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Episode 356 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Hope Is Important featuring John Herdman, Marc Dos Santos, Russell Teibert, Max Crepeau, and Gary Mackay-Steven) [NSFW] – AFTN
Hope fuels football fans. For Vancouver Whitecaps, the slow death march to their postseason hopes finally being extinguished came it's inevitable conclusion on Saturday. For the Canadian national team, hope is still there of beating the US to get to the final four of the Nations League and clinching a place in the Hex for World Cup qualifying.
Report and Reaction: Over and out – home loss to NYCFC officially ends Vancouver Whitecaps' playoff hopes – AFTN
A difficult week of travel didn't end well at home for Vancouver Whitecaps as the well adjusted visitors of New York City FC came away with a 3-1 victory at BC Place on Saturday evening, officially ending the Whitecaps' postseason hopes that had unofficially been over a long time ago.
Vancouver Whitecaps still in a bad place – Soccer Shorts
Earlier in the week Marc Dos Santos had complained that his side suffered more than certain other teams when it came to decisions by VAR.
With four games left and nothing to play for, what's next for the Whitecaps? – Windsor Star
The Vancouver Whitecaps have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, with New York City FC delivering a stylish coup de grâce in Saturday night's 3-1 decision at B.C. Place.
VIDEO: Writing the obituary for Vancouver Whitecaps 2019 season – MLS
With two losses in Week 26, the Vancouver Whitecaps have officially been eliminated from contention for the Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs. On Matchday Central, Armchair Analyst Matt Doyle delves into how the 'Caps approached the campaign, what went wrong and what lies ahead.
Adnan returns to Iraqi national team ahead of World Cup qualifier vs. Bahrain – Whitecaps FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC left back Ali Adnan has been called up to the Iraq men's national team for a pair of matches this month.
MLS WEEK 26: PHILADELPHIA ON TOP IN THE EAST – US Soccer Players
MLS got the games in prior to the September international break with Philadelphia taking over top spot in the Eastern Conference. The Union came back to beat Atlanta United 3-1 at home. Josef Martinez put Atlanta up in first-half stoppage time. Brenden Aaronson equalized for Philadelphia in the 61st with Kacper Przybylko scoring in the 86th. Przybylko assisted on Sergio Santos's goal in the 88th minute.
PACIFIC FC vs. FORGE FC
'Pacific trusted us': U-21 quartet making most of CPL opportunities (Part 2) – CanPL
When Pacific FC midfielder Noah Verhoeven was asked how he felt about the enormous gulf in minutes afforded to himself and his teammates, he couldn't help but reflect on what those numbers really meant.
MSOC: UBC upended on the road – UBC
The UBC Thunderbirds suffered their first loss of the Canada West men's soccer season, falling 2-0 Sunday in Kelowna against the UBC Okanagan Heat.
MSOC: Pang scores for UBC in 1-1 draw – UBC
A top 10 U SPORTS men's soccer battle between the No. 5 UBC Thunderbirds and the ninth-ranked Thompson Rivers WolfPack ended in a 1-1 draw Saturday in Kamloops.
Second-half penalty leads to second season loss for UNBC Men's Soccer – Prince George Matters
A tough battle through and through led to different challenges for the UNBC men's soccer squad on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 1).
Stingy defense, timely scoring lead UBCO to wins over UBC, Victoria – Kelowna Daily Courier
What a time to score your first goal for your new team. Rookie Jacob York and third-year defender Aaron Mulama each scored as the UBC Okanagan Heat downed the visiting UBC Thunderbirds 2-0 on Sunday in Canada West soccer action.
BC Soccer Web's 2019-20 Guide to Soccer on TV and Online in Canada – BC Soccer Web
In our 2019-20 Guide to Soccer on Canadian TV, we do our best to sort through the leagues, service options and hardware needed to help you get the most out of your soccer weekends this season. The TV situation is constantly changing as leagues are added and Canadian broadcast rights are sorted out at the last moment, so come back for updates! (Editor's Note: On August 20, DAZN dropped access to La Liga and Ligue 1 through it's link to beIN Sports. Find out about this and more in our latest update.)
PCSL CHALLENGE CUP FINAL PHOTOS: FC Tigers Vancouver 4 Victoria Highlanders 4 (FC Tigers win 4-2 on PKs), July 28, 2019 – BC Soccer Web
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Candidates now being invited for BC Soccer Assoc. Board of Directors – BCSA
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Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park is the lofty and formal name given to Vancouver's newest addition to the soccer scene. Yet, anyone who's ever kicked or carried both kinds of footballs around these parts knows the place by heart.
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'We're devastating': Cavalry's 'ruthless' mentality shines in statement win – CanPL
What separates the great teams from the good is not how they revel in triumph, but how they respond to adversity. On Labour Day, Cavalry FC did the latter in dazzling fashion.
FC Edmonton gets big outing in net to avoid loss to last-place Wanderers – Toronto Sun
C Edmonton and the Halifax Wanderers drew to a 0-0 score in front of 6,200 at Wanderers Ground on Monday.
FC London Take 2019 League1 Ontario Championship After Dramatic Late Kovacevic Goal – League1 Ontario
FC London grabbed destiny by the shoestring off a late strike in the box to win the 2019 League1 Ontario Women's Championship Final on Saturday night.
Canada Soccer honours goalkeepers Maxime Crepeau and Sabrina D'Angelo – Delta Optimist
Maxime Crepeau and Sabrina D'Angelo have been named Canada Soccer's players of the month for August.
Newfoundland Challenge Cup final: The sky was blue, but once again, the winners wore red and gold – The Telegram
Shootout win gives Holy Cross another title, serves up an extra-tough result for Feildians.
Sports economist says CFL group keeps fumbling Halifax bid – CBC
A sports economist says the backers of a proposed CFL franchise in Halifax should take a page out of the playbook of the HFX Wanderers FC to get more public support. "That team has almost immediately built itself into the fabric of the city," said Moshe Lander, who spends part of the year teaching at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
USL Championship Gameday Report: September 1, Week 26 – USL
Saint Louis FC gave its playoff hopes a significant boost as Kyle Greig's brace helped the side end its five-game winless run with a 3-2 victory over Hartford Athletic on Sunday night at West Community Stadium. Elsewhere in the East, Bethlehem Steel FC completed a season sweep of the Swope Park Rangers with a 2-0 win at Talen Energy Stadium.
Ride the lightning: New Mexico United 0, Orange County SC 2 – Angels on Parade
Club boosts playoff hopes with third straight win.
Sources: Wanderers to sign NWSL MVP Williams – ESPN
Western Sydney Wanderers have landed a coup in signing United States forward Lynn Williams for the upcoming W-League season, sources have told ESPN.
WSL expansion sees it land first major international TV deals – Inside World Football
The English Women's Super League (WSL) has secured a first overseas broadcast rights deal with Sky Mexico and Scandinavian broadcaster NENT, reportedly worth six-figures.
The impact of England success on women's football – from top to bottom – The Guardian
Post-World Cup research reveals big rise in fans of the women's game and large increase in pitch bookings by women's teams.
Jamaica women's team on strike after not being paid – NBC Sports
Just months after reaching the nation's first-ever Women's World Cup, the Jamaican women's national team has refused to play or train, claiming they have not been paid.
8 countries stay in FIFA race to host 2023 Women's World Cup – Yahoo Sports
Eight countries have stayed in the bidding contest to host the 2023 Women's World Cup, with Belgium and Bolivia dropping out.
Record summer transfer spend in Europe as Big Four try to close gap with Premier League – Inside World Football
The early end to the transfer window may have taken the edge off summer spending by clubs in England's Premier League, but their rivals elsewhere in Europe did not hold back from splashing the cash.
Transfers in Europe: Final deals done before deadline – NBC Sports
A roundup of the final few transfers completed across Europe on Monday, including a few outgoing deals involving players belonging to Premier League clubs.
What next for Neymar and PSG? – The Guardian
Having spent €200m on Griezmann and De Jong this summer, Barcelona could not afford Neymar. But they will be back
Icardi, Navas: PSG lead deadline-day deals – Ligue 1
PSG dominated the final-day transfer headlines by signing 'keeper Keylor Navas and striker Mauro Icardi (loan), but there was plenty of other action as Ligue 1 Conforama clubs took their final chance to move players in and out.
