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By Adrian Murphy. Main image: Yasmin Vardimon Dance Company: Yesterday. Photo © Alastair Muir
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) has published its Tailored Review of Arts Council England (ACE) today which focuses on its efficiency, effectiveness and governance
The Tailored Review of Arts Council England, which was first announced in the government's Cultural White Paper in March 2016 and launched in August, spoke directly to 53 stakeholders and also held a public consultation, which received 634 replies.
Stakeholders included other funding bodies such as HLF, charities such as the Art Fund and museums including Tulie House Museum and Art Gallery.
The review said one of its primary aims was to establish whether there was a continuing need for the functions delivered by ACE – an organisation which will invest £1.1bn of government funding and a further £700m of Lottery funding between 2015 and 2018 – and if they should continue to be delivered by a non-departmental public body. The review came to the conclusion that 'it was right that ACE should retain the independence of its decision making at arms length from government'.
It found that there was an overall positive message about the Arts Council from stakeholders and also from the public consultation with 82 per cent of respondents saying they thought the body provided good value for money. And the review took a largely positive view of ACE's work, stating that: "having built up its reputation over 70 years, many stakeholders felt the Arts Council was currently at a 'high point' in its history." It also recognised that "Arts and culture provide an enormous amount of value to people, communities and society".
ACE was asked to demonstrate how it gets best value for the taxpayer and the sector, and the DCMS also looked into how ACE's structures and processes help it deliver its strategy, Great Art and Culture for Everyone.
There were 30 recommendations in the review related to ACE and five in relation to how the DCMS should improve its relationship role. Many of the recommendations identified in the review were already being implemented said ACE. For example, developing the resilience of the sector through funding programmes such as Building Resilience and Museum Resilience funds, and ACE's role in placing innovative partnerships and collaborations at the heart of programmes such as Creative People and Places, Bridge organisations and the Great Place Scheme.
"We were recognised for our progress in integrating museums and libraries into our funding programmes, and our commitment to improving diversity in the sector," said an ACE statement. "Our staff, in particular our Relationship Managers, were acknowledged for being engaged, helpful and collaborative. The review also identified areas of work where we could continue to improve. As a learning organisation we are committed to enhancing our performance, strengthening the way we support the sector and improving our stewardship of public funding. The review also identified the need for us to strike a balance between data gathering and evidence based work, and maintaining an environment which both supports and encourages creativity and innovation for our sector."
ACE is now in the process of developing an implementation plan for the recommendations in the Tailored Review, so that it can ensure its work aligns with the needs of the sector and the public.
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Supplement to the New-York Journal (June 4, 1768).
"The following Advertisement from the London Gazetteer … is inserted as a Curiosity."
Colonial printers generated content for their newspapers by liberally reprinting items that previously appeared in other newspapers. Much of the news came from newspapers printed in other colonies, but some it also came directly from newspapers printed in London. In making their editorial decisions, printers sometimes chose items intended to inform or to educate, but other times selected items intended solely to entertain. The latter included anecdotes, poems, and even advertisements.
For instance, John Holt reprinted news from London in the Supplement to the New-York Journal distributed on June 4, 1768. He complemented the news from the Public Advertiser and Public Ledger with items intended to edify and to amuse, namely a poem "On JOHN WILKES, Esq; offering himself a Candidate for the County of Middlesex" and an "Advertisement from the London Gazetteer of the 31st of March last." Holt explained that the advertisement "is inserted as a Curiosity" for his readers.
The advertisement offered colonists a glimpse of popular culture and entertainments available in England. It announced a spectacle that occurred every night (except Sundays) throughout the summer: "HORSEMANSHIP, performed on one, two, and three horses, by Mr. WOLTON, at St. George's Spaw, at the Dog and Duck in St. George's Fields Southwark." The notice listed ten tricks performed by Wolton, including riding "two horses on full speed, standing upright with one foot on each saddle" and making "a flying leap over the bar with two horses, sitting on both saddles." For added interest, Wolton beat a drum during some of his tricks and fired a pistol during others. To make the event even more spectacular, the proprietors supplied "Proper musick" to set the tone throughout the series of stunts.
Unless they planned a trip across the Atlantic, the readers of the New-York Journal did not have opportunities to witness Wolton's show of horsemanship during the summer of 1768, but Holt suspected that the advertisement on its own provided some of level of entertainment. Its inclusion in the New-York Journal demonstrates how carefully the printer scoured other newspapers for content he imagined his readers would enjoy. Some colonists likely paid similar attention to the advertisements in their local newspapers, not because they were responsible for filling out the pages but instead because they sought entertainment, either by attending events like fireworks shows and musical performances or simply by reading advertisements that included curious or amusing content.
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The hidden republican history of John's Lane Church.
August 20, 2013 by Donal
John's Lane Church (Paul Reynolds)
This image by Paul Reynolds captures the beautiful John's Lane Church in the heart of the Liberties, which has long interested me because of its hidden history.
The Thomas Street church first opened in 1874 (after work began in 1862), with Edward Welby Pugin the architect behind the project. Pugin came from an incredibly distinguished architectural family, the son of Augustus Pugin, who carried out the interior design of the Palace of Westminster, as well as being responsible for many religious buildings in Ireland and Britain.
My interest in John's Lane Church comes not from the architectural history of the building, but rather a nickname the church has acquired in its own community, spoken of as the 'Fenian Church'. This nickname comes from the fact many Fenians worked at the building site, such as the Pagan O'Leary, Denis Cromien, Dan Gleason, Michael Lawless and Michael Malone. Ironically however, so too did a man named Pierce Nagle, a comrade in their eyes but a secret informer who would send them to penal servitude.
The Fenian Brotherhood in Ireland had been founded in Dublin by James Stephens and others on Saint Patrick's Day in 1858. Stephens was a veteran republican who had spent time in exile in Paris as a result of his revolutionary activity. It was to be a secret revolutionary organisation, established thanks to American financial backing, which would advocate armed revolution to establish Irish independence. The Fenians were a real threat to the establishment, mounting bombing campaigns in Britain for example which targeted military infrastructure, government and public transport among other targets.
A Punch cartoon from 1867 depicting a 'Fenian Guy Fawkes'
The centenary booklet of the church issued by the church in 1962 noted that:
…While their hearts were busy with trowel and shovel their hearts were busy with revolution. By day they were the busy builders of John's Lane, by night they talked of arms and Man and drilled in halls and fields. They were the Fenian Men. Denis Cromien, foreman of foremen, was there and had sworn a thousand men of the building trade into his circle.
Patrick O'Leary who worked on the site, known as the Pagan O'Leary, is a fascinating character in the history of Irish republicanism. Originally from County Cork, O'Leary spent some time in America, studying for a priesthood in the Catholic Church and even fighting in the Mexican War. Active within the Fenian Brotherhood having settled in New York, he would develop intense anti-Catholic views, and as Bridget Hourican has noted "he hated England and the Roman Catholic church with equal intensity, arguing that after driving out the English, Ireland should revert to the old paganism of Fionn mac Cumhaill". As a result of these views, the name Pagan O'Leary was bestowed upon him by contemporaries.
While many of the stonemasons working on the church had taken the Fenian Oath, their betrayal came in 1865 thanks to the testimony of Pierce Nagle, a Tipperary native who had won the confidence and trust of those around him within the republican movement and at the John's Lane site. He had first offered his service to the British authorities in 1864 while in America, and Nagle's position within the movement kept the authorities aware of plans for insurrection and revolt in 1865. Many of the men who worked on John's Lane Church would be sentenced to terms of penal servitude on the back of Nagle.
The church also boasts a strong connection to James Pearse, the father of Patrick and William Pearse. The English-born Pearse was a mason and monumental sculptor, who operated out of a premises on Great Brunswick Street. This street is today known as Pearse Street, and the family shop front has been beautifully restored with a plaque to the Pearse brothers also upon it.
27 Pearse Street today.
The twelve statues in the niches on the church tower are the work of Pearse. Pearse was a very capable sculptor, and had won an award at the 1882 Dublin Exhibition for example for his High Altar for the Rotunda. The name 'Pearse and Sons' was adopted by the company he had established at the time of his death, and The Ireland Institute (who maintain the premises today) note:
On his death, Willie and Patrick Pearse took over the running of the business. Willie was nineteen and studying at the Metropolitan School of Art and was later to travel to London and Paris for further training. Patrick was at this stage using the title 'Patrick H. Pearse, Sculptor' and the company's name had become 'Pearse and Sons.'
Following the closure of the family business, the premises became home to the South City Workingmen's Temperance Club, later a car company and many other ventures. It was acquired by its present owners in 1996, and has hosted many cultural and political events. Its facade, and the figures upon the 'Fenian Church' on Thomas Street, are reminders of the talented James Pearse.
Posted in Dublin History | 11 Comments
on August 20, 2013 at 1:07 pm | Reply Damien Ryan (@djryan)
I was an altar boy here for years and never heard it called by that name. Wasn't aware of any of the history of the building at all, mind.
on August 21, 2013 at 4:41 am | Reply Jenni
Thanks for the very interesting story about this church…I could be wrong but have a feeling that the Fenians were sent to the Port Arthur penal colony in Australia, close to where I now live…pity they were 'dobbed in' by Nagle, as we say here!
on August 21, 2013 at 6:10 am | Reply FXR
The Pagan O'Leary was spot on about the Catholic Church. It's a shame those who have followed him since have been Vatican sheep. Decades of child rape and torture might have been avoided.
on August 22, 2013 at 1:39 pm | Reply Ray R
I've just finished Brendan Behans Island yesterday and there's an interesting bit about Pagan O'Leary towards the end. Apparently when they where sentencing them they asked him his religion which he replied " 'Im an Milesian pagan.' 'Sorry', they said, 'in here you have got to be either Protestant or Catholic.'
'Very well,' he said, 'put me down a Catholic. I'd rather be a beggar than a thief.'"
on August 22, 2013 at 3:14 pm | Reply Póló
Great post. I have printed it down and passed it on to Denis Cromien's grand-nephew who is not online.
on August 22, 2013 at 11:00 pm | Reply Mick
I believe Peter Graham's (Saor Eire) funeral mass was held here in 1971.
on August 23, 2013 at 9:34 am | Reply Ní Bóna Ná Coróin | An Sionnach Fionn
[…] as the Fenians. However there is some confusion about his identity in modern sources. There is a rare mention of him over on the wonderful Come Here To Me, a group-blog dedicated to the cultural history of Dublin, during a discussion of a rather famous […]
on September 7, 2013 at 5:33 pm | Reply The Hidden Republican History Of John's Lane Church » FRG.ie
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on September 7, 2013 at 7:08 pm | Reply Fountain Resource Group
Hi Donal, great article! Some very interesting thought provoking stuff in there. After reading this article, I ended up spending hours on a google/wikipedia search fest. Just wanted to let you know that we re-posted the article (under CC license as outlined) to our website: http://www.frg.ie/local-history/hidden-republican-history-johns-lane-church/
p.s. FRG.ie, is the Fountain Resource Group, a non-profit community group based on James Street,
all the best, Damien @ FRG
on September 9, 2013 at 6:39 pm | Reply dfallon
Excellent, thanks for that Damien.
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December 21, 2021 | By Neellohit Banerjee
The year was 2006. An Asiatic Black Bear was burnt alive. Yes, you need to read that twice.
It was probably one of the darkest days in the history of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) but still it eluded major media coverage. The visuals seemed as if the whole act was a product of some dystopian future.
People were seen chasing the bear after it had entered a human-dominated space. When the helpless bear climbed and sat atop a tree to save itself, an acrimonious mob started pelting stones and sticks at the animal in an attempt to drive it away. When that did not work, they resorted to burning the helpless bear alive by using a long wooden stick as a torch.
The history of human-bear conflict in J&K is not a very pleasant one and is mired in tragic incidents. And one specific animal which bears the brunt of it all is the Asiatic Black Bear (J&K is also home to the Himalayan Brown Bear), which is widely distributed in the Kashmir Valley. It has been reported that 25% of forest divisions in J&K reported human-bear conflict and this resulted in a lot of human deaths and injuries over the years. The gravity of these conflict situations directed the anger of the people towards the bears and due to the increase in such incidents in the region, people's tolerance towards wildlife, especially bears, had run very thin.
One of the resident Asiatic Black Bears, Fancy, at our Dachigam Rescue Center. [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS/Mradul Pathak]
This brutal incident was the trigger which prompted Wildlife SOS to intervene and start work in J&K. In collaboration with the Wildlife Protection Department, we went on to establish our bear rescue centers in Dachigam and Pahalgam in an effort to mitigate the human-wildlife conflict situation in the state. Additionally, our team organizes various training workshops for the forest department staff and conduct regular wildlife awareness programs to change the perspective of the communities living in close proximity to the natural habitats of wild animals.
Before we started operations, the number of incidents being reported to the authorities were minimal. But once they started getting reported, a lot of them turned out to be cases related to human-bear conflict. Our team conducted a survey in 2006-07 and found out certain reasons for the increase in conflict. Rapid urbanisation and developmental growth led to degradation of habitat of the bears. Moreover, these issues were overshadowed by political turmoil and anthropocentric conflicts in the state.
Wildlife SOS has conducted several training and awareness workshops on human-wildlife conflict mitigation. [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS]
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We had rescued a rare Himalayan Brown Bear from an Amarnath Yatra campsite in 2018. [Photo (c) Wildlife SOS]
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Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Annexus, which designs retirement income products, has launched a new division dedicated to building guaranteed retirement income products using annuity structures for defined contribution plans. While the firm's not yet ready to discuss specific products, it has filed six patents to bring such products into the 401(k) space. Annexus expects to announce the first new product in early 2021.
In early January 2019, Blackstone acquired a minority stake in Annexus, and part of that capital has helped build out the new division, called Annexus Retirement Solutions.
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The Spanish rising talent (born in Barrika, Vizcaya 10/11/1994) is relishing his home debut. "I really look forward to playing in front of the Spanish fans. Right after the Irish Open I went to Valderrama to practice for October. I felt a big sense of anticipation as I teed up on the first hole. I wish to encourage everyone to come and support us and watch some great golf. If the public enjoys it, we will enjoy it.
"My first round at Valderrama was five years ago when I played the Sotogrande Cup with the Spanish national team. It was a different experience because my game has changed a lot since then. I remember playing in a gale.
"Valderrama is one of the best layouts I have ever played. It is visually attractive and wonderfully maintained. Golf courses don't need to measure 10,000 yards to be challenging. I find Valderrama very exciting and a good test. You really have to think your way through and play all kinds of shots. Mistakes can be costly, so it keeps you on your toes."
Jon was two when Valderrama staged the Ryder Cup; his father Edorta recalls how the 1997 showdown introduced golf to his family: "We are a group of friends from Bilbao who enjoy a lot of sports together, particularly skiing. Two of our gang were invited to the '97 Ryder Cup. They had no idea of golf, but they returned home full of enthusiasm. Two years later, Eduardo Celles opened his golf academy in Bilbao and we all started taking lessons. My wife Ángela, and our sons Jon and Eriz took up golf in 2003."
The family became so addicted to golf that they took a week's vacation every year to go to Valderrama for the Volvo Masters. Jon has vivid childhood memories of those tournaments where the trophies he collected on the course were the autographs of his idols.
"I remember my first visit with my father during the 2007 Volvo Masters. The first player we saw was Thomas Björn on the 7th. Then we went to the first to watch Poulter and Sergio tee off. We followed Poulter who played a great shot on the first. I went ahead of my dad and was lucky enough to see Justin Rose ace the 3rd, but my dad didn't see it. We followed Poulter along the 4th and we waited for Colin Montgomerie on the 5th. The next thing I remember is the 17th, a great hole. You need a perfect drive to a tight fairway and then you are facing a daunting second – it reminds me slightly of the 15th at Augusta.
"On the 18 green I got my shirt signed by Nick Dougherty, Paul Casey and Miguel Ángel, but I don't think he remembers. Harrington had won the Open Championship that year and I asked him for his cap but he couldn't give it to me. I didn't bring home any balls, hats nor gloves, only my shirt with six signatures on it. We went from there to the putting green and to the driving range to see some more golf.
Ten years after collecting those autographs, Jon returns to Valderrama as one of the world's top players. "In October I will be proud to play my first professional event in Spain. I look forward to playing the Andalucía Valderrama Masters in front of my home crowd and will do my best to give a good show.
"The boy that went to Valderrama in 2007 is still there, with the same dreams and the same ambition. I am extremely fortunate that my dreams are coming true, but this year feels more like a Steven Spielberg film – winning at Torrey Pines and again in Ireland the way I did doesn't even happen in the wildest dreams."
Edorta Rahm shares the same feeling. "I never imagined that Jon would get so far so fast. You dream that your son will make it, but being realistic, we insisted that he should complete his studies. I only started to believe that the dream could come true in 2015, when he finished 5th at the Phoenix Open playing under an invite as the leading world amateur.
"All our family and friends will go to the Andalucía Valderrama Masters – we are looking forward to a great week."
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Weinstein sells Westport properties for $16 million
Updated 2:10 pm EST, Thursday, February 22, 2018
Limousines and motorcade vehicles for President Barack Obama are seen parked in the driveway outside the residence of movie producer Harvey Weinstein in 2012.
Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press
WESTPORT — Harvey Weinstein sold his two remaining properties in Westport to town resident Andrew Bentley for $16 million earlier this month.
The Feb. 2 sale came in the wake of sexual assault and harassment allegations leveled against the media mogul and little over a week before New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the Weinstein Company, the film studio founded by Weinstein and his brother.
Weinstein bought the Greens Farms early-1900s colonial home at 26 Beachside Ave. with his first wife, Eve Chilton, in 1994 and co-owned the beachfront property until the couple divorced in 2004 and Weinstein became the full owner, according to tax assessor records. In 2000, Weinstein bought the adjoining property at 28 Beachside Ave. for $4,000,000 and kept it as an empty lot.
While not his primary home, Weinstein held fundraisers for both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the properties.
Down the street from the film producer, married couple Andrew Bentley and Fiona Garland bought 124 and 128 Beachside Ave. in 2010 for $2,100,000 and $11,585,300, respectively. In the years since, Bentley has gobbled up three more properties on Beachside Avenue, the most recent acquisitions being Weinstein's former properties.
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"I've never met or seen Weinstein," Bentley said of his former neighbor, who was known to spend weekends at his Westport home with his former wife Georgina Chapman and the couple's two young children before a slew of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Weinstein came to light in October.
Bentley said the property transaction was completed through the real estate company Coldwell Banker. Tax assessor records show Bentley bought 26 Beachside Ave. for $10 million and Weinstein's adjoining property for $6 million.
In the coming months, Bentley said he plans to work with the architectural firm Roger Ferris and Partners, which has an office in Westport, to come up with ideas for the property, and ostensibly a new home to put on the currently empty 28 Beachside Ave. property, which Bentley said is zoned as a building lot.
"We'll let them use their imagination and come up with the coolest thing they can think of," Bentley said.
As for Weinstein, he has since been fired from the company that bears his name. It was on the verge of a fire sale until New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman filed a suit Feb. 11 against the Weinstein Company for allegedly violating state and local gender discrimination and sexual abuse and harassment laws. The purchase may be back on, however, following a "productive" talk on Wednesday between Schneiderman and the group of interested investors, according to TheWrap.
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As Kenyans get richer and move to cities, the amount of plastic they use is growing. By one estimate, Kenya gets through 24m bags a month, or two per person. (Americans, by comparison, use roughly three per person.) Between 2010 and 2014 annual plastic production in Kenya expanded by a third, to 400,000 tonnes. Bags made up a large part of the growth.
Kenya has tried to ban polythene bags twice before, in 2007 and 2011, without much success. This latest measure is broader, but few are ready for it. The Kenyan Association of Manufacturers says it will cost thousands of jobs. Some worry that supermarkets will simply switch to paper bags, which could add to deforestation. And then there is the question of whether Kenyan consumers will accept it. In Rwanda, since its ban was imposed, a thriving underground industry has emerged smuggling the bags from neighbouring Congo.
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The decline in the value of scrap is draining California's Beverage Container Recycling Fund, which relies on the proceeds from bottle deposits consumers pay upfront to reimburse redemption centers. As of June 30, it had $195 million, down from $246 million a year earlier. At this rate, it's expected to run out of money in the first half of 2018.
"There's been a massive crisis and a massive failure to respond to that crisis," says Susan Collins, president of the Container Recycling Institute, an advocacy group in Southern California. Collins says the state needs to boost its "outdated" payment formula by as much as $1 million a month or follow other states, where bottling companies pay recycling centers a fixed amount per container. A spokesman for CalRecycle says the state is looking at all options.
China is the largest destination for U.S. scrap exports, taking about 11 percent by volume in 2015. Since 2013, under a government program called Operation Green Fence, China has been aggressively inspecting and in some cases turning away bottles and cans that are mixed in with food waste or other nonrecyclable scrap. The policy has forced waste processors in the U.S. to screen discarded containers more carefully, driving up costs and diminishing the value of some waste.
This entry was posted in Energy, Environment, Markets and tagged recycling, recycling industry, waste, waste disposal on February 15, 2017 by Stoa.
EnvironmentT Minister Colonel Samuela Saumatua highlighted at a regional workshop that waste management is one of the biggest challenges facing Pacific Island countries today. He said growing volumes of solid and hazardous waste had become a major threat to the environment. "Globalisation is accelerating with increasing urbanisation, migration and participation in international trade," Col. Saumatua said. This is resulting in an escalation of solid and liquid wastes, more shipping and land transport and more infrastructure and industry throughout the region, all of which increase the risk of land, coastal and marine pollution from waste." He said the lack of controls on imported goods, with the lack of capacity to manage waste threatened to undermine the quality and health of vulnerable island ecosystems on which Pacific Islands depended.
This entry was posted in Environment, hazardous waste, marine pollution, Markets, public health, water resources and tagged Fiji, hazardous waste, international environmental law, pacific islands, waste on March 18, 2013 by Stoa.
Fishers and indigenous people in southern Chile have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in their 15-year conflict with Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (CELCO), a paper pulp company which plans to dump toxic waste in the ocean, and with the Chilean state for alleged human rights violations.
The Valdivia pulp mill, one of several owned by CELCO, is located 500 metres from the south bank of the Cruces river in the Los Ríos region, upstream from the Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary and 40 kilometres from the Bay of Mehuín (or Maiquillahue), the home of communities that depend on fishing for a living. The company wants to lay a 40-kilometre waste pipeline from the pulp mill to Mehuín, including a 2-kilometre undersea extension, that would discharge the plant's effluents directly into the ocean at a depth of 18 metres. Small-scale fishers and people belonging to the Lafkenche ("people of the coast") branch of the indigenous Mapuche community, living on the Bay of Mehuín, 800 kilometres south of Santiago, have been fighting the pipeline project since 1996.
In 2004 the company began discharging its effluents into the local Cruces river, but after a massive die-off and migration of black-necked swans (Cygnus melancoryphus) in the Anwandter Nature Sanctuary, in 2006 it resumed its original plan to build the waste pipeline to the ocean. The Valdivia pulp mill produces 550,000 tonnes of pulp a year for export. In March, however, production had to be suspended due to the low rate of flow in the Cruces river, which fell below five cubic metres a second – the lowest limit established by the authorities for pulp production, which consumes enormous quantities of water. Chile provides six percent of the 48 million tonnes of paper pulp traded on the world market every year. Last year, it brought in export revenues of 1.79 billion dollars. The forestry sector as a whole contributes 3.1 percent of GDP.
CELCO was granted permission to build the waste pipeline Feb. 24, 2010 by the Regional Commission for the Environment (COREMA), and it is expected to be completed in two years' time. The population that will be affected by the project includes 20 coastal communities of Lafkenche people and small-scale fishers in Mehuín, Cheuque, La Barra and Mississipí. Another 20 or so native communities further south and associations of fisherfolk with nearly 1,000 members, in neighbouring bays and inland areas, could also suffer harmful effects….
CELCO, which owns five pulp mills in Chile and another in Argentina, has a record for polluting. Operations have had to be suspended at the Valdivia plant on several occasions because of judicial injunctions, among other reasons for exceeding its permitted production limit.
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Sigma's Digital SLRs are renowned for the richness of colors and fine detail with an almost tactile, living feel to the images. And the SD15 SLR, continues this tradition of producing superior images, with faster processing speed and overall improved performance.
The SD 15 comes equipped with the world's first full color image sensor, the Foveon X3. This 14 megapixel sensor captures all primary RGB colors at each and every pixel location arranged in three stacked layers. So finest details and most subtle nuances of color are recorded–with no moiré artifacting.
The three-layer Foveon Sensor in the SD15 has a 1.7x lens factor. And on the subject of lenses, there are over forty Sigma SA-mount lenses – from fisheye to supertelephoto, macro to multizoom, primes and zooms, compatible with the Sigma SD15 to match any photographic style and speciality. So you get image quality that is outstanding, combined with fantastic lens selections!


