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Wild Blueberry and Hemp Shake
Contributing Monkie GreenChef Staff Monkies
Published on March 26, 2008
Filed Under Full Recipe List, GreenChef Foodie Talk, Recipes / Drinks and Smoothy, Recipes / Raw Tags Blueberry, hemp, shake
I'm hooked on this one. I've been trying to incorporate hemp seeds into more dishes and to replace other nuts or seeds. Even though they are so healthy and taste pretty good, I always found it hard to know what to do with them. Besides for sprinkling them on top of my salads or mixing them with quinoa in tabouli salads. I knew there had to be better ways to get them in larger quantities into my diet. I've never liked the hemp protein powders. They are just too gritty and powdery, I hate the texture they give to my smoothies. What surprised me was that the whole hemp seeds have basically the same amount of protein as the hemp protein powders. They are not actually concentrated, and the protein is not isolated anyways.
They are just lower in fat. However the fat that is in hemp seeds is the kind of fat that I want and desperately need in my diet! Hemp seeds have basically the perfect profile of essential fatty acids and the best possible balance of omega 6, omega 3 and GLA. Unlike flax, which is ultra heavy in omega 3, hemp won't throw your EFA balance off if eaten long term or in large quantities, since it is naturally balanced. It has a 4:1 Omega 6 to 3 ratio just like the diet that humans evolved on for 2.5 million years. Flax also doesn't contain the GLA that hemp has, and hemp doesn't contain estrogen unlike flax that is higher in phytoestrogen then soy. I could go on and on about the health benefits of hemp and how it is such a perfect complete protein and high in the sulfur amino acids, but really I just wanted to consume more of it. You can read all about the health benefits of hemp here and here.
While it might be an old standard for some people, making a hemp milk out of my seeds was new to me. The great thing about using it as a base for smoothies and shakes is that hemp seeds do not need to be soaked, they have no anti-nutrients or inhibitors in them that need to be uninhibited by water. They are perfect as they are. They also are nice and soft and when blended they instantly turn into a creamy white milk with no pulp to strain out. You can if you want to. The end result is a white liquid with dark tiny bits that look like blended vanilla seeds, but there is no noticeable texture to them. Being a whole food, unlike the powder or oil, you get both the protein and EFA's.
Another powerful superfood that I love is blueberries! Wild blueberries are at the top of ORAC antioxidant charts and provide so much nutrition packed into such a small little berry. An interesting fact I just learned is that wild bears will eat nothing but these berries when they are in season, and will even travel up to 15 miles a day on an empty stomach to track down a blueberry bush! The American Indians called them star berries, due to their 5 point star shape blossom openings. They held a very high regard for these blue stars and used to smoke them to preserve them for the winter. The Chinese call them vision berries, due to the way they improve your vision. That's not all they do, these little berries also have been shown to also lower cholesterol, improve memory, coordination, balance, and slow aging. Might I add that they are also low in sugar and low glycemic. Maybe I should just call this the Anti-Aging Shake. I've always loved blueberries though. This makes a very fresh and clean tasting shake. I prefer to make it thick so I can eat it with a spoon before it melts, and it's like a soft serve frozen treat. The thing is, when I make my shakes thin enough to drink, I end up drinking them too fast. Having to use a spoon slows me down. Well at least a little….
OK, the recipe. Of course it's super simple.
Wild Blueberry and Hemp Shake
1 1/2 Cups Pure Water
5 TB Hemp Seeds
3 TB Agave Nectar
1 TB Coconut Butter (optional)
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
1 10oz Package of Frozen Wild Blueberries
1 Cup Frozen Banana
Pinch of Salt
Serves 1 – Double or triple the recipe for your friends (or yourself). It is filling, a full meal.
Blend everything except for the frozen ingredients on high speed until it is white, creamy and frothy. Then add the frozen ingredients and blend again on high until smooth and creamy. I prefer it simple with just the blueberries and hemp milk and it keeps the whole thing low sugar. But it is thicker, creamier, and sweeter with the banana.
Oh by the way, the nutritional breakdown of this shake (sans banana) is approximately:
Protein: 20 grams
Carbs: 80 grams (only 38 if you omit the agave)
Fat: 25 grams or so….
Iron: About 30%
Zinc: About 40%
Magnesium: About 80%
Omegas: About –
12.5g of Omega 6 LA
5.0g of Omega 3 ALA
1.0g of Super Omega-6 GLA
0.5g of Super Omega-3 SDA
You can also add a nutrient rich powder to this to make it a super shake. I like to do that sometimes, even though it tastes best on it's own. It is still good, just a little powdery. Some good options are Smoothie Infusion, and Active Greens. I've tried it with the Smoothie Infusion and it still tastes good. Another great option to add to this would be a food based vitamin C, such as Amla, Camu Camu or Acerola Powder. The vitamin C would increase the absorption of the iron even more so! And it's just plain good for you….


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (94 votes).
