as a visual artist, integrating the awareness of bodily movement while painting into my art was deeply inspiring to me and still continues to be. Besides my professional research and artistic practice, I think about what I learned about in MF when exercising and doing "self care"—things like stretching, meditation, healing, etc. What I learned in MF has fully transformed the way I experience my embodiment.
Wow, this is not an easy task. Truthfully, I can only describe the philosophy that I developed through taking MF courses, but I will do my best to connect it what I perceive the goals of the curriculum to be. First of all, like I've already alluded, I found it to be a deeply theoretical studio experience—much more than any usual dance class. The emphasis on "fundamentals" means that students rediscover their bodies in a radical way. By stripping away the chatter in popular discourse about what bodies are and how they should be, the student is free to have a genuine and immediate experience of his or her body in its interaction with others. When the intellectual mind is quieted and allowed to listen to what originates in the moving body—breath, weight, momentum, lightness, all the connections of the lines of movement, etc.—I found that the body actually teaches me things that I would otherwise be unable to learn. With the guidance of Prof. Hawley, MF courses provide a space for that knowledge to arise. In more advanced courses, the turn toward choreography and performance allow this knowledge to be applied toward meaningful expression. After re-encountering the body in this immediate way and learning to strengthen and expand movement possibilities, the student is empowered to develop his or her own artistic expression in collaboration with others.
If I had to sum up the MF curriculum's philosophy it would be like something as follows: Through a radical rediscovery of the nature of one's embodiment, students gain the tools to enable their own physical and mental flourishing. Once the student becomes conscious of the body's potential, he or she is encouraged to utilize this awareness for the generation of art in the studio and on stage. However, the radical overhaul and/or renewal of one's relation to the body extends beyond dance performance. Since we inhabit our bodies in everything we do, there are endless applications of the MF curriculum in all realms of life.
Well, beyond everything that I've described above, I think what was most valuable to me about the curriculum was the support of the people that I got to know and work with. For me, doing this kind of work has a spiritual dimension, and so to work closely with others on things that are so meaningful to me was extremely profound. Personally, I was deeply effected by my relationship with Jane Hawley who has been a very important mentor for me. I guess what I'm saying is that the academic knowledge has been extremely useful to me, but more than that, the personal growth that I underwent taking classes from Jane was perhaps the most valuable part of my MF education.
In a paragraph, how would you describe the core philosophy of the MF curriculum at Luther?
To give students the space to explore and learn about the body through theater and dance. Using what may seem like newer or more experimental learning techniques to challenge students to reach their full potential; while providing a foundation to use the MF curriculum either in performance or through other careers and relationships in their life.
Well, I'd have to pick a few. Productions—just being a part of the productions. There are shows that I auditioned for and did not get selected for the cast and those are the auditions I still think about. Not because I'm upset I didn't get the part but because of what that audition meant to me. For example, I have been nervous about singing in front of people since my middle school choir director told me to mouth the words at the concert instead of singing. BUT, I auditioned for Hair. I was scared out of my mind but I told myself when I became a major that I had to audition for everything. And I did and I sounded horrible (I really am not a good singer) but I did it and no one told me to mouth the words. In the auditions and in the productions I learned how to do things that I would not have participated in. Some of these were things that I was scared to do and that I had put into the category that I would never do. I learned how to memorize lines really well and pick up choreography better. I learned to work really well with a group of people and how to do it when you are physically exhausted from putting performing.
Specific classes that I found valuable were Contact Improvisation and dance history. CI seems like a whirlwind. But in that class I learned that the body has the capacity to heal. This is the core principal of chiropractic and I am unsure if chiropractic would have as strong of an appeal to me if I had not learned and experienced this in CI.
I feel like dance history was valuable for me because it gives me the ability to have stronger conversations about dance by knowing the history. I know the key players, where we came from and what they did to form the current dance world. I feel as though I can participate in a conversation with a ballet/modern/tap/contemporary/etc. dancer.


Poor ol' Billy John -- just a dude and his guitar and a dream of sharing his gift with the world -- is about to experience the horrors of online commenters for the very first time.
The commenters will yell profanities at him in all caps. They will squash his spirits. And he will wish he never, ever tried his hand at the Internet.
Somehow, this harrowing tale of elder folks learning how to navigate the web is made hilarious. Perhaps, that's because Trevor Moore is at the helm of it, the rising comedic-musical talent with a Comedy Central hour special slated for March 6 and an album hitting shelves March 10.


