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A new column featuring on the folks who make it their life to spread the word on good music. Today, Chris Griffith of Podunk Radio. Check em out at http://www.podunkradio.com/
Start at the beginning, how did you get started with this crazy idea of broadcasting music?
Ah, damn... I was probably 5 or 6 when I started playing radio station DJ along with my sister. In high school I was lucky enough to have a weekend disc jockey job at a local country and western station fall in my lap; I hated country music but to be a radio DJ at 16 years old was pretty cool and seemed to appeal to the ladies. I had a bad habit of saying things on air that would get me trouble with the station owner and the FCC - I eventually had enough of it and walked out one Sunday; figured I could get a job at the local rock station but turns out the same dude owned it as well. By that time I had knocked a chick up, had a family and had to pretend to be an adult for a while.
A lot of years went by and one day I was listening to an internet radio station at work and thought "Shit, this the way to go! No rules, no boss, no restrictions on content!!"; I talked to the owner of that station, he suggested I start with podcasting, eventually I moved over to live broadcasting. Shit at that station went downhill pretty quickly and I wasn't happy with the way things were going there, always having to beg listeners to donate money to keep the station on air - it became real tiresome real fast, when I discovered the "station expenses" were actually paying those jackasses household expenses I bailed along with several others. Two days later I bought a domain name, started payments on a hosting service and PoDunk Radio was born.
We're all the product of our musical past. What's your musical history? First album you ever bought? First musical epiphany moment? First album that terrified the hell out of you?
My dad was always listening to music, everything from Deep Purple to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys; the musical influence in my house growing up was VERY diverse.
The first album I bought with my own money was Blondie's Eat To The Beat on 8 track I was 6 and had the biggest crush on Debbie Harry.
My musical epiphany moment came in 1984. Van Halen ruled the airwaves and I really didn't see the big deal with them. Pretty much every band was doing that shit. I was out kicking a ball around the yard one day and an older kid across the street was washing his truck and I heard the most awesome tunes ever coming out of his stereo. Bad Brains Rock For Light. I had never heard anything like that, it just reached in and grabbed me. I hopped on my Huffy and hauled ass down the street, bought a pack of blank tapes and had that guy make me 6 punk rock mix tapes. I can honestly say my life changed that day thanks to Bad Brains.
As far as an album that terrified me? I don't know that any album has ever terrified me but my mom had this one Captain and Tennile record that I absolutely despised. There was also an ABBA 12 inch we had very briefly that made me want to vomit like Linda Blair.
I honestly can't say. Due to the nature of what I do, I get a ton of music every week in my inbox. To the point that honestly, it's pretty much a blur. Obviously the bands I have listed on my small digital label stood out to me more than the rest. Animal Train, Old Guy Drive By, Social Trauma, etc.. There is also The Creep Crusades (formerly the Pharmacists, out of DC) are really badass and I think that The Bloody Muffs make some of the most fun music around.
What do you see happening in the music scene today, good and bad?
I see a lot of hate, bitching, squabbling, back stabbing, and whining (nothing has changed since I was in a band 20 years ago). I've had bands ask me to take their music off the station simply because I aired a band they have beef with. Fucking immature jackasses. I see too many kinds think that because they scraped up enough change to have some records pressed means they are rock stars. I see a lot of kids getting ripped off by shitty labels with bad intentions, radio stations and magazines that charge them to air their music or do an article on them. It's sad really. On the opposite side of that I see a lot of bright young talent, I see a lot of older guys finally getting more settled in making that last stab at doing what they love and trying to have fun with it. I think the promise and hope in the latter balances out the bullshit of the former though.
With so many music sites, how would you describe what you do? What's your unique take on the music and radio?
There are so many music sites and online radio stations out there, it's pretty overwhelming (and a bit daunting) when you sit down and really look at what's out there. I don't like to think that I have anything unique about what I'm doing except that I'm not out there constantly telling everyone how great my station, label, or digital magazine is and how much everyone else sucks. I really like to keep drama, conflict and hate out of my life, in all aspects, it gets pretty tough at times, but then again so does anything else, right? I just try to be straight up and honest with people. I'm not going to bullshit anyone, I'm not going to ask anyone for money to defer station or zine expenses, as far as the label goes - pretty much everything I put out is free or very low cost and that cost is more for the band than for me. Even with the label I'm not in this to make money - I'm in it to help these kids get more exposure.
Illegal free downloads on your site. Yes or no, and why?
No. Each week I (try - sometimes I skip a few) to post 5 albums or EPs that bands are already offering up for free on bandcamp or wherever. 90% of the content of PoDunk Radio is artist or label submitted music, the other 10% is stuff I bought and got permission to air. If a band is trying to make music with their music, then people should pay for it. Everyone needs to eat, even musicians.
What's been your all time greatest "Find"? That band you "discovered" before anyone else and started the word spreading?
I'm sure no matter what I say here some jackass will hotly contest it but there have been a few bands that I caught wind of pretty early on; The Enders, Minor Decline, Animal Train, and Old Guy Drive-By are some that really stand out, but PoDunk Radio is all about giving these punk ass kids a break and getting them airplay to a global audience.
If you could write a 1,000 word essay on one song, which one would it be, and why? What makes that song so important?
I really do not know that I could. So many songs have meant so much to me over the years, each for it's own special reason. I had a shitty childhood and like most people with shitty childhoods music was my safe haven. One song that sticks out to me is World Leader Pretend by R.E.M. That song, more than any other, spoke to me. It made me realize that everyone has their own problems and that by shutting out the people that are offering help you're only making things worse. It's okay to ask for and accept help and it's not okay to pin all your problems on other people. That song taught me that I control my own destiny and happiness regardless of who or what I'd rather pin the blame on.
You ask tough questions dude. This is a hard question to answer being that the majority of the bands I am exposed to break up within a couple of months of releasing an EP.
The Enders seem to have genuine staying power, I can really see Jake Thomas taking his band Minor Decline on to bigger things as well and anything that Ronnie Capiz (Shallow Hearts) is involved in is good stuff. I was pleased as shit when I saw you guys working with Mothership - I had just seen them live in Ft. Worth mixed in with a lot of punk bands and they fucking blew me away. They definitely have it down.
Tell us about your personal music collection. Vinyl? CD? What's your prized possession?
I LOVE VINYL but the wife keeps me on a tight allowance she really digs her electricity and daily meals and such. I won't buy CDs. They lack class and don't taste right. I have around 4 or 5 terabytes of music on external hard drives. If I can't get it on vinyl I'll take the download over a CD. I used to have wall to wall CDs - they were everywhere and I never touched them other than to rip them into my hard drive. My prized possession from my vinyl collection is an original issue (1976) copy of the Ramones that has never been unwrapped. One day all of the Ramones will be dead and I figure it will be worth a nice amount of cash and I still won't sell it or open it.