To celebrate Portland Dining Month in the spirit of getting out and gathering together, we're opening the doors to Elder Hall , Gathering Space to Ned Ludd for a first ever "Happy Hour" on select Friday and Saturdays- March 3 & 4 and March 10 & 11, and on special TBA dates during the week 5-8pm. We'll have drink specials, yummy snacks, and chill lounging vibes. It's the perfect opportunity for an impromptu meet-up with friends or having drinks and conversation before heading over to Ned Ludd for dinner.
$8 Red, White, Rose, Sparkling, and Weird….
an assortment of quirky and delicious wine to pique the palate!
Elder Hall will be an evolving back room party where food, drink and vibes come together while you wait or simply because you want to hang with the Elder Crowd.
follow us on Instagram or look for the chair hanging on the wall outside the doors of the Hall for your invitation to the party.
It's time to shake off all the rain (and leftover snowflakes!) by getting out in March for Portland Dining Month. What a great time to take a break from your kitchen and let us cook for you. This year we're excited to offer a best-of-the-season three course meal for $29.
To kick off Portland Dining Month in the spirit of getting out and gathering together, we're opening the doors to Elder Hall for a first ever "Happy Hour" on select Friday and Saturdays- March 3 & 4 and March 10 & 11, and on special TBA dates during the week 4-8pm. We'll have drink specials, yummy snacks, and chill lounging vibes. It's the perfect opportunity for an impromptu meet-up with friends or having drinks and conversation before heading over to Ned Ludd for dinner.
The Oregonian included Ned Ludd as one of 27 restaurants worth your money on their list of 2017 Dining Month picks so don't miss out!
As you all know small business is the economic engine for the City of Portland. When our small businesses face challenges it has long lasting reach and impact on our great City.
This 2016-17 Winter Weather has had a significantly negative impact on our small business community. This lack of economic activity drains tax base and curtails further spending with all businesses that provide materials to those businesses, from food vendors and marketing professionals to professional printers and bookkeepers. Even if businesses are able to open their doors, employees are losing hours from inability to get to work to not enough business to justify their attendance.
We've organized along with a number of small businesses across industries, from retail and restaurant to service businesses to offer 10% discounts on gift certificate purchases made thru January 25th, 2017. It is our hope that the greater Portland Community, who has always been a great lover and supporter of their small business community, enjoys the opportunity to save a little at some of their favorite businesses, while lending a huge support to Portland's businesses and economy!
Please check with individual businesses as these discounted gift certificates may not be available for use in conjunction with other offers, coupons and discounts.
AND this is just a small list of the amazing list of Portland's small businesses. Please be sure to celebrate and support all the businesses you can this month and always!
Sometimes messing with a classic is a risky move, but we're pretty confident that our take on the beloved chocolate chip cookie will please even the pickiest chocolate chip lover. It's not any harder to prep and bake than a regular chocolate chip cookie. And we'll dare to say this skillet version is more fun to eat, especially when shared. Just don't say we didn't warn you if there's stiff competition for the last chocolate-y bite.
MAKE THE DOUGH: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl whisk together flour and baking soda, and set aside. In a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until well combined, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the egg, salt, and vanilla extract, and continue beating until combined. Add flour-soda combo and mix until just incorporated. Using a spatula, fold in chocolate wafers.
BAKE THE COOKIE: Flatten the dough inside a 10-inch skillet. Bake for around 30 minutes, or until the center is just set. To simulate Ned Ludd's blackened, bitter crust, turn the broiler on and cook a minute or two longer, taking care not to burn the top completely. Remove from oven and sprinkle with flake salt. Serve with a small glass of milk, or pour milk right over the top while the cookie's still hot and watch it sizzle.
**Larger and flatter than chocolate chips, high- quality chocolate wafers or "pistoles" (try Valrhona or Guittard brands) yield a velvety, "meltier" texture when baked. Wafers can be found at World Foods, Sheridan Fruit Company, and some supermarkets.
***DISCLAIMER : This cookie stays piping hot in the cast iron so let it cool and pour the cold milk over it or you will burn the crap out of your mouth. Trust me we've all done it to ourselves at least twice.
For many, the New Year begins with resolutions that set the intentions for growth, change and evolution. Our little wood fired restaurant is no exception. The coming year is going to be an amazing year for all of us. We're working hard within our organization to continue to grow and change to be the very best we can be for all of you.
8 years ago this month we opened our doors. We wanted to share our vision for Hand Crafted, Wood Fired Cuisine that reflected the season, championed our producers and the honored the spectacular Pacific NW. Many fond memories have been made with a dedicated staff, an ever-changing menu and the support of our generous patrons. We are stronger and more committed than ever to live our values through food and wine with you.
The dedicated staff at Ned Ludd is the engine that drives this fast-moving operation. To provide a fair wage for all, starting January 2nd, we will no longer include a tip line on your bill. Instead, we will add an 18% service charge to every bill. The lion's share is shared among each member of our staff, from the servers to the dishwashers. No additional tipping is expected or necessary. Thank you for your understanding the need for change in our industry which helps our kitchen and service staff receive equal compensation for the exceptional work that each of them do.
We are excited to announce, starting January 2nd, we will again be open 7 days a week for dinner service 5-10pm. Last Fall we needed to reset so we closed on Monday and Tuesday. We took those 2 days a week to train a new kitchen staff, restock our larder and update and improve the bones of Ned Ludd. Today, we truly believe our long dedicated luddites and our new family members make up the best team we've ever had. Every one of us are committed to what the Pacific Northwest has to offer in food, wine, service and experience and we are excited to share that with all of you every night of the week! (Starts January 2nd).
The coming year will require change and evolution that extends far beyond our walls. The affects of our changing industry, changing policy, market shifts and a growing global economy is forcing welcome change. We embrace the change and we hope you'll embrace it with us!
Throughout Eastern Europe, the tradition is to feast on a suckling pig on New Years Eve to bring good luck to your family for the coming year. This New Year's Eve we'll embrace this long honored tradition and bring you an inspired Eastern European Tasting Menu. Optional wine pairings will be available featuring multiple celebratory sparkling varieties. We'll feature freshly roasted suckling pig, hearty goose, delicious vegetable and salads and a weather ready soup! Participate in the entire menu experience or order any dish ala carte. Our delicious, nightly Ned Ludd Winter menu will also be available.