Breakthrough Coaching – Your Best By Faith Inc.
This will be with the Founder and CEO of Your Best By Faith Inc., Shelly-Ann Brown, who is a beloved of God and lover of the Lord, who captured her heart and rescued her from a life of immense hardships to sustained victory in Christ. She teaches on faith, and is a Certified Life Breakthrough Coach, having been trained by a seasoned John Maxwell leadership coaching instructor. To help others discover the way to having what she calls 'a breakthrough happening life,' she authored an E-book "Keys to Getting Your Breakthrough by Faith" as a study resource.
In addition to being rooted in God's Word, her uniqueness, and strength of coaching comes from also having a strong academic background with over a decade of high-level experience in the marketplace. She holds several professional certifications in various technical competencies and has been the recipient of numerous scholastic awards and achievements through every level of education, and in her professional life. Notable is her contribution to the financial sector of her country of origin – Jamaica, where her findings and recommendations on deposit insurance for the banking system were embraced by the relevant government authorities and made effective by the Jamaican Parliament in 2007. She is also the founder and manager of Your Financial FactSheet, which is a financial education, information, and resource center that empowers others to make wise, informed financial decisions.
In pursuing her purpose, she attended and is a graduate of Christ for the Nations Institute, Texas, where she met her husband Andrew, who is a Minister as well as a Doctoral candidate in Higher Education (Ed.D). Together they have a heart for healing and deliverance as well as the breakthrough and equipping of God's people to live their best lives by faith.


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Eotriceratops was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago, Its fossils were found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation near Edmonton in Canada.
At the time of writing, Eotriceratops is known only from its skull, which was about 10 feet (3 meters) long. Estimates of the overall size of the animal vary from about 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12.2 meters).
North American Dinosaurs - Eotriceratops lived in North America.
Eotriceratops was a genus of dinosaur.
"Eotriceratops" means "dawn three-horned face"..
Eotriceratops was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Eotriceratops was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
Eotriceratops was a Ceratopsian - a member of a group of related herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaurs with beaks, many of which had neck frills and horns as well.
Eotriceratops lived about 68 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
Eotriceratops lived in North America.
Eotriceratops was a herbivore (plant-eater).
Eotriceratops was somewhere between 30 and 40 feet (9 to 12.2 meters) long.
Eotriceratops weighed about 13 tons.


With over 200 million cases and 600,000 deaths every year, malaria is one of the world's greatest problems. The high number of deaths is a result of patients only receiving antimalarial drugs once their infection burden is too high for the treatment to be effective, coupled with the fact that more drug resistance strains are developing all the time. MediSieve provides one solution, its uses a magnetic sieve to physically remove Malaria infected blood cells directly from a patient's blood. The device has the potential to reduce a child's infection burden by 90% in only 3.5 hours.
Treatment is similar to dialysis in that the blood is continuously circulated through a magnetic filter via an external loop. Infected red blood cells are captured in the filter due to their naturally magnetic properties and healthy cells are returned to the patient. The MediSieve can be used in conjunction with drug treatments against all strains of malaria even drug resistance strains.
MediSieve initial focus has been on the treatment of Malaria but it is also developing technology to treat leukaemia and sepsis. Treatment of these diseases requires the development of MediSieve particles. MediSieve particles are magnetic particles coated with antibodies to target specific components in the blood. The blood can then be filtered via an external loop in the same way that can be used to treat Malaria. In leukaemia the particles target white blood cells. The high number of circulating white blood cells in the blood can prevent chemotherapy being effective.
A multi target approach is used to treat sepsis. The system can remove pathogens, endotoxins, and cytokines to tackle the root cause of the disease and prevent disease escalation. Clinical trials of the Filter are planned for 2018, while first clinical trials of the MediSieve Particles are expected in 2020.