What makes it all worthwhile for you?
The excitement from some kid that wants nothing more than for someone to listen to his or her music and like it enough to share it. A simple thank you from a person that tuned in and dug what they heard. I don't do any of this for me I do it so that one band out in the middle of nowhere can get an email or message from a kid across the state or a thousand miles away saying that they liked their song.
How would your life be different if you weren't involved in music?
I'd be bored out of my skull. Might not even be alive. Who knows. I'm just glad I'm here and there is always something new to look forward to.
Ever been threatened by a band or a ravenous fan?
Ha. No. I'd like to think my low key approach this is to thank for that. And really, even if I were, it's no skin off my back. People are free to do, say, think and act, however they choose and it is only a reflection on who they are as a person if they have nothing better to do than make idle threats. Now you come to my house and physically threaten me you'll get a 20 pound chunk of Bois D'Arc branch upside your head.
In the end, what would you like to have accomplished, or be remembered for?
Again, none of this is about me. I still get weirded out when people reference me by name on social media sites. I'd much prefer they point out the station as it's own entity than me as an individual. I hope in the end that the things I put my time and energy into are looked on as something that was fun while it lasted, something more people would want to emulate in their own way.
Many people may not realize the hours you devote to what you do for little or no pay. Is there a day job? If so, how do you find the balance?
I am the design/production manager for a small conglomerate of independent newspapers and weekly classifieds papers. Newsprint advertising pays all the bills for the station and zine. I often work 60+ hours a week at my job which does not leave as much time as I'd prefer to devote to my other endeavors. When I'm at home I devote pretty much all my time to it, which is easy to do because my wife is really happy being left alone with her books for hours on end. Being that I do all of this for free, I do occasionally step back for a few days at a time, watch TV and remember why music is my entertainment preference.
What's next? Any new projects?
I am pretty full up with projects and don't have time to pursue any new ones. I am about to begin adding some classic and more recognizable punk acts to the station. I like the Independent Punk Digizine just how it is and don't foresee any changes to that formula anytime soon. PoDunk Records is set to release an all Texas punk bands comp for free mid to late August.
Finally, other than the music, what's your other burning passion?
My wife, my kids, my whiskey, and my weed. Really, that's it. If what I have now isn't enough to keep me satisfied and content then I'm pretty well fucked. I've lived a great 40 years so far doing pretty much what I damn well please and don't plan to stop any time soon.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
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It feels good to brag about something positive for a change. This week marks 15 whole months since Ive had to have a tube shoved down my windpipe in order to breath. Ive had zero, what I would call "critical condition" type hospitalizations in that time period as well. Granted, I'm still ending up in the in the ICU way more than I care to, but I've also managed to bounce back relatively quickly from the exacerbations that land me in there in the first place, so this is actually good news.
To what do I owe this small victory? What's changed? (both of my Pulmonologist have asked me that question several times).
My asthma certainly isn't getting better, on the contrary, my symptoms have never been worse. And while my PFTs have held relatively steady the past 3 years in the severe zone, I'm now down to less than 6 hours a day of decent breathing. After that it's varies from mildly uncomfortable, to just shoot me in the head and get it over with. The constant shortness of breath is also impacting my ability to exercise(ie walk). The most I can tolerate now is about 3 miles a day with multiple rest breaks. Don't laugh, that's down from at least 5 miles a day just 2 years ago. So no, my asthma isn't getting better.
So if the severity of my asthma hasn't changed, what has?
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Secondly, unless my lungs are clamping down really fast or I'm totally pooped out (from ignoring my advise of seeking early treatment), Ive been much more compliant about agreeing to go on Bipap as soon as possible (usually within 30 minutes of arriving at the ER)instead of waiting till I'm literally turning blue.
Bipap has pretty much become the first line of defense nowadays in preventing and/or reversing asthmatic respiratory failure, mainly because it's safer. Of course, Bipap doesn't always work on super tight or really sick asthmatics and some will still need to be intubated in order to save their lives, but overall Bipap has a good track record of preventing bad exacerbations from getting really bad.
I admit I'm not a fan of having a Bipap mask strapped to my face for hours on end and suffering the worse dry mouth you can possibly imagine, but the alternative is much harder on the body and very risky, namely, intubation.
While a little easier to tolerate (because you're basically in an induced coma), complications such as nosocomial infections, baraotrauma ( ie pneumothorax, collapsed lung), sedation problems,a nasty sore throat afterwards and even the inability to breath on your own again are real concerns when a person is intubated and mechanically ventilated for asthma.
One would naturally assume that taking preemptive measures to thwart off potentially severe attacks would reduce hospital admissions, but ironically in people like me with really unstable asthma, it often results in more hospital admissions (5 admissions in just the last 13 months). However, the overall number of days Ive spent in the hospital has decreased, which means less money spent on taking care of this asthmatic, less time being exposed to hospital germs and less chance of complications in general. So a win win for everyone.


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Architects are not business savvy and there is no correlation between winning work and profitability, says a new report
The research by Colander Associates - based on the findings of the 2013/14 RIBA Business Benchmarking Survey - also revealed that only 13 per cent of partners and directors of architectural practices were women.
All RIBA members are asked to complete the comprehensive, yearly survey which provides an accurate snapshot of how the UK's practices are operated.
Worryingly, the survey uncovered that 60 per cent of the practices, a third of which are in London, did not have a business plan and only 15 per cent planned beyond one year.
The report added: 'Forty per cent do not set annual budgets for income or expenditure and 20 per cent of the practices with fewer than five people do not monitor their cash flow.'
What's more, according to the survey, there was 'no correlation between success at winning work and profitability'.
'Practices are chasing and winning projects at fees that are too low, or worse, they are doing large quantities of speculative work, with no fee at all: more than 60 per cent of practices kindly undertake speculative design work for their clients,' said the report.
And when it comes to generating cash flow it also seems that bigger is best. 'Those with more than 50 people generate more than 40 per cent of the profit achieved across the survey,' concluded the report.
The same practices also had the highest proportion of high earners, with 40 per cent of partners and directors banking at least £100,000 a year in salary. However, in practices with fewer than five people half of their big cheeses took home a salary of less than £25,000.
The average salary for a mid-ranking architect is £33,000 plus just over £2,000 in add-ons.
