Some great reads coming up in time for summer.
This looks like a cool place to check out while in Paris. I love the silver chocolate pots, french bowls and other fun goodies spilling out the door. And there are 5 boutiques around Paris, so we are bound to "trip" over one!
We had a wonderful visit with mom and dad! Time always goes too fast when we are together. I am always a little melancholy after they leave, because I know it will be a while until I see them again.
My sweet mom cleaned out one of my closets while she was here! Aren't moms the best? I took a load of clothes to the thrift store yesterday. Coats that DH and I wore pre-Savannah to the Grand Canyon, a bridesmaid dress I wore years ago, a Joan Vaas outfit that I loved and worked hard to buy, a skirt I wore to my Grandaddy's funeral....so many memories.
"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."
We have had a fun filled weekend! Mom and Dad came in on Thursday and Mandy came in Friday afternoon. We played Mexican dominoes and I am proud to say Mom won, not DH. He has called for a rematch. He says we all talked too much and he lost his concentration....right!
Saturday morning Mandy slipped out quiet as a mouse around 4:50 am and drove down to run in the 'Music City Marathon.' When we all decided to get up, Dad mixed and rolled out beignets for us all. Delicious! Mom said these were the best he had ever made. I think we say that every time! Mandy had a great run even though it was a scorcher of a day and was able to come back to the house and go with us to the Main Street festival. Sav found a pair of earrings and the rest of us just browsed. It was so hot!
Mandy left for Memphis and we hated to see her go. She promised her little ones she would be home in time to go with them to Dairy Queen. She has grown up to be a smart, strong, beautiful mother and wife. I am so proud of her and know Charlotte is too! We are all going to have a blast in Paris!
Today was a good day of worship and then tonight mom, dad, Mr & Mrs. C, Julie, Jax and John D all came to here Sav's choral performance. It was incredible! They just have one more performance at the University in May and they will be finished for another year.
Today is Jodie's birthday...Happy Birthday dear friend! All five of us sang 'Happy Birthday' through the speaker phone onto her cell phone voice mail, she is going to crack up or cry when she hears it. Hope it makes her day brighter!
On to Monday! I am keeping Mom and Dad here until Tuesday...wish I could keep them longer!
I just had to include these photos of Jodie and her lovely cottage garden. Her garden is featured in the April issue of 'Tennessee Gardener' magazine. It's a sweet article written by another of our friends, the 'Cracked Pot' gardener, Cindy, who also blogs and has written a book herself. Cindy and Jodie have been friends for years and years and Cindy knows all the hard work Jodie and Tom have put into their garden. Both Jodie and Cindy have such giving and loving hearts and I am so blessed to have them as my forever friends! Many a table, wedding and friends have been given flowers from this little peaceful setting. One of my favorite parts of the garden is a trickling water feature made from a grist mill stone. Jodie has place beautiful pebbles and rocks from her travels in and around. There is even a stone that I love to touch that Tom brought back from the area where David fought Goliath when he visited the Bible lands!
My pictures do not do the article justice and the garden right now is even more incredible! Just check out those 'Lady Banks' roses that Jodie shares with me and are on my kitchen table as we speak! Well done girls!!
Lovely day here! My mom and dad come in tonight and Mandy comes in tomorrow night for her "Music City Marathon".
Saturday we plan to go to the "Main Street Festival" here in downtown Franklin, Tennessee. It's always a lot of fun and after so many years, we have favorite booths we have to visit. From handmade pottery to handmade jewelry to live music and great food, there is something for everyone to see! Maybe even a country music star!
Yesterday was a day of "preciousness". Is that a word? Baby Justus came and stayed with me while his mommy and sister attended a school Spring program. He was happy the whole time! I just marvel anew at such a little miracle. His little fingers were always moving and reaching for something new to discover.
Thank you Mindy for letting me cuddle with your precious one for a little while! Thank you Hannah for telling me what songs Justus likes to have sung to him!
Last night we had to rush home after Savannah's wonderful chorus performance so I could see part 4 of 5 episodes of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit. You know how I do love a period piece! I thought DH was making every 2 minute story into a 10 minute one! He can really talk a lot when he wants to, and when I want to get home.
BBC one is also planning a new release of Jane Austens' Emma for 2010. Can't wait!
On this glorious Saturday morning, I enjoyed the annual "A.L.L." fashion show. Kimberly invited me, Susan, Nancy, Lynne, Sherry and Melissa to gather around her festive table and oooh and aaah over the Belk Spring/Summer fashions. The table decor was a mint julep cup with bright carnations. Very happy!
Kimberly gave me the most adorable birthday presents! Bright pink and green metallic passport covers for our upcoming trip, a travel log with maps for Paris/Milan/London all in a precious little french pot! I love it!!
We all had fun catching up, laughing, giggling and had a GREAT girls day out!
In Southern Lady: Gracious Spaces, Phyllis takes readers on a tour of gorgeous Southern homes featuring treasured spots for retreating from the world and finding solace. In her warm, encouraging voice, Phyllis explains how to employ a personal touch to craft and embellish a space that's both inspirational and functional. Phyllis recalls how she developed her own personal style-and how you can develop yours.
Are we going to go Kimberly?
Harvey and Azalea wanted to share the two new pieces of art hanging on their wall in their room. Harvey chose the blue and of course Azalea chose the pink. They love that they are right at their eye level and can enjoy the fellow doggies having their tea, while they have their dinner.
I just had to show you my beautiful HUGE white "bleeding heart" plant! It's gorgeous this year. Jodie brought down some lovely "Lady Banks" roses from her garden for my table. They are a happy, sunny yellow.
I have my window raised and I love hearing the birds singing and the dogs barking (not mine this time) outside. The weather is gorgeous here and it truly feels like Spring.
DH and I bought a push mower yesterday at Costco and he put it together and cut the yard. It looks wonderful! He said he really enjoyed doing it too. We have had a yard service for years and DH decided he would start cutting it again himself. Last night he said it had been years since he had walked every part of our property. He felt like he had been missing a part of being involved in work around the house. I thought that was sweet and I noticed there was more of a spring in his step. I hope he still feels that way in July and August when it is hot, hot, hot around here. When he does something, he does it 110%.
I called mom and dad yesterday and invited them up for a visit. I was hoping to head down to see them in May when Sav got out of school, but DH said June would be better with the Paris trip coming up then. So I knew I could not go the whole month of April and May without seeing them. Mom and Dad both got on the phone and we had to synchronize out date books. Mom and her sister, my Aunt Betty, have planned a trip to southern Florida to check out some orange grove acreage they both own and need to go see, so we had to work around that. They always have church work going on like us too and then they always need to see if Les and the kids (or her dogs) need them. Well, we finally found a date at the end of this month when it works for all of us and they will get to hear Sav's chorus sing on a Sunday night. It would be perfect if Les, Todd and the kids could come too! It's good to have it down on the calendar and I can look forward!
Having been home most of the winter, I am getting the travelling bug. Les and I have started text messaging each other travel ideas and tips on what to take (and not to take) on the Paris trip. It is going to be crazy fun going with my daughter, sister and long time friends, who we are comfortable and silly with! France is not going to know what hit them when we Southern women invade! They'll love us!
Marvel Comics has come out with a 5 part Pride & Prejudice. I guess if it encourages someone to pick up the real thing, it's a good thing? From the pictures I have seen, it looks a little harsh. I'll stick to the real thing with a helpful dose of imagination!
Julie, John and Jax had us over for Sunday lunch and an Easter egg hunt. Lots of fun!
"Up From the Grave He Arose!"


