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Spherical Nucleic Acids (SNAs)
Description of the development
Shape is one of the most basic of concepts. Along with numbers, letters, and colors, the idea of shape is one of the first that children explore. In the context of biomedicine, pharmacology, and biotechnology, Chad Mirkin posed a series of interesting questions many years ago, child-like in their curiosity, but deeply profound in their implications: What happens when one arranges nucleic acids – arguably the most important class of molecules known to man – into different shapes? How does shape affect the nanoscale properties of such biological systems? How can one use these nucleic acid nanostructures and their unusual new properties to better humanity? These questions are so rich that it has taken Mirkin and fellow researchers almost 20 years to begin to fully answer them, and the materials and processes he has invented along the way are profoundly impacting the life sciences, clinical diagnostics, gene regulation, and biomedicine. In 1996, Mirkin was the first to utilize spherical nanoparticles to template the formation of three-dimensional nucleic acid-based nanostructures&mndash;so-called spherical nucleic acids (SNAs). The properties of nanomaterials are highly dependent on their size, shape, and composition, and Mirkin found that, on a sequence-for-sequence basis, SNAs act very differently than the analogous linear forms of nucleic acids in almost every way. Mirkin's life's work has focused on learning how to successfully exploit these differences to invent and develop extraordinarily useful diagnostic and therapeutic systems that far-exceed conventional ones in terms of their capabilities and enable experiments that cannot be accomplished using any other methodology. Mirkin is a deep thinker and visionary researcher who has opened new fields, created new industries, and who has asked and answered.
Chad Alexander Mirkin
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2016
Ph.D., George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry and Director of the International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University (USA)
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Nanosphere Inc., USA
Nanostructured polymer materials of monolithic type
Description of the development
The development and practical validation of algorithm of high technology based on in situ synthesis of nanostructured porous polymer material directly in a shape of ready-to-use device of different shapes (disks, rods, tubes, planar thin layers) and scales (from nanobiochips and microcaplillary colums to high volume tubes for downstream processing).
Frantisek Svec
Professor, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Affiliated Scientist (USA)
Tatiana Tennikova
Professor, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Distiguished scientist of Russian Federation, Institute of Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State University, Professor, Head of Interdisciplinary laboratory of biomedical chemistry (Russia)
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
BIA Separations, d.o.o.
Polymeric micelles for drug
Description of the development
Polymeric micelles for drug delivery. in 1989 Kabanov and his colleagues have pioneered polymeric Micelles as a nanoparticle platform for drug delivery and ten developed first-in-man polymeric micelle drug for cancer treatment that has reached phase 3 clinical evaluation. They have introduced polymeric micelles and block ionomer complexes as nanoscale containers for drug delivery of drugs, nucleic acids and proteins. he pioneered chemotherapeutic drug compositions with block copolymers effective against MDR tumors and cancer stem cells. to bring the technology to the marketplace he and colleagues established Supratek pharma, Inc. and developed first-in-man polymeric micelle drug, sp1049c that underwent phase I and phase ii clinical trials and received USA food and drug administration phase iii special protocol assessment.
Alexander Kabanov
Professor, Doctor of Chemical Scienes, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery , M. V. Lomonosov state University, Professor and Laboratory Chief
Kazunori Kataoka
Professor, Ph.D., Institute of Industrial Promotion, Innovation Center of Nanomedicine (iCOMM), Director General (Japan)
Min-huo Seo
Vice-President, Director, R&D Center, Ph.D., Samyang Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (USA)
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Samyang Biopharmaceuticals Corporation (USA)
Development of carbon-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors
Description of the development
Development of carbon-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors, including carbide-derived carbon, carbon onions, nanotubes and two-dimensional transition metal carbides with controlled pore size and their matching to electrolytes has revitalized the ultracapacitor (supercapacitor) industry and made electrochemical capacitors a key technology complementing and often replacing batteries in storage of renewable energy, automotive applications from powering buses to harvesting energy from breaking, and numerous electronic applications. Supercapacitors are energy storage devices that have similar form factors to batteries, but offer higher power and a longer cycle life, among other benefits. Classical approaches aiming towards increasing surface areas, making C/oxides nano-composites and so on were prevailing, thus leading to incremental changes in capacitance performance; this was until P. Simon and Y. Gogotsi took a fresh approach to the problem. By growing carbonaceous materials via the extraction of metal carbides by chlorine they obtained tailor-made nanoporous carbons with mono-dispersed pore sizes ranging from less than 1 to 10 nm and studied their ion adsorption in supercapacitor electrodes.
Spectacularly, they did observed, contrary to early beliefs, a staggering increase in the capacitance as the pore size was reaching below 1 nm values. Without any doubts, this work based on the unexpected ion behaviour in sub-nanometer channels, which was published in Science (2006), had an impact on a large number of fields, ranging from fundamental electrochemistry to energy storage devices and hybrid systems. They without a doubt raised the horizon of what is possible in the field and helped to make capacitive energy storage technology a major competitor to batteries, reaching a $1 Billion market in 2014.
Yury Gogotsi
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2015
Professor, Candidate of Science (PhD equivalent) in Chemistry, Kiev, Polytechnic; Doctor of Science in Engineering, National Academy of Sciences; Doctor honoris causa, Paul Sabatier University Drexel University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Distinguished University Professor and Trustee Chair, Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute
Patrice Simon
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2015
Professor in Materials Sciences, Universite Paul Sabatier
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Maxwell Technologies, USA
Development of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals
Description of the development
Alivisatos has pioneered the development of colloidal inorganic nanocrystals as fundamentally new materials for electroluminescent displays, fluorescent probes for diagnostics, and photon-efficient solar energy systems. He dedicated his initial research to establishing the conceptual basis for the synthesis of nanoscale crystalline structures, and then worked to develop the framework for their fabrication and production into new technology that could benefit humanity. His patents, licenses, and the manufacture of his inventions are testimony to the value of his accomplishments. Alivisatos co-founded Nanosys in 2001, and it is now a leading supplier of quantum dot technology for high quality electroluminescent displays. He also co-founded Quantum Dot Corporation, for manufacturing biological probes, and Solextant for photovoltaic panels.
Nanosys now has a significant quantum dot patent portfolio with over 200 issued and pending patents worldwide and manufactures quantum dots for electroluminescent films. The basis of this technology is Alivisatos's research on nanocrystal size-dependent physical and chemical properties. He recognized the great potential for semiconductor nanocrystal displays, as each pixel could be made up of a group of nanocrystals of a specific size, tuned to produce a specific, spectrally pure color. Such a display would not be limited to the usual red-green-blue color range, but could produce virtually any color. In the year he co-founded Nanosys, the company acquired Alivisatos's intellectual property and began developing photonic applications. Alivisatos's doctoral students also became early scientific leaders within the company. As the scientific founder of Quantum Dot Corporation (QDC). the biotechnology company used his quantum dot patents and know-how to enable color-coded identification of multiple cell structures. Alivisatos-licensed Qdots innovations became commercially available in 2002. QDC-based products are now an important element of the portfolio of Life Sciences Solutions at ThermoFisher Scientific.
