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Q: git + partly shared files between branches/repositories. Is it possible? One team in company I work for has the following problem. They develop an application, which will have different builds (e.g. different design depending on customer). so they have some code shared between builds, and some specific to build. E.g. first build has (example is meaningless about files, it is just to understand the problem; I don't know exactly which code differs)
/src/class1.java
/src/class2.java
/res/image1.png
/res/image2.png

second project contains
/src/class1.java
/src/class3.java
/res/image1.png
/res/image3.png

as you see, both have class1.java and image1.png. Evething else is different. The project is much more complex of course, so to contain everything in one project is not comfortable... But also to make different branches and commit the same code to all of them is not comfortable...
probably I picked wrong direction thinking about this problem, but I just took a look at git (we use svn), and it allows separated repositories. The question is: is it possible to make different branches in git, but tell it that "these files should be shared between them" and other files should be only in those branches. Then when developer commits class1.java git synchronizes it in all branches/repositorias etc. Maybe there is another solution which can be easy taken?

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is it possible to make different branches in git, but tell it that "these files should be shared between them" and other files should be only in those branches.

Err... no.
When you create a branch, that actually means that any future commit of any file will be recorded within that new branch.
So if you do not touch to class1.java, its commit will still be reference by the original branch (say 'common'), while class2.java will have been removed, and class3.java added, all in the branch 'project1'.
Anybody creating a branch project2 from common would in effect reuse class1.java.

Then when developer commits class1.java git synchronizes it in all branches/repositorias etc

Err... no bis: the developer would have to cherry-pick class1.java and merge it to the branch 'common', and then rebase all the other branches on top of common in order to see class1.java evolution.
The real solution would be git submodules (see here for more on the way submodules are updated), but that involves:

*

*a reorganization of the code:

    project
      src
        class3.java
                       #   here is a full git repo
      common           # = referenced within the 'project' repo
                       #   as submodule
        src
          class1.java

*

*still a push to the 'common' Git repo whenever class1.java is modified, and a git submodules update in all other branches/repos that need the new 'common' evolution.


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Optimising your cotton picker spindle operation (29 April 2019)
Cotton picking contributes about nine percent, on average, to the total cost of production, so it is hardly surprising there is a constant focus for both growers and researchers on making efficiency gains in this area.
Keeping an eye on module wraps (17 April 2019)
Maintaining Australia's reputation for clean cotton requires focus on how we handle new technology in round module harvesters.
Work for us! Unique M&E role in cotton & sugar (10 April 2019)
CRDC and our fellow research and development corporation, Sugar Research Australia (SRA) are currently recruiting for a Principal Monitoring and Reporting Officer.
CRDC Board meets in Canberra (3 April 2019)
CRDC's Board of Directors met at the National Arboretum in Canberra today. The meeting aligns with last night's Federal Budget, which confirms CRDC's investments for the forward year.
Industries' plan to build on efficiency gains (27 March 2019)
To maintain or increase farm profit, significant increases in water productivity are required by all agriculture sectors.
Water productivity on the rise (20 March 2019)
Early indications from the latest water productivity benchmark study indicate continual improvement in water use efficiency in the Australian cotton industry.
Staying committed to sustainability (13 March 2019)
The cotton industry is preparing its second Sustainability Report, with the release of the Australian Grown Cotton Sustainability Targets due later this year, focusing on environmental, economic and social outcomes.
International Women's Day (8 March 2019)
Today, 8 March, is International Women's Day. So today we're taking a moment to recognise every woman involved in cotton: from bolls to boardrooms, genetics to gins, fields to fashion, and transport to trading floors.
New Executive Director for CRDC: Dr Ian Taylor (7 Mar 2019)
The Chair of the Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Richard Haire has today announced Dr Ian Taylor as the organisation's new Executive Director.

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Today marks the start of the 2014 NFL Season and we're only 21 weeks away from Super Bowl Sunday! This week, we bring you a spot that most people can recall, even to this day.
Budweiser and agency DMB & B St. Louis created this ad that appeared during Super Bowl XXIX in 1995. Directed by Gore Verbinski, the director of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, "Budweiser frogs," became a cultural phenomenon and still lives on in the hearts and minds of viewers across the nation.
Though the commercial aired on television ten years before YouTube existed, a copy made its way onto the video sharing site—it has earned more than 1.5 million views and 30,000 social shares. Enjoy!


Sixteen presidents before Barack Obama got a second chance at giving an inaugural address for the ages. Here are some of them.
It's not like last time, and everywhere you look, someone wants to remind you of that.
The gargantuan platform affixed to the U.S. Capitol has been growing for weeks, but worriers seem convinced that when Barack Obama steps onto it for his second inauguration, it just won't feel the same.
But still there's this irritating perception that it's all a setup to a letdown. It's one we've been struggling with since the beginning of our country: The meaning of the second inauguration. How to summon the energy to do it all again.
The first inauguration of our first president happened in New York. There were cheers, a 13-gun salute, and an eloquent address about the meaning of the office and the future of the United States. The day was merry. The nation was optimistic, and it was brand, brand new.
"Things were getting a little more complicated" in the country, says Susan Dunn, a history professor at Williams College. "He was tired." Exhausted, even. America was not the fresh daisy it once was, and he hadn't wanted a second term.
Washington knew what the country has spent nearly 250 years learning: Second inaugurations are America renewing its wedding vows to the same man — the ceremony might be great, but you can't ignore what you already know about the groom: He snores, sniffles and forgot to pay the electric bill last month.
Thomas Jefferson's second inauguration was also a little tired. There was no way to live up to the hype of the first, which was America's first political party swap and thus a huge historic deal. His second victory was completely predictable, so expectations could be met but hardly be exceeded.
By contrast, James Madison's second election, in 1812, had been bitterly close, and bitterness was on display at the inauguration. John Marshall, the chief justice tasked with the swearing-in, reportedly smirked throughout the ceremony, showing his displeasure with the president. Madison gave a lackluster address — he was a bad public speaker and regularly bungled social situations.
Yes, he had to. And we have to. Not the balls (those were added by Dolley Madison, who was as gregarious as her husband was socially inept), and not the dinners and the parade. But the president must take an oath, because saying it is required by the Constitution. Article 2, Section 1, Clause 8.
Even if the president is tired. Even if the people are tired of the president. Second inaugurals are less like clean slates than hastily wiped-down ones: There will be an inevitable reckoning of the vision previously laid out, whether the promises made stayed intact or were broken.
If you look at a list of America's presidents and their terms, you will notice a large block of one-termers throughout the 19th century. This was not always because the gentlemen couldn't get elected again. It's because in some cases — James K. Polk, James Buchanan — the politicians had promised the exhausted American public that they wouldn't even try.
Of course, there's a problem with this — this tidy little parable of diminishing returns. The problem's name is Lincoln.
As any historian or schoolchild or Daniel Day-Lewis fan could tell you, the time of Lincoln's second inauguration was emotionally charged and politically fraught. Lincoln read the mood beautifully.
Lincoln used words like "compliance." He talked about "conclusive evidence." He "reiterated" things. He sounded exactly like the lawyer he was.
Never fear. America is not in the habit of allowing its wounds to stay bound for very long.
After Lincoln's assassination, we made it through Andrew Johnson's truncated presidency, though we chose not to give him a second term. We did choose to reelect his successor, Ulysses S. Grant.
In those days, Congress went out of session when the president's term ended, not before, meaning that bills were produced up until last minute. The night before his second inauguration, Grant found himself knocking about the White House, wading through piles of looming legislation.
The work carried over to the next day. Thus, on the morning that Ulysses S. Grant, the Union hero of the Civil War, was set to be sworn in again as the leader of the United States of America, he was lingering over a piddling bill that would allow former president Zachary Taylor's daughter a monthly pension in the sum of $50.
But such is the presidency. One begins with lofty policy aspirations, one ends up fussing over budget issues. One begins as a messianic hero; one ends up with a pile of dead birds.
The festiveness of an inauguration is tied to the mood of the nation and the events of the world. A leader who has already been in office for four years might view a second go-round as simply a slog that must be endured in order to get back to the business of running the country.
But welcome anyhow, Mr. President. Get ready for four more years. Four more years. A reelection chant played in a minor key.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt also became a wartime president — and was elected as a Depression-era one. Crowds thronged to Washington for his first inaugural address; this is when FDR said that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Then he was elected again.
For his fourth inauguration, Roosevelt skipped the Capitol entirely. He was sworn in on the White House lawn in front of a crowd of 5,000, down from the usual 25,000. The whole thing was over in 15 minutes.
The inauguration, she says — be it first or second — is that object.
In recent years, perhaps second inaugurations are getting better. Bill Clinton pumped up the number of balls to a record 14 for his second term. George W. Bush's second inaugural was absent the Al Gore supporters who had coughed claims of illegitimacy on his first term.
Besides. It is not technically President Obama's second inauguration, Steve Kerrigan, the inaugural committee CEO, jokingly reminds us all. Not if you want to get picky about it.
After Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. bungled the words during the president's first oath in 2009 (there was a misplaced "faithfully"), there was a redo a few days later. That was his "second inauguration." This year, the president will take the oath on Jan. 20, as is required by law. But since the date falls on a Sunday, that ceremony will be private and small. He will repeat the oath on Monday, at the Capitol, for all the world to see.
Thus, the public ceremony will be the fourth inauguration of this president of the United States of America.


