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Darcy Fisherman's Cap - Oxblood
Darcy Fisherman's Cap - Oxblood
Chunky ribbed fisherman's style cap hand knit in grey US grown and milled wool. Seamless construction, super soft and warm, can be worn with the cuff folded up or down. Also available in black.
- 100% US grown & milled sheepswool
- Size small / medium measures 11" long uncuffed; 8.5" cuffed; brim measures 15" around laid flat. Will stretch to fit head sizes up to 24" around.
- Size medium / large measures 11.5" long uncuffed; 9" cuffed; brim measures 18" around laid flat. Will stretch to fit head sizes up to 30" around.
- Hand wash in cool water using gentle detergent (no rinse wool wash recommended). Roll in a towel to remove excess water (do not wring out) and lay flat to dry.
Handmade to order. Please allow up to 3 weeks for production
Each piece I create is hand made to order in my studio in Portland, OR. Please allow 3-6 weeks for production of your piece before shipping.
Morph Knitwear ships internationally as well as domestically. All orders are shipped via United States Postal Service Priority Mail.
Shipping to the US includes a tracking ID, and usually takes 3-5 business days. International shipping is by Priority Mail International which generally takes 7-14 business days (though time may be longer depending upon distance/customs), and comes with tracking ID only. Insurance can be purchased , both domestically and internationally with a shipping upgrade. For a quote, please send a message with the items and your location. Morph Knitwear is not responsible for lost, stolen or damaged mail. Additional insurance is highly recommended.
Absolutely no refunds are given. Each garment is made to order, so if you have any questions in regard to your order please contact me, and I will do my utmost to work with you in creating a piece perfect for you.
Exchanges are given on an individual basis, please contact me to discuss the possibility of an exchange.


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To buy or rent? That is a great question.
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Efficient, easy, and on time
Easy to make reservation, friendly staff. Drivers were professional, friendly, on time. Took a lot of stress off the trip knowing that I didn't need to look for cabs, and that the drivers knew the local traffic well enough to get me to and from the airport with plenty of time!
Our limo driver Greg Swan was absolutely the best in the Tampa Bay area!!! Professional, courteous, easy going, unbelievable maneuvering skills with a huge vehicle in a tight parking lot and Greg made my son's 16th surprise birthday party memorable. We appreciate his kindness, patience and being put on the spot to make the announcement to a group of teenagers who he was and that there was a Hummer Limo waiting for him and his friends outside.
A Big Thank You to Greg and also Sara and team at customer service who also made the entire reservation smooth and explained everything to me twice.
Ambassador Limousine not only promptly and efficiently booked my request, but noted every special nuance of my VIP Coach's travel request. I received both text AND email updates from the company and drivers, which I was able to forward to …read more
Everyone I spoke with at Ambassador Limousine was very helpful and pleasant. The chauffeur, Hassan, was very nice, professional, and accommodating! My daughter's wedding was New Year's Eve and our experience with this limousine service was great! Hassan kept me informed from when he first arrived, when he returned to the hotel (he first drove the groom and groomsmen to their destination) to pick up the bride and bridesmaids. The limousine was clean and on the newer side- you never what what to expect. Overall, this was a great experience and would recommend them for any occasion. They made it one less thing to worry about on my daughter's wedding night!!!!
Very courteous drivers and they arrive in a very timely manner ( earlier than pick up time so no stress )
Very accommodating and able to make last minute adjustments. Prompt, friendly, and reliable!
Very nice vehicle- clean, new, good layout and with seat belts
We were very pleased with the service we received from Ambassador Limousine when we visited Florida in November 2016. The driver was very helpful, professional and friendly. We booked the service by email from the UK and were impressed with…read more
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Everything was perfect. Used service three times over five days. One of those rides was pick up @ airport w/ a plane delay & very late, about midnight. I was relieved my daughter was safely met & driven to final location. Art was driver for two of the trips, very informative & helpful. Will use again & recommend to friends & family.
Very professional and prompt. I will continue to use ambassador limo.
Our group loves the ride and would recommend to anyone!
Always professional, always on time.
I count on Ambassador Limo to provide polished, efficient, safe transportation. My choice in the Tampa Bay area for sure.
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Always on time and great drivers! Friendly, courteous and make you feel comfortable in their car.
Ambassador was very professional and on time. I really liked the notifications of when the driver was on the way and when the passenger was in the car. I would definitely recommend Ambassador!
I only put 5 stars because there was no option to select 10. Ambassador limousine has the chauffeur service down to the best it can be! We rented the stretched hummer for my dads surprise 50th party and had the best experience! The customer…read more
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Up until the end of last year I thought I had it all figured out. I had a weekly schedule, where I would spread all my tasks throughout the 7 days of the week. My thinking behind this, was that spreading the workload through the week, was going to make things easier for myself.
So, for example, I would set different parts of my housework for each day, i.e. Monday: hoover, Tuesday: dusting, Wednesday: Kitchen + Fridge etc. The same would go for my work and blog. I tended to add lots of little tasks every day on various topics and sections of my work - from website updates, to emails, reading articles I needed to catch up with, replying to comments, writing blog posts, promoting them, being active on social media etc.
This way of doing things, resulted in me having huge to-do lists every day with lots of little tasks on various areas. And while I was trying to stay on top of that list, I would start doing each of the tasks, and then move to the next one. But there was no cohesion. So, for example, I would start to dust the house, then sit down to reply to some emails, and then go and hang out the laundry. And it would continue like this. Also, most of the times I would get distracted by something else (like an incoming txt or email), resulting in me spending more time than I thought on each task.
At the end of the day, I would find myself exhausted, looking with bleary eyes at a half-done to-do list, surrounded by lots of post-it notes with things I needed to remember throughout the day, feeling deflated and near to tears!
Multitasking is definitely not good for my productivity!
But then, I came across the term 'batch days' and my whole world changed!
What is a batch day?
A batch day is when you dedicate one day (or part of a day) to work on a specific topic, with no distractions so that you have maximum productivity. By batching similar tasks together and minimising distractions, you'll be able to focus more on the specific tasks, and finish them quicker.
What can you batch?
Everything! From your blog posts, emails and your social media, to your housework, reading, cooking, calls and errants. It's really up to you!
How does it work?
You create a list of tasks and things you need to do on a specific topic/category. Once you've created your list then you allocate a specific day as your batch day for this list, and you add it in your calendar. So, when that day comes, you'll know exactly what needs to be done.
But there are certain rules:
No distractions: During the time you are working on your list, you can't look at your phone (put it on a 'do not disturb' mode), check your emails or social media accounts, and generally you can't get distracted by anything that doesn't have to do with the tasks on the list. Use the time when the kids are at school or, if you can, hire a babysitter.
Make sure that you're prepared and you have everything you need. Check your list from the day before and make sure all the equipment, tools and devices you may need to finish the tasks for the day are ready. Charge your camera, download the right workbook, have the notebooks and pens you'll need at hand. Generally, make sure that there'll be no surprises, which may prevent you from finishing all the tasks in your list.
Prepare everything else in advance. Obviously, you may have more responsibilities during that day that you cannot avoid or postpone. For example, being a mother of two, I know that when my kids come back from school, they want to eat straight away. So, on my batch days I'll make sure that I've prepared something for lunch from the day before. That way I don't have to stop what I'm doing to start cooking.
Utilise your time efficiently. You can make sure that you use those hours even more efficiently by using the pomodoro technique, and further blocking out your set time.
Take breaks. You need to give yourself some time off in between the tasks to mentally rest, so that you have the energy to continue. Every hour or so take a 10-15 minute break. Get up from the computer and have a snack, go out in the garden, meditate. Do something else and for a few minutes change environment.
You can't do anything that's on that list before the set day - unless you have some spare time and you feel like doing so :)
How does it work for me?
Changing my routine hasn't been easy, but since I started implementing the batch days to my schedule I've seen some great results and lots of checked off to-do lists!
The following are a few things that I am batching in order to make myself more productive:
Housework - While before I was spreading all the tasks throughout the week, now I do most of the cleaning on Saturday mornings. I know exactly what needs to be done, and I don't schedule any other work for that part of the day. Obviously, there are still things that I need to do during the week like laundry, cooking etc., but generally 90% of my cleaning is done on a Saturday.
Blog - I try to write and schedule the blog posts of the week on Mondays, so that I don't have to think about them for the rest of the week. I have to admit that this doesn't always happen, especially the last few weeks that I was moving to Squarespace, but generally speaking, I try to allocate one day for the blog posts. My plan is to have at least two week's worth of blog posts pre-scheduled in order to use that time to batch other things. ;)
Social media - I have to admit that I get so distracted when I check my social media accounts, it's ridiculous! I can spend anything from 10 to 30 minutes without even realising it! So, in order to avoid this distraction as much as possible, I use Buffer and Hootsuite to pre-schedule my social media. I set one day every 15 days to pre plan my pins on Pinterest using Buffer, while I use Hootsuite once a week to plan, organise and schedule my day to day social media interactions on Twitter and Facebook for that week.
Planning - I plan all my week every Sunday afternoon, while I make my weekly spread in my bullet journal. It helps me to have a clear view of the week ahead, put my thoughts in order, plan as much as I can and set batch days for various groups of tasks.
Brainstorming - I tend to set up 30-45mins to brainstorm ideas for my blog once every 15 days. It helps me put my thoughts on paper and come up with new things I can do. I tend to have a brain dump list in my bullet journal, where I can add ideas when they come up to me.
Errants - I've set every Thursday as my errant day. I know that I will dedicate that morning for all my shopping and errants, so that I won't schedule any work for that time.
I've also created a FREE set of printables to help you when you plan your batch days. It's a brain dump page and a batch day planning page. On the brain dump page you write all the ideas and tasks you think, without any order. This page is just to collect all your thoughts and empty your brain. The batch day planning page is where you group similar tasks from your brain dump page in lists, and you allocate a specific date as the batch day for them.
Subscribe now to my Newsletter to download the FREE Printable.
Plus get access to the Resources Library!
Have you used batch days before? What are your thoughts? What other ways do you use to keep yourself focused and productive?