Armand Paul Alivisatos
Distinguished Professor / Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Director; University of California, Berkeley, Samsung Distinguished Professor of Nanotechnology; Kavli Energy Nanoscience Insititute, Director
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Nanosys, США
Vanadium flow battery (VFB)
Description of the development
Renewable energies like solar and wind power become the central topic of our times. However, the random nature of these intermittent renewable sources makes it quite challenging for its use and dispatch through the grid. One effective solution is to connect the power station and the grid with electrical energy storage devices. A vanadium flow battery (VFB) is well suitable for large scale energy storage due to its attractive features like independent power and capacity, high safety, high efficiency and long cycle life. We started research on VFB including key materials, stacks and system in 2000, based on our innovation work, a spin-off company Dalian Rongke Power Co., Ltd. was established in 2008 to further industrialize and commercialize the technology. From 2011, when the first VFB system was sold out, the sale value of Rongke Power has reached more than $45M in the last three years. More than 20 commercial projects were implemented in different application fields, including the world largest 5 MW / 10 MWh VFB commercial system, which was combined with a 50 MW wind farm. The achievements are basically based on the innovations on materials especially the materials related nanotechnology, the stacks and system. For materials, we successfully overcame the limitation from the traditional ion exchange membranes and first introduced non-perflourinated nanoporous membranes in VFB. The idea is based on the separating vanadium ions and protons by pore size exclusion, which can internally solve the stability issues of current used membranes. The prepared membranes show much better performance than that of commercial Nafion membrane but at much lower cost (<1/10). At the same time, to explore the electrodes with high activity and conductivity, different carbon based nanomaterials were successfully explored and the nanoconductive networks were successfully established in the electrode, as a result, high performance electrodes were successfully explored. For electrolytes, nano- vanadium oxides with different morphology was successfully prepared for highly stable electrolytes. For stacks and systems, their structure design and integration technology were accomplished successfully via computer simulation and experiments. Finally based on our innovations on materials, stacks and system, a spin-off company Rongke Power was established in 2008, to promote the further upscale process, where the produce line of key materials e.g. membranes, electrodes, bipolar plate and electrolytes was successfully established and all the materials were realized mass production. The stacks with power rate from 500 W to 32 kW classes were successfully explored and realized mass production as well. Now Rongke Power could provide very perfect solution to energy storage related applications e.g. renewable energies integration; micro grid, distributed power supply etc.
Huamin Zhang
Professor / Dr., Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Full Professor
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Dalian Rongke Power Co., Ltd.
Development and marketing of equipment, probes and methods for optical, physical and chemical characterization on the nanometer scale
Description of the development
The range of affordable scientific equipment developed by the Russian company NT-MDT enables the combination, with a high degree of accuracy, of two research techniques – scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and Raman-scattering spectroscopy (RS) – for the study of one and the same sample. Using this combination Professor Zenobi has created a new technology, Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS), which enables the construction of Raman spectroscopy signal maps with spatial resolution of 15 nm for a wide range of nanoscale objects.
Renato Zenobi
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2014
Professor of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Victor Bykov
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2014
CEO of the company NT-MDT
Pavel Dorozhkin
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2014
Head of Product and Applications Development at NT-MDT
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
NT-MDT Co., Russia
Nanoimprint (Imprint lithography or Nanoimprint Lithography)
Description of the development
In 1995, Prof. Chou invented the technology and made the first demonstration of sub-5 nm lithography using mechanical embossing, rather than traditional writing/printing by energetic beams. He coined it "nanoimprint", "imprint lithography" and "nanoimprint lithography". Nanoimprint is a revolutionary nanopatterning method, which allows sub-5 nm precision patterning over large areas with high throughput and low cost – a feat currently unmatched by other methods. This invention offers a key solution to nanomanufacturing, enables nanotechnology commercialization, and is being widely used today.
Stephen Y. Chou
Professor of Princeton University
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Nanonex Corporation, USA
Discovery and development of nanocrystalline quantum dots
Description of the development
Nanocrystals quantum dots are a new class of optical material that can be considered "artificial atoms." Like atoms they have discrete optical energy spectra with level spacing that is controlled by changes in nanocrystals size. Today, practically all semiconductors have been grown in nanocrystals form, and various technologies allow changing the size of these nanocrystals from 2 nm to 100 nm in a controlled manner.
Aleksey Ekimov
Chief Scientist at Nanocrystals Technology
Louis Brus
Columbia University Professor
Alexander Efros
Senior Researcher at Naval Research Laboratory
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
NANOSYS, Inc, USA
Development and successful commercialization of nanoparticle technologies for medical applications
Description of the development
Professors Langer and Farokhzad with complementary background are leaders in the field of Nanomedicine, having pioneered the development of self-assembled nanoparticle technologies for medical applications ranging from theronostics to vaccines to targeted therapeutics for personalized medicine. Cumulatively, these technologies have formed the foundation for the launch of 3 biotechnology companies that Langer and Farokhzad have co-founded: BIND Therapeutics founded in 2006, Selecta Biosciences founded in 2008, and Blend Therapeutics founded in 2011.
Robert S. Langer
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2013
Co-founder of Bind Therapeutics, David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Omid C. Farokhzad
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2013
Co-founder of Bind Therapeutics, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
BIND Therapuetics
The line of research, measurement and metrology equipment functioning on the nanometer scale
Description of the development
An array of different measurement instruments and research systems based on Scanning Probe Micrsocopy (SPM) including:
Victor A. Bykov
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Chief Executive Officer, NT-MDT Co.
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Instrumenty nanotechnologii, CJSC (manufacturing of control and adjustment instruments), Russia
3D nanostructured metallic materials generated with intense plastic deformation method
Description of the development
Bulk nanostructured metal materials are designed for innovative use in technology and medicine.
Ruslan Z. Valiev
Professor / Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Scientific Director, Institute of Physics of Advanced Materials (IPAM), Ufa State Aviation Technical University (USATU)
Georgy I. Raab
Doctor of Technical Sciences, General Director, NanoMeT, Ltd.
Terence G. Langdon
Research Professor of Materials Science, Doctor of Science, Director, Centre for Bulk Nanostructured Materials, University of Southampton / Professor, University of Southern California, USA
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
NanoMet, Ltd. (metals processing for engineering and medicine), Ufa, Russia
Nanophase Materials
Description of the development
Creation of nanophase ceramics in the laboratory, demonstration of their size dependent properties in the nanoscale regime (1-100 nm), scale-up of their manufacture to commercially cost-effective production (tons), and extension of their commercial applicability to biomaterials and polymer nanocomposites with unique nanophase-enabled properties.
Richard W. Siegel
Robert W. Hunt Professor, Materials Science and Engineering / PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Director, Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Nanophase Technologies Corporation (nanomaterials manufacture, applications development and commercialization), USA
Dispersed Primary Particles of Detonation Nanodiamond
Description of the development
1. Background. Artifitficial diamond has been the dream of scientists for a few centuries, but when it was finally synthesized in 1955 they realized diamond was it was found to be unprocessable, and hence almost useless except for all but a few trivial applications. When C60 and carbon nanotubes were discovered and isolated in 1985-1991, we were muchscientists were surprised to see find numerous advantages of these edgeless, nano-sized and sp2-hybridized carbon networks. Unfortunately these wonderouswondrous carbons proved uncontrollable in during their manufacture, and to this day the exactF formation mechanisms are still remain unknown.
