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SLCR #289: Crash Test Dummies & the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (August 7, 2017)
I feel like I've told my history with the Crash Test Dummies a million times. But it's been seven years since I've seen them – really, seven years since they've played together – so the super short version is I was a big fan back in the day and somehow wound up running their website for a few years. They're good people. We're still friends to this day, if you're really generous with how you define "friends." I mean, most of them would remember who I am. Maybe.
The last time I saw them in concert was two shows in 2010. In Regina, the vocalists – Brad Roberts and Ellen Reid – were joined by guitarist Murray Pulver. The next night in Winnipeg, they were joined by bassist Dan Roberts (Brad's brother) and drummer Mitch Dorge, playing together for the first time in years. Since then, I know Brad and Ellen have each done a few solo shows – and maybe a few gigs together? I'm not sure. Point being, they don't play together a lot anymore. So I was pretty surprised when Ellen let me know about the reunion gig – with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, no less.
This show was part of the Jeux de Canada Games – I need to use the full bilingual title if I want to keep getting my federal grant for writing these things. There were 11 nights of free concerts, one for each province (the territories had to share a night), each with the kind of lineup you might see at our local Folk Festival. The Canada Games were in Saskatoon when I was 14 or so, and while I wasn't a concert-goer back then, I certainly don't remember anything like this. For a brief moment, I was sad I didn't live in Winnipeg. That feeling soon passed – Winnipeg might be my least-favourite city – but I enjoyed it for its novelty.
For those wondering, the Saskatchewan night was hosted by speed skater Catriona LeMay Doan and headlined by Buffy Sainte-Marie and – of course – The Sheepdogs. Always the Sheepdogs.
On the morning of the show, I got up like I was going to work – 5:20 am because I hate myself – and was on the road by 7:00. It's a six-hour drive to Winnipeg and it flew buy surprisingly quickly. I credit the podcast Reply All. Once in town, I found my way to Kristin's apartment and we spent an hour trying to convince her cat Beatrix to pay attention to me. This was pleasant if largely unsuccessful. Eventually, we gave up on this futile endeavour and went to check into my hotel. The hotel was close to the concert, had ample parking, was clean enough, and the people were nice. A success by my low standards.
At this point, it was around 4:30 and we were a short walk to the festival grounds. And as fate would have it, there was a Zapdos raid on the way. Now, if you aren't a Pokémon GO player, then you don't need to know about the phenomena of raid battles and legendary Pokémon. This puts you in the same boat as Kristin. I, meanwhile, was thrilled to get in on a Zapdos raid so quickly after its launch and even more thrilled to catch the thing on my first try, all while trying to explain to Kristin what was going on and why dozens of Pokémon players had suddenly converged on one spot.
Once in the park, we took a walk to orient ourselves, by which I mean I quickly lead us out of the park on the (successful) hunt for a second Zapdos. Finally, we found a patch of grass in the shade near the Indigenous arts market and settled in to listen to William Prince and Sierra Noble. I've seen Prince before and I really enjoy his songs. This was no exception, though I did wonder why it was billed as William Prince and Sierra Noble when it was really William Prince with a fiddle player and occasional back-up singer. At any rate, this was nice. Then the Royal Winnipeg Ballet came out and did some Irish step dancing. The men were wearing these velour bodysuits that made them look naked and also probably cooked them alive. Does velour retain odours?
When the Ballet was done, we wandered off in search of food. There were a wide range of food trucks by one end of the park, and we settled on the grilled cheese truck. As we waited for our food, we ran into some of Kristin's friends, one of whom gave me one of the better high-fives I've had in some time. My grilled cheese had ham and pineapple; Kristin's had spinach and red peppers. Most of you would prefer hers and most of you are wrong.
We found a spot on the hill to sit – this was trickier than you might think because it was really starting to get crowded – where we could eat our dinner and listen to the New Meanies. I'd never heard them before but certainly knew of the name – it seemed like they were playing in Saskatoon all the time when I was in university. "The New Meanies are still a thing?!" Mika said, when I told her who was playing. To be honest, I don't know if they are or aren't, and probably lots of people said "Crash Test Dummies are still a thing?!" too. Anyway, as far as the New Meanies went, I dug the music. The vocals, though… the lead singer was fine but whenever there was an attempt at harmonies, they were pretty bad. I thought they got better a few songs in but Kristin pointed out that they just weren't trying harmonies for those songs.
As the hill filled up, it got to a point where it was hard for me to shift to a new position without nearly kicking someone, so we got up and wandered around. The park was full of people, so we threw some elbows to get through the crowd and I bought myself a bottled water and a Diet Coke from the food truck with the shortest line. At the very back of the park, we found some picnic tables and sat at one – and after lots of time on the ground, the picnic table made for some good sitting. We enjoyed it until a wasp showed up, trying to eat some crumbs on the table. I brushed the crumbs onto the ground but the wasp came back looking for it, and then brought reinforcements. It was actually pretty funny – it was like you could hear the first one saying "Seriously, it was right here, help me look for it." But they're also stinging angry shitheads, so we wandered back to the stage.
Royal Canoe was playing and I really only have two things to say about Royal Canoe: we mostly didn't listen to Royal Canoe, and from what I did hear, Royal Canoe might not be my thing. So it goes.
We were getting close to the Crash Test Dummies and it was time to find ourselves a good spot. The standing area in front of the stage was packed for Royal Canoe, and we had high hopes that people would leave in between sets and we could move up. And… this worked? Royal Canoe finished up, and people headed out for drinks and whatnot before the Dummies started. We inched our way to the front, swimming upstream, and wound up only two or three rows of people back, stage left. A great spot.
And then the emcee told us that lightning had been spotted on the radar, and that if it came closer, we should evacuate calmly.
This was pretty much my worst-case scenario. Everything gets called off, but late enough that I'm out all the expenses. And in Winnipeg. But until that happened, they were going to push forward. There's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about, I guess. The stagehands worked at setting up the stage for the Dummies and the orchestra, while we were entertained by a DJ with a wonderful prairie name, DJ Co-op. He kind of looked like Mark Cuban, if Cuban made every decision in his life differently. At one point, he played a Weakerthans song that he mixed with pow wow music and a dubstep beat. It was a thing.
Finally, the Dummies and the orchestra took the stage. No lightning. Never even a hint of it. They launched into God Shuffled His Feet and began what was mostly a greatest hits set (with three songs from their newest album, which is itself now seven years old).
The last time I saw them, about half the show was Brad, Ellen, and Murray, and half also included Dan and Mitch. This time, the whole band played on everything, and the symphony played on about half the songs. The arrangements were nice but not drastic changes – it felt very much the band playing with the orchestra as accompaniment, as opposed to when I've seen Ben Folds with the Edmonton Symphony, where everything is reworked with the orchestra in mind.
I took note of the setlist. If you're not Canadian, you'll only know one of these. If you are Canadian, and of a certain age, you might recognize around half:
God Shuffled His Feet
The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Swimming in Your Ocean
Put a Face
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
In the Days of the Caveman
Keep a Lid on Things
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Superman's Song
Encore: Afternoons & Coffeespoons
Not the longest set, but I knew that going in – it was a festival show with start and end times pre-defined. But it was fantastic – the band looked and sounded as good as ever, and they all seemed to be having a great time. Brad, in particular, seemed more genuinely appreciative for the warm reception than I'd seen before.
And they should have been having fun. I mean, I get that this is a weird band for someone to be into, especially in 2017. They're a one-hit wonder in the US. Even in Canada, they haven't had a hit song since 1999. But for one more night, they were hometown heroes, playing to a packed crowd of thousands who were excited to be there and sang along with all the hits. I've seen the band four times before, but never with an atmosphere like this. I thought this would be a fun concert but it wound up challenging July Talk for my fake-yet-coveted Show Of The Year award.
The band wrapped up, and we hung around the front of the stage for a bit while the crowd thinned out. This process was helped along by fireworks starting the second the concert ended – and they were strategically placed so that you couldn't really see them with the stage in the way. A unique and clever way to get people to clear out in a hurry. As we waited, Murray Pulver came out to talk to some folks and gave me a big hug when he saw me. We chatted for a little bit and he said I should stick around to talk to everyone else, but I didn't figure they'd be coming out. And they didn't, at least not before the security guards started clearing the area of us weirdos who weren't immediately drawn to the fireworks.
With that, we walked back to the car, past groups of people having the most fascinating conversations. There were inside jokes, dating stories, lyric analysis, all kinds of things. I dropped Kristin off at her place, and became very thankful for the GPS on the drive back to the hotel. I don't have a good internal compass at the best of times, but without that GPS, I think I'd still be lost in Winnipeg. Or maybe somewhere in Ontario by now. Everything the GPS told me to do was against my instincts and it took me right back to the hotel.
You never know what the future will bring. There's always a market for nostalgia, but everyone in the band has moved on to post-Dummies activities and I imagine it would be difficult to coordinate future gigs. This show only happened as part of a special event in their hometown. They may never do another show, or they might go on a 25th (ugh, christ) anniversary tour of God Shuffled His Feet next year. Who knows? But if they never play together again, this was an almost perfect way to go out.
I say "almost perfect" because during Afternoons & Coffeespoons, my favourite Dummies song, they got to the part where the harmonica solo should be, and it just wasn't there. I knew it wouldn't be a full reunion without Benjamin Darvill, but in that moment, he was especially missed. I don't know if he chose not to come to this, or if he was ever even asked. Either way, I can't see him ever playing with them again. I know he's off doing his own thing, and it's very different and I really dig it, but still. You know?
• Beck w/McRorie (August 20)
• BA Johnston (September 15)
• Headstones w/SNAKEandtheCHAIN (November 17)
Tags:concerts, crash test dummies, jeux de canada games, new meanies, royal canoe, royal winnipeg ballet, sierra noble, slcr, william prince, winnipeg, winnipeg symphony orchestra
SLCR #269: Winterruption 2017 (January 19-21, 2017)
Hola, amigos. How's it hangin'? I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya. Before this, my last concert was Bif Naked, on the night of the US election. From there, I took a break until January 19, aka the day before Inauguration Day. This was coincidental though I don't blame anyone for thinking I had sworn off my music-loving ways and runnoft to live in a cabin in the woods with a shotgun and some water purification tablets.
I mean, last time out I said "I will hope against all logic and reason that the next four years are mostly okay and not the racist, misogynist, transphobic, anti-immigrant pants-shittingly reckless dumpster fire that this campaign and Trump's entire life would lead one to expect." To which I now say hahahahahahahaha naive idiot, you had hope, you're dumb. Hope is dumb.
But whatever. When last we talked – and for all of last year, really – I talked about trying to see 40 concerts in my 40th year. That year is over and my final concert tally for the year is… 39. So it goes. I had lots of opportunities to get to 40 – and probably 52 without much more effort – but by the end of the year, I was finding myself kinda broke and all concerted out. So I'm 39 and holding, I guess. I'll take that. The break was appreciated, but I am back with an all-new slate of upcoming shows and we'll keep this thing going for the foreseeable future.
To make up for my two-month absence, I am combining an entire weekend worth of shows (by which I mean "two") into one review. Why? To give you the supersize concert review experience that you've been missing, and because there are only so many times and ways I can pad out "they were good."
