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Random Thoughts on Gateway
I'm assuming most of you have read the race recap I posted late Saturday night after the race, where I get into the nitty-gritty of the race itself. I will cover the race a little more, but I want to spend more time today talking about the weekend in general. – GP
Now that I've had a little time to think about Saturday night's Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway (WWT Raceway – formerly known as Gateway Motorsports Park), I realize what a wild race it really was. Mostly, it was very entertaining – at least to witness in person. We've not yet watched the replay – in fact, we still have the IndyCar race at IMS from last week to watch – so, I can't say how it looked on television; but it was probably the most entertaining race we've been to at Gateway.
That's a bold statement considering all but four of the first twenty-five laps were run under caution. I don't think some of the innocent victims that were taken out in the crashes would say they were entertained, but I don't think it was considered the clown show that the Music City Grand Prix was.
What seemed like probably the most harmless incident, set up the most significant of the night. When Ed Carpenter backed his car into the Turn Four wall in a single car accident on Lap 56, the ensuing restart changed the face of the entire 2021 championship. As the bunched-up field took the green flag on Lap 64, Rinus VeeKay drove straight into the back of Scott Dixon before sliding up and taking points-leader Alex Palou into the wall.
Palou had a shrinking twenty-one point lead over Pato O'Ward coming into the race, with Josef Newgarden still alive for the championship in fourth place. Palou's worst nightmare came true as Newgarden won the race and O'Ward finished second. Now, O'Ward leads Palou by ten points, and Newgarden is lurking just twenty-two points out of the lead.
There was a lot of carnage on Saturday night, both with equipment and driver's state of mind. Teams will have plenty of time to repair crash damage to the cars, since the NTT IndyCar Series does not return to action until their west coast swing starting September 12 at Portland, before heading to Laguna Seca and the season finale at Long Beach in subsequent weeks.
For Alex Palou, that has to feel like an eternity. He probably wishes he could race again right now to get the bad taste out of his mouth from the past two weekends, when he finished twenty-seventh and twentieth respectively. Graham Rahal is another who would love to erase the memories of Gateway, after his slim championship hopes were dashed by Ed Jones on Lap Three.
Scott Dixon is still in the hunt, but once again – my pick to win a race ends up against the wall. Dixon is still only forty-three points down to O'Ward, but he is not carrying a lot of momentum. I've been saying all season that Dixon will win the championship, but I'll admit that's looking rather iffy.
I've seen a wide range of opinions on social media since Saturday night. Some say this race was "goofier than Nashville", while others say Gateway was proof that we need more ovals. It wasn't edge of your seat racing, but I enjoyed it more than probably any other race we've been to here since 2017, when IndyCar returned after a long absence. We didn't go to Gateway last year for the double-header, but for the ones we've been to here – Saturday night's was the best.
TV Coverage: I can't comment too much since we haven't watched the replay of the broadcast yet, but the bulk of the comments I've seen on social media don't discuss the broadcast near as much as all the commercial breaks. While we would all love to see a race commercial-free, that won't be happening for a few years. We all wanted to see IndyCar stay with a major network, whether it was NBC, CBS, FOX or whoever.
None of those entities are known for giving away air time. This is a business to them and they have to follow a model to make money. If that means more commercials than if the series ran on something like Motor Trend TV, I'm fine with that. I want NBC to make money from this property so that the series will stay there. The series needs major exposure and continuity to survive.
Big Bow-Tie Night: When Honda swept the first seven positions a couple of weeks ago in Nashville, people (myself included) were poking fun at Chevy and wondered how the could have gotten it so wrong. Well, no one is laughing after Saturday night because Chevy swept the first five positions at Gateway. Honda did get four of the next five spots and it went back and forth throughout the running order from Saturday night. It's hard to pinpoint what makes one manufacturer the favorite over the other as the series goes from track to track.
Gateway appears to give a slight edge to Chevy, since IndyCar returned in 2017, with four of the six races run there being won by the bow-tie brigade.
Missed Opportunity: I am in the market for a new car. I will have had my 2012 Honda for ten years in March, and I'm probably about two months away from hitting the 200,000 mile mark. I bought the car new and it may be the best car I've ever owned. But like people, cars don't last forever and it will die one day. When that day comes, I want to already know what I'm buying so I'm doing all of my research now.
Friday evening we went to dinner, but first stopped by a Honda dealership close to our hotel. As usual, a salesman came out to engage us even though they were about to close. But unlike most car salesmen, this guy actually knew what he was talking about. He told us he had been selling Hondas in the St. Louis area for twenty-one years straight.
As we talked, we told him we were from Nashville and in town for the race. He looked at me like a dog looks at a typewriter. He had no clue an IndyCar race was in town, and this guy said he was actually a racing fan. I don't see this as an indictment against IndyCar or the promoter, although it certainly is not a ringing endorsement. Instead, it seems that Honda dropped the ball on a fairly big marketing opportunity. The basic philosophy among auto manufacturers involved in racing is "Win on Sunday (Saturday night), sell on Monday". It's hard to sell on Monday if you didn't even know you were racing over the weekend.
Yes, I know Chevy had a big weekend – but that's not the point. This guy was Honda through and through and was very knowledgeable. Yet he had no clue his brand for the past twenty-one years was racing in a series where they would power more than half the field the next night, just about fifteen miles down I-64. It seems to me Honda could utilize their dealers in each area to promote the local race, the series and ultimately their brand.
I'm sure I'm uninformed in the relationship between HPD and retail Honda dealerships, but to an outsider – it looks like Honda missed a golden marketing opportunity.
The One-Day Show: Just before the race, I had a couple of people ask me what I thought about the one-day show of all IndyCar on-track activity being in one day. If you recall, the only practice was a ninety-minute session that began at 12:15 pm on Saturday. Just a little more than two hours, the teams went out and qualified at 4:00 pm. The race itself started at 7:40 Saturday night.
If you were a fan in the St. Louis area; you got a lot of bang for your buck. One ticket bought you a whole lot of racing in one day from noon, on.
Personally, from someone who did nothing more than observe and write about it – I didn't like it. Neither did the others I spoke to, some of which actually work for IndyCar. It was too much crammed into a short period of time. I have a friend who works for one of the Big-Three teams, and he just shook his head when I asked him about it.
The teams got lucky this weekend. No one crashed a car in practice or qualifying. Given the short time between sessions, repairs would have been very tough. That's why I'm not big on double-headers at ovals. If someone crashes in the opening practice, their entire weekend is pretty well toast – for both races.
We arrived in St. Louis mid-afternoon on Friday. I would have liked to watch an IndyCar practice either Friday afternoon or Friday night. With only NASCAR Truck and Indy Lights on-track for Friday, we were at the track just long enough to pick up credentials and say hi to a few friends. We went back to our hotel, got situated, went to dinner and went to bed early – knowing we would have a very busy Saturday. While that was nice and leisurely, I would have preferred to see what we went there for on Friday night – IndyCar.
I know a few people that live in Indianapolis that normally go to Gateway, but they didn't make the drive over this year. They said they needed more of a reason to make that drive, rather than on day of racing.
I understand that this is a cost savings to the teams, but I think they need to take the fan experience into account. If you lived in St. Louis, you probably loved it. If you drove four and a half hours like we did, you were probably not a fan of this format. I'm hoping they return to a two-day format next year.
The Crowd: The crowd appeared to be smaller than night races for the last few years. I won't compare the 2020 double-header because it was affected by COVID restrictions.
Although there were no crowd restrictions this year, many may have opted to not attend due to the resurgence of COVID numbers for the last few weeks. Many may have felt uncomfortable in a large unmasked crowd. That is their right. I am fully vaccinated and I didn't feel uncomfortable. That's my right.
The Cardinals were also in town this weekend. St. Louis is a baseball town. Many if given the choice between the IndyCar race or the Cardinals, would have chosen the Cardinals – no matter how bad they may be this year. It seems that every year that IndyCar races at WWT Raceway for a night race – the Cardinals are playing at home that same weekend. The race schedule is set up long before the MLB schedule. I know teams can request to be out of towns on certain weekends where a local conflict may exist. That's not always granted, but it is usually considered. I am hoping track management has contacted the Cardinals about trying to avoid the conflict.