What would happen if Jane Austen's NORTHANGER ABBEY was set in the twenty-first century?
Caitlin Morland has always craved excitement but knows she'll never find it with her boring family. When she wins an art scholarship to the famous Mulberry Court College, she is delighted to find herself adopted by the popular Izzy Thorpe and her mates, Summer and Bianca. Swept up in a flurry of parties and revelations on holiday with Summer's family, Caitlin finds out that even the best things in life can go pear-shaped . . .


West Africa is an important market of Malaysian palm oil with more than one million MT of MPO imported into the region in 2014. Although Africa has vast arable land available for palm oil plantation, Africa is still at an infancy stage. Large scale plantations are relatively underdeveloped and many estates are ageing with replanting taking place at a slow rate. Many West African countries have plans to expand and develop oil palm plantations. Buoyed by rising producer prices, strong international demand for vegetable oil and the large demand potential within Africa, several West Africa countries have formulated national programs to encourage both national and foreign investments in new oil palm plantation The region deficit for edible oils which has to be covered by imports is estimated to reach 1 million MT a year and is projected to increase to some 1.5 million tons by 2020. Palm oil is an essential ingredient of African diet and with new oil palm plantations requiring many years before its potential can be fully utilized, Malaysian palm oil exporters have significant role to play to satisfy that demand.


There was an interesting post on a LinkedIn discussion earlier today, asking whether a business needed to have procedures in place for a new operation it was about to commence and which would form part of their ISO9001:2008 certification. ISO9001:2008 is interesting in what it says with this regard, and I responded drawing the attention of the poster to clause 4.2.1c which requires that the organisation puts in place 'documented procedures and records required by this international standard' - i.e. the 6 mandatory procedures and the various records stated in the standard, and 4.2.1d which goes to to add 'documents, including records, determined by the organisation to be necessary to ensure the effective planning, operation and control of its processes', in other words 'and whatever else you need to make sure you can operate the process properly and consistently'. So it is for the business to decide on what is needed and in the case of the question posed the answer has to be 'only your business can determine what you need'.
This has interesting links with a client we are just starting to work with, who has had procedures galore written for him which serve no purpose at all! We are now being employed to 'strip the system documentation back to the essentials'.