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A's Bruce Maxwell will continue kneeling despite threats, racial slurs
Sporting News September 25, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC
Maxwell, an African American who grew up in a military family, said "keyboard warriors" have wished him injury and suspension.
Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first MLB player to kneel during the national anthem over the weekend and has since fielded threats and racial slurs.
"I expected it. It's nothing different from what I dealt with in my life. The threats I get are part of the problem," Maxwell said (via SFChronicle.com). "What I'm doing is peaceful. What I'm doing is for a meaning. People who throw hate my way are people who also don't understand there's a problem, and they choose not to understand. That's fine with me."
Bruce Maxwell was born on a military base in Germany where his father, a lifelong Army man, was serving. Tonight, he took a knee. pic.twitter.com/7UODdR3dIY
— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 24, 2017
Maxwell, an African American who grew up in a military family, said "keyboard warriors" have wished him injury and suspension for his protest. His decision to kneel comes on the heels of Donald Trump calling NFL players who peacefully protest during the national anthem "son of a b—" who should be fired.
MORE: A's rookie Bruce Maxwell first MLB player to take a knee for the anthem
"The whole point of this is to inform people there is a problem," Maxwell said. "If people are going to join me and kneel on the baseball field, I want them to do so freely. I don't push them to do it. It's up to them. It's a personal choice, just like the personal choice I took to take a knee."
A's outfielder Mark Canha has vowed to stand beside Maxwell and place a hand on his shoulder when he kneels, saying he doesn't "want to leave my brother on the island by himself."

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Hello knitters! Here is the recap of the meeting for you to enjoy. We had an awesome group and welcomed a few guests to our meeting.
We were SUPER excited to unveil CKKG's first design competition! If you have ever dreamt of being a designer, but wasn't sure where to start (or if you are a design pro)…here is your chance! This friendly competition will walk you through the basics of creating a design & you will end up with a custom, felted Accessory Bag to hold all of your knitting knit knacks! See the handout for details & rules or join our conversation on our Raverly page. Videos, tips and links to knitters' graph paper will be found there as well. Kim also shared the pattern of her original design, which can be downloaded from Ravelry for free.
Not sure where to start? Email us or call for help. Lisa, Joan & Kim are heading up this competition and we are glad to help you turn the image in your head into a wonderful bag! Plus, you could technically write up the pattern and place it on Raverly! There will be AWESOME prizes for the top 3 designs, plus bragging rights of course.
Think of this bag as a blank rectangle that can be modified with color-work, cables or other texture, stripes, embroidery, etc!
Spring Craftacular: Handmade & Vintage Market. Saturday, April 13th from 10-4pm. Free admission. Lorrie is having a booth and might have some space, so contact her if you are interested. Items being sold at this market are very well done, trendy jewelry, clothes, accessories and more! Messiah Lutheran Church-1241 N. Ridge.
The CKKG Board met for our Annual Retreat on January 5th. We reviewed the guild By-Laws, meetings, events and programs for 2013 and much more. Kim passed around copies of the updated By-Laws & Board Structure. We will be putting out a call for nominations in May for two At-Large positions (Membership & Education) which are elected annually. Please let us know if you are interested.
Events: We also planned out the Education Programs for the rest of the year. These are flexible, so if you have ideas for techniques or speakers please let us know! We have several events in the planning stages (including a trip) and a guest speaker, so stay tuned for those announcements coming soon!
Thank you for the yummy snacks ladies! You really out did yourselves! Pat's soup hit the spot!
See you next month for the April Guild meeting, Tuesday April 9th from 6-8pm – Harvey County Courthouse (Newton with carpools from North & South).
Next Next post: April Guild Meeting!


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N Scale - Atlas - 2173 - Locomotive, Diesel, EMD GP40 - Burlington Route - 989
6 of these sold for an average price of: 16.74
Collectors value this item at an average of 10.25
Image Courtesy of George Irwin
Image Courtesy of Roadrailer
Brand Atlas
Image Provider's Website Link
Body Style Mehano Diesel Engine GP40
Prototype Vehicle Locomotive, Diesel, EMD GP40 (Details)
Road or Company Name Burlington Route (Details)
Road or Reporting Number 989
Paint Color(s) Red, Gray, Black and White
Wheel Type Nickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel Profile Deep Flange
Model Subtype EMD
Model Variety GP40
Prototype Era Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Specific Item Information: Life-Like Stock Number S781B
Model Information: This model was first introduced by Atlas in 1969. This early version was made for Atlas by Mehano in Yugosolvia. Atlas discontinued orders in the mid 1970's. Later runs were imported by PMI, Life-Like and finally Model Power.
The GP40 is a 4-axle diesel-electric road-switcher locomotive built by General Motors, Electro-Motive Division between November 1965 and December 1971. It has an EMD 645E3 16-cylinder engine generating 3,000 hp (2,240 kW).
The GP40 is 3 feet (0.914 m) longer than its EMD 567D3A-engined predecessor, the GP35, and distinguished visually by its three 48-inch radiator fans at the rear of the long hood, while the GP35 has two large fans and a smaller one in between. It was built on a 55 ft (16.76 m) frame; the GP35 was built on a 52 ft (15.85 m) frame - as was the GP7, 9, 18, and 30. The difference in length can be seen in the GP40's ten handrail stanchions compared to the GP35's nine.
1,187 GP40s were built for 28 U.S. railroads; 16 were built for one Canadian carrier, Canadian National; and 18 were built for two Mexican carriers, Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico and Ferrocarriles Nacional de Mexico. 60 units were built with high-short-hoods and dual control stands for Norfolk & Western Railway. Two passenger versions, the GP40P and GP40TC, were also built, but on longer frames to accommodate steam generators and HEP equipment.
On January 1, 1972, the GP40 was discontinued and replaced by the GP40-2, which has a modular electrical system and a few minor exterior changes.
A Guilford/Pan Am (MEC) train headed by a high-nose GP40 ex-NW followed by two SD40M-2 (rebuilt SD45)
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington or as the Q, the Burlington Route served a large area, including extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in New Mexico and Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern Railway, Fort Worth and Denver Railway, and Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.[citation needed] Its primary connections included Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. Because of this extensive trackage in the midwest and mountain states, the railroad used the advertising slogans "Everywhere West", "Way of the Zephyrs", and "The Way West". It merged into Burlington Northern in 1970.
In 1967, it reported 19,565 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 723 million passenger miles; corresponding totals for C&S were 1,100 and 10 and for FW&D were 1,466 and 13. At the end of the year CB&Q operated 8,538 route-miles, C&S operated 708 and FW&D operated 1362. (These totals may or may not include the former Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.)
Information sourced from Wikipedia
In 1924 Stephan Schaffan, Sr. founded the Atlas Tool Company in Newark, New Jersey. In 1933 his son, Stephan Schaffan, Jr., came to work for his father at the age of sixteen. Steve Jr. built model airplanes as a hobby and frequented a local hobby shop. Being an enterprising young man, he would often ask the owner if there was anything he could do to earn some extra spending money. Tired of listening to his requests, the hobby-store owner threw some model railroad track parts his way and said, "Here, see if you can improve on this".
In those days, railroad modelers had to assemble and build everything from scratch. Steve Jr. created a "switch kit" which sold so well, that the entire family worked on them in the basement at night, while doing business as usual in the machine shop during the day.
Subsequently, Steve Jr. engineered the stapling of rail to fiber track, along with inventing the first practical rail joiner and pre-assembled turnouts and flexible track. All of these products, and more, helped to popularize model railroading and assisted in the creation of a mass-market hobby. The budding entrepreneur quickly outgrew the limitations of a basement and small garage operation. Realizing they could actually make a living selling track and related products, Steve and his father had the first factory built in Hillside, New Jersey at 413 Florence Avenue in 1947. On September 30, 1949, the Atlas Tool Company was officially incorporated as a New Jersey company.
In 1985, Steve was honored posthumously for his inventions by the Model Railroad Industry Association and was inducted into the Model Railroad Industry Hall of Fame in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition, Steve was nominated and entered into the National Model Railroad Association Pioneers of Model Railroading in 1995.
In the early 1990s, the Atlas Tool Company changed its name to Atlas Model Railroad Company, Inc.
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We provide images and stories to the regional and national media. We specialise in news, features, sport and public relations. The Sunday Times one day, the Sun the next. We really don't mind.
Our two principal photographers, Sean Spencer and Les Gibbon, also take pictures for many businesses and organisations including Kingston Communications, npower, The University of Hull, CPP, City of York Council, The Co-operative Group and Yorkshire Housing.
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Hi Sean, thanks for the CD with the photos - they are great! Please also thanks Les for coming along to the presentation.