Week 4 review: PSG back on top – Ligue 1
With Rennes losing their unbeaten record 2-1 at home to Nice, goal difference was enough to put reigning champs PSG back on top of the standings after a 2-0 win in Metz. Meanwhile OM maintained their 40-year home hoodoo over Saint-Etienne.
Lukaku calls for unity and governing body action over increase in racist abuse – Inside World Football
Inter Milan Striker Romelu Lukaku says "we are going backwards" on racism in football and has called for stronger action from the game's governing bodies and social media platforms after he faced racial abuse by Cagliari fans on Sunday.
Wright claims Italian Football Federation 'doesn't take racism seriously' – Four Four Two
Ian Wright believes the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) "doesn't take racism very seriously" after Romelu Lukaku was racially abused by Cagliari fans on Sunday.
Herrera in the dock as Spain match-fixing trial opens – Yahoo Sports
Spain's first major match-fixing trial began Tuesday with former Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera among 42 defendants charged over a 'suspect' 2011 match between his former club Real Zaragoza and Levante.
Sport as song and song as sport: a night at the Basque derby – The Guardian
Poets and panache were on show in Bilbao as Athletic maintained their strong start, against Real Sociedad.


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Three Resolutions that will come before the Chemung County Legislature tonight have garnered a great deal of attention. The purpose of this post is to provide a factual overview of them, explain the opinions I have formed to this point, and solicit further input from the community to help the Legislature make the best decisions possible.
Where to find information
A full copy of the Agenda for tonight's meeting can be found here.
The three Resolutions garnering interest are:
- 21-056 (Resolution establishing a "Legislative Redistricting and Efficiency of County Government Operations Advisory Committee" on behalf of the Chairman of the Legislature), found here;
- 21-085 (Resolution authorizing an agreement with the Center for Governmental Research on behalf of the Chairman of the Legislature), found here; and
- 21-113 (Resolution Adopting a "Chemung County Legislature Route Slip and Resolution Policy"), found here.
Meetings of the Legislature have not re-opened for in-person attendance by the public due to covid concerns, a decision that rests with Dave Manchester, the Legislature's Chairperson. Chairperson Manchester told members of the Legislature he will have discussions with the Vice Chairperson and Majority/Minority Leaders soon to develop a re-opening plan. A description of the current meeting rules is found here.
However, the meeting will be broadcast via live-stream here starting at 7:00 pm. Please note the link for the live-stream will not appear until the moment the meeting begins.
Members of the public are permitted to submit "Public Comment" on these or any other issues involving the Legislature to email@example.com. All submissions will be read into the record at the start of the meeting.
A full copy of Chemung County's Charter can be found here and is embedded below.
The proposed Redistricting & Efficiency Advisory Committee
The specific geographic boundaries of each Legislative District in Chemung County are set forth in 201.4 of Chemung County's Charter. The only way they can be changed (redistricted) is through an amendment to our charter that is passed through a public referendum (a vote by the public) during a General Election.
Under Section 201.6 of Chemung County's Charter, the Legislature must "reconsider its representation, and, if necessary, redraw legislative district boundaries" each time census data is released by the United States government.
New York State and United States statutes also impose the these duties on local governments following the release of federal census data.
In other words, every ten years the Chemung County Legislature is required to consider whether our population and its distribution require a reconfiguration of the legislative districts within Chemung County. If the Legislature determines changes need to be made, a proposed amendment to our charter must appear on the ballot in that year's general election.
The 2021 timeline
As shown above, Section 201.6 of Chemung County's Charter requires a redistricting amendment to appear on the ballot in the year census data is released.
However, this year the census data will be delayed greatly, with many state and county legislatures beginning to acknowledge it may not be available until June – or possibly even later. An article found here provides some details, and countless others can be found by searching "census delay."
Ballots for the General Election in November are usually finalized by September so that they can be printed and distributed, particularly with the new election rules that allow for early voting. In my opinion, the delay in census data may require special state or local action to allow for adequate time to study redistricting depending on when the information is ultimately released.
(Of note, any delay into 2022 would cause even more significant problems as the entire Chemung County Legislature is up for reelection that year. In the event that census data is delayed so much that a restricting referendum does not occur until the 2022 General Election – the very same time the legislative races will be held – we could face some big problems. However, it's not worth spending time and energy on this until we get better guidance from the federal government plans to release the data.)
Do we need 15 Legislative Districts?
Aside from the question of whether Chemung County's population has shifted and therefore requires redrawing legislative district boundaries, a much tougher question must be asked after our census data is received. Does our population justify having 15 districts?
The Chemung County Legislature was created in 1972 at a time when our county's population was roughly 101,537 according to an aggregation of census data found here. By 2019 it was estimated to have dropped to 83,456, a decline of nearly 18%.
A comparison of the 18 counties (out of a total of 62) across New York State that are established by a charter and have both a County Executive and Legislature shows Chemung County has among the lowest legislator/resident ratios.
I discussed this issue many times while running for my seat on the Chemung County Legislature and during my term in office. In my opinion, good stewardship of the money paid in taxes by county residents requires that this very difficult question be raised and answered after the 2020 Census data is released.
The proposed Redistricting & Efficiency Committee
In January, Chairperson Manchester proposed the creation of a committee to both look at the redistricting issue as required by our charter and also tackle even bigger issues associated with the way Chemung County conducts its business. As shown through a study by New York's Association of Counties (NYSAC) found here, there are many different models for county government found across New York State.
A bit of history
*This section did not appear in the original post but was edited in because it's so interesting.
Chemung County moved to its current form of government (County Executive and a 15-member County Legislature based on a written charter) in 1973. Prior to that time we had a 25-member Board of Supervisor that included a Chairperson.
The document below provides the background:
The problems with the proposal
Although in theory I agree with what Chairperson Manchester is attempting to accomplish through the proposed committee, in my opinion the proposal has three fundamental deficiencies: (a) lack of direct public involvement; (b) anticipated cost; and (c) timing.
Lack of direct public involvement
The proposed committee is set forth in tonight's Agenda Item 21-056, found here and embedded below.
As described in the Resolution, the proposal calls for Chairperson Manchester to appoint five members of the Legislature who, after conducting research and agreeing upon recommendations, will report their findings to him.
This is simply unworkable. A committee tasked with examining very difficult questions such as whether one or more legislative districts should be eliminated or whether we should have a County Executive/Legislature type of government at all cannot be expected to be objective if it is comprised solely of people who occupy seats on the very body that is being examined.
Section 203 (j) of Chemung County's Charter allows for the creation of "temporary citizen advisory committees" to assist the Legislature in "studies and investigations it deems are in the best interest of the County."
Given the significance of the topics proposed to be studied and investigated, it is hard to imagine a more appropriate time to form a Citizen Advisory Committee.
Anticipated cost
The anticipated cost to hire a consultant to assist the proposed committee with research is set forth in tonight's Agenda Item 21-085, found here and embedded below.
As with the lack of public involvement, an expenditure of $48,000 for a consultant is simply also simply unworkable. The Legislature just came out of a very tough budget season where cuts were made to many organizations and County Executive Chris Moss looked everywhere he could to save money given the significant revenue shortfalls in 2020 due to the pandemic and great uncertainty about what lies ahead as economic recovery begins to take shape.
In my opinion, the solution here is the same as above. Forming a Citizen Advisory Committee would allow the Legislature to tap into some of the talent we have right here in our community by asking members of the public to use their backgrounds, skills and knowledge to help Chemung County. At a time when many people are feeling disenfranchised and isolated, this opportunity could have many positive impacts that stretch beyond a study of government.
(It should be noted that there appears to be some difference of opinion between County Executive Moss and members of the Legislature about whether our charter allows the Legislature to make the type of appropriation proposed here. My take is that our charter allows for it, but the debate is unnecessary because we should not spend $48,000 on a consultant right now.)
Finally, I am not convinced it is necessary for the committee to consider any issues aside from redistricting this year. With the pandemic still ongoing, our focus should remain squarely on public health and local business recovery. We can always revisit these big issues once our community returns to come sort of normalcy.