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One moral of this story, for me, is that the treasure-box exists, and wonderfully kind people are willing to allow us a peek inside.
A jazz fan / broadcaster / amateur singer and kazoo player, Johnson "Fat Cat" McRee, Jr. (1923-1990), — he was an accountant by day — held jazz festivals in Manassas and other Virginia cities, beginning in 1966 and running about twenty years. They were enthusiastic and sometimes uneven affairs, because of "Fat Cat"'s habit, or perhaps it was a financial decision, of having the finest stars make up bands with slightly less celestial players. Some of the musicians who performed and recorded for McRee include Bobby Hackett, Vic Dickenson, James Dapogny, Don Ewell, John Eaton, Maxine Sullivan, Bob Wilber, Pug Horton, Kenny Davern, Dick Wellstood, Bob Greene, Johnny Wiggs, Zutty Singleton, Clancy Hayes, George Brunis, Willie "the Lion" Smith, Tommy Gwaltney, Joe Muranyi, Danny Barker, Edmond Souchon, Cliff Leeman, Bobby Gordon, Marty Grosz, Hal Smith, Kerry Price . . . .
McRee also had business sense, so the proceedings were recorded, issued first on records and then on cassette. I never got to Manassas while the Festival was happening, but I did buy many of Fat Cat's lps (with their red and yellow label) and years later, when I met Hank O'Neal, he told me stories of recording the proceedings on Squirrel Ashcraft's tape machine here.
My dear friend Sonny McGown, who was there, filled in some more of the story of the music you are about to see and hear. The 1986 festival was dedicated to Jimmie Noone and these performances come from a Sunday brunch set. "It was a very talented group and they meshed well. Mason 'Country' Thomas was the best clarinetist in the DC area for years; he was a big fan of Caceres. . . . Fat Cat's wife, Barbara, often operated the single VHS video camera which in later years had the audio patched in from the sound board. As you well know, the video quality in those days was somewhat lacking but it is better to have it that way than not at all. Several years later Barbara allowed Joe Shepherd to borrow and digitize many of the videos. In his last years Fat Cat only issued audio cassettes. They were easy to produce, carry and distribute. FCJ 238 contains all of the Muranyi – Dapogny set except for "River…". However, the videos provide a more enhanced story."
A few years back, I stumbled across a video that Joe had put up on YouTube — I think it was Vic Dickenson singing and playing ONE HOUR late in his life, very precious to me for many reasons — and I wrote to him. Joe proved to be the most generous of men and he still is, sending me DVDs and CD copies of Fat Cat recordings I coveted. I am delighted to report that, at 93, he is still playing, still a delightful person who wants nothing more for his kindnesses than that the music be shared with people who love it.
Because of Joe, I can present to you the music of Jimmie Noone, performed on November 30, 1986, by Joe Muranyi, clarinet, soprano saxophone, vocal; Mason "Country" Thomas, clarinet; James Dapogny, piano; Rod McDonald, guitar; Johnny Williams, string bass [yes, Sidney Catlett's teammate in the Armstrong Decca orchestra!]; Hal Smith, drums; Johnson McRee, master of ceremonies and vocalist. The songs are IT'S TIGHT LIKE THAT (vocal, Joe); CRYING FOR THE CAROLINES (vocal, Fat Cat); MISS ANNABELLE LEE (Joe); SO SWEET; RIVER, STAY 'WAY FROM MY DOOR; APEX BLUES; SWEET LORRAINE (Fat Cat).
Some caveats. Those used to videocassette tapes know how quickly the visual quality diminishes on duplicates, and it is true here. But the sound, directly from the mixing board, is bright and accurate. YouTube, in its perplexing way, has divided this set into three oddly-measured portions, so that the first and second segments end in the middle of a song. Perhaps I could repair this, but I'd rather be shooting and posting new videos than devoting my life to repairing imperfections. (Also, these things give the busy YouTube dislikers and correcters something to do: I can't take away their pleasures.)
One of the glories of this set is the way we can see and hear Jim Dapogny in peak form — not only as soloist, but as quirky wise ensemble pianist, sometimes keeping everything and everyone on track. Joe has promised me more videos with Jim . . . what joy, I say.
Don't you hear me talkin' to you? It IS tight like that:
Who's wonderful? Who's marvelous?
I've just found joy:
I started this post with "a" moral. The other moral comes out of my finding this DVD, which I had forgotten, in the course of tidying my apartment for the new decade. What occurs to me now is that one should never be too eager to tidy their apartment / house / what have you, because if everything is properly organized and all the contents are known, then surprises like this can't happen. So there. Bless all the people who played and play; bless those who made it possible to share this music with you. Living and "dead," they resonate so sweetly.
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Had someone taken me, I could have seen Coleman Hawkins play — he did live until 1969 — but this concert I missed: my parents did not know each other yet.
That's Hawkins, Freddy Johnson, piano, and Maurice van Kleef, drums, in Amsterdam, April 20, 1938. The inscription reads: "To Aunt Hattie, In remembrance of all her kindness to my family and self. I shall never forget it, Freddy." The photograph is in the collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Here's something surprisingly rare — not only because pieces of paper don't always survive for eighty years — the impetus for this posting.
The seller's link is here ; the price: $767.99 or "make offer." (His other items are intriguing — some posters are autographed — but lovers of "pure jazz" will find only a Louis Jordan concert poster to fixate on.)
To make up for the concert that perhaps none of my readers attended, here (thanks to Heinz Becker, one of the great gracious swing benefactors of YouTube, who has uploaded a stellar record library for us) is that trio, a marvel of swing energies:
I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW:
The ferocious SWINGING IN THE GROOVE:
DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND:
WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS:
WHEN BUDDHA SMILES:
and the gorgeous BLUES EVERMORE (a themeless improvisation on ONE HOUR, which some YouTube correcter tells me is IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT):
What rhapsodic majesty and unflagging swing he displayed. These sides do not make up for having missed the concert, but we grasp the consolations we can.
And just for fun: I couldn't go to this 1949 jazz party either. I was closer to being born (my parents had met and more) but it still didn't help. I'm glad I am able to go hear music now!
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Tagged Art Hodes, Bob Pavesse, Bobby Hackett, Charlie Traeger, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Phyfe, Freddy Johnson, Georg Brunis, George Brunis, Heinz Becker, Jack Crystal, Jazz Lives, Johnny Windhurst, Maurice van Kleef, Michael Steinman, Stuyvesant Casino, Tony Parenti
THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE: A NEW BOOK BY DEREK COLLER and BERT WHYATT
Before you read another word: if you know the remarkable work of Derek Coller and the late Bert Whyatt, you can skip to the bottom for details on how to buy it: you won't need me to convince you of its worth.
Full disclosure, for those who like FD: I corresponded with Bert and exchanged information and tapes for the Bobby Hackett book he and George Hulme did, and I am mentioned in this new book as a source pertaining to Frank Chace.
Now for larger matters: when I pick up a book purporting to be on jazz, I value clear presentation of information, at best first-hand narrative or close informed analysis, any ideological basis (if there must be one) aboveboard. I should come away from any reading feeling that I know many new things or have been given new ways of perceiving what I know.
Here's what repels me (details omitted to avoid legal action):
During the twentieth century, jazz was at the center of multiple debates about social life and American experience. Jazz music and its performers were framed in both positive and negative manners. The autobiographies of _____ musicians _____ and ______ provide insight into the general frames they used to frame jazz experience and agency sometimes at odds with dominant discourses. Through Michel Foucault's notion of ethical substance, I analyze the way in which jazz is constructed in their autobiographies. Several themes are used by both autobiographers to frame their actions, which are constructed in a complex and ambivalent manner revealing both the ethics of jazz and its covert culture.
A long pause. Happily, I can leave Foucault to his own devices, and enthusiastically recommend CHICAGO JAZZ: THE SECOND LINE, the opposite of the miasma in italics. And, for the curious, the picture above is of Sig Meyer and his Druids, c. 1924 — including Volly De Faut, Arnold Loyacano, Marvin Saxbe, and Muggsy Spanier. In itself, that photograph says everything you might need to know about the depth of research in this book.
Coller and Whyatt come from the old school of scholars — note I don't write "critics" — who believe that the stories musicians tell about themselves and others are more worthy than what listeners believe they hear. This is a collection of articles — essays, portraits, studies — by both authors, published in Storyville, The Mississippi Rag, the IAJRC Journal, Jazz Journal, and as liner notes — between 1983 and 2016.
For once, I will quote the publisher's copy, because it is so apt:
When Derek Coller decided to pay tribute to his late friend – the author, biographer, discographer and researcher, Bert Whyatt – he looked for a common theme under which to group some of the articles they had written together over the years. He found it in Chicago where their research activities had gravitated towards the style of music created by the young white musicians from that city and its environs – particularly those who rallied around the figurehead of Eddie Condon – as they listened to and learned from the pioneer black stylists, many of them the greatest jazz players to emigrate from New Orleans, including King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Johnny and Baby Dodds and Jimmy Noone. Two trips to the USA, made by the authors in 1979 and 1992, led to meetings and correspondence with some of the musicians in this compilation, and to learning about many others. There are connections between most of these articles, interviews and notes, with an over-lapping of jobs, leaders and clubs. Some of the stories are about pioneers: Elmer Schoebel, Jack Pettis and Frank Snyder, for example, were in the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1923. Trombonist George Brunis, chronicled here, was also a member of that band, though his long career – during which he played with Muggsy Spanier, as did Rod Cless and George Zack, in the Spanier Ragtime Band of 'Great Sixteen' fame – has been more widely documented. Floyd Bean and Tut Soper, here too, were also Spanier alumni. The articles originally appeared variously under a dual by-line, or by either Whyatt or Coller, but always with consultation and discussion prior to publication. Here they become a lively mix of the voices of the authors as well as the musicians and their families, building a story through biography, reviews and discography. The book is illustrated with evocative black and white photographs and images, and there is an Index of names and places to help the reader keep track of the musicians, composers, producers, promoters and writers who created this part of the history of jazz.
"A lively mix" is an understatement. First off, the book is full of wonderful anecdotage, primarily by the musicians themselves. And it helps to explicate Chicago — which is often legendary but certainly under-documented — as its own world of jazz, where one could encounter Jimmy Yancey, Brownie McGhee, Bud Jacobson, Brad Gowans, Wild Bill Davison, Art Hodes — see the 1949 photo facing the table of contents.
For me, the complete and absorbing charm of the book and the research under it is in the focus on those musicians whom I've known as names on record labels or in discographies. Yes, there is coverage of Muggsy Spanier and George Brunis (the first already the subject of a fine biography by — no surprise — Bert), but the other portraits are welcome because the musicians depicted never got the attention during or after their lifetimes. I will simply list them: Jack Pettis, Frank Snyder, Elmer Schoebel, Rod Cless, George Snurpus, Maurice Bercov, Floyd O'Brien, Oro "Tut" Soper, Floyd Town, Johnny Lane, George Zack, Jack Gardner, Chet Roble, Floyd Bean, Bill Reinhardt and his club Jazz Ltd., Dan Lipscomb, Frank Chace, Jimmy Ille, Art Jenkins, Doc Cenardo, Freddy Greenleaf, and Paul Jordan.
And that is surely not all. Photographs new to me, of course. And when I open the book at random, gems leap out: on page 202, pianist Tut Soper describes Chicago as "the center of gravity as far as jazz is concerned." On page 63, we are in trombonist Floyd O'Brien's datebook for 1928, describing gigs and who was in the band. On page 227, jazz writer Larry Kart recalls hearing (and recording) clarinetist Frank Chace and pianist Bob Wright playing Coltrane's LAZY BIRD and Tadd Dameron's IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW.
I mentioned anecdotage earlier in this post, and will add a few excerpts from string bassist Harlow Atwood (201-2), talking of clarinetist / clubowner Bill Reinhardt and early rehearsals (Fall 1932) for Charlie Barnet's first big band:
(. . . Charlie then was a 17 years-old pothead fugitive from Moses Brown Prep in Providence, R.I.) which boasted the legendary Jack Purvis on trumpet and Scoops Thompson (he sold drugs by the scoopful!) on guitar. The two wildest dudes I ever met in the business. That band, by the way, opened the brand-new Paramount Hotel, owned by Charlie's family, on New Year's Eve of '32-'33 and lasted exactly one set. Barnet's mother, shocked to her socks by Purvis' romping charts, fired Charlie herself. I was sitting at Charlie's table and heard the conversation.
And, later, Atwood's memories of valve-trombonist Frank Orchard (memorable for appearances on Commodore Records — I also saw him at Jimmy Ryan's in the Seventies) who also acted as M.C., played piano, guitar, and sang — and who installed "a 2 1/2 times life-sized photo of himself at the club's street entrance":
The sets were pure Mack Sennett. Frank would tinkle a piano intro, then switch to rhythm guitar for the opening chorus, grab his guitar and up to the mike to sing / play a chorus, then do the sock chorus on trombone lead and finally sprint back to the piano for the ending. Plus, of course, introductory blather.
That's purest jazz catnip to me, and I hope to you also.
If you'd told me a few years ago that I would hold a book with a detailed portrait of the pianist Jack Gardner in it, or a reference to tenorist Joe Masek, I would have thought that impossible. And I have taken so long to review this book because of its irresistible nature. When I received it in the mail, I left it visible in my apartment, and when I passed by it, I would stop to read a few pages: its distracting force was just that powerful. I apologize to Derek and to the shade of Bert for being so tardy, but if you are in the least curious about Chicago jazz — from the teens to the Seventies — you will find CHICAGO JAZZ: THE SECOND LINE fascinating, quotable, and invaluable. I wish there were a bookshelf of volumes of equal merit.
Buy a copy here or here . Alas, the book doesn't come with a I BRAKE FOR SIG MEYERS AND HIS DRUIDS bumper sticker or a multi-volume CD set of previously unheard live sessions recorded by John Steiner, but we will make do with this lovely collection.
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I CALL ON KIM CUSACK (Part One): MARCH 27, 2018
Paul Asaro, piano; Kim Cusack, clarinet
I admire the reedman and occasional vocalist Kim Cusack immensely and had done so through recordings for a long time before we met in person. When we exchanged courtesies and compliments at a California festival — perhaps the San Diego Jazz Fest in 2011? — I was thrilled by his music as it was created on the spot, and I liked the man holding the clarinet a great deal.
A hero-worshiper, I found occasions to stand at the edge of a small circle when Kim was telling a story. And what he had to tell us was plenty. He never tells jokes but he's hilarious with a polished deadpan delivery and the eye for detail of a great writer.
I had said to another hero, Marc Caparone, "I wish I could get Kim to sit for a video interview," and Marc — ever the pragmatist — said, "Ask him!" I did, and the result was a visit to Kim and the endearing Ailene Cusack (she's camera-shy but has her own stories) in their Wisconsin nest.
The results are a dozen vignettes: illuminating, sharply observed, and genuine. Kim's stories are about the lively, sometimes eccentric people he knows and has known. I am honored to have had the opportunity, and I hope you enjoy the videos. I know I did and do.
I've prefaced each video with a very brief sketch of what it contains.
Early days, going back to fifth grade, and early influences, including Spike Jones, moving up to high school and a paying gig, with side-glances at rock 'n' roll and the Salty Dogs:
From Career Day at Kim's high school to early adulthood, and a seven-year stint teaching, with Eddy Davis, Darnell Howard, Mike Walbridge, James Dapogny, the Chicago Stompers, the Salty Dogs, Frank Chace, Marty Grosz, Lew Green, Wayne Jones, and the saga of Paul's Roast Round:
From the Chicago Stompers and union conflicts to Art Hodes and Ted Butterman and Wayne Jones to Kim's secret career as a piano player . . . and the elusive piano recording, and a mention of Davey Jones of Empirical Records:
Kim's portraits of distinctive personalities Ted Butterman, Bob Sundstrom, Little Brother Montgomery, Booker T. Washington, Rail Wilson, Peter Nygaard, Phyllis Diller and her husband "Fang," the Salty Dogs, Eddy Davis, George Brunis, Stepin Fetchit and OL' MAN RIVER in Ab. Work with Gene Mayl and "Jack the Bear" on trumpet. And Barrett Deems! (More Deems stories to come.)
More portraits, including Gene Mayl, Monte Mountjoy, Gus Johnson, the legendary George Brunis, Nappy Trottier, who "could really play," Wild Bill Davison, Johnson McRee. And a playing trip to Alaska for three weeks with Donny McDonald and later Ernie Carson:
Scary airplane trips with the Gene Mayl band over Alaska, and a glance at the splendid pianist John Ulrich, a happy tourist:
I have six more vignettes to share, with memories of Norm Murphy, Frank Chace, Barrett Deems, Bob Skiver, Little Brother Montgomery, and more. My gratitude to Kim and Ailene Cusack, for making this pilgrimage not only possible but sweet, rewarding fun.
Tagged Ailene Cusack, Alaska, Art Hodes, BArrett Deems, Bob Skiver, Bob Sundstrom, Booker T. Washington, CAREER DAY, Darnell Howard, Davey Jones, Donny McDonald, Eddy Davis, Empirical Records, Ernie Carson, Frank Chace, Gene Mayl, George Brunis, Gus Johnson, James Dapogny, Jazz Lives, Jim Dapogny, John Ulrich, Johnson McRee, Kim Cusack, Lew Green, Little Brother Montgomery, Marc Caparone, Marty Grosz, Mike Walbridge, Monte Mountjoy, Nappy Trottier, Norm Murphy, Paul's Roast Round, Peter Nygaard, Phyllis Diller, Rail Wilson, Spike Jones, Stepin Fetchit, Ted Butterman, the Chicago Stompers, the Salty Dogs, Wayne Jones, Wild Bill Davison
"BEST SESSION IN TOWN": OUR HEROES, GIGGING AROUND
Buck Clayton, Bob Wilber, Johnny Windhurst, 1951:
Red Allen, 1956,
Tony Parenti, 1949:
Pee Wee Russell, 1964:
I am tempted to close this very unadorned exhibit of treasures with a sigh, "Ah, there were wonders in those days!" That sigh would be a valid emotional reaction to the glories of the preceding century. But — just a second — marvels are taking place all around us NOW, and those who lament at home will miss them.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Generosities, Hotter Than That, Ideal Places, Irreplaceable, It's All True, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love, Wow!
Tagged Art Hodes, Art Trappier, Bob Wilber, Buck Clayton, Central Plaza, Dick Cary, Ebay, Ed Hall, George Brunis, Henry "Red" Allen, Jazz Lives, Jimmy Ryan's, Johnny Windhurst, Michael Steinman, Pee Wee Russell, Storyville, Tony Parenti, Wingy Manone
A FEW PAGES FROM ROBERT BIERMAN, formerly of IRVINGTON, NEW YORK
Posted on December 4, 2016 | 1 comment
Another eBay prowl (taking a long respite from grading student essays) with glorious results.
The seller is offering an amazing collection of autographs, some dating back to 1938. Since a few items were inscribed to "Bob" or "Robert" Bierman, it was easy to trace these precious artifacts back to the man of the same name, a Krupa aficionado, now deceased (I believe his dates are 1922-2009) who lived for some time on Staten Island.
The jazz percussion scholar Bruce Klauber tells me: Bob passed several years ago. He had things you wouldn't believe and was kind enough to share several audios with me. Anything he was connected with was rare and authentic.
My friend David Weiner recalls Bierman as quiet, reticent, with wonderful photographs and autographs.
I never met Mr. Bierman in my brief collectors' period, but in 1938 he must have been a very energetic sixteen-year old who went to hear hot jazz and big bands, asking the drummers and sidemen for their autographs. The collection is notable for the signatures of people not otherwise documented — as you will see.
Incidentally, the seller has listed the items as "Buy It Now," which means that indeed the race is to the swift.
Three heroes from what I presume is Art Hodes' Forties band that recorded for his own JAZZ RECORD label: Rod Cless, Georg[e] Bruni[e]s, Danny Alvin.
Bunny and his Orchestra.
Basieites, circa 1940: Walter Page, Joe Jones, Buck Clayton, Tab Smith, Freddie Greene, and James Rushing. The story is that John Hammond convinced Jo and Freddie to change the spelling of their names . . . perhaps to be more distinctive and memorable to the public? I don't know if this is verifiable.
Gene! But where and when?
Wettling, promoting Ludwig drums — when he was with Paul Whiteman.
And some advice to the young drummer.
Teddy Wilson. It's so reassuring to see that there was actually letterhead for the School for Pianists.
Some wonderful players from the Bob Crosby band: Jess Stacy, Eddie Miller, Bob Haggart, Matty Matlock, Hank D'Amico, Nappy Lamare.
Liz Tilton, Ray Bauduc.
Gil Rodin from Ben Pollack and Crosby.
Earle Warren of Basie fame.
Al Donahue, and another Bunny signature.
To me, a page with the signatures of Hank Wayland, and George Rose — plus a caricature — is worth many thousand letters with a secretary's "Bing" or "Benny" at the bottom.
You want famous? Here's famous: Duke Ellington, Joe Venuti.
and Mary Lou Williams.
Some fairly obscure Benny Goodman sidemen — Buff Estes, Toots Mondello, Arnold "Covey" — and the leader-turned-sideman Fletcher Henderson.
Gentlemen from the reed section of Fats Waller's big band: Jackie Fields and Bob Carroll.
Fats' "Honeybear," Gene Sedric.
A letter from Art Hodes! ("Bob, there's a letter for you!")
Finally, the Hawk. 1943.
It makes me think, "What will happen to our precious stuff [see George Carlin] when we are dead? eBay certainly is better than the dumpster, although these pages remind me that everything is in flux, and we are not our possessions. Beautiful to see, though, and to know that such things exist. You, too, can have a piece of paper that Rod Cless touched — no small thing.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Bliss!, Irreplaceable, It's All True, Jazz Titans, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Real Thing, The Things We Love
Tagged Al Donahue, Arnold Covey, Art Hodes, Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, Bob Bierman, Bob Carroll, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart, Bruce Klauber, Buck Clayton, Buff Estes, Bunny Berigan, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Danny Alvin, David Weiner, Duke Ellington, Earle Warren, Ebay, Eddie Miller, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Gene Krupa, Gene Sedric, George Brunis, George Rose, George Wettling, Gil Rodin, Hank D'Amico, Hank Wayland, Jackie Fields, Jazz Lives, Jess Stacy, Jimmy Rushing, Jo Jones, Joe Venuti, Liz Tilton, Mary Lou Williams, Matty Matlock, Michael Steinman, Nappy Lamare, Paul Whiteman, Peggy Lee, Ray Bauduc, Robert Bierman, Rod Cless, Tab Smith, Teddy Wilson, Teddy Wilson School for Pianists, Toots Mondello, Walter Page
HE RODE WITH JAMES P. JOHNSON: TALKING WITH IRV KRATKA (July 31, 2015)
Irv Kratka (drums) doesn't have a huge discographical entry in Tom Lord's books, but he played with some fine musicians: Bunk Johnson, Dick Wellstood, James P. Johnson, Ephie Resnick, Joe Muranyi, Bob Mielke, Knocky Parker, Jerry Blumberg, Cyrus St. Clair, among others, in the years 1947-50. I knew of Irv from those recordings (many of which are quite rare) but also as the creator and guiding genius of Music Minus One and a number of other jazz labels including Classic Jazz and Inner City.
But I had never met Irv Kratka (human being, jazz fan, record producer, concert promoter) in the flesh until this year when we encountered each other at the Terry Blaine / Mark Shane concert in Croton-on-Hudson, and I immediately asked if he'd be willing to sit for a video interview, which he agreed to on the spot. Irv is now 89 . . . please let that sink in . . . and sharp as a tack, as Louis would say. His stories encompass all sorts of people and scenes, from Bunk's band at the Stuyvesant Casino, Louis and Bunk at a club, a car ride with James P. Johnson, lessons from Billy Gladstone, a disagreement between Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke, all the way up to the present and his current hero, multi-instrumentalist Glenn Zottola.
I didn't want to interrogate Irv, so I didn't pin him to the wall with minutiae about what James P. might have said in the car ride or what Jerry Blumberg ordered at the delicatessen, but from these four casual interview segments, you can get a warm sense of what it was like to be a young jazz fan in the late Thirties, an aspiring musician and concert producer in the Forties, onwards to today. It was a privilege to speak with Irv and he generously shared his memories — anecdotes of Bunk Johnson, Baby Dodds, James P. Johnson, Sidney Bechet, George Lewis, Bill Russell, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dick Wellstood, Peg Leg Bates, Lena Horne, Joe Muranyi, Billy Gladstone, Jacques Butler, Jerry Blumberg, Art Hodes, Albert Nicholas, Sarah Vaughan, George Brunis — also fond recollections of Bob Wilber, Bob Mielke, Ephie Resnick and others.
Here are four informal segments from our conversation — the first and last fairly lengthy discussions, the middle two vignettes.
Three:
Four:
Now, here's another part of the story. Irv plans to sell several of his labels: Inner City, Classic Jazz, Proscenium (the last with three Dick Hyman discs) Audio Journal (The Beatles at Shea Stadium – Audience Reaction), and Rockland Records which consists of the first and only CD by the Chapin Bros. (Harry, Tom, and Steve) comedy albums by Theodore, and a disc featuring Mae West songs / W.C. Fields. The catalogue includes 141 titles, and there are more than 42,000 discs to turn over to the new owner, all at "a very nominal price." Serious inquiries only to ikratka@mmogroup.com.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", It's All True, Jazz Titans, Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!, That Was Fun!, The Heroes Among Us, The Real Thing, The Things We Love
Tagged Albert Nicholas, anecdotes, Art Hodes, Baby Dodds, Bill Russell, Billy Gladstone, Bob Mielke, Bob Wilber, Bunk Johnson, classic jazz, Cyrus St. Clair, Dick Hyman, Dick Wellstood, Duke Ellington, Ephie Resnick, George Brunis, George Lewis, Glenn Zottola, Inner City, Irv Kratka, Jacques Butler, James P. Johnson, Jazz Lives, Jerry Blumberg, Joe Muranyi, Knocky Parker, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Mark Shane, Michael Steinman, Music Minus One, Peg Leg Bates, Sarah Vaughan, Sidney Bechet, Stuyvesant Casino, Terry Blaine