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No, the love of fairies isn't Biblical.
Is she a insecure person? Does she get mad at other people also or just you?
Of course women don't need to cover themselves anymore than an man does.
I am amazed at the responses from fellow Brethern. Bottom line there is NOTHING wrong with your marrying a younger man and NOTHING in scripture against it. BE BLESSED YOU, YOUR NEW HUSBAND AND YOUR WOMB.. My Lord!!!
Do what Jesus did when he needed help in doing things, firstly pray (most important) and secondly look to scripture, your Bible should be one of the most important things in your life as it is your connection to God.
Just remember Christianity is not a sitting around and talking about it kind of faith it is a get up and go faith, just live your faith and do the best you can, God doesn't ask us to be perfect, He just asks that we try our best and ask for forgivness when we muck up.
Did Jesus not turn water into wine? Drinking is not a sin, the over indulgence in drink is. Just drink in moderation.
Pray and listen to what God has to say, if you think that you are drinking to much then stop. Just have self-control.
Everything on earth is a gift from god (including beer) we should use it, just don't drink in excess, that is wrong.
Wait God will have a plan, you just need to have trust in Him and show Him that you have faith in Him and He will answer your prayers.
I started to pray to God recently for help and guidance in finding my faith. Then something happened to me, I began to see things differently, I began to find comfort in my Bible and faith was no longer something that I sneered at but something that I lived, something that mattered to me.
God works wonders everyday of your life, i know right now you may not see the good in people and things because of your problem (whatever it is) but in time you will see the miracles that God performs everyday.
No, I would stay there, but ask God to change your husband so that you can go to a more spirit filled church and maybe God could make him not like it there as much, and ask God to move him. In Jesus' name. It's worth a try.
Joel is definitely a cutie... but as a point of reference, not so much. He is very sweet, and I would be with him in a second if he weren't married, but, I choose to be guided by Catholic doctrine, not some jibber jabber prefaced by a cult-like chant "this is my bible... blah blah blah" I am sure he is a good guy, but don't get caught in his spell!
Evolution. Life is too complex to have been created by an omnipotent being. He/she would made things simpler. Also, being are imperfect. If God make things, they shpuld be perfect because He is. Therefore, it must be that life evolved.
Brian, I think the same thing. duane is of another persuasion, Persia. I believe he has copied our dialogues to appear Christian. Every now and again, he lets one slip. Like, "confusion is not sin". Completely contrary to the Word of God. God is not the Author of confusion.
As I look back on my many years as a Catholic, I have to tell the truth and say that I was responding with the Catholic Church in stupid ignorance. I believed everything they told me about God and His ways, instead of researceing the Catholic Bible even, with it's many contradictions.
Many Catholics are misled down the wrong road. Jesus is the only "Door", and He never spoke of purgatory, because it does not exist.
"Why dont some christians understand, we are born again of the spirit, Christ is in us, we need NOTHING but Him....believe it."
duane says, "I say yes the church would be fine without the bible. The lord will overcome."
"Dont let the bible be your god, its one way to know more about your God."
"We would do fine without the bible, the spirit will lead us in his word."
duane says, "We dont need the bible...We are to be led of the spirit."
WHAT spirit do you follow, duane?