Winterruption is a new annual concert series put on by the Regina Folk Festival and the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. This is only its second year; you may recall that last year Mika and I saw Whitehorse with Andy Shauf and Emily Wells opening in what was a fantastic show at Darke Hall. It was a little bigger event this year, which unfortunately led to us having to make the hard choices, but it would have been even harder were we in Saskatoon. For the most part, the Regina and Saskatoon Winterruptions share acts, but Saskatoon is a bigger city and has more venues so Regina missed out on concerts by TUNS and Holy Fuck, as well as the Canadaland podcast taping, among other events. But even with the lesser lineup, Regina had three nights of shows spanning multiple venues. And you surely want to know everything we saw and what I thought of it all, right? You're not just bored at work, skimming this because it looks enough like email to fool anyone who's checking out your screen, right?
THURSDAY: Elliott BROOD with IsKwé and Begonia
The first hard choice I made was to not go to anything on the Thursday night. We saw Elliott Brood last year (and like last year, you only get all-caps once), and while they were good, I'm trying to cut back on my concert expenses a bit. Plus I never know how much I'll feel like leaving the house in the middle of January. But I did really like them last time out, so I decided to leave it to the whims of fate; namely, I entered a few Facebook and Twitter like/share/retweet contests for tickets. And fate (and Prairie Dog magazine) really wanted me to see this show, I guess. Mika had schoolwork to do and/or recover from and wasn't up to going, so I checked with a few of my usuals, but everyone else had plans (such as "not being interested") so I wound up going alone. Not the first time, won't be the last. The Exchange is a good place for weird loners. I bought myself a Diet Pepsi and found a table near the back with an excellent view.
The opener was IsKwé, who we saw at last year's folk festival. From Winnipeg and of Cree/Dene descent, IsKwé and her band played hip-hop-influenced pop touching on a number of indiginious issues. The smaller, more intimate setting was a much better fit than the outdoor folk festival stage, and the videos projected on screen behind them added weight to their message.
By comparison, the next act joked about how IsKwé was singing about powerful issues while she was singing about a hot dog stand. This was Begonia, the solo project of Alexa Dirks from Chic Gamine. This was much more straightforward pop and I thought it was fine, though nothing really stood out to me (though I thought the hot dog stand song was delightful). More than anything, I thought Dirks seemed like a really likeable person, and not just because she made the first Experience Regina reference of the new SLCR year.
Finally, we got to Elliott Brood. They started things off a lot slower-paced than last year, opening with some quieter songs. They repeatedly brought up the political situation in the US and it seemed like everything really had taken the wind out of their sails a bit. Can't blame them. That said, I also think they recognized this and played Oh Alberta pretty early on, as that always gets things going. I'm still not super familiar with too many of their songs, so I couldn't tell you a ton of what they played, though I do know they played a song from their upcoming new album and… it didn't go well. They tried, bless 'em, but they weren't on the same page and joked about it for the rest of the night, which more than made up for the song itself. Plus they led everyone in singing happy birthday to IsKwé, and the dancing little kid Elliott Brood superfan was back from last year. All in all, it was a fun show, if a half-step off from the year before.
The show didn't seem like it sold out – there was tons of open space for IsKwé, and though it did fill up as the night went on, it also seemed like lots of people were leaving early. Still a work night, I guess.
FRIDAY: Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids podcast taping
This was another one of the hard choices, as the Grownups recording at the Artesian was up against the Said The Whale / Northcote / The Garrys triple bill at the Exchange. And I really enjoy me some Northcote and at least one Said The Whale song, but Grownups is one of our favourite podcasts and we couldn't pass it up.
I'd describe Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids except I just did. It started as a CBC summer replacement series a few years ago, and I didn't think I'd enjoy it; I was expecting cringe humour which is not my favourite. But it's not that at all – aside from the fact that not all of the readers bring funny pieces to the show, the audience is very supportive and everyone's sharing the experience of looking back in time at who you once were.
To that end, a few weeks after we bought our tickets, they were still looking for readers, and I had been graced with a box of stuff from my mom's basement when she moved, so I bit the bullet and signed up to read. I went through my pile of stuff and settled on a choose-your-own-adventure space epic entitled Misson [sic]: Ring Rescue. The backstory is that a girl in my Grade 6 class wrote a long story and got a lot of praise from the teacher. I like praise too, so I decided I'd write a long story as well, but I also liked not putting any effort into things, so I used the choose-your-own-adventure format to camouflage the lack of actual content. This fooled nobody. To put it in perspective, I wrote an eight-page story, but when I typed it up for ease of reading on stage, it fit onto one sheet of paper with room for me to add comments and to enlarge the font.
I won't give a detailed review of the whole show. Comedy is best if it's not wrecked for you, after all. But I will say that I was pleased with how my reading went but I don't know if I'll make it onto the podcast. This was my third time seeing a Grownups live show and it was easily the best of the bunch. Seventeen readers and not a dud among them. Paring down those 90-ish minutes to a 30-minute podcast will mean a lot of good stuff hits the floor.
Luckily for you, you can watch all of it: https://youtu.be/Y5oI-d1rCMs
I start at 37:21 but the whole thing is worth it. Bear in mind that I haven't actually watched the video and I likely never will (my own human voice, how horrific), so I hope you enjoy and I hope I didn't suck.
SATURDAY: Danny Michel with Mohsin Zaman and William Prince
This was either the Danny Michel show or the William Prince show, depending on if you were talking to me or Mika. I've been a fan of Michel for a long time now, whereas we saw Prince for the first time last fall when he won Aboriginal Artist of the Year at BreakOutWest, and she knew some of his songs from CBC Radio.
All of which leaves out poor Mohsin Zaman, but hey, he was new to both of us. Zaman is of Pakistani heritage but comes from Dubai by way of the only slightly less exotic Edmonton. He shared his life story while talking about giving up a banking career for a much riskier life as a musician. The choice is starting to pay off, as he was named the 2016 Male Artist of the Year in the Edmonton Music Awards. The set was just Zaman and his guitar, playing mostly his original tunes, though there were two covers thrown into the mix as well – Springsteen's I'm On Fire (which is kind of actually a really creepy song if you think about it) and, yes, Aaron's favourite cover song ever, Cohen's Hallelujah. Both of the covers were different enough from the original versions to be interesting and Zaman is an excellent guitarist, but all in all, this was reminiscent of Begonia, where I left thinking Zaman seemed like a good guy more than being really into the music.
Like with Grownups, the Artesian was again sold out for this show, and between sets, they asked to find seats for a few people who didn't have them yet. Which is fine, I get that. If it's a seated show and you bought a ticket, you deserve a seat. (On a related note, ask me sometime why I will never buy a ticket for a show at the Artful Dodger again, and indeed, why you couldn't pay me to go there! It'll be fun, I'll swear a lot.) That said, they were asking people who were already seated to scrunch in together to make room, and… no? You don't inconvenience the people who bother to show up on time to accommodate the latecomers. But maybe I'm just irritated because we watched the artistic director of the folk festival ask some people to move over, and it's like, I'm a big guy. I sit on an aisle seat for a reason. And I bet this dude did too. And then after he did shove down, the lady who showed up late sulked and sighed because she wasn't sitting with her husband. You want to sit with your husband? Show up on time for the sold-out show.
Now, if you want complaints (and who doesn't, they're super fun to read and also completely relevant to everyone and never tiresome at all), William Prince was a dude who had some complaints. He was not having a great day when we saw him, having spent the week touring Saskatchewan schools and consequently being infected with a cold from our germy, germy children. He apologized for this repeatedly; Mika said it was obvious he had a cold, but to be honest, I don't know if I'd have ever caught on if he hadn't said anything. He was also struggling for a while with getting the sound he wanted through his monitor, which wasn't helping his mood any. Despite all this, I thought his set was really good. Again, this was just him and a guitar (at one point, he made mention of a part where he'd play harmonica if only he'd remembered to put it around his neck before the song began), playing all originals. In particular, I've had the song Breathless stuck in my head for two weeks plus. Highly recommended if you like roots/folk singer/songwriter stuff. Would see again, and we'll likely get the chance – he wink-wink hinted that he'll be back in town for the folk festival this summer.
Last up was Danny Michel, who was promoting his new album Khlebnikov (recorded on a Russian icebreaker with an astronaut), which came out the day before. For what was essentially an album-release party, you'd expect a bunch of new songs, but no, he only played the title track. Beyond that, it was a lot like the last time we saw him, only we had seats and most of the people in attendance were less obnoxious. He played the one token old song (Whale of a Tale) and lots of stuff from more recent albums (Feather Fur & Fin, What Colour Are You, Click Click, Who's Gonna Miss You When You're Gone). He told a few stories I'd heard before (regarding Wish Willy and Samantha in the Sky with Diamonds) and even played an Elvis cover I'd heard him do before. That said, it might have been the familiarity with the material that boosted his confidence; it was one of the better Michel shows I'd seen and he was a lot more charismatic on stage than I'd seen before. He usually seems a little reserved but not on this night.
I said that most fans were less obnoxious but I am not counting the dude standing right next to me who let out a monster belch so loud that it brought the show to a halt right before the encore. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm a little impressed, but c'mon. Or maybe we should own it? Make that part of our new tourism campaign, perhaps. William Prince and Danny Michel got to experience Regina and one got infected and the other got burped at. Who knows what delights will await you?
Big Wreck w/Ascot Royals (February 9)
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt (March 1)
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings (March 8)
The Tea Party (March 18)
Bill & Joel Plaskett w/Mayhemingways (March 23)
Lisa LeBlanc (March 30)
I Love The 90s feat. Salt N Pepa, Vanilla Ice, Color Me Badd, Young MC, and Rob Base (April 1)
The Last Waltz Remembered feat. Corb Lund, Matt Andersen, Amy Helm, & the Russell Broom House Band (April 5)
Martha Wainwright (April 20)
BA Johnston w/Napalmpom (April 28)
Guns N' Roses (August 27)
Tags:artesian on 13th, begonia, concerts, danny michel, elliott brood, iskwé, mohsin zaman, regina, regina folk festival, slcr, the exchange, william prince
SLCR #264: BreakOut West (October 13-15, 2016)
BreakOut West is a celebration of Western Canadian music, complete with an awards show, live concerts all over town, and various music industry-type events for musicians and labels and whatnot.
If you haven't heard of it, that's not too surprising. They've been doing this since 2003, but there was really no hype for this at all here this year. Even my local music-loving friends didn't know much about what was going on. Mika said she only read about this on the CBC, and then, only after the events had taken place. It's a real shame. It wasn't what I'd call a star-studded lineup if you're looking for national or international names, but there was tons of great local talent. And with a $20 wristband getting you into over 10 venues across the city, it was a ridiculous value. "You didn't even have to make much use of it to get your money's worth," he said, foreshadowingly.
THURSDAY: The Junos and Prairie Music Week and all that good stuff have come to town before, and I've always skipped the awards shows. They cost extra, and even if you like a performer on the show, you're only getting one song. Not really worth it. But you know how sometimes on Facebook, you'll see a thing that says "like and share this status to win"? Sometimes that actually works. And that's the story of how I won free tickets to the Western Canadian Music Awards.