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Marilyn McGinnis
May 20, 1939-January 5, 2023
Marilyn Alice (Heiliger) McGinnis passed away on January 5, 2023, at age 83, in North Newton, Kansas. She was born on May 20, 1939, in Silverdale, Washington. Her parents were Richard Clark Heiliger and Eva Mary (Byam) Heiliger. Marilyn grew up in Silverdale and attended Seattle Pacific College, in Seattle, Washington. She went on to attend Talbot Theological Seminary and much later Fuller Theological Seminary. In 1971 she married Disney Imagineer George Forsythe McGinnis, in Glendale, California, and they had three children, Shana Marie McGinnis and twins Jonathan Reed (Megan) McGinnis and Richard Scott (Sonday) McGinnis. Marilyn was an Editor at Gospel Light Publishing, continuing on to write books Single, Give Me a Child Until He's Two (Then You Take Him Until He's Four), and Parenting Without Guilt, as well as articles for various magazine publications. She wrote Bible study guides and put together her husband's writings into a book on his life. Marilyn owned Heritage House Antiques, in Glendale, CA. She taught adult Sunday school classes at Glendale Presbyterian Church and was a guest preacher in a few different Presbyterian pulpits in Southern California. Marilyn thoroughly enjoyed writing and teaching, was a voracious reader, loved reading the Bible and praying for her family, travelling, hosting family for holiday dinners, a wonderful decades-long best-friendship with Rosa Hopkins, and time with her beloved husband, children, and grandchildren. She is survived by her children and grandchildren through Scott and Sonday – Jonathan, Elise, and Evan, as well as her wonderful nieces and nephews and her daughter's best friend, her "Seattle Daughter", Fawn. Marilyn was kind, gentle, thoughtful, giving, and had a spark in her life that was a delight to her friends and family. She will be greatly missed. (Service date/location TBD.)
NK wins, but 4 Kitsap teams dominate BI invitational