I also know that there were some stands opened up this year, that were not open in the past. Did people move into those stands, making the place seem more empty than it really was?
Don't get me wrong, they still had an excellent crowd – one that would make Texas Motor Speedway very envious. But it didn't appear to be as packed as it was in years past.
Grosjean's Oval Debut: For weeks, there has been a lot of speculation about former Formula One veteran Romain Grosjean making his oval debut in an Indy car. Grosjean tested at WWT Raceway a few weeks back and all indications were that things went well. But being on an oval by yourself is much different than with twenty-three other cars on track, many being driven by drivers desperate to make something happen late in the season.
I had hoped that Grosjean would be happy just staying out of the way enough to make it through the night without crashing. Apparently, he had other ideas.
I thought Romain Grosjean was absolutely brilliant on Saturday night. I had already become a big fan of the Swiss-born Frenchman, but Saturday night's performance elevated my fandom for Grosjean. During his second stint, I was standing in my favorite spot at WWT Raceway – inside Turn Four, right at the pit entrance. I like it there because you get a great view of about one-third of the track, all the way through Turns Three & Four. It's also not crowded at all.
I was watching Grosjean start setting up each car in front of front of him while in Turn Three. The way he was cutting through the field, you would have thought he cut his teeth on oval racing – not driving his first oval Saturday night.
He misjudged Turn Two on cold tires and got a bad break on a late yellow and ended up what appears to be an unimpressive fourteenth. I'm sure TV covered his moves, but I was watching him almost exclusively during that stint and I can tell you – finishing fourteenth does not do justice to the night that Grosjean had.
Driver Accessibility: I have no scientific data to back this up and it may just be my imagination; but it seemed that the drivers were interacting more with fans this year. Every time we walked through the garage area, we saw drivers signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans. We would always see that to some extent, but it seemed a lot more common this year. I would have thought it would be the opposite, given the compacted schedule of the one-day show.
Well-Trained Staff: The Music City Grand Prix could take a few lessons from WWT Raceway. If you'll recall, one of by biggest complaints about the Nashville race a couple of weeks ago, was that the staff seemed to have no clue what was going on. There was no consistency in their message or which credentials to allow through the gate they were responsible for. And when you confronted them on their mistake, they got angry and defensive.
That was not the case this weekend. Every staff member there seemed to know exactly what was going on, and who was allowed where. Not only that, they were smiling and friendly. Not once were we turned away from an area where we were supposed to be, but we chatted it up with several of their security staff about random things. They were always pleasant and helpful. I'm hoping the Music City Grand Prix can improve their staff training for next year.
Drive of the Night: At one point Saturday night, I was prepared to give Alex Palou the Drive of the Night. He had erased his nine-spot grid penalty that saw him start twenty-first and was running tenth. But then the VeeKay incident happened and Palou finished twentieth.
I also considered Conor Daly, since he drove his Carlin car to an eleventh-place finish after starting twentieth. But Daly really drives well on this track and I realized this was not even his best run here, so it didn't merit this coveted title.
Some might be shocked that I considered giving it to Dalton Kellett, who finished twelfth after starting dead last (twenty-fourth). I was close to doing it, not only by how much he moved up, but also by the fact that he survived getting punted and spun out by Ed Carpenter under the caution. Also keep in mind that this was, by far, Kellett's best-ever finish in IndyCar. Prior to finishing twelfth on Saturday night, Kellett's best finish was finishing eighteenth twice – at Barber and Texas earlier this season.
Instead I am giving it to Kellett's Foyt teammate, Sébastien Bourdais, who finished fifth after starting eighteenth. Bourdais admits he got lucky catching a caution when he did, but you take those when you can get them in racing. It was a great night for both Foyt cars, finishing twelfth and fifth with no crash damage.
All in All: I'm still not sure how it looked on television, but this was the best race, from an entertainment standpoint, I have been to at Gateway – and I've been to all of them since IndyCar returned in 2017 (except for 2020). Not only was it a race that featured a lot of twists and turns, but WWT Raceway did a lot of things right. If you've never been to a race there, you owe it to yourself to try and go next year.
There was only one bittersweet note to the whole weekend – this was our last race to attend in person this season. It's always sad to leave an IndyCar race, knowing you are at least seven months away from your next one. We made it to eight races this season (counting Indianapolis 500 Qualifying weekend).
That's quite an accomplishment after making just one in 2020 (Road America). With the pandemic and Susan's health issues, we had no idea what 2021 had in store. But she only missed Indianapolis Qualifying, and that was due to a radiation treatment she couldn't miss. She hung in there and got stronger and stronger each race weekend to the point that she seemed full strength this past weekend. Who would've thought that a year ago?
IndyCar now takes a break for the next couple of weekends before picking back up on Sep 12 for their west coast swing over three straight weekends to close out the season. With the points battle being turned upside down this past weekend, those three races could prove fascinating.
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5 Responses to "Random Thoughts on Gateway"
I'm not sure Honda dealers in the St. Louis area would be too keen on promoting the Gateway race unless they were owned by the Bommarito Group. If the dealership you were at was a Bommarito dealer, then the salesman and dealer really have no excuse.
While I would agree that it would be better to spread the Indycar action over two days (especially since NASCAR doesn't do practice and qualifying anymore at most tracks), there were 13 on-track sessions at Gateway this weekend and 5 of them were races. That's a comparable amount of action to, say, Nashville (18 sessions and 6 races over 3 days) on a per-day basis. Sounds like a lot of bang-for-your-buck to me.
The action on TV was probably as good as it has ever been since the return to Gateway. NBC wisely kept the camera on Grosjean for much of the night.
Kudos to Kellett for his first finish "in the points" and his first race where he did not look completely overmatched in these cars. He may or may not become much better in these cars, but he was fine on Saturday night.
Cary Leimbach Says:
I was a ticket holder at Gateway 2017-2019 and I had fantastic seats that were $55 for top row near the start finish line. I have been to every CART and IRL/Indycar race, practice and qualifying session that ever took place at Gateway since it opened in 1997 and lived in the St Louis area during this time. I even pulled up in the parking lot on closed test session days just to hear the cars go around the track for a while. The track decided to increase the ticket price for my section to $100 for Saturday night to "premium-ize" the experience in those seats. I was asked to pay up or move to another section, but there were no top row options in those other sections. I could not help but notice those checkered flag sections were about half full on the website a week before the race and they were not packed for the race based on what I saw on tv. I love Gateway, am really excited that Bommarito is sponsoring the race and that WWT is sponsoring the track, but I think they lost some fans due to this change. Wish someone would listen and they'd re-consider that change. I've since moved to Naples FL and also don't like the idea of a one day show if I'm going to make the trip.
ballyhoo Says:
I do think that having all three sessions in one day is a bit much for the teams. On Saturday everything was on hold here, so we could watch practice and quali live on Peacock. I didn't even watch football Saturday, but taped the game for Sunday viewing. The one glitch Peacock had was suddenly going to soccer in the middle of practice. It took a while to get back to racing, but someone at NBC finally realized they goofed.
Glad you and Susan had a great time.
OliverW Says:
That's two races in a row Pagenaud has been hit by a teammate. I hope he gets to beat the Penske cars occasionally next year wherever he lands. The disrespect WP shows him by never even mentioning his name leaves me cold.
Disciple of INDYCAR Says:
But was it a Bommarito Honda dealership? 😉


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by Bill Jr.
Bill expected to receive his BSEE from Northeastern University in February 1948 and prepared his resume for potential employers. He graduated on January 31, 1948, and went to work the next week for the Western Union Telegraph Company (WUTEL) at the 60 Hudson Street headquarters in New York.
As an Engineer in the Facsimile Telegraph Group of the Apparatus Engineering Department, he participated in the design and development of several mobile and fixed facsimile telegraph systems, including the "Telefax Deskfax" system, which achieved widespread use.
His development work included the design of relay control circuits, transmission line testing, equipment layout, and coordination of design with the Time Study, Operating, Maintenance, and Plant Departments. Here are photos of the DeskFax Engineering prototype, with a model showing how it was used.