I stayed late at work on Thursday, walking over to the casino to meet Mika shortly before the show was to start. We ran into Brian in the lobby, who introduced us to his wife; I had met her before, but to be fair, it was probably 15 years ago.
Also in the lobby was a table where one could buy the new Colin James CD, Blue Highways, the day before its official release. The CD was also your ticket into the afterparty, where you could meet him and get it signed. And, you know, you could congratulate him on his induction into the Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame, which was the centrepiece of the awards show. We did none of these things.
Our free tickets were general admission. The nice casino lady told us to find any table we wanted and sit there, so we parked ourselves on some really uncomfortable chairs front and centre. She then came back and apologized for misleading us; general admission meant you could stand around the front of the stage, though she suggested we could stay at the table if we wanted and just move if someone with tickets showed up. At this point it appeared that maybe they hadn't sold too many tickets for this shindig. Anyway, standing around by the stage would have given us a really good view, but we are old, and I wasn't sure how into the show I'd be and didn't know how much I felt like feigning enthusiasm should that be required, so we snuck up to the balcony. It was less than half full, so we found some open (and much nicer) seats and enjoyed the show from up there with drinks.
Normally, the awards show closes out the festival on Sunday night. However, the decision was made this year to switch things up and use it to kick off the event instead. Also, they removed some awards from the show to make room for more musical performances. The other awards were handed out at various venues on the Friday and Saturday nights. I am all in favour of more music and fewer speeches, so I was fine with this.
Also, I gotta say, having a program is real handy when you're trying to remember what happened.
The show started about 10 minutes late, which is a tardiness record for a casino show. It opened with two songs from Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, who was the guy I was most looking forward to seeing over the weekend. This was a delightful development, because if the show sucked, it meant I was free to go because I'd seen what I came for. Spoiler: it didn't suck! There were some kinda dodgy moments and technical issues, though. Anyway, MBF played One Love and This Isn't It and they were good.
The MC was country singer Brett Kissel, who I gather is becoming somewhat of a big deal. You may remember that I saw him in Calgary a few years ago, opening for Loretta Lynn. He seems more confident now and handled his hosting duties really well, doing his best to get the crowd amped up while handling a few production snafus with a quick wit. But I have a quick tip for him: jokes at the Saskatchewan Roughriders' expense don't work here, even when they totally have it coming after a trainwreck of a season. Too many people will just never find them funny.
The next three performances were by David Morin, William Prince, and Justin Lacroix, all of whom offered some variation of guy-with-guitar, and all of whom were good. Morin was on the bluesy side, Prince was more of a country/roots artist, and Lacroix's song was faster paced, closer to rock. I liked all these guys.
Rosie and the Riveters, from Saskatoon, got two songs at around the halfway point of the show. This is a four-piece from Saskatoon who play 40s/50s-inspired girl-group pop – think the Andrews Sisters. Or maybe there are a million better comparisons if you know more things about things? There's a starting point for you, anyway, enough to let you know if this sounds like something you might enjoy or not. I liked them fine, but am not sure if I'd want a full set of them. Maybe?
After some more awards, we had performances from Lexi Strate and Diyet. Strate was pop while Diyet was more on the folk side, and also she apparently only made it into town about 20 minutes before she was scheduled to play.
I've been skipping past the awards as we go along here, because you can look them up if you really care, and to be honest, it's hard to believe the awards are a big deal if nobody shows up to accept them. They gave out 9 awards on this show; of those, five winners were no-shows and one was represented by their publicist. Kissel wound up accepting a lot of awards on behalf of others. But hey, let's celebrate the folks who did make the trip: William Prince got Aboriginal Artist of the Year, Jocelyne Baribeau won Francophone Artist of the Year, and the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg got the Community Excellence Award. Some guy who never gave his name accepted that award; I can only assume that the WECC assumed human form and made the drive from Winnipeg. That means I… I've been inside him, you guys.
Kissel was up for an award of his own, Breakout Artist of the Year, and he was also responsible for introducing the award and announcing the winner. "Let's be real here, this is going to be awkward either way," he said, getting the biggest laugh of the night, before announcing the Bros. Landreth as the winners.
He followed this up with a three-song performance, where he deftly handled several malfunctioning microphones, including singing a capella with a bandmate's mic at one point, while also managing to pose for a mid-song selfie with fans in the audience. His style is modern country radio that I'm not particularly into, but at this point in the evening, the energy was welcome. He also played his new song, I Didn't Fall in Love with Your Hair, for which he's donating all proceeds to cancer charities. It's… very earnest. But if it's raising some money for a good cause and people like it, good on him.
Finally, the headline performance was by this year's Hall of Fame inductee, Colin James. Jay Semko of the Northern Pikes introduced a video that chronicled James' career, before the man himself took the stage for a short speech followed by four songs. Two were from the new album, and the others (i.e., the ones you might know) were Just Came Back and Why'd You Lie.
Here's the thing about Colin James. Being from Regina, James is treated like a huge star here. And while he had some big hits and he's really talented, I think if you live here, it's hard not to feel a bit of Colin James fatigue. That tends to happen whenever anyone from here achieves any kind of success. Having said that, if you can ignore that and just watch his performance, the dude is incredibly good. Which you already know, but still. It's easy to forget just how talented he is.
The Hall of Fame itself is a nice honour, though I looked at the list of inductees and the lack of the Guess Who, kd lang, Ian Tyson, Joni Mitchell, and others does make it feel a bit like a Hall of Whoever We Could Get to Show Up This Year. Which is not to say that these folks aren't deserving in their own right, just that there are some glaring omissions. Anyway, you likely don't care, but it took a lot of clicking to dig this up, so here it is for your reference.
2016: Colin James
2015: NoMeansNo
2013: Jann Arden
2012: The Northern Pikes
2011: 54-40
2010: Chilliwack
2009: Loreena McKennitt
2008: Spirit of the West; Senator Tommy Banks
2007: Buffy Sainte-Marie; Queen City Kids
2006: Harlequin
2005: Loverboy
2004: The Stampeders
2003: Kenny Shields & Streetheart
With that, the show wrapped up and we headed home. Awards shows have never appealed to me, but this was a surprisingly fun evening. There was a range of artists and they kept the show moving at a decent pace. It would have been better with a larger and more engaged crowd, but what can you do?
FRIDAY: Um haha so yeah speaking of a not-very-engaged crowd, it was a long week at work so I just stayed home. Not the best use of my all-access wristband, but it was only $20, so I figured I could head out on Saturday, see a show or two, and that would be enough to make it worthwhile.
SATURDAY: So that's exactly what I did. I got to the Owl at the University of Regina a bit before 9:00. My plan was to see the Dirty Catfish Brass Band in the multipurpose room, but the Owl has tasty beverages and I've been there before and thus am familiar with the place, so I bought myself a Magners and hung around for Belle Plaine, a local singer I'd heard a lot about but never had the chance to see. Inspired by traditional music, she did a set of originals that showed off her voice and her songwriting skills. She also covered Wayfaring Stranger, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, and Tom Waits' Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis, and those three picks probably say more than I can about what type of music she plays. I enjoyed this at the time, and the more I think about it, the more I liked it. Would go again.
Next up was, once again, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald. I hadn't seen him play in a long while, and while I would have been up for more than a 45-minute set, what we got was real good. He focused almost exclusively on songs from his new album; if you wanted anything older, all you got was Follow and I Will, though he also played his new Justin Bieber cover, What Do You Mean. I haven't spent enough time with the new album, so it was really good to get a chance to hear these songs live for the first (or, with the awards show, second) time. With some musicians, I listen to the album to make me enjoy the live show more, but with MBF, it seems to work in reverse; hearing the songs live makes me appreciate the album better.
With that, I was done for the evening. Like I said, not the best use of the wristband, but I'd pay more than $20 just to see MBF with Belle Plaine opening, so I made my money back. On the way out, I picked up a copy of Fitzgerald's new album on vinyl (signed but still in the shrinkwrap). Good thing I raided Mika's purse before I left the house. I also ran into Brian, who introduced me to his wife; I had met her before, but to be fair, it was probably two days ago.
SUNDAY: The website said there were events all weekend long, but the schedule didn't actually list anything for Sunday. I love ending these things on complete anticlimaxes, so bye.
• Sarah Slean with the Regina Symphony Orchestra (October 22)
• Bush w/The Dead Deads (October 27)
• Donovan Woods w/Joey Landreth (November 2)
• Steve Earle & The Dukes (November 3)
• Bif Naked w/Jordan Alexander (November 8)
• Duotang (December 2)
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Suspend a user
You can temporarily block a user's access to your organization's Google services by suspending their account. When you suspend an account, the user's:
Email, documents, calendars, Google+ posts or other data aren't deleted.
Shared documents are still accessible to collaborators.
New email and calendar invitations are blocked.
Note: If Google suspended an account, rather than an administrator, email might still be delivered, depending on the context of the suspension.
After suspending a user, you can restore the account at any time.
Using a team account? See instead Suspend a user from a team account.
Suspended accounts are still charged at the same rate as active accounts on both the Annual billing plan and the Flexible plan. To avoid charges for a user account you don't need, you can delete it instead.
What happens to a suspended user's account and data?
G Suite access—G Suite services, such as Google Drive files, Gmail, and so on are unavailable to the user.
Files and calendars—All events created by the user remain visible on invitees' calendars. The user's G Suite data, including all file types, Gmail, and calendar data (except for shared calendars) is unavailable to the user. For some data, you can transfer ownership to another user.
Sites pages—Pages created by the user are unavailable to the user. As an administrator, you can remove the sites.
Google Vault—All the user's Vault data is unavailable to the user, regardless of any retention settings or holds that might be in effect.
Google Play—The user's Google Play developer account is unavailable to the user. You can transfer some apps to another developer account, but you can't transfer apps that offer subscription products.
Google Keep—The user's Keep notes are unavailable to the user. Shared Keep notes are still available to collaborators.
Google+—The user's Google+ profile and circles are unavailable. If the user is the sole owner of a community, collection, or events, the community remains, but any collection or events are deleted. For details about what happens to a suspended Google+ profile or page, see Google+ profile and page suspensions.
Brand account—If your organization uses a Brand Account, any assets owned solely by one user, such as Google+ pages, Google My Business listings, and YouTube channels, are unavailable to the user. If there are other owners, the assets are transferred to another owner's G Suite account.
Non-core services—Content in the user's non-core services, such as YouTube and Blogger, is unavailable to the user.
If you suspend a user's account while they're in a classic Hangouts chat, the user can continue to participate until the session is over.
Suspend an individual user
Hover over the user you want to suspend and click More Suspend user.
You can also find this option at the top-left of the user's account page, under More .
Click Suspend to confirm.
Suspend users in bulk
To suspend multiple users using a CSV file, follow the directions in Add several users at once.
In the downloaded CSV template, in the New Status [Upload Only] column, enter Suspended.
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Hervé Hasquin (born 31 December 1942, Charleroi) is a Belgian university professor (ULB), historian and politician.