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Scottish Aquaculture and Fisheries Industries to Receive Over 8 million Funding
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21 February 2017, at 12:00am
SCOTLAND - The latest round of the European and Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) will deliver 41 projects which will contribute to the sustainable management of fisheries and marine ecosystems and help businesses upgrade or modernise their equipment, and move into new markets.
Fisheries Secretary Fergus Ewing announced funding on a visit to Lerwick to meet the Shetland Fishermen's Association which is one of seven projects in Shetland to receive funding. It will get more than £11,500 to improve safety equipment for its South Shore Fishing Association vessels.
Other projects benefitting from the EMFF include Box Pool Solutions in Aberdeen, which provides boxes for fishermen to sell their produce at markets including Peterhead. It will receive nearly £1.2 million for its new facility and equipment.
The Scottish Fishermen's Federation will receive £1.8 million for its independent on-board observer scheme, which supports initiatives to address potential problems related to discard bans.
Mr Ewing said: "This £8 million investment will encourage growth and protect jobs in the sea fisheries and aquaculture industry by allowing businesses to upgrade technology and buy new equipment.
"This is just one example of why EU funding is so important as it is helping the sea fisheries sector improve the quality of its products and enabling them to develop more environmentally friendly methods.
"We are committed to doing everything we can to overcome the damage Brexit will cause to jobs, trade, education and to our public services. In everything we do, we will continue to champion our shared interests and provide reassurances to fishing communities."
SFA executive officer Simon Collins said: "The safety of fishermen is paramount, and this association has long championed the welfare of its members. We're pleased to be receiving financial support to further our goals in this area."