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RANDOM NOMAD: Anita McKay, Property Manager
7 Comments Posted by ML Awanohara on April 1, 2011
Born in: Indonesia
Passport(s): Indonesian and British Permanent Resident
Countries lived in: Australia (Sydney): 1999-2001; Scotland (Aberdeen): 2007-2009; Western Australia (Perth): 2009-2013
Cyberspace coordinates: Finally Woken (blog)
I left in 2000 to study for a master's degree in Sydney. I left again in 2007 because my then fiance (now husband) got a job in the UK. Philosophically, I have never really felt at "home" in my own home country of Indonesia. Lots of its values don't match with mine. From the time I was a child, I felt like an alien and longed to go away.
Is anyone else in your immediate family a "displaced" person?
No. My brother doesn't like to travel and still lives at home with my parents. But three of my father's sisters are married to Germans: two still in Germany and one in Indonesia. And I have four cousins living in the Netherlands and Germany.
Describe the moment when you felt the most displaced over the course of your various travels.
It was in Sydney. I was working as a casual staff at an ice cream shop while doing my postgraduate study. It was winter, around 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. I had just closed the shop and was waiting for the bus. It was rainy and cold, and then all of a sudden, there was a hailstorm. I almost cried, I felt so sorry for myself. I was thinking about how if I'd stayed put in Indonesia, I could have been working for a big company and earning a nice salary by then, living with maids and a chauffeur. I wouldn't have to mop floors or clean windows to pay the rent. In the Indonesian island where I come from, everyone knows me and my family, but here in Sydney, no one cares who I am or whose daughter I am…
Weirdly, I almost always feel more at home in anywhere but my own country.
You may bring one curiosity you've collected from your travels into the Displaced Nation. What's in your suitcase?
A flash disk containing thousands of photos.
You're invited to prepare one meal based on your travels for other Displaced Nation members. What's on your menu?
Chicken tikka masala — it's originally from Glasgow, most people don't know that — and cranachan for dessert.
You may add one word or expression you've picked up from the countries you've lived in to The Displaced Nation argot. What word(s) do you loan us?
"Bollocks." My hubby, who is Scottish, says it sounds cute when I say it. I try to use a Scottish intonation. He would let me say it whenever I wanted — until I said it in front of his 95-year-old grandmother, and then he explained it was actually a very very rude word.
img: Anita McKay (left) with a good Indonesian friend who was visiting her in Scotland, in front of Balmoral Castle, the only royal residence outside England.
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7 responses to "RANDOM NOMAD: Anita McKay, Property Manager"
K Allison April 2, 2011 at 8:20 am
Anita — Wonderful interview! And for your valiant promotion of contemporary cuisine invented in the 1990 European City of Culture, you have earned your ticket to The Displaced Nation. I don't know if the chicken tikka masala claim is true, but who cares? Better that Scotland be remembered for Glasgow's CTM than Aberdeen's DFMB — the Deep Fried Mars Bar. Spread the word, and widely!
Finally Woken April 3, 2011 at 6:34 am
Thank you, K. Allison. ML did the interview and I just answered her somewhat difficult questions 😀 I'd totally forgotten about the deep-fried Mars bar! It's one of my favourites, although every time I mention it to a Scotsperson, s/he will cringe and remind me that it's incredibly unhealthy. But who cares, I love, love, love it! 😀
ML Awanohara April 2, 2011 at 9:22 am
Anita, as you know, as soon as you told me you were proposing the word "bollocks" for The Displaced Nation argot, I knew you belonged here. Such a bold linguistic step for a young Indonesian woman to take. No wonder your hubby was impressed. Welcome!
Lol, ML. And imagine that after learning how rude the word bollocks is, I heard it mentioned and said at 6 AM breakfast TV program in Australia!! I almost fell of my chair and called my husband and said: "Look, look, she said 'bollocks'!"
Actually we just saw a billboard in Perth with the word "bugger," too. I guess Australia is a different place altogether!
awindram April 2, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Hi Anita, thanks for the interview. As an 11 year old I had no idea bollocks was rude word too. I'd just heard other kids using it and from the context always assumed it was a synonym for "rubbish." I then said it in front of the parish priest – he wasn't too happy with me and I got in quite a bit of trouble.
Awindram: well, I'm glad I'm not the only one! 😀
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75 companies and 15 engineering institutions compete in six themes across four cities.
Manufacturing is the cornerstone of a nation's economy and critical to its growth. The 3rd edition of the Manufacturing Today Reinventing The Future, presented by the Aditya Birla Group (ABG), succeeded in buttressing the critical role manufacturing and its professionals play in the nation's growth.
The event, which was held in Indore, Coimbatore, Vadodara, and Bhubaneswar, witnessed the participation of several companies and a large number of prestigious engineering institutions.
Case studies on six themes — Quality, Cost Optimisation, Technology, People Initiatives, Safety, and Sustainability — helped in sharing of best practices. With a view to increase participation, one winner from each city will also participate at the national level and present case studies at the Manufacturing Today Conference & Awards scheduled for September 2 at Pune.
The first of the four-city event kicked off in the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh.
Delivering the keynote address, HK Agarwal, COO, Manufacturing Pulp & Fibre Business, ABG, exhorted the Indian youth to join the manufacturing sector in view of the plethora of opportunities expected to be generated in the coming decade.
"The government has decided to increase the share of manufacturing from the current 17.5% to 25% of the economy, which will generate a revenue of $1.1 trillion – a threefold growth in 10 years from the current $400 million. There will be a demand for all kinds of professionals and skills. I'm very excited at the prospects for the Indian manufacturing space. This will be a great driver to create employment and within employment lies human progress," he said.
SRF Ltd, the winner in Cost Optimisation category, presented a case study on how it managed to reduce packing cost without compromising on quality. Adopting the eight step problem-solving methodology of SRF management, the team did a Gemba walk to identify MUDA in its system, benchmarked systems with competitors, improved infrastructure, and implemented workable options. The result – a 24% reduction in cost and annual savings of Rs 4.75 crore.
In Technology category, the railway signalling division of Crompton Greaves, Pithampur, explained their new technology IRS Type AC (3ph, 380VAC) point machine for railway application. The company has developed 3ph, 380VAC electric point machine similar to IRS with the potential to replace existing point machines.
The case study by MAN Trucks India in People Initiatives revealed how the company had adopted a scientific approach to create a healthy and safe working environment in production. The success of the endeavour had encouraged the company to extend it to non-production areas too.
Gabriel India, Dewas, showcased the Safety best practices adopted by the company to make Inter Seam Welding machines safer for operators. Using technological aids such as safety curtain, flash guard, two hand push button with anti-tie logic system, and loading of parts away from the main welding zone, had helped it to prevent hazards at the workplace.
The team from Cummins Turbo Technologies (Pithampur) spoke about how the company had reduced customer disruption points and internal rejections by improving the Quality at the workplace.
On the sidelines of the event, the participating institutions – IIT Bombay, IIT Indore, IPS Indore, and IIITDM Jabalpur – showcased their exhibits. The Department of Mechanical Engineering of IIT Bombay and IIT Indore were adjudged the winners.
'Reinventing the Future' can give voice to the youth.
Giving the vote of thanks, Ratan Shah, Group Talent Mentor, Manufacturing, ABG, said that cost optimisation was a critical factor in manufacturing companies which could look at enhancing productivity through risk assessment, safety measures and technology implementation.
The Coimbatore chapter elicited wide response and proved to be highly successful in more ways than one. The event helped in highlighting the manufacturing prowess of South India and also served as a platform for showcasing and sharing of best practices.
In his keynote address, Thomas Varghese, Business Head, Textiles, Spinning & Acrylic Fibre, ABG, emphasised the need for companies to harness innovation to survive in a dynamic world. Platforms like Manufacturing Today Reinventing The Future helped in sharing and learning of best practices to better productivity through operational efficiency, technology, safety, etc, he added.
Stating that customers are the focus of evolution, Varghese warned that companies which refuse to change with the times will pay a price eventually. Customer centricity, investment in people/facility/business process to promote innovation, partnership beyond transaction and embracing technology will be the key for achieving organisational excellence, he added.
The team from V-Guard presented a case study on the company's Sustainability efforts and how it had helped achieve operational excellence through zone systems.
JK Tyres team made a presentation on 'Automation for vehicle movement monitoring – Enhancing employees' workplace safety with RFID techniques'. The team gave an overview of the problems, including human errors, it had to face and how an automatic audio/visual alarm system developed by the company had helped achieve zero accidents.
SRF-TTB chose People Initiatives for its case study which stressed the importance of building a strong team and retaining talent. The team provided an overview of its RINEW (Respect, Integrity, Non-discrimination, Excellence, Well-being) policy to foster employee engagement at the workplace.
Roots Industries India revealed how the company had eliminated terminal connector bend defect in its manufacturing through the use of Poka Yoke method and reaped multiple benefits like on-time delivery and savings on raw materials. Pricol chose Technology for its case study and depicted how it successfully improved productivity levels through elimination of rejections in Kubota cluster assembly.
SRF-TTB emerged winner at the regional level. IIT Madras, Government College of Technology, and Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT) emerged winners in the institution category.
The third leg of the event proved to be equally successful like the Indore and Coimbatore editions, with delegates and company representatives exploiting the opportunity to the hilt to reinvent their future.
In his keynote address, Dilip Gaur, MD, Grasim Industries and Head – Pulp & Fibre, ABG, underlined the importance of manufacturing and how global companies had cemented their leadership through IPR and owning 'means of production'.
"Indian companies ought to look at quality of production in order to achieve NMP targets. The key technologies that will influence manufacturing in the next few years will be 3D printing, robotics and automation, agile product development, networking of hardware and digital manufacturing. We also need a globally competitive MSME sector which will, in the future, be active champions of innovation, skill development and world-class manufacturing practices. Lowest cost positioning alone is not enough. Our focus should be to become Germany of the East and not to end up as a factory to the West," Gaur said. Indian companies should think long term, win on innovation and not cost alone, aim for perfection, seamlessly collaborate across the supply chain, change rules of engagement, and leverage Big data/IoT/data analytics, he added.
Facets Gems Polishing Works presented a case study on Cost Optimisation and showed how the adoption of DMAIC methodology helped it reduce diamond processing cost by optimising polishing process.
HNG Float Glass spoke about cost saving on packing. Presenting its case study on People Initiatives, CEAT Tyres revealed how it had increased employee engagement score from 41% to 92.3%, and reduced attrition from 44% to 6.96%. Apollo Tyres, Vadodara plant, talked about fostering a new culture through employee participation in its case study.
In its case study on Safety, Asian Paints talked about reducing injuries and increasing safety. JCB's case study in the Quality category dwelled upon the company's efforts to meet the increase in demand of fabricated chassis supply from 100/month to 300/month. The presentation talked about the company's 'Back to Basic – A Proactive Approach' and improvements in functional parameters.
Essar Steel's case study on Sustainability showcased how the the company had reduced imported clay consumption by 40%. Mahindra Intertrade, which won awards in Safety and People Initiatives, talked about its Safety and Health Management System at its MIL-Vadodara and fostering workplace engagement through its Rise philosophy. Rotex Automation sought to reduce AFSOV assembly line rejections.
Babaria Institute of Technology (BITS), Vadodara, was the winner in the college category.
The last leg of the four-city event witnessed cities saw enthusiastic participation from companies based in eastern India.
Emphasising that the economic power of a country commensurates with its manufacturing sector, he said, the industrial revolution had boosted the economic output of the UK to 500% between 1870 and 1900. He also cited the examples of Germany, Japan, USA, South Korea and China where manufacturing had become the backbone of the economy.
The highpoint of the event was a panel discussion in which Dr Subhasish Das, President, Himadri Chemicals & Industries Ltd; Arun Misra, VP, Project Gopalpur, and MD, Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd; Prashant Satpathy, Honorary Secretary, UCCI; Ashok Kumar Bal, CEO, India Mining Operations, Essel Mining & Industries Limited; and Prashant Kumar Hota, group executive VP, CSR and education, and Odisha head of corporate communication, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, participated.
The discussion on Smart Manufacturing Reinventing the Future – Manufacturing: Key driver for sustainable economic resurgence of Eastern India and Odisha, was moderated by BS Pani of Span Resources Management Services.
Hota pointed out that a plant does not come up on the strength of engineers alone, it needs a social licence to operate. Satpathy highlighted the plight of MSMEs in India, saying high attrition rates were proving to be a bane of the sector.
Misra lamented that Indians lacked ambition which had resulted in outsiders owning and operating factories in the country. "We have chosen to be educated and become back office workers instead of industrial owners. But that is thankfully changing," he said.
JSPL, Bargil plant, which won in the Cost Optimisation category, talked about its efforts to enhance productivity of furnaces with good quality palates using the DMAIC technique.
Paradeep Phosphates, which was also adjudged the winner in the category, highlighted the methods of sustainable throughput which had resulted in cost optimisation through improvement in the system draft at the DAP plant.
Paradeep Phosphates was adjudged the winner in the Sustainability category for its case study on conservation of natural resources through use of ETP treated water at the Phosphoric Acid plant. Tata Steel Ltd's Gopalpur plant won the award for Safety for its case study on how Zero Loss Time Injury was achieved by inculcating safety habit during the construction of the ferro alloy plant.
Jindal Stainless Steel Ltd which won in the Technology category, elaborated the methods to reduce H2S impurity in coke oven gas below design value.
Essar Steel India, Visakhapatnam, which was also adjudged the winner in Technology, talked about technology advancement for sustainable iron ore beneficiation and pelletisation.
Jindal Stainless Steel, which was declared the best in Quality category, enlightened how SS Grade 409L is a viable solution for automotive application.
Paradeep Phosphates, which won in Technology, showed how cooling of gypsum slurry temperature can help prevent failure of HDPE pipeline.
The National Institute of Science and Technology was declared the best among institutions.
The success of the Reinventing the Future event in the four cities has helped in riveting the spotlight on manufacturing and its importance in nation's growth. This initiative will go a long way in changing the manufacturing landscape of India and make it an aspirational job sector for professionals.