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Romain Bonnet is a certified Lecturer (Maître de Conférences) in Global History at SciencesPo Paris. He holds a Ph.D. in History and Civilization from the European University Institute of Florence (EUI, since 2016). His scientific background is international and interdisciplinary, as evident from his three Master degrees, as well as from his strong command of several languages (English, French, Spanish, Italian, etc.). Doctor Bonnet's doctoral dissertation is an original comparison of peasant revolts and political violence in post-First World War Italy (1918-1922) and in the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1936). It was awarded the Pier Paolo d'Attorre dissertation's prize from the Gramsci Foundation (Italy, 2017). From 2017 to 2020, the author deepened his comparative and interdisciplinary research on violence and social movements, by working on the French metropole and colonies between 1870 and 1914, in a project of the European Research Council (ERC). Doctor Bonnet has published his research in journals such as Participazione e conflitto, Histoire@politique and Revista de historiografía.
Research interests: Political Violence, Social Movements, Interdisciplinarity, Comparative Method, Transnational History
SNS announces 14 fully-funded PhD positions
The Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy is pleased to announce 14 PhD fellowships beginning on November 1, 2022.
Prof. della Porta to lead VolkswagenStiftung-funded ECSEuro project
Reflecting the European challenge of transnational cooperation and multiple crises, this project asks how local political initiatives across Europe enact citizenship and solidarity and contribute to the vision of a more democratic Europe from below.
SNS announces 7 fully-funded PhD positions
The Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore announces 7 fully-funded PhD positions. Deadline for applications: 21 August 2021.
Four post-doctoral research positions on the pandemic
The Scuola Normale Superiore announces four post-doctoral positions to be activated as part of the research project "After the coronavirus pandemic: The effects of the health emergency on society and knowledge."
CFP Athens conference "Capitalism, Democracy, Contention: A Decade of Crisis" 13-15 May 2020
Aspiring to shed light on the Greek experience in the era of crisis in a comparative, inter-disciplinary perspective, the Laboratory on Contentious Politics (Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University, Athens), the Centre on Social Movement Studies (Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence) and the Hellenic Political Science Association are organizing an international conference to be held at Panteion University, on 13, 14 and 15 May 2020.
Prof. Donatella Della Porta to Be Awarded Honorary PhD
On Friday 13, 2019, the University of the Peloponnese (PSIR) will award an honorary doctorate to Professor Donatella Della Porta, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore.
Edited Volume - 2021
Varieties of Populism in Europe in Times of Crises
Manuela Caiani & Paolo Graziano
Populism is booming across all the nuances of the political spectrum. It occupies relevant positions in national parliaments, in governmental coalitions with mainstream parties or as successful challengers of the political status quo. This volume sheds new light on the topic from different methodological and theoretical angles and offers evidence from a variety of cases on the 'why' and 'how' questions on populism's emergence and consolidation in Europe over the past 30 years.
Journal Article - 2021
Forging, bending, and breaking: Enacting the "illiberal playbook" in Hungary and Poland
Andrea Pirro & Ben Stanley
We first argue that illiberal changes are ideologically founded and identify how both populism and nativism figure in the policymaking of illiberals in power. We then show how these practices emerge from a common "illiberal playbook"—a paradigm of policy change comprising forms of forging, bending, and breaking—and elaborate on the notion that illiberal governments are using legalism to kill liberalism.
Contentious Migrant Solidarity. Shrinking Spaces and Civil Society Contestation
Donatella della Porta & Elias Steinhilper
Building upon social movement and migration studies, this book maps the two sides of 'contentious solidarity': a shrinking civic space and its contestation by civil society.
Learning from Democratic Practices: New Perspectives in Institutional Design
Andrea Felicetti
Drawing from literature on democratic practices in social movements and democratic innovations, the article illustrates three ways to advance institutional design in the wake of the systemic turn.
Far-right protest mobilisation in Europe: Grievances, opportunities and resources
Pietro Castelli Gattinara, Caterina Froio & Andrea Pirro
In this article, we bridge previous research on the far right and social movements to advance hypotheses on the drivers of far-right protest mobilisation based on grievances, opportunities and resource mobilisation models. We use an original dataset combining novel data on 4,845 far-right protest events in 11 East and West European countries (2008–2018), with existing measures accounting for the (political, economic and cultural) context of mobilisation.
Populism between voting and non-electoral participation
Andrea Pirro & Martín Portos
The article focuses on a neglected aspect of populist mobilisation, i.e. non-electoral participation (NEP), and elaborates on the extent to which populist party voters engage politically outside the polling station. While challenging common understandings of populism as inherently distrustful and apathetic, and protest as an exclusive practice of the left, the study critically places NEP at the heart of populism in general, and populist right politics in particular.