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The Music of Lion with Composer Dustin O'Halloran
In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection music profile writer Jon Burlingame chats with Oscar nominated composer Dustin O'Halloran about his work on Director Garth Davis's film LION. Dustin shares how Garth connected with co-composer Volker Bertelmann and how the three collaborated on "the two sides of the butterfly" of the story and why they chose not to use indian style music. Dustin shares his choice of featuring the piano to help capture the story of the main character Saroo played by Dev Patel.
Video sponsored by AVID (www.avid.com) and Savannah College of Art and Design (www.scad.edu)


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A couple of times a week, on the high floors of a bank building near Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, immigration judges hear the cases of migrant children.
The local juvenile immigration court docket has expanded lately as more Central American minors arrive in L.A., many reunited with family here while their cases are pending.
KPCC's Leslie Berestein Rojas was in the courtroom this week and joins Take Two to explain how the children's docket works and how the arrival of more kids affects the immigration court system.


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I hear voices in my head
The council me
They understand
They tell me things that I will do
They show me things I'll do to you
They talk to me, they talk to me
You got your rules and your religion
All designed to keep you safe
But when rules start getting broken
You start questioning your faith
I have a voice that is my savior
Hates to love and loves to hate
I have the voice that has the knowledge
And the power to rule your fate
I hear voices crying
I see heroes dying
I taste the blood that's drying
I feel the tension rising
All the lawyers are defenseless
All the doctors are disease
And the preachers all are sinners
And the police just take the grease
All you judges you are guilty
All the bosses I will fire
All you bankers will have losses
And politicians are all liars
I see darkness falling
I hear voices calling
I feel justice crawling
I see faith has fallen
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I wrote "Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?" and "What Happened to Daddy's Body?" after I was widowed, very suddenly, in April 2009, aged only 34. Martin, my husband, suffered a totally unexpected heart attack while away with our son Alex, then aged three. Alex somehow managed to get an ambulance, but sadly, Martin died at the scene. This was only four days before our daughter Olivia's first birthday. He was also 34. I never got to say goodbye.
When I looked for books to explain to my very young children what had happened, I found none. I vowed to write my own.
Originally self-published with the help of crowdfunding in 2012 and 2014 respectively, both books were taken on by Jessica Kingsley Publishing in 2016.
In May 2010, I met John and his five children. We fell in love, and, despite lots of emotional upheaval, a year and a half later, we moved together.
But in March 2012, when Olivia was only three and Alex six, I was diagnosed with a very active breast cancer. Again, our life changed beyond recognition. I was 37, and within weeks I had started chemotherapy. I was more scared than I have ever been before. It was during chemo that I crowdfunded "Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute?", and was completely overwhelmed and humbled by your amazing support.
The book went to print the same week I successfully finished my treatment – chemo, surgery and radiotherapy – in November 2012. So far, all is looking good. I will need to continue hormone treatment for several years to come, and have regular check ups. Fingers crossed.
John and I got married in July 2014, and our seven kids – Jodie, Lauren, Nicole, Alex, Leanna, Rhiana and Olivia, are currently aged 10 to 22. We also rescued two dogs a few years ago. We must be crazy… 😉


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October 11, 2016
Abbvie joins the UCSF Immunoprofiler consortium.
August 16, 2016
Investigators at the UCSF Immunoprofiler discover prognostic indicators within human melanoma cancers (Link).
August 8, 2016
Investigators at the UCSF Immunoprofiler discover new mechanisms that the immune system uses to recognize tumors (Link).
October 1, 2015
December 31, 2015
January 1, 2015
August 15, 2014
August 1, 2014
The UCSF Immunoprofiler attracts a $100,000 grant from the Helen Diller Cancer Comprehensive Center at UCSF to extend our initiative.
October 16, 2014
Investigators at the UCSF Immunoprofiler identify a rare immune cell population that predicts overall survival across multiple human cancers (Link).