What are other counties doing?
All counties in New York State are required to consider redistricting when census data is released. An examination shows many of them do so with direct public involvement.
Broome County
In 2010 Broome County, organized as a County Executive/Legislature charter form of government, formed an "Ad Hoc Redistricting Committee" that included members of the public
Ulster and Dutchess Counties
Ulster and Dutchess Counties, both of which are organized as County Executive/Legislature charter forms of government, have undertaken what is perhaps the best approach to the entire redistricting issue by forming "Independent Redistricting Committees." Many articles about them can be found, including here, here, here and here.
In general, an Independent Redistricting Committee is made up of people from the community, none of whom sit on the Legislature, who are tasked with considering redistricting issues and presenting a report to the Legislature and the public.
However, the creation of an Independent Redistricting Committee in Chemung County would require a referendum to change our charter, just as it did in Ulster and Dutchess. As such, this is not something Chemung County could undertake now, but absolutely should look to put on the ballot for consideration before the 2030 census to avoid revisiting the current issues.
A description by Ulster County after the referendum was successful, found here and embedded below, provides a good overview.
Albany County
Finally, Albany County, also organized as a County Executive/Legislature charter form of government, recently put out a notice to its residents that it is looking for volunteers to participate in redistricting after the 2020 census data is received. Information can be found here and is embedded below.
Distrust in government at each level is perhaps at an all-time high across our state and nation right now. Direct public involvement in redistricting not only allows us to avoid spending money at a time when we should be as frugal as possible, but also allows us to help build trust by promoting a genuine partnership with the public on this issue.
The Agenda
The other item up for consideration tonight that is receiving a lot of information involves the way items are placed on the Legisalture's Agenda. It is Resolution 21-113, found here and embedded below.
Although it is surprising to learn that the Chairperson of the Legislature yields this much of power – something I did not fully appreciate until I began serving – the proposed resolution does not change the way the Legislature does business in any way. Intead, it merely creates a written policy so that anyone in county government who wishes to submit a Route Slip can understand exactly how the process works.
Do I think we can and should create a better system that does not give unilateral control to the Chairperson? Yes, but that requires a change to the Rules of the Legislature. In other words, if this Resolution passes, nothing about the way the Legislature functions will change at all. (This is, of course, simply my understanding. If anyone has an opinion to the contrary, please share it.)
I intend, however, to vote no because I would like to see either (a) the Rules Committee look at changing this process; or (b) the Efficiency Committee described above look at it should that committee form. Passing a policy right now would add another layer of changes that would need to be made.
Please comment here, on the Chemung County Matters Facebook page, or through any email to me at firstname.lastname@example.com with your thoughts. These are very important issues.
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Suspect arrested after college baseball player shot multiple times
NEW CONCORD, Ohio (WSYX) - Prosecutors in Ohio say a suspect is facing charges after a college baseball player visiting from Michigan was shot multiple times following a game.
The shooting happened around 7 p.m. Friday on the campus of Muskingum University, which is about 70 miles east of Columbus, Ohio.
The victim plays baseball for Olivet College out of Michigan. He was treated for non-life threatening injuries at a hospital and reportedly released.
Olivet College says after its win on the field, one of its players went back to the dugout to get a personal item. The school says soon after, there was "an incident… involving an unknown individual with a firearm."
Muskingum player freshman Mitchell Trace, who was at the field after the game, said the remaining players heard multiple gunshots and ran.
"We went over to talk in right field, and then, all you hear is shots, multiple shots. Coach turns, everyone turns and he says, 'Run.' We all run until we can't anymore," Trace said. "It was really like panic – just get away as fast as you can, make sure everyone's fine."
An older couple let a group of players into their home when they saw them running away from the gunshots.
The Muskingum County Prosecutor's Office announced initial charges Sunday against a suspect in the shooting. Franklin J. Grayson is charged with one count of attempted murder with a firearm and one count of felonious assault with a firearm.
The suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting based on eyewitness descriptions.
The prosecutor's office also said the victim was shot three times.
Following the incident, Olivet College said the team was returning to Michigan, and it wouldn't play scheduled games Saturday and Sunday.
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The story of Gold Panda's journey from an acclaimed debut record to now, as he prepares to release his third full length album, is an entirely circular one. Hailing from Chelmsford Essex in the UK, in the six years since the release of his genre-defining debut album 'Lucky Shiner', the electronic artist most comfortable with the moniker Derwin Panda spent the subsequent years splitting the majority of his time between London, Berlin and countless excursions to Japan. As he created his third album ''Good Luck And Do Your Best' he ultimately found himself back where he began, in the East of England.
Origin stories can be fundamentally boring by nature, packed with non-essential details and overly stressed homilies to roots and influences. But the core nature of an artist that has produced some of the most beloved and emotionally-infused electronic music of this decade is deeply rooted in the constant desire to return to where his musical world began.
Gold Panda's first album 'Lucky Shiner' was written in a matter of weeks in the Essex countryside and titled after his impossibly-brilliantly named Grandmother, who is Indian by birth but a resident of Chelmsford since the late 1960s. Along the way she even ended up gracing the cover of a music magazine with Gold Panda in 2010.
His second album 'Half Of Where You Live' was written while living in Berlin for a couple of short years, but became to be a record that was about everywhere except that place he never identify as home. Gold Panda's third, and, for the sake of adhering to both truth and biographical tradition, his best album so far, squared the circle. Inspired into being while visiting Japan, the music was once again composed and recorded back in Chelmsford. This time, he was living with his Grandmother, Lucky Shiner, having created a small studio area in their house. Derwin set about spending 18 months piecing together 'Good Luck And Do Your Best' from the hundred or so tracks that he would begin composing and then either discard, keep or repurpose.
As a musician that has enjoyed both the acclaim and also the cognitive confusion of touring the world and selling out shows in LA, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, London and many places in between, The past few years have seen Gold Panda concluding that the core of his life and resulting comforts are rooted at home. Driven by destinct desire for normalcy and structure, it's something that he feels he achieved while making this record. "I mean, probably most 35 year old people don't live with their Grandmother", he laughs, "but I could lead a somewhat normal daily routine. Which I really missed."
Stepping back two years though, the inspiration for the record and its creation are two distinctly different things. "Good Luck And Do Your Best' was initially planned to be something else entirely. Early in 2014 Derwin set out back to Japan for the first of a pair of trips – the latest of many visits to the place he holds most dear. This time a photographer, Laura Lewis, accompanied him as Derwin's plan was to collect both audio – field recordings from his trip across the country – and visuals, with Laura tasked to capture what they saw and encountered together. The idea was to be able to put together something other than a traditional record; a sight and sound documentary of his time there, but the expedition ended up being the basis of a new record.
It began with an album title. "Halfway through the first trip we bought rail tickets and rode across the country and went to Hiroshima". Derwin explains. "One afternoon we had taken a taxi, and as we got out, the Japanese taxi driver's parting words to us as we left, in English, was 'good luck and do your best'.
"It was [the driver] speaking in English. He didn't know English that well, but there's a Japanese phrase called 'ganbatte kudasai'. And roughly translated, it basically means 'do your best', or it can also mean 'good luck'."
As a result of that chance interaction, Derwin says, he had the title for an album as well as a starting basis. "once you have a title, for me, things come together a lot easier for what it's going to be." Struck by the phrase, he ended up being led by the experience to make a record that was, to him "quite motivational, quite positive."
Sonically, Derwin characterised the record by way of the visual inspiration he took from his Japanese trips. "I went over twice. Once in April, once in October, and they're the best times to visit, because the weather is calm - it's not too hot or too cold. In April the cherry blossoms are out so it looks beautiful, and there's lots of festivals and places to go. October is great because the leaves are starting to change. It's just a good-looking country."
"The album was recorded at home in Chelmsford, but I had that visual inspiration or documentation from Japan. So it was a look back. If you go in those months, Japan has this light that we don't get here. It's hard to explain. You know how LA has this dusk feeling? - that orange light that makes the place glow, and the neon signs? Well, Japan has this… at certain times of the year, It has this filter on stuff. So when we went the first time, there was a lot of pink and green colours - pastel-y pinks and greens. Mainly the buildings and cars and the people, and I think Laura captured those colours really well.
