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Verdicts and Settlements Won For Our Clients
At Heimberg Barr, LLP, we're justly proud of our track record: winning many multi-million dollar judgments and negotiating many multi-million dollar settlements for our clients. We have been able to obtain these results due to our unique combination of legal ability and deep knowledge of medicine and medical issues.
Here is a sample of judgments and settlements we've won for our clients:
Catastrophic Injuries Verdicts
VERDICT for injuries suffered by a child in a school-yard accident.
Birth Injuries Verdicts
VERDICT for a baby's birth injuries during labor and delivery caused by a doctor's failure to respond to fetal distress, causing severe brain damage. The largest medical verdict in the history of California and of Los Angeles County.
VERDICT for the birth injuries suffered by twins who were delivered unnecessarily at 30 weeks, resulting in both babies suffering severe brain damage. Our brain injury lawyers successfully won the verdict in favor of our beloved clients and are prepared to do so with future clients.
Medical Malpractice Verdicts
VERDICT for medical malpractice. A 44 year old women was born with congenital brain problems requiring a brain shunt. Her shunt became infected and the infection was not properly diagnosed by her doctors. This resulted in substantial additional brain damage and disability, including near-paralysis on one side of her body.
VERDICT in a medical malpractice case for failure to diagnose and treat a brain abscess in a 37-year old woman.
VERDICT for a five year old leukemia patient who was paralyzed due to negligent administration of chemotherapy. The largest medical jury verdict in the history of Santa Barbara County.
VERDICT in a pure medical malpractice case in which MICRA was held not to be applicable, resulting in the $800,000 in non-economic damages not being reduced. Case law was made.
Catastrophic Personal Injuries Settlements
SETTLEMENT - Motor Vehicle Accident. A 33 year old man was paralyzed as a result of a one-car auto accident in the rain near Barstow, California. We claimed the State of California negligently designed the highway and failed to safely adapt the area to prevent problems. We overcame a lengthy delay in properly filing the lawsuit (long past the allowable time under law) by the prior attorney before it came to our office. Our attorneys battled the defense that the problems were a consequence of improper medical treatment and proved that the State of California had failed to properly design the road.
SETTLEMENT for catastrophic injuries suffered in a complex automotive accident case. Heimberg Barr's superior medical knowledge allowed us to fully understand the issues and challenge arguments by the defense.
Birth Injuries Settlements
SETTLEMENT for negligent misdiagnosis and improper recommendation of a caesarian section delivery of triplets twenty five weeks into the pregnancy, resulting in the death of one infant and the other two having severe birth injuries due to prematurity. The largest medical settlement in the history of California and of Los Angeles County.
SETTLEMENT for a baby's birth injuries during labor and delivery caused by a doctor's failure to respond to fetal distress, causing severe brain damage. The largest settlement, at its time, in the history of Ventura County.
SETTLEMENT for the birth injuries of a baby caused by the needless delay of a caesarian section needed by the infant's 27 year old mother.
SETTLEMENT for birth injuries and permanent disabilities caused by the negligent delay in the delivery of a baby in distress.
SETTLEMENT for the birth injuries caused to an infant of a 21 year old woman due to the needless delay of a caesarian section.
SETTLEMENT for severe birth injuries caused by the doctors' failure to appropriately monitor the fetus during labor and delivery, for failure to recognize obvious evidence of fetal distress, and failure to intervene earlier via a caesarian section delivery.
SETTLEMENT for a baby's birth injuries due to the doctors' failure to recognize fetal distress during labor and delivery and for delaying a cesarean section delivery, resulting in the baby suffering severe brain damage.
SETTLEMENT for a baby who suffered birth injuries resulting in severe spastic quadriplegia, causing profound motor and speech impairments.
SETTLEMENT for a baby's brain injuries during a breech delivery.
Medical Malpractice Settlements
SETTLEMENT during trial for a 71 year old man who became a quadriplegic due to negligent unsupervised intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) and negligent spinal surgery.
SETTLEMENT in a medical malpractice case for alleged failure to treat intracranial hypertension in a timely manner resulting in severe and permanent brain damage to a sixteen year old boy.
SETTLEMENT during trial for a 43 year old women with a treatable form of breast cancer (estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer), misdiagnosed by pathologist reviewing slides and hospital laboratory preparing the slides, (of estrogen-receptor negative breast cancer.) We claimed plaintiff was not treated with proper medication and as a result, her cancer recurred and spread.
SETTLEMENT for a medical malpractice case involving a 17 year old high school boy and athlete who was brought to an urgent care facility after experiencing dizziness. The boy suffered a heart attack while being examined. Resuscitation was not provided or available, resulting in severe brain damage. The largest medical settlement in the history of Riverside County.
SETTLEMENT in a medical malpractice case brought by a 48 year old woman who was brought to a hospital's emergency room with severe anxiety. The woman had a critical reaction to the medication given, which wasn't monitored appropriately or treated in a timely manner causing her extensive brain damage.