In short: It is Tuesday and it has been bucketing down with rain....but..In full: I am still smiling remembering Sunday and one of my favourite races of the year. This is a fantastic 10m course with a bit of everything and always lashings of mud somewhere on the course. A real test, but so rewarding with varied terrain and views, and the race has my favourite finish. Firstly the panoramic views as you run along the ridge and then helter-skelter down through the woods and then opens out so you run down the path through the vines and always a treat to be greeted by the race director on the finish line - fab! Thanks to all at ETL, your events are consistently professional and slick and always with a twinkly of a sense of fun. Date of review: October 14, 2014
In short: Super scenery over Ranmoor Common and a course that offers a real test of hill training. Great start location at Denbies and the tough start uphill is happily compensated by the downhill finish. Most enjoyable race of the year.Date of review: October 13, 2014
In short: A typical joyful ETL eventIn full: A beautiful 10 mile race set on the North Downs. Multi terrain including roads, mud, woodland, and grassland. Perfectly organised by ETL.Date of review: October 13, 2014
In short: Another great race by ETL! Amazing scenery, challenging terrain and super organisation. Date of review: October 12, 2014
In short: Tough hills, amazing scenery, great crowd support and friendlyIn full: First two miles are straight up, tough start and a killer hill around mile 7. The last 2 miles are the reverse of the first two so a really nice fast finish. Apart from that lots of water & gel/jelly baby stations in the right places. Good support around the route and great organisation + plenty of car parking. Scenery is amazing. Always nice to get a finishers medal, was the only thing missing!Date of review: October 12, 2014
In short: muddy hilly a great eventDate of review: October 25, 2013
In short: Hilly!In full: A very challenging event with lots of hills that will make you grit your teeth and dig deep at times. Another great ETL race that ticks all the boxes, great t-shirt. Thank You as alwaysDate of review: October 22, 2013
In short: Friendly, well organised race with fantastic sceneryIn full: A wonderful scenic race with great atmosphere. Everyone extremely friendly. As always the organisation from Alan, Nicky and the ETL Team was brilliant. Thank you to everyone involved for making it such a pleasure to run.Date of review: October 22, 2013
In short: Slippery When Wet !!In full: As someone has already said, this was a blast from my past and took me back 30 years to running cross-country races at school ! A great event, expertly organised - small enough to be personal and friendly, but big enough to have atmosphere and commeraderie (sp ?!).I welcomed that commeraderie at 4.5 miles - I was realy enjoying the race by then, and was pleased I had negotiated the steep descent, but then slipped fell quite badly on a cocrete / muddy farm track. Lots of blood on my knee, hands and elbow - but better than that was lots of people running past asking if I was OK. Someone told the next marshall who came to find me to see if I was alright. That support was much needed and I limped to the St Johns people at the 5m waterstation who patched me up enough for me to complete the next 5 miles (admittedly in some pain!). Was very pleased to finish in 1:37, factoring in those hills, my fall and the 5 minutes with St Johns...Great race, great fun - cheers Alan, Nicky et al....Date of review: October 22, 2013
In short: Up, up, up, down, down, down and repeat....In full: While running this race, which is cheekily called undulating by Alan and Nicky, I was reminded of the theme tune to the film Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines with the chorus (and a small tweak or two) the race can be summed up as follows....Those magnificent runners in their flying machines, they go up tiddly up up, they go down tiddly down down. Up, down, running around, looping the loop and defying the ground. They're all frightfully keen, those magnificent runners in their flying machines. I am no good running downhill in slippery mud but where we hit really boggy parts the squelchy mud as we ran through it did make wonderful slurping noises I have rarely heard since making clay pots at junior school.To the ETL team thank you for the sunshine, the wonderful marshals and a really good fun morning. A bit like the war we won't mention the brambles.Date of review: October 21, 2013
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A co-leader of Advanced Micro Devices' central engineering group said that the company was quite satisfied with its first so-called accelerated processing unit – a chip that features both x86 processing core as well as graphics processing core – code-named Llano.
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So far the information about Llano has been quite sketchy, but in case the details are summarized, the APU will seem to be quite an interesting solution for entry-level market: it will feature up to four Shanghai/Phenom II-class cores; 4MB of L3 cache; PC3-12800 (DDR3 1600MHz) memory controller, possibly, with some tweaks to better serve x86 and graphics engines; DirectX 11 graphics core with third-generation universal video decoder; PCI Express 2.0 bus for external graphics cards. What is even more interesting is that Llano appears to be a monolithic chip combining both x86 and graphics cores.
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Josef Albers and Kenneth Tyler discussing
the 'White embossing on gray' series of 1971,
in the artist's studio in Connecticut, 1971
What happens when a talented artist experiences the creative environment of a Kenneth Tyler print workshop? This question is answered by the National Gallery of Australia's major collection of editioned original prints, screens, paperworks, illustrated books and multiples by a select group of artists—along with rare or unique proofs and drawings produced at the various Tyler workshops from the 1960s to the present day. These works display, in their distinctive ways, the many facets of their making, and document the extraordinary story of artist/printer collaboration in postwar America.
The Gallery's 'embryo' collection of international prints was known to Robert Hughes, who contacted then Director James Mollison to alert him to an opportunity—Ken Tyler was about to move from Los Angeles to new premises on the east coast of the USA, an expensive undertaking, and was looking to sell his private collection of printer's proofs.1 As with so many collections, it would have been a great loss should the Tyler collection be dispersed at auction. Hughes recalled the occasion in a recent conversation. He had met Tyler in Los Angeles through a mutual friend, the critic Barbara Rose, and became aware of this 'important opportunity for Australia to gain a collection of modernist, especially American prints'.2
Mollison at once recognised that this was a significant opportunity to build on the collection, and in September 1973, during a visit to the USA, he viewed the Gemini archive in Los Angeles. A formal letter offering the collection to the Gallery followed early in October. Tyler wrote:
At the suggestion of my friend, Robert Hughes, I addressed a proposal to him offering a selection of my personal collection of Gemini prints to the National Gallery in Canberra. This group totalled 311 prints created by 17 artists, all of whom I have collaborated with since I founded Gemini in 1965.
After subsequent conversations with Bob Hughes, who enthusiastically supports your new museum, it became apparent to me that perhaps this would be the opportunity for your museum to own my complete collection of printers' proofs. This unique body of work dates from 1966 to the end of 1973 and comprises 517 graphics by 30 internationally renowned artists…3
The prescient Tyler added:
My intention has been that only an institution should acquire these prints and that a print archives be established to serve generations of scholars and other interested people. If possible, I would prefer that my future printers' proofs also be a part of this archive. This is the only complete set of work created by Gemini in existence and each proof, which serves as the standard for the edition of prints published, is in excellent condition.4
With the opportune acquisition from Tyler of over 600 prints, rare proofs and related drawings the first riches arrived in Canberra on 25 January 1974.5 Like Mollison, the artists Fred Williams and James Gleeson (both members of the Acquisitions Committee) were enthusiastic supporters of the Gemini purchase, and on 5 December 1973 Gleeson, who was the chairman of the Committee, met Tyler in New York. He wrote in his diary:
To the Hotel Algonquin to meet Bob Hughes and Ken Tyler of Gemini Prints—and to an Italian restaurant on 53rd street for lunch. Discussed Tyler's proposed scheme to supply us with print proofs of every print made in the past, present and future (a trust to be set up). He is going to ring Jim [Mollison], as there is some urgency to get the trust established before the 10th December.
Hughes commented that Gleeson was excited at the prospect of such a purchase and immediately saw both the need for urgency and the importance of buying 'the whole damn thing'.6
Shortly after the successful New York meeting Mollison proposed to further augment the Gemini acquisition. After telephoning Tyler Mollison wrote on 11 December 1973 in a note for file:
My suggestion is that he includes his archive of artists' drawings and rare proofs, along with the right to print proofs produced at Gemini which we initially decided to purchase from him. We are agreed that while this collection of prints is exceptional, the addition to it of the 57 artists' drawings and rare proofs with which Mr Tyler said he would never part, makes this a collection which no other art gallery in the world could duplicate.7
James Mollison was determined to build on the initial Gemini acquisition and developed a program of continuing purchase of Tyler print publications. Tyler had written to him in 1975:
As you remember at the time you acquired for your museum my personal collections of Right to Print proofs, rare proofs and preparatory drawings, I pledged to continue selling the museum all of my future works. All work dated since your acquisition has been kept in storage for you. Since I think of the National Gallery as having the complete archive of my work as a printer and publisher, I am anxious to have a perpetual program established.8
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After the Gallery opened in 1982, Pat Gilmour (the inaugural Coordinating Curator of International Prints and Illustrated Books until 1989) and the staff of the department began a program of exhibitions drawing on the rich collections of prints and books already acquired by the Gallery.