Those sights and colours translated to a record that differs notably from his previous album, 'Half Of Where You Live'. Whereas that record was occasionally taut, perhaps harder and more piecing, the 11 songs that comprise 'Good Luck And Do Your Best' have a distinctly warmer palate, one that echoes 'Lucky Shiner' a little more, albeit with a clearer range of sounds, and also, to Derwin's mind, one where "the tracks aren't popping out against each other. It's a [complete] record."
"I was initially worried about not having that connection between the tracks", he confides. "I made the last two albums in a fairly short period of time - the first one was a couple of weeks, the second one was a couple of months. This was made over the period of a year or maybe more." The longer recording period lead to his concern that "I wouldn't be able to make tracks that went together, but actually it was better, because I could find the ones - maybe that one in every ten - that fit, because you would always return to a certain style."
"You don't control the music you make, he continues. "The tracks need to reveal themselves, or something needs to reveal itself to you, by making the track. So over the course of making 100 tracks, eventually the album you're going to make is revealed through listening back to them and finding the ones that go together. You get a sound that reveals itself to you."
Derwin pauses to consider the process, before adding, "personally I don't think I can choose to make records how I want."
But you've tried?
"I always try to", he smiles wryly.
Having finished recording his album, Derwin took the songs to fellow musician and producer Luke Abbott, wherein Luke "made it sound good, he put it into his magic smelter", Derwin laughs. Mixing it at Luke's studio, which similar to Gold Panda's place of work, resides in his parent's house in Norwich, reinforced the nature of the record in Derwin's mind. "It has a homely feel. The tracks were made at home and they were mixed at Luke's studio, so throughout the process, there's always been access to family and your local surroundings. And banana bread."
An artist's desire to change or reinvent themselves and their sounds, or to work beyond their original musical scope is a time-honoured tradition amongst musicians and no differently, is something that Derwin has considered and ultimately, had to make peace with.
"It's a curse and blessing because, your music always sounds different to you in your head and you think it's going to sound great. And then you have to face what you've made", he grins. "But then you look at in another way - no-one else could make the music I've made, I don't think. I'm not sure anyone else would make those tracks in the way that I've made them. In that way it's good.
After seven years of trial and error, and having discovered that the best way he could make music was by doing so rooted in the place where he always felt most familiar with himself, does Gold Panda see his long term future where he is now? "I don't think so", he muses. With Chelmsford. I don't love it, but I do feel really comfortable there. I don't know if will ever be 'gentrified' it's already too expensive to be gentrified. I don't think it can be rescued. It's fucking dull. You'd think somewhere so close to London would be more affected by that, but I don't know how it's avoided it. It's in it's own cultural bubble."
"I don't think I'll be there when I'm sixty, but then I'm assuming I wouldn't want to live in London anymore either… but maybe not. Perhaps I could live in Soho. I could live out my last years in vice. Full of sin and drinking", he laughs, shaking his head.
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25 November 2010
I have to admit this is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads to read. (Look BN, more Paul <–)
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Sorry I can't quote, but Big Mustard; I really don't think you should be saying those kinds of things to an eight year old..
And if we're doing Beatles girlfriends and wives, I'd go with Jane. I think I'd still pick Paul over her though, and that's coming froma straight guy.
EDIT: Sorry about that, I didn't realize that what Big Mustard said was posted yesterday, because it was coming up as the last Post, sorry!
Grapes? Raisons? No Raisons Becuase They Are Gross! Are Grapes? No. Not The Kind I Eat Anyway. Although I Was Never So Keen On The Green Ones. AND THAT'S WHY I EAT THE PURPLE ONES!
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StarWisher said:
I have to admit this is quickly becoming one of my favorite threads to read. (Look BN, more Paul <–)
He's so dreamy! *Swoon* (I'm half-exaggerating my inner screaming, fainting, Beatlemaniac teenager, and I'm half-serious.)
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Paul if you keep drinking like that.. girl ain't gonna love ya anymore
I think you meant to say, "You're gonna lose that girl."
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FadingInAndFadingOut said:
I definitley think Ringo is the cutest!! And , yes, for all you people who would like to know, I would do him!!!
Even now? And yeah this thread is my favorite too Surprisingly, Paul is in the lead. I thought John would be everyone's answer.
Yes, even now. I know that is very creepy…. This i think is also my favourite thread too.
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1 November 2013
This is a very odd thread . .
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^The title alone is… "odd"
Didn't think this is actually what the thread is about, having gone back through it.
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10 August 2014
This thread isn't too bizarre… but it's not exactly normal, then, is it?
If I had to pick a woman from the Beatles camp, I'm not sure who I would pick. Probably a cute Apple Scruff or someone like that. I can definitely say I wouldn't pick one of the fab fellas…
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At first, I thought I'd just misunderstood the topic title. Upon opening it, I have realised that I did not.
…Yeah, I'll leave you guys to it.
Yup……… But now that I'm here
Do I even need to say it?
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Looking back, I see GniknuS agrees completely!
Patti was so angelic around the time she came into the picture (literally). I think for us guys, this is a no-brainer.
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8 August 2014
I really misread the title. Don't cane me sir, I was led astray!
If you must know the answer then either Pattie or Maureen I guess. Even George picked Maureen over Pattie
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Some 'Splainin to Do
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That's some scandalous stuff thare!
*lol* You could make a pretty foul soap opera with that story!ReplyDelete
Law,why I believe Maude to be a floozy! tsk tskReplyDelete
Everbody gone be talkin' bout that girl down at da henhouse tonight!ReplyDelete
Whoa! What's goin' on!?ReplyDelete
I'm so confused!!! Is that a chiducken? Can that happen?? This puts a whole new spin on farm livin' for me.ReplyDelete
Jayme-what kind of hobby farm are you running up there?ReplyDelete
Maude just wanted to be a Mother !!! Your Farm is a Peyton Place !!! Going to be some talk going on there!!!ReplyDelete
H I L A R I O U S!!ReplyDelete
- debbyroseSeptember 11, 2010 at 7:14 PM
I am confused. HOW did the duck get a chicken egg without opposable thumbs?!?ReplyDelete
Remember how Aibie prayed for some floozy and her crotch rotted?ReplyDelete
Jayme, so funny!! That Maude is a popular gal on the farm. Love it!! Can't wait to see the babies :)ReplyDelete
quite a stormy-steamy story.ReplyDelete
I think I missed an episode... I'll have to rewind and catch up.ReplyDelete
Is there going to be a paternity test? ;)
That is so hilarious! At least you can get close enough to your duckies to take a picture. Ours hate us!ReplyDelete
This is just too funny!ReplyDelete
Crazy how strong the brooding instinct is, eh?ReplyDelete
LOL too cuuuute!
Is the baby safe from the soon-cold temps?
I hope Maude finds a boyfriend soon... poor girl. We saw a pair of mallards on the river today and they made me think of you!!
Better than Days of our LIves. And that's sayin' something.ReplyDelete
Well....lookit that hussy! lol dianaReplyDelete
Well....lookit that hussy! lol dianaReplyDelete
I feel like I'm "reading" a soap opera...or opra...or however you spell that daytime stuff!ReplyDelete
And do ducks and roosters "do it"?
I'm a city girl, so YOU'VE got some 'splainin' to do!!!
I'll talk to you about this soon.
hmmmm....Sticky sitchi-ation indeed.....Love is not always fair.ReplyDelete
- marytylermotorheadSeptember 12, 2010 at 6:21 PM
I like the look on Maude's face in the nest shot. Like she's about to get busted, but playing it cool.ReplyDelete
That chick is going to grow up very confused and with an acute identity problem. Also acquiring language skills may be an issue.ReplyDelete
I'm a wannabe chicken keeper. My husband said he will build a coop for me in the spring, I can't wait. Your blog is beautiful. Just started blogging and loving every minute of it. Please stop by perhaps join if you like. I enjoyed my visit this morning.ReplyDelete
As always, a hoot to read your blog...it makes my morning!ReplyDelete
Mmmm...mmmm...mmmm. When the cat's away! PattyReplyDelete
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't understand. What I do know, is I am HAPPY for Maude. Love that duck!ReplyDelete
Just found your blog, am so thrilled! My chickens just up and stopped laying, their favorite rooster succumbed to wounds received from on of our golden retrievers wanting to play. Maybe they are in mourning? I'm looking forward to following your adventures!ReplyDelete


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Sanctus Real will unveil "Best Of Sanctus Real," their last project with lead singer Matt Hammitt, on Oct. 9. Featuring 14 of the band's top hits over its 20-year career, the compilation also includes the newly released single "Longer Than A Lifetime."