The report concluded: 'To run a successful architectural business someone in the practice needs to focus on a strategic vision and have both the skills and the passion to develop the business side of the venture.'
Other survey findings:
1: practices with 50 or more people generate over 40 per cent of the profession's profit
2: practices with more than 50 people employ more than 40 per cent of the 28000 people working in architectural practices
3: of those with equity in Chartered Practices, only 1 per cent are non architects
4: only 13 per cent of Partners or Directors in Chartered Practices are women
5: the larger the practice the better the salary – at all levels of seniority
6: there remains no correlation between success at winning work and profitability
7: more than half of the new projects are won without a competitive process
8: more than 25 per cent of new work is won through fee bids where money is the only criterion
9: 20 per cent of Chartered Practices are working on projects outside the UK
10: 30 per cent of overseas income is from the Middle East; 20 per cent from SE Asia; 20 per cent from Europe
11: on average Chartered Practices work in 4.4 different client sectors
12: more than 50 per cent of Chartered Practices have fewer than 5 people
13: over 40 per cent of Chartered Practices' income comes from private corporate clients
14: public sector accounts for 20 per cent of practices' income – same % as contractor clients
15: the domestic market accounts for 13 per cent of practices' income
16: for business success being a good architect is not enough
17: more than 60 per cent of Chartered Practice still don't have a business plan – where's the vision?!
New survey: Architects are not business savvy
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|RHP Mike Soroka (#4)
LHP Kolby Allard (#3)
LHP Max Fried (#10)
Carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning on 4/25 at Montgomery
|RHP Brad Keller (#8)
LHP Alex Young (#11)
RHP Taylor Clarke (#7)
LHP Josh Taylor (#25)
LHP Jared Miller (#19)
2.93 ERA in home games
0.82 ERA vs. left-handed hitters
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|OF Ronald Acuna (#6)
2B Travis Demeritte (#19)
|.375 BA, 3 HR in 19 games
.310 BA with runners in scoring position
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As the Cavaliers and Warriors ready for their third straight NBA Finals rematch, another rivalry will be revisited this week. Last year's Southern League Championship Series featured the Mississippi Braves and the Jackson Generals, and the two teams will meet for the first time since Jackson's September triumph on Tuesday, May 30.
Jackson's five-game home-stand against Mississippi will showcase twelve of the top prospects ranked by Baseball America among the best in the Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves organizations. The M-Braves (24-26) feature a pair of highly touted starting pitchers who allow fewer than three earned runs per game on average: left-hander Kolby Allard (1.83) and right-hander Mike Soroka (2.96). Infielder Travis Demeritte (22 years old) and outfielder Ronald Acuna (19) are both making big contributions to the Mississippi offense in the early part of the season. Mississippi's Carlos Franco is tied with Jackson infielders Kevin Cron and Colin Walsh for the league lead with 11 home runs.
In addition to highlighting a number of prospects in the Atlanta system, Tuesday's series opener will feature MLB veteran Kris Medlen, who makes a rehab start for the M-Braves. Medlen has 173 Major League appearances and a 3.25 career ERA, winning a World Series ring with the Kansas City Royals in 2015.
The Generals (27-23) are off to a strong start in their first year of affiliation with the Arizona Diamondbacks, sitting 2.5 games out of first place in the North Division. Jackson completed an 11-game road trip on Sunday, winning back-to-back battles with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp to close their Memorial Day weekend.
Jackson leads the Southern League with 59 home runs, 13 more than any other team. First-year manager J.R. House continues to find ways to adapt his squad's capabilities, as their past two wins have come without the help of any home runs.
Standout pitching performances from right-hander Taylor Clarke (12 strikeouts on Saturday) and left-hander Josh Taylor (10 strikeouts on Sunday) exemplify a Jackson pitching staff that is beginning to round into form. Relievers Gabriel Moya and Joey Krehbiel sport identical 1.61 ERA marks, combining for 70 strikeouts across 35 total appearances.
Each of the five games will begin at The Ballpark at Jackson at 6:05 pm CT, and you can hear the games on RadioWillie.com as well as 94.1 FM/94.3 FM/1390 AM. Saturday, June 3rd will be Star Wars Night, with specialty jerseys to be worn by the Generals and later auctioned off for charity proceeds. For more information on the team and ticket information, check out JacksonGeneralsBaseball.com or dial 731.988.5299.


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Do they also call them "Jellybeans"?
I will add to the discussion that this sounds like a great way to connect low voltage and low frequency wires and signals together. The post includes communication cable also, and this method should not be used for coax or high speed wiring like network cables and TV signals. These require special connectors and a little thing called impedance comes into play. Just an FYI. I will be getting these connectors for my future low voltage connections though.
So I guess I shouldn't butt splice my single mode fiber , huh ? :p
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So I guess I shouldn't butt splice my single mode fiber , huh ? :p
OK, the first post doesn't make a lot of sense unless you already know what he's talking about.
I'm guessing it is the "insulation displacement connectors" (IDC), where you stick the wires into the connector and squeeze it. These connectors are typically red, green, or yellow (depending on whether it's a three-way splice, a tap, or a two-way splice, respectively) and are filled with a jelly to seal out air and water.
The hard part is getting these squeezed evenly. It seems like what usually happens is the colored part ends up getting cross-wise so you can't get it all the way squeezed. The proper tool for the job -- which I lack -- is parallel jaw pliers, which are nearly impossible to find. (Hence why I don't have them.) And meinsc is right about not using them on high-frequency lines like computer networks. They work great for phone lines and audio wiring, though.
I've seen these connectors available at Home Depot in the low-voltage wiring section. Also available at Radio Shack.
I believe this is the tool your looking for, or if the link doesn't work just look for scotchlok pliers at your favorite home improvment store


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Will Tony Abbott be able to rally the full support of the Liberal Party, and will Tony Windsor work with the Coalition, to introduce a federal mandate for sugar-cane-based ethanol in Australian fuel?
Liberal policy is to mandate a percentage of ethanol in fuel, a vital first incentive to putting in place a viable Australian industry to turn sugar-cane into biofuel.
However, Abbott faces resistance from economic rationalists in his party. Any bill to introduce mandated ethanol will also require support from NSW rural independent MP, Tony Windsor. He supports ethanol, but does not support the Coalition.
Deregulation and bad seasons are destroying Queensland and northern New South Wales's sugar-cane industry.
According to an industry leader, land devoted to cane-growing has fallen by about 25 per cent. Many farms are up for sale, with few buyers.
Since deregulation of the industry started over a decade ago, five of Australia's 29 sugar-mills have closed.