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THR reports that A24 has acquired U.S. rights to The Rover.
The distributor picked up U.S. rights to the futuristic thriller, directed by David Michod and also starring Guy Pearce.
A24 has acquired U.S. rights to David Michod's thriller The Rover, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.
Set in a futuristic version of Australia following an economic collapse, the film follows Pearce, who plays a loner traveling the outback, who teams up with Pattinson to track a gang of thieves.
Michod, who wrote and directed 2010's Animal Kingdom, also wrote The Rover based on a story he and Joel Edgerton conceived. It was produced by Michod, Liz Watts for Porchlight Film and David Linde under his Lava Bear Films banner. The film co-stars Scoot McNairy,David Field, Anthony Hayes, Gillian Jones and Susan Prior. Natsha Braier served as director of photography and Jo Ford, who also collaborated with Michod on Animal Kingdom, was production designer.
A24 will release The Rover theatrically in the U.S., while Village Roadshow will release it in Australia and New Zealand. The film's investment partners include Screen Australia, the South Australian Film Corporation and Screen NSW, and financial partners Fulcrum Media and the Union Bank.
"A24 is a perfect fit for The Rover — a young, innovative and exciting company at the cutting edge of the independent sector in the US, they have contributed to an already exciting array of global distribution partners, and we are pleased to be partnering with them on the future release of the film," producers Watts and Linde said.
A24 is currently distributing Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring and will open James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now on Aug. 2.
A24 negotiated the deal with UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers and FilmNation Entertainment. UTA also reps Michod. Prior to selling the U.S. rights to A24, FilmNation Entertainment licensed the film to a majority of territories worldwide based on showing a two-minute reel of footage from the film.