Bill supervised the installation, initial testing and operation of systems in 8 major U.S. cities, and wrote maintenance and operation manuals and conducted the two-week course of instruction for maintenance personnel at each installation. He also prepared the test samples which were used to tune the link, including the two below.
One of the highlight's was when Bill appeared in prime time on the pioneering television station KTLA-TV in Los Angeles to demonstrate the DeskFax system. This may have been the first time that new technology was introduced to the mass market on television. Western Union prepared a script for the on-air demonstration on August 30, 1949, with Bill playing a lead role in explaining how the system worked:
"Note that the message sending blank has an associated carbon blank. Also this blank has a tallow substance on the reverse side. As Mr. Inwood wrote on the blank, the tallow was transferred to the carbon blank. This carbon is used for the transmission. We now place the carbon blank on the cylinder, aligning the message to be sure that it will record in exact facsimile on the other end of the circuit. Now the message is ready for transmission. (punches start switch) Note that when the switch is turned on a buzzer sounds. This is a signal that the machine on the other end of the wire is phasing, or in layman terms it is synchronizing with this machine so that we will get a true duplicate. If they were not phased it would be impossible to reproduce. When machine stops the buzzer noise, it is a signal that the machines are in phase and note that the stylus arm now automatically falls to begin scanning the message. (let's machine record a few seconds) This drum is turning at a rate of approximately 180 revolutions per minute. Let us observe it finishing the message recording and observe the automatic cutoff. How's that?"
He also was on the Carnation Milk radio program broadcast from KNX, the CBS clear channel radio station in Los Angeles. Two photos taken by CBS from the show are below. The photo on the left shows Bill at work on a transceiver, and he is the man on the right in the photo to the right. Note how everyone was wearing a carnation boutonneire.
Of course, there was press coverage, too, such as this Los Angeles newspaper clipping which touts the ease of use without any training.
Western Union had an extensive nationwide system of message centers linked by cables, and supported by a staff of operators, printers and messenger boys, as shown in this WUTEL Telegraphy System brochure. Bill would often talk about how Western Union responded to economic drivers. In the first place, the minimum wage had driven up the cost of Messenger Boys to deliver telegrams from the WUTEL office, which drove the adoption of the teletype. But women who operated teletypes got paid more than regular secretaries, and WUTEL believed that the DeskFax would be economically attractive to companies, because anyone could send a fax. And of course there was the special 'Teledeltos' paper, which companies had to purchase from WUTEL — essentially making this a razor blade business.
This job also gave Bill a chance to travel across the country by air and rail, including a stop in San Francisco in 1950, where he had a drink at The Top of the Mark, and also got to see his Great Aunt Nelly Lyons Brackett at her home in the Twin Peaks, and whose husband Jack ran a tavern on Market Street.
In the spring of 1950, Bill had the opportunity to set up a DeskFax system in the Senate office building.
To help promote the DeskFax system, WUTEL provided Capitol Souvenirs, which explained facsimile and also included an example fax that would be mailed to you as a keepsake. This one shows how much more flexible fax was than telegraphy, and captures a chatty secretary that forced Bill to plug his ears with cotton. [The cotton was apparently glued on by the chatty Dutchess of FHU].
Bill left WUTEL near the end of 1950. Here is one of his final paystubs.
Western Union discontinued DeskFax service in the 1960s as facsimile services moved to the telephone system. Although DeskFax units survive as artifacts from that era, they are inoperable without the central office equipment. More information on DeskFax is available here.
4 thoughts on "Desk-Fax: the first commerical facsimile"
Cheryl June 6, 2013 at 10:50 pm
Cool before it was cool to be cool!
robert December 27, 2014 at 9:41 pm
yes i have two deskfax units in my shack witch i use on ham radio. but paper is hard to get these days. i am going to re cap these units. and see if i can modify to use some other type of paper. will never part with them. kb2atv robert
George whisenant August 27, 2015 at 9:44 am
I worked for western union for 20 years
And worked with those fax machine. They nothing like the fax machine today. They used to smoke and your hands would be all black from the fax paper.
Valentine Newey July 15, 2020 at 4:17 am
I worked for Western Union over 60 years ago and serviced Desk-Fax machines in London. Seeing photos of the machines online brings back so many wonderful memories. I would love to have a schematic of the machine if anyone had one.
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Gloria Jean Asher passed away peacefully on the early morning of Tuesday October 11th in the care of her family in Hayward, California.
Gloria was born in Ogden, Utah to Chris and Hally Rasmussen on Thursday, February 17th, 1927. Her father Chris was a brick mason and contractor in Provo, Utah and served as the president of the Brick Layer's Union in that town. In her teenage years Gloria worked in Zion National Park and also sang for weddings and other occasions.
Gloria met her husband Lawrence G. Asher and they were married on August 21st, 1948. They had three children during their marriage: Chris, Marcia, and Lawrence. Gloria and Lawrence divorced after 14 years of marriage and Gloria went to college at Brigham Young University to obtain her Bachelors degree in Psychology and Business. She went on to work for the many branches of the Federal Government for 20 years.
Gloria enjoyed dancing, painting, taking care of her many cats over the years (including the neighborhood strays), and hanging out with her family and grandchildren.
Gloria is survived by her daughter Marcy Santana (Hayward, CA) and son Larry Asher (Gold River, CA). Her son Chris preceded her in death in 2012. Gloria has three grandchildren: Jennifer, Brian, and Aaron and two great grandchildren Liam and Milo.


All welcome. See you at the Lake or Clubhouse from 11am to about 3pm.
Prizes!! "Bring and Share" lunch.
Not long to go to this.
David J's super newly completed Victor.
John's Thundertiger and Brian and his amazing boat designed and built by Wallace and Gromit and our thanks to all the surface craft that took part too!
Very nice David...bit windy by the sounds of the background noise!
That Victor is beautiful...is it built from the Orion Mouldings hull/deck?
The Victor is lovely isn't it and you are asking the question we would all like to know - even David does not know the original supplier!
He bought the mouldings as part of a wholesale deal. They were in several sections and the hull is about 60 inches long.
About 2/3rds of the way down the page.
The Victor Orion Mouldings has the right length and beam but the one I was given was in five parts, may be a early version?
One week to go to the Barrow Sub Day (Courtesy of Furness MBC)!
David's done a fine job on it, David...it looks much better than some of them that I've seen.
He has hasn't he - hence the prizes.
I also find it very impressive that it actually works so well (see the videos) and that is only shortly after he finished it i.e not very much time for trials.
So his models are not just beautiful "Airfixes" on a stand.
A very enjoyable day (despite the hurricane remnant!) Many thanks to all who attended and to Furness Model Boat Club. My thanks to Andrew G for many of these photos.
Terrific pictures/videos as usual, David...looks like a good day out again.
Was that not the German (Darnell) sub you were interested in, Richard?
The Type XX111...yes, I'm seriously contemplating building one, David...it's the right size for me to cope with.
I thought it was that one.
But it makes a nice model.
Yes, I foresee a few problems with that, David...could be a job for JR and his fancy electronics, maybe? Or maybe trying to convert a pigs ear into a silk purse would defeat even him?


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What Can I Eat After Having Food Poisoning?
By Nicole Spiridakis Updated November 16, 2019
Medically Reviewed by Andra Picincu, CN, CPT
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When you're suffering from a bout of food poisoning, the last thing you want to do is eat, but it's important to stay hydrated. After your food poisoning symptoms subside, you can ease back into eating with the BRAT diet, which calls for bland, low-fiber foods.
If you have had food poisoning, eat bland foods such as bananas to help when recovering.
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If you experience food poisoning, stay hydrated and follow the BRAT diet for a few days. This dietary plan consists of bland foods that are gentle on the stomach, including rice, bananas, crackers, toast and applesauce.
Food Poisoning Symptoms
Food poisoning is caused by eating contaminated food. Infectious organisms — including bacteria, viruses and parasites — or their toxins are often the culprits.
A February 2019 article published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology explains that food poisoning is often started by the Bacillus cereus group of bacteria. Members of the B. cereus group cause about 63,400 foodborne disease cases per year in the U.S. alone.