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Like most artists, I am very process-oriented: the thrill of creating rather than the final product is where I really feel alive. When I look at other people's art, I am often trying to figure out, how did they do that? Not because I want to steal their idea or try and one-up them, but simply out of creative curiosity. So being able to visit another artist's studio and talk with them about their process is one of my favorite things to do. Recently I found out my friend and fellow artist David Mills has been uploading time-lapse movies of his painting process (and by "painting" I don't just mean paint and a brush like most of my work; this guy really takes it to another level with all sorts of cool materials), so I thought I'd share one with you:
You can see more where that came from on his youtube channel, blog, or Facebook page.


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Trusting yourself…
If you don't trust yourself to make the correct decisions in your life then you have some inner work to do. Inner work means going inside your heart or your gut to find out where all your deep seeded trust issues are and then you work to heal them so you can regain your inner peace.
I ask you, "why don't you trust yourself?"
For some, the answer could be simple. Maybe someone told you as a child that you will never be good at anything. Maybe they said, "you never do anything right". They could have called you stupid, etc. You grew up believing that you would make a mess out of everything. In this case, your subconscious is playing a recording of the negative statements over and over in your mind and these negative statements continue to manifest in your life in different ways. Unfortunately, we are not aware that the subconscious is always at work.
Here you can simply reprogram your thoughts to more positive words that will build your confidence. And there are many ways to do this. Many will hold on to information, thoughts, and feelings for fear of being wrong only to find out later that they were correct. How I got over this was to tell myself that no one is 100% correct, and if I'm not sure about something, I just say I'm unsure.
There are parts of ourselves that are connected to the higher self and when it tells you in your gut and in your heart that something is wrong or right it will not miss guide you. You just have to be connected to yourself and learn to trust the feelings.
For others the answer may not be so simple because it requires them to look at some issues they may not want to look at. Burying issues will do nothing but fester and eventually come to the surface in another form which is usually unhealthy like a sickness. However, dealing with the matter will ultimately show you how to make better choices for yourself.
Inner work is apart of spiritual growth. This subject is not talked about much in many spiritual communities because these communities place their emphasis on doing lots of work with outer energies such as spirits, Orisha, etc… While working with forces outside of ourselves are helpful, a strong foundation of spirituality can only be built for a person who is strong and balanced internally because much of what manifests outside of ourselves is a direct result of what is going on inside. For example, a person who sleeps in a cluttered messy room would most likely be one to have a cluttered state of mind, a lack of concentration, and live with much confusion.
On the flip side, there are times when rituals (ebbo), spiritual work, or even spiritual baths can help to alter and strengthen us from the inside out. So I'm not negating this fact, I'm only emphasizing that in most cases it is up to the individual to heal themselves and to work to build trust within because no one can give you that – not even the spiritual forces, gods, and deities… Many of our trust issues are deeply embedded and suppressed, however, you can ask your guides to help and support you through the process of healing or maybe they can show you the areas that need to be worked on.
Trusting yourself is very important because once you gain confidence in yourself great things will manifest in your life and you will feel stronger and have a greater sense of well being.


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Notes Before Ordering
When placing an order,customers should specify the following information to enable us to give you the right quote :
* It is to be noted that there will be slight color variation between different products such as PVDF coating and polyester coating. For exact color match please request for actual color samples. Color variations may occur between panels originating from different production batches, to ensure color consistency; we recommend that orders for projects be placed in one order.


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Hello and Happy Summer!
A note, to start: This post is heavy on the photos and light on the words. And it doesn't have all that much to do with food. But honestly, I needed a place for this. A place for this memory to sit, so that one day we can look back on it and comment on how blue the water was and how young we looked.
In late April, we ventured to the big island of Hawaii, a trip I had been anticipating more and more with the record-breaking rainfall and dreariness we had been enduring in Seattle. We stayed along the Kailua-Kona coast where it is gloriously sunny and dry and I practically cried tears of joy and relief upon arrival.
Things I want to remember about this trip:
carry-ons stuffed full with stacking cups that clang a little too loudly, the heaviest story books of all time, and rolls and rolls of washi tape (for sticking on and peeling off the back of the airplane seat in front of you, of course) / seafood all day, every day / constant toddler pleas to be in the water / strappy sandals or sandy toes with no other options / socked-in storms and hikes in the pouring rain / farmers markets in small towns, stands brimming with sweet breads, lilikoi jam, and eggs in colorful cartons / eating every meal outside / the unrelenting inspiration and hope that comes from travel.
And let's talk about all that color! The ocean seemed to change by the hour - light aquas and deep turquoises that turned to sapphire blues with ripples of pink and purple as the sun began to set. Fruity little drinks were garnished with slices of sunny yellow pineapple or coral-hued papaya. Jet black molten rock juxtaposed with lush greenery. I love my earthy Pacific Northwest palette, but gosh, I needed some tropical vibes.
Now, back at home, we are basking in sunshine day after day and it is glorious! We've dusted off the grill, picked berries in the countryside, and slurped down more ice cream cones than I can count. I'll be back with some sort of summery post.


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ACT Call published/
€ 41 million for accelerating CCS technologies in Europe
The European initiative "ACT - Accelerating CCS technologies" launched a call for proposals on June 7th 2016. This is the first call from the initiative that aims to fund research and innovation projects that can lead to safe and cost effective technology for CO2 capture, transport and storage (CCS)
The call is open for industry and research institutions from Norway, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
- CCS is emerging as one of the most promising technologies for mitigating global climate change. This initiative aims to put the technology into use in the industry faster and on a larger scale than ever before, says ACT Coordinator Ragnhild Rønneberg from the Research Council of Norway.
ACT – a multinational cooperation
Based on a call from the European Commission in December 2014 under the Horizon 2020 Programme on Energy, nine European countries have joined forces and made funds available for research and innovation actions on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage/utilisation (CCS). The initiative is called ACT – Accelerating CCS Technologies.
The ambition of ACT is to facilitate the emergence of CCS via transnational funding aimed at accelerating and maturing CCS technology through targeted innovation and research activities. In order to accelerate the CCS implementation in the energy sector and the high energy intensive industry sector (such as steel, paper mills, cement etc.) projects with industrial relevance and cooperation will be prioritised.
The following countries participate in ACT: Norway (coordinator), Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Their funding is supported by co-funding from the European Commission's research and innovation programme. The funding of the projects will come through each nation's existing R&D programmes, and an application for support should therefore make sure to keep within existing national requirements.
Timetable and available budget
A total of € 41 million is available for this 1st joint ACT call published June 7th 2016. The deadline for pre-proposals is September 7th 2016 and applications evaluated eligible will be invited to submit full proposals due by January 16th 2017. The projects should have a maximum of 3 years duration.
Depending on the number and size of the projects the ACT-consortium aims to fund up to 5 projects (up to a total of € 20 M) and a handful of smaller projects (less than € 3 M).
The call has a broad scope, but underlines the importance of market-industry-relevant projects. In addition to chain integration, capture, transport and storage, projects including utilisation of CO2 when it brings CCS to the market faster, is also included.
Background – climate and role of CCS
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies show promise in keeping temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius. There are, however, currently too few operational CCS projects to determine if that promise of carbon capture and storage/utilisation can be a reality. There is a need for more pilot scale projects and focus on the full chain elements (incl. a number of technical issues, costs, business models, socialand environmental aspects etc.) for a for successful implementation of CCS in Europe.
The European commission (EC), the European parliament and several of the European Countries by themselves, have invested great efforts in driving the debate around climate change goals for 2030. Currently we have a framework proposal that provides a strong foundation for achieving these goals and developing a competitive low-carbon economy. It is recognised that CCS in achieving climate change targets is a significant step in the right direction and a successful future for CCS is therefore foreseen not only in the energy sector, but in the industry sector as well.
The call text is available from this link