It's still way too early to say someone would easily win.
Tell that to our fellow Democrats on this board who are already banking on the idea that Trump will be so bad as president that by 2020 we'll win back the White House.
Forgetting of course that even Nixon and Bush managed to win a second term.
I've been trying to tell you guys. Clinton's win is going to be massive. Imagine Obama's numbers with minorities, four more years of minority population growth, and Clinton out-performing him by >5% with white voters. No state will be safe.
The reason why this was bumped is to remind people that we should avoid making hasty predictions for 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election cycles.
Before we all knew about her emails of course...anyone not campaigning looks better.
Hahaha. Total junk. And LOL at Kentucky voting for a pro-abortion, anti-gun, anti-coal candidate for the highest office.
Nixon and Bush were not unpopular during their re-election years.
And you realize that this goes both ways, right?
Trump has three years to gain popularity and momentum. If he leaves Medicare/SS in check, passes infrastructure spending, passes tax cuts, and uses crony capitalist means to keep jobs here then he could easily win reelection.
It does go both ways but I don't care if the opposing side is banking on a Trump blowout in 2020. Let them believe whatever they want.
The Upper South's swing against Obama has nothing to do with racism. Nothing at all.


Born in 1717, Horace Walpole was a pivotal figure in 18th Century society, literature, art and architecture. The third son of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister, Horace was author of 'The Castle of Otranto', the world's first Gothic novel, and founder of Strawberry Hill House and its vast collection of treasures.
Educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, Horace Walpole was a man of many talents with a large network of influential friends. Following his departure from education, Walpole's father secured him three sinecure positions that afforded him income to support himself and his more creative and social endeavours.
From 1739-41, Walpole embarked on a Grand Tour and European influences can be seen in Strawberry Hill House's design.
Over his lifetime Walpole was an avid writer, leaving many works including some 7,000 letters and an account of his collection in 'A Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole'. Inspired by a nightmare he experienced at Strawberry Hill House, Walpole's seminal work, 'The Castle of Otranto', was printed on his private printing press in the grounds, the first in the country.