Cyber Insurance plays an essential role in protecting and reducing the risk a business faces as a result of a cyber attack.
Over the past 12 months, the number of insurance carriers offering cyber insurance has dramatically increased. We have also seen a sharp decline in cyber insurance premiums.
Cyber/Privacy insurance, or Privacy coverage, is a type of insurance designed to cover a business in the event that data from a firm's electronic network is exposed or stolen, and/or encrypted and held for ransom by a hacker.
Cyber insurance policies cover liability arising from website media content, as well as property exposures from: (a) business interruption, (b) data loss/destruction, (c) computer fraud, (d) funds transfer loss, and (e) cyber extortion (f) public relations assistance in managing and maintaining the company brand and customer good will.
"It is ideal to work with a licensed and experienced commercial insurance professional that takes the time to understand the business's needs. The goal is to set up the right coverage based on any potential cyber liability exposures," added Levin.
1. Develop a fully operational plan to deal with an online attack. This plan should include a robust procedure for off-site system data back up and periodically testing the back up for validity.
2. Purchase and maintain security systems or build-in security measures to protect the business.
3. Employee education is key. Teach all employees how to avoid unwittingly exposing network data during a hack. Human error can leave a company open to additional risk. Additionally, recruit people trained to prevent attacks.
4. Purchase a cyber insurance policy. While this is an additional insurance expense, it is a fraction of the costs of defending, notifying, monitoring, investigating, and managing the cyber liability crisis.
Hallberg Commercial Insurors, Inc. was founded in 1986 to provide commercial insurance and risk management consultation to businesses in the Chicagoland area. Headquartered in Oak Brook, IL. Hallberg Commercial Insurors, Inc. has consistently grown over the past 30 years to become a predominant agency in the Midwest. Hallberg Commercial Insurors, Inc. offers a complete portfolio of insurance products for business insurance, group health and benefits, personal insurance, and financial services.


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Q: What is the meaning of the -c parameter in the snmp command? I am new to snmp .
i want to monintor my Ubuntu machine.
I execute this command (found on the web ):
snmpget -v 1 -c "community" localhost .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.1

i wonder what is it the -c parameter (didnt success to figure it out from the man).
In the man they explain with this example:
snmpget -c public

that it will retrieve ... using the community string public , what is the meaning of community?
Thank you

A: The SNMP community string is used by SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c compatible devices as a very basic form of authentication. The community string is sent as part of the SNMP request. If it matches the configuration setting for the device, then the device responds. If it doesn't ehn the device ignores the request.

A: The community string is used for authentication. You can think of it as a password between the agent and manager even it is sent as clear-text as in SNMPv1. I think you need to read more about SNMP protocol before using it.