In 1985, in recognition of Tyler's outstanding contribution to printmaking and to highlight the strength of the Gallery's Ken Tyler Collection, Gilmour organised the exhibition Ken Tyler: printer extraordinary. In 1986 the Gallery published Ken Tyler master printer and the American print renaissance. Tyler, who visited Australia during the exhibition and conducted master classes at the Canberra Art School, presented the Gallery with Frank Stella's Pergusa three double 1984—then considered the very latest in modern printmaking. A mix of relief etching, engraving, and screenprinting on two sheets of handmade paper, Pergusa three double spans a previously unheard–of 257.9 x 167.6 cm.
Exhibitions—either thematic or devoted to single artists drawn from the Gallery's Tyler collection—continued throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Further purchases from Tyler Graphics were made, including Roy Lichtenstein's Reflections on Crash 1990, acquired in 1991. In the latter years of the1990s a dialogue between Tyler and the Gallery took place regarding the possible expansion of the Gallery's Tyler collection.
Frank Stella observes as Ken Tyler and Yasuyuki Shibata position inked plates for printing 'The fountain'. Pressroom at Tyler Graphics, March 1992. Photographer: Marabeth Cohen–Tyler.
With funds generously provided by Orde Poynton AO, CMG (the great benefactor of the department of International Prints Drawings and Illustrated Books),9 the Gallery acquired in 1999 an astonishing example of the collaboration between Stella and Tyler, the mural print The fountain 1992, along with the original collage.
This 67–colour, hand–coloured print combines woodcut, etching, aquatint, relief, drypoint and screenprint, printed on three sheets of natural kozo fibre handmade paper with seven screenprinted natural gampi fibre handmade paper collage elements, and spans over 2.3 metres in height by 7 metres in length. It should be viewed as Stella's magnum opus in printmaking to that time—a pivotal example of his abstract style, with signature forms, lines, colours, textures and layering, produced at such a scale as to reveal the artist's consummate skills and confidence.
As well as allowing a substantial discount in the purchase price of the print and collage, Tyler donated to the Gallery the three carved woodblocks and 105 intaglio plates from which The fountain was printed. In 1999 this entire group formed the centrepiece of a Stella exhibition at the Gallery, Masterworks, which presented a complete account of a recent and unique working method—late 20th–century printmaking at its most accomplished. An accompanying publication, The fountain: a print epic, documented the collaborative exercise. Both Stella and Tyler attended the opening festivities and both gave lectures as part of the program of events organised around the Gallery's 17th birthday on 12 October 1999.
A time capsule
In 2002, almost 30 years after the initial purchase, the Gallery acquired, through purchase and a major gift by Ken Tyler, a large holding of more than 4000 items. The acquisition comprised a collection of editioned prints, screens and multiples, as well as a group of rare and unique proofs and artists' drawings which would round out wherever possible the Gallery's existing holdings from the various Tyler workshops.
In addition there was to be a very generous gift from Tyler of photographic records, film and audio—historical material recording artists' working methods from the 1960s to the present day. A submission had originally gone to Council in June 2000—and it was noted that Dr Poynton enthusiastically supported the proposal.
Through a recent major gift and purchase the collection has been augmented to form an outstanding repository of the most important works produced at the Tyler workshops over nearly a 40–year period by significant artists—works that attest remarkable collaborations between the master printer and artists such as Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Anthony Caro, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Ellsworth Kelly, RB Kitaj, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Bruce Nauman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Ken Price, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Edward Ruscha, Richard Serra, Steven Sorman, Frank Stella, Masami Teraoka, John Walker and Andy Warhol.
Helen Frankenthaler painting on wood panel for 'Tales of Genji III' print, TGL artist's studio, 1995. Photographer: Marabeth Cohen–Tyler.
The Gallery's collection encompasses a diverse range of styles and working methods of some of the most significant contemporary artists working in America in the second half of the 20th century—a time capsule for present and future generations that chronicles phenomenal developments in 20th–century printmaking.10 From the 'first notes on the piano'11 a symphony of extraordinary innovation and technical virtuosity followed.
As part of the Gallery's 20th birthday celebrations an exhibition drawn from the Gallery's collection from Gemini, Gemini GEL, the Tyler Workshop and Tyler Graphics opened to the public in October 2002. An accompanying publication and a website, The big Americans: the art of collaboration, were produced for the occasion.
At the same time, Tyler generously provided funds to establish the Tyler Print Fellowships and Tyler Print Internships. With this remarkable gesture Tyler and the Gallery will continue the links first established in 1973 their association into the new millennium.
Jane Kinsman
Senior Curator of International Prints
Drawings and Illustrated Books
Prime Minister William McMahon appointed James Mollison Acting Director of the
National Gallery of Australia in October 1971, pending the establishment of
the Gallery as a statutory body.
2 Robert Hughes, in conversation with Jane Kinsman 13 February 2002.
3 Ken Tyler, letter to James Mollison, 8 October 1973 National Gallery of Australia file 73/4882 quoted in Deborah Clark and Kathryn Weir 'Pop' Wall to Wall exhibition brochure (Canberra: National Gallery of Australia October 1998) p.8. Additional proofs and working drawings were subsequently added and the collection numbered over 600 works.
4 Ken Tyler, letter to James Mollison, 8 October 1973 National Gallery of Australia file 73/4882
5 A subsequent policy of purchase, formalised in 1982 as the Gallery's 'Continuing Print Programme', furthered this process of acquiring international prints produced at contemporary workshops. See Appendix C to Minutes of National Gallery Council Meeting 11 September 1982, National Gallery of Australia Research Library.
6 Robert Hughes, in conversation with Jane Kinsman 13 February 2002.
7 National Gallery of Australia file 73/4882–01.
8 Ken Tyler, letter to James Mollison 3 March 1975 National Gallery of Australia file 74/2240.
9 See Jane Kinsman Gift of Orde Poynton (Canberra: National Gallery of Australia 2003).
10 Other major collections of prints produced at the Tyler workshops include: the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA; The Centre for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler Graphics Archive Collection, Fukushima, Japan; and the Singapore Art Museum. Tyler has given some prints from his workshops to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in honour of William Lieberman; Tate Modern, London, in honour of Pat Gilmour; and the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, in honour of Frank Stella.
11 Ken Tyler, in the documentary film Reaching out — Ken Tyler, master printer (Avery Tirce productions 1976).
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Here's how RW members rated this race (177 votes).