Spring is once again here and so is some warmer weather. It is time to get your classic vehicle, sports car, four wheel drive or convertible out and prepped for the summers events. Whether you are going to be hitting up local car shows, going across the state, hitting the off-road trails or just taking the family on Sunday drives you will want to do so with a reliable vehicle as well as a "plan B" in case something happens along the way. Although we love towing and helping people when in need we do hope that your Spring and Summer plans are not interrupted with car troubles and needing to call on a tow truck for assistance.
If your vehicle has been setting all Fall and Winter waiting for nicer weather it is good to get it prepped for reliability. Especially with older non-fuel injected vehicles that sit with non-conditioned fuel in the lines. Even if you trailer your vehicle to your destination it is still good to have it serviced so you'll know that there will not be any starting or running issues when you arrive to play and enjoy the trails or roads. The engine cooling systems should also be checked for proper function by a good shop or mechanic. If your vehicle runs too warm for too long the excessive heat can cause excessive damage. Meaning what could be a small cooling system repair could end up being a seriouys engine repair if ran hot too long.
Tires can also leak and be under inflated enough that its hard to tell until you are miles down the road. One of the most commonly overlooked items is your spare tire. The spare tire will not help if it is also flat. You also want to make sure that the tools you have to change your tire will work. Many times a used vehicle may have tools but they are not the proper tools. Especially if the wheels have been changed to an aftermarket wheel. It is good to check that the spare tire is the one for your vehicle as well if it is an older used vehicle. We tow a number of vehicles on a regular basis where the spare is no good. We also assist with tire changes often when the tools that were in the vehicle when purchased don't work.
Although this isn't a very common issue it can happen and on occasion be the cause of frustration or worry. If you store your vehicle immediately after a thorough washing and not driven again until the Spring sun is out there can also be a build up of corrosion on brake rotors or drums and other moving parts. Most of the time the brake parts will work and be just fine but in some climates and a long duration of non-movement there can be some binding issues.
Whether you have a summer fun vehicle or just a daily driver it is always a good idea to get services done and the vehicle inspected for reliability before summer. The heat can cause breakdowns on numerous parts on all types of cars, trucks, vans and suvs. Even new vehicles have issues at times so whatever it is you are going to be driving this summer make sure it will be safe, reliable and of course, ENJOYABLE. Driving is a blast especially when there are no issues requiring you to give us or another tow company a call to come to your rescue.
We at All County Auto Towing in Vancouver Washington hope that everyone has an awesome Spring and Summer while being safe. Check out our "Roadside Emergency Kit" article to see if your emergency kit you have in your vehicle is up to par. We will be adding links to ODOT and WDOT Traffic cams again soon along with other helpful links to assist you along the way of your next adventure.