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Natural Grocers™ Continues To Support Texas Communities And good4u Crew Impacted By Recent Winter Storms
Disaster relief efforts included donations to Feeding Texas, launch of the good4u Crew Severe Weather Pay, and free clean water for all
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.
Mar 17, 2021, 07:07 ET
LAKEWOOD, Colo., March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- When historically cold weather and winter storms hit Texas in February 2021, Natural Grocers quickly implemented disaster relief efforts to help communities across the Lone Star State. Driven by its Founding Principles, including commitment to community and to its good4uSM Crew, Natural Grocers supplied free water, donated to food banks facing a dramatic increase in need, and launched its Severe Weather Pay program to provide financial relief to its Crew members in Texas.
As cities and towns across Texas grappled with water supply issues, Natural Grocers was ready with clean water at no charge to customers. Tapping into their reverse osmosis water filtration machines, which disinfects water without boiling through an ultraviolet sterilization process, stores were able to provide drinkable water to customers who were without power and water for days. In the days and weeks following the storm, the retailer launched a companywide fundraising initiative to support Texas hunger relief programs, raising over $108,000 for Feeding Texas, a statewide network of local food banks leading an effort to end hunger in the state. From February 22 through March 14, customers were able to donate at the register at 160 stores in 20 states. Annually, Natural Grocers supports food banks in the 20 states where it operates, and fundraisers have become a key element of the company's commitment to the community throughout the year.
"We have ongoing partnerships with food banks in every city and town where we operate because we believe that everyone deserves access to fresh water, high-quality foods, and household essentials," remarked Heather Isely, Natural Grocers' Executive Vice President. "When we see a community that needs immediate and focused relief, we heed that call and trust that our customers will show up with us, which they always do. Our Texas Crew was going through the same hardships as everyone else, and we wanted to make sure they were not required to use paid time off or risk losing wages if they couldn't get in for their shifts or if their store couldn't open. We wanted to show our appreciation to those Crew members who were able to serve their communities and offer world-class customer service through it all."
Due to the severe weather conditions, many businesses in Texas, including Natural Grocers, were faced with potential store closures, adjusted hours, and staff who could not safely get to work. Banding together, good4u Crew members opened as many locations as possible to provide much-needed essentials to their communities throughout the storm and in the days that followed. In appreciation for the Crew's enduring community support, notwithstanding their own difficulties brought on by the storm, the organic and natural grocery retailer developed a Severe Weather Pay program to benefit their Texas Crew. To ensure that Crew members were supported throughout the storm, the Severe Weather Pay program included daily bonus pay for those who made it to their stores, and regular hourly pay for time missed when inclement weather caused store closures or made it impossible for Crew to safely travel to their stores.
Natural Grocers operates 25 stores in Texas, with its Preston & Forest location currently under renovation and scheduled to reopen shortly with a contemporary layout and 40% larger footprint. To find the closest Natural Grocers store, click here.
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Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) is an expanding specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The products sold by Natural Grocers must meet strict quality guidelines and may not contain artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or sweeteners, or partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils. The Company sells only USDA certified organic produce and exclusively pasture-raised, non-confinement dairy products, and free-range eggs. Natural Grocers' flexible smaller-store format allows it to offer affordable prices in a shopper-friendly, safe, and convenient retail environment. The Company also provides extensive free science-based Nutrition Education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. The Company, founded in 1955, has 161 stores in 20 states.
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On Friday August 1st, 2014, commencing at 17:00 SLT, you are invited to join the audience at the Avatar Repertory Theatre (ART) for a special evening of entertainment, when the ART cast will be handling some cold scenes.
No, I don't mean they'll be enacting scenes from Anna Karenina or will be wandering around the stage in balacavas and great coats. Doing a scene or audition "cold" means doing it without a prior rehearsal or reading.
The outcome of performing this way can sometimes be unpredictable (and can land actors in a little bit of hot water when it comes to keeping up with things and the occasional need to ad-lib should things go a trifle awry!); however, it also exercises the eye, mind and body when it comes to stagecraft. So it takes a hot group of actors to cast their fortune to the wind; and these we have in the form of Rowan Shamroy, Corwyn Allen, Ada Radius, Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower.
So why not join them at the ART at 17:00 on Friday August 1st for what is surely going to be an excellent evening for all!
For episode 21 of The Drax Files: World Makers, Drax turns his lens towards perhaps one of the most iconic names in Second Life design and publishing: Editorial Clarity, owner and operator of Love to Decorate (LTD) magazine and website.
LTD is the go-to magazine on home and garden design, and has a deserved reputation for high quality articles and images focusing on the very best in SL design, and Editorial himself has a perfect eye for design and decorating, something which is stunningly reflected in his SL home designs (he admits to changing house fairly frequently just for the joy of decorating it and creating an ambience around it!).
However, this isn't a segment focusing solely on Editorial's work in Second Life. While this acts as a springboard for the film, providing insight into the publication and the work that goes into it, this is very much a personal piece, focused on the way in which the digital and the physical can intertwine and lead to relationships which, while started in the digital, can cross the invisible divide into the physical and flourish in both.
Since meeting, the two have gently and naturally extended their relationship, through an in-world wedding, to Skyping by voice to Skyping with video, right up to crossing back and forth over the Atlantic to spend time together in the physical world. Throughout it all, their shared passion for Second Life and design has furnished them with the foundations upon which they have been able to build a strong, trusting relationship, with both environments allowing them to fully and freely express themselves to one another.
That Second Life can lead to lasting relationships in the physical world isn't exactly unknown; just recently, television production company Back2back in the UK were still seeking couples who had first met on-line through communities such as Second Life for a Sky Living documentary, Happily Ever After. However, Editorial's open description of his relationship with Rico demonstrates an a very simple, no-fuss way just how long distance relationships can not only be enjoyed more easily thanks to the use of technology, but can actually be as immersive and as engaging as anything shared in the physical world, allowing memories to be gained and shared of events and times together – as the images of their wedding so clearly demonstrate.
In this there is something of a feedback loops as well – not only does the digital relationship help build and reinforce the relationship in the real world, the latter can also enrich the former. Witness the photos of Rico's and Editorial's time together in London, all beautifully framed on the wall of their in-world home; allowing them to again share in the memories – and look ahead to future visits together.
Returning to LTD magazine for a moment, and taking a slight digression from the video. At the start of the segment, Editorial holds up a physical coffee-table edition of the magazine, and in doing so demonstrates the potential Second Life offers someone looking to expand or change their physical-world career. For example, LTD may be something of a labour of love, but in bringing it together, Editorial demonstrates so major skills which clearly have value in the physical world: graphics design, layout, editorial management, fiscal management, project management, and so on, and he has a finished, high-quality item which could – were he so minded – be presented to potential employer as proof positive of a strong track record in publishing.
Obviously, not all businesses in SL are quite so portable when it comes to demonstrating talents and abilities in reference to careers and work in the physical world, but nevertheless, the skills we acquire through this virtual medium should never really be discounted, and if it is possible to develop a portfolio of achievements in SL with reference to a career or job opportunity, then it is something to be seriously considered and worked upon, and we shouldn't necessarily be put off the idea of doing so on account of SL's "poor" reputation.
Leaving such diversions aside, and returning to the video, Editorial himself comments on another power of Second Life which, while it's likely to have been the subject of studies and research, may not be something that's really commented upon in day-to-day discussions about the platform – and is likely not even considered in media coverage; and that is its power to help us grow as individuals.
And when it comes to understanding oneself, and facing the world openly, there can perhaps be no greater testament to the positive impact second Life can have on a person's life than that.
There were no RC deployments.
The Zipper viewer, offering a faster install, reappeared on Wednesday July 30th, after vanishing from the Alternate Viewers wiki page in May. There are apparently an issue with the XUI Preview Tool being broken, which has now been resolved.
The new version of the viewer – 3.7.13.292263 – appeared as a release candidate in the release viewer channel, rather than a project viewer, where it resides with the group ban viewer and the library refresh viewer, both of which were updated in week 30, are likely the strongest candidates for promotion as the next de facto release viewer.
Testing of on-going group chat updates took place during the Server Beta meeting on Thursday July 31st.
As noted in a previous report, one of the major causes of issues with group chat lies not with the actual messages being sent back and forth, but rather as the chat server tracks who in online or not. The server maintains a list of who is online and in the group chat at a given moment, and is constantly updating the list as people join / leave the session; these updates are then sent to everyone else still active in the group, which interferes with the sending / receiving of actual messages.
Not only does this impact the sending / receiving of chat messages within the group, it can also impact other group chat sessions which are running on the same back-end server, as they are being starved of resources.
The code being tested on July 31st had been set to delay the sending of these updates from the server in order to see if it improves the throughput of actual messages. The downside of this is that the member list updates are somewhat delayed; however, this would seem to be a small price to pay in order for an increase in the reliability of messages actually getting through the system. As it is, the delay is configurable, so Simon was gathering data to see how the updated code works in terms of people joining / leaving chat sessions and sending messages. The results are liable to be known next week.
One possible future option for group chat is for people to be offered the ability to opt-in or out of receiving group chats until such time as they join a group chat (some TPVs already have an option to disable group chats until such time as you opt to join them).While this may help with the "I'm here!" messages sent to all groups on log-in, and which exacerbate the problem somewhat (again as described in the update linked-to above), such an approach is not seen as optimal, as it is possible users won't change their behaviour, but will simply opt-in to all group chat sessions anyway.
BUG-6736 is a feature request for the updating or removal of the current limit on the distance at which objects can be linked (see linkablility rules). The advantage in increasing the limit is that it could allow for bigger builds (in terms of footprint) without having to rely on scripted rezzing systems. A problem here is the if increased, there is a risk that the ability to link objects over greater distances might cause issues were said distances are close to or exceed the draw distance / interest list distance.
Responding to this, Simon said, "Yeah, that's the kind of thing that can get confusing, you won't see what you expect because the root might be farther away than your draw distance … That said, I understand the builder desire to make larger parts, but those limits are there because it can conflict with the interest list logic about your updates." As such, it would seem unlikely that there will be much in the way of change to the linkability limit.