Eiji Osawa
Professor Emeritus of Toyohashi University of Technology / D. Eng. (Kyoto University), NanoCarbon Research Institute Limited, President
Amanda S. Barnard
Ph.D (Physics) – RMIT University, OCE (Office of the Chief Executive) Science Leader, Leader of the Virtual Nanoscience Laboratory (VNLab), Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia
Dean Ho
Professor of UCLA and Co-Director / Ph. D. (UCLA), UCLA School of Dentistry, Professor Departments of Oral Biology and Medicine and Bioengineering, Co-Director, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology (Co-Director), Center for Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, California NanoSystems Institute
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
NanoCarbon Research Institute Limited (nanotechnology, nanoparticles), Japan
Developing technologies and enabling commercial production of unique fluorescent proteins
Sergey A. Lukyanov
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2012
Doctor of Biological Sciences, Academician of the RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences), the Head of two subdivisions at the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBC): Innovative Center "IBCH Industrial Park" and the Laboratory of Molecular Technologies
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Clontech Laboratories Inc., USA
Nanotechnology-based production of pharmaceuticals from phospholipids
Vladimir P. Torchilin
Professor / Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, School of Pharmacy, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Distinguished University Professor and Director
Vladimir V. Chupin
Doctor of Science (chemistry), professor, leader researcher fellow, Laboratory of biomolecular NMR spectroscopy, Department of Structural Biology, M.M. Shemyakin & Yu.A. Ovchinnikov Institute of bioorganic Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Biolek, PJSC, Poland
Development and industrialization of nanoparticle technologies for medical applications
Description of the development
Professors DeSimone, Farokhzad, and Mirkin, all leaders in the field of Nanomedicine, have pioneered the development of nanoparticle technologies for medical applications ranging from biodetection to vaccines to targeted therapeutics for personalized medicine. Cumulatively, these technologies have formed the foundation for the launch of 7 biotechnology companies: Liquida Technologies (DeSimone); BIND Biosciences, Selecta Biosciences, and Blend Therapeutics (Farokhzad); Nanosphere (Nasdaq: NSPH), NanoInk, and AuraSense Therapeutics (Mirkin).
Joseph DeSimone
Ph.D. (Chemistry), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Omid Farokzhad
Co-founder of Bind Therapeutics, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School
Chad Mirkin
Ph.D. in Inorganic & Organic Chemistry; Professor, George B Rathman Professor of chemistry, Northwestern University; Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Accurin™. BIND Biosciences, Inc.
Spherical Nuclear Acids (SNAs) and the many biomedical materials and devices that have derived from them
Description of the development
Mirkin is the inventor and primary developer of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs), nanostructures consisting of densely packed, highly oriented nucleic acids templated on the surface of an inorganic nanoparticle. These structures form the cornerstone of bionanotechnology, and he has spent two decades designing and engineering the architectural features of these materials to define their novel structure-function relationships in the context of materials engineering, molecular diagnostics, and gene regulation. SNAs have enabled over 30 commercial products, including one of the first FDA-cleared, menu driven, point-of-care medical diagnostic systems - the Verigene® ID System – which has been developed by Nanosphere, a company Mirkin founded in 2000. Indeed, SNA technology is setting a new standard in disease detection, and also has spurred a paradigm shift in intracellular gene regulation and nanotherapeutics, that has already saved or improved thousands of lives. NanoFlaresTM and OmnifectinTM gene regulation agents are two examples of SNA-based intracellular commercial products developed and commercialized by AuraSense and AuraSense Therapeutics, founded by Mirkin in 2009 and 2011, respectively, that are revolutionizing the biotechnology and biomedical industries.
Chad A. Mirkin
Ph.D. in Inorganic & Organic Chemistry; Professor, International Institute for Nanotechnology; George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Nanosphere; AuraSense; AuraSense Therapeutics
Development of an artificial diamond production technique
Gennady V. Sakovich
Winner of RUSNANOPRIZE 2011
Professor, full member and counselor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the General Committee of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Research and Technical Board of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation, of the Coordination Council for High-Energy Substances under the Russian Academy of Sciences, and of Interdepartmental Council for Military Chemistry
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Federal Research and Production Centre "Altai", JSC
Functional nanomaterials in the broad range of applications
Yury D. Tretyakov
Professor, Doctor of Chemistry, Academician RAS, Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
NANTIOX Inc.
3D nanostructured materials including alloys and ceramics
Ruslan Z. Valiev
Professor / Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Scientific Director, Institute of Physics of Advanced Materials (IPAM), Ufa State Aviation Technical University (USATU)
Terence G. Langdon
Research Professor of Materials Science, Doctor of Science, Director, Centre for Bulk Nanostructured Materials, University of Southampton / Professor, University of Southern California, USA
Company, being first to implement the technology into mass production
Metallicum Inc.


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Ray's Gigs
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Archive: October 2005
October 04, 2005
Sex Pistols legend John Lydon releases his album "Best Of British £1 Notes" this week .It is a stunning collection of the best of The Sex Pistols , The best of PIL and his work with Afrika Bambaataa and Leftfield .Make sure you get the 2 CD version. Also out now is a John Lydon DVD .... Also out this week is the live CD and DVD from The Cream reunion shows at The Royal Albert Hall earlier in the year ......... Had a call from a ticket tout mate regards the Robbie Astoria gig. Hardly any punters turned up looking for tickets so the price on the night was 70 to 100 quid which was well below the 200 quid plus you had to pay when U2 and The Rolling Stones did similar wristband only short notice gigs at this same venue............ 30 Sept 2005 . Glen Matlock + Gary Lammin live at The Plough Inn , Walthamstow , London. Quality double bill over in East London tonight . First up ex Cock Sparrer Gary Lammin does a 30 mins set full of neat lyrics and great bottleneck blues punk guitar playing. Next Sex Pistol Glen Matlock plays a fantastic hour set feat the best of his solo albums , a couple of Rich Kids classics and two Pistols anthems "God Save The Queen" and "Pretty Vacant" . Glen is in fine form and the crowd are also in fine voice tonight.......... 