In contrast, Brazil has been expanding its sugar-cane output by the equivalent of one Australian sugar-cane industry per year, on the back of the ethanol industry.
The issue is as politically volatile as ethanol is flammable.
Eight federal electorates along the Queensland coast and in northern NSW — collectively known as the sugar-belt seats — could determine the next election.
The depressed state of sugar-cane leaves these seats open to whichever party can assure voters a future for the industry. Mandating ethanol would go a long way towards securing those seats.
In northern NSW, Labor holds two seats significantly dependent on sugar. Both are marginal and both have alternated between Labor and the National Party since the 1980s. Richmond requires a 3.5 per cent swing, and Page 2.1 per cent.
Three marginal Queensland sugar-belt seats are held by the Coalition. Each requires only a small swing to be lost — Dawson 1.2 per cent, Leichhardt 2.3 and Forde 0.8.
In March, President Obama set a target of cutting U.S. oil imports by a third by 2025 and building four new biofuel/ethanol refineries over the next two years. He has also instructed federal agencies to purchase only alternative-fuel vehicles by 2015.
Both Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush have long argued that biofuels, a booming industry in the U.S., are necessary to cut America's dependence on imported oil. (Dow Jones Newswires, March 30, 2011).
For Australia, the best crop for ethanol is sugar-cane.
Mandating ethanol in fuel will help stabilise the price of sugar-cane and reverse our rapidly declining sugar-cane production, for both ethanol and sugar.
The global price of sugar is highly unstable. It fluctuates directly with the price of oil and the world supply of sugar. Consider Brazil, the world's second largest ethanol producer after the U.S.
When rising oil prices make ethanol relatively cheaper, Brazil diverts more sugar-cane into ethanol production. But when there are shortages of sugar, because of bad seasons in growing countries, cane is diverted from ethanol to more profitable sugar production.
Currently, Australian farmers don't have the ethanol option. Exporting 85 per cent of the crop as sugar onto the world market, they are left highly exposed to volatile prices.
Australia needs both sugar and ethanol production to improve the nation's energy security, to provide stability to the sugar-cane industry and some stability to fuel prices, and to stop a collapse in sugar-cane production.
An Australian ethanol industry could also use grains and corn, which, unlike sugar-cane, can be stockpiled for use during the sugar-cane off-season.
Critics of ethanol — such as Ray Evans (Quadrant Online, February 21, 2011), Danish author Bjorn Lomborg (The Australian, March 21, 2011) and Australian research biologist Sir Gustav Nossal (The Australian, June 5, 2008) — claim that turning more corn and grain farmland over to biofuels production will be at the expense of food production.
Their claim is partly wrong and partly simplistic.
First,in countries such as the U.S., Brazil, Europe and potentially Australia, ethanol production sets in motion a production chain that increases high-quality food production.
Already, large amounts of corn and wheat are already used as essential stock feeds for beef, pork and poultry.
When corn and wheat are used for ethanol, the production process strips out only the starch content leaving behind a high-value feed stock. By volume, this concentrated distillers grain or "stillage" is three times as rich in protein, fibre, fat and minerals than the original corn or wheat, according to a report by the Rural Industries Development Corporation.
The report, Biofuel Co-Products as Livestock Feed (2007), shows that ethanol adds value to corn and grain by allowing them to be used twice, first for ethanol and then the "stillage" by-product for a high-value stock feed.
The U.S. government's drive for more ethanol has pushed up corn production, leading to a huge increase in the supply of distillers grain for producing more pigs, cattle and poultry for human consumption.
When managed properly, ethanol can boost food production as it becomes more profitable for farmers to produce corn and wheat, and then "stillage".
Second, in 2008, a World Bank report made global headlines when it claimed that "large increases in biofuels production in the United States and Europe are the main reason behind the steep rise in global food prices". (A Note on Rising Food Crisis, World Bank,2008).
What didn't make the headlines was an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report which concluded that "the impact of current biofuel policies on world crop prices, largely through increased demand for cereals and vegetable oils, is significant but should not be overestimated.
"Current [2005] biofuel support measures alone are estimated to increase average wheat prices by about 5 per cent, maize by around 7 per cent and vegetable oil by about 19 per cent over the next 10 years." (Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support Policies, OECD, July 2008).
Then, in 2010, the World Bank revised its claims that ethanol forced up food prices, saying, "the effect of biofuels on food prices has not been as large as originally thought, but that the use of commodities by financial investors (the so-called "financialisation of commodities") may have been partly responsible for the 2007/08 spike". (Placing the 2006/08 Commodity Price Boom into Perspective, World Bank, July 2010).
At the time, News Weekly pointed out that rising world food prices were not due to ethanol production. In fact, one cause was the rising demand for high-quality, grain-fed beef, pork and poultry by China and the other emerging nations. ("Ethanol doesn't have to compete with food", News Weekly, April 12, 2008).
Ethanol from corn and grains helps solve this problem by making it more profitable to grow corn and wheat, then boosting available distillers' grain-feed stocks for animal protein production.
Third, Ray Evans's further claim, that food riots in Mexico were caused by ethanol production forcing up the price of corn (the basis of Mexico's staple food "tortillas"), is just plain wrong.
In a detailed investigation of the Mexico riots, Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Policy program in Mexico City (part of the Center for International Policy), pointed out on May 19, 2008, that in 2006 Mexico had a record corn crop of 21.9 million tons and had record imports of 10.3 million tons.
She said, "No part of the tortilla crisis had to do with a real problem of scarcity."
A major reason for the crisis stemmed from the concentrated power of the four main companies controlling both the Mexican corn market and the imported corn market — Cargill, Maseca-Archer Daniels Midland, Minsa-Arancia Corn Products International and Agroinsa. Their market power has grown after Mexico's signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the U.S.
These companies had purchased the Mexican 2005-06 crop at 1,450 pesos and the following crop at 1,760 pesos per ton, then hoarded the corn and drove up prices to 3,000-3,500 pesos per ton by December 2007.
Simultaneously, the Maseca company, which controls 73 per cent of the corn-flour market, used its market power to undercut the 70,000 traditional small mills producing corn-flour.
Maseca was out to increase its market share for corn-flour.
Mexicans call this handful of powerful corporations controlling the corn trade and corn-flour markets the "corn-tortilla cartel".
(The full account of this manipulation of Mexican corn prices may be accessed from the online version of this News Weekly article).
Fourth, at the same time as the prices of corn and wheat were rising in 2007-08, so too was the price of rice. And rice is not used in ethanol production.
This indicates that there were issues other than the reallocation of land for biofuel crops that were forcing up the price of food.