Delivering a total of seven studio albums with Sparrow Records, Sanctus Real has acquired eight No. 1 singles on multiple Christian radio formats, toured the globe alongside names such as TobyMac, MercyMe, NEEDTOBREATHE and more, while garnering two Grammy Award nominations and a Dove Award win. In conjunction with the "Best Of Sanctus Real" release, the band will embark on a "Farewell To A Friend" tour this fall, kicking off Oct. 7 in Iowa Falls, Iowa (see full tour routing HERE).
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Earlier this summer, Hammitt announced his plans to depart from Sanctus Real following the fall tour. He will continue to write and perform music, but will spend more time with his family. Hammitt also will work alongside his wife, Sarah, in marriage and family ministry through their "Lead Me Live" weekend events and 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Whole Hearts Foundation. Hammitt will continue to share his ongoing spiritual and personal journey through his weekly audio program, "The Lead Me Lifecast."
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Here's a video that was sent to us by a user who then blocked us for some reason, depicting quite possibly the two most vile junkie shitbags you will ever see, driving around their crotch fruit all fucked up while texting.
I've never hated anyone this much since last week because I expose people like this for a living. He admits that he almost killed three people earlier in the day for the crime of crossing the street while he was texting.
Crack whore: "Remember you almost killed 3 people today?"
Fuckhead: "What the fuck were they doing?"
Crack whore: "Crossing the street."
And this is how he speaks to his own crotch fruit.
CF: "Daddy I can see you."
Fuckhead: "I can see you too and you're fat."
CF: "No you are."
Fuckhead: "No you're fat, you fat fucking pig."
Crack whore: "He's fucking 2."
Fuckhead: "He's a pig, he eats everything."
Notice the poor poon polyp isn't even wearing a seatbelt in his carseat.
And the idiot he has to call Dad is clearly fucked up, driving his car while staring at his phone.
Fuckhead: "Do you wanna get slapped, is that what you want?"
Crotch Fruit: "No."
Crack whore: "I do. I wanna get slapped."
Seriously, just overdose already and do the world a favor. No one will miss you, and your kid will have a better shot in the foster system. Maybe there's someone in the extended family who isn't a waste of space and can take the kid in.
He's driving through a densely populated area while staring at his phone, all fucked up, ripping butts.
He throws the cigarette out the window like the useless piece of trash that he is.
And of course he had queef triangle going on.
Newports, flat brimmed Chicago Bulls hat, and overgrown pubic hairs masquerading as a goatee.
Not sure what the crack whore's real name is since she goes by Gia Marie on Snapface.
But the fact that she's from Revere is the least surprising turn of events ever.
She went to beauty school, yet even a Snapchat filter can't save her from permanent junkalope face.
Fuckhead's name is Mark Contrado. You'll never guess what he aspires to be.
A rapper. Never saw that one coming.
His rapper name is Metro Saint, and his music gave me AIDS.
Yet somehow this fuckstick was featured three years ago in "ParentingJourney.org" as the model junkie parent working hard to get his crotch fruit back.
"If you have to put your pride aside for your kid, that's not making you a sucker – that's making you a good parent," explains 24-year old Boston native, Mark Contrado Jr. "I would do anything for my son and I live by that." This realization, along with an endless reserve of perseverance, is what drove Contrado to turn his life around, creating a brighter future for himself and his son.
He would do anything for his son. Except put a seatbelt on him. Or refrain from threatening to slap him and call him a "fat fucking pig."
Just a reminder that this kid is four years old, and the crack whore in the video thought he was two.
That's how little they care about this kid.
Of course the article praises him for overcoming adversity to be an All-Star parent.
Starting as a teenager and through the age of 22, Contrado describes how he fell into a pattern of drug use and addiction. "I got to a point where I was digging a hole until finally I looked up and realized I had dug a pretty BIG hole," says Contrado.
When his son, Mark Contrado II, was born and then hospitalized for two and a half months, it hit hard. "Just seeing the pain that the baby was in – I literally felt it inside and it hurt," recalls Contrado. Due to a number of different factors, it wasn't before long that the State started reducing visitation rights of both parents, eventually placing Mark Contrado II in transitional care. During this time, Contrado and his son's mother found themselves without a home, struggling to make ends meet.
Gee whiz, I wonder why the kid was hospitalized for the first three months of his life. Maybe the fertility factory he came out of had the "disease" that's been going around.
Contrado has already successfully completed several of the goals he set for himself in Parenting Journey II. He has a steady job as a carpenter and he has a safe home where his son now resides. He dreams of gaining full-time legal custody of his son and becoming a full-time musician. Contrado's face lights up as he relays the story of his son's first steps, which he took during a visit to DCF just three weeks ago. "His health is now good," Contrado says smiling. "He's come a long way."
The fact that his goal back then was to become a full time "musician" should've been a red flag. So are his Facebook posts selling brand new unopened kid's gifts on Facebook.
Sorry kid, you probably would like that toy but Daddy's gotta meet up with Diego for the new testers and Diego doesn't take food stamps like he used to.
I pray to God someone from DCF sees this video and blog and takes immediate action. Because that kid's life is in danger every second he has to be around these junkie slugpumps who couldn't be bothered to wear a rubber.
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Ghost Cowboy wrangles up a posse. The Kid was twenty-five, looked twenty; and a careful insurance company would have estimated the probable time of his demise at, say, twenty-six. His habitat was anywhere on the mean streets of Revereado. He killed for the love of it–because he was quick-tempered and dumb. Run them down in the street–for his own amusement. He rode a speckled roan horse that knew every alley in the mesquite. His tramp would drop the petticoat for any hombre with a silver dollar. Disease spreads. Pay the reward for killing them both. No burial.
The taint has been laboring hard these past few weeks to pay for Christmas, the taint is tired as he drives home. The taint takes a wrong turn(or was it a fortuitous one?) In the distance he spots a figure relaxing on a porch…..the taint's heart quickened. Is this the cuck GC he has been dying to meet? The taint squints his eyes as they are as sharp as a hawk and lined by the sun. There is no doubt that this is the felcher he seeketh. In a scene straight out of death proof. The taint floors the pedal of his trusty steed(96 tahoe) and proceeds to launch said steed onto GC's porch, the rear tire catching his face and degloving it. The taint lands on all 4's pulls the the the tequila from the center consoles and drives in to a crimson sunset .
Wait, how do two white parents make a half black kid? Something dont seem right. Mark is not the kids father facks yo facks! Gia is and always has been a junk box slam pig. Shes not from East Boston, has and always will be a revere scum bucket. Her family is from East Boston & guess what? They are all junk boxes also. shes a beachmont trash panda who sold her ass for the Jones Brothers from saugus!
If I had George Soro's money, I would completely flood the market with 100% pure Fentanyl, buy the rights to Narcan and remove it from the market, and start getting society cleaned up and on the right track very quickly.
Get the backhoes fueled up for mass grave digging. The market would be flooded with ownerless used lowered '97 Honda Civics, and affordable rent apartments would be plentiful. The crime rate would drop 80%. Welfare would be down 75%. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Totally agree Captain. For a month it will be like the "Bring out your dead" scene from Monty Python then the most useless will be killed off by the Fentanyl. Most of these dirtbags don't work, breed indiscriminately and use resources without any possible return to society. I'd rather open up spaces in America to Colombian Lawn Care Specialists then to keep these parasites around.
I didn't know it was His kid!! The biological mom needs to get her kid back! As a mom myself disgusted
Why post this on FB clearly on drugs to post this and thinks it's ok!