The Mayo Clinic notes that food poisoning symptoms vary depending on the source of contamination. Most types of food poisoning cause one or more of the following signs and symptoms:
Abdominal pain and cramps
Its symptoms usually start within hours after eating contaminated food. They may also begin days or weeks later. Sickness caused by food poisoning generally lasts from a few hours to several days.
Infectious organisms or their toxins can contaminate food at any point of processing or production, even during the growing or harvesting stage. Contamination can occur at home if food is incorrectly handled or cooked. Cross-contamination, or the transfer of harmful organisms from one surface to another, is a cause of food poisoning as well.
Practice food safety in your kitchen by not leaving food out for more than two hours at room temperature. Make sure surfaces and cooking utensils are kept clean when you are preparing food.
Read more: Food Poisoning Culprits: Sprouts and 7 Other Risky Foods
Food Poisoning Treatment
The U.S. National Library of Medicine describes most cases of food poisoning as being acute, meaning that food poisoning comes on suddenly and lasts for a short amount of time. Most people with foodborne illness get better without treatment, but it's important to quickly replace lost fluids and electrolytes to prevent dehydration. In severe cases, you may need treatment at a hospital.
Food poisoning remedies at home typically involve rest and hydration. As soon as you feel you're on the way to food poisoning recovery, you may follow the BRAT diet to soothe your battered system.
The BRAT diet stands for bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. However, you may consume other products too, including crackers, biscuits, toast and bland foods, in general.
Since BRAT foods are typically low in fiber and gentle on the stomach, they'll make your stools firmer. Additionally, bananas are high in potassium and may help replace the nutrients your body has lost because of diarrhea or vomiting.
Another option is to use probiotics, which are foods or dietary supplements that contain live bacteria. These microorganisms replace or add to the beneficial bacteria found in the gastrointestinal tract, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Though you'll want to avoid dairy when you're recovering from food poisoning, yogurt or kefir, a fermented milk drink, are acceptable because they contain probiotics.
In general, if you have food poisoning, it's best to ease back into your normal eating pattern gradually. Start by eating bland foods and then slowly introduce new foods. Avoid high-sugar and high-fat foods during food poisoning recovery. Fiber supports colon health and aids in digestion, but it also increases bowel movement frequency. For this reason, it's not recommended when you're dealing with food poisoning.
Read more: 13 Surprising and Beneficial Probiotic Foods
Mayo Clinic: "Food Poisoning"
Frontiers in Microbiology: "Characterization of Emetic and Diarrheal Bacillus cereus Strains From a 2016 Foodborne Outbreak Using Whole-Genome Sequencing: Addressing the Microbiological, Epidemiological, and Bioinformatic Challenges"
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Too Saved
For years, Lisa has been praying that her boyfriend Bobby would finally see the light.
Lisa is like many young single women. She has been in a relationship with Bobby for several years and hopes that they will one day get married. However, there is a slight dilemma. Lisa is a Christian and Bobby is not. And Lisa is determined to marry a man who "knows the Lord." She therefore resorts to the only tactic she believes is guaranteed to succeed, prayer.
Unfortunately, when her prayer is answered she find out that it's much more than she ever bargained for. Bobby's conversion forces her into a serious examination of every important relationship in her life, including her childhood relationship with her parents and with God himself.
This is an inspirational and spiritually enlightening love story focusing on the life of Lisa and her boyfriend Bobby.
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Produced By: Shuaib (Curtis) Mitchell, Shuaib Muhammed Kedar
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The hidden struggle waged by the Pope and many others to save the Jews from the Nazis during WWII
Animal Miracles - DVD
These are God's creatures, but each of them behaves like anything but an animal. In fact, when all hope seemed utterly lost, they were also the answer to the most desperate prayers.
Assisi in Silence - DVD
The hidden network by the clergy of Assisi that saved persecuted Jews during WWII.
Saved By Grace - DVD
More than I am worth, More than I deserve.
VeggieTales: Little Ones Can Do Big Things Too - DVD
This new collection is full of stories about little ones who did Big things with God's help!
VeggieTales: The Toy That Saved Christmas - DVD
The Toy That Saves Christmas reminds children of all ages that "Christmas isn't about getting, it's about giving."
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Latest Reviews for Too Saved
Too Saved - DVD – David L, 06/28/2014
Too Saved - DVD – Doreen C, 11/17/2013
Too Saved - DVD – Marytidy F, 03/17/2011
great movie about how one changed his life around. everything in the movie was not biblical correct but the main point of the movie showed how one's life changes when their trust is put in Christ.
Too Saved - DVD – Roger G, 08/16/2010
we loved it because it was the way the churches are today and the others that reviewed it need to look at it as a movie used for getting peoples attention not being closed minded because it hit you where it hurts the roles were reversed you probably would have tolerated it but what is appropiate but shocking people out of their seats and getting them to go because maybe they are too saved and spend too much time watching their one eyed goddess the men in prison loved it and it inspired them to share more than ever.
Too Saved - DVD – Crystal B, 05/04/2010
As we began to watch this movie, the previews came on for the other movies that the company makes. I can always tell if a movie is family friendly when I see the previews for their other movies. I did not like these previews and wouldn't have even wanted my kids to view these so I said, I am going to read the reviews for this movie BEFORE we watch this since those previews were so bad. So, I came on here and read the other members reviews and the movie did not seem very Christian. Add that to the fact that obviously the company that makes this movie makes unappropriate movies, we decided to skip this one and just send it back unwatched. I had enough junk I had to sit through during the previews. Do yourself a favor and either skip this or definately preview it since it says it is appropriate for 12 year olds. I don't think it's appropriate for adults.
Too Saved - DVD – Michael N, 01/26/2010
This movie was very hard to watch. On one hand Bobby's conversion and growth were a pleasure to witness. However the character of Lisa was all wrong. Christians can be worldly but this girl was obviously not even a true Christian at all. The filmmakers made that obvious but throughout the movie continued to script this movie as if she was. The better story would have been Bobby getting saved and then leading Lisa into the truth of Who Jesus is. With the way the filmmakers depicted Lisa's character I found myself frustrated. I wanted to yell into the film to Bobby and tell him that this woman was not saved and that he needed to give her the gospel. This would have been a much more believable story in light of the obvious lostness of Lisa's character.
Too Saved - DVD – Kesha M, 11/06/2009
It would be better if she re-examined her faith and dropped it cold turkey.
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My albums of the year (2019)
Frankly, 2020 can't come quickly enough - partly as it is bringing us a new Bombay Bicycle Club album and I am counting down each second until that is in my life. Beyond that, there are debuts from Seramic, Rhys Lewis and White Tail Falls to expect as well as new records from the likes of The Staves, Lucy Leave and The Big Moon - there's a lot to be excited about! Before all of that, however, it's time to look back on the music that I've been listening to this year with a round-up of my favourite albums of the year. I loved doing a post like this last year - when Novo Amor narrowly missed out on the top spot to the incredible Someone Out There from Rae Morris (you can catch up on last year's post here.)
As this blog is solely contributed to by me (hi!) the list is a bit of a self-indulgent reflection of the music that I've been loving this year. It's been a bit of a rollercoaster of a year, which kicked off with me being made redundant from my job at HMV back in February. I've traded music and films for a job as a bookseller now and I'm loving it, but I still miss being surrounded by music lovers every day. It has become even more important to me to have the blog to use as an outlet to ramble about the music that I love, and what follows below is five of the records that I've fallen in love with this year, with a further list of several more brilliant albums that I wanted to shout about.
1. Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life
Could there really be anybody else but Maggie Rogers in the top spot this year? Her incredible record has come to occupy a really special place in my heart. I first started listening to Maggie towards the end of 2018 when she was announced as tour support for Mumford & Sons. From then, my love for her grew with each new track that was released, and my anticipation for the record grew. The album itself arrived in January, while HMV was in administration and in the midst of a really confusing and stressful time for me. It is no exaggeration to say that it helped to ground me and bring me much needed joy through the experience of redundancy. I spent several weeks listening to the album at least once daily, finding new aspects of it to love with each listen.