29 Sept 2005. Guns 2 Roses live at The Hard Rock Cafe , London.To be honest i did not even know that the Hard Rock had been closed for the last 10 weeks due to a huge electrical fire that destroyed all the kitchen but none of the rock stuff on display. This was the first evening back which was a party for The Harley Davidson owners club. Loads of free booze and food and the G n R tribute band did a really good 10 song 45 mins set of all those great anthems like "Welcome To The Jungle " , " Sweet Child O Mine" and " Paradise City " etc .Very good event.......... 28 Sept 2005 .Ray Davies Band live at the Royal Albert Hall , London. A big gig tonight for this British music legend who first hit the charts some 40 years ago with the Kinks. Two sets that lasted for 2 hours 15 mins.Loads of fun stage banter and great songs "Sunny Afternoon" , " Dead End Street " , " I Go To Sleep" ," Days" ," Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" , " Lola " , "All Day And All Of The Night " , " You Really Got Me " , " David Watts" . Great stuff...... 27 Sept 2005 .Man-Raze live at The Spitz , Spitalfields , London. First time i have been to this great venue that holds around 250 punters. Eagerly awaited "showcase" debut gig by this trio who feature Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook and Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen. There are more Def Leppard fans than Sex Pistols fans here tonight.The short 9 song 40 mins set (no pistols or def lep ) was dominated by Phil Collens great guitar playing so most songs had a rocky sound to them although a couple had some soft dub reggae leanings. Debut single "Skin Crawl " was superb and expect an album and full UK tour next year . Setlist was Connected To You, Youre So Wrong, Every Second, Low , Fire , Runnin Me Up ,Skin Crawl , Halo , Its Entertainment . Really great to see Paul Cook playing live in a new band ..... Robbie Williams will be playing The Astoria this Saturday 01 October as a warm up to his album launch party arena gig in Berlin............ 24 Sept 2005 . Gang Of Four live at The Barbican, London. Another in the series of concerts by ATP under the "Dont Look Back" banner where bands play classic albums track by track . Tonight in this lousy venue for rock n roll Gang Of Four treat us to " Entertainment". Well respected from 25 years ago they still manage to sell out the venue tonight . Andy Gills jerky guitar playing is still superb and great songs like "Damaged Goods" and " At Home He Thinks Hes A Tourist " go down a treat .Thankfully the crowd stand up after 30 mins and give the gig a bit of atmosphere. For the encore they play a weird song as singer Jon King bashes a microwave oven with a baseball bat .A good 75 mins set but not as good as the Shepherds Bush Empire gig earlier this year...... 22 Sept 2005 . MOBO Awards live at The Royal Albert Hall , London. This was the 10th anniversary of this black music event . Never as good as the other main award events but it srill has plenty of good things going on here tonight. Loads of police , loads of security ,full body searches and metal detectors yep its The MOBOS. As usual the circle is only 75% full due to the staggering £90 ticket price to be up in the gods. Live acts up first include Lauryn Hill and John Legend but were followed by UK acts Lemar and a superb Kano stealing the show with a devastating "Typical Me " with a 30 person production here to recreate a club scene. Ms Dynamite played a song and Mica Paris ,Nate James and Omar did a neat tribute to Luther Vandross on " Never Too Much" . Damian Marley did a pounding "Welcome To Jamrock" and then the whole Marley family came to play "You Could Be Loved " for Bob who won the Icon award. Others here tonight included Public Enemy , Sway , Lethal Bizzle ,Estelle, Myleene Klass , Chris Eubank , Simon Webbe ,Akon and a few others inc DJ award winners Tim Westwood and Steve Sutherland. A good bash....... 20 Sept 2005. Nickleback live at Shepherds Bush Empire , London. One off UK show by these Canadian rockers to promote their new album "All The Right Reasons" out next month.The sound is great or it was until midway through the set the sound cuts out twice leaving a 10 mins delay but the band rescue themselves by throwing a couple dozen beers into the crowd. New single " Photograph " is fine but everybody wants the big songs from their mega selling album " Silver Side Up" and we get superb versions of "Never Again" , " Too Bad" and " How You Remind Me " . The encore involved a drinking contest that the drummer won .A good 80 mins set or should that be 70 mins if you deduct the delay for sound problems ......... Well the race to be the first band to play the new Wembley Stadium is starting to heat up . The Rolling Stones were hotly tipped but rumours are their promoters are worried it will not be finished on time and are looking at Twickenham .Also Robbie Williams is certain to play there in June but the first band to announce a show there will be Bon Jovi for 11 June 2006 ........ 18 Sept 2005.Benefit For Breast Cancer .The Tickled Pink Concert at Royal Albert Hall , London. Like last year a very entertaining evening of music and comedy .Each of the five acts did a couple of songs each Sugababes (lousy vocals), Sheryl Crow( new songs were pretty average) , Mariah Carey ( looked and sounded great) , Il Divo( pop opera tosh) , Westlife (well their mums love em i suppose ) .But really it was a night where for once the comedy was better than the music with superb 10 mins sets from Catherine Tate,Pam Ann, Nina Conti, Tim Minchin and Danny Bhoy .Overall a really good evening ........... 16 Sept 2005 .Offspring live at Brixton Academy, London. The band have been a bit quiet the past year compared to the success of Green Day. This tour was to promote the "Greatest Hits" cd. They have sold a mega 30m albums over their career.Does not seem to matter that Dexter and Noodles are old enough to be the fathers of most of the crowd tonight but the kids love em. The 80 mins set was good but not great to be honest but "Why Dont You Get A Job" and " Pretty Fly For A White Guy " were just superb.See aftershow party page for this gig...... 13 Sept 2005 . Simple Minds live at The Venue , Leicester Square , London. The last time i saw Simple Minds was a year ago headlining Guildford Festival to 20,000 people so to see them up close playing to a crowd of only 250 was very special. The crowd were mainly Capitol Gold comp winners. DJ David Jenson introduced the band saying this rarely used venue was chosen by Jim Kerr because The Sex Pistols played a famous show here in November 1976. I refrained from jumping up and saying "I was there" but its all up on this site. The band arrive , there is no pit and there is no security so every other song Jim Kerr is hugged by fans who cannot believe how close they are to him. The band start off by playing songs from their new album out this week on Sanctuary called " Black And White 050505" which heralds a real return to form with tracks like "Home" , "Stay Visable ", "The Jeweller " and "Stranger " all played tonight. Even in this tiny place the band are treating it like an arena show with full light show and that massive sound they have. Of course the oldies go down a real treat "Love Song " and " Mandela Day" were great but when they played "Waterfront" ,"Dont You Forget About Me " and " Alive And Kicking" the sheer power was enough to blow the roof off the place. The uptempo dance rock of " New Gold Dream" was a perfect finale to the main set .Encores including "Theme For Great Cities" and "Sanctify Yourself" confirmed what a truly great live band they are. Tonight was an awesome 15 song 80 mins set . This concert is broadcast on Capital Gold this Sunday at 6pm and Simple Minds return to the UK for a full UK tour in Feb which includes two shows at Londons Astoria ................