In short: You'll ache but you'll also love it.In full: I highly recommend The Grizzly, everything about it is spot on. The atmosphere, support, organisation, Marshalls etc are absolutely fantastic, it's hard but so rewarding. Roll on next years. Date of review: March 4, 2015
In short: If Carlsberg did races, they'd do the Grizzly; Still got a smile on my face after running through the fountainIn full: It's not just the race, its the weekend. I've not seen any other race so well supported by the local community. For the race, there are no easy bits, the cliff top path fields (miles 3 - 5 ish) were the easiest terrain, before a herd of fell runners passed me on the first tricky descent. It was more difficult to focus on the motivational messages over the second half but nice to know that they were there. Running through the Fountain Beer garden was my favorite part of the course. All the marshalls were fantastic, especially the one by the last steps out of Beer whose Jelly babies got me through the last mile. Am awaiting the ballot open date to try and enjoy it all again next year.Date of review: March 3, 2015
In short: Epic Awe Inspiring Magical Race - Always a memorable experienceIn full: Unique marvellous atmosphere - one of the best weekends you'll ever have. It will probably hurt - but worth it.The race deserves its cult status. Support throughout Seaton, Beer and Branscombe is always fantastic over the weekend and during the race. Marshalls are brilliant and do one of the toughest jobs there can be in remote locations. Axe Valley deserve all the credit - Long live the Grizzly!Date of review: March 3, 2015
In short: Blimey my legs hurt! If you want a challenge enter the Grizzly.In full: Lots of ups and downs, shingle beaches, bogs, rivers and mud. Amazing support from the locals, marshalls at every turn with plenty of jelly babies and camaraderie amoungst your fellow runners. Great race. I'm glad I didn't quite dip under 3 hours so I'll have to come back next year. Date of review: March 2, 2015
In short: Amazing, tough but extraordinarily funIn full: Well organised throughout, no problem with parking as had been expected.Friendly encouraging marshals throughout, with lots of places for litter. Everyone really friendly, including entire villages who seem to come out for the event.Course is really tough, starting on shingle certainly wasn't fun. So many hills and cliffs, and despite great views they hurt. Lots and lots of mud, and some bog, & all immensely fun. Large sections of walking as the terrain is simply not able to be run, and seemed to me more of an endurance event than a run. Irrespective I would highly recommend this one... Well organised from start to finish, with heaps of fun and hard work inbetween! Date of review: March 1, 2015
In short: Great Race again course seems easier now. Still toughIn full: Once again a great race my favourite and one i look forward to running. Nothing wrong on the day weather parking support course and t shirt all fantastic especially the t shirt. My only issue is with the ballot system to enter the race that they brought in this year. I felt it was needless and clearly open to abuse and it had caused the race director some ammount of stress judging by his emails etc. in my opinion i hate ballots they are never as fair as they make out and i know there is the reasoning that it gives everyone a chance to enter not just the quickest on the keyboard but if you really want to do a race or see a band and tickets go on sale at X time on X date then you make the effort to be near a computer at X time on X date and if it fills in 10min it just shows what a great race you already have at least you get the people doing it who really want to do it not just the casual people who just enter a ballot then end up swapping dropping out or not turning up. Great race hope its not ruined by the red tape this year had.Date of review: April 24, 2014
In short: Brutal and beautifulIn full: I knew it would be tough, I knew the terrain and that there would be at least one muddy bog and that it would hurt and in all these respects, I certainly wasn't disappointed! It's taken nearly 2 weeks to recover from my efforts. In the end I managed 69th and just under 3 hours which I was thrilled with on such a tough course but what a great race. The organisation was excellent including nice things like free parking in local pay & displays nearby, literally hundreds of marshals on the course along with bands, cheering locals and visitors the whole route and so much more including the Cub race (shorter version) and a great deal going on in Seaton the whole weekend not just race day. If you want an exceptionally tough challenge, try and get a place in this one next year! http://running.welcomebrand.co.uk/the-grizzly-race-2014-withering-heights/Date of review: March 24, 2014
In short: Worth doing just for the atmosphereIn full: This was my 4th Grizzly, the 3rd having been 12 years ago. I can not recommend this race highly enough, the atmosphere was superb, from the 200 marshals on the course to the spectators cheering us all on, this in itself makes the race a winner. Add in some mud, some hills, some bogs and some shingly beaches and this makes the whole event a very rewarding if tough challenge. To cap it all off, the technical t-shirt at the end was the nicest I have seen handed out at any race.Date of review: March 17, 2014
In short: Much more than just a tough MT race - a fantastic life affirming experience.Date of review: March 15, 2014
In short: Best race I've ever doneDate of review: March 14, 2014
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House of Commons Hansard #56 of the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was officers.
- Question Period
- Education Benefits Act
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- Questions on the Order Paper
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
- Environmental Enforcement Act
- Auditor General of Canada
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- National Nursing Week
- Hepatitis B and C
- International Day Against Homophobia
- Canada's Motto
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International Day Against Homophobia
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Réal Ménard Hochelaga, QC
Mr. Speaker, on May 17, Fondation Émergence will be marking this year's International Day against Homophobia around the theme "Homosexuality knows no borders".
Homosexuality is universal and knows no geographical borders. The purpose of the 2009 campaign is to raise public awareness, particularly among all ethnocultural communities, regardless of origin, to the realities of homosexuality and sexual diversity. These communities make invaluable contributions to our society, but some of their members come from countries where homosexuality is illegal. We need to make them aware that what was illegal in their country is allowed, and protected by law, in their host society.
Fondation Émergence marked the occasion as well by presenting its 2009 Fight Against Homophobia Award to Dany Turcotte, television host and comedian. My warmest congratulations to him.
May this day remind all of us that homophobia is always present and that we must fight against it.
Canada's Motto
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Dennis Bevington Western Arctic, NT
Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate and thank the Liberal leader for supporting my motion to change Canada's motto to truly reflect the geographic reality of our Arctic nation.
Canada's motto is an important symbol, which should describe Canada extremely well. Motion No. 110 is a motion I have tabled in the House several times.
This morning I wrote to both the Liberal leader and the Prime Minister. I asked the Liberal leader whether he could formally support Motion No. 110 by becoming a seconder. I asked the Prime Minister for his support to move this initiative forward.
I call on all members of the House from coast to coast to coast to support amending the motto. Not only is it a symbol of Canada's Arctic sovereignty, it is a symbol of how the House can put aside partisanship and co-operate with each other.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Randy Hoback Prince Albert, SK
Mr. Speaker, there is a belief among those who live and work on the Prairies that the NDP and its leaders are out of touch with the realities and values of rural Canada.
It is now clear that this belief is a definite reality. One only has to look at the recent NDP mail-out to my riding in which farmers are labelled as seasonal employees. That is amazing.
As a farmer myself, I can say without reservation that farmers across the country take offence to the NDP's obvious ignorance of the farmgate. There is nothing seasonal about farming. Farmers are among the hardest working entrepreneurs in our country. They work year-round to ensure that their business assets operate at peak performance, from seeding in the spring to harvesting in the fall.