I feel that it's worth noting that Heard It In A Past Life is Maggie's debut album, and as such it is even more impressive. She has recently been nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy award, the pinnacle of a whirlwind year of touring, huge TV appearances and a whole lot of dancing like nobody (or indeed, everybody) is watching. Given that I adore the album in its entirety, I struggle to pick a favourite track from it, but a stand-out track for me from the first few listens was Burning, so why not start there and then go on to check out the entire album. You can thank me later!
2. Friendly Fires - Inflorescent
Next up an in a really close second is an album that I spent a long time waiting for, worrying that it might never exist. I think even the band themselves couldn't be sure that they would make this record, but I am so incredibly glad that they did. Friendly Fires were one of my favourite bands of the early 2010s and I worried that I'd never get to see them play live when they took an extended hiatus several years ago. To my delight they returned in late 2017 and I was lucky to see their triumphant London return last April. Fast forward a year or so and the moment that I'd been waiting for... an album announcement. The wait was finally over in August, and it was more than worth it. I think that I probably annoyed some people with how much I couldn't stop talking about the album when it was released.
The record is an injection of pure joy in what is very often a pretty miserable world. Friendly Fires are back with their infectious energy, catchy hooks, incredible live shows and an album to fix all of our problems. Or possibly just to get us dancing - but that's a start. Again, I really adore the full record but my favourite track would probably have to be Silhouettes. A certified bop.
3. Bear's Den - So that you might hear me
Having been a big fan of Bear's Den for a few years, one of the coolest perks of running this little blog came earlier this year when I received a link to listen to their album and review it six weeks ahead of release. It arrived in my inbox while I was searching for a new job and feeling a little lost, and the album felt like something that I could keep to myself before it was released out into the world - it really came to mean a lot. I recall describing my review at the time as being like a love letter to the band. It sounds a little cliché to say that an album tangible helped you through a situation but it really did. I've been lucky to see the band live a few times this year in various settings (headlining a stage at Citadel Festival and the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire to name a couple) - it's been a Bear's Den kind of year and I'm very happy about that.
In their third studio album, we find the band enjoying the confidence that the success of previous records Islands and Red Earth & Pouring Rain brought, combining the acoustic and electric elements of both to explore new ground sonically. The record explores themes of intimacy and connection. with the band describing it as being about "trying to communicate with someone honestly [...] an attempt to reveal the honest and difficult challenge of communicating with anyone that you really care about." It is a gorgeous example of Davie's skills as a songwriter, bringing to life his story and those of others. A favourite track of mine is the opener Hiding Bottles, written about his relationship with a close family member with an alcohol addiction. From my first listen, the lyric "well I'm keeping it together but you don't know the half of it. It's starting to show, no I'm not on top of this" has really resonated with me.
4. Christof van der Ven - You Were The Place
In a way, Christof manages to make his way onto this list twice - he's a touring member of Bear's Den, creating some gorgeous solo music in the spare time that allows him. Having released his gorgeous debut album at the start of last year, he's the only artist to have been on both the 2018 and 2019 lists, and deservedly so. I really really love this album - and was lucky to have an early listen of this one too. With the album in 2018, an EP release at the start of this year and a busy tour schedule with BD I'm impressed at the rate at which he got this album out into the world - I feel lazy just thinking about all of that. Written in response to the end of a brief but intense fling, this is an incredibly personal, yet relatable, record from Christof. As you might expect it is sad in places, while being full of optimism and hope in others. Production from bandmate Marcus Hamblett is superb too - the finished record is raw and intimate and really deserving of a spot on the list.
5. Lucy Rose - No Words Left
After a little thought about who finished up my top five albums of the year my thoughts kept on returning to Lucy Rose and her fourth studio album. It is, in a word, sublime. In direct comparison to her previous records, this one is incredibly stripped back (centring around vocals, guitar, piano and strings) and is as a result stark and vulnerable. At the time of release Lucy wrote online that "these songs have allowed me to get to know myself in a way I haven't before and I'm sure after you listen to it you'll end up knowing me better as well." It is a record which explores issues of anxiety, isolation and uncertainty without sugarcoating anything, it is exactly the kind of record that I needed to hear this year. While I really connect with a number of lyrics across the record, my favourite track is perhaps The Confines Of This World, in which Lucy delivers the lines "I really don't mean to bring you down, But I need someone to talk to."
Well done for making it this far - that's my top five albums of the year. I genuinely adore each of them, and will enjoy listening to them on repeat for years to come, I hope. It's been a bit of an up and down year for me and these albums have really helped to bring some light into my life when I've needed it. But I'm not finished there... there's been plenty more (in fact, more than I'd realised) that I have loved this year, so here is a bit more of a list (in release order) of albums that I really recommend you check out. You'll love them too, I hope!
Busted - Half Way There
Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs
Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1)
Jack Savoretti - Singing to Strangers
Fil Bo Riva - Beautiful Sadness
Pêtr Aleksänder - Closer, Still
SOAK - Grim Town
Hailaker - Hailaker
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
Benedict Benjamin - Truant
Matthew and the Atlas - Morning Dancer
CHILDCARE - Wabi-Sabi
Charlie Cunningham - Permanent Way
Bastille - Doom Days
Two Door Cinema Club - False Alarm
The Black Keys - "Let's Rock"
Grace Lightman - Silver Eater
The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow
Marika Hackman - Any Human Friend
Bon Iver - i,i
Liz Lawrence - Pity Party
Geowulf - My Resignation
Half Moon Run - A Blemish in the Great Light
Leif Vollebekk - New Ways
Marcus Hamblett - Detritus
Labels: Bastille, Bear's Den, Bon Iver, Christof van der Ven, END OF YEAR, Foals, Friendly Fires, Jack Savoretti, Lucy Rose, Maggie Rogers, Marika Hackman, Matthew & The Atlas, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend
ALBUM NEWS: Lucy Leave - 'Everyone Is Doing So Well'
As 2019 draws to a close I'm feeling quite reflective about the albums I've loved this year - an albums of the year post is incoming, once I find the time to write it, but for now... here's an upcoming release to get excited about. The start of 2020 was already looking to be pretty special musically with new Bombay Bicycle Club and Gengahr albums on the way, and Oxford locals Lucy Leave join the party with their brand new album Everyone Is Doing So Well due for release on the Divine Schism label on 24th January.
This is really exciting news for various reasons - one huge one being that it's the first physical release from Divine Schism. They're an Oxford based DIY promoter, who have been putting on shows across Oxford and London for nearly a decade, giving a platform to artists they love. Having enjoyed the debut Lucy Leave album so much, they've extended this work to starting up a label to release their new album. Pre-order is live here now on the Divine Schism Bandcamp - go go go! Check out the gorgeous album artwork too, I love it.
(c) Chris Monger
The band have already released the triple-A single Thumbs / Snow / Hey, Male Saviour! and will be releasing a video for each over a few weeks in the run up to the album's release - the first video for Hey, Male Saviour! is below. Can't say that I've seen a webcam music video in a while! It's almost nostalgic...
On this track in particular Lucy Leave cite Soccer Mommy, Petsematary and Joni Mitchell (and particularly their use of open tunings) as influential, with the title being loosely inspired by The Fall's Hey Student. Lyrically they say that the track could be about any number of high-profile men within the music industry, whilst also operating as a call for self-awareness. It's clear that the band are incredibly socially aware themselves, fighting against injustice on a number of levels - notably calling out inequality in gig line-ups. It's refreshing to see a band who, as well as being all sorts of exciting in the musical side of things, really care about positive change within the industry (and the wider world.) They're good eggs, that's for sure.
If you'd like to see Lucy Leave live on album release weekend (frankly - why wouldn't you?) then you're in enormous luck because they happen to be playing shows in Oxford, Bristol and London.
24th Jan: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre, Oxford (w/ Duck, The Cooling Pearls and Basic Dicks) (event)
25th: White Rabbit, Bristol (w/ Megazine, Pega, Salvation Bill (solo)) (event)
26th: New River Studios, London (w/ Pega, Salvation Bill (solo)) (event)
Be sure to pre-order the new album Everyone Is Doing So Well on Bandcamp here.