Monograph - 2021
Migrant Protest. Interactive Dynamics in Precarious Mobilizations
Elias Steinhilper
This book explores the interactions and spaces shaping the emergence, trajectory, and fragmentation of migrant protest in unfavorable contexts of marginalization.
We protect the forest beings, and the forest beings protect us: Cultural resistance in the Ecuadorian Amazonia
Leonidas Oikonomakis
The inhabitants of Sarayaku have forged an anti-colonial, anti-extractivist, and anti-capitalist resistance culture. How did that culture develop? How is it articulated? Moreover, how is kawsak sacha positioned in the discussion over the rights of Nature in Latin America? Based on three months of ethnographic research in the community of Sarayaku and more than twenty-five interviews with community members, this article addresses those important questions and argues that securing legal protection may not be a long-term resistance strategy.
The Contentious Politics of Expertise. Experts, activism and grassroots environmentalism
Riccardo Emilio Chesta
Based on mixed-methods research and ethnographic fieldwork at various sites in Italy, this book examines the relationship between expertise and activism in grassroots environmentalism. Bridging the sociology of expertise and contentious politics, the book shows how conflict transforms, rather than inhibits, expertise production into a 'contentious politics by other means'.
Alliance building and eventful protests: comparing Spanish and Portuguese trajectories under the Great Recession
Martín Portos & Tiago Carvalho
Social movement research has shed light on the relationship between processes of alliance building and multiple factors related to political opportunities, framing, identities, networks and resource mobilization. However, less is known about the impact of eventful protests on coalition building dynamics.
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About: A relaxing retreat in trendy, bustling Islington, The Castle on Pentonville Road, a cracking little pub, is always welcoming. Whether soaking in the sun on the amazing roof terrace, or avoiding the rain on a comfy sofa by the fireplace - the real ales, great beers or glass from the wine list, sets you up just nicely.
"Islington gastro-pub with plenty of character"
This pub on Pentonville Road is full of character, with chandeliers, low hung lampshades and old-school fans hanging from the ceiling. Wooden flooring and a wooden bar add charm, giving the place a homely feel. There is even a covered roof terrace for warmer days and smokers.
It's the first properly hot evening of the year, and thank god those fans are spinning because after walking here from Hoxton we are in need of aggressive air-con and a chilled bottle of Rose.
After cooling down a little we order the grilled asparagus and poached egg with a creamy, slightly runny yolk and chive hollandaise (£6.50), which is highly appetising. The filo pastry basket, containing Woodland pigeon and shallot and red wine confit (£6.50) is good, with crispy pastry and a discreet amount of sauce so that the meat is not swimming in it.
Where pigeon was once eaten as a result of food shortages after the war, it is now de rigeur at many a gastropub. Ironic how an animal considered a pest by so many is now a fancy food (you won't find pigeon meat at Wetherspoons, that's for sure).
Pigeon is one of those meats that needs to be cooked for precisely the right amount of time, as overcooking will make it chewy and unappetising. The Castle's pigeon seems to have been overdone by a few minutes as it's a little tough, but not inedible.
The pan-fried whole plaice with prawns, capers and lemon butter (£11.50) is very tasty indeed. The prawns and fish have absorbed the tangy flavour of the capers; new potatoes complete the dish.
A broccoli and Yorkshire blue tart with a broad bean salad (£9) is filling yet has just enough blue cheese to be moreish. Skinny chips with gentleman's relish (£2.75) are devoured, the relish reminding me of a cod-based allioli I once tried in La Mancha.
For dessert, we continue the savoury mood and opt for the British cheese selection (£6), which includes the standard Cheddar, Brie and Stilton, and we manage to finish just as last orders are being called. With the sound of the bell we set out into the balmy night, feeling well fed and content.
Bit out of the way but I'll definately be coming back. First went to The Castle over the summer because I heard they had a roof terrace which is lovely, perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon in the sun and from March will have its own bar and new furniture. It's just around the corner from where I work so I am now constant and the manager (rather cute Irish fella) has actually made an effort to ask me my name and now even knows what I drink when I go in. The food is very resonably priced for central London and I have never had any complaints. All in all well worth making it a regular.