October 23, 2005
22 October 2005. Dio live at The Astoria ,London. Just like the last tour when Dio played The Astoria its totally sold out and its like bloody sardines in here .Early start and early finish to make way for the club night later . Dio play a stunning 2 hour set .Ronnies vocals are always superb and the band sound fab. After a couple of songs they play their classic 1983 debut album " Holy Diver " track by track so we get "Stand Up And Shout " , "Holy Diver " , "Dont Talk To Strangers" and " Rainbow In The Dark" which are all fantastic.We also get other gems like " Heaven And Hell" and " Man On The Silver Mountain" . Superb encores of "Long Live Rock And Roll" and "We Rock" . Fashions may come and go but Ronnies been rocking for over 30 years and live he is still a top quality act....... Well October was certainly Robbie Williams month as he was all over the tv and radio promoting his new album as well as playing The Astoria and Berlin and next month November will be the turn of Madonna who will be all over the tv and radio promoting her album and already 2 small London shows have been pencilled in for Camden Koko on Nov 14 and a midnight Astoria show on Nov 19.The ticket frenzy will begin soon........ 19 Oct 2005. Steve Vai live at Hammersmith Apollo, London.Flashy American guitarist back in London with his band of fellow musos . After about 15 mins Steve admits to the crowd to being " a poser and a bit of a wanker" which at least saves me from saying it. He loves the venue as much as himself. First here in 1982 as part of Frank Zappas band .I was at both those shows. A long set lasting some 2 hours 30 mins which only featured a couple of songs with vocals. The rest were all guitar work outs and of course all the band had solo spots .Steves hair being blown in the stage wind machine as his fingers raced up and down the fret board. It was hard going in parts but at least he makes playing the guitar entertaining viewing........... 18 Oct 2005. BT Digital Music Awards at The Hammersmith Palais , London. There seems to be an award show for everything these days.So far this year i have been to the award shows for NME, BRITS,Ivor Norvello , MOJO ,Metalhammer , Classic Rock ,MOBOS ,Kerrang and Q and heres another one. Digital music is of course growing very rapidly. 6pm = Champagne reception. 7pm = The Magic Numbers do their best two songs before heading off for their own Bush Empire gig. 7.15pm Free food and free booze for all. There are 500 downstairs sitting for the 3 course meal and we are part of the 200 in the balcony with buffet.8.30pm =Host Jo Whiley starts to give out the 17 awards . Nice to see Tom Robinson pick up one for BBC 6 Extra and Chris Evans is here to pick up one for Radio 1 s coverage of the massive Live 8 concert . The best unofficial fan website went to Depeche Mode. A few bands played a song each between gongs Shelley Poole, Roots Manuva, Turin Brakes,The Crimea, Mew and finally the nutters from Goldie Lookin Chain. Coldplay won best official band website. 10pm Aftershow party starts with a DJ not playing my kinda tunes but he does slip in a couple of tracks from that amazing Paul Anka covers album like "Jump" the Van Halen anthem . Depart at midnight and another good awards bash........ 17 Oct 2005. Michael Bolton live at The Royal Albert Hall , London. Well tonight was a case of choosing between two extremes really .Do i go and see one of the uncoolest Americans in rock = Michael Bolton or do i go and see one of the coolest Americans in rock = Sufjan Stevens . No contest uncool is always more fun.Remembered more for his dodgy haircut than his voice Mr Bolton has taken some stick over the years from critics but has still sold over 20 million albums.He still has lots of adoring female fans . He still sings too many cover versions but he has still got a decent voice."To Love Somebody", "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay" ,"Til The End Of Forever" , "Georgia On My Mind" ,"Go The Distance" ,"When A Man Loves A Woman" ,"How Can We Be Lovers" and the power ballad "Time Love And Tenderness " .A good in parts show........ 14 Oct 2005.Keith Urban live at Hammersmith Apollo , London. Keith is a massive act in the States but virtually unknown in the UK but his recent support slot with Bryan Adams got him a whole bunch of new screaming female fans . He plays simple , catchy uptempo country rock with a great backing band .He looks a bit like Jon Bon Jovi to be honest ."Raining On Sunday " and "Homespun Love " were good as were fun covers of " Jolene " and " Blue Jeans" . The middle acoustic section was dreary MOR but he rocked things up later with tracks like " These Are The Days" . A good but nothing special show but he will be massive..... 13 Oct 2005 .Saw Doctors live at The Bush Hall , London.What a superb venue this is . Holds only 250 people and its only 2 mins walk from my home. I was last here a year ago for the REM secret gig. Saw Doctors are one of Irelands top live bands . My parents come from Galway so as most of their lyrics are based around West Of Ireland themes it helps if you know the area and most of the crowd look like they have a bit of Irish in them. This was a low key gig to promote their new album "The Cure" which comes out next week . They play a fun filled 1 hour 45 mins set full of great tracks like " N17" , "Tommy K " and "Clare Island " and a few off the new album .As always there is a good time party atmosphere when they play and there is plenty of dancing down front. Encore included a mad cover of Pussycat Dolls "Dont Cha" . The Saw Doctors return for a full UK Christmas tour including a Shepherds Bush Empire gig on Dec 10 .Great show in a great venue........ 12 Oct 2005. Glen Matlock live at The Strongroom Bar , London EC2 . Another really good acoustic show by The Sex Pistols legend. This time its a very trendy venue in Shoreditch . 55 mins set full of great solo material like "On Something" , "Whose Side Are You On " ,"Ambition" ," Idiot" and classics like " Stepping Stone " , " Ghosts Of Princes And Towers " and Pistols anthems "God Save The Queen" and " Pretty Vacant " . Glen on top form and the crowd loved it ........... Monday was a superb day for me starting with the Q Awards at lunchtime then off to the Q Awards aftershow party for a couple of hours then a secret gig by rock legends Deep Purple later at a small London venue , read on ........... 10 Oct 2005 .Q Awards At Grosvenor House Hotel , Park Lane , London. Along with the MOJOs this awards bash always gets lots of quality talent old and new turning up. 550 here with 500 seated and 50 standing in this lovely 5 star venues ballroom. Hosted again by a very funny Jonathan Ross there were 17 awards given out .Here are most of the names who were here to present , receive or just have the lovely 3 course meal and free booze. Oasis ,Coldplay,Jimmy Page ,Paul Weller, Yoko Ono, James Blunt, Bjork ,New Order , Ray Davies , Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz) ,Robin Gibb(Bee Gees),Sparks ,Richard Ashcroft, Nick Cave ,Ian McCulluch(Echo And The Bunnymen) ,Charlotte Church , MIA, Prodigy , Chris Evans ,Elbow , Micheal Eavis (Glastonbury Festival) ,Hard Fi , KT Tunstall ,Magic Numbers, Grant (Feeder), JEM, Sugababes , Sharlene (Texas) ,Trevor Horn ,Robert Wyatt .The main winners were Oasis ,Coldplay , Paul Weller ,Bee Gees and Yoko Ono accepted a special award for John Lennon. Excellent stuff. 5pm The awards finish and they lay on cars and cabs to drive us to the aftershow party at Destino nightclub ,off Regent Street. This is a fantastic building that used to be the Mexican Embassy and has amazing carpets and tiling on all levels.More free booze and food here with somw DJs. As usual not many of the artists bother with this but James Blunt and Sparks are here and Luke Morley from Thunder is here .Have a good couple of hours here then off to the next event..... 10 Oct 2005. Deep Purple + Rooster live at The Hard Rock Cafe , London. When this was first mentioned to me i said "no chance" but yep here they are to play at the relaunch party for The Hard Rock Cafe after the fire in July. It is totally rammed in here as the venue only holds 300 . Rooster play a decent set but its cooler to watch them from the outside champagne bar . We are down the front for Deep Purple though . An amazing "in yer face" 60 mins 10 song set. Ian Gillan bare foot and sweating buckets. It was pretty special to see them in this tiny place best known for burgers and fries. While the venue is totally rocking there are not many real Deep Purple fans here to witness this one off event as the clubs PR people have kept it to media and i even spotted a couple of Big Brother twats here .(Deep Purple fans? NOT!). Setlist was Fireball ,I Got Your Number, Strange Kinda Woman , Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye , Rapture Of The Deep , Wrong Man , Lazy , Perfect Strangers, Highway Star and Smoke On The Water . Set included a couple of songs from new album "Rapture Of The Deep " . This was the first date of a year long world tour which will include another London show on Jan 17 .A great night and they even gave us a Hard Rock goodie bag at the end with T shirts and stuff ........ 09 Oct 2005. Small Faces Fan Convention, Marquee Club , London.This venue has struggled to get decent bands and decent sized crowds since it reopened earlier this year but tonight is a 500 punter sell out. Half a dozen tribute bands do good sets of all the SF great songs but the main event is the guests who turn up .Buzzcock Steve Diggle does one track , Sex Pistol Glen Matlock does four tracks and r n b great Chris Farlowe does a couple . A good evening........... 