There are many complex issues affecting the production and price of food.
In some poor nations, farmers turn to biofuel crops because domestic food prices are being undercut by cheaper imported foods. Some of these imports are dumped, subsidised or simply produced cheaper in high-tech, industrial agricultural farms in the West or in emerging economies.
The high price of oil forces up food prices because high oil prices force up every part of the food production process — fertilisers, farm equipment, transport, processing and retailing.
Over the past 30 years, there has been declining investment in new plant varieties, thanks largely to cuts in government research.
Consequently, after the "green revolution", which saw huge increases in farm productivity, the rate of increase in yields has been falling.
It would be simplistic to think that stopping biofuel production will necessarily lead to greater food production and lower food prices.
It's time that the myths blaming biofuels for rising food prices are dispelled and for Australia to establish a domestic ethanol industry, for the sake of energy security and for the sake of future food production.
Patrick J. Byrne is vice-president of the National Civic Council.
John Baffes and Tassos Haniotis, Placing the 2006/08 Commodity Price Boom into Perspective (The World Bank Development Prospects Group, July 2010): Policy Research Working Paper 5371.
URL: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2010/07/21/000158349_20100721110120/Rendered/PDF/WPS5371.pdf
Andrew Braid, Biofuel Co-Products as Livestock Feed (Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation [RIRDC], Australian Government, Canberra, November 2007).
URL: https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/downloads/07-175.pdf
Patrick J. Byrne, "Ethanol doesn't have to compete with food", News Weekly (Australia), April 12, 2008.
URL: www.newsweekly.com.au/articles/2008apr12_e.html
Laura Carlsen, "Behind Latin America's food crisis", Hunger Notes (World Hunger Education Service, Washington, DC) May 19, 2008.
URL: www.worldhunger.org/articles/08/editorials/carlsen_fc.htm
Jared A. Favole, "Obama calls for expanded oil, ethanol production in U.S.", Dow Jones Newswires, March 30, 2011.
URL: www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/03/30/obama-calls-expanded-oil-ethanol-production/
Donald Mitchell, A Note on Rising Food Prices (The World Bank Development Prospects Group, July 2008): Policy Research Working Paper 4682.
URL: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2008/07/28/000020439_20080728103002/Rendered/PDF/WP4682.pdf
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support Policies: Summary of OECD Report(Directorate for Trade and Agriculture, OECD, Paris), July 16, 2008.
URL: www.oecd.org/dataoecd/54/10/40990370.pdf
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Independent Boarding and Day School
The Mount Kelly education stands apart in the values and attitudes of its young men and women. Compassion, tolerance, kindness, integrity, generosity of spirit and a commitment to service underpin a determined dedication to academic excellence.
Why Mount Kelly?
We are a leading co-educational boarding and day school in the west of England.
Mount Kelly is committed to delivering an outstanding and forward-thinking boarding and day experience for our pupils. Where pupils from the age of 3 to 18 are nurtured, guided and inspired to develop their own individual skills and interests. We value academic performance and work tirelessly to maximise the ability of every child and make every use of our exceptional surroundings to enrich the experience of our pupils.
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Mount Kelly's 1st XV beats Truro School in superb game of rugby
Pupils, staff and families welcome the start of the festive season
Our talented musicians perform to invited guests in St Eustachius' Church
Mount Kelly pupils perform well in UK Mathematics Trust's national competition
Pupils undertake Hills Skills training course
Two Mount Kelly teams currently rank in top 200 of global competition
Pupils learn how to be safe near roads
Mount Kelly selected to join the Devon Wildlife Trust's project for change
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We are located in Tavistock in Devon, bordering Cornwall, set in over 100 acres of countryside and woodland and on the edge of Dartmoor National Park.
A countryside education at Mount Kelly allow pupils to think, grow, explore and develop in the space, beauty and richness of the natural environment, whilst still preparing them to operate successfully in the modern and more urban global environment.
We are ideally located to run extra-curricular activities such as Duke of Edinburgh expeditions, adventurous training, CCF and Forest School. Programmes such as these develop pupils self-confidence, team working skills, self-esteem and motivation to learn.
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The Cox Tor Walk has heralded the start of the School year for the last 80 years. A packed calendar of guest lectures, invited performers and exhibitions follow before Founder's Day rounds off the year.
Mount Kelly is a school with a deep-seated boarding ethos and a strong system of pastoral care in which every member of staff plays their part.
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Mount Kelly has an internationally recognised Performance Swimming programme, managed by Emma Collings-Barnes. There are three pools on the campus including the new 50m, 8 lane Olympic Legacy swimming pool.
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With small class sizes and well resourced facilities we provide our pupils with the ideal environment in which to be inspired and develop a life-long love of learning. We study GCSE, A Level and BTEC.
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Activities at the Prep include everything from Robotics to Debating. At the College all pupils join the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and have the opportunity to participate in everything from sailing to ceramics.
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Drama productions and take place throughout the year from the Nursery Nativity to the College Production. Music is similarly popular and we are proud of our award winning Chamber Choir.
Mount Kelly has been selected as a Finalist for the 'Independent Boarding Schools of the Year 2019' category.
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Gov. Bill Haslam of Tennessee said Wednesday that he would not expand Medicaid in his state as called for in the federal health care overhaul, joining 18 other Republican governors who have rejected expansion for now.
Governor Haslam said he wanted instead to use federal Medicaid money to buy private insurance for as many as 175,000 low-income residents of his state. But he said that plan was being held up because the Obama administration had put too many conditions on the money.
With his health care law, President Obama wanted to make Medicaid, the federal-state health program for poor people, available to many more Americans, covering those earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (currently up to $15,856 a year for an individual). But when the Supreme Court upheld the law last year, it ruled that states could opt out of the Medicaid expansion.
For states that opt in, the federal government will pay the full cost of expansion from 2014 to 2016, with its share gradually decreasing to 90 percent in 2020. So far, about two dozen governors, most of them Democrats, have said they want to expand Medicaid.
Tennessee is not the first state to latch on to the idea of using the federal expansion money to buy private insurance for a portion of its low-income population. Arkansas and Ohio are seeking permission from the Obama administration to do so, and some lawmakers in other states, including Florida, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Texas, have also expressed interest.
Under this option, a state would use the federal Medicaid expansion funds to pay premiums for commercial insurance that will be sold through new marketplaces known as insurance exchanges. But Governor Haslam said he had not received assurances from the Obama administration that he could do things the way he wanted. For example, he said, he wants beneficiaries to pay a portion of their health care costs if they can afford to. And he does not want the expansion population to have better benefits than others who get insurance through the exchange.