I now understand why the party of Tommy Douglas has not won a seat in my home province in the last three elections. Quite simply, the NDP has become nothing more than an urban protest party that has dismissed its rural soul. The NDP now stands for nothing and opposes absolutely everything.
Ottawa School of Art
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Mauril Bélanger Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, we all acknowledge the importance of art in our life and in our respective communities. In Ottawa, we are fortunate to have had the benefit for the last 130 years of the Ottawa School of Art.
The Ottawa School of Art plays a lead role in visual arts education and is also well known for its dynamism and innovative programs.
Her Excellency the Right Hon. Michaëlle Jean has continued a viceregal tradition dating back to the 19th century by becoming the school's honorary patron, for which we thank her.
Like all institutions, its vitality depends on the people involved. The students, staff and numerous volunteers at the Ottawa School of Art are the reasons behind its decades long tradition of excellence.
I wish the Ottawa School of Art a happy 130th anniversary.
I wish the school many more years of excellence.
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Dave Van Kesteren Chatham-Kent—Essex, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian small business sector is a vital part of our economy, employing well over half the population. It creates jobs in good times and in recessionary periods like the present.
In a world of constant change, small business owners stay ahead of the curve. They are innovators, risk takers and job creators. They take pride in their products and services, and they contribute to our local communities.
For nearly 40 years, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business has represented the interests of Canada's small business sector and fought to improve the conditions of entrepreneurship.
Today, the CFIB represents over 105,000 businesses, in part as a result of dedicated regional representatives like those who are visiting Ottawa today. These representatives are here to have meetings with federal MPs to discuss issues relevant to this vital sector of our economy.
I would like all members to join me in thanking them for their tireless efforts and their service on behalf of our national prosperity.
Henri Massé
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Marc Lemay Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC
Mr. Speaker, on May 9, 2009, Henri Massé was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
Originally from the La Sarre region in Abitibi, Mr. Massé served as the president of the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec from 1998 to 2007. He has also been the president of the board of directors and executive committee of the QFL Solidarity Fund, a member of the executive committee of the Canadian Labour Congress and of the executive board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
The Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue wanted to pay tribute to Mr. Massé's contributions in the area of labour relations. He has worked hard to improve not only conditions for workers, but also employer-employee relations.
On behalf of my colleagues, I would like to extend to Mr. Massé our sincere congratulations on this well-deserved honour.
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Daniel Petit Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Mr. Speaker, this week, Quebec is celebrating family week. Quebeckers and Canadians alike value families.
Our government recognizes the importance of families. That is why we are helping parents by giving them $100 per month for every child under the age of six and by giving them tax credits for such things as school supplies, physical activity and the arts.
Recently, the member for Kildonan—St. Paul offered parents a bill to protect our children from sexual predators by imposing a mandatory minimum sentence. Conservative, Liberal and New Democrat members of Parliament all rose above partisan politics to vote in favour of this bill to protect our children, who are, after all, our future.
Unfortunately, for its own low-minded, ideological reasons, the Bloc voted against protecting our children. And they say that they are the only ones defending Quebec values.
The Bloc's behaviour is shameful.
Earthquake in China
Statements by Members
May 12th, 2009 / 2:05 p.m.
Joyce Murray Vancouver Quadra, BC
Mr. Speaker, today marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck the Sichuan province of China.
This earthquake claimed more than 69,000 lives, injured over 370,000, and it left 18,000 people missing.
This was an incredible human tragedy that touched us all, and as they often do in times of tragedy, Canadians donated generously.
Incredibly, only three months later, China and its people rallied to host the world at an exceptional Olympic Games in Beijing.
Over the past year, more than 5,000 homes have been rebuilt, 6,000 have been repaired, and almost all roads and telecommunications have been restored. The strength and resilience of the Chinese people during and in the aftermath of this tragedy was nothing short of inspirational.
I am sure I speak for all members of the House when I say our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who are still missing and those who lost their lives one year ago today.
Liberal Party of Canada
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Brent Rathgeber Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, these days we Conservatives are busy managing the economy and helping families deal with the global recession. Meanwhile, the Liberal leader is touring the country selling his book. With our economic action plan, we are reducing the tax burden on Canadian families, creating jobs, and helping Canadians who are hardest hit by the global recession.
Recently the Liberal leader announced that he "will have to raise taxes". Raising taxes, imposing a job-killing carbon tax, increasing the GST, and ending the universal child care benefit are part of the Liberal plan during tough economic times to discourage economic growth and tax Canadian families.
The Liberals refuse to come clean with Canadians and explain the full details of their new economic policy. The Liberal leader should rise in the House today and tell Canadians which taxes he would raise, by how much he would raise them, and who would be forced to pay these higher taxes.
Stand Up for Mental Health
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, many people might say one would have to be nuts to do stand-up comedy. Stand Up for Mental Health does just that, for good therapeutic reasons. It raises awareness about mental illness and breaks down prejudice, stigma and discrimination.
Stand Up for Mental Health helps those living with mental illness to turn their experiences into comedy. It helps people move from despair to hope and empowerment, and it puts a human face on mental illness.
Stand Up for Mental Health founder David Granirer says:
There's something incredibly healing about telling a roomful of people exactly who you are and having them laugh and cheer.
Mental illness touches people from all backgrounds, age and socio-economic status.
This evening we have the opportunity to confront our prejudices and learn more about mental illness while having fun at the same time. Stand Up for Mental Health comics will be giving a performance in room 200, West Block. I encourage all members and staff to come at 6 p.m., offer their support to these brave comics and enjoy a great evening of comedy.
Leader of the Liberal Party
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Steven Blaney Lévis—Bellechasse, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader has some strange ideas about Quebec, as though his vision of Quebec were stuck in the 1970s, when he left the country.
Does the Liberal leader still believe that Quebec nationalism is the expression of a schizoid, undeveloped society that takes the form of very simplistic dualities? Does he really believe what he wrote when he said that Quebeckers are just North Americans who speak a strange, overly regional form of French? Does he really reject the Quebec accent, compared to the French accent and French from France? Lastly, does he really believe that Quebec is behind the times?
Whether the Liberal leader likes it or not, the Quebec Conservatives love modern Quebec, with all its contradictions, and we are proud of our accent, we are proud to be taking real action for Quebec, and we are proud of what Quebec society is becoming.
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Meili Faille Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is an immense privilege to accept the invitation extended by Leucan Montérégie and to serve as honourary chair of the 2009 head shaving challenge for the Vaudreuil-Soulanges sector. The commitment of individuals shows tremendous solidarity with children who have cancer and, for the most part, lose their hair during chemotherapy and face the enormous challenge of fighting this illness.