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Labels: ALBUM NEWS, LISTEN, Lucy Leave, new album, new music, TOUR NEWS
WATCH: Ferris & Sylvester 'I Dare You'
Having recently played shows around the country on their biggest headline tour Ferris & Sylvester are back with a newly released video for recent single I Dare You. While they're sometimes an understated duo musically, this track and video sees them passionate and loud, it's a bit of an explosive powerhouse of a track. Speaking about the video, they shared that "it felt right to create something bold and vibrant. We shot the video whilst we were on tour and wanted to capture how it felt to play the song night after night. The song is angry and aggressive and we were keen to throw all of that at it. It certainly shows a darker shade of us and we're proud to have it out there."
With a set coming up in January (28th at Oslo) for the UK Americana Awards Showcase, the duo are then off to tour around Europe with Jade Bird - a brilliant pairing!
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Labels: Ferris & Sylvester, New video, WATCH
WATCH: Bear's Den - 'The Star of Bethnal Green'
Today is very very very exciting because I'm taking a trip down to London after work to see the Bear's Den Christmas concert for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably). True to form they've got a superb line-up alongside them with Matthew & The Atlas, Christof van der Ven, Seramic and Wovoka Gentle, AND the show is in a church. It's going to be a beautiful evening and all for a good cause - I can't wait! For now though, I'm revelling in the beauty of their brand new music video for The Star of Bethnal Green, taken from their recent Only Son of the Falling Snow EP.
The track is about somebody at Christmas watching a singer in a bar and feeling overwhelmed by the performance, feeling as if their entire life and identity is revealed to them through the song. The video was written and directed by award-winning trans director, actor and activist Jake Graf - the band met Jake and his wife after a London show and were desperate to find something to collaborate on, and this was the perfect opportunity! Playing on the story of the ghost of Christmas past, the video highlights the pandemic of violence against trans people.
Jake Graf shares that "as a trans man who grew up without any positive representations to aspire to, I know how important it is that we start seeing more trans visibility in the mainstream media. We have seen more and more allies to the community standing up and being counted but as our tiny trans community continues to be attacked and vilified we truly need all the support that we can get [...] trans murders have hit an all time high, with trans women in particular being targeted. This film combines the magic of Christmas with the powerful and hopeful story of an older trans woman being guided towards living as her authentic self. Older LGBTQ people are so often overlooked in cinema and the media that it felt like an important choice to depict such a rarely seen character."
Actor Jordan Revell talks about her involvement in the video, sharing that "I'm extremely proud to have worked with Jake Graf and Bear's Den on the video, telling a truth experienced by many trans people around the world. This story is personal to me as a transgender woman experiencing the fear of coming out, being mocked and discriminated against by the majority on a daily basis. I'm perhaps one of the lucky ones who so far has managed to avoid threats, acts of violence and hate against me, but not all of our trans brothers and sisters are so fortunate, and with this story we show our solidarity and commemorate the 331 murdered trans people this year alone [Trans Respect Versus Transphoboia (TvT) Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) research project update published 20th Nov 2019]. I hope this video inspires people to seek education and enlightenment on LGBTQ+ issues and in turn help us to work together for a more accepting and safe future for all."
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Labels: Bear's Den, music video, new music, WATCH
LISTEN: Little Brother Eli - 'Love Between Teens'
A couple of years after leaving the city, Little Brother Eli remain one of my favourite things about Oxford and it was lovely to see them a couple of months back when I dropped by to a Sofar Sounds show there. They played a new track at the show and the studio version is finally out in the world today. Love Between Teens is, if I recall correctly, a song the frontman Alex Grew wrote for his wife - adorable. With a strong bass line throughout it is a funky and catchy number which is sure to go down well in the band's annual Christmas show on 21st December at O2 Academy Oxford - event here for more info/tickets! Now, listen below...
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Labels: LISTEN, Little Brother Eli, New track
LISTEN: Eliza Shaddad - 'One Last Embrace'
Eliza Shaddad is a new name on the blog but I've been distantly aware of her music for a couple of years now (I think she may have played alongside King Charles at some point and come onto my radar that way.) With her debut album Future released last year and a couple of EPs under her belt, she's back with a new EP due early next year, and the second single is out now. One Last Embrace is one of her darkest releases yet, a sort of grungy, indie, alt-rock fusion. She describes it as being "about a burning, swirling, complete irrational, totally overwhelming vortex of desire. That moment when you know something is wrong and over, but you want it all the same."
Eliza will be heading out on a UK tour in March, check out the full dates below... tickets here.
9th March: Crofters Rights, Bristol
10th: The Cuban Embassy, Birmingham
11th: The Eagle Inn, Manchester
12th: The Hug & Pint, Glasgow
17th: The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
19th: The Scala, London
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Labels: Eliza Shaddad, LISTEN, New track
TOUR NEWS: White Tail Falls (March 2020)
Bit quiet on the blog front at the moment... working in retail over Christmas is taking its toll a little. A few posts still to come this month and I'll soon be trying to figure out my albums of the year list too! Exciting news to share today however - White Tail Falls has announced his first UK tour for next March and April. Following the release of debut single Give It Up, Son and the video (watch below) the tour will see him take in eight dates with a show at the gorgeous St Pancras Old Church in London on 26th March.
Full dates for the tour are as follows...
19th March: Head Of Steam, Newcastle
20th: The Poetry Club, Glasgow
21st: Royal Park Cellars, Leeds
26th: St Pancras Old Church, London
27th: The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
1st April: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
2nd: Night People, Manchester
3rd: The Bodega, Nottingham
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Labels: LIVE, TOUR NEWS, White Tail Falls
LISTEN: Bear's Den - 'Only Son of the Falling Snow' EP
Having kicked off the year with an early stream of the third Bear's Den studio album for a review, over two months before it was released into the wild, it seems only right to be finishing up the year with an early stream of their brand new EP. Only Son of the Falling Snow is released TODAY (listen here) and you can find out for yourselves the beauty that I've been keeping under wraps for a few weeks - I'm really excited for everybody to hear it. It's short but sweet at only three tracks, but holds a lot of seasonal goodness in those 12 minutes. Arriving several months after So That You Might Hear Me, the EP afforded the band the opportunity to work on new music between records, and to give fans an early Christmas present. Much appreciated!
As the band I've seen most this year, and with a show coming up in a London church next week, they've really had an impact on my year. The album stream I had earlier in the year genuinely helped me get through a rough time when I lost my job, and while I loved having the record to myself for a while, it's been incredible to see through gigs, social media posts and the Facebook group they've set up for fans, just how much the album and the band's music in general means to others too. They're a really special band and this EP is just the tip of the iceberg. If Bear's Den are a new name to you, there is so much for you to explore - some of my favourites are Hiding Bottles, Magdalene and Emeralds.
Discussing the new EP, the band's frontman Davie explains that "we wanted to make an EP that felt intimate, nostalgic and united by the theme of Winter. It was a chance between albums for us to work on and explore something more musically sparse and lyrically reflective, working with our longtime friend, collaborator, and producer Ian Grimble. The EP is a collection of songs united by a sense of what Winter means to us. In all its beauty, sadness, stillness and its ability to transform and bring things back to life."
Listen to the EP on Spotify here.
Labels: Bear's Den, LISTEN, new EP
WATCH: 31hours - 'YoYo'
This is exciting - Oxford's 31hours have shared their first new music (as far as I can tell from a trawl of Spotify, Bandcamp etc...) since their 2017 debut album Tell Me What You See. I helped out with promoting the album launch through Tigmus at the time and I'm excited to see that they're back with new music and to see what else they've got up their sleeves. With some clear local influences from fellow Oxford acts Radiohead and Foals the new track is a lovely little psychedelic indie tune with a cracking video to go with it. Listen/buy on the 31hours Bandcamp here.
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Labels: 31hours, New video, WATCH
ALBUM NEWS: Brooke Bentham: 'Perform For You'
Brooke Bentham has recently announced the release of her debut album Everyday Nothing on 28th February. At just 23, the album comes from a position of youth, in which hopes and dreams collide with frustration and confusion, resulting in a vulnerable and relatable record. Brooke explains that the record is "in part an ode to the little moments in life, the frustration of being young and unaware of what you want, but getting older and realising you still don't know. It's an album I searched for myself in, filled with questions I asked myself."