Riza and Marlon's wedding was nothing short of elegant, taking place at one of my favorite venues, Serendipity Gardens. Hidden in the foothills of Oak Glen, this place screams "aesthetics", only to be matched by the couple's own style and decor. The bride in all white coming down the white rose-lined pathway in a carriage pulled by two white horses is quite the sight.
And to cap off the night, their guests sent them off with an exciting sparkler exit!
Enjoy their Serendipity Gardens wedding highlight!


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Wirral New Music Collective announce Live Music Development Fund, plus Wirral's best new music Top 10
By Cath Bore on	 26th March 2018 News, Top 10
Wirral's Bill Nickson (photo credit: Warren Millar)
Wirral New Music Collective reveals exciting plans for live music in the area, here's Getintothis' Cath Bore with details of how to get involved.
Despite Wirral's musical heritage and well deserved reputation in producing nationally and and internationally significant artists, the borough's local music community finds itself poorly served, in a number of ways.
Names like The Coral and associated artists, Forest Swords and the long standing Half Man Half Biscuit – who release new album No-one Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut on 18 May – have kept the peninsula's fires burning, but there is little infrastructure in the area to support local music, meaning many musicians and producers record and build reputations in Liverpool instead of closer to home.
There are currently no live venues on Wirral dedicated to new music.
Skeleton Key's Sketelon Coast festival made its debut in 2016, a most pleasing turn of events, and last year Wirral New Music Collective was launched. This independent group of music professionals – record labels, music writers, promoters, visual artists, artist managers, magazine publishers and musicians – aim to change the current stalemate and help the peninsula generate and sustain a local music economy.
Chaired by Bido Lito! Magazine, the Collective includes representatives from War Room Records, Toucan Tango, Skeleton Key, The Open Door Centre, and others.
The group launched last August with a gig featuring Bill Nickson, Queen Zee and Jo Mary, at Gallaghers in Birkenhead.
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Wirral New Music Collective have announced a new fund – thanks to The Beautiful Ideas Company and Wirral Borough Council, which will provide a series of £500 grants for local musicians, promoters or music lovers – anyone with a great idea – to put on an innovative live gig in Wirral this summer, May-September 2018.
All ideas are welcome, on the condition the show takes place on Wirral – at least half are anticipated to be in Birkenhead – and features 50% or more Wirral talent. The more ambitious the idea, the better.
If a show breaks even, the Collective ask that a percentage of the profits go back into the pot so that more live shows can be commissioned in the future. The specifics of this can be discussed on a show by show basis.
Not only will selected live gigs receive £500, successful applicants will be invited to a regular monthly meet-up and receive the support of the Wirral New Music Collective to help realise their project.
To submit your idea, fill out this form here. The closing date for applications is 6 April 2018.
Despite Wirral's disadvantages, the area is still a breeding ground for Merseyside's best new music. Here's our ten favourites in 2018.
Bill Nickson
Bill Nickson is a singer/songwriter growing a steady following. His mellow indie/pop brings the catchiness of The Magic Gang together with the melancholy of Mac DeMarco.
At the Deep Cuts is One show in January, Bill went electric. There were no shouts of "traitor! we're happy to report, and he will be releasing a single on Record Store Day 2018 through Edge Hill University's The Label Recordings.
Jo Mary (photo credit: Peter Goodbody)
Jo Mary
Meshing together garage grunge with punk-psych, and often found to be performing in their underpants, Jo Mary have released two EPs, titled Songs To Shit To Volume 1 and Volume 2. They played at Getintothis' Deep Cuts first birthday at Buyers Club, with fellow Wirralians Bill Nickson + Eyesore & the Jinx.
The Mysterines (photo credit: Keith Ainsworth)
The Mysterines
The Wallasey-based trio led by singer-guitarist Lia Metcalfe set hearts racing at the Skeleton Coast festival in the summer of 2016.
The Mysterines performed in the small former school room upstairs, 'melding swaggering rock & roll, propulsive Bleach-era Nirvana rhythmic clout and in Metcalfe a guttural nonchalant vocal bite which flits between deadened Courtney Barnett drall and fearsome Patti Smith howl – they're at once intense and yet alluringly warm.'
The Mysterines have little online presence, you have to dig deep and search pretty damn hard to find anything, and only released a tiny number of CDs, quickly snapped up. Next month they open for Rory Wynne at his album release show in Manchester.
Queen Zee and the Sasstones (photo credit: Lucy McLachlan)
Queen Zee
Formerly Queen Zee & The Sasstones, the band are shortly to release a debut album, and embark on their first ever headline tour this April. They stop off at Shipping Forecast on 7 April as part of the 16 date tour.
Seatbelts are a new project from Hooton Tennis Club's James Madden and Ryan Murphy. The four piece have played under the radar support slots in Liverpool these last weeks, and released single Hey, Hey Tiger! from the forthcoming EP Songs For Vonnegut.
St. Jude the Obscure (photo credit: Warren Millar)
St Jude the Obscure
Adele Emmas and Christian Sandford, previously from bands Bird and Feral Love, returned to the fore as St. Jude the Obscure last year. The electronic art pop 2-piece play Getinthis's Deep Cuts on 5 April at Buyer's Club.
Zuzu (photo credit: Peter Goodbody)
The GIT Award 2017 One To Watch winner and Zuzu signed her first record label deal with Virgin Records a few weeks ago. The Birkenhead singer and songwriter has enjoyed a steady rise to prominence over the last 18 months, and last month featured on Steve Lamacq's show for 6Music during Independent Venue Week.
Zuzu plays Sound City on 5 May.
She Drew The Gun's Louisa Roach collects The GIT Award 2017 (photo credit: Keith Ainsworth)
She Drew the Gun
GIT Award 2017 winners She Drew The Gun released their debut Album, Memories of the Future in April 2016 via Skeleton Key. Singer and songwriter Louisa Roach is joined by Sian Monaghan (drums), Jack Turner (guitar) and Jenni Kickhefer (keyboards) and Louisa (vocals, guitar). They play Skeleton Key Records takeover at Tim Peaks Diner, Kendal Calling in July.
Eyesore and the Jinx
Though in their infancy, Wirral-Liverpool trio Eyesore and the Jinx have captured the imagination with their fresh take on Cramps-style garage freneticism.
With Josh and Liam from over the other side of the water (West Derby), it's drummer Eoghan leading the Wirral charge with his pummeling barrage of beats culminating in a ferocious live proposition. Having had forays to Manchester and a wide variety of dates on Merseyside, they've built a kinship with the likes of Ohmns, Mincemeat, Pale Rider and Oh Well, Goodbye as one of the city's ones to watch, and savage live bands.
Worth a follow on the ol' Twitter too, with dry wit and nods to lizards always on the agenda.
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Most of the posts in this blog have been about some variation of walking. But when you have to cover a long distance, a bike ride can make your wandering adventure even better.
For example, when I went to Beijing with my sister Nancy in 1988, getting around by bike was the preferred way to explore the city. We rode everywhere. When I returned with my wife Claudia in 1996, getting around by bike in Beijing was only for those with a death wish. It was a major disappointment and I am sure it is worse today for bike riders.
When Claudia and I reached the famous backpacker hang-out of Yangshuo, in the south of China, we found a completely different situation. To begin with Yangshuo is in the middle of the most scenic part of China with its karst topography of limestone peaks and spires. If you have seen a Chinese landscape painting, you have probably seen Yangshuo. There are not enough words to describe its beauty.
Yangshuo was a very compact and walkable town. The narrow main street was paved with stone and lined with hostel-like hotels and sidewalk cafes. The cafes served a combination of Chinese and Western food, and when we arrived, every table was filled with backpack travelers from around the world.
When it got dark, the street was closed to traffic and the cafe tables were pulled out into the street. It was almost magical, like a scene from a movie. As a bonus, every restaurant offered a movie. You chose where to eat by what movie you wanted to watch. It was the first time that we ever saw a DVD.
Just as we sat down, a young woman, Li, came up to us and asked us if we would like her to take us through the countryside on bikes for a fee. She did this to earn extra money to pay for her second child. Li even offered to take us to her house and cook lunch for us. That was an offer we could not refuse, and we agreed to meet her in front of our hotel the next morning.
The next morning Li was waiting for us in front of the hotel. Before getting started she took us to a place to rent bikes. Hard to believe but each bike cost only sixty cents to rent.
With our bikes rented, we were off, and what an incredible trip. We went past unbelievably gorgeous scenery. We passed rice paddies with water buffalo. We went to Moon Rock, which is a towering karst peak with a hole in the middle of it. We even climbed up to the top. Li even showed us a cave where her grandparents hid from the Japanese army during World War II.
As we rode towards Li's village, we passed small garden-like farm plots with every imaginable vegetable growing. We passed small ponds filled with ducks and pens full of chickens. We even rode over a snake squashed on the road.
Li's village was a collection of traditional mud brick homes with clay tile roofs. Nearby was a new structure with white terra cotta walls. In 1996, China was a mixture of the old, the new, and the old being torn down to make way for the new. I wonder what it is like today. Has the new taken over? Or is the new now old and being torn down today?
Li had a traditional house with a couple of rooms and a packed dirt floor. I found it cozy. Li introduced us to one of her children and started making lunch. She heated up a pot of rice, cut up some vegetables and small bits of chicken, heated them all in wok, and served them piping hot. It was simple, filling, and delicious.
After lunch, we took a different route back to Yangshuo. On this leg of the journey we rode our bikes over rice that been spread across the road. Farmers do this to dry their crop and to let the action of wheels separate the husk from the grain. Li even got off her bike to rake the rice with a wooden rake.
When we got closer to Yangshuo, Li pointed us in the right direction, and we said our good byes. We soon made it back and returned our bikes to complete a perfect adventure. This is the China that I had always wanted to see, and it could not have been done without a bike.