Smoking in the car is illegal with kids let alone terrible for health subjecting that child to health problems
He said "daddy were we going and you said wanna get slapped 🙁 probaly the methadone clinic and to take the cocktails were they going! His whole way makes Bostonians look bad I'm ashamed for our state let alone the city of revere has had some bad hits coming on turtleboy lately
Several items here:
Calling a child a pig
Using swear words around a kid
Saying you wanna get slapped
Flat brimmed bulls hat
Driving a Nissan
This douche and his girl needs to have consequences for their actions.
Turtle riders this is why I want to being back horse whipping. Both of them deserve it along with some DCF intervention and criminal prosecution.
We need "Purge" days to take care of this shit. A couple of days a year, we get some groups of people skilled in violence and eradicate these fucking ass warts from society. It's either that or we need a catastrophic event to wipe out a significant portion of the earth's population so we can start over. The human genome is so tainted with the likes of these troglodytes that we are past the point of no return.
That bitch is a JUNKBAG if ever I've heard one. She talks like she just woke up from a 3 day nap. And him……that skinny prick needs a fucking beatdown, STAT!! Total disregard for his kid AND everyone else who has to share the road with this CARELESS FUCK!! Oh and the boy, the poor little boy. He's
got ZERO chance if they let those 2 to continue to be anywhere near him.
What the actual fuck… That poor lil boy.. He has zero chance at having a good stable upbringing with these fucking scumbags"parenting" him… Rippin butts in the car with the kid ( window barely cracked)… No seat belts.. Texting and driving… Verbal abuse.. Littering.. Those parenting classes really taught them well huh? Just goes to prove very few are actually redeemable. There should be some sort of test people like this need to take to prove whether they are redeemable or not.. Not a multiple choice test either. One that tests for common sense, morals , and family values.. Half these junk bags wouldn't show up for the test the other half that does show up im sure most would fail but it sure as shit would save a ton of time and resources for the state and save the poor kid from a life of chaos …I despise these junkie cunts


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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Thinking on Thursday
Decisions, decisions...
Do I nap on this super comfy tower of beds? Or do I chomp on a delicious pink ear? heh heh
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We vote for the nap, EG. It's not nice to bite Titus' ears.ReplyDelete
Chomp first, nap later. That's my motto.ReplyDelete
Chomp first. Nap later.ReplyDelete
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I say nap first to get your strength and steal thing going on. Then chomp.ReplyDelete
Every time is a good time for napping!ReplyDelete
The nap will get you in a lot less trouble EG!ReplyDelete
Hi Tazo!
Would you like to come to George's surprise party with me this afternoon!?
Oh and Mommy says that it's rude to ask at such a late date, but would you be my date to Karl and Ruis's wedding tomorrow?
a tower of beds wins everytime! :0ReplyDelete
I just read about your Auntie Jen, I popped over especially and it is such BRILLIANT news, I am so happy for her and you all. I'll keep purring for continued well-being and health for your precious Auntie xxx
Something tells me you will do both!ReplyDelete
nap trumps all.ReplyDelete
Why not both?ReplyDelete
Did you nap or chomp?ReplyDelete
Mindy & Moe
Oh EG why choose? Do both!ReplyDelete
Oh, Earl, my sweetie!ReplyDelete
I would love to go with you to Karl and Ruis's wedding! Thank you so much. I'm so excited!
Brainball and MaoMao give their blessing. They are happy for me to be the ladycat of such a handsome and fine mancat as you!
Happy lovey whiskie kissies and love and cuddles from Dorydoo.
- AnonymousMay 29, 2008 at 6:27 PM
I have been reading the blog for awhile now and I think EG has it all wrong. Yes the pink ears look very chompable but if it were me I would go for that big yummy nose! MalissaReplyDelete
EG, I can see how Titus's ears would be a HUGE temptayshun!ReplyDelete
Wait. Temptayshun. I think that came out kinda wrong! hehehe
Kittyhugs and purrs from MaoMao!
Why can't yoo chew da ear in yoor sleep....heheheheReplyDelete
I would choose the tower of beds!ReplyDelete
Ooh, ooh, chomp da ear! Sounds like fun. Ya can nap annytime!ReplyDelete
Pink ears, then nap!ReplyDelete
That is a tough decision. For Titus's sake, we hope you picked the nap!ReplyDelete
Defurrnitlee ears furst!!ReplyDelete
Then nap on someones head!


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326 people have signed this petition. Add your name now!
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We, the undersigned, ask Kent County Council and Surrey County Council:
* To STOPHEAVY TRAFFIC RUINING our BEAUTIFUL, HISTORIC VILLAGES (in and around Chevening, Sundridge, Brasted, Brasted Chart, Westerham, Toys Hill, Ide Hill, Limpsfield and Oxted).
* ToRESTRICT TRAFFIC USING THE A25 AS A CUT THROUGH to by-pass the M25.The M25 is the by-pass. To STOP large lorries passing through our villages except for those making deliveries.
We are anAREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY.
* ToREDUCE SPEED– both for theSAFETYof residents and to deter traffic. Not one man, woman or child should have to die or suffer before action is taken.
* To MINIMISE NOISE, DAMAGE TO ROADS/PROPERTY, CONGESTION.
We are a CONSERVATION AREA. We have many LISTED BUILDINGS.
* To COMBAT POLLUTION - our air is being POISONED. Many places are far above national 'safe' averages in nitrogen dioxide.
* To considerRECLASSIFYINGtheA25 TO B ROAD STATUS. TheA25isNOT A TRUNK ROAD. It is a Publicly Maintainable, Single 2-Lane Carriageway (according to the KCC Road Gazetteer Report of June 2013) .
IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE: Traffic is increasing. Developments, landfills, new haulage routes - these inflict ever more plight. Misuse of the A25 gives access to country lanes that are being used as rat runs by heavy traffic.
JUSTIFIABLY ANGRY RESIDENTS: We all know this problem has beenSUFFEREDfor many years. WE PAY OUR TAXES and WE VOTEin the people who have the power to make the right decisions and correct the problems, and run this countryin ways that serve theBEST INTERESTS AND VALUES OF THE PEOPLE.We wantACTIONto be taken on the above stated issuesNOW.
Something CAN be done. If we get enough signatures, we have a case with our local MP and county councils.
You can help. Residents, schools, businesses.
If you already have an action group in the area, please get in touch and we can link you in/support you. This is for all of us on and around the A25.
Please add your signature to our petition and spread the word - please ask everybody in your family, all your friends to sign! There are hard copies being signed in local areas too.
We also want to create an INCIDENT LOG to capture bad driving experiences on our roads over the next few months. Please let us know about all near misses, overtaking, speeding, etc, by emailing the petition sponsoron the link above.
Thank you!
A25 Action Group
Brasted Parish Council
Westerham Town Council
Sundridge with Ide Hill Parish Council
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
DEFRA on Air Pollution
Map of the A25 and M25 running parallel
Air Quality Management Areas
(our villages exceed safe averages)
Road classification guide
(the councils govern road status)
Example of an A Road
downgraded to a B road
KCC Objective for HGV Road Signs
Has anybody seen our signs?
Check out P.68 of the Local Transport Plan
Where are our signs?
Brasted Traffic Survey in July
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Supreme Court rules that the UK
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British Medical Bulletin about the
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Why is killer diesel still in our air?
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Speaker: NASA Astrophysicist, Dr. Ira Thorpe
Title: The 100 Year History of Gravity Waves, and the LISA/LISA Pathfinder Missions
Abstract: In September 2015, nearly a century after Albert Einstein's publication of the theory of General Relativity, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) instruments detected gravitational waves produced by colliding black holes in the distant universe. While that feat marked the end of a nearly six-decade quest to make the first direct detection of gravitational waves, it marks the beginning of a new an exciting field of astronomy that will use gravity, not light, to explore and understand our universe and the strange phenomena that inhabit it. Just as electromagnetic astronomers have developed a suite of instruments to cover a wide range of that spectrum, gravitational wave astronomers are developing instruments that are sensitive to different frequencies of gravitational waves. One of the most promising bands, expected to be rich in both number and variety of sources, is the milliHertz band, which is only accessible to a space-based observatory.