Honours
 1984 : Commander in the Order of Leopold II.
 1989: Knight in the Legion of Honour.
 1987: Commander in the Order of the Lion of Senegal.
 1999 : Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold.
 2004 : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown.

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Ministers-President of the French Community of Belgium
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Academic staff of the Université libre de Bruxelles
Order of Leopold (Belgium)
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Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
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That's the word from GM Adrian Hanauer from down in Argentina, where the team's game was canceled because of poor field conditions, but it was able to get in a practice on the FieldTurf grounds of a private club owned by former players in Argentina.
There were no transactions today, Hanauer said, although Diego Ferreira, who played with Seattle in its last exhibition game Saturday, is no longer with Sounders FC.
MLS had a deadline for all teams to be at or below the limit of 20 senior players and four developmental players and have all 24 salaries at or under the league salary cap.
But, says goal.com, "Teams do have to comply with the standard regulations, but this deadline only pertains to players under contract with the team. That means any unsigned college picks or trialists do not count underneath this deadline.
Hanauer said Seattle has fewer then 20 senior players under contract (18) and only Steve Zakuani as a developmental player. Therefore, the team is compliant. Fredy Montero and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado are not among those under contract yet, so when their deals are finalized that will make 20, assuming they have made the team.


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EMA proposes changes to first-in-human trials spurred by January's Bial trial deaths
Are the risks faced by phase I clinical trial participants too great? The European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union (EU) believe so. Together, they're proposing changes to current guidance on first-in-human clinical trials that would, if successful, improve strategies for identifying and mitigating risks to study subjects.
"The purpose of the EMA's review is to take stock of the evolution of practices in the conduct of first-in-human studies since the guideline that describes first-in-human clinical trials was first published in 2007," EMA spokesperson Sophie Labbé told CenterWatch.
The proposed changes—that mostly hinge on a slower acceleration of dosing—are, in part, a result of the phase I first-in-human Bial trial in Rennes, France, in which one person died and four became seriously ill in January.
Said Labbé, the EMA review "takes into account the lessons learned from the tragic incident."
The ill-fated trial was investigating the safety of compound BIA 10-2474, designed to target pain relief by acting on cannabinoid receptors. The affected group of participants was due to receive the maximum 50mg dose of the drug for 10 days toward the end of the trial when five participants became critically ill. One died from brain damage. The drug had been considered low-risk as it had been tested in non-human primates with no ill effects at higher doses than those that were administered in the clinical trial. It later came to light, however, that mice administered BIA 10-2474 had suffered brain damage and died.
After the Bial trial tragedy, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, stopped research on similar compounds, and three Yale University trials using the same class of inhibitors were stopped.
Labbé said that the EMA's review of the guideline builds on certain recommendations from two in-depth investigations carried out by French authorities, one by the Temporary Specialist Scientific Committee (TSSC) set up by the French medicines agency ANSM, and the other by the Inspection générale des affaires sociales (IGAS), the inspectorate for social affairs in France, who said in an April report that, while the trial didn't break any laws or regulations, Bial and CRO Biotrial made mistakes. According to the report, study participants were given too high of a drug dose, the companies delayed alerting authorities and Biotrial did not react quickly enough after the first participant became ill.
The EMA's decision to change the guidance also follows a May review of the case in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, which concluded that researchers and regulators should be much more careful about how they design first-in-man studies.
In the review, experts from the U.K. and the Netherlands said a more rigorous process of systematic risk assessment was needed for all trials involving new compounds. The authors called for the release of all trial data associated with the Bial drug so that lessons could be learned, and said that regulators should be given more information from preclinical studies before giving the go-ahead for first-in-human trials.
Proposed changes are outlined in a concept paper available on the EMA's website. Comments are being accepted until September 30. A revised draft guideline is expected to be published before the end of 2016 for consultation.
Said Labbé, the days of all first-in-human trials involving just single ascending doses are no more. It's time for the regulations to evolve and change, just as the research industry has.
"The current guideline reflects the practice at the time it was developed, which focused on single ascending dose designs for first-in-human trials," said Labbé. "In recent years, the practice for conducting first-in-human clinical trials has evolved toward a more integrated approach, with sponsors conducting several steps of clinical development within a single clinical trial protocol [such as assessing] single and multiple ascending doses, food interactions or different age groups. The concept paper identifies those parts of the current guideline that need to be amended to take into account these evolution of practices."
Regulatory bodies modernizing to keep up with the changing risk profiles within phase I studies makes sense, and yet some risk will always be there, said Arthur L. Caplan, the Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics at New York University, Langone Medical Center.
"The reality remains: Phase I studies are risky," he said. "You can limit risk by going slower, but there is ineliminable risk."
This article was reprinted from Volume 20, Issue 30, of CWWeekly, a leading clinical research industry newsletter providing expanded analysis on breaking news, study leads, trial results and more. Subscribe »
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Sky and Tara are half sisters. Sky's father died when she was young. Her mother remarried and Tara was born. Tara's father left them to chase after other women. Both of their father's shaped their lives. Sky has issues with needing to feel secure. She is a perfectionist. Tara has always felt like she didn't fit in with her family. She has trust issues when it comes to men. Both of them have children they would do anything for. On the day Sky loses her job her husband ends up in the hospital. At the same time Tara's band is hitting the road for their first tour across the United States. When her brother-in-law dies, she takes control of things and helps to move her sister and niece back to Michigan. They will take the long way back because Tara's group is still touring. During this trip the two sister must discover how much they are alike, how much they really know about each other, and how much they really love each other if they are ever going to be able to have a sisterly relationship.
I enjoyed this book. There were seven years between my oldest sister and myself. We were so much alike. She is gone now but we had such a great relationship. One of my younger sisters and I had a very rocky relationship. Like Tara my sister was very musically talented. She always did her own thing. I was the studious one who had to have everything in its place and organized. When my first marriage fell apart she was haughty about how I was no different that she was with her failed marriages. She had no idea that I had envied the way she had so much courage to do what she had to do to survive. After our oldest sister died we became closer. She said she always envied my ability to learn so quickly. I could see so many parallels between the sisters in this book and my sister and myself. There were so many lessons to be learned. I look forward to reading more from this author.
Ann Pearlman's The Christmas Cookie Club enthralled readers everywhere with a heartwarming and touching story about the power of female friendship.
Now, in A Gift for My Sister, she once again explores the depth of the human heart, and this time it's through the eyes of two sisters. Tara and Sky share a mother, but aside from that they seem to differ in almost every way. When a series of tragedies strikes, they must somehow come together in the face of heartbreak, dashed hopes, and demons of the past. The journey they embark on forces each woman to take a walk in the other's shoes and examine what sisterhood really means to them. It's a long road to understanding, and everyone who knows them hopes these two sisters can find a way back to each other.
Ann Pearlman, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Nominee, is the author of Infidelity: A Memoir, The Christmas Cookie Club, and The Christmas Cookie Cookbook. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