Eureka Springs is the perfect place to celebrate a calm and relaxing Thanksgiving weekend with your nearest and dearest. The quaint Victorian town opens its doors to everyone on Thanksgiving! If you are looking for a small, hassle free getaway, Eureka Springs is the place to be!
Check out this sample itinerary for a great Thanksgiving Vacation.
Who wants to spend the whole holiday cooking? Stop by the 1886 Crescent Hotel for a traditional Thanksgiving Feast! Come enjoy a home for the holiday's Thanksgiving Day Feast. Breakfast served from 8am-10am, Thanksgiving Feast served from 11am-4pm (reservations required) and a Thanksgiving Special offered in the Sky Bar from 3:30pm-10pm. Click here for a full menu.
Avoid the hustle and bustle of Black Friday and spend a quiet day exploring the trails and footpaths of Eureka Springs. After the sun sets, drive out to the Great Passion play to view the beautiful Christmas Lights, the best in the Ozarks!
Eureka Springs is home to an amazing array of small boutiques and galleries. You are sure to find something for everyone in one of our amazing stores situated in charming Downtown Eureka Springs. Shop Small Business Saturday on November 25th and help support these amazing, locally owned small businesses!
While in the Ozarks, stop by what many have called one of the most beautiful and inspiring chapels in the world. It will be a visit you will not soon forget. Just west of Eureka Springs on Highway 62 is the beautiful Thorncrown Chapel. Sunday service at 11:00 AM. Services last approximately one hour and include inspiring music and biblically based preaching. All people are welcome.
This entry was posted on November 2, 2017 by service424 in Attractions, Crescent Hotel, Culinary Adventures, Family Fun, Festivals, History, Things to Do and tagged Crescent Hotel, downtown eureka springs, Great Passion Play, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving vacation, Thorncrown Chapel.


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Le mont Alverstone, Mount Alverstone en anglais, est une montagne de la chaîne Saint-Élie, à la frontière de l'Alaska et du Yukon.

Toponymie
Le mont Alverstone a été nommé en 1908 en hommage à Lord Richard Everard Webster Alverstone.

Géographie
Le mont Alvertone est un sommet de la chaîne Saint-Élie, proche du mont Hubbard au sud et du mont Kennedy légèrement plus bas à l'est. Son sommet forme un point limite de la frontière entre l'Alaska et le Canada. La frontière se dirige vers le sud à partir de cet endroit en direction de l'Alaska du Sud-Est et vers l'ouest en direction du mont Saint-Élie.

Histoire
Le mont Alverstone a été escaladé pour la première fois en 1951 par une expédition dirigée par Walter Wood, en même temps que le mont Hubbard. Wood apprit lors de ces ascensions le décès accidentel de son épouse Foresta et de leur fille Valerie dans un accident d'avion, d'où le nom du mont Foresta, proche du mont Alverstone.

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The benefits of being the first franchisee of a system can be summarized in three words: ground floor opportunity. Yet being a system's pioneer often means being a guinea pig, too. You're buying into a system before anyone else even hears of the opportunity, but you're taking on the risks of the unknown that, say, a McDonald's franchisee doesn't necessarily face.
Franchise Zone spoke with Radloff, who has been president of Vancouver-based Uniglobe Travel Western Canada since 1986, about whether it's a good idea to become a system's first franchisee.


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Barbara Ann Dickerson
Barbara Ann Dickerson, lifelong resident of the North Fork, died at her home in Laurel Oct. 11, 2018. She was 80 years old.Born Feb. 19, 1938, in Greenport to Alice (Sepenoski) and John Kruszeski, Barbara graduated from Riverhead High School with the Class of 1955.
Barbara worked as treasurer for the Mattituck Fire District for 25 years, from 1991 to 2016, and was also an accounting manager for Roy Reeve Insurance Company for 25 years. She was a member of Sacred Heart Parish.
Predeceased by her husband, Philemon T. Dickerson, and siblings Helen Rosko, Alice Krupski and John Kruszeski, she is survived by her children, Kevin Dickerson (Nancy) of Calverton, Deborah Rohla (Jay) of Lisle, Ill., Diane Kokes (Brian) of Redondo Beach, Calif., and David Dickerson (Karen) of Southold; grandchildren, Amanda, Olivia, Melanie, Nicholas, Rebecca, William, Natalie and Charles; and sister, Jeanette Swotkewicz of Aquebogue.
The family received friends Oct. 15 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated Oct. 16 at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, officiated by Monsignor Joseph W. Staudt. Interment followed at Calverton National Cemetery.
Memorial donations in Barbara's name may be made to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978-7048.


Eating almonds daily reduces the risks of heart disease.
Some researchers are calling almonds a "super-food" with specific heart benefits. They gave 50 grams (2 handfuls) of almonds to an assorted group of healthy middle aged men, healthy young men and young men with heart disease risks. A similar control group ate as they normally would. After 1 month, the experimental group had lower blood pressure, improved blood flow and increased antioxidant levels.
PositiveTip: Add a serving of almonds or almond butter to your daily diet: your heart will thank you.


You voted, it's time to hear the results! Christopher and Eric announce the winners of the first annual Forkie Awards. Find out who won for Best Sketch and Best Special Correspondent and enjoy all of the nominees along the way.


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Matt and Jessica Laster have been praying for and ministering to the people of Bulgaria since 2000. They desire to show God's love to the people of Bulgaria, evangelize to the lost and hurting, and disciple the next generation to build strong Christian families. They are serving alongside the Truth and Hope Foundation and currently attend Troyan Church in Bulgaria.


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Covoada ist eine portugiesische Gemeinde (Freguesia) im Kreis (Município) von Ponta Delgada auf der Azoreninsel São Miguel. Sie ist als eine von nur drei reinen Binnengemeinden auf São Miguel ohne Berührung mit dem Atlantischen Ozean.

Geschichte
Die Gemeinde Covoada entstand 1980 neu, durch Ausgliederung aus der Gemeinde Relva.

2001 wurde hier das Núcleo Museológico da Covoada eröffnet, ein lokales Heimatmuseum, das sich mit der überwiegend landwirtschaftlichen Geschichte des Gemeindegebietes beschäftigt. Später wurde es geschlossen und ein Turismo-Büro dort eröffnet. In dieser öffentlichen Touristenauskunft sind nun Teile der Sammlung zu sehen.

Verwaltung

Covoada ist Sitz einer gleichnamigen Gemeinde (Freguesia) im Kreis Ponta Delgada. In ihr leben  Einwohner auf einer Fläche von  km² (Stand ).

Die Gemeinde besteht nur aus der Ortschaft Covoada.

Söhne und Töchter
Der PS-Politiker Vasco Cordeiro wurde 1973 hier geboren. Seit 2012 ist er Präsident der Autonomen Region Azoren.