In 2015, the European Space Agency launched LISA Pathfinder, a technology demonstrator for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) concept. LISA Pathfinder's primary objective is to demonstrate that a test mass can be placed in near-perfect free-fall and that it's acceleration can be precisely measured using a laser interferometer. In this talk Dr. Thorpe will describe LISA Pathfinder, its key technologies, NASA's role, and the preliminary results to date. He will also provide a look forward to the prospects for realizing LISA and the tremendous science output that it will achieve.
March 16
April 20
In addition to the recurring meeting elements, the talk for May is:
Eclipse 2017: Through the Eyes of NASA
The August 21, 2017 eclipse will be the first time a total solar eclipse has traversed the Continental US since June 8th, 1918. This talk will outline NASA's science education plans, unique science, and show how scientists and the public can get involved.
Speaker: Lou Mayo
Lou Mayo is a planetary astronomer working for ADNET Systems at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He is Program Manager for NASA's 2017 Eclipse Science Education Program and Heliophysics Education Consortium and professor of astronomy at Marymount University.
Guest Speaker HAL Member and UMBC Professor Bob Provine:
The Perception of Color in Astronomical Objects
The human eye has been displaced as the sensor of choice of astronomers, but astronomers and other physical scientists still refer to red and blue light as a shorthand for long and short wavelengths and make fallacious assumptions about the nature of the perceptual world, neglecting that there are differences between the physical world and our perception of it. Data from neuroscience indicate we descendants of hunter-gathers are not ideal astrophysicists. Issues of color are also significant for amateur astronomers trying to describe and understand what they see. What is responsible for the color the point sources of stars and the distributed sources of nebula? Why do the stellar
pairing double star Alberio look especially blue and gold? Why does the companion of Aldebaran look green, a unique hue for stars? Why does color disappear from landscapes after sunset?
In describing these and other phenomena, Bob will demonstrate that color is not a property of the physical universe, but is generated by the brain to provide an additional dimension of image contrast. There is no red, blue, or green in the cosmos. Building on Land's Retinex Theory, he will provide evidence that color must involve more than simply wavelength perception, otherwise there would be no stability of color under different conditions of illumination. Perceived color is the result of ratios of reflectances of wavelengths off different surfaces, not of specific wavelengths. he will also provide demonstrations of these phenomena. Although his data reflect accepted color theory, they are startling when encountered for the first time."
Guest Speaker: Roopesh Ojha, NASA Astrophysicist
Dr Roopesh Ojha works for the Fermi Gamma-ray Space telescope at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His current research is focused on multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of active galactic nuclei and the design of the next generation of high energy space observatories.
TALK TITLE: Astronomy on Ice
ABSTRACT: The South Pole is a hotbed of astronomical research. Despite being a somewhat hostile environment for humans, it provides unique advantages for many kinds of telescopes making possible observations that would otherwise only be possible from space or not at all. It is also a fantastic place to study atmospheric phenomenon that are rarely seen elsewhere on Earth. The speaker "wintered over" with a sub-millimeter telescope and will provide glimpses of science and life at the bottom of the world where daily life is about as "otherworldly"as you can get without leaving our home planet.
Guest Speaker: Dr Bindu Rani, NASA Post Doctoral Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center
Talk Title: Wobbling jets in active super-massive black holes
Abstract: Powered by accretion onto super-massive black holes (masses up to 10
billion Solar mass), active galactic nuclei (AGN) are strong emitters of
electromagnetic radiation over a range spanning more than 20 decades in
energy. About 1 in 10 AGN convert a substantial fraction of accretion
energy into highly collimated and relativistic outflows of energetic
plasma called "JETS". Many AGN jets do wobble, i.e., show temporal
variations in their direction on parsec scales. While the causes of "jet
wobbling" are not agreed upon, it is a powerful probe of energy
extraction from super-massive black holes.
In addition to the recurring meeting elements, this month's talk is:
Guest Speaker:
Dennis M. Conti - Chair, AAVSO Exoplanet Section
High Precision Exoplanet Observations with Amateur Telescopes
With the upcoming launch of TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), the need for follow-up observations by amateur astronomers to detect false positives is an essential part of TESS accomplishing its science mission. Exoplanet observations by amateur astronomers have already proven their value in programs such as KELT and a recent pro/am Hubble collaboration. Fortunately, best practices for conducting high quality exoplanet transit observations with small telescopes (8" and larger) are now well-established. Training material, online courses, and tools are now available to allow a larger number of amateur astronomers to contribute to the TESS Follow-Up Observing Program (TFOP). This talk will review the more important of these best practices. In particular, it will present some new and innovative techniques that should prove beneficial in helping amateur astronomers detect false positives in a more reliable way.
Guest Speaker:
Ernie Wright is a programmer/animator in the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He's been a member of the LRO public outreach team since 2008.
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Science Results
Amateur astronomers tend to avoid moonlit nights, but the Moon is both starkly beautiful and scientifically important. As a fossil of the formation and early evolution of the inner solar system, it opens a window on the early history of our own planet. New data gathered by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests that it's also surprisingly active--LRO has found evidence of geologically recent volcanism, a shrinking crust, a much higher than expected impact rate, and widespread deposits of water ice near the surface.
This presentation will take a tour of the Moon using LRO imagery and data visualization, highlighting some of the science and connecting it with features that can be seen in amateur telescopes. The tour will include Apollo landing sites and a description of the role played by LRO data in predicting the circumstances of the recent total solar eclipse.
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There has been a general consensus that, when it comes to Windows tablets for business, those running Windows 8 Professional are the most appropriate choice. There are many reasons for that from a security point of view: Windows 8 Pro supports enterprise level security technologies such as EFS and BitLocker, and can be managed as a member of a Windows domain. But Brien Posey says you shouldn't automatically dismiss Windows RT:
Of course, assuming you're deploying company-owned devices rather than engaging in BYOD, substituting RT tablets for Intel-based ones, at least for certain users, can save the company money – but there are security advantages, too. Because it runs on ARM instead of x86/x64, RT is not vulnerable to malware written for the latter platforms, and because its desktop is locked down and doesn't allow installation of legacy software, and the apps in the Microsoft Store are vetted, users can't get into trouble downloading and installing malicious programs.
As for usability, my own experience with RT led me to the surprising conclusion that you can actually get a lot of work done with the device:


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Want to play a video game form the makers of Sturgeon's Law? Thomas and I just released a fun little cell phone game for Android. In the game, you are a robot who has been dumped down a garbage shoot to your doom. The game is an inverse platformer where you try to survive your fall down a pit past obstacles and monsters. Available from the Google Play store for free. Although, it is not turning up in searches quite yet, you can get to it directly from the game's page.


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No matter how many times they walk an awards ceremony red carpet, we bet the A-listers still feel a little bit nervous each time they step onto a new one. This is why we think they make red carpet slip ups; from Jennifer Lawrence's comedic tumbles to more celeb nip slips than we can count, there's always something to keep the press busy the following day.
Last night's Emmy Awards, however, was all about the verbal slip up – more specifically Hayden Panettiere accidentally revealing the sex of the baby she is expecting with fiancé Wladimir Klitschko.
"I can't wait for her to come out, this little one," the 25-year-old Nashville star gushed. "I think I just said that, didn't I? Yes, it's a little girl," she confirmed to E! Live from the Red Carpet host Guiliana Rancic when she asked her to repeat what she just said.
She didn't seem to mind too much that her secret was out though. We wouldn't let anything bother us if we were wearing that stunning low-cut Lorena Sarbu gown either!
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Published on 30th November 2013
Since the bread maker first made its appearance one of the biggest debates has been whether you can successfully make a Christmas cake in one. There are more threads on bread maker forums for this than anything else. This is understandable to be honest as making a Christmas cake is not for the faint hearted. The cost of the ingredients, the mixing, the long slow cooking and the subsequent 'feeding' with alcohol makes many look for a quicker alternative.
The general consensus is that the sheer volume of fruit that goes into a traditional Christmas cake would cause most bread makers to jam. There have also been concerns raised as to whether the high alcohol content could damage the interior of cheaper models. Taking a trawl around online and you will hard pushed to find a traditional recipe that can make the transition to bread maker, however, there are some delicious fruit cake recipes that with a bit of imagination, and alcohol and icing, makes for a pretty good replacement.