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I have not really been putting in much effort to submit a daily sketch into the #thedailysketch hashtag (eg, on twitter or google+) however it is good to have a little project to do each day to extend my art. Torsos are not only a traditional subject but they also offer the opportunity to do those fast gesture sketches (aka doodles).I suspect I learn more about shadow and forms with just a simple wash and perhaps a pen to "find" some detail.
Many sketches never get scanned, or taken through to a final art work (like below) but a lot of the benefit is not so much as a visual guide but more as a performance practice. That hand eye coordination that is so seldom mentioned in the art world. I like to think of my eye directly moving my arm and wrist without to much analysis, the body language of the model translated back into my body language.
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Politics & Government
Boozman ousts Lincoln for Arkansas Senate seat
Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln was defeated in her bid for a third term on Tuesday, giving Republicans a crucial boost in their bid to whittle away Democratic control of the Senate.
Lincoln, a centrist Democrat, was defeated by Republican Rep. John Boozman.
The Senate race in Arkansas was a showdown between a centrist Democrat and a Republican riding the GOP's wave of anger at Democratic incumbents and the Obama administration. Boozman attacked Lincoln on issues such as the health care insurance overhaul, increased government spending to stimulate the economy and the Wall Street regulation bill.
Lincoln, who reluctantly voted for Obama's health care insurance overhaul, carried the flag for Democrats but often disagreed with her more liberal colleagues. For example, she was one of the few Democrats to vote for the Bush administration tax cuts.
As a crucial vote in the Senate, she bargained for perks for her state before voting with the Democratic majority. She was disliked by some liberals and during the primary was targeted by unions, but she narrowly defeated Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in a June runoff.
The general election was something of a family affair. When Lincoln returned to politics in 1998, she won her Senate seat by beating Fay Boozman, a state senator and the brother of John Boozman.


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At Tibshelf Community School all students study History in Years 7, 8 and 9 and they can opt to study it in Years 10 and 11 for GCSE. History at the school is recognised as an important and essential part of the curriculum, especially in light of the introduction of the English Baccalaureate.
In History lessons students learn about the past through a variety of teaching and learning strategies. Lessons aim to be engaging but they are also centred on building students' knowledge, understanding and the skills needed for GCSE. This will then provide a solid basis for post 16 development.
Key Stage 3 – 2 x 1hr per week
Key Stage 4 – 3 x 1hr per week
History is taught in chronological order throughout Key Stage 3, to enable pupils' to effectively analyse continuity and change through time; key themes such as religious change and power are highlighted throughout.
Year 7
- The World before 1066, including historical terminology
- The Middle Ages including: Battle of Hastings and Norman's securing of power, The Crusades, The Magna Carta and The Black Death
- The War of the Roses
- Henry VII and establishment of the Tudor Dynasty
- Henry VIII, his wives, his problems, the 'Break from Rome' and the Dissolution of the monasteries
- 'The Mid-Tudor Crisis': Edward VI
Year 8
- 'The Mid-Tudor Crisis': Mary I, does she deserve to be remembered as 'Bloody'?
- Elizabeth I: does she deserve to be remembered as 'Good Queen Bess?' Content includes: Elizabethan society and diversity, Elizabethan culture, The Religious Settlement, The Spanish Armada, the role of Cecil and Walsingham
- James I, Charles I and their mistakes
- The Civil War
- Oliver Cromwell: hero or villain?
- The British Empire and the Industrial Revolution: Transatlantic Slave Trade, phases of British expansion and the question of morality, the development of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on society.
Year 9
- 'Dying to Vote:' the campaign for equal voting rights, including the different groups and the consequences of their actions
- The First World War: causes, trench life, battles, the case study of Private Harry Farr, why the First World War ended
- The rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party: why they gained power, life in Nazi Germany
- The Holocaust: the different stages, diversity of experience, liberation
- The Second World War: causes, key battles, alliances, development of technology
- 'The Modern World- Conflict and the fight for equality.' This includes: the Cold War, Civil rights campaigns, the rise of terrorism - 9/11 and beyond.
- Optional education visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
GCSE History OCR Specification B SHP
5 equally weighted units, 3 final examinations
Paper 1: British History
- The later Elizabethans 1580-1603 - depth
- The People's Health c.1250-Present - breadth
Paper 2: History Around Us
Study of Tibshelf and the surrounding area with specific focus on the development and consequences of coal mining
Paper 3: World History
- Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 - depth
- The Making of America, 1789-1900 - breadth
Revision and extra-curricular information
After-school revision for KS3 will be held every Tuesday and Wednesday (attend either or,) 3-4pm in GL6. Holiday revision sessions will be communicated with Parents/Carers via email/text
Revision guides will be provided to pupils free of charge.
Hodder: 'My Revision Notes' OCR GCSE 9-1 History B Schools History Project can be purchased from- https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/subjects/general/products/general/my-revision-notes-ocr-gcse-(9-1)-history-b-schools *Ensure pupils only revise relevant topics
Pupils can also follow: @tibshelfhistory for revision updates and articles of interest
There may be opportunity for pupils to visit Auschwitz as part of the Auschwitz-Krakow educational visit in Year 10. See Enrichment Booklet for further details.
2018: 63% 9-4 (national 63%), 56% 9-5 (national 52%) and 20% 7-9
2017: 67.6% A*-C (national 65%) 33.8% A*-A (national 25.7%)
2016: 75.3% A*-C (national 66%) 29.6% (national 26.4%)
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Day 29 of 31. Woohoo! I'm almost done this daily blog challenge. I admit, it's been fun and very…uh…challenging, to say the least. Finding time most days was easy, but there are a few instances when it seemed time got away and I didn't get to write until late in the evening. But no matter what, I wrote every single day since January 26. Why? Because I wanted to. Finding a topic, however, every single day, was quite a task in itself.
During my morning devotions, I read a quote that prompted an idea for today's blog post.
He that is good for making excuses
is seldom good for anything else. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Today, I want to talk about excuses. We all have them. We all make them. I'm sure we all believe they're legitimate too.
I can't write because I don't have time… I can't afford to take creative writing classes… my family needs my attention… I work a full-time job outside the home…
Sounds familiar?
Hey, I've been there. I wrote my first novel — with pen and paper, between phone calls as a customer service rep. I then had to transcribe everything to my computer when I came home after my shift. Yet, I had over 50,000 words in 30 days. I know what it's like to scramble.
It's easy to find all sorts of reasons why we can't write. This thought-pattern stops us from moving forward. Instead of making excuses, shouldn't we look for a way to get results?
On January 28, I wrote about making things happen. Finding time to write is not always easy, but personally, I think a lot of it is excuses. I'm not talking about setting your priorities aside. Precious time with family should always be number 1. And yes, there are meals to prepare, a house to clean, laundry to do. I get that.
What I'm talking about are things like some TV show(s) you say you have to watch every night. If you really want to write, can't you use that hour or two (or more) to do so? (I say YOU because I rarely ever watch TV anymore. I can't seem to find anything suitable for my liking). What about the computer where we (I'm guilty) spend way too much time scrolling through different social media apps?
Pretend there's a timer on those apps, and it starts the moment we opened it. A big number flashes on our screen when we X out. What does your timer say? Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT saying those apps are bad. They keep us connected with our family and friends (and many people we don't even know who sent a friend request for whatever reason).
Isn't it time we get rid of excuses, and add writing to our to-do list? I did that some time ago. Some say I spend too much time on the computer. I tell them I prefer to do research for my next novel, or blog post.
What's your excuse? Please leave a comment below.