"Until we get those assurances," Governor Haslam said in a speech to state legislators, "I cannot recommend to you that we move forward on this plan."
Erin Shields Britt, a spokeswoman for the federal Department of Health and Human Services, said, "We welcome continued conversations with Tennessee about developing a state-based solution that meets both the state's unique needs and the requirements of the Medicaid program while providing much-needed coverage to thousands of Tennesseans."


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Can anything be a lie where no truth exists?
Can there be death without life?
Or a cost to pay without price?
Will there ever be a day without night?
And if there was no conception can you expect birth?
Why clean where there isn't dirt?
Is growing old not proof of living young?
Will a journey ever begin without a step?
Can there be "breath" outside of "air"?
What is purpose without Identity?
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Compare that with the case of the recent killing of a young white man in Harlem by the name of John Hehman. Hehman was visiting a friend in the area and was known as a great guy. Several young black kids were robbing people in the area and saw him as an easy mark. Hehman had just given money to a wheelchair-bound person when he was set upon. They grabbed him and punched him in his face. He broke free from the mob who was yelling "get the whiteboy." Totally terrified, Hehman ran into traffic and was hit by a car. He later died.


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ADRIAN, Mich. – The Adrian College women's volleyball team dropped a conference match to Alma on Wednesday, Oct. 10 by a score of 3-1.
Final Score: Alma 3, Adrian 1 (25-15, 26-28, 25-16, 27-25)
Location: Adrian, Mich. (Merillat Sport and Fitness Center)
Records: Adrian 9-10 (2-3 MIAA), Alma 15-2 (5-1 MIAA)
Alma was in the driver's seat early in the first set, taking a 20-9 lead. Despite a valiant comeback attempt, the Bulldogs were unable to gain much ground on the Scots, dropping the set, 25-15.
The second set was neck-and-neck, with the largest lead of the set coming when Adrian held an 8-4 advantage early on. The set would go past the normal 25 points required, as the AC pulled out a 28-26 set victory.
The third set was similar to the first in that it was all Alma from the beginning. The Scots didn't look back after going up 11-4 and cruised to a 25-16 set win to take a 2-1 advantage in the match.
Following the pattern of earlier, the fourth set was closely contested. The Black and Gold fell behind by a point late, but rallied to take a 24-22 lead. However, Alma pushed back, and won five of the last six points to take the set 27-25, and the match 3-1.
• Sophomore Alex Tobler led the Bulldogs' offense for the third straight match, finishing with 15 kills Senior Olivia Welch was second on the team in kills and third in digs, finishing with 11 and 14, respectively.
• Sophomore Liz Susitko continued to pace Adrian's offense, finishing with 37 assists and 16 digs.
• Junior Megan Prsa led the Black and Gold's defense with 22 digs.
• Sara Majerle led the Alma offense with 21 kills.
• Hayley Novak led the Scots in assists with 51.
• The Alma defense was led by Georgia Miller with 27 digs.
The Bulldogs head to Oberlin, Ohio for a double-header against John Carroll and Oberlin on Saturday, Oct. 13. The John Carroll match is scheduled for 2 p.m. while the Oberlin match is slated for 4 p.m.
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|Model-based Self-Awareness for Autonomy
|Written by Ricardo Sanz
|Friday, 17 October 2008
An ASLab Research Seminar
Model-based Self-Awareness for Autonomy
Engineering Functional Self-Management
Carlos Hernández
Place: Aula Artigas, ETSII-UPM
For systems to operate autonomously, their controllers have to cope with pervasive uncertainty: events in the dynamics of the plant that were unknown at design time. Classical control techniques work well when there are quantitative models of this uncertainty that can be used at design time. But we are now demanding control systems to operate with increasing qualitative uncertainty. Biological cognitive processes have provided useful inspiration to design controllers for that, although techniques are typically very dependent on the domain.
Efficiency and autonomy demand moving this responsibility to the control system itself, making it fully autonomous. We have turned again towards the biological for inspiration, to find that consciousness, or self-awareness, can be related to the management of the cognitive processes taking place in our minds (the controllers for our bodies). It involves introspection and second-order representations, associated to the modelling, not only of the external world, but of the mental processes as well. Self-awareness could then work as an operative system supporting the cognitive processes, orchestrating their operation to make it more efficient and adaptive.
We propose an approach to engineer some of these capabilities by designing a control system that exploits a functional model of itself at runtime, so it can perform self-reconfiguration and hence cope with not pre-specified deviations from its objectives, independently of its origin (fault in the controller, unexpected in the environment...), as long as the necessary functions are available for implementation.
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There are a lot of reasons why building muscle is good for you. Doing it can improve your overall look, strength and conditioning for the long term. As an added bonus, it is also great fun! Read this article for great tips on bodybuilding, as well as why it's a useful pursuit.
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A small, but fun update on this...
About a month ago, we found out various Digimon characters would act as mascots for a couple of Youth Soccer tournaments. The first one, the Jockey Club Girls International Youth Invitational Football Tournament 2019, was held shortly after the announcement.
The second, the Jockey Club International Youth Invitational Football Tournament 2019, has begun today, and as the stadium opened and the first people began to show up to get ready to watch and cheer on they found Agumon there to support the kids playing, and also ready to take photos with anyone who wanted them.
Agumon is wearing his custom jersey from the initial photo shoot, and whether Gabumon might be wandering around we aren't sure, but probably not.
Thanks to the Hong Kong Premier League for the photos and our friends at Digisoul for the heads up.


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The fourth India vs Windies ODI has been shifted to the Cricket Club of India (CCI) in Mumbai from the Wankhede Stadium, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday. "Under the instructions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India appointed Committee of Administrators, the fourth One-day International match between India and Windies scheduled on 29th October at Wankhede Stadium has been shifted to Cricket Club of India, Mumbai," a BCCI press release read.
The Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium has a capacity of 20,000. The last ODI played at the stadium was between Australia and the Windies back in 2006, while the only T20I match was played between India and Australia in 2007.
The Windies are currently playing a two-match Test series against India. After the completion of the Test series, India will host the tourists for five-match ODI series, followed by a three-match T20I series.
The Windies had lost the first Test by an innings and 272 runs as India's Prithvi Shaw scored a brilliant century on his Test debut. India's win against the Windies in the first Test was their biggest innings wins ever.
Here is the revised schedule of the five-match ODI series.
India vs Windies 1st ODI, October 21 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
India vs Windies 2nd ODI, October 24 at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
India vs Windies 3rd ODI, October 29 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
India vs Windies 4th ODI, October 29 at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
India vs Windies 5th ODI, November 01 at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram


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Why I Write
I've been thinking a bit about sparks lately. Sparks that light fires.