The announcement of the record comes alongside the brand new track Perform For You, which focuses on the power dynamics in toxic relationships, and is inspired by novels Brooke was reading at the time. Talking about the track, she explains that it is "probably my favourite, because it reminds me of lots of the music I love. Once we'd recorded that, I knew we were making an album. Musically it was exactly where I wanted to be."
Brooke Bentham is currently on a support tour with Sam Fender across the UK, with a free London headline coming up on 9th December at The Islington. She's playing a string of headline shows after the album release, dates below and tickets are here.
14th March: Whelan's, Dublin
16th: Yes, Manchester
18th: Crofters Rights, Bristol
19th: Omeara, London
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Labels: ALBUM NEWS, Brooke Bentham, LISTEN, New track
WATCH: Leif Vollebekk - 'Blood Brother'
A few weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Leif Vollebekk opening up for fellow Canadians Half Moon Run in Brixton. Having listened to his new album New Ways before the show, he was as talented and mesmerising on stage as I'd expected, and I really enjoyed his set. One of my favourite tracks from the album is Blood Brother and I'm excited to see that there is now a music video for the track! The cinematic new video sees Leif hand-cuffed to a seat on a vacant open-top bus as it drives through recognisable parts of central London. Having danced his way to freedom, Leif gets off of the bus, passing his burden to another passenger.
The video's director Joe Connor (Mumford & Sons, Coldplay) elaborates on the concept behind it: "Leif is an artist whose music takes me to a dreamlike space. I wanted to create a video that found Leif in the middle of a story, where he has come from and where he is going is unknown but the beauty in this video is that here we find an artist, handcuffed and adrift in a city in the early hours of the morning. This beautiful video presents London in the most spectacular way and sets Leif as a quiet voice amongst the rolling city."
He's just announced a European headline tour for April 2020, with a second London show after the first sold out in a couple of days. UK listings below - tickets here.
27th April: Bush Hall, London
28th: Bush Hall, London
29th: Exchange, Bristol
30th: Soup Kitchen, Manchester
1st May: Poetry Club, Glasgow
2nd: Soundhouse, Dublin
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Labels: Leif Vollebekk, music video, New track, New video, WATCH
WATCH: Gengahr - 'Heavenly Maybe'
Fresh from supporting Bombay Bicycle Club on tour recently, London four-piece Gengahr have shared the second track from their upcoming third album, Sanctuary. Premiered as Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World on BBC Radio 1 a few nights ago, Heavenly Maybe delivers another slice of Gengahr magic and I can't get enough of it. An irresistibly danceable tune (do you hear that bass line?!) at heart, frontman Felix Bushe's trademark falsetto takes the spotlight and sounds as glorious as ever. Watch our for Sanctuary, it's due for release on January 31st.
If you like what you're hearing, you can catch Gengahr across the UK and further afield next year across February and March - UK dates below and tickets/album pre-order here.
13th Feb: Band on the Wall, Manchester
14th: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
16th: King Tuts, Glasgow
17th: The Sound House, Dublin
19th: Fleece, Bristol
20th: Patterns, Brighton
21st: EartH, London
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Labels: Gengahr, New track, WATCH
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Bangkok seduces hundreds of students every year, willing to get a professional experience in Asia through an internship. BangkokVibes had the opportunity to interview two of them: Julija from Germany and Khalid from France. They accepted to share with us their own experience in this Land of Smiles.
Can you introduce yourself and tell us some words about you and your academic background?
My name is Julija Soknic, I am 23 years old and I am from Germany, Bremen. Currently I am studying International Global Management, which is focused on emerging economies. That is why I chose Thailand as my destination for my year abroad. One part consisted of one semester at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and the other part of a 6 month long internship.
My name is Khalid and I am 26 years old. I am a Business, Marketing and Management student. Within the last years, I studied one year in Australia, one year in Scotland and additionally, I made a 6-months internship in Thailand. I obtained a diploma in Marketing Technics, a bachelor in Public Law, another one in Business, and recently I obtained a Master in Management, Engineering and Sports Event.
Why did you choose Bangkok to make your internship? Was it a choice or a totally by chance?
Since my study is focused on emerging economies and I've always been interested in the Asian culture I chose Bangkok as my favorite destination and fortunately it worked out.
Definitely by chance! I just wanted to leave France for a while and get a professional experience abroad, anywhere in the world. I've already been in Thailand before, but only for holidays. I really wanted to discover more Thai lifestyle, so when the opportunity has emerged, I just said to myself: « Why not? ».
How was your internship? What were your missions?
All in all my internship was pretty good. The company consists of several sub-companies and I was responsible for TeamBuildingBKK. My main mission was to organize customized team-building events and corporate events for companies in Thailand. Among other tasks I was responsible for the customer relations, network extensions and of course the organizational part.
My internship was a great experience, it was really interesting humanly speaking, and being a team manager was rewarding. It was so different compare to an internship in France. I was working for the company « Amazing Adventure Bangkok » creating events for tourists and expats willing to visit Bangkok through cultural, gastronomic and sport challenges.
I was looking online for an internship position, and there I found the position that they were looking for a new intern. I applied online via E-Mail and a couple days later I got an invitation for a personal interview, because I was already in Bangkok, otherwise it would have been a Skype interview.
What about the cost of living in Bangkok?
Since I am usually from Germany, the costs in Bangkok compared to European prices are cheap. But it really depends on in which area you want to live in, how big your apartment should be etc. If you want to, you can get "European standard" but the prices will be much higher than regular "Thai standard" apartments.
Life in Bangkok is especially cheap, but it's actually a trap for us, Europeans, since we consequently spend a lot without being careful. So the advice I could share with you can give is to watch your expenses in order to avoid bad surprises at the end of the month. Besides it's really a place where life is pleasant and everything easy to do.
How did you get your VISA?
Before I did my internship 2017 in Bangkok, I was studying at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok for one semester. That's why I needed a VISA for one year. I chose an "ED Multiple Entry VISA" which you can obtain in Germany, Hamburg for 150€. After that you only need to leave Thailand every 90 days to cross borders and after that you'll get every time a new three month long VISA.
I live far away from Paris so I contacted an agency to do it for me, since it would have been more expensive for me to make the journey twice to get to the Thai Embassy in France.
Were you helped financially? Was it a paid internship?
The internship wasn't paid which is pretty common in Bangkok. I got financial support from my home university in Germany and from the government. German citizens also have the opportunity to get a "student credit" from a Bank with a low interest rate to finance their year abroad in case of an unpaid internship.
It was an unpaid internship. I only had a scholarship but it was not enough. I saved a lot of money before starting my internship, in order to feel financially at ease.
What did you prefer in Bangkok, and in Thailand generally?
One thing I really enjoyed in Bangkok was that you were able to do anything 24/7. Every day is a new day to explore and do something new in Bangkok. One further is, that the shopping experience is amazing! You'll get a lot of cultural traditions but you'll get also a very futuristic view of Bangkok at the same time.
Bangkok is at least 2 hours away from the beach, that's why I enjoyed in general in Thailand the beaches the most. I've never seen buch beautiful island and beaches before in my life and they're basically just breathtaking. And if you're a travel-lover you'll get a lot of cheap opportunities to explore the countries nearby like Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and many more.
Visiting islands, travelling in Asia, were fantastic and cheap opportunities.
Did you experiment a cultural shock?
I would say I didn't have a real culture shock when I arrived because I read a lot about Thailand and especially Bangkok before I went there. The only thing that kind of "shocked" me was the obvious difference between rich and poor in Bangkok. One the one side you'll see a huge, futuristic and really cool malls with a lot of international shops and restaurants and some buildings with over 40 floors and rooftop bars. Then you'll walk past it and there are so many poor people and scrapped houses. Those are one of many moments you'll have in Bangkok where you can see and feel the huge gap in living standards which kind of gives you a culture shock.
No, not really. I adapted myself quickly to Thai culture. The hardest part was the heat, it remained hard to handle with it. Thailand is such a respectful country, you learn a lot from Thai people.
What will you definitely not regret?