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4 things to know in #MiamiTech: Hackathon for hurricane relief, Marcelo Claure and more
1 Smart Cities & Hurricane Relief Hackathon coming to Boca this weekend
Help make a city smarter, compete for a $2,500 grand prize and support hurricane relief at the same time!
The 4th Annual Palm Beach Tech Hackathon is being hosted by Office Depot at its Boca Raton headquarters on October 4th through 6th, 2019. Florida Power & Light and the City of Boca Raton are also presenting sponsors of this 24-hour overnight challenge, with a "Smart Cities & Hurricane Relief" theme.
"This is our big chance as a tech community to help our neighbors, our cities, and those in need," said Joe Russo, Palm Beach Tech's CEO.
Teams will consist of engineers, designers, developers and entrepreneurs, with successful teams having a mix of these areas of expertise and winners walking away with a combination of cash and in kind prizes. The prize pool has also more than doubled this year, with $4,000 in prizes and a $2,500 grand prize to the winning team.
Last year's Hackathon attracted over 100 corporate executives, industry professionals, and talented university students. Friday night will be a kickoff, with teams starting on Saturday morning, and an expert panel of judges deciding the winners on Sunday morning.
Top tech organizations such as Levatas, Modernizing Medicine, Amazon Web Services, Atos, and many more will be in attendance, in addition to students from local colleges and universities such as Florida Atlantic University, Nova Southeastern, and the University of Miami.
Find out more and buy tickets: www.palmbeachtech.org/hackathon.
2 Marcelo Claure charged with fixing WeWork
Bloomberg reported this week that SoftBank Group Corp. plans to tap its executive Marcelo Claure to take a hands-on role to help turn around WeWork. The development comes after investors forced WeWork CEO Adam Neumann to step down., and two co-CEOs were named. Claure reportedly will help them identify revenue and cost-saving opportunities.
Masayoshi Son, the head of SoftBank, WeWork's largest investor, has asked Claure, the former chief executive officer of Sprint Corp., founder of Miami's Brightstar, and co-owner of Miami's new professional soccer franchise, to oversee the cleanup of the office-rental company, sources told Bloomberg. No specifics were given about his exact role.
Claure is also overseeing SoftBank's $5 billion Latin America Fund that is being directed from a fast-growing Miami hub office that is advertising scores of job openings. Claure is chief operating officer of SoftBank Group, CEO of its international operations and a member of its board. Locally, SoftBank is a big investor in REEF Technology.
WeWork recently filed to withdraw its IPO and halted all new lease agreements to stem losses. Miami is one of its largest markets beyond the big tech hubs.
READ MORE ON REFRESH: SoftBank's impact already being felt in Miami – in $$$ and jobs
3 Call for student entries for global entrepreneurship contest
The South Florida chapter of Entrepreneurs' Organization is calling for local entries in the first round of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), a competition in which college students from more 50 countries vie for a top prize worth more than $40,000 in cash and services to help launch and build their business.
Entries are due on October 31 for the South Florida qualifying competition to be held at Miami-Dade College's Idea Center, on November 13.
The local winner will then move on to regional and national competitions, with the grand prize awarded at the global final and celebration in Cape Town, South Africa in April 2020. The total value of all prizes, gifts and services for all student competitors at the EO GSEA Global Finals is nearly $500,000.
After an initial review of entries, local finalists will be chosen to pitch their business plans at the Idea Center to the panel of judges and top South Florida business owners. To be eligible for GSEA, entrants must be: an undergraduate student currently enrolled at a recognized university or college; the owner/controlling shareholder of the business and principally responsible for its operation. The company must be structured 'for-profit' and have generated $500 or received $1,000 in investments by the time of application, and have been in business for at least six consecutive months.
Additional eligibility requirements, entry forms and other details can be found at www.gsea.org.
4 FAU offers state's 1st master's in AI
Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer Science is launching the state's first Master of Science with Major in AI (MSAI), administered by its Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. This degree will prepare students for careers in various education, government and industry positions that require AI skills, the university said.
FAU's MSAI program provides both thesis and non-thesis options and requires a minimum of 30 credits. Offered on FAU's main campus in Boca Raton, the program includes a strong curriculum that consists of AI theory, methods and technologies, combined with major subfields of vision, data analytics and algorithms, knowledge management and reasoning, machine learning, and applications.
The program's graduate-level coursework will enable its graduates to enter Florida's workforce with the capabilities needed to fill emerging needs. Students also will have laboratory training and access to state-of-the-art facilities, including FAU's recently launched Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Laboratory, which is Florida's first NSF-funded laboratory that serves as a training platform to support graduate student teaching and research, the university said.
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Hi everyone, just though I'd show some of the new designs now available on my website. Thanks for looking.
GREAT designs, Shirley, especially like the box card and it's different shape. The ladies are awesome too, so is the shoe card, Oh! OK they are all fabulous.
Fabulous design Shirley, I'm sure they'll all prove to be very popular.


Cinema 4D Release 20 marks a huge leap in technology, introducing massive new frameworks that put tremendous power in your creative hands. The possibilities are endless, your creativity is unleashed - its time to jump in the deep end.
From simple references to complex shaders, you can build extraordinary materials in a node-based overview. Complex effects created via nodes can be wrapped as assets and delivered as simple materials, with just the necessary parameters exposed. Release 20s node-based materials have the power to change the way you work, whether you directly create amazing shaders through nodes or simply make.
Better Booleans are only the beginning - create models by combining shapes, splines, particles and noises. Its all thanks the power of voxels and OpenVDB. Import and export VDB and even use volumes to control MoGraph effects.
The next generation of native GPU rendering is here - and its packed with production-level features to help you get the job done. Render sub-surface scattering, motion blur and multi-passes on your super-charged Nvidia PC or your state-of-the-art iMac.
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These differences were not, however, sufficient to conclude that the brush border activity towards triolein is distinct from that of pancreatic lipase [2].
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