When I first met my husband, one of the first things he taught me was how to build a fire.
Now, I was a Girl Scout and had been a camper for my whole life; I knew how to start a fire. Hubby showed me a better way.
Fast and easy with the right pieces of dry wood were all it took to get me warm. Being warm was and is important to me. A spark was what it took to get the flame started.
Sparks come in other forms too. Just the right spark and you can move mountains.
What do sparks have to do with writing?
When I was six-years-old, my 1st-grade teacher lit a spark in me to write a book.
I'd always read. In fact, I don't remember not reading. My mother tells me I learned by watching Sesame Street. The only thing I knew was I loved books and stories especially because I could go to the bookshelf and read the book I chose.
In first grade, my teacher said we were going to write a book. I was so excited and couldn't wait to take it home and show my mom.
Imagine my shock and disappointment when I discovered our class was making one book, which my teacher would keep, and I would only be writing one page. My thoughts were that she would be teaching us how to write a book. I was crushed.
However, this created a spark within me to write a book. Eventually, this spark turned into a goal to have a book on the New York Best Sellers list became a life long dream.
The problem with sparks is if they aren't given the right fuel, they often smolder or even go out. I spent nearly the next 40 years attempting to find the right combination of fuel, heat, and oxygen to fan that spark into a flame.
To this day, I don't know what turned my smoldering spark into a flame. Most likely it was a combination of things: timing, along with a willingness to begin, probably had a lot to do with it. The right resource coming at just the right time also helped.
Why do I write?
Simply put, I write because I can't not write. Writing has become like breathing. This need to write has sustained me through difficult times. I have rejoiced when an idea comes together and works.I have written through happiness and grief, frustration and all those moments in between.
I've met new people through writing. This community grows each year, and I've learned to create stories that move the human heart. And, I've realized there is still so much to learn.
Every day I am grateful for writing. I haven't yet reached my dream of publishing a novel, but that is on my horizon.
The spark that began when I was six continues to this day. At times, the flame is high, and the words tumble out of me. Other times, the fire is low and in need of fuel. The fire is always burning.
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Forget the cold. The Chicago Cubs faced a much more difficult challenge in Masahiro Tanaka.
The Cubs managed two bunt singles, one aided by replay, and struck out 10 times against the Japanese rookie in losing 3-0 to New York in the opener of a split doubleheader Wednesday.
"His split-finger is devastating, a lot of bad swings on that and not good contact either, even when guys were putting it in play," Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel (2-1) said. "Hitters will tell you how good you are, and today he was pretty good."
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Junior Lake bunted toward the third base side with one out in the second, and Tanaka fielded it cleanly. Initially, first base umpire Manny Gonzalez called Lake out but Cubs manager Rick Renteria requested a challenge and the call was overturned.
"The challenge was actually more our eyes told us he was safe. I don't know how much a challenge it was," Renteria said. "It was more a consensus of the eyes that he was safe."
Chicago didn't reach base again until Anthony Rizzo pushed a bunt toward a vacated third base with a shifted infield leading off the seventh,
The 25-year-old Tanka (2-0), wearing three-quarter sleeves on a 43-degree day that felt much colder because of a brisk wind, threw 107 pitches. Shawn Kelley allowed a single to Rizzo as he finished the three-hitter for his fourth save and Chicago's third straight loss.
"That split is not something you want to sit on. It's not something you're going to be able to handle," Renteria said. "But, as it was coming out of the hand, as the guys were coming in, they were saying, 'Gosh, it looks like a fastball. It ends up diving.'"
Dean Anna had a sacrifice fly and Jacoby Ellsbury added an RBI tap-out against Hammel in Chicago's first regular-season game in the ballpark, which opened in 2009.
The Cubs have yet to win in the Bronx. They were swept in the 1932 and '38 World Series and lost all three-games in 2005, their only interleague series in New York.
With Tuesday's rainout postponing Jackie Robinson Day festivities, the Yankees planned to unveil a plaque honoring Nelson Mandela before the nightcap. Players from both teams were to wear No. 42, and Michael Pineda was set to make his first start for New York since he was spotted with a mysterious brown substance on his hand Thursday against Boston. Travis Wood was slated to start for Chicago.
After an overnight storm, the grounds crew used blowers to melt the ice on the tarp before removing the covering from the infield. Snow still covered the grass in right field while the Cubs took batting practice, and many players wore ski caps.
But it wasn't too cold for Beltran. He connected on a 1-1 changeup from Hammel with one out in the first. Anna started again at shortstop for Derek Jeter and drove in his run with a fly to left field in the fourth.
"Right now I feel good at the plate, and am seeing good results, said Beltran, the current AL player of the week.
New York added a run in the fifth when Lake lost Brett Gardner's liner to left in the sun for a double. After Gardner advanced on Beltran's groundout, Ellsbury's bat made contact with catcher John Baker's glove before dunking a ball in front of the mound. Catcher's interference was called but under rule 6.08 (c), the Yankees had the choice to reject the interference call — it would have put runners at the corners — and take the play as it unfolded on the field. The elected for the latter, with Gardner scoring and Ellsbury tagging out by Hammel.
"With one out you take the run," Girardi said.
Tanaka gave up six runs — five earned — in his first two starts combined, all before the third inning was over. This time he was sharp from the start. He walked his second batter this season and lowered his ERA to 2.05 ERA.
Hammel was nearly as good. He yielded three runs and five hits, striking out five.


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Idyllic surroundings, captivating lifestyle, festive events, live theatre, and much more, have all amused and beguiled residents and visitors for generations. Whether a casual stroll on our beach and scenic boardwalk, an enchanting evening of fine dining in one of our many restaurants, or a relaxed, care free stay in one of our quaint Bed & Breakfasts or motels, the Municipality of Kincardine is a place of endless opportunity.
First called Penetangore, Kincardine, with its strong Scottish heritage, was named after Governor General James Bruce, as was the former Kincardine Township. The first Bruce County post office opened its doors here.
The first county settlers arrived at the mouth of the Penetangore River in 1848 transported by the ship, "The Fly". Allan Cameron built and ran a hotel, while his brother-in-law, William Withers, built a dam and opened a sawmill. The Village of Kincardine was incorporated in 1858.
Around Town
Kincardine is unique in that its history is a living, breathing part of the community. From its architecture to its lighthouse to the historic Walker House, it is visible everywhere.