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As your Congressman, I am committed to a strong national defense. We must ensure that our troops are the best trained, best prepared and best equipped for the battlefield. This posture of strength is our best defense. We must recognize that the world is a dangerous place and we must remain vigilant. Fulfilling our commitments to those veterans who have served is not only the right thing to do; it is key to preserving our all-volunteer force.
Like all areas of the budget, our national defense budget needs to become leaner and we can do this without cutting vital national security needs and essential training, vital facilities and operations like those at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Naval Ordnance Training Unit.
I opposed the sequestration of our national defense budget because I believe that spending restraint needs to be more targeted and direct, rather than an across the board cut that jeopardize our priorities while ignoring the real waste. In addition to opposing sequestration, I voted for legislation to replace the defense sequester with targeted spending reforms in other areas, but that was blocked by the U.S. Senate and opposed by the President.


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Dutch streetwear mainstay Patta presents their latest winter offerings in a lookbook featuring female models. Despite the fact that Patta is primarily aimed at men, the brand noticed more and more women incorporating Patta pieces within their effeminate wardrobe and shot a set of images highlighting the brand's current collection. The winter collection is available now straight from Patta's online shop.
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By Dr Ulrich Kuhlmann, Executive Director Global Operations, CABI
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All farmers are affected by pests and diseases attacking their crops, but smallholder farmers and their dependents in low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected. To put it in perspective, there are about 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide who feed about 70% of the world's population. When you cultivate less than a hectare (2.5 acres) of land and rely on your crops for both sustenance and income, fighting pests can become a battle for life and death. International trade and climate change are exacerbating the problem by altering and accelerating the spread of crop pests.
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mother, O Mother, where art thou?/
"it's late. perhaps it's early, depending on how you look at things. I get up and step into the infinite night. I inhale the sagebrush aroma that fills the air as I raise my head to greet the stars. the storm traveled far and the rain, the rain, that blessed water after traveling a life time is on her way Home at last. it's late. or perhaps, too early yet. I stand firmly in the coolness of a desert night, with the little girl knocking on the walls of my heart, wishing to be found, longing to be found at last."
Like most people, I often experience a profound loneliness that coils itself up in my chest relentlessly; it could happen while I am on a busy street, at a cafe during a conversation or in an airplane. With this intense sense of loneliness comes the existential fear of not being seen and not belonging.
As if I am a random atom drifting aimlessly in an alien universe.
I often wondered where this experience comes from: is it part of human condition? is it because we are not born to loving and welcoming tribes anymore? or is it because I wasn't raised by an affectionate and accepting mother who held me in safety no matter what?
Probably, all of the above and more.
Whatever the reason is, when I dig a little deeper, I find the child in me trembling with fear. After years and years of journeying in the world, unlike Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, being guided and feeling very much protected by the Divine and the invisible forces, having reunited with Pachamama - beloved Mother Earth - and knowing my love of and devotion to Her, having challenged myself countless times and having expanded my boundaries by love of life, I still find that young version of me feeling insecure, lost and scared sometimes, crying and waiting for the compassionate mama that she never had. I thankfully had a compassionate grandmother - what a savior she was! - from whom I was at least familiar with an experience of unconditional love but my inner child kept asking for a mother who couldn't show up, consistently.
I now know that I've been suffering from "mother wound" for my whole life. Bethany Webster of Womb of Light writes:
"The mother wound exists on two levels: Personal and Collective
On the personal level, the mother wound is the set of painful patterns that originated with your mother that cause you to unconsciously limit or sabotage yourself.
On a collective level, the mother wound is the pain of female oppression being passed down through generations of women and the dysfunctional coping mechanisms that women have employed to process that pain."
( I think Bethany's work is quite important, so please read more in her blog)
The intense need of a loving, compassionate and accepting mother and the rage of not having had one often clashed inside me, sometimes in violent episodes. It is a very primal and complex process in which I fell apart again and again. Living with shame - a consistent background sense that there is something wrong with me and not feeling good enough - transferred to me by my mother seared into my flesh, falling prey to her disowned anger and bitterness ripped my heart open.
If this story is familiar, you know what I mean. While the mother wound served me in certain ways - finding my own voice and path in a world that became my playground in the lack of a (emotionally) safe home -, it also kept me small, needy and disoriented at times.
I figured that there is only ONE person that can show up if my own mother couldn't and cannot mother me: my whole, beautiful, wise Self. So I called upon her to mother my inner child.
Throughout my winter retreat, when something intense and difficult rose from the past, I connected with my inner child and just like a mother, I held her in my arms until the emotion was felt, expressed and released. I pampered her and whispered her love words, and assured her that I was present with her NO MATTER WHAT.
no matter what is important. The commitment and consistency I kept seeking in others - and guess what, often failed to find - I finally gifted to myself. it made the whole difference. you know what, after 40 years, I am really becoming an ally to myself and befriending this woman I live with. maybe, just maybe, this is the beginning of a love story..
Let me close with John O'Donohue:
"Love should make you free. You become free of the hungry, blistering need with which you continually reach out to scrape affirmation, respect and significance for your self from things and people outside your self. To be holy is to be home, to be able to rest in the house of belonging that we call the soul."
and therefore, being at Home no matter what, staying with no matter what.
and learning to love myself anew every day.
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p.s. And even though she has the capacity to drive me insane, I love and respect my mother dearly, and I bow to her in gratitude for everything.