Conversational interfaces are capturing huge mindshare yet there are nuances to creating a delightful experience. Trying to use the exact same style across different device styles like IoT, Smart Speakers, and Chatbots won't lead to an optimal experience. Join us to learn how best to approach these different interaction modes and create your best user experience! Further event details coming soon. Schedule: 6:00pm - Networking and Food 6:30pm - Kickoff and Sponsors (ThoughtWorks, IBM, SAP.io) 6:40pm - Talk #1: SAP.io - TBD 7:05pm - Talk #2: John Walicki, IBM - The power of a personalized conversational interface to IoT devices 7:30pm - Talk #3: Angel Wong, Dexter - Design considerations and best practices for chatbots vs voice conversational interfaces 8:00pm - Extended Q&A and Open Member Discussion **This event was put on by the Bots and AI Meetup Group. We are one of the largest and highest rated meetups in NYC focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning and bots. Join us on our Meetup group to be notified of future events at https://www.meetup.com/Bots-and-Artificial-Intelligence.


You don't need incense, scented candles or candle-heated diffusers. Reed diffusers are a great alternative, and are absolutely flame-free, so no risk of fire. Reed diffusers provide vibrant scents and give off NO soot or film onto your furniture, walls and ceiling the way candles or incense often do. Fragrances are released into the air naturally, each reed wicks the fragrance from inside the bottle, carries it to the top surface of the reed, where it can be circulated by the air.
Based on the popular Kitras Feather Ball pattern, this reed diffuser is a great addition to your home decor, as well as providing a wonderful aroma for the room. For centuries Feather Balls have been used to adorn ceremonial clothing, as well as to decorate home and hearth. These great Kitras feather ornaments are colorful, their light, wispy patterns reminiscent of a feather. Now this lovely pattern is available as a reed diffuser as well. When not being used as a diffuser, it can be used as a wonderful bud vase.


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Ford Restarts F-150 Production
By Douglas A. McIntyre	May 16, 2018 4:33 pm EDT
After a fire took a supplier of parts for Ford's (NYSE: F) F-150 offline and worried investors that the company's No.1 selling vehicle by far would face falling inventories, the company announced that production is coming back online
The company's comment:
Ford Motor Company is restarting production of the popular F-150 at Dearborn Truck Plant Friday after just over one week of downtime. The company has also successfully repaired the supply chain for Super Duty, with production targeted to restart by Monday at the Kentucky Truck Plant as well as the Kansas City Assembly Plant that also makes F-150 pickups.
This follows the massive May 2 fire at the Meridian Magnesium Products facility in Eaton Rapids, Mich.
"While the situation remains extremely dynamic, our teams are focused on returning our plants to full production as fast as possible," said Joe Hinrichs, Ford president, Global Operations. "The ramp-up time to full production is improving every day."
And, most importantly:
Inventories of Ford's best-selling F-Series pickups and other vehicles remain strong and customers won't have a problem finding the model they want.
The F-Series accounts for almost 40% of Ford's unit sales in the U.S. and has been the top selling vehicle in America for decades. The full-sized pick-up market is highly competitive. GM's (NYSE: GM) Chevy Silverado is the second best selling vehicle in the U.S. Fiat Chrysler's (NYSE: FCAU) Ram is often in third place.
Investors have already been worried that Ford is behind the curve in cost management and new age technologies which include autonomously controlled vehicles. Ford said it would eliminate all but two car models in the U.S. where sales of sedans have been falling across the entire industry as crossover, SUV, and pick-up sales boom.
At least Ford shareholder will have one less thing to worry about
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A Virginia man was arrested and charged with wearing a mask in public Friday after he walked around dressed as the comic book supervillain the Joker, police told ABC News.
Several people called 911 Friday to say that had seen a suspicious male wearing a black cape and carrying a sword walking around the city.
Jeremy Putman, 31, was charged with wearing a mask in public, a felony.
Putnam is in jail on a $2,000 secured bond.


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This report comprises the end of the TU Delft Computer Science Bachelor Project;
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I will also provide a compatibility CD that will allow the game to run under ALL VERSIONS of Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP, both 32 and 64 bit. The game has been patched to its 1.4 final version.
The world of EFS is a medieval science-fiction realm in the tradition of Warhammer 40K and Dune: noble houses, warring factions, an avaricious mercantile caste, and a fearsome inquisition. As a setting, it's already a cliche, but EFS spins it magically and makes it work. At the start of the game, the emperor has mysteriously died, leaving a power vacuum that must be filled by one of the major players. The goal is to use force, wealth, and diplomacy to get the other leaders to elect you regent, and from there secure the throne as Emperor.