Built in 1850 as an inn, the Walker House is an example of Loyalist/Georgian architecture. The building suffered serious damage in a 1995 fire, and the local Paddy Walker Society has been diligently restoring the building since then. Once completed, the Walker House will showcase Kincardine's history with two permanent galleries, one will focus on the community's marine history, the other will focus on the artifacts of Kincardine's world-famous pipe band. The building will also serve as a gathering place for school and group functions.
Across the street, Kincardine's wooden lighthouse is only steps away from the downtown core and overlooks the busy harbour, full of pleasure watercraft and not the ships of old ferrying goods and passengers from port to port. Built in 1881, the lighthouse sits 74 feet tall, on top of the two-story keeper's home. Kincardine's thriving fishing and salt shipping industries necessitated its construction. In-season tours are available. On summer evenings, the haunting tunes of the Phantom Piper waft from the top of the lighthouse.
In 1883, the Erie Belle sank off the shore of Kincardine after its boiler exploded, killing and maiming crew members. The boiler is visible at Boiler Beach, and a cairn acts as a marker for the Erie Belle and her crew. At Station Beach, the wreck of the Ann Maria, which sank in 1902, can be seen beneath the water's surface.
Victoria Park is home to two cannons, majestically resting in the centre of town. Two versions exist explaining their origins. One is that they are relics of the Crimean War. The other is that the cannon were brought to Kincardine during the Fenian Raid of 1866 as added protection and simply never removed.
A treasure trove of unique photos chronicles a period of Kincardine's history at the Scougall Gallery in the Kincardine Arts Centre. John H. Scougall took the photos of the area and its residents at the turn of the 19th century. The glass negatives were developed courtesy of the Bruce County Museum & Archives.
The history of Kincardine's homes is chronicled each August in the historical walking tour. During the tour, guides give a verbal history of the buildings and the community. Scottish history comes alive during the summer months in the form of weekly pipe band parades, a Scottish Festival and a mass gathering of the bands.
In 1999, Kincardine became a part of a larger, amalgamated community known as the Municipality of Kincardine, encompassing the former Town of Kincardine, Tiverton, Underwood, Inverhuron, Armow, Glammis, Bervie and Millarton.
For more information on The Municipality of Kincardine, contact the Kincardine Visitor Information Centre on Hwy 21 at 1-866-546-2736 or 519-396-2731 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com


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A certain big-budget Broadway musical was supposed to open on March 15, but for those theater folks who needed to be at the opening of a spider-themed musical that day, there was Spidermusical, running through March 21 at the Mint Theater. Composer Matt roi Berger took time out from the busy opening week to answer a few questions about the show, how someone with an indie rock background writes a musical score, and more.
Q: How did the idea for Spidermusical come about? How long have you been working on it?
A: Spidermusical is the brain love child of Timothy Michael Drucker and Randy Blair, perhaps the two strangest, most talented people I know. I got a call in the middle of the night, if I remember correctly, and I could hear Randy laughing in the background, and Tim says something like, "The three of us are doing a new musical. Here's what it is." We hadn't talked in around a month--it felt like getting the band back together. Let's see. Since late January? I think that's when I got the first 20 pages or so. It was a pretty condensed writing period. I was drinking pretty heavily. I may be forgetting a week.
Q: You worked with Timothy Michael Drucker (director, book) and Randy Blair (book, lyrics) on Fat Camp. What's the typical writing process like for the three of you? Why do you think you work so well together?
A: Tim and Randy are incredible. If it works, that's why. Randy's lyrics immediately convey what a song needs to do--my part's easy from there. My background is not musical theater, it's rock and indie music, and they embrace that. I'm in the room with two of my best friends, writing music. It's just a lot of fun. Usually, I'll get Randy's lyrics and we'll bounce some ideas around. Then I'll record and arrange and send a demo their way. If we're having trouble with a song, we'll meet at Tim's and they'll play me a musical theater track off of YouTube, and say, "It's like this." Then I'll go, "Oh, you mean like this," and find them a recording of a pop or rock song, and we go from there. For Spidermusical, which was a very quick process, I sat down with the lyrics and my guitar and recorded as I wrote, going back for edits. I'd mail the boys a song and then get started on the next one. There was a night when we knocked off 6 songs in one sitting. I thought it would be rough working that quickly, but I'm really proud of what we did. I'm a perfectionist, but I'm also a drunk, which balances (ying yang).
Q: What can you tell me about the show? Is it going to be more of a spoof of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark or just a different interpretation of the Spider-Man story?
A: It's our story, entirely. I think if we'd been approached to do a Broadway musical of a comic book and they'd said, "Oh, and here's 65 million dollars," we'd have written the same thing. It's not a parody. I love the meta-story here, as well. This is what you can accomplish with a group of smart and talented people. This is what live theatre can be when it's not trying to be film/spectacle: exciting, entertaining and engrossing.
Q: Are you a comic book fan?
A: I was. I am? I still have about 400 issues in a closet at my mom's place in Virginia. Some superhero titles (nearly the entire run of Excalibur--why?), but mostly indie press. I was really into Bone, Akiko, Castle Waiting, Usagi Yojimbo. I still pick up a graphic novel every so often.
Q: Have you seen Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark?
A: Nope. I didn't want to see it while we were working on Spidermusical. I'm sort of bummed that it'll be retooled by the time I get a chance to catch it. I wanted to experience Julie's vision (spiders stealing shoes).
Q: Can you tell me a little bit about what the music will be like for the show and what your influences were?
A: It's got a lot of rock influences--it's very up-tempo and angular--but I had a lot of freedom to explore other sounds as well. Fat Camp, our other musical, is very much solid garage and indie rock, built to voice raw, emotional teens. Here there's an entirely different set of voices, and I had fun with spices from all over. Our arranger, Adam Wachter, is incredibly talented, and his additions are fantastic.
Q: There are three other Spider-Man musicals playing next week: Turn Off the Dark, The Spidey Project, and Spidermann. Are you afraid it's going to be overkill? Why should audiences see yours with all these choices?
A: I know nothing about the other productions, so I can't compare. I wish them the very best. I will say we have an amazing cast--Alex Brightman, Sara Chase, Kate Weatherhead, Randy Blair. The backbone of any production is the passion and energy on stage, and I can guarantee you that with Spidermusical.
Q: After this week of performances, do you think that's it for this show? Or do you think it will have a life elsewhere?
A: I hope so. I have massive gambling debts. If this doesn't fly, it's kidney number 2.
Q: What else are you working on these days?
A: I play guitar in Teen Girl Scientist Monthly. I wrote a song each and every week last year and I'm always posting something or other on my website.
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