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The Grand Prix underwent a major redesign for the 1997 model year. Initial trim levels were the SE and GT; a GTP package was an available option on the GT, and later became its own trim package. The Grand Prix came with either a 3.1 L V6 or a 3.8 L V6; the GTP package featured a supercharged version of the 3.8 L. The only available transmission was a 4-speed automatic.


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Area business chambers publish 'back to business tool kit'
Employees and customers walk in to Three-13 Salon, Spa & Boutique shortly after it reopened on April 24 in Marietta, Ga. To help similar businesses reopen, four local chambers of commerce have prepared a back-to-business tool kit based in part on lessons learned from states like Georgia. Associated Press
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Several chambers of commerce -- including groups for the Lake Zurich, Wauconda, Fox Lake and Barrington areas -- have joined together to publish a 16-page "back to business tool kit" online.
Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce President Suzanne Corr said chambers have always been clearinghouses of information for business people and never before has it been so important that the correct information is available.
"Our businesses are going to need us more than ever, not only to advocate for them but to arm them with knowledge they need," Corr said Tuesday. "That's why chambers were designed, to provide tools for businesses to be successful."
The online tool kit includes information on the state's reopening guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic and planning a safe reopening. It also features safety checklists, printable posters and helpful links to other sources of information.
The soonest the state is likely to move to "phase 3" of recovery is at the end of the month. That phase would allow the reopening of businesses such as manufacturers, offices, retail, barbershops and salons. Corr said it is critical that businesses come up with their plans before they are allowed to reopen.
"It is very important right now to help local business people get ready, to use the time right now to develop plans and define what the new normal is going to look like," Corr said.
The 16-page tool kit is available to download from the websites for the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce (barringtonchamber.com); the Fox Lake, Richmond, Spring Grove Area Chamber of Commerce (flrsgac.com); the Lake Zurich Area Chamber of Commerce (lzacc.com); and the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce (waucondachamber.org).
The kit also includes a sample COVID-19 liability waiver that personal service businesses could ask customers to sign and a form business owners can use to track employee temperatures.
In addition, there are tips for using email lists, social media and promotions to bring customers back.
Leaders of the four chambers have been working together on the plan for several weeks, Corr said.
"Just as our chamber encourages businesses to collaborate, it was great for our area chambers to come together in this effort," said Maria Weisbruch, the executive director of the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce. "Partnership and collaboration are essential right now."
Corr said the tool kit will be an evolving document which will change as more information about best practices becomes available, including lessons learned from states which have already reopened.
"Every day we're learning more and are able to see what works and what doesn't work," Corr said.


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Q: Host Stacey on a nginx server? (convert .htaccess to nginx) Stacey is a lightweight content management system. I am using it on my porfolio website however it uses .htaccess file to make friendly urls. Is it possible to rewrite this .htaccess lines for using in nginx? Here is the .htaccess file content;
RewriteEngine on

# Some hosts require a rewritebase rule, if so, uncomment the RewriteBase line below. If      you are running from a subdirectory, your rewritebase should match the name of the path to    where stacey is stored.
# ie. if in a folder named 'stacey', RewriteBase /stacey
#RewriteBase /

ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

# Rewrite any calls to *.html, *.json, *.xml, *.atom, *.rss, *.rdf or *.txt if a folder      matching * exists
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !public/
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/public/$1.$2 !-f
RewriteRule (.+)\.(html|json|xml|atom|rss|rdf|txt)$ $1/ [L]

# Add a trailing slash to directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.|\?)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ([^/]+)$ $1/ [L]

# Rewrite any calls to /render to the image parser
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} render/
RewriteRule ^render/. app/parsers/slir/ [L]

# Rewrite any calls to /* or /app to the index.php file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /app/$
RewriteRule ^app/ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ index.php?/$1/ [L,QSA]

# Rewrite any file calls to the public directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !public/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ public/$1 [L]`

Thanks in advance!