Unlike similar Civilization-style conquest games, EFS does not start on a blank map and force dozens of game turns of exploration, expansion, and military build-up before you have an empire. Instead, you begin with a small empire, a military force, wealth, and a general knowledge of the game universe. Some of the maps of these planets have been lost, leaving you with only a vague sense of their geography, while others are known to you.
Gameplay is broken down along familiar lines. There is research to be conducted in order to build new units and get certain advantages. As with other traditional elements in EFS, however, there is a twist: Technology proscribed by the inquisition may be researched, but could result in your excommunication. These are deadly, often psi-based techs, and the ability to delve into the darker areas of research is a great touch.
The main part of the game is played across a universe map and planetary maps. You can build a space armada and explore hidden parts of the universe, then drop units (troops, engineers, spies, etc.) on the planets and begin taking them over. Different buildings can be built or discovered on the planet surface, and form one of the keys to EFS. Ruins (both alien and human) often hide special relics with special powers, while the merchant league runs Agora (trading posts) and psi-lords dwell in monasteries. The player may build elaborate cities of factories, churches, mines, farms, chemical plants, palaces, and other structures, with a core group protected from orbital attack by a shield. Buildings not only produce units, but also resources necessary for construction and available for trade. The resource element of EFS can be quite complex.
A strong diplomacy option, which allows you to cajole, threaten, or form alliances with the other leaders adds a good element of deviousness and politics to the mix to balance the trade and military aspects. The result is a game, much like Machiavelli, in which shifting allegiances and the fortunes of war make for an interesting mix. There's a lot going on here, with over a 100 units available for production, complex planetary landscapes, intricate trade and production elements, and an over-arching story of the noble houses and alien races.
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Jewish American Terrorist Proclaims His Hatred For Christ And Love Of Darwinism, Gets Busted For Planning Massive Suicide Bombing On Election Day
By Andrew Bieszad on October 10, 2018 in Featured, General
A Jewish American terrorist was just busted by the government for planning a massive suicide bombing at the National Mall on Election Day:
A Rockland County man who cops say built a 200-pound bomb he was planning to explode in Washington, D.C., in an Election Day suicide attack was arrested Wednesday.
Paul Rosenfeld, 56, of Tappan, was busted on federal charges of manufacturing an explosive device.
"As alleged, Paul M. Rosenfeld concocted a twisted plan to draw attention to his political ideology by killing himself on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — risking harm to many others in the process," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said.
"Rosenfeld's alleged plan for an Election Day detonation cut against our democratic principles."
In August and September 2018, Rosenfeld sent letters and text messages to a person in Pennsylvania detailing his scheme, authorities allege. The recipient of those communications went to the FBI, court papers show.
Rosenfeld wanted to draw attention to his belief in "sortition," a political theory that advocates the appointment of government officials by random selection from a pool of qualified candidates.
When cops stopped his car Tuesday, Rosenfeld waived his Miranda rights and told officers he ordered large quantities of black powder over the internet, which he transported from a spot in New Jersey to his house, authorities say.
He used a burner phone to communicate with people about his plot, the records show.
He said he used approximately eight pounds of black powder to construct a large explosive device in the basement of the home. He also disclosed that he had tested smaller devices.
His home was searched and agents say they found a functioning bomb weighing about 200 pounds inside a plywood box. The device was taken from the basement and brought to a secure location.
They also found a fusing system for triggering bombs and empty canisters of black powder. The fusing system was made up of a switch that would generate an electrical charge that would spark an e-match inside the bomb.
Sortition as a political doctrine has its roots in Ancient Greece where some cities, including Athens, used the method to choose its leaders.
Rosenfeld contibuted an essay titled "The Extinction of Politics" to Equalitybylot.com. He described himself as a "Klerotarian," a reference to a stone device used by the Athenians to randomize voting.
In that 2015 essay, he wrote, "If we ever hope to see this thinking converted into action that will have to change. Somehow we must convince enough people to put our movement on the map. For this, we will need a highly effective argument, because the people we wish to persuade are living under the thrall of a myth."
He added, "And like true believers, fundamentalists even, each further obstacle is taken as a sign; the path is righteous but rocky, we must purify our faith and trudge ever onward. When we are finally worthy, the Democratic Process will at last deliver us. The road to true reverence has been long."