08 Oct 2005. Donny Osmond live at Hammersmith Apollo , London.First of all let me make it clear these were guest list freebie tickets. A mainly female crowd here tonight to see this 1970s teen idol.A nice stage production with walkways and three giant video screens showing 1970s footage. On stage for two hours over two sets with a decent mix of old and new songs along with a couple of covers . "Love Me For A Reason " , "Puppy Love " ,"One Bad Apple " , "Let Me In " and rocktastic encores of " Soldier Of Love" and the mega "Crazy Horses" . Enjoyable show and i would rather watch Donny Osmond live than warm acoustic rock crap like David Gray or James Blunt to be honest........ 05 Oct 2005. M People live at Hammersmith Apollo , London. They were one of the UKs biggest dance acts in the early 1990s but this is their first UK tour for 5 years . From the start the crowd are all up and dancing themselves silly .Singer Heather Small looks stunning and her voice is just superb and the band sound great . " Excited " , "Angel Street" , "One Night In Heaven" ,"Open Your Heart " were all fab . Highlight of the evening was Heathers solo single anthem " Proud" . What an incredibly emotive song that is no matter how many times you hear it."Sight For Sore Eyes " and "How Can I Love You More " kept the punters on their feet. Encores of " Search For The Hero" and their cover of Small Faces " Itchycoo Park " went down a treat before " Moving On Up " their biggest hit . A really enjoyable evening....... 04 Oct 2005 . Classic Rock Mag Awards at The Cafe De Paris , London. This was the first ever awards event by this much loved by me rock monthly. . Only 220 here on 22 tables of 10 .7pm drinks reception .8pm 3 course dinner and drinks. 10pm 12 awards are given out .Midnight finish. There are hundreds of bands that should have been here .For starters theres no Iron Maiden ,no Def Leppard ,no Sabbath etc and even Judas Priest and Billy Idol(best comeback) are not here to collect their awrds. Still there are some big names here like Deep Purple, Jimmy Page ,Ian Hunter, Arthur Brown ,Motorhead ,Mick Box(Uriah Heep) ,Chris Squire (Yes) ,Phil Manzernera (Roxy Music), Scott Gorham(Thin Lizzy) and others like Ross Halfin, Geoff Barton, Howard Marx ,Peter Stringfellow and nice to see familiar faces here from behind the scenes from rock promoters Clear Channel and rock band booking agents ITB and Neil Warnocks The Agency (Neil is married to 1970s singer Linda Lewis who is also here tonight) and the gang from Sanctuary who have signed up nearly every old rocker in the last couple of years. It was a pretty tame affair with highlights being Arthur Brown wildly jumping out of his wheelchair to collect his Best Showman award . Hero of the night Lemmy won The Living Legend Icon award then he played an acoustic song to this jaded crowd who were visibly bored while he strummed away .A small goodie bag at the end which included a Motorhead album and a couple of bottles of Jagermeister (its really horrible). Most of the award winners are now aged over 50 but it was really great to see them here and hopefully next year will be bigger and better................
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For meritorious service under fire on the occasion of landing of the naval forces at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on 21 April 1914. For several hours Lt. Drustrup was in charge of an advanced barricade under a heavy fire, and not only displayed utmost ability as a leader of men but also exerted a great steadying influence on the men around him. Lt. Drustrup was then attached to the U.S.S. Utah as a chief turret captain.


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Scenery from Oaxaca to Huatulco. We decided after much consideration to take Mex175. It was definitely windy and slow, but the road surface was excellent and not a lot of topes.
When I say windy, I mean unbelievably windy!!! I took a picture of my GPS for proof. I am on the 500m scale and we average 25-35km/hr in spots.It was extremely scenic when we were not in dense fog. I was kind of glad I could not see sometimes as my side tended to be on the outside and we were at 9500ft. No parachutes!!!
300m scale!!!!
Getting up in altitude here
There were lots of settlements along the way. The houses were perched on stilts on the edges of the cliffs. Lots of adobe built houses and wood.
Whew, we made it to Huatulco
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Huatulco (pronounced wah-TOOL-co) ("Bahías de Huatulco"), centered on the town of La Crucecita, is a tourist development in Mexico. It is located on the Pacific coast in the state of Oaxaca. Huatulco's tourism industry is centered on its nine bays thus the name Bahias de Huatulco but has since been unofficially shortened to simply Huatulco. You will find a wide variety of accommodations from rooms for rent, small economy hotels, luxury oceanfront villas, vacation condominiums, bed and breakfasts, along with several luxury resorts standing on or near the shores of Tangolunda Bay. The Camino Real Zaashila, Quinta Real Huatulco, Las Brisas, Dreams Resort & Spa (Formerly the Gala hotel) and the Barceló are examples of the most popular larger resorts in the area. Huatulco is located in the state of Oaxaca where the foothills of the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains meet the Pacific Oceanapproximately 500 km south of Acapulco, Guerrero.[1]
We stayed two nights at Club de Playa Tangolunda
GPS Location: 15.77272 N 96.09976 W Near Sea Level
Amenities include a water faucet, a dump station, restrooms with flush toilets and cold showers
Here is a sign indicating the prices. Remember the dollar sign actually indicates pesos as the same symbol is used in both currencies
eg: 50 pesos equals about $4 US/CAN
Huatulco itself is a Fonatur Resort that has all the infrastructure in place, but not a lot of hotels and shops yet. It is suppose to be the next Cancun once the toll road is completed to it from Oaxaca in 2013
This is the golf course resort next door to our campground
The beach was very nice, but so far all the hotels are all inclusive and if you want to shop or eat at a restaurant you have to go to the town about 10 minutes away.
Next stop Zihuatanejo & Ixtapa for their wonderful beaches!!!
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Life After Alito
A Course of Action After He Is Confirmed
In reality this was all settled last fall. When George W. won his second term he also won the chance to replace at least two Supreme Court justices. Most Americans will never realize the significance of these lifetime appointees; even less will ever realize what was at stake last fall. We were all still too concerned with who would make America safer and we all know how that played out. There were enough people who were scared of terrorists, gay marriage, and John Kerry to give Bush a second term.
Bush has already appointed John Roberts to replace William Rehnquist as Chief Justice, a move that was essentially an ideological wash. Rehnquist was one of the more conservative voices on the court and Roberts should follow in his footsteps. The nomination and eventual confirmation of Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O'Connor is the move that will dramatically change the makeup of the court. O'Connor was the swing vote in many contentious decisions, in particular cases that dealt with abortion legislation. This new court will undoubtedly rule in favor of state legislation that will restrict a woman's access to an abortion. Justice Alito was the lone voice of dissent when a federal appellate court struck down a Pennsylvania law requiring a woman to have her husband's consent before obtaining an abortion. His decision was based primarily on his belief that the individual states should have the right to make such restrictions. We should expect much of the same from this Roberts/Alito court.
But wait! you scream. You're talking as if Alito has already been confirmed? Planned Parenthood, People For the American Way, and other such groups are all going to fight the Alito nomination tooth and nail. They will spend countless resources and hundreds of millions of dollars on this fight. They've been waiting for this fight ever since Bush was installed in 2000. And it will all be for nothing. Alito's confirmation cannot be stopped.
As I said before, this was decided on November 2, 2004. Yes, political pressure did stop the Harriet Miers nomination, but that was pressure on the president from within his own party. The political realities of the day dictate that Alito will be confirmed. The most basic of these realities is that Republicans hold the Senate. Alito gets confirmed on any straight up-and-down vote. He is well-respected by the party and has the ideological street cred to make the party faithful happy. Bush would have to nominate Pat Robertson to have a nominee defeated by the moderate Republicans in the Senate.
So that leaves opponents of Alito only one option: a Democratic filibuster. Senate majority leader Bill Frist has already attempted to take away the minority party's right to filibuster judicial appointments. This time he'll pull it off, permanently altering the nature of the judicial branch.