I achieved some progress. Here it is;
location / {
if ($uri ~ "/app/$"){
rewrite ^/app/ /index.php last;
}

if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^/(.*)/$ /index.php?$1 last;
}

if (!-f $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/(?!public/)(.+);
}

if (!-f $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/(?!public/)(.+)\.(html|json|xml|atom|rss|rdf|txt)$ $1/ last;
}

if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/(?!public/)(.+)$ public/$1 last;
}

This rewrite all the projects without any problem right now. For example;
domain.com/?/projects/project-name-3/ became
domain.com/projects/project-name-3/
but there is also another 2 pages. one of is "about" and one of is "contact me" . they also became; domain.com/about and domain.com/contact-me but when i click them the page loads but without css styling. any clue?

okay new code is like this and it gives me error;
 nginx: [emerg] invalid number of arguments in "rewrite" directive in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/domain.com:21
location / {
rewrite ^/app/ /index.php last;
}
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^/(.*)/$ /index.php?$1 last;
}

if (!-f $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/(?!public/)(.+);
}

if (!-f $request_filename) {
    rewrite ^/(?!public/)(.+)\.(html|json|xml|atom|rss|rdf|txt)$ $2/ last;
}

try_files /public$uri /public$uri/ $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}

the code in the 21. lines are;
rewrite ^/(?!public/)(.+);

A: I recently migrated some Stacey sites to Nginx using this configuration:
server {

        root SERVER FILE LOCATION;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;

        # Make site accessible from
        server_name YOUR IP OR DOMAIN NAME;

        location / {
        # Stacey Rules
        error_page 404 /404.html;

        # Rewrite any calls to /render to the image parser
        rewrite ^/render/. /app/parsers/slir/ break;

        # Rewrite any file calls to the public directory
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$uri;
        }

        # Block access to .htaccess files
        location ~ /\.ht {
        deny  all;
        }

        include /usr/local/nginx/conf/staticfiles.conf;
        include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf;
}

Note: the include files are just standard error page links and PHP (Fast-cgi php-fpm) config I've put together to save repeating the same thing across multiple site setups.
Via https://github.com/kolber/stacey/issues/143

A: You're most of the way there.
Three of the five rewrites can be replaced with nginx's much faster and easier try_files directive. One can be simplified a bit. The fifth has a logic error as posted in your question.

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*First, you don't need to place this check in an if since it contains its own pattern match.
location / {
    rewrite ^/app/ /index.php last;

This could also be placed in its own location block, but leave that for later...

*Second, your logic error. When you rewrote this rule, you changed two () pattern matches to three, but didn't adjust the backreference $1 to $2 to account for its changed position in the new regex.
    if (!-f $request_filename) {
        rewrite ^/(?!public/)(.+)\.(html|json|xml|atom|rss|rdf|txt)$ $2/ last;
    }

*Finally, try_files. For very simple matches, this is much faster than rewrite and also easier to understand. So...
    try_files /public$uri /public$uri/ $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}

This should get you about 99% of the way there, barring any last tweaks based on information not in your question.

A: I'm using stacey cms, here's what I'm using for nginx config in place of apache:
server {

    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    root /home/vagrant/test;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    error_page 404 /404.html;

    location / {
      if ($query_string != "") {
        return 301 $scheme://$http_host$query_string;
      }
      try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$uri;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =403;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

if if block is definitely not ideal or idiomatic with nginx configs. Necessary here for working with stacey tho.

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Ty Bont is an unusual spacious detached stone built holiday cottage located in a quiet area of Tywyn which has views overlooking the Dysynni Valley and the Cader Idris mountain range beyond. From the front door, you step out in the wide open spaces of the Dysynni Valley, the quiet road outside the property leads down to the Dysynni Broad which is a magnet for fishermen (local fishing license can be purchased in the town). Keen walkers are rewarded with its panoramic views and stunning scenery.
A few minutes walk away is the town centre and the road leading on to the towns long sandy beach with promenade.
The tranquil town of Tywyn lies on the sweeping Cardigan Bay coast and 4 miles away from Aberdovey, situated at the end of the imposing Cader Idris mountain range where the landscape tumbles into the sea on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park. The promenade and town are all on one level, ideal for that gentle evening stroll watching the sunset along the edge of the Bay. Shopping in Tywyn is a pleasure, with an open-air market on most Mondays and local shops offering a wide range of local produce and gifts. The proximity to mountains and sea means the town also offers a wide variety of activities, from mountaineering to surfing; the area offers leisurely rambles through the beautiful countryside.
Slightly further afield lie the towns of Dolgellau (20 miles)and Aberdovey / Aberdyfi (4 miles) with its golf course, while attractions such as Harlech Castle, Llanfair Slate Caverns and the Tal y Llyn Railway, together with the sandy beaches of the Cambrian coast make this an ideal location for a relaxing break.
Sleeps 5 in 1 double bedroom, 1 twin bedroom and 1 single bedroom.
Living/Dining Room - A spacious living/dining room with original slate flagstone floor, freestanding Gas Stove set on a slate hearth, two leather settees plus a leather armchair, LCD T.V with free-view, free Wi-Fi, DVD Player and music centre. Dining table and chairs with seating for six people, open tread pine staircase to the first floor and a set of wooden double glazed doors leading out onto the rear gravelled patio.
Bedroom 1 - Front double bedroom with built in wardrobe and three chests of drawers.
Bedroom 2 - Front twin bedroom with built in wardrobe and tall chest of drawers (en-suite shower room with bedroom 2– enclosed shower, wash basin and toilet).
Bedroom 3 - Rear single bedroom with hanging space, chest of drawers.
Family Bathroom - Freestanding roll top bath, wash basin, toilet.
Outside Space - Rear and side gravelled yard with patio furniture.
The tranquil town of Tywyn lies on the sweep of Cardigan Bay, perched on the end of the imposing Cader Idris mountain range where the landscape tumbles into the sea on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park. The promenade and town are all on one level, ideal for that gentle evening stroll by the clear blue water of the Bay. Shopping in Tywyn is a pleasure, with a regular open-air market, and local shops offering a wide range of local produce and gifts. The proximity to mountains and sea means the town also offers a wide variety of activities, from mountaineering to surfing, and the area offers leisurely rambles through the beautiful countryside.
Slightly further afield lie the towns of Dolgellau and Aberdyfi (with its golf course), while attractions such as Harlech Castle, Llanfair Slate Caverns and the Talyllyn narrow gauge steam Railway, together with the sandy beaches of the Cambrian coast make this an ideal location for a relaxing break.
Arrival & Departure times - Arrival time is from 3pm / Departure time is no later than 10am.
Infant facilities- One travel cot & one high chair (there is no bedding provided for the travel cot). There is also a fixed starigate at the top of the stairs.
Pets - Maximum of two small well-behaved pets welcome at an additional cost of £25 each (to be kept downstairs only).
Parking - There is on site road parking for two cars.
Health and Safety- The road in front of Ty Bont is not normally busy, however, please be mindful of cars appearing suddenly and be especially cautious when children and pets are exiting the property.
Please note the cottage has an open staircase.
Location - Situated at the end of Gwalia Road in a quiet location.
Gas hob, electric oven, large fridge/freezer, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer.
2 small well beahaved pets welcome at an additional cost of £25 each.
This cottage is lovely – it exceeded our expectation, you have thought of every comfort & the quality of all the furnishings, fixtures & fittings is first class. We would love to have stayed longer. The bottle of wine on our arrival was a lovely surprise and having the cottage heated ready for us was such a thoughtful touch. We will defiantly recommend this cottage to everyone & we would like to come back in the spring. We walked from the cottage on Saturday to Aberdovey along the beach & we were so thirsty we had to stop off at the Penhelig Arms for refreshments. A perfect way to spend a relaxing day – bus back was a good idea! The Cottage speaks for its self and your hospitality has been wonderful, we'll definitely be back.
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Thank you very much for a lovely stay. Very comfortable and everything we could have needed. Great facilities for the baby.Went on Talyllyn railway – great day out. Aberdyfi is lovely too. Nice walks on the beach in Tywyn and recommend 'Skippy's' for proper fish & chips!
We liked the cottage very much, also the wonderful view to the hills! The beach was very handy – a nice walk towards Aberdovey. Plenty of very beautiful countryside and walks within easy reach. We have also seen lots of wildlife (Ospreys etc.) We would certainly come again – good value cottage.


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Matthew Perry Accidentally Confirmed The Friends Reunion Shoot
The actor posted (and deleted) a behind-the-scenes photo.
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By Mary Kate McGrath
The Friends reunion special is one huge step closer to completion. On Friday, April 9, Matthew Perry posted a photo from the Friends reunion set on Instagram, showing himself in a makeup chair, according to Deadline. The caption teased that the classic sitcom cast had at last reunited to film the special episode. "Seconds before eating a makeup brush," Perry wrote. "Not to mention reuniting with my Friends."
Perry quickly deleted the post, but not before many fans noted the capital "F" in friends, further confirming the picture was taken while filming the reunion. While it seems the actor might have shared too much information too soon, his co-star David Schwimmer had already revealed during his April 2 virtual appearance on The Graham Norton Show that he was on his way to Los Angeles to film the special. Schwimmer told the host they'd be shooting the following week and that it would be his first time seeing his former colleagues together "in many years." The entire main cast from the original sitcom is expected to participate, including Perry, Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, and Matt LeBlanc.
The Friends cast previously announced a reunion episode would be filmed in February 2020. However, the project was delayed after the COVID-9 pandemic halted film and television production, per Deadline. The series was meant to launch on May 27 along with the HBO Max streaming service, which is currently home to all 10 original seasons of the show.
Following Perry's now-deleted behind-the-scenes photo, the official Friends Instagram confirmed the reunion had finally wrapped filming on Saturday, posting a photo from set and writing: "Could we BE anymore excited!? Friends: The Reunion is coming to @hbomax. #friendsreunion." Other details about the special have been kept under wraps, though. Greg Grande, the show's set designer, posted a photo of the show's iconic New York apartment on Instagram, but that post was taken down as well, according to Deadline.
In April 2020, HBO Max shared preliminary details about the Friends reunion, sharing in a statement that the stars would revisit the set, reflect on behind-the-scenes footage, and discuss their time on the show. The streaming giant was also sure to clarify the actors won't be portraying their characters or filming new storylines. "In order to avoid any misunderstanding about what this special is, we want to make it very clear that this is not a new, original episode of the series," HBO Max wrote. "The cast will be appearing as themselves, not as their beloved characters."