Weblinks

 Eintrag zur Gemeinde Covoada bei der Kreisverwaltung Ponta Delgada
 Eintrag der Gemeinde Covoada in den Mapas de Portugal

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Ponta Delgada


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Elizabeth Banks is Pitch Perfect on Being 'Woke' in Hollywood as She Readies Charlie's Angels Reboot
By Sofia Lotto Persio On 6/13/17 at 5:52 AM EDT
Actor, director and producer Elizabeth Banks delivers remarks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ahead of the Charlie's Angels reboot, Banks said it is important to tell women's stories, especially in this political climate. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Actor, director and producer Elizabeth Banks turned Pitch Perfect, a relatively low budget movie about an a cappella group, into a successful franchise, and she is not done with giving female voices in Hollywood a platform.
A partner in the production company Brownstone Productions which she shares with her husband Max Handelman, Banks is preparing to release the third installment of the female-driven musical comedy Pitch Perfect 3 in December, and has also successfully pitched Sony for a Charlie's Angels reboot, due for release in June 2019.
Banks directed Pitch Perfect 2 and was set to take the director's chair once again for the third movie, but eventually chose to take a step back to spend more time with her family. And she has no regrets, as she told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview, because the job went to another female director. "I'm very invested in the story and really developed it and am proud that we were able to hand the reins to another woman [Trish Sie] to direct," she said.
"I like keeping that promise to women in the industry. I think it is a duty, almost, and a responsibility. If you can do it, invite people to the table," she added.
In her effort to support women, Banks also spent time on the campaign trail with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016. She addressed the Democratic Convention in July and teamed up with Oscar-winning producer and political activist Bruce Cohen to produce a Pitch Perfect -style a cappella song to serve as an anthem for the Clinton campaign, titled "Fight Song."
Despite Clinton's election loss, Banks is still fighting to shatter the glass ceiling in Hollywood, and actively seeks and approaches female directors and writers. "We work with a lot of female voices. And we work with guys, too. We're not anti-man. We always keep that list very open and fluid," she said.
With other work in the pipeline including a film adaptation of young adult novels such as Red Queen and Heist Society , Banks said it is important to tell women's stories, especially in this political climate.
"To borrow a phrase that I know very little about, I think it's important for women to be real 'woke' right now in a general sense. And I do feel like young women, in particular, have woken up to the fact that things they took for granted can no longer be taken for granted. You've got to keep fighting for progress," she said.
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AN ARTIST APOLOGIZES: Unlike sculptor
By Ed Driscoll Sep 19, 2002 9:42 PM ET
AN ARTIST APOLOGIZES: Unlike sculptor Gail Haffern, according to the BBC, "British artist Damien Hirst has 'apologised unreservedly' for suggesting that the 11 September hijackers had created a 'visually stunning' work of art":
"I apologise unreservedly for any upset I have caused, particularly to the families of the victims of the events on that terrible day.
"I in no way condone terrorism of any kind and I deeply regret any offence caused by the misrepresentation of my thoughts and feelings."
Since we slagged Ms. Haffern for her comments, we'd like to give a hearty "way to go", to Mr. Hirst.


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Melbourne Listening
An interactive installation and app of binaurally recorded sounds of Melbourne
Melbourne Listening is an interactive installation by Susannah Williams and Warren Armstrong composed of touch responsive drawings, tapestries and cast objects, that house binaurally recorded sounds of spaces in and around Melbourne, which audience members will hear when they touch the work.
The sounds follow an imagined "day in the life" of the City of Melbourne, and will consist of soundscapes collected from a variety of locations in the wider Melbourne metropolitan area, combined with the stories of community members who live, work or play in those locations, or for whom those locations hold special significance.
From the dawn chorus at the Western Treatment Plant to penguins returning for the night at St Kilda; from crowds cheering at the AFLW to people protesting in the city; from the industry of rooftop beehives to the steady laps of night swimmers at a public pool; from a poet reciting her work on the street to a muezzin delivering the call to prayer in a mosque.
For the artists, the work is also something of an incomplete document of their first six months in a new city, listening to its spaces and inhabitants.
The installation will be exhibited at FortyFiveDownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne from August 28th – September 8th 2018.
Accompanying the installation will be a free, publicly available phone app for iPhone and Android. This app will offer those who are unable to attend the show an alternative way of accessing the content.
This work was recorded on the lands of the Wurrundjeri, Boonwurrung and Wathaurong people of the Kulin nation. The artists thus wish to pay respect to the elders of those peoples; past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. These lands always were and always will be Aboriginal lands.


Enchanted, Stereotyped, Civilized. Garden Narratives in Literature, Art and Film.
Short description: Gardens have been a crucial part in mythology and literature. Throughout English literature for example, the idea of a garden is a recurrent image; these images largely stem from the story of the Garden of Eden, which is found in the Genesis, the first book of the Bible. In the vast library of garden literature few books focus on what the garden means – for example a conceptual idea, a real or imagined place, and a place of action. Gardens reveal the relationship between culture and nature and can in sum be seen as civilized and 'shaped' and therefore domesticated nature. The present volume will discuss the topic of the garden in different theoretical contexts such as ecological, botanical, literary, filmic, art, historical and cultural ones. The single contributions investigate the representations of and the interconnections between gardens and the above named domains over a wide timescale, with consideration of how gardens are represented and used as symbols.
Feryal Cubukcu got her M.A. on English Language Education and Ph. D. on Literary Theories. She has currently been working as a full professor at Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey. Dr. Sabine Planka, Studium der Fächer Germanistik, Kunstgeschichte und Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft, Promotion 2008. Derzeit PostDoc-Stipendiatin an der Fakultät II der Universität Siegen. Forschung und Lehre in den Bereichen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur/-film, Kunst- und Filmwissenschaft. Zudem tätig als Rezensentin für das Online-Portal www.kinderundjugendmedien. de und u.a. für die Zeitschriften Buch&Maus sowie MEDIENwissenschaft (Marburg: Schüren Verlag).


Voices for Change Inner Circle members understand the importance of speaking with one voice for women and girls in our state. Their support of the coalition's work in education and advocacy is bringing needed change to Oklahoma. Inner Circle Members give $1,000 or more each year.
We want you to be a part of the Inner Circle!


I've decided to start a monthly organic gardening newsletter. It will be full of tips, tricks, exclusive free access to ebooks, guest articles from horticulturists, giveaways, competitions, updates and so much more!
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Your email address will never, ever be passed on to anyone else, and you'll only receive emails once a month. If you've already subscribed to my blog by email, you're already on the list! It's easy to unsubscribe, there will be a button on every newsletter if you decide you don't want to be a part of it anymore.
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A new report released today by KPMG International's Global Customer Center of Excellence reveals that brands that deliver the best customer experiences achieve 54 percent higher revenue growth than brands that are ranked poorly by consumers for their experiences. MAIF in France, Marriott in Mexico, Emirates in the UAE and Navy Federal Credit Union in the US were among the list of brands nominated by consumers as exemplars of customer experience in their national markets.
Based on a survey of almost 55,000 consumers across 14 markets, the report identifies which brands consumers ranked highest for customer experience excellence. Brands were ranked across The Six Pillars of Customer Experience Excellence to identify the leaders in each country: Personalization; Integrity; Expectations; Resolution; Time & Effort and Empathy. Approximately the top 5 percent of brands, in each market, broke away from the rest of the index.
While technology is clearly transforming the customer experience, many organizations continue to struggle to drive value from their investments due to poor internal alignment around customer experience outcomes.
Leading brands are leveraging technology to improve the overall customer experience in a number of ways including: using remote diagnostics and internet-enabled devices to pre-empt customer problems, as well as enabling intelligent interactions harnessing voice commands to simplify customer engagement and complaint resolution.
"Companies are investing significant capital into digital and new technologies so they can deliver a more personalized experience than their competitors. Integrating new technologies into the customer journey is great, particularly if they reduce costs, remove friction and deliver value to the customer. But if the investments aren't focused on executing against targeted customer outcomes, they often come across as impersonal and inauthentic. It's a fine line," notes Tim Knight, Managing Director at KPMG Nunwood.
The leading brands in each market were chosen by customers for their performance against The Six Pillars of Customer Experience.
The Six Pillar model of Customer Experience Excellence was developed to provide a precise and practical definition of the kind of emotional outcome a successful experience needed to deliver. Based on nearly a decade of research and more than 2 million evaluations across multiple markets, the model represents the fundamental components of every great customer experience.
Conducted through an online survey and completed in Q4 2017, the research took in the views of almost 55,000 consumers in 14 different markets: Australia, China, Denmark, France, Italy, India, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, UAE, the United Kingdom and the United States. More than 1,400 brands were reviewed in total, resulting in almost 600,000 individual brand evaluations. The research was conducted on behalf of KPMG International by KPMG Nunwood's Customer Experience Excellence Center. Available local market data can be found on our website at kpmg.com/customerfirst.