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•Six card slots allow you to record a continuous, extended clip in sequence onto six P2 cards. Or use five of the P2 slots for recording and use the sixth slot to output an edited playlist.
•Eight 16-bit digital audio channels with 5.1-channel surround sound.
•A multitude of broadcast-level interfaces -- switchable HD/SD SDIs, IEEE 1394 (AVC), USB 2.0, analog, composite, HD component and four-channel analog audio. If you're shooting in HD, but need to connect to an SD or analog monitor, the P2 Mobile has all the inputs and outputs you need. Its USB input/output makes it easy to copy all or select clips to a disk drive simple. Connection of multiple devices is simple and creating dailies copies with time code for screenings is a snap.
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 A282, Teil des Londoner Autobahnringes, der als Dartford Crossing die Themse östlich von London überquert

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Thanksgiving is a beautiful time of the year and one we can all appreciate. We get to enjoy family, friends, fun, food and be grateful for all we have. It's our special reminder to stop the craziness of everyday life and just enjoy the good we have been blessed with. Even though I believe more days of the year should be spent enjoying and celebrating our blessings, I understand it's difficult for most of us to stop our schedule to give thanks and come together. So today I'm grateful for this wonderful American tradition that sort of forces us to take a day and enjoy one another in joy, abundance and love for life!
Today I am grateful for YOU for sharing this moment with me while reading my blog. I'm grateful for family, friends, clients and the opportunity to reach out to you and share my thoughts in this blog. I'm grateful for the inspiration that God gives me and the words to be able to inspire you a few times a month in this space.
Over the years I've come to understand that the Holiday's can be a very difficult time for those who have lost a loved one. We spend years coming together, laughing, loving and sharing and then in an instant they are gone. With their absence we are left with an incredible void that nothing can fill. Suddenly life seems pointless and meaningless without them as we struggle to carry on. Thanksgiving can be especially difficult for those whose tradition has been interrupted by the loss of mother, grandmother or whoever it was that always opened their home for everyone to come over. Everything seems lost and out-of-place without them… nothing is as it was and pain is all that comes to overwhelm us and remind us of our great loss.
Sadly death is an inevitable part of life and in our society we just aren't taught to handle it properly. In this day and age death is still a taboo subject that we brush under the rug and pretend is never going to touch us. We fail to realize that if we simply changed our views about life and death this difficult chapter in all our lives wouldn't be so heartbreaking and pain filled. Now I'm not saying that there is any way we can experience the death of a loved one without grief and suffering because that would be not only impossible but ridiculous.
What I am trying to say is that if we take the time to celebrate our loves ones to the fullest while they are alive we just might have less regrets when they are gone. If we are more honest about death and we open ourselves to discussing the inevitable we might be able to not only make peace with it but plan for it as well. We can get grandma's favorite apple pie recipe while she's still with us and then bake it every year after she's gone in her memory. We can discuss the details with mom about one day having Thanksgiving at our house and get all her ideas and secrets for doing such an amazing job at it. We can take a moment to accept and prepare ourselves that our parents, grandparents and loved ones aren't going to be around forever so we need to put our feelings in order about it.
In short there is a lot we can do to prepare for death before it happens, ask questions, speak the unspoken and make peace with it all. We can honor our loves ones that have passed and celebrate their lives during all those holidays that they aren't with us anymore. We can start new traditions, light a candle, bring out their photo or cook their favorite meal in an effort to feel them close and remember them with love instead of drowning in the pain of their absence. Life is all about choices and today I invite you to live in gratitude for all the beautiful moments you shared with them instead of continually mourning what is no more. In life and in death – Gratitude really does make all the difference in the world!


After a long winter the first baseball games in state were played Friday and the Husson University Eagles swept a double-header from UMaine Farmington.In game one Robert Graff pitched 6 innings of 5 hit ball to lead the Eagles to a 3-2 win. Andrew Curran and J.T. Whitten supplied the bulk of the offense combining for 4 hits, an rbi and two runs scored.
In the second game Kyle Bishop drove in 2 runs as Husson took a 4-1 win and improve their record to 4-6. Christian Corneil added an rbi single and a stolen base.
Dennis O'Neil picked up the save in both games while striking out 4 of the six batters he faced.
Next up for Husson is a double header against Colby-Sawyer on both Saturday and Sunday at the Winkin Complex.
Below are some photos from Friday's games.
Shortstop Ryan Rebar makes a throw to first base.


WOOSTER, Ohio – The Emory & Henry College Men's Basketball Team has seen two of its players selected to the 55th Annual E.M. "Mose" Hole/Wooster Kiwanis Classic, College of Wooster officials announced Saturday night.
Senior guard John Shelor (Giles, Va.) and sophomore guard Colin Molden (Apex, N.C.) were among the seven players tabbed to the All-Classic Team as the Wasps reached the championship game of the event.
Shelor averaged 20.0 points and four rebounds, hitting eight three-pointers across the two games. He put up 26 points with six long balls in Friday's win over Alma College and followed that performance with 14 markers and seven rebounds against Wooster Saturday.
Molden boasted 20.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 steals and 3.0 rebounds en route to his second all-tournament nod in as many weeks. The reigning ODAC Rookie of the Year had 22 points, six assists and five steals on Friday and tacked on 19 points and four assists in the tournament championship Saturday.
Emory & Henry will step back into Old Dominion Athletic Conference play on Wednesday when it travels to face Guilford College at 5:00 p.m.


A major storm is headed towards the Mid-Atlantic region for late tonight and Wednesday and it should bring significant snow to much of West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and the DC metro region, and the chances for significant snow continue in southeastern Pennsylvania as well. Low pressure will drop southeastward today across the Ohio Valley reaching southern West Virginia by tonight. From there, the storm should move to the southeastern Virginia coast by around mid-day tomorrow and then intensify as it pulls slowly to the northeast. Precipitation should begin in SE PA late tonight in the form of rain or a mix of rain and snow before changing to snow on Wednesday. The heaviest precipitation amounts from this storm continue to seem destined for the region between eastern West Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula; however, there has been quite a battle going on between the US models (GFS, NAM) and the foreign models (Euro UKMET) with respect to how much precipitation makes it northward into Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The US models have been farther north with their precipitation fields while models like the Euro have suppressed the heaviest precipitation amounts to just south of Philly. This discrepancy continues, but there is certainly enough information that leads me to believe that the Philly region is still in the game for some significant snow accumulations on Wednesday. Preliminary snowfall estimates for the Philly area are 3-6 inches primarily coming during Wednesday afternoon and evening, and estimates for the DC region are 6-12 inches with the higher amounts in the western suburbs of the District.


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Collective One is launching next week, via a crowd funding campaign! While crowd funding is becoming more and more well-known, it is still a new concept to many. So what exactly is it??
Crowd funding is a way of raising funds by asking a large number of people to "donate" a small amount of money to support an organisation, company, venture, cause, project or person. This is usually done via the internet, and in return for a variety of rewards.
Why is Collective One choosing to use crowd funding as a way of establishing itself? Collective One will be donating the majority of its profits to a different charity each month – this is its sole purpose, to support the amazing work that non-profits so tirelessly do. With bank loans (the usual way to come up with capital) comes interest charges and debt, which all takes away from the profit we can donate. Crowd funding gives us a way to spread the word about what we're trying to achieve, as well as bringing together a community of supporters who want to see change in the world. It also gives us the opportunity to engage with that community in the early stages, to get feedback on our products and concept, so that we can ensure that we take off with a bang!
This is why YOU are so important! You aren't just supporting the establishment of this social business – you are supporting our daily, monthly, yearly, ongoing commitment to make a difference where it matters. We are aiming to donate $1 million a year over the next 5 years to charities around the world. Imagine the difference you and I could make with $1 million! So keep an eye out for our crowd funding campaign going live next week, and help us get this concept off the ground!