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Long time reader and very infrequent commenter from the states – specifically, the former British colony of Massachusetts Bay – who thought I might be able to contribute to your imaginary compilation series.
The Vinyl Villain, in both its incarnations, has had a profound influence in my reengagement with the indie music scene after many years focused on other things. You have helped both to fill in the gaps and introduce me to current music I would have otherwise missed. Of course, Mrs. G. may not be your biggest fan since she now has to spend her weekend mornings listening to The Sad or the FRabbits frustrated by the fact that she can't understand what is being said, even though she is sure they are singing in English.
In any case, attached please find my attempt at an imaginary compilation of a band that you played a key role in introducing to me. I hope you find it of sufficient interest to include in the blog at some point.
Thanks for all your efforts over the years.
And quite honestly, I'm delighted that someone sees fit to include this lot in this series, so without any further delay here's Dave's superb in-depth take on things…….
I suppose it is important for me to come clean from the beginning and admit that I was totally unaware of Gene during their existence as an active band (1994-2004). In fact, there was quite a gap after the late 80's where the demands of family and career filled up the time and headspace that had previously been used for activities like exploring new music. It is only in the last several years through a collection of B-sides posted on the Morrissey Solo site and JC's own post on their early singles at the original blog that I was introduced to Gene's music. Thanks to last year's reissues of deluxe versions of their four studio albums plus compilation To See The Lights, experiencing their entire catalog along with many demos, radio sessions and live recordings is now quite easy.
Gene is generally considered to be a second-tier band from the Britpop era. While one can certainly debate the appropriateness of both elements of that classification, I'll save those discussions for another day. Instead, I would just like to share my opinion that relative to some of the better known bands of that time, Gene's music has often more gracefully stood the test of time. Hopefully, the compilation below will make that point – though, as always, YMMV.
It seems that, at the time, the biggest criticism of Gene was that they were just Smiths wannabes. Of course, fans, quite rightly, argued that musically, their sound was more influenced by bands like The Jam, than the jangle pop of the previous decade. While I completely agree with this, looking back now, I think it is easy to make the case that Martin Rossiter did have a soft spot for all things Moz. It can be seen in various ways through his vocal delivery, lyrical topics, approach to album art and his ambiguous discussion of sexuality in the media. And, that second album release, a compilation designed to counter criticism that their debut album didn't faithfully capture their true sound? It could easily have been titled Hatful of Hollow 2.
All that said, I really don't understand this as a point of criticism. Here is this band with really good songs that remind you in some ways of (one of) the best band(s) ever in the history of the planet. Ok – so why is this a bad thing?
JC and others have pointed out the difficulties in putting together these compilations. If only it were as simple as making a playlist of your ten favorite songs. But then you start asking yourself questions like: 1) does this constitute a coherent album, 2) is this representative of the bands overall sound and 3) how musically diverse/consistent is the whole? When creating this compilation, I encountered two challenges. First, too many of my favorite songs were slow ballads and this had the potential to create a bit of a plodding record that wasn't fully indicative of the band's sound. Second, with their fourth album, Libertine, Gene made a fairly radical shift in their sound, musical composition and structure. While I am actually quite fond of that LP, I found it difficult to include these songs while maintaining some sense of consistency across the compilation. In any case, here is where I ended up – not necessarily my top ten songs, but hopefully something that works well.
With a lack of resources and limited label support, Gene were really up against it in creating the follow-up to the masterful Drawn To The Deep End. While the record includes several good songs, for me, it just fails miserably as an overall product – too many songs of uneven quality, a messed up running order, some of the better tunes relegated to B-sides, and don't even get me started on the cover art.
Perhaps the most egregious error was putting one of the best songs they ever wrote all the way at the end of the album. How many people had the patience to sit through the first 46 minutes just to get there? My impression is that the band quickly recognized the error of their ways as You'll Never Walk Again was often the first song played at live shows of the era.
For me, it belongs as an opener as well. There's just something about the line "make love, with love, my love" that gets me every time.
A song that is probably in many fans' top ten, though it fell just short in mine. However, when looking for opportunities to add a bit of muscle to the compilation, I recalled that Matt James once said that had this song (along with a couple of the other earlier tracks) been added to Olympian, it would have created a debut album much more representative of their overall sound. It does the same thing here.
Quite simply, Gene's masterpiece – several band members not named Martin have called this the best song they wrote and I find no reason to disagree. If I were told I could only ever listen to one Gene song for the rest of my life, this would be the one.
I know that this version of this song ranks highly on JC's list since he has written about it more than once. Rather than repeat everything he has said before, I'll just provide the cliff notes.
Originally a B-side on the Be My Light, Be My Guide single, this striped down, piano only version takes the song from good to transcendent.
As a New, rather than Old, Englander I haven't the slightest idea what "kith" are. I do know that the lines "I was having the time of my life. So why did you have to die? I'm lost again" make me sad.
Whether intentional or not, Gene turned out to be quite a good B-side band. Almost everything on their first five singles ranged from solid to spectacular, which explains why the To See Lights compilation is a worthy listen. All Night has to be better than three quarters of the songs on Revelations. And, let's not forget Drawn To The Deep End, the title track that wasn't included on the album of the same name.
The last three-fifths of the title track of Gene's debut album are pure bliss. Just a three line chorus repeated over and over again with one of my favorite of Martin's lines – "For I can only be normal with you." I'm not exactly sure why it works so well, but had they extended the repetition out to 10 minutes, I would still be fine with it. My only complaint is that it takes two minutes to get there. There is really nothing wrong with the beginning of the song, I guess I'm just very impatient.
I've chosen the single version because, in addition to a nicer intro, it reaches the chorus about 10 seconds earlier than the album track.
Interestingly, while Somewhere in the World did show up on Libertine, Rising For Sunset did not. With the release of the deluxe edition of that album in 2014, we found out why. While the boys had, in fact, completed a studio version of the track, it simply paled in comparison to this live version. You might want to think of this as Gene's Jack The Ripper.
I could have made this exercise a whole lot easier by recommending that you put Gene's second album, Drawn To The Deep End, on shuffle and just listen to the first ten songs that come up. There are so many good choices I could have included here – Fighting Fit, We Could Be Kings, Speak To Me Someone, Long Sleeves For The Summer, just to name a few. But I've decided to go with this beautiful lullaby.
What better place to end then where the journey began – Gene's debut single, in its original version, before the record label had a go at making it more "radio friendly." For me, this is exhibit #1 in the case for how well the band's songs have aged, just a great piece of indie music, regardless of the decade.
Gene were not above using the old hidden track trick on occasion. I'm hoping you might indulge me the same, so I can make partial amends for largely ignoring the last few years of their career above.
Of all the deluxe edition reissues released in 2014, Libertine is the one most worthy of your hard earned money. In addition to the original album and all the singles and B-sides from the period, it also includes 13 demos and previously unreleased studio tracks. To my ears, Skin Parade is the best of the unreleased material – an observation on the (peculiar, to us Puritans over here) practice at the time of publishing pictures of naked women in the British tabloid press, closing out with another fine guitar solo from Steve Mason. It's an indication that Gene moved on with something still left in the tank.
mp3 : Gene – Where Are They Now?
mp3 : Gene – London, Can You Wait?
Anyone else who feels like contributing to the Imaginary Album slot, then feel free to drop and e-mail at anytime.
You really can't go far wrong with Gene. While my 10 choices may vary, I think you've still done them justice – one or two "must haves" along with a few slightly more obscure or overlooked gems. Nice job – not easy though, is it?
The essential online Gene resource, for the uninitiated, is Lewis Slade's website at http://www.lewisslade.com/gene/HOME.html – Lewis contributed much to the recent Gene reissues, has a great selection of boots and rare tracks, compilations, live recordings and more.
I quite liked them back in the day, but sort of lost interest along the way. But I always remembered that there were some great songs there, and after recently revisiting it all I realise it was actually far, far better than I remembered, especially if once you listen to it all as a body of work. My playlist for Gene is almost one of the longest I have got…they really did do a LOT of excellent songs. Vocally and musically spectacular at times. I pretty much agree with most of the tracks in the list, although I'd sub in a few from Olympian which is under-represented here: Your Love it Lies and Truth Rest Your Head.
I would really recommend giving Gene a good listen, if you like music.
I doff my hat in your direction Dave Glickman. I'm no expert on the band, but am very partial to a slab of Gene now and again (particularly 'Drawn To The Deep End') and thoroughly enjoyed playing through this selection.