For 30 years, Leucan's mission has been to promote the well-being, healing and recovery of these children and to support their families. Amounts raised by the head shaving challenge help fund the research clinic and provide many services to children suffering from cancer and their families, such as support services and massage therapy.
On June 7, in more than 25 Quebec cities, the general public is invited to take the challenge and to shave their heads to raise donations.
Congratulations to all participants, organizers and generous donors. Together, we will win the battle.
National Police Week
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Mark Holland Ajax—Pickering, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of National Police Week.
As a former member of the Durham Regional Police Services Board, as a member of Parliament and now in my role as Liberal public safety critic, I have the pleasure of working with police officers and chiefs and know their passion for serving our communities.
Unlike the government, police forces know what it will take to stop crime. They understand that jails are not substitutes for hospitals and that while longer sentences have their place, the lasting solution to crime lies in working with communities, investing in education, health care, our police and in skills training.
The Liberal Party stands with our police. We will continue to oppose the Conservative attempts to gut the gun registry. We will fight their attempt to pay RCMP officers less than other police and deny them the same democratic rights as other forces. We will continue to hold Conservatives accountable for their broken promise of 2,500 new officers. And we will fight for the families of officers who fall in the line of duty.
In National Police Week and in every week, we in the Liberal Party stand together with these brave men and women who risk their lives every day to keep our families and communities safe.
Statements by Members
2:15 p.m.
Dean Del Mastro Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, Canada's Conservative government is focused on an economic action plan that is creating jobs and reducing taxes.
The Liberal Party, on the other hand, is focused on increasing taxes. In fact, the most notable policy resolution that came from the recent Liberal Party convention was a reaffirmation of its tax on everything, job killing carbon tax. That is right. Liberals want a carbon tax. This is the same tax the Liberal leader pushed for in his first leadership race in 2006 and it is the same tax the Liberals had front and centre in their platform in 2008, which was soundly rejected by Canadians. The Liberal leader said himself, quite bluntly, "We will have to raise taxes".
Now raising taxes is absolutely the worst thing to do during a recession. The Liberals should come clean with Canadians. Besides the carbon tax, what other taxes do they plan to increase? Who is going to pay these new taxes? How much will they be?
Canadians deserve to know.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Michael Ignatieff Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, in a report released yesterday, the OECD says that the economic recovery will be slower in Canada than in other countries. One reason is likely this government's inexplicable slowness. Our municipalities are still waiting for the infrastructure funding promised in the budget three months ago.
Is the Prime Minister aware that these inexplicable delays are slowing Canada's economic recovery?


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Hi folks,
Don't know if there are any Pinterest users here, or more importantly pinterest users who use the Pinterest app with their iPhone/iPad. I have the pinterest app and when I used it on my iPhone I had no problem. However I recently got the iPad mini and installed the pinterest app on it and the navigation bar which enables you to pin is not there. I've tried to contact the pinterest but they're not interested. When I use this same app on my iPhone, the navigation bar is there however on my iPad mini it is not. Without the navigation bar I am unable to pin photos on pinterest. Has anybody heard of this happening?
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Wife has it and her mini has it and looks same as the phone .. I would try delete the app and reinstall
Sent from my iPhone 5 from a galaxy far far away (in the USA ) using Tapatalk !
- 12-05-2012, 01:17 PM Thread Author #3iPhone Nanite
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Just tried reinstalling the app to see if that would make any difference, and it's still the same, no navigation bar. Is absolutely pointless contacting Pinterest because they don't respond. What they do is send you an email saying your issue has been resolved when they haven't even been in touch.
It's only the app because when I go to the site online, the repin tabs are there.
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Individual peat moss plants consist of a main stem, with tightly arranged clusters of branch fascicles usually consisting of two or three spreading branches and two to four hanging branches. The top of the plant, or capitulum, has compact clusters of young branches. Along the stem are scattered leaves of various shape, named stem leaves; the shape varies according to species. The leaves consist of two kinds of cell; small, green, living cells (chlorophyllose cells), and large, clear, structural, dead cells (hyaline cells). The latter have the large water-holding capacity.
Life Cycle
Sphagnum, like all other land plants, has an alternation of generations; like other bryophytes, it is the haploid gametophyte generation that is dominant and persistent. Sphagnum species can be unisexual (male or female, dioicous) or bisexual (male and female gametes produced from the same plant; monoicous); In North America, 80% of Sphagnum species are unisexual.[2] Gametophytes have substantial asexual reproduction by fragmentation, producing much of the living material in Sphagnum peatlands.[3] Swimming sperm fertilize eggs contained in archegonia that remain attached to the female gametophyte. The sporophyte is relatively short-lived, and consists entirely of a shiny black, spherical spore capsule. Sporophytes are raised on stalks to facilitate spore dispersal, but unlike other mosses, Sphagnum stalks are produced by the maternal gametophyte. Tetrahedral haploid spores are produced in the sporophyte by meiosis, which are then dispersed when the capsule ruptures.
Taxonomy and Phylogeny
Peat moss can be distinguished from other moss species by its unique branch clusters. The plant and stem color, the shape of the branch and stem leaves, and the shape of the green cells are all characteristics used to identify peat moss to species. Sphagnum taxonomy has been very contentious since the early 1900s; most species require microscopic dissection to be identified. In the field, most Sphagnum species can be identified to one of four major sections of the genus—classification and descriptions follow Andrus 2007 (Flora North America):
- Sphagnum sect. Acutifolia: plants generally form hummocks above the water line, usually colored orange or red. Examples: Sphagnum fuscum Sphagnum warnstorfii
- Sphagnum sect. Cuspidata: plants usually in hollows, lawns, or aquatic; plants green. Examples: Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum flexuosum
- Sphagnum sect. Sphagnum: largest gametophytes among the sections, forming large hummocks, leaves with cuculate (hood-shaped) apices. Green, except for Sphagnum magellanicum Examples: Sphagnum austinii
- Sphagnum sect. Subsecunda: plants various colors, from green to yellow and orange (but never red), found in hollows, lawns, or aquatic. Species always with unisexual gametophytes. Examples: Sphagnum lescurii, Sphagnum pylaesii.