Rosenfeld is a registered voter, but he didn't belong to a particular political party. He is also a member of the Nyack Yacht Club, records show.
His parents, Diane and Peter Rosenfeld, said they wanted to thank the FBI for resolving the case before anyone got hurt, but wouldn't comment further when reached at their Charlotte, Vt., home.
"We have nothing useful to say at this time," his father said. "It's too early for any of us to understand this yet." (source, source, source)
What makes this story more interesting is that Mr. Rosenfeld has repeatedly in past writings declared his hatred for Christ and his love of Darwin and Darwinism:
To a limited extent Darwin has helped upend Christian notions about human behavior. Few people today will attempt to smear sexuality as "sin", and we sometimes rationalize acts of aggression as having a territorial or sexual origin. But our 18th Century models of political behavior are still firmly rooted in pre-Darwinian modes of thinking. If we re-evaluate our institutions in the context of their historic biological development we may be able to demonstrate the absurdity of politics as a tool for governing human society in the 21st Century. We can fight for sortition on the basis of social justice but it would be far more powerful, I think, to argue for sortition as a matter of manifest biological inevitability.
But enough already. Please forgive me, I'm trying desperately to be succinct and I haven't even gotten to my point yet. So without further yammering here is my "thesis". I don't imagine it's a new idea and I have absolutely no academic credentials to furnish gravitas but I hope you'll hear me out anyhow…
Like other primates, homo sapiens have always competed for resources. The earth's carrying capacity is finite and each creature must struggle for its share. As a consequence, within any group, individuals are forever maneuvering to achieve dominance; between groups, there is a perpetual conflict over boundaries. Within the group, navigating contradictions between individual and collective priorities is a complex process with plenty of gray area but one thing is crystal clear. The group which manages its internal conflict most efficiently will be best equipped to compete externally with groups inhabiting adjacent domains. This management process is called politics.
To be very blunt, politics is the process of maintaining group hierarchical relationships with a minimum of overt physical violence. Efficient resolution of internal conflict ensures that a maximum of violent potential will be available for external defense of the established domain and (ideally) conquest of neighboring domains. Anarchy and internecine conflict are weaknesses that will be exploited by better organized surrounding groups. This imperative for efficiency leads inevitably to voting. As a matter of biological necessity homo sapiens learned to sublimate their violent tendencies (most of the time) in favor of majority rule. It helps to keep the group strong.
There is nothing moral or ethical about this process. We shouldn't (as most do) conflate majority rule with the common good. These are two entirely different concepts. Majority rule is a biological survival tactic utilized by many species. Homo sapiens adorn the process with language, culture and even technology, but every creature living in a herd or pack does something vaguely similar. The "common good" is an intellectual abstraction created by humans. It is often identified with another abstraction called social justice. (source, source)
It is an interesting case, that is for sure.
Many questions need to be answered.
For example, what are his connections?
Given that it was a "suicide attack," could this be something that would be blamed on Muslims as a way to, as it has been shown before, support nationalism?
What other information is not being told?
One can only imagine the information that may emerge from this.
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The Goshen Cup, Historic Series action for 2-year-old pacing colts, was held at the Meadowlands Thursday night and a youngster named Village Jolt gave the competition a start by capturing the $119,600 event in 1:53.3. Village Jolt is a son of Cam's Card Shark owned by Jeffrey Snyder and trained by Ed Hart. Snyder campaigned Cam's Card Shark and Hart trained him as a 2 year old. Mystic Gold, ...
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Fastly Inc. (FSLY) have gained a market cap of over $1.71B: What's Next?
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In the 100 days of trading, FSLY managed to top a 22.77% Moving average. Additionally, Fastly Inc. shares have achieved a 52-week range between 14.12 and 35.25 alongside 100 days raw stochastic set at 23.57%.
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NOTES: Created as a population overspill for Glasgow City, Cumbernauld was designated a new town in 1955. Leslie Hugh Wilson was the first Chief Architect to the Cumbernauld Development Corporation (CDC) which oversaw the development, promotion and management of the New Town until 1996. He was succeeded in 1962 by Dudley Roberts Leaker.
Architect/Designer Cumbernauld Development Corporation
Leaker, Dudley Roberts (d. 2006)
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