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Cette page dresse une liste de personnalités mortes au cours de l'année 1199 :

 13 février : Stefan Nemanja, souverain de la principauté médiévale serbe de Rascie, fondateur de la dynastie des Nemanjić.
 3 mars : Taira no Takakiyo, membre du clan Taira.
 5 avril : Ashikaga Yoshikane, commandant samouraï et seigneur féodal.
 6 avril : Richard Cœur de Lion, ou Richard Ier d'Angleterre, roi d'Angleterre, duc de Normandie, duc d'Aquitaine, comte de Poitiers, comte du Maine et comte d'Anjou.
 23 juin : Walhère d'Onhaye, saint prêtre de l'Église catholique.
 11 septembre : Henri de Sully (archevêque de Bourges).
 9 octobre : Bobone di San Teodoro, cardinal italien.
 25 novembre : Adalbert III de Habsbourg, dit Albert le Riche, comte de Habsbourg.

 Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, calife  maghrébin almohade.
 Adémar V de Limoges, vicomte de Limoges.
 Bénedicte de Hvide, reine de Suède et de Finlande.
 Ramon de Caldes, juriste catalan et un doyen de la cathédrale de Barcelone.
 Guillaume de Brienne, seigneur de Pacy-sur-Armançon.
 Henri de Dreux, évêque d'Orléans.
 Hugh de Roxburgh, aussi nommé Hugo de Roxburgh ou Hugo Cancellarius, évêque de Glasgow et Chancelier d'Écosse.
 Inson, artiste sculpteur japonais.
 Jeanne d'Angleterre, reine de Sicile puis comtesse de Toulouse.
 Jocelin, ecclésiastique, moine de l'ordre cistercien, quatrième abbé de Melrose, puis évêque de Glasgow.
 Manassès IV, comte de Rethel.
 Michel le Syrien, dit aussi Michel le Grand, patriarche de l'Église syriaque orthodoxe.
 Myoen, artiste sculpteur japonais.
 Raymond IV de Tripoli, comte de Tripoli, prince régent d'Antioche.
 Spytihněv III de Bohême, duc de Brno en Moravie et prétendant au duché de Bohème.

 date incertaine (vers 1199)
 Khaqani Shirvani, poète perse.

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Crédit d'auteurs

Année du XIIe siècle


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Q: Showing that the induced map $f_\ast : H_n(X) \to H_n(Y)$ is an isomorphism.
Consider the chain complex $K$ $$\dots \longrightarrow \Bbb Z \overset{\text{id}}{\longrightarrow} \Bbb Z \overset{0}{\longrightarrow} \Bbb Z \overset{\text{id}}{\longrightarrow} \Bbb Z \overset{0}{\longrightarrow} \Bbb Z \overset{\partial_1=p}{\longrightarrow} \Bbb Z \longrightarrow 0 \longrightarrow 0 \dots$$ and the chain complex $L$ $$\dots \longrightarrow 0 \longrightarrow 0 \longrightarrow0 \longrightarrow 0 \longrightarrow 0 \overset{\partial_1'}{\longrightarrow} \Bbb Z /p\Bbb Z\longrightarrow 0 \longrightarrow 0 \dots$$ The map $\partial_1$ is  multiplying by $p \in \Bbb N$. Let $f : K \to L$ be a chain map, where $$f_0 : \Bbb Z \to \Bbb Z/p \Bbb Z, \ m \mapsto [m]_p.$$ Show that the induced map $f_\ast :H_n(K) \to H_n(L)$ is an isomorphism for every $n$. Conclude that a chain map that is not a chain homotopy equivalence may induce isomorphisms on homology.

I've computed the homology groups and found that $H_n(K) = 0$ if $n \ne 0$ and $H_0(K) = \Bbb Z/p \Bbb Z$. Similarly $H_n(L) = 0$ for $n \ne 0$ and $H_0(L)=\Bbb Z/p \Bbb Z$.
Now according to Hatcher the maps $f_\ast : H_n(X) \to H_n(Y)$ are isomorphic if $f : X \to Y$ is a homotopy equivalence. So in this case this would amount to showing that $$f_0 : \Bbb Z \to \Bbb Z/p \Bbb Z$$ is a homotopy equivalence since for $n \ne 0$ the groups are just trivial and the induced map the trivial maps. This sort of homotopy equivalence between $\Bbb Z$ and $\Bbb Z/p \Bbb Z$ feels a bit unnatural so I'm thinking whether there is some other result that one can use here?

A: Let $f \colon C \to D$ be a chain map between two complexes of abelian groups (say).

If $f$ is an homotopy equivalence$^1$, then $f_* \colon H_n(C) \to H_n(D)$ is an isomorphism for every $n$.

The goal of this exercise is to see that the converse of the above statement is not true.
For that, we consider the chain map $f \colon K \to L$ as you wrote in the question.
Then, as you can check, $f_* \colon H_0(K) \to H_0(L)$ corresponds to the identity $\Bbb Z/p\Bbb Z \to \Bbb Z/p\Bbb Z$; and, for $n \neq 0$, $f_* \colon H_n(K) \to H_n(L)$ is the zero map $0 \to 0$.
Hence, $f_* \colon H_n(K) \to H_n(L)$ is an isomorphism for every $n$, but $f$ is not an homotopy equivalence, since any chain map $L \to K$ is zero (any group homomorphism $\Bbb Z/p\Bbb Z \to \Bbb Z$ is zero).

$^1$That is, there is a chain map $g \colon D \to C$ such that $gf$ is homotopic to $1_C$, and that $fg$ is homotopic to $1_D$.

A: It seems that you mix up different things. Your exercise deals with the homology of chain complexes and chain homotopy equivalences. When you quote Hatcher, it seems to me that your refer to the section "Homotopy Invariance" on p.110 which deals with the homology of topological spaces and (topological) homotopy equivalences. In the proof of Theorem 2.10 Hatcher comes back to the singular chain complex, but it is not really explicit. Only Proposition 2.12 is an explicit result about chain complexes.
In particular you must not consider $f_0 : \Bbb Z \to \Bbb Z/p \Bbb Z$ as a map between topological spaces. It is a map between abelian groups and certainly no homotopy equivalence between topological spaces.
However, it is the $0$-th component of the unique chain map $f : K \to L$ with components $f_n : K_n\to L_n$. In fact, since $L_n = 0$ for $n \ne 0$, any chain map $f : K \to L$ must have $f_n = 0$ for $n \ne 0$. Moreover we must have $f_0 \circ \partial_1 = \partial_1' \circ f_1 = 0$ and the only homomorphism with this property is $f_0(m) = [m]_p$. Thus, stretching a point, we could identity $f_0$ with the unique chain map $f : K \to L$. But this chain map is not a chain homotopy equivalence because the only chain map $g : L \to K$ is that having all $g_n = 0$ (note that the only homomorphism $\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z$ is the zero homomorphism). But the zero chain map is not a chain homotopy equivalence unless both chain complexes involved are the zero chain complexes.
Nevertheless $f_* : H_0(K) \to H_0(L)$ is an isomorphism. We have
$H_0(K)  = \ker 0/\operatorname{im} \partial_1 = \mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z$ and $H_0(L)  = \ker 0/\operatorname{im} \partial'_1 = (\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z)/0 =  \mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z$. Thus
$$f_*([m]_p) = [f_0(m)]_0 = f_0(m) = [m]_p .$$


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The 2018 Managing the Global Mobility Function benchmarking study co-sponsored by Alliott Group reveals impact of geopolitical changes on mobility programmes.
Alliott Group's Global Mobility Services Group ('Alliott Group/Global Mobility') is one of the co-sponsors of the recently published '2018 Managing the Global Mobility Function' benchmarking study published by the Forum for Expatriate Management. In this series of short blog posts, we share some of the highlights of this thought leadership report.
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A total of 53.2% of respondents commented that geopolitical changes had impacted their organisation 'to a great extent' or 'to some extent' in the last 12 months.
There are no great surprises in terms of which changes have caused the most disruption: Immigration (particularly into the US, but also in other countries); Brexit; Tax changes; EU GDPR; and Currency fluctuations. Global mobility professionals are clearly having to deal with many moving parts in their everyday jobs.
Report editor Claire Tennant-Scull comments in the report: "Dealing with shifts in immigration, tax and trading regulations are all problems cited in terms of the impact of geopolitical changes. With the consequences of Brexit on the horizon and what seems an increasing move towards protectionism in all regions of the world, these issues are unlikely to go away anytime soon."
It is clear from the above that having to deal with increasingly complex and restrictive immigration regulations is adversely impacting the workload of GM professionals, a topic we will cover in our next blog post!
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