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Last Thursday didn't start out well for me. I was stretching while yawning and I turned me head and something got stuck. Painfully, excruciatingly, frozen in agonizing pain stuck. I stood and cried because I couldn't sit or lay. I could only slowly walk with my head down. Obviously I couldn't take care of two babies in this condition, so Russ called in to work. He painstakingly helped me to lay down on the couch, he fed me, and dressed and groomed the girls. He was a hero.
After a morning of hot baths, a heating pad, even my sweet neighbor who does massage therapy and acupressure came over and worked on me, and so many hours of laying there praying I finally regained some movement and the pain started to subside. Praise God.
Which is why I was sitting in our recliner pressed a gained the warmth of a heating pad doing a little party planning for our upcoming shindigs when I got a call from an Austin number. Now I don't usually answer numbers that I dot know because I get around fifteen calls a week for somebody named Stephanie. Mostly bill collectors. This had been going on for about five years despite my attempts to explain that I'm not Stephanie. So I didn't answer.
Then right in the middle of a text message I realized that I don't get sales calls from Austin. My heart started pounding.
I called back as quickly as I could and pushed the extension to our adoption counselor as soon as I heard the click that their phone system had picked up.
"Hi Jennifer, this is Kaylie I saw I missed you call?"
"Hi Kaylie, I have some good news"
Cue freak out.
I put the phone on speaker and walked into the kitchen where, by the grace of God, Russ was. We listened in a fog. Two boys, brothers, paper work, there will be an email. Yes. Yes. Yes.
I had so many plans for what my reaction was going to be. Me with all my drama and enthusiasm. I expected I would dance. I would squeal. I would jump up and down.
I didn't. I couldn't.
I sank to my knees.
And cried out to The Lord.
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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Thursday's 2% drop in the S&P 500 was just the warning shot. Nasty as yesterday's selloff may have been, there's a lot more downside risk left in the market this summer. And that's all the more reason to unload the "toxic" stocks from your portfolio.
The broad market has been long overdue for a correction. In fact, heading into this week, the S&P 500 is looking at its longest stretch yet without a correction back down to trend line support since this orderly uptrend kicked off almost two years ago.
Right now, that support level is down at 1880 in the S&P 500. No, that's not exactly a catastrophic market crash -- but it's certainly a material correction. And remember, that's just in the broad market. Some individual names look due for much bigger declines this summer.
That's why today we're taking a technical look at five toxic stocks you should sell.
Just to be clear, the companies I'm talking about today aren't exactly junk. By that, I mean they're not next up in line at bankruptcy court. But that's frankly irrelevant. From a technical analysis standpoint, sellers are shoving around these toxic stocks right now. For that reason, fundamental investors need to decide how long they're willing to take the pain if they want to hold onto these firms in the weeks and months ahead. And for investors looking to buy one of these positions, it makes sense to wait for more favorable technical conditions (and a lower share price) before piling in.
For the unfamiliar, technical analysis is a way for investors to quantify qualitative factors, such as investor psychology, based on a stock's price action and trends. Once the domain of cloistered trading teams on Wall Street, technicals can help top traders make consistently profitable trades and can aid fundamental investors in better planning their stock execution.
So, without further ado, let's take a look at five toxic stocks you should be unloading.
Wisconsin Energy
The last quarter has been rough for shareholders in $10 billion energy utility Wisconsin Energy (WEC - Get Report). In those last three months, this name had lost a whopping 11% of its value. By comparison, that makes the S&P's modest 2.5% run look like a breakneck rally. The problem is that WEC looks primed for an even bigger drop in August.
WEC spent the last few months forming a descending triangle setup, a price pattern formed by horizontal support below shares at $44.50 and downtrending resistance to the upside. Basically, as WEC bounced in between those two technical levels, this utility has been getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakdown below that $44.50 price floor. That level got violated in yesterday's session, signaling a sell in WEC.
From here, the next-closest support level of note is down at $41. Bargain-hunters should wait for a bounce off of that level before trying to step in front of sellers on WEC. Chasing yield could be hazardous to your health in shares of this large-cap utility stock.
Mindray Medical International
We're seeing the exact same setup in shares of Mindray Medical International (MR - Get Report) right now. Like WEC, this mid-cap medical device maker is forming a descending triangle pattern. The big difference here is that this setup hasn't triggered yet. Until then, the breakdown level to watch out for is support down at $30; if it gets broken, MR becomes a high-probability sell.
Not that it makes a whole lot of sense to hold on in the meantime. Shares of Mindray have been trading lower in a downtrend for a year now, down 24% since last summer -- the descending triangle setup in shares now just signals a potential acceleration in the downside risk here.
That bearish bet is being confirmed by relative strength in MR. The relative strength line has been making lower swing highs going all the way back to last September, an indication that this name has been underperforming the market this whole time. Since relative strength is statistically a very good predictor of price action on a rolling three-to-ten month time horizon, it's a red flag worth heeding from here.
Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific (BSX - Get Report) is another medical device maker you don't want to own right now. And you don't need to be an expert technical trader to figure out why this stock is toxic. BSX has been bouncing its way lower in a textbook downtrending channel since the calendar flipped to 2014, and now, with shares coming off of resistance for a sixth time, it makes sense to sell the bounce lower.
BSX's downtrend is identified by a pair of parallel trend lines that started back in January. Put simply, those lines identify the high-probability range for shares of Boston Scientific to trade within -- and they're pointed lower from here. I wouldn't want to be long BSX unless shares can break out above the top of the channel.
So with shares failing to do that once again in July, it makes sense to sell this bounce. Waiting for that bounce lower before clicking "sell" is a critical part of risk management, for two big reasons: It's the spot where prices are the highest within the channel, and alternatively it's the spot where you'll get the first indication that the downtrend is ending. Remember, all trend lines do eventually break, but by actually waiting for the bounce to happen first, you're confirming that sellers are still in control before you unload shares of BSX.
American Airlines Group
American Airlines Group (AAL) is one of the few names on this list that's started off the year on an impressive note. In fact, year-to-date, shares of the legacy air carrier are up a whopping 54%, utterly crushing the broad market's performance so far. But if you've been along for the ride, it makes sense to eject this stock; shares are looking "toppy" this summer.
AAL is currently forming a head and shoulders top, a setup that indicates exhaustion among buyers. The setup is formed by two swing highs that top out at approximately the same level (the shoulders), separated by a higher high (the head). The sell signal comes on a move through ABBV's neckline at $38.50, a level that's been important from a technical standpoint going back to May.
Momentum, measured by 14-day RSI, is throwing off some extra hints at a neckline break in AAL: our momentum gauge has been making lower highs since the head and shoulders started, even while the price action kept re-testing $44. Since momentum is a leading indicator of price, owners should think about taking gains as soon as American violates $38.50.
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE - Get Report) may not have much in common with American Airlines from a business standpoint, but it's showing traders the same chart this week, with the key difference being that PFE's head and shoulders pattern is much more long-term. That means it also comes with longer-term trading implications to the downside if and when that neckline gets broken.
The neckline level to watch here in Pfizer is $28.25, a line in the sand that shares are perilously close to this morning. If you decide to go short shares of PFE, the 200-day moving average is a logical place to keep a protective stop.
Lest you think that the inverse head and shoulders is too well known to be worth trading, the research suggests otherwise: a recent academic study conducted by the Federal Reserve Board of New York found that the results of 10,000 computer-simulated head-and-shoulders trades resulted in "profits [that] would have been both statistically and economically significant."
That's good reason to keep a close eye on AAL and PFE this week.
To see this week's trades in action, check out the Toxic Stocks portfolio on Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.