Frist's last attempt to do so was thwarted by the bipartisan Gang of 14, led by Senator John McCain. Seven Democrats and seven Republicans joined together in a pact to save the judicial filibuster. The Republicans agreed to vote against the "nuclear option" if the Democrats agreed not to use the filibuster unless it was an "extreme circumstance". Alito will not be seen as such a circumstance by these centrist Republicans.
McCain is probably going to be running for the Republican nomination for president in 2008. It would be politically impossible for him to allow the Democrats to filibuster the Alito nomination and win the presidential nomination. Anti-abortion activists within the party would squash any of McCain's aspirations for higher office. Abortion mobilizes the Republican base like no other issue. The Republican Party establishment has been promising religious conservatives a victory over abortion for years and this is its chance. The Democrats will filibuster out of obligation to their own activists. Frist will then take away the minority party's right to filibuster judicial appointments. Alito will be confirmed and this country will have a new conservative Supreme Court.
This is what the Republican Party faithful have been waiting for: a court in their own image. Their court. Let's face it, the court has been pretty progressive for the last 40 years. This is the dawn of a new conservative court and we progressives better get used to the idea. Fast. We need to learn how to fight this new fight. No longer will we be able to depend upon the Supreme Court to make the right choice. No longer will we be able to fall back on shaky rulings like Roe v. Wade. We are going to have to settle some of these disputes that have been simmering so long. We can do this by taking it to the states.
Knowing the ideology of this new court, one can assume that it will favor the rights of states when in disputes with the federal government. This was the basis of Alito defending the Pennsylvania "husband notification" law: It was the state's right to pass its own legislation on the matter. The state was not trying to ban abortion—which would obviously conflict with Roe—it was just giving it its own local interpretation. That's why I think it's essential that we start fighting battles like abortion more intensely on the state level. Think of the hundreds of millions of dollars that will be wasted on futile television advertising to stop the Alito confirmation. Wouldn't that money be better spent on getting pro-choice candidates elected into state legislatures? We're not talking about big races here. One hundred million dollars could get 200 state representatives elected nationwide. I'm sure this would violate some state campaign-finance laws, but where there's a will there's a way.
More importantly, people like us need to donate our time to these types of races. Donating $50 to Move On with one click of your mouse is easy. If you really believe in these issues, go to a meetup, a local Democratic Party meeting, or a candidate's office and ask "What can I do?". Your time and effort are much more valuable. We're not going to be able to throw Hail Mary passes at the Supreme Court and hope for the best. We're going to have to grind these battles out door to door, county by county, and state by state. This will be a long hard fight, but when it is over our victory will be complete and satisfying.
So before you donate another dollar that'll be thrown into the Alito furnace, you should associate yourself with present and pending abortion laws in your state. The Center for Reproductive Rights did a state-by-state study in September 2004 titled "What If Roe Fell?". It ranks all 50 states as either high risk, middle risk, or low risk. The center considers 21 states as high risk, 9 as middle risk, and 20 as low risk. States considered high risk have pre-Roe abortion bans or no specific protection of abortion rights. The middle-risk states generally have conflicting language, mixtures of pre-Roe bans, and legislation protecting abortion rights. The low-risk states either have language protecting abortion rights or have never had a ban restricting abortion.
The entire report is 140 pages long, but you can find concise reviews of each state starting on page 19. An alphabetical, comprehensive state-by-state analysis begins on page 25. You should at least check out where your state stands on the list. It might surprise you.
I don't think that this new conservative court will actually overturn Roe. Instead it will allow individual states to place increasing restrictions on a woman's access to an abortion. Many state legislatures have pending "Teen Endangerment" laws or increased parental notification legislation in the works. This new court will keep abortion legal, but eventually you may have to have your picture in the newspaper to obtain one in some states.
American progressives must accept this new reality and learn how to fight this new fight. We must be agile and adjust. We will still win this fight but we are going to have to approach it from a different angle: taking it to the states and duking it out in state legislatures. We're going to have to strengthen our grass-roots organizations and grow the number of Democratic governors. We going to have to win some big battles in those "high-risk" states and we are going to have to accept that some states will be lost.
This new conservative court should be receptive to states-rights issues. These issues have been part of the conservative cannon for decades. We're going to learn to fight this fight using their language. We must accept that for the time being, the Supreme Court is theirs. We are just going to have to beat them using their own "house" rules. We can. We'll always be faster then they are because we look forward.
Copyright 2006, Geary Yonker
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- Tesla is taking direct aim at Uber and Lyft with plans to roll out 1 million robo-taxis by next year (TSLA)
- 30 sentimental gifts perfect for everyone on your list
- The CEO of a data-science-learning startup worth $184 million made 'uninvited physical contact' with an employee while dancing at a bar, sources say
- Two Google employees who spearheaded the walkout against sexual misconduct say the company has retaliated and demoted them (GOOG, GOOGL)
BY NOW, MANY employers think that who you are online is more revealing of your character than a résumé.
Some companies have decided to stop accepting paper CVs altogether.
"The paper résumé is dead," Vala Afshar, chief marketing officer at Enterasys," told Bruce Horovitz at USA Today. "The Web is your résumé. Social networks are your mass references."
For the next month, Enterasys — a wireless network provider — will be considering applicants for a six-figure senior social media position, but no paper CVs will be accepted. Instead, the company has decided to recruit solely via Twitter.
Jennifer Grabowski, a spokesperson for the company, tells us that candidates need to have a minimum Klout score above 60, a minimum Kred influence score of 725, a Kred outreach of at least eight, and more than 1,000 active Twitter followers in order to be considered. Enterasys is hoping to fill the position by April.
Although solely focusing on a candidate's tweets is still an uncommon recruiting tactic, more are heading that direction. Rachel Emma Silverman at The Wall Street Journal reported that when Union Square Ventures needed an investment analyst last year, the VC firm asked applicants to send in links that represented their "web presence," such as social media or blog accounts.
It's true that Union Square Ventures invests heavily in Internet companies, but everyone should be paying close attention to their online presence. That means keeping your LinkedIn profile updated, setting up a Google alert for your name, and using Twitter strategically.
Rosa E. Vargas at Careerealism wrote that on Twitter that it's important to use "jargon / keywords specific to your target industry" for a competitive edge, and include hashtags with keywords in your tweets so that you're more likely to pop up in searches.


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[Address verification] integration to StratusLIVE minimizes deliverability issues so nonprofits can spend more time focusing on their mission.
Virginia Beach, VA (PRWEB) March 31, 2016
StratusLIVE, LLC, a leading provider of cloud-based software for enterprise nonprofit organizations, announces enhanced address verification services directly within StratusLIVE for Fundraisers nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) software, built on the award-winning Microsoft Dynamics platform.
StratusLIVE uses CASS-Certified™ address verification services, the same used by dozens of major corporations spanning multiple industries such as retail, government, finance, real estate, healthcare, and more.
By converting and validating addresses to the United States Post Office (USPS) preferred formats, address verification allows StratusLIVE clients to automatically match and update donor records, saving valuable time that would otherwise be spent manually reconciling donor profiles.
"Address accuracy is critical to successful donor engagement," said Brett Meyer, Director of Product Management for StratusLIVE. "In addition to reduced manual data entry, the address verification integration to StratusLIVE minimizes deliverability issues so nonprofits can spend more time focusing on their mission."
The ability to more accurately deliver postal communications improves organizational efficiency and contributes to the overall impact of direct mail, invitations, marketing appeals, and other direct response activities such as tax receipts, acknowledgements, and pledge reminders.