The reciprocal monophyly of these sections and two other minor ones (Rigida and Squarrosa) has been resolved using molecular phylogenetics.[4] All but two species normally identified as Sphagnum reside in one clade, two other species have recently been separated into new families within the Sphagnaceae reflecting an ancestral relationship with the Tasmanian endemic Ambuchanania and long phylogenetic distance to the rest of Sphagnum.[5] Within main clade of Sphagnum there is relatively short phylogenetic distance, and molecular dating methods suggest nearly all current Sphagnum species are descended from a radiation that occurred just 14 mya.[6] This is controversial[by whom?] due to the poor construction and calibration of the genetic clock.[citation needed] Normal and correctly used genetic clocks employ a series of genes with determined substitution rates, in this work Shaw et al. used nuclear, mitochondrial and chloroplast genes with a mean substitution rate. The problem arises when a chloroplast gene with low substitution rate is analyzed with a nuclear substitution rate (which is extremely high) it would give a more recent date since the analysis would conclude that less mutations means a more recent divergence and evolution.[citation needed]
Geographic distribution
Peat mosses occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere where different species dominate the top layer of peat bogs and moist tundra areas. The northernmost populations of peat moss lie in the archipelago of Svalbard, Arctic Norway at 81° N.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the largest peat moss areas are in New Zealand, Tasmania, southernmost Chile and Argentina, but contain comparatively few species. Many species are reported from mountainous, subtropical Brazil, but uncertainty exists regarding the specific status of many of them.[citation needed]
Spore dispersal
As do many other mosses, Sphagnum disperses its spores through the wind, but the tops of spore capsules are only about 1 cm above ground, and the wind is too weak that low. As the spherical spore capsule dries, the operculum is forced off, followed by a cloud of spores. The exact mechanism has traditionally attributed to a "pop gun" method using air compressed in the capsule, reaching a maximum velocity of 3.6 meters per second,[7] but alternative mechanisms have been recently proposed.[8] High speed photography has shown that vortex rings are created during the discharge, which enable the spores to reach a height of 10 to 20 cm, further than would be expected by ballistics alone. The acceleration of the spores is about 36,000G.[9][10] Spores are extremely important in establishment of new populations in disturbed habitats and on islands.[11]
Decayed, compacted Sphagnum moss has the name of peat or peat moss. This is used as a soil conditioner which increases the soil's capacity to hold water and nutrients by increasing capillary forces and cation exchange capacity (CEC). This is often necessary when dealing with very sandy soil, or plants that need an increased moisture content to flourish. One such group of plants are the carnivorous plants, often found in wetlands like bogs. Dried Sphagnum moss is also used in northern Arctic regions as an insulating material. Peat moss is also a critical element for growing mushrooms; mycelium grows in compost with a layer of peat moss on top, through which the mushrooms come out, a process called casing.
Anaerobic acidic Sphagnum bogs are known to preserve mammalian bodies extremely well for millennia. Examples of these preserved specimens are Tollund Man, Haraldskær Woman, Clonycavan Man and Lindow Man. Such Sphagnum bogs can also preserve human hair and clothing, one of the most noteworthy examples being Egtved Girl, Denmark. Because of the acidity of peat, however, bones are dissolved rather than preserved. These bogs have also been used to preserve food. Bog butters have been found in Scottish and Irish peat bogs.[12] Containing butter or lard, bog butters have been found that are up to 2000 years old.[13]
Sphagnum moss has also been used for centuries as a dressing for wounds, including during both World Wars. It is absorptive and extremely acidic, inhibiting the growth of bacteria and fungi. However, see Health Dangers below.
Sphagnum moss is used as an environmentally-friendly alternative to chlorine in swimming pool sanitation.[14] The moss inhibits the growth of microbes and reduces or eliminates the need for chlorine in swimming pools.[15]
Peat moss is used to dispose of the clarified liquid output (effluent) from septic tanks in areas that lack the proper soil to support an ordinary disposal means or for soils that were ruined by previous improper maintenance of existing systems.
In New Zealand, both the species S. cristatum and S. subnitens are harvested by hand and exported worldwide for use as hanging basket liners, as a growing medium for young orchids, and mixed in with other potting mixes to enhance their moisture retaining value.
It is also used at horse stables as a bedding in horse stalls. It is not a very common bedding, but some farm owners choose peat moss to compost with horse manure.
It can also be used as a substrate for tarantulas as it is easy to burrow into and contains no insecticides which could kill the spider.
There is a difference in naming conventions for similar things related to sphagnum moss. The terms that people use when referring to moss peat, peat moss, and bog moss can be taken out of context and be used when reference is actually being made about a plant that is still growing, as opposed to the decayed and compressed plant material. These terms are commonly used for both forms of the same plant material, resulting in confusion as to what the speaker is actually talking about.
Large-scale peat harvesting is not sustainable as it takes thousands of years to form the peat "bricks" that are harvested in just a week. In particular, the extraction of large quantities of moss is a threat to raised bogs. Coir has been touted as a sustainable alternative to peat moss in growing media.[16] Another peat moss alternative is manufactured in California from sustainably harvested redwood fiber and sold under the brand name LignaPeat.[17]
During the 17th century in the Dutch Republic, peat bogs were drained to feed a burgeoning peat mining industry. The system of dikes and waterways existing today in the Netherlands was once a peat bog.[18]
More than 90% of the bogs in England have been damaged or destroyed.[19][20] A handful of bogs have been preserved through government buyouts of peat-mining interests.[21]
New Zealand
Care is taken during the harvesting of Sphagnum moss in New Zealand to ensure that there is enough moss remaining to allow regrowth. This is commonly done using a 3 year cycle.[citation needed] If a good percentage of moss is not left for regrowth, the time that it takes for the swamp to revert to its original state can be up to a decade or more if serious damage has occurred.
This "farming" as done in New Zealand is based on a sustainable management program approved by New Zealand's Department of Conservation. This plan ensures the regeneration of the moss, while protecting the wildlife and the environment. Most harvesting in New Zealand swamps is done only using pitchforks without the use of heavy machinery. During transportation, helicopters are commonly employed to transfer the newly harvested moss from the swamp to the nearest road. This is an important component of the transportation process, as it prevents damage to other components of the ecosystem during the initial transportation phase. The removal of sphagnum moss in a managed environment does not cause a swamp to dry out. In fact the swamp environment is improved such that the regrown moss is normally better quality than the previously harvested moss that was removed.
The greatest threat to the existence of sphagnum moss swamps is the intentional draining for encroaching farmland.
Health dangers
Sphagnum moss can potentially harbour the chronic fungal disease sporotrichosis. Sporothrix schenckii spores enter the skin via abrasions, scratches, and small puncture wounds as a result of unprotected contact exposure to Sphagnum moss.[citation needed]
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BASS EXPO 2013: Hollywood rockers Black Veil Brides can safely be described as a phenomenon. Since emerging in 2010 with We Stitch These Wounds the group have been on a mission to revive the lost art of the rockstar persona and, if there's any time left in the day, to become the biggest band in the world.
Three years later and things seem to be going to plan. New album Wretched And Divine Judging scored a stateside top 10, their profile is hotter than ever and there are ever-growing legions of fans, dubbed Bridesmaids, attending concerts around the planet.
If any one member of the band can be said to truly contain the soul of BVB, it's bassist Ashley Purdy. A larger than life character who is about as far removed from the stereotypical 'silent, nodding bassist' as you could imagine, we caught up with Ashley mid-way through the band's UK tour earlier this month to talk Gene Simmons, porn basses and the key to becoming a timeless rock 'n' roll band.