You still have just about enough time before Christmas to give this cake a trial run and if you like it great, if not you still have the option of sticking to your traditional recipe and method or buying one. If you want to try a fruit cake in your bread maker give this recipe a whirl as it has received much praise online. The ingredients are:
Put all the fruit and nuts, butter and water together until the butter has melted and is hot. You can do this on the hob in a pan or in the microwave on high for 4-5 mins. Allow the mixture to cool slightly before adding the flour, eggs and bicarb before mixing well. Remove your kneading blade from the bread maker and line the bottom and the sides with baking parchment.
Place the mixture into the pan making sure the it is totally enclosed by the baking parchment. Set to bake only and set the timer for 55 minutes. When the time has elapsed test the cake is cooked before removing and give it more time if needed. Remove the bread pan from the maker wearing oven gloves and leave it to cool for 5-10 mins before removing the cake and allowing to cool completely before cutting.comments powered by Disqus
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Music has always been a huge part of my life. Ever since I was little, having music around, singing along, and attending concerts was always so important.
I realize now how beneficial it was to me while growing up, as an emotional outlet and much more. Sometimes I wonder how I would survive without it.
I remember falling asleep every night as a child to my Michael Jackson cassette (the album Bad, in particular) playing on my little boom box, always begging my mom to just let me listen to the other side.
Then, during my angst-ridden teenaged years, I would shut myself in my room and blast my favourite punk bands, such as Nirvana, Hole, Babes In Toyland, and others. I had a red electric guitar, which I would bang on while singing – more like screaming, actually – along to the music. I didn't realize it then, but this was extremely therapeutic.
And when I began having children, I made sure they were immersed in music of various types. Whether it was listening to the radio during meals, going to shows, or singing to them at every possible opportunity (despite my singing voice), all three seem to have developed a great appreciation for music as well.
All this to say, music means everything to me. And so it was significant when, during a time of major transition in my life, my colleague at my long-time job, which I recently left, offered to give me a piano.
I'd been thinking, and fantasizing, about learning to play piano for months, though I hadn't told anyone or made any serious moves to look into it. It was just a thought floating in my mind – wouldn't that be so cool?
I've recently become a major fan of the British musician Joe Jackson, who has been around for decades, as the singer-songwriter behind such classics as Is She Really Going Out With Him? and Steppin' Out, along with many, many other great songs spanning a wide range of genres, including post-punk, pop, jazz, swing and classical.
I've spent a lot of time exploring his extensive musical catalogue and marvelling at the cleverness and quality of his song-writing and his diverse range of musical abilities.
And once again, I found music guiding me through some tough emotional times recently, helping me maintain my equilibrium and simply providing hours upon hours of pure pleasure and escape.
I've been so deeply moved by the range of emotion Jackson is able to express through his craft, it led me to wonder what I might be able to accomplish musically, as a hobby, if I actually tried, and so, it's inspiring me to finally "give it a go."
And I've always perceived the piano as an incredibly beautiful, rich, challenging instrument. So when my colleague offered to give me one, I eagerly accepted.
A few days later, the piano movers arrived, much to my delight. It took my breath away.
The gorgeous upright piano, obviously well-loved, fit perfectly in my apartment. For the first few days, I mostly stared at it in awe. Could I actually do this?
No one was more excited than my six-year-old daughter, who seems to have inherited my love of music. Where I stayed back for the first little while, she dove right in, tinkering on the keys and looking intently through the music books that came with the piano, though neither of us could read music.
There's nothing move divine than listening to her joyfully explore the keys and sounds while I work in the kitchen.
And when I finally sat down at the piano for the first time, on a quiet grey afternoon when everyone was gone, I felt a sense of excitement and determination. I opened a children's book, and focused on learning the basic notes and some warm-ups.
I felt a quiet calm come over me. It felt good, it felt natural, almost familiar. It continues to feel that way.
It's also incredibly challenging, but when I am sitting at that piano, working to read the music and nail the notes, I feel in the zone. And that's something I won't, I can't give up.
It's going to be a long road, but it's a challenge that is inspiring and fulfilling me in a way I didn't realize possible.
And as I face many ongoing challenges in my life and parenting journey – including much heartbreak and trials unlike anything I've ever experienced – it's clear this is exactly what I need to help me through.
Music, again, saves the day.


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Women are hell-bent on perfection.
Women dress nicely, do their makeup proficiently, pick fashion-forward shoes, act polite, watch their words and do Pilates, all while "leaning in" at the workplace. No wonder that by the time we are in our late 20s, 30s, 40s or 50s, we experience the ill effects of a new syndrome I would like to term "Perfectionitis." It's a disease that results from the pursuit of outward perfection, causing negative health effects such as anxiety, moodiness, hormonal imbalance, exhaustion and guilt.
Our expectations seem to steer astray even in childhood. I have a toddler who is already, at the age of 4, displaying the signs of a image-savvy female. For example, I see her trying so hard to be well-behaved and proper while she is at preschool during the day. To our chagrin, she waits to come home to unleash her "real" emotions. That means full-body tantrums, crying and a lot of "NO!" It's as if she already knows that there is an ideal image she has to conform to in public. Our son, on the other hand, is "what you see is what you get." He doesn't seem to be bothered by what others think and acts pretty much the same all the time. Unfortunately, according to teachers, this is typical behavior for girls. It worries me that our daughters have already learned to display an unflawed version of themselves to society.
As they approach high school and college, most girls are well-versed in extreme diets, can do a makeup tutorial for their parents and handle a daunting academic course load -- and excel at it. In fact, studies show that more women are succeeding in high school then their male counterparts. At this stage, female hormones also kick in and women often deal with huge hormonal swings. This is worsened by the fact that stress hormones "steal" the building blocks of estrogen and progesterone and we are left with imbalanced levels of hormones.
Then women get into the workforce and they are trying to succeed in their career while managing to dress well, exercise, diet and use polite and friendly etiquette. Social constructs dictate that we have to try to look attractive, maintain a tidy living space and act demure around our male counterparts. It takes enormous vigilance to maintain this perfection on all fronts. It's the Stepford wives image superimposed on the Hillary Clinton image. It's our internal stress hormones as a constant "wide open" faucet mode. It erodes our other hormones and interrupts our sleep. It increases rates of depression, anxiety and many other medical disorders.
We see women in the doctor's office more often than men. The rates of anxiety are 50% higher in women. Why? Because they are manifesting physical symptoms of their inner turmoil.
In today's world, social networks such as Facebook are like an addictive drug for those suffering with this perfection syndrome. There are airbrushed pictures of women doing amazing things like "Baking a cake with my 2-year-old twins!" or "Just relaxing in St. Barth's". Meanwhile, you are sitting in your pajamas at home wondering how you could live up to this. As you engage more, the problem is deepened.
This also explains why women find it so refreshing to other meet women who are able to admit publicly that they are not perfect (think: Tina Fey and Mindy Kaling). We all know that we have messy houses, imperfect bodies, problems with our jobs and disobedient children. We relate to women out there who are comfortable sharing what we all know: Nobody is perfect.
Did our female ancestors suffer this same plight? I argue that with the advent of modern career moms and the stressors of our digital world, the health and mental effects of perfectionism are magnified today.
I feel compelled to share this idea with women because our society paints the picture of female leaders as without flaws and the only way we can succeed is by becoming superhuman somehow.
We, as women, must remember that being hyper-stressed is the major health crisis facing women today. When we are trying to live up to a perfect picture of our lives, our bodies and minds are stressed -- leading to a downward spiral with consequences for our health and well-being.
In order for us to continue to advance in the workplace and home, we must literally and figuratively remove the airbrushed media images of female success and tame our own unrealistic expectations for ourselves. We need to tackle this deeply-rooted problem that sickens women of all backgrounds.
As Debora Spar wrote in her 2012 article, "Why Women Should Stop Trying to Be Perfect": "The problems that plague women... come partly from the media, partly from society, partly from biology, and partly from our own vastly unrealistic expectations."


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