I am a sucker for a gimmick. Creative marketing is made for me. Give me a themed gimmick which is only available for a limited period of time and I will be there, luckily for me, at Christmas they come by the bucket load. Last year Byron Burger created the Fromagemas Cheesemas Feast (which they have brought back for 2018!) and I went to cheese heaven, however this year I was drawn in by Fire and Stone's festive menu.
As usual, I booked the table through Bookatable. When planning meals in Central London I will generally always use Bookatable, not only is booking really simple, if you have not yet decided on a restaurant you can easily search through to find great offers or search by the area you will be in. I have found some great restaurants I have never heard about before by using Bookatable.
If you have never been to Fire and Stone before, they are based in Covent Garden and serve 'Gourmet Global Food'. The majority of their menu consists of pizzas and burgers themed on cities of the world, for example Fire and Stone you can have a Marrakech Pizza or a Melbourne Pizza. In short, they serve simple food with a cultural twist and it works.
For Christmas 2018, Fire and Stone have created the 'Christmas wishes and festive dishes' menu. The menu contains a selection of their signature dishes alongside a few 'limited time only' dishes. You can either decide to have 2 courses for £16.95 or 3 courses for £19.95 – a pretty good deal for central London.
So what are the Fire and Stone Christmas Dishes for 2019?
The Christmas Burger and the Christmas Pizza. While I do believe they could have come up with better names, the names actually explain the dishes pretty well – essentially Christmas Dinner stuffed in a burger bun or topped on a pizza.
The Fire and Stone Christmas Burger – Buttermilk fried turkey with crispy bacon, camembert, cranberry sauce and sausage stuffing with a festive side of rich gravy and roast potatoes.
They sound pretty incredible right? While we didn't try the Pizza, we did try the burger and while it sounds like the burst of all these flavours together should not work – it does. The camembert cheese really helps to bring it all together and the side of roast potatoes makes a great festive alternative to standard chips. Overall, the burger makes you feel as nearly as satisfied and full as you feel on Christmas day. But just like Christmas Day, there is always still room for dessert.
Sadly, Fire and Stone decided not to serve a festive dessert, however, you still have the option to choose from 3 of their normal dishes – Chocolate Brownie, Cotswold Ice Cream or Cinnamon Churros. I went for the warm Churros served with a generous helping of Nutella for dipping, which was a great choice.
For those who do not fancy the Christmas selection on the main course, there a good size selection of their other signature dishes, ranging from pizzas, salads and pastas (with various vegetarian and gluten free alternatives) – I really recommend the Fire roast red pepper and tomato rigatoni pasta.
Aside from the food, The Fire and Stone restaurant has a good atmosphere with great service. Being located in the heart of Covent Garden it is a great place to eat when spending a day in London, the festive menu also makes it a great place to eat in London on a budget. After dinner I also recommend heading over to Leicester square to take in one of the best skyline views of London.
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Anyone done Morrisons We want to hear from you survey? Farce at its best.
I nearly did, I started but exited out.
And that's part of the problem. Statisticians have a word for it. The opposite to a random sample. So the results will be biased towards redneck conservatives. Scroll down, tick Climate change, deselect the junk mail box and submit. You're welcome.
skuthorp
victoria, australia. (1 address now)
I note that the religious freedom bill has been………….postphoned.
No one is happy with it neither the religious institutions that want to be able to discriminate, nor those who want even less opportunities for it. It's a can of worms and I reckon will haunt Morrison ond the Coalition for a long time precisely because that Pandora's box has been well and truly dismantled and I cannot see any compromise succeeding. The opportunity for bullying that bill through the senate has passed I think.
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Hmm, doesn't update…….
gypsie
Chateratist
Between Bourgeoisie and Proletariat - Australia
The problem with the religious freedom thing is there is no obvious problem.
If we knew what they were trying to solve the solution might be obvious. But its clear, there is no problem. Other than the fervent religious of the Libs party didn't get their way in the gay marriage referendum.
I recently came across Francis Fukuyama describing America as a 'vetocracy' (where the power to veto is greater than the power to do), and it is making sense more and more for here as well. Though definitely not as hopeless as the USA.
A small few can hamper progress/change extremely effectively. It makes changing anything really difficult and very painful - even when the war is lost, as in Gay marriage, they can carry the pain right to the bitterest of bitter ends.
On the flip side, its really easy to dismantle things, like an emissions trading scheme. So the trend is backwards.
It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.
What they really want is the 'freedom' to discriminate, to demonstrate prejudice. I'd make any legislation dependent on their ability to prove their claims of divinity and to be the authorised representatives of 'god'.
Adrian Valley
Albany Western Australia
Originally Posted by skuthorp
This....
Water wars on the news agenda this morning.. And a warning of a coming recession in Aus…….. but housing prices continue to escalate.
I'm glad we have no debt.
And in Vic. the Libs, who sold off the power generation assets (and got a good price) are complaining that the Government is not ensuring continuation of supply come hot weather.
And Aussie Math education is down the gurgler, largely because teachers are not valued enough to pay math graduates enough to go into the field.
And for those less fortunate weather wise, it's rained heavily on and off all night here and the SWester continues unabated..
https://www.weatherwatch.net.au/weat...fDR0_Kr5aUJg10
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Teachers pay seems to be pretty good actually. Getting permanency is a bastsrd though.
Jeeze! That last pic, is that real?
Originally Posted by gypsie
It's the colour of the land. I love a sun dried burnt land.
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This is all new'
Rural Fire Service (RFS) state coordinator Wayne Waltisbuhl said they were dealing with an unprecedented fire threat and he expected it to continue through to February due to a lack of rainfall.
"The sort of environment that we're in now, no-one has seen before," he said.
"This is all new, the fire behaviour is all new, as far as resourcing we've never been at a point when we've run out of our own resourcing but we've had to start to tap into some international support that's coming in.
Take care. How is your tank holding up?
Looking at those ariels, especially the 5 months span round Glen Inness, I'd say the future has definitely arrived.
Re Witness J, secret organisations, secret prisoners, secret trials, secret prisons, but then ASIO has the authority to disappear anyone it pleases, and their relatives are not permitted to even mention it. The NKVD are alive and well and operating in Australia. But then Aus. has always had an authoritarian streak.
I mention Morrisons "On the water matters" and continuing refusal to answer questions.
We're fine, tanks are low and we missed out on collecting from the downpour last weekend due to a clogged intake.
The quote is from a fire in QLD. These fires are taking out the crowns as well.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-...pHHQsAkiUzlHIk
I'm not quite sure i understand whats happened with the "Bash the unions, ignore the banks", laws.
Have the Libs just taken the same thing and shoved it back into the inbox?
How many times can they do that?
Unions don't donate to LibNat politicians, ergo……………….
Banks do, and their boards are nice sinecures for coalition politicians' post-dated bribes.
I've been following the days proceedings in our venerable parliament today. On and Off. https://www.theguardian.com/australi...-politics-live
More like a fist fight.
Angus Taylor called Labour antisemitic because they asked him about the Naomi Wolfe thing. Huh?
I think labour have got the measure of the Libs - might be a short lived thing.
Seems the Libs are terrible at busking. Set piece, marketing campaigns, "quiet Australians - how good are they", great! Responding to the ball on the volley, not so hot.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sto...BlgEjJfVGmohZw
I have often said that parliament and party politics is no place for a person of principles, morals or ethics. Far too many lawyers there for a starter, that profession being rather short of all of them.
Lambie being the accidental holder of that power became wedged and her principles compromised. The government allowed her access to information that no independent, or back bencher for that matter would normally be allowed and in doing so put her in an impossible position. Whether the government "information'' was accurate, or indeed factual we will never know, and neither will she most likely.
I note fire has jumped the Warragamba Dam, burning on both sides.
A bushfire can pollute a water storage compelling it to be taken out of service for some time.
And I see that Morrison, in the search for efficiency is combining the Education and Employment dept's., may hap to produce factory fodder as in past years, and more concerning Environment…..and Agriculture.
a Nat portfolio Two dept. heads to go, and many staff, and the LibNats get a supine replacement. I note that Arts disappears as well. A leaf out of Donalds book leading to further privatisation of the PS?
And then there's further developments in the Witness K matters. A representative democracy and it's justice system only works because we trust them not to lie to us too much, be accountableand to do what they were elected to do. I am not at all confident that this government, and by ministerial direction some of it's departments, can be trusted at all.
This is well worth a read.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-...-life/11766018
After listening and reading this mornings Australian news I repeat, the stumps have elected the government they deserve and maybe do support. It wasn't just the scare tactics, they really did vote with their wallets and their prejudices.
'Serves them right' has never been so apt.
maybe one for the Political cartoons page?
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This is an interesting 9 minutes.
Really interesting that people will knowingly vote against their interests, they are so utterly convinced that it doesn't matter - and life proves to them that it doesn't.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ide-down-video
I'm getting a bit addicted to this guy - John Harris; https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ut-westminster
Can anyone tell me one good thing this government has done?
Once the rot sets in it's likely to go all the way. The Brit. Conservatives financial scandal, (cleaning the moat on the public purse) was the start, but globalisation and it's disruption of the wage and labour markets have emasculated the left. It's a common phenomenon in western countries, and has a way to go. And I think it's not just the deconstruction of the old right-left political sureties either. It could get very messy indeed as ordered society may get a little rocky.. It's the economic divide, not the political one that will drive matters for some time I think.
They stabbed Abbott in the back.
They negated that by putting Morrison in.
Abbott is a sad case really. Educated for the job by Santamaria and Knophfelmaker, ideology got him through til he achieved it but blinded him when it came to be PM for Australia, not just the RW of the LibNats. Work all your life to get the job, and then can't actually do it.
Well what do you make of this little gem?
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-...96?pfmredir=sm
Peter Dutton told Sky News he has always seen parliament as a disadvantage for the government of the day.
Well the Gauleiter has never hidden his contempt for anything other than a personal dictatorship...
Listening to Background Briefing on telephone or remote gambling, its a crooked affair, and the companies lawyers are (surprise surprise) up to their neck in it. Guns for hire. But you can't make stupid illegal.
there is a sucker born every minute barnum
And talking of dodgy lawyers, the Casey council (Vic.) bribery and land scandals continue to be revealed, and some lawyers are up to their necks in that. Guns for hire.