Address verification services within StratusLIVE for Fundraisers are offered through two service options: either a one-time database run or an annual subscription service, both plans being contingent upon the number of records within the database being evaluated.
For clients using StratusLIVE's Analytical Marketing features, address verification prevents data duplication to help nonprofits avoid operational inefficiencies, poor customer service, and incomplete customer insights.
"Enhancing address verification services is another example of our commitment to continual improvement," said Jim Funari, co-founder and CEO of StratusLIVE. "Our clients are always looking for ways to enhance data integrity to better serve their constituents and the new address services fill this need with speed and precision."
About StratusLIVE, LLC
StratusLIVE is a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for nonprofit organizations. The StratusLIVE for Fundraisers suite features enterprise-class relationship management, online fundraising, business intelligence, and analytical marketing capabilities, natively integrated with the commercial Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. StratusLIVE is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia with offices throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.stratuslive.com.


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The E-PAC, housed in a 2 rack unit high, 7.5″ rugged enclosure, incorporates a power supply, single channel power amplifier, all necessary protection circuits, a remote interface, controls and indicators. The internal controller is based on DSP with Delta-Sigma signal conversion and incorporates the audio signal processing and complex protection circuits specific to the characteristics of the relevant loudspeaker. The E-PAC is pre-programmed for the C6/C690, CI6, CI9 and all E-Series loudspeakers (including the E3 and E12 sub cabinets) and their different operational modes. These configurations are selected by setting DIP switches on the rear panel. A LINEAR mode can be selected for MAX or other passive loudspeakers. In LO IMP mode the E-PAC can drive up to two C6/C690, CI6, CI9, E9 or four E3 cabinets at reduced output (-6 dB). This is useful for situations such as conferences and functions where multiple speakers will be driven at low level.
E-Series single power amplifier controller rated 200 W into 16 Ohms.
Dimensions mm (H x B x T): 2 RU x 19″ x 351.
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Location: Circus Factory, Centre Park Road, Cork, Ireland // Date: June 5 – 12, 2017
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Critical Reactions: Revolution
Revolution is one of the most notorious failures of the eighties and the following sampling of reviews reflect that for the most part. There were some positive notices, especially a stirring defense from Sight and Sound, but for the most part the critics had their knives sharpened for the film when it came out. Nastassja thankfully was typically not included in the critic's attacks on the film. Unfortunately her costar, Al Pacino, took most of the trauma when the blame should have gone to director Hugh Hudson and the screenwriter Robert Dillon. Revolution remains one of the colossal misfires of the eighties and, unlike say Heaven's Gate, time has not been kind to it.
"As the films of Hugh Hudson get more ambitious, they become duller and more long winded…art without heart is rarely worth the bother…dazzlingly shot…more embarrassing than engaging."
-David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor-
"…pretentious mishap…Kinski is completely forgettable…Pacino's one note performance has absolutely nothing to recommend."
-Pat Anderson, Films in Review-
"…gloriously photographed….utterly and fatally devoid of a story…the technical side is immaculate."
-Shelia Benson, LA Times-
"Revolution is less interested in organized political strategies than in personal struggle…the film makes its case powerfully and with conviction, exhibiting a scope, imagination and commitment all too rare in contemporary British cinema."
-Pam Cook, Monthly Film Bulletin-
"…without a script…scrambled footage, epic and medium tedium, missed chance."
-John Coleman, New Statesman-
"All in the world are making jokes about Revolution…but I found myself almost too depressed to laugh…"
-David Denby, New York-
"It may also easily be the worst (film of the year)…half-hearted….as mind boggling as it may seem there has never been one good or successful film about the most dramatic war in the history of America. Revolution not only fails to remedy that oversite, it sets back the cause 200 years."
-Rex Reed, New York Post-
"The first words out of Pacino's mouth makes us cringe…Pacino's romance with Kinski is only a trifle less preposterous than his performance…a monumental mistake has been made."
-Joseph Gelmis, Newsday-
"May kill the genre for good…there may be a smashing movie on the cutting room floor but what's on the screen is a shambles."
-David Ansen, Newsweek-
"Revolution has been unjustly hammered….it's intention, and it succeeds, is to create a mood…Pacino touches the heart…The note (Revolution) should, if there's justice, be redeemed in part if not in full."
-John Pym, Sight and Sound-
"…solemn, incoherent…could achieve the dubious immortality as the campfire classic of 1986."
-Richard Corliss, Time-
"…sprawling fiasco…Pacino isn't the silliest aspect of Revolution, it's his girlfriend (Kinski)…it's a hoot, but it's hell on the constitution."
-David Edelstein, Village Voice-
"The result was such a disaster that the words "Revolutionary War" were not spoken until 2000's The Patriot, director Hugh Hudson wasn't given another big studio budget until 15-years later in I Dreamed of Africa and Al Pacino went into a semi-screen retirement before returning in 1989's Sea of Love.
"A disaster on par with Burton and Taylor's Cleopatra, Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate or Beatty and Hoffman in Ishtar. To be timelier, it was an even greater disaster than Battlefield Earth."
-Matt Mulcahey, efilm-
"Revolution serves a great purpose. Don't get me wrong, for a film that depicts the American Revolution there is little to no revolution going on. The lesson is one that director Hugh Hudson and stars Al Pacino, Nastassja Kinski and Donald Sutherland learned: Make an expensive, rotten film and watch your career spiral downward. Pacino, Kinski and Sutherland recovered. For Hudson....that's another story."
-Ned Daigle, BMN-
"Revolution is a pointless, frequently cruel train wreck of a movie, atrociously miscast and laughably overmelodramatic, and apparently filmed without benefit of a script."
"It's so bad that one suspects there must be a good story behind it. It's not easy to goof on this scale, especially not for Mr. Hudson, the director of the Oscar-winning ''Chariots of Fire'' and the even more interesting and complex ''Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.'' The fault is not that Mr. Hudson is English or that the film was shot in Britain. There's an underlying wrong-headedness about it that, like senility, is universal in its effects."
-Vincent Canby, New York Times-
"...star-spangled silliness, and one of the biggest debacles of the 1980s."
-James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette-
4 comments:
- Rogue Spy 007 said...
I never saw this film, but I heard so much negative reaction to it. Plus Pacino didn't act any more until Sea of Love, right?
- January 29, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- GAMERA_2004 said...
REVOLUTION always struck me as an incomplete film. There were huge gaps in the narrative with the characters lives interacting without much rhyme or reason.
If the attempt was to recreate a kind of Bretchian history of the American revolution through a series of setpieces, it didn't work. More likely the film was rushed into production without a fully fleshed script.
There was an interesting attempt to recreate the period through music and sets, but the effort was wasted because of the script.
- February 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM
- GAMERA_2004 said...
REVOLUTION always struck me as an incomplete film. There were huge gaps in the narrative with the characters lives interacting without much rhyme or reason.
If the attempt was to recreate a kind of Bretchian history of the American revolution through a series of setpieces, it didn't work. More likely the film was rushed into production without a fully fleshed script.
There was an interesting attempt to recreate the period through music and sets, but the effort was wasted because of the script.
- February 6, 2008 at 5:13 PM
- Jeremy Richey said...
Thanks Keith,
That's right...Pacino stopped until that ferocious comeback in SEA OF LOVE, a film I really love...
Thanks Gamera,
I totally agree with your thoughts on the film and appreciate you sharing them...sorry about the delay in responding...
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