CHESHIRE County Council has hit back at attempts to challenge its figures on the cost of local government reorganisation to council tax-payers.
In its official submission to the Boundary Committee, the county compares the cost of a single unitary council to the establishment of three unitary councils.
The county claims running costs alone would involve an extra £29 to £44m - the equivalent of between £114 and £174 a year on a Band D tax bill - and transitional costs a further £45m.
And this is without a further £25m estimated by the Government as the cost of setting up a Regional Assembly, which will also be billed to the taxpayers of the North West.
District council chief executives claim that past experience did not indicate that council tax bills would rise if three unitary councils were set up.
But Cheshire County Council's executive member for finance, Gretta Cousins, said: 'It is a fact that since 1998-9 council tax increases in Cheshire have totalled 38.4% compared to Warrington's 42% and Halton's 56.9%.


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Comprising 6 bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms; the master suite on the ground floor has a huge dressing room and sitting room, plus direct access to the gardens. There are two additional service rooms with their own bathrooms and independent entrance.
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Further comprising, a large modern kitchen with centre islands and breakfast area; wine cellar; out building with fitness area; barbecue area; heated pool with waterfall. A three car garage, under floor heating throughout, individualised air conditioning, alarm, electric blinds, marble fireplaces, automatic irrigation system, private water deposit.
Guadalmina Baja is a well-established and sought after beachside residential area located just outside of Marbella and on the edge of San Pedro de Alcantara. The area is characterized by impressive houses, in both traditional and modern styles; and charming townhouses in typical pueblo design. Close-by is the 36 hole course Real Club de Golf Guadalmina, with its additional services including a cafeteria/restaurant, swimming pool and paddle/tennis court.
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REVIEW: Little Italy brings big smiles
There are very few occasions during which someone will encounter a below-par piece of pizza pie.
Like your run-of-the-mill slice, this romantic-comedy is average genre fare with a few decent bits of flair and flavour thrown in.
The best thing Little Italy has going for it is two leads who share some amiable, good-natured chemistry, and a supporting cast that prop this film up with their entire might.
It's a charming Canadian film about two former friends and pizza shop owners who become next-door adversaries during a decades-long secret feud.
What was once a prestigious two-family business is now two separate, middling entities, marred by in-fighting and childish prank wars.
But when hometown boy Leo (Hayden Christensen) rekindles his childhood romance with visiting aspiring chef Nikki (Emma Roberts), they have to hope their love will bring the families back together.
I have to be honest, this full comes with a side of extra cheese.
However, with a strong supporting cast, including hilarious performances from veterans Jane Seymour, Andrea Martin and Danny Aiello, this one is worth a recommendation to those who love the genre.
It's a whole lot of love, a bucket of laughs and it doesn't take itself too seriously.
But sometimes you need something just like this to cleanse your palate and make you smile. You could do a whole lot worse than this slice of Little Italy.


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Home » Coyote co-founder leaves UPS less than three years after acquisition
Coyote co-founder leaves UPS less than three years after acquisition
Mark B. Solomon
Less than three years after Coyote Logistics LLC, the freight broker he co-founded with his wife Marianne, was acquired by UPS Inc. for $1.8 billion, Jeff Silver has parted ways with Big Brown.
Silver, who last year took a position at UPS' advanced technology group, resigned within the past two to three weeks, according to two people familiar with the matter. Marianne Silver remains at the unit as its chief people officer, according to a UPS spokesman, who confirmed Jeff Silver's departure. The company said that Silver left of his own accord.
The couple founded Coyote in 2006 and built it into a billion-dollar-a-year broker before its acquisition. UPS purchased Chicago-based Coyote in July 2015 in the largest acquisition in its 111-year history. Silver retained the Coyote CEO title after moving to the parent, but he relinquished day-to-day responsibilities.
Jonathan Sisler remains Coyote's president. However, Geoff Kelley, a long-time UPS executive who has headed up the Coyote transition team, has taken on a more prominent role in the unit's affairs, according to one of the people. A UPS spokesman declined to comment on any other personnel decisions at the Coyote unit. Coyote continues to contribute to UPS's growth and profitability. UPS folds Coyote's financial results into its supply chain and freight business unit, and thus doesn't separately disclose the unit's financial performance.
Atlanta-based UPS originally structured Coyote as a wholly owned subsidiary, instead of immediately absorbing it into the larger operation as it has done with other acquisitions. UPS also pledged to let the unit continue with its freewheeling modus operandi even though it contrasted greatly with UPS' own culture. Now, however, UPS has clamped down hard on the unit, according to the people. "UPS has Coyote in a chokehold," said one.
Tension had been building between Jeff Silver and UPS executives, many of whom thought that Silver, despite being a brilliant visionary, had too independent a personality to suit UPS' consensus-driven environment. Few at the parent were unhappy that Silver resigned, one of these people said. As far back as mid-2015, when the deal was consummated, observers were questioning whether the UPS and Coyote cultures could mesh beyond the standard honeymoon period. They also suggested it was simply a matter of time before the entrepreneurial Silvers would leave UPS.
Coyote has seen several top people leave in the past 8 months. Jim Sharman, its COO, and John Leach, its chief commercial officer, departed in January. Jodi Navta, who was chief marketing officer and long-time spokeswoman, left the company in late 2017.
Coyote came of age as Chicago began developing a worldwide reputation for its flamboyant logistics mindset. For generations a transportation hotbed because of its location in the country's midsection, Chicago in recent years has become a magnet for non-asset-based firms like brokers and third-party logistics (3PL) providers that understand the melding of physical distribution and information-technology skills, and that push hard to sell their services. An article appearing earlier this week on the financial website Marketwatch quoted Bobby Harris, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL BlueGrace Logistics LLC, telling Crain's Chicago Business that the city had become the "Hollywood of Logistics."
Young, smart people looking to make serious money have gravitated to Chicago to take positions on their employers' brokerage floors and aggressively buy and sell freight capacity. The Chicago brokerage floors, like trading floors in other industries, have become notorious for off-color banter and a "work hard, play hard" attitude.
Coyote's success stemmed largely from the Silvers' ability to recruit and develop talented employees, then let them do their jobs, said one of the people. "Much has been made of Coyote's technology, but the strength of the company was its people," the person said.
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Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.
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