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Cuando se habla de fotocatálisis se hace referencia a una reacción catalítica que involucra la absorción de luz por parte de un catalizador o sustrato.

En la química, la fotocatálisis es la aceleración de una fotorreacción en presencia de un catalizador. En la catálisis fotogenerada, la actividad fotocatalítica (PCA) depende de la capacidad del catalizador para crear pares electrón-hueco, que generan radicales libres (por ejemplo, radicales hidroxilo : • OH) capaces de sufrir reacciones secundarias. Se hizo posible su aplicación práctica por el descubrimiento de la electrolisis del agua por medio de dióxido de titanio . El proceso utilizado comercialmente se llama el proceso de oxidación avanzada (AOP). Hay varias formas de que la AOP se puede llevar a cabo, los cuales pueden (pero no necesariamente) implicar el TiO 2 o incluso el uso de la luz UV. En general, el factor de definición es la producción y el uso del radical hidroxilo.

Durante el proceso fotocatalítico, tal como se explica más adelante, ocurren tanto reacciones de oxidación como de reducción, por lo que no sólo se puede aplicar la fotocatálisis a la oxidación de compuestos orgánicos, sino también a la reducción de iones inorgánicos y a la reducción de otros compuestos orgánicos.

Proceso fotocatalítico

La fotocatálisis implica la combinación de la fotoquímica con la catálisis.  Ambos, luz y catalizador, son necesarios para alcanzar o acelerar una reacción química.  Así, la fotocatálisis puede ser definida como la aceleración de una fotorreacción mediante un catalizador.

La etapa inicial del proceso consiste en la generación de un par electrón-hueco en las partículas del semiconductor. Cuando un fotón con energía , que iguala o supera la energía del salto de banda del semiconductor, , incide sobre éste, se promueve un electrón, e-, de la banda de valencia hacia la banda de conducción, generándose un hueco, h+, en la banda de valencia. La energía de banda prohibida se define como la diferencia energética de la banda de valencia y la banda de conducción de un fotocatalizador.

Tipos de fotocatálisis

Fotocatálisis homogénea

En la fotocatálisis homogénea, los reactivos y los fotocatalizadores existen en la misma fase. Los fotocatalizadores homogéneos más comúnmente usados son el ozono y los sistemas de foto-Fenton (Fe+ y Fe+/H2O2). La especie reactiva es el •OH que se utiliza para diferentes propósitos. El mecanismo de producción de radicales hidroxilo por el ozono puede seguir dos caminos.

 O3 + hν → O2 + O(1D)
 O(1D) + H2O → •OH + •OH
 O(1D) + H2O → H2O2
 H2O2 + hν → •OH + •OH
Análogamente, el sistema Fenton produce radicales hidroxilo por el siguiente mecanismo.

 Fe2+ + H2O2→ HO• + Fe3+ + OH−
 Fe3+ + H2O2→ Fe2+ + HO•2 + H+
 Fe2+ + HO• → Fe3+ + OH−

En los procesos de tipo foto-Fenton, se deben considerar fuentes adicionales de radicales OH: a través de la fotólisis de H2O2, y a través de la reducción de los iones Fe3+ bajo la luz UV:

 H2O2 + hν → HO• + HO•
 Fe3+ + H2O + hν → Fe2+  + HO• + H+

La eficiencia de los procesos de tipo Fenton está influenciada por varios parámetros operativos como la concentración de peróxido de hidrógeno, el pH y la intensidad de los rayos ultravioleta. La principal ventaja de este proceso es la capacidad de utilizar la luz solar con una sensibilidad lumínica de hasta 450 nm, evitando así los altos costos de las lámparas UV y la energía eléctrica. Se ha demostrado que estas reacciones son más eficientes que las de otras fotocatálisis, pero las desventajas del proceso son los bajos valores de pH que se requieren, ya que el hierro precipita a valores de pH más altos y el hecho de que el hierro tiene que ser eliminado después del tratamiento.

Fotocatálisis heterogénea

La fotocatálisis heterogénea tiene el catalizador en una fase diferente de los reactivos. Este tipo de fotocatális es una disciplina que incluye una gran variedad de reacciones: oxidaciones leves o totales, deshidrogenación, transferencia de hidrógeno,  intercambio isotópico de 18O2-16O2 y deuterio-alcano, la deposición de metales, la desintoxicación del agua, la eliminación de contaminantes gaseosos.

En un mecanismo de la reacción oxidativa, los agujeros positivos reaccionan con la humedad presente en la superficie y producen un radical hidroxilo. La reacción comienza con la generación de excitones fotoinducidos en la superficie del óxido metálico (MO significa óxido metálico): MO + hν  →  MO (h+ + e−)Reacciones oxidativas por efecto fotocatalítico:

 h+ + H2O → H+ + •OH
 2 h+ + 2 H2O → 2 H+ + H2O2
 H2O2→ 2 •OH

Reacciones reductoras por efecto fotocatalítico:

 e− + O2 → •O2−
 •O2− + H2O + H+ → H2O2 + O2
 H2O2 → 2 •OH

En última instancia, los radicales de hidroxilo se generan en ambas reacciones. Estos radicales hidroxilo son de naturaleza muy oxidativa y no selectiva con un potencial redox de (E0 = +3,06 V)[22]

Aplicaciones

 Tratamiento de aguas residuales.
 Uso del dióxido de titanio en vidrio autolimpiante. Los radicales libres generados a partir de TiO2, oxidan la materia orgánica.
 Desinfección del agua por medio de fotocatalizadores de dióxido de titanio, una forma de desinfección solar del agua.
 Utilización de dióxido de titanio en revestimientos fotocatalíticos autoesterilizantes (para su aplicación en superficies de contacto con alimentos y en otros entornos en los que se propagan patógenos microbianos por contacto indirecto).
 Oxidación de contaminantes orgánicos mediante partículas magnéticas recubiertas con nanopartículas de dióxido de titanio y agitadas mediante un campo magnético al ser expuestas a la luz ultravioleta.

Referencias

Véase también

 Fotólisis

Catálisis
Reacciones químicas


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