The first thing that pop ups in my head is the traffic jam in Bangkok. I've never seen anything like it before. Crazy scooter drivers are driving in such a high speed past the cars stuck in traffic jam with sometimes four people on the scooter. But thanks to the public transportations like the BTS and MRT you're not forced to risk your life :D.
I personally didn't really enjoy the typical "touristy" places in Bangkok or in general Thailand. They're just really crowded by tourists and I have the feeling those places lost their traditional and cultural touch.
I can't see a lot of things, maybe just the fact that people hardly speak English, so it's hard to communicate with them. There's actually a lot of things I will miss, such as my trips around Asia, the persons I've met, but also the delicious Chicken Kapao !!!
What did you learn from this experience? And in one single world, how would you describe it?
My year abroad in Thailand taught me so much. It taught me how thankful everyone should be, it showed me a whole new world and it reminded me to travel the world as long as I can in order to get to know other and new traditions as well as all the new cultural aspects. And the best thing about being abroad is to meet people from all around the world.
My experience in one word would be "curiosity".
I feel more open minded, organized, and ready to handle with any situation, even the hardest.
My experience in one word would be "unpredictable".
Which advice would you give to a future intern in Bangkok?
My main piece of advice would be to be open-minded, respectful and to enjoy every minute. Try to learn in your internship as much as you can, try to meet lots of different people and hear their life stories. Explore all the beautiful beaches, islands, cities and and traditions with people you've never seen before to get memories you'll never forget.
Enjoy Asia as much as possible, respect Thai people and their culture, learn a little bit of Thai during your stay, be careful with what you eat and drink, try Muai Thai and Oreo Banana milk shake, trust the good persons, be open minded, keep smiling and motivated.
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Broken bones may have a lot of causes, ranging from a hard one-time impact, lots of smaller impacts causing a stress fracture (such as what runners can experience), or a rolling or twisting motion that applies more pressure than the bone can take. A weakening of the bones, such as from osteoporosis, can also lead to fractures.
A broken or fractured bone is considered a medical emergency and needs medical attention as soon as possible, so if you think you may have broken a bone, head to Venice Urgent Care right away.
Some people report being able to hear the break happening.
Some broken bones will stick out at angles they shouldn't, making it perfectly obvious they're broken.
If the broken bone is protruding through the skin, this is known as an open or compound fracture.
If you can't, say, wiggle your fingers or toes, or if doing so is difficult or painful, you may have a break above that point.
Breaks are painful, especially under pressure. If you're experiencing a lot of intense pain, especially when the injured area is moved or put under pressure, you may have a fracture or break.
Sometimes an area that has suffered a broken bone will go numb or develop a tingling sensation.
Swelling or bruising around the injury can also indicate a break.
So which bones are the most common to break? Here are the five most common types of breaks.
Fully half of broken bones in adults occur in the arms, often when reaching out to stop a fall.
The clavicle, or collarbone, is another commonly broken bone. Because it's long and thin, it can break easily, usually in the middle.
The wrist is another common place to break a bone, especially on the side closest to your thumb. As with broken arms, this often happens when people reach out to catch themselves when falling.
The ankle is another common area to break bones, usually by rolling or twisting the ankle.
You can break your toe or foot by tripping, dropping something on it, or even by repetitive stress such as occurs with jogging.
A fractured bone requires prompt medical attention, as ignoring it can have serious consequences. For instance, a broken toe or a broken foot can cause lifelong chronic pain and arthritis if it doesn't heal properly.
If you think you may have a broken bone, it's important not to wait. Visit Venice Urgent Care and we'll diagnose the issue and, if it is a break or fracture, we can get it set properly right away so it heals correctly.


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Ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as visiting fellow at Harvard University
By Tim Balk
Aug 24, 2022 at 5:00 pm
Bill de Blasio is heading back to Boston.
The Red Sox-loving, Massachusetts-raised 109th mayor of New York will return to the Cambridge environs of his youth in the fall to serve as a visiting fellow at Harvard University, the school said Wednesday.
The role will involve the two-term mayor making several visits to campus for seminars and events at Harvard's Institute of Politics, according to the school.
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (Luiz C. Ribeiro/for New York Daily News)
De Blasio, a 61-year-old Democrat who left City Hall at the end of 2021, spent much of this summer campaigning to represent New York's 10th Congressional District, which covers his home Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope.
But he dropped out of the race last month, bowing to poor poll numbers, and has since been plotting his next move. (He declined to disclose his choice in the House race as he entered the Park Slope Armory polling site during early voting; Dan Goldman won the race.)
As he exited the race in July, de Blasio said, "Public service is what I want to do, and that can take all sorts of forms: nonprofits and any number of good causes."
"I'm going to see what makes sense," he told the Daily News then. "I just know it won't be electoral politics."
At least for now, it seems a spell in academia made sense to de Blasio.
"I am happy to join the [Institute of Politics] to help inspire our nation's next generation of leaders to find ways to serve in politics and public service, and to build a government that serves working people," he said in a statement.
The interim director of the Institute of Politics, Setti Warren, expressed delight at bringing the former mayor to Harvard's campus.
Warren, the former mayor of Newton, Mass., said in a statement that de Blasio's experience with local government and national political campaigns will "provide invaluable insight" to Harvard students.
"We are excited to welcome Mayor de Blasio to campus as we look for pathways forward on the challenges facing our democracy," Warren said in the statement.


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The Empress's Favourite () is a 1936 German historical comedy film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Olga Chekhova, Anton Pointner and Heinz von Cleve. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Emil Hasler and Arthur Schwarz. The film is set in Russia during the reign of Empress Elizabeth.

Main cast
 Olga Chekhova as Elisabeth Kaiserin von Russland
 Anton Pointner as Fürst Ivan Potozky
 Heinz von Cleve as Prinz von Gottorp Vetter der Zarin
 Carl Esmond as Fähnrich Alexander Tomsky
 Walter Steinbeck as Graf Kurganoff
 Trude Marlen as Irina, seine Tochter, Hofdame
 Ilse Trautschold as Sophie ihr Kammermädchen
 Peter Erkelenz as Oberst Runitsch
 Erik Ode as Fähnrich Alexander Platow
 Adele Sandrock as Fürstin Dolgorucky
 Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Baron Axhausen
 Ada Tschechowa as Hofdame Romoff
 Edith Meinhard as Hofdame Wolkow
 Willy Kaiser-Heyl as Zeremonienmeister
 Wolf Harro as Fähnrich Alexander Schuwaloff
 Kurt Hinz as Fähnrich Alexander Repnin
 Carl Walther Meyer as Fähnrich Alexander Bonin

References

Bibliography

 Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1936. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

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1936 films
1930s historical comedy films
Films of Nazi Germany
German historical comedy films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Werner Hochbaum
Films set in Russia
Films set in the 18th century
German black-and-white films
1936 comedy films
1930s German films
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Hello Everyone, well the time is finally here for our Grand Opening!!!FRIDAY MAY13th for ONE DAY ONLY!!!Come take advantage of the BEST DEALS EVER-from special pricing on GUNS (here's a sneek peek) A-bolt Stnls Stalker-.325wsm Reg $999.95 SALE PRICED $799.95 no gst!!or how about a Mod 770-Camo Stnls w/scope Reg $650.00 SALE PRICED $449.95 no gst!!or how about for the HAND GUN shooter a CZ 97B-.45auto Reg $874.95 SALE PRICED $689.95 no gst!! plus OVER 50 MORE specially priced firearms for ONE DAY ONLY!! Huge in store selection!! There also will be special pricing on OPTICS--CLOTHING--FISHING GEAR--Thinking of a new FLY ROD? this is the time--LOWEST PRICE for the season--Exellent selection of REELS for either the spin caster or flyfisher in your life!! Just in time before the long weekend to come and get stocked up. Have questions?? there will be product rep's in store to answer them!! Many free draws and lots of SPECIALLY PRICED items throughout the store!! Keep a eye out for other advertised deals in the Red Deer Advocate-Edmonton Sun & Calgary Sun!! If you have not had a chance to come and check out the NEW STORE this is the day--Bay5/6-7667-50th Avenue inside Centre 76 (just 1/2 block north of old store) Hope to see ya there!!