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Music Bios:
Adina Burke
Adina Burke is a self proclaimed crippled punk poet who resides with her two cats and one hell of an expanding shoe collection in Minneapolis, her work strives to redefine how poetry is viewed through the lens of the mainstream.
Pronouns: She/her
Beats by Girlz
Beats by Girlz is a non-traditional, creative and educational music technology curriculum, collective, and community template desined to empower females to engage with music technology. We provide young women with guidance, access , tools and role-support to develop their interest (and ultimately their ability to pursue career opportunities) in music production, composition and engineering. We are working towards gender equity in a field where women are highly underrepresented and strive to help other groups mobilize and create similar change in their own communities.
Pronouns: She/her, them/they
Black Diary
Black Diary showcases intricate vocal harmonies amidst a backdrop of stripped down integral guitar, creating a tender yet haunting, emotionally-driven sound.
Christine Hoberg
Christine Hoberg is a Superior native currently in Minneapolis who has self-produced four albums and recorded and written on multiple records, including her co-write Clair de Lune with duo Flight Facilities which has been Platinum certified. She teaches music production to girls and queer youth through the program Beats by Girlz.
Pronouns: She/her
Dear Rosetta
Dear Rosetta is the matured voice of a decade old and ever evolving experimental jazz project started by Rachel Phoenix and Brynn Sias.
Desdamona is an international recording and performing Hip Hop & Spoken Word Artist based in the Twin Cities. She co-founded B-Girl Be (2005), a festival celebrating women's contributions to Hip Hop culture and has received multiple MN Music Awards & grants to support her work in stage and in classrooms throughout the US.
Prounouns: She/her
Elizabeth Ghandour
Born to a Lebanese father and American mother, she grew up in the small town of Madelia, MN. She began taking vocal lessons at age 8 and continued them through high school. She then earned her degree in Vocal Performance at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, studying Opera. Upon graduation, she found work performing in numerous Operettas and Music Theater productions.
Small towns gave way to big cities as the itch to prove herself led her to relocate to New York City. With the change in place came an unexpected change in focus. Elizabeth stumbled upon the city's robust folk scene and, inspired by what she heard, expanded her musical skills to include songwriting and playing guitar. Newly enthused, she brought her own brand of music back to Minnesota, to the Twin Cities.
With a rich, cultivated voice often compared to Joni Mitchell for its range or Joan Baez for its emotive qualities, and with lyrics contemplating everything from the prosaic to the profound, Elizabeth's music fully acknowledges the heritage of her chosen genre. But while reverent to folk history, her songwriting has also moved on, establishing her own voice with songs that are accessible yet... different, influenced by her classical training and multicultural heritage.
Pronouns: She/her
Emily Haavik
Emily Haavik is a singer-songwriter from Duluth who has recently transplanted to Minneapolis. She is joined by good friends and co-musicians Lisa Wentworth on vocals and Alyssa Mesedahl on violin.
Pronouns: She/her
Glitter Lung
Glitter Lung brings the rock with strong vocals, skillful musicianship (each member plays multiple instruments, switching between vocals, guitars, drums and trumpet) and original songs designed to bring down the patriarchy.
Pronouns: She/her
Born near Winnipeg, raised in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and later based in St. Paul, Minnesota, singer/songwriter Haley Bonar is in the same musical orbit of the dreamy Minnesotans Low. (Her debut album, The Size of Planets, was even released on Low leader Alan Sparhawk's own label, Chairkicker's Union.) However, her sparse take on folk-rock displays little of Low's narcotic gloom, and more pertinent comparisons include Mazzy Star, Shannon Wright, and Elliott Smith. Accompanying herself alternately on acoustic guitar, electric guitar, or various keyboards, Bonar delivers her minor-key tunes and elliptical lyrics in a haunting, delicate voice at times reminiscent of both Aimee Mann and Gillian Welch.
Bonar moved from South Dakota to the Twin Cities to attend college as an English literature major, but when Sparhawk met the young singer/songwriter at a showcase for young talent, he offered her a spot opening for Low on an upcoming tour. Barely out of her teens, Bonar left school and began working with Sparhawk (who provided some additional guitar loops) and Low producer Eric Swanson on her debut album, The Size of Planets, which was released in 2003. An even more accomplished follow-up, Lure the Fox, followed in late 2006, and Bonar subsequently toured alongside fellow musician Andrew Bird; she also contributed vocals to Bird's 2007 effort Armchair Apocrypha. She released her third album, 2008's Big Star, at the age of 24, followed by a pair of self-released EPs. Golder arrived in 2011, after which she also began fronting Gramma's Boyfriend, a band with guitarist/keyboardists Jacob Hanson and Jeremy Ylvisaker, bassist Mark Erickson, and drummer Luke Anderson. Her fifth solo long-player, Last War, appeared in early 2014, and 2016's Impossible Dream continued in the vein of that album's more muscular, indie rock sound.
Pronouns: She/her
Hanna Cesario
Hanna creates ukulele arrangements of jazz standards offering a refreshing approach to a timeless instrument and genre.
Pronouns: She/her
Jerree Small
Kat Fox
Kat Fox is an aggressively feminist hip hop artist. She likes coffee and that episode of spongebob with doodle bob in it.
Pronouns: she/her
Kristi Marie
LASKA from Eau Claire, WI provide the perfect soundtrack for embracing the beauty in pain. Songwriting sisters Hannah, Bex and Mookie weave influences of Alternative, Americana and Desert Rock with raw emotion in their songs. They are all confident vocalists knowing what each will bring to the table to sing lead, but also support one another with beautifully hard-hitting harmonies. Topping off the harmonic sheen is an instrumental arsenal including violin, guitar, banjo, mandolin and ukulele. Combine this with an un-apologetic rhythm section in tow and the whole of this band is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Pronouns: She/her
Niki Becker
Weaving the influences of her rural Minnesota roots with her love of 90s indie rock, textured guitars, and confessional lyrics, Niki Becker creates thoughtfully arranged garage pop songs that are heartening, sweet, a little sad, and delightful
Pronouns: She/her
Oshkii Giizhik Singers
Paper Parlor
Paper Parlor is a working class psychedelic band dedicated to getting every booty shaking regardless of who is listening. Come get your gender non-specific party on with the Parlor.
Pronouns: She/her, He/him
Priscilla Momah
Priscilla Momah is a soulful song weaver originally from the Twin Cities who cultivates a space for tranquility and Love to be perpetuated through song, art and movement.
Pronouns: Queen
Secret Badass
A rock and roll band.
Pronouns: they/them, she/her
the She Shells
The She Shells deliver their raw, rootsy, dripped down ballads with the bare essentials of piano, guitar and vocals Blending their earthy voices Thea Ennen and Lisa Kane play through the changes in songs of love, life and tribulation.
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Sing! A Woman's Chorus
Founded in 1999 by director Mags David, Sing! A Women's Chorus is based in the Duluth Public Schools Community Education program. Music is learned through the oral tradition. We sing traditional music from the U.S., Europe, and West Africa, and original songs written for the chorus by Mags David.
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Superior Siren is an all-female eerie folk project created on the shores of Lake Superior. The sound involves alluring vocals and mesmerizing blends of strings and percussion.