"I'm more of a showman than anything else, so a lot of stuff got destroyed on this tour"
What will make this tour unique in your memory?
"That I actually destroyed all of my basses on this tour so far! I'm more of a showman than anything else, so a lot of stuff got destroyed on this tour. I've even tweeted pictures of it - my broken basses and stuff. I only brought two with me and They both got destroyed in one night and I had to have more shipped out to me. But, yeah, it's all rock 'n' roll...
What's the biggest misconception about Black Veil Brides?
"A lot of people haven't taken our music seriously, but they don't know how technical it is. Initially people judge you first upon your image and they're not even listening to your music. They'll lump us in there with Mötley Crüe and Kiss, but our music is probably closer to Iron Maiden. We're far more technical than people give us credit for. But that's all changed with this new record, this new record is a hit, so we're doing good."
Black Veil Brides - Fallen Angels, the lead single from second album Set The World On Fire
What made you pick up the bass?
"I thought, 'I'll play bass in this band and I'll be the Nikki Sixx/Gene Simmons-style showman as well.'"
"First and foremost, I've always been a performer and a showman. I was the singer in my previous band and I played rhythm guitar as well, but when we started forming Black Veil Brides I met Andy [Biersack, frontman] and obviously he was already the singer, so I thought, 'I'll play bass in this band and I'll be the Nikki Sixx/Gene Simmons-style showman as well.' So that's where my whole state comes from as a bass player, it's not just about playing, it's a show and there's a performance to it too."
Who's the biggest influence on your playing style?
"Probably Duff McKagan from Guns 'N Roses. He's cool - very bluesy, straight ahead rock, but then again there's a swagger to his playing style. Although I've already referenced Gene Simmons and Nikki Sixx's as far as performance, as far as playability is concerned, it's probably Duff."
What's the best example of your playing in BVB?
"I think there's a lot of cool stuff in Shadows Die, off the new record. There's a lot of dynamic that's happening in there. It's all about the right hand and how we pick. There'll be galloping, there'll be a semi-breakdown, there'll be rhythm - and it's all in one song."
How important is your collaboration with CC, your drummer?
"Super important. Even, just to keep ourselves entertained live, we'll start making stuff up on the spot and we'll read each other and say like, 'Hey, let's change this part.' And we'll make it more interesting and more fun by changing some of the rhythms and how we accent things. But it's me and him, who are on the same page, doing that. That's where we lie. I think that's just pushing ourselves to be better musicians, but also just keeping it interesting."
Black Veil Brides - In The End, from their new album Wretched And Divine
When you were writing the new record did you have a central aim with the bass parts?
"Our main intention with this latest record was to try and break the mould with where we were at as a band and what people expected from us. It was a huge departure to make this huge rock opera concept record, so I wanted the bass and the tone to be very 'rock', because our guitar players will come in and they're more metal. We talked about the rhythm side and the tone of the record just had to have a feeling of warmth and roundness. And I guess also, to be timeless, because I think what we were going for - we want to be a timeless rock 'n' roll band."
That's a big goal. How do you try and achieve something - in terms of the sound of a record - that's not going to date?
"Exactly. I think that it's in the writing process of the songs in itself first. I can give you an example: we don't scream any more because we think that's a dated part of a genre that's going to come and go. We're highly ambitious and that's just for ourselves, not for anyone else. We want to push ourselves because we're excited. Even conceptually - we looked at a lot of stuff, like My Chemical Romance and Green Day for what they've done. I think that's more along the lines of where we see our career heading."
"I'm using my bass as like a weapon onstage, so those basses had to handle a lot"
You've got a signature Dean bass. What kind of things were you taking into consideration when you were designing that?
"It's a Dean Cadillac, one of their flagship designs, so for me to replicate that on bass, I went through all of the steps and how that functions for me playability wise. A lot of it was weight distribution. I needed the neck to be more rounded and curved in the back, so I can move up and down the neck easier. Then I went super straight forward with the electronics - basically what Nikki Sixx does - just an on/off toggle switch, a kill switch sort of thing. I'm using my bass as like a weapon onstage, so those basses had to handle a lot, because I abuse them!"
Are we right in thinking that it says 'porn' on the back?
"Well that's one of them - that's a warpaint bass, because you know in our early career we had all of the warpaint on our bodies. The newest one is the Outlaw bass and that says Outlaw down the inlays. Dean's so cool. I'm in the middle of designing some other guitars for them right now and a new bass that's coming out. I'm going more old school rock 'n' roll. I'm doing a semi-hollow body, but it's still kind of like 'outlaw' and western-y."
Dean Guitars discuss Ashley's signature basses
What other gear do you use?
"There are no pedals at all. It's a SansAmp and then a Peavey Touring 700 on the road. Peavey are just good people and they helped us out in the early stages of our career and after playing through a lot of stuff, it was an easy choice. It's durable and you can travel with it because it's rack-mounted."
You want to become the world's biggest band. Is that at odds with your outcast nature?
"I think that's where our ambition comes from. We're all from small towns and we want to be something bigger than where we're from. Like I said before, we're bored with the climate of the music and we want something entertaining, so that's where it all stems from. There's no limit for us whatsoever where that's concerned - we're just gonna keep growing as a band. "


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IMHS team wins national award
By LINDA LOBECK
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IRON MOUNTAIN – A team of four students from Iron Mountain High School claimed the first-ever Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation Science Challenge national championship – beating out 60 schools across the country.
The Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation Science Challenge is an online quiz competition designed to attract and challenge top tier high school students. The program recognizes the individual high scorer with a scholarship and the winning school with a trophy. IMHS was the winning school and has received the trophy to be displayed at the school.
The IMHS team includes seniors Henry Hakamaki, Daniel Kulas, Jason Borntrager and Nicholas Salin.
To win, the students had to register with the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation and take a series of quizzes that required calculating the answers to complex science problems. Individual scoring was a combination of time and accuracy for each questions and the sum of each team members' score became the team score.
Iron Mountain High School was one of only 60 schools across the country invited to participate in the science scholarship program.
"Thousands of the brightest students registered to test their math and science knowledge, which included concepts of genetics, physics and calculus," a spokesperson for the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation said.
The questions for the challenge were created by a team of Florida high school students that were recommended by their school's administrators.
"I am happy Mel Laydon took up the challenge to get Iron Mountain High School involved in this science scholarship. She has been a long time advocate of our program," said Daryl Hulce, president of the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation.
Laydon is the scholarship administrator for the Iron Mountain Public Schools.
"Iron Mountain was up against a lot of big college prep schools across the country. It just goes to show that motivated students at any school have the potential to do great things," he added.
The individual scholarship winner from the Science Challenge was Troy Lambert, a senior from Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jasonville, Fla.
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