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Much colder weather has been sneaking in and out of the garden but leaving traces of its presence with some blackened leaves on frost-sensitive plants and threatening to brazenly show itself in full force sometime soon. This fall I vow to put all in order before that event rather than, on some very cold night, running around, flashlight in hand, gathering and protecting plants.
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Spring is here, in my basement. Allow me to set the scene. My basement is barely heated and I replaced what once was a south-facing Bilco door with a wooden frame supporting two clear polycarbonate panels. Plants that need light and tolerate or need a winter cold period, down to near freezing, have their wishes fulfilled out there in that old Bilco entranceway.
Temperatures are more moderate there than outdoors, generally warmer except later in spring when the basement's mass of concrete keeps things cooler than hot, sunny days outdoors. Through winter, though, the non-frigid temperatures kept pots of Welsh onions, pansies, oregano, kumquat seedlings, hellebore, olive, pineapple guavas, and bay laurel green and happy. It's cool Mediterranean climate down there, in winter, at least.
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Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Brexit & the City of London
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Hi Tony,
I have been thinking a lot about the dependence of Britain on financial services to offset the trade deficit in goods. I am wondering to what extent this makes 'Lexit' arguments about a hard Brexit opening up the possibility for a return to an economic model with strong labour rights (collective agreements etc) an exercise in wishful thinking. I found out today that GMB reversed its traditionally pro common market position (http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-9e98-GMBs-new-pro-Brexit-stance-will-help-Corbyn/#.WYSJculLc2w). Would you care to comment?
- 4 August 2017 at 16:44
- Tony Norfield said...
Response to YK:
The power of trade unions has been whittled away over the past decades, but this has nothing to do with the EU. Instead it is a function of capitalist markets trying to increase exploitation of the domestic workforce, helped by the pressure of competition from Eastern Europe and Asia, plus changes in the economy that have undermined the unions. Also note that unions did even less for more exploited, part-time, temporary contract workers than for their traditional membership.
In 1992, the Conservative Government opted out from elements of the Maastricht Treaty agreements, not only from having to join the euro, but also not to accept the EU's social and employment legislation. Under Labour from 1997, I think the EU social legislation was accepted. This indicated that EU legislation was hardly worse than what the UK had. But that has not stopped developments in labour markets further undermining working conditions.
These developments, fully backed by all British governments, are not the result of the EU. They result from how most European economies became uncompetitive in world markets, and that is why Macron is trying to change French labour laws, for example.
On 'Lexit': when some on the left try to turn the anti-immigration, nationalist Brexit vote into something progressive, they adapt to reactionary sentiment in the working class. The Brexit referendum vote had nothing to do with 'labour rights'. It also happens to be very stupid economically, as is becoming clearer every day. However, despite this, the UK government and Labour cannot turn around. That would contradict the desires of the Brexit working class, and they would lose votes!
This is a big topic. For a fuller review, see my blog articles:
- 4 August 2017 at 18:21
Thanks for your response.
I have been following your blog for a while and agree with your basic line of argument. I agree that the EU is not/ has not been the driving force between the neoliberal restructuring of UK industrial relations in the last few decades. The pressure of competition, the logic of the capitalist system is to blame.
I also agree on all the political points you made about national welfarism etc.
My question is slightly different however. As I understand it, the EU is a particular institutional form of the neo-liberal turn in the world political economy since the 1970s. Membership in the EU comes with acceptance of a whole body of law that is in principle outside the purview of and superior to the national policy making process. Simply put, being a member of the EU means you can't pursue certain policies.
Second, and more directly related to the point you made about labour market pressures, being in a common market with the EU, the price of labour power as a commodity in Britain is exposed to downwards pressures because its cheaper in the East. Withdrawing from that common market would make it possible to protect the price of labour power by controlling its supply, if a government so wishes.
My question is, is the above line of argument completely bonkers economically? Note that I am not discussing the matter from the angle of the principle of proletarian internationalism, opposing imperialism etc. What I want to make up my mind about is the following: If Labour won a landslide tomorrow and Corbyn was given a free hand (I am setting aside the issue of Labour MP discipline here) in pursuing his programme, would a hard Brexit followed by a programme of state investment, capital account regulation etc be a workable strategy at least in the short run? Are there any economic reasons why it would not be?
- 5 August 2017 at 11:40
- Tony Norfield said...
Response to YK:
EU policy: this was agreed among members, and the UK was one of the main ones deciding it. Many rules relate to operating a single market, eg ones against state subsidy to industry or unfair treatment of companies. For example, no, or very few, limits on taxation or public spending, as long as these are 'fair'. EU policy would probably limit explicit UK government support to national companies, but if you support that as a policy then that only shows your commitment to national capitalism. The next step would be things like a 'Buy British' campaign, and a few steps later would be support for war.
Labour market: leaving the EU would in principle allow the British state more control over the supply of labour from immigration. Would this really benefit wages and working conditions? I find that hard to believe, since the context of this policy is negative for British capitalists. As it stands now, living standards have been cut post-referendum vote by the 10-15% drop in the value of sterling that is now forcing up inflation. Workers need to defend themselves against attacks on living standards, and that this can only succeed if the strategy is anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist. Otherwise, this is an alliance with national capitalists versus the rest.
Labour Party policy: these guys want to manage the capitalist economy better, but cannot even add up. The most recent confusion is on student debts/fees, where even the promises are a mess. Labour cannot even produce a popular policy that would confront property interests and do something about the residential housing crisis. A programme of state investment would be a meal ticket for those who cosy up to the government to get subsidies for what they might have done anyway – you need to look at the 1964-70 and 1974-79 Labour government experiences. Policy would be explicitly constrained by what is profitable in market terms for the capitalists doing the business.
Capital account regulation: regulation could be changed, but it has to fit a country's place in the world system. Britain is an imperialist power with very extensive ties of investment and trade globally, as well as being a major centre for all kinds of financial transactions. Any significant exchange controls, constraints on the flow of profits or investment, etc, would badly mess this up; even small changes would be a problem unless acceptable by the market. A prospective Labour Government would not do any of this, or at least not for more than a few months. I also think that these are false palliatives. Support for these reveals both a misunderstanding of how the imperialist economy works and underestimates what needs to be done.
- 5 August 2017 at 15:28


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