SETTLEMENT for failure to diagnosis in a timely manner an epidural abscess in a 57 year old woman, leading to her becoming a quadriplegic. The largest medical settlement in the history of Kern County
SETTLEMENT for negligent reduction in anti-psychotic medication and failure to monitor a male psychiatric patient with suicidal tendencies resulting in his attempting suicide, causing severe permanent brain damage.
SETTLEMENT in a medical malpractice case in which a 26 year old man was misdiagnosed and not transferred to another hospital that could have provided the tests he needed to detect an epidural abscess pressing against his spinal column that caused him to suffer spinal cord injuries.
SETTLEMENT failure to properly intubate an 18 year old man during brain surgery, resulting in severe brain damage.
SETTLEMENT for negligent and unsupervised intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) during back surgery resulting in spinal cord injury in a 53 year old man.
SETTLEMENT for alleged negligent placement of a central venous line into the wrong vessel following surgery for colon cancer, causing a stroke in a 71 year old woman.
SETTLEMENT for alleged negligent placement of a central venous line into the wrong vessel following surgery for colon cancer, causing a stroke in a 71 year old woman.
SETTLEMENT in a medical malpractice case for alleged failure to diagnose and to treat in a timely manner an epidural spinal abscess, resulting in paraplegia and incontinence in a 54 year old man.
SETTLEMENT in a medical malpractice case in which a 72 year old woman went into the hospital for a knee manipulation and came out of surgery with extensive brain damage due to the doctors' failure to monitor her during and after her receiving an epidural anesthesia.
SETTLEMENT in a medical malpractice case for failure to diagnose in a timely manner and to treat a thoracic level spinal fracture resulting in paraplegia after a 22 year old woman was in a car accident.
SETTLEMENT failure to monitor, diagnose and treat a blood disorder in a 37 year old man, leading to his death.
SETTLEMENT for severe brain damage suffered by a 36 year old man during surgery when equipment was improperly used, causing an aortic aneurysm.
SETTLEMENT for the wrongful death of a 37 year old man due to the failure of the doctor and hospital to diagnosis and to treat a rare blood disorder.
SETTLEMENT for failure to treat blood clots resulting from hormone therapy in a 47 year old woman, which caused an above-the-knee amputation.


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The story of Joseph inspires us about the fulfillment of God's purposes to save and do good for His people. Yet at the same time it challenges our idea of what that process will look and feel like in our lives. We often believe our story should be an ever increasing journey of joy; each day with less pain and challenges, but this is not the case. Recently several people shared a picture that sums this pattern better than 1000 words:
Many of us have experience untold loss and pain that leaves us reeling and questioning God's goodness and possibly His mission and purpose. Like Joseph, in our younger years we believe He gave us a vision of greatness but our present circumstances appear to have dashed these dreams we thought with certainty were given by God. Is this really an accurate view? The story of Joseph speaks today about our lives in its testimony of the greater purposes of God through our pain and plan for our good.
Joseph's story highlights and outlines brightly how God actually works through suffering, especially unjust suffering, to reveal hope. Imagine yourself in Joseph's sandals. His brothers kidnap him, sell him into slavery, fake his death so that they can cover their tracks and ensure no one will be the wiser to go rescue him! Then when Joseph makes a brief recovery by rising to a position of honor in Potiphar's house he is falsely accused of adultery and sexual assault only to be thrown in prison without trial. How must Joseph have felt to see a glimmer of success only to be quickly pushed back into the ash heap of prison, left to rot in the dungeon of rejection and defamation of his hard-earned reputation. Even in prison Joseph sought to serve God by interpreting the dreams of the cupbearer and baker only to be abandoned yet again! this is the place many of us find ourselves: forgotten by those in favor and suffering unjustly for things we do not feel we deserve. We feel utterly forgotten by former friends, so-called "church family," and perhaps we even may feel abandoned by God. When we feel the pain of rejection, abandonment, false accusations, and the humiliation of loss does that mean our mission and purpose is also lost? Maybe we say to ourself, "God's mission and purpose for me is over. Perhaps I misread His earlier goodness to me as delusions of grandeur or megalomaniac notions of greatness with a touch of naiveté in spiritual immaturity. Maybe I should give up and die." Each of us can find ourself in this lonely and confusing place when the pain of unchangeable loss churns our hearts like the forces of breaking waves over our lives. Pushed down, disoriented, and hopeless we feel we can't breathe and there exists no possible way to reach solid ground.
The good news is that if you are still reading you are alive, and that speaks to the present fact that God is not finished with you. Like Joseph, you will someday soon be raised up – stronger and more prepared for the next wave and wiser to accomplish the purpose and mission to which you have been called. We cannot give up.
Remember the Story. At just the right time and after the sufferings, you like Joseph, will be set on solid ground. Though many have done you wrong and left you for dead, God has not and will not. We see this in the end of Joseph's story but most clearly we see this truth in Jesus. He is the one who suffered the ultimate unjust rejection, pain, and death on the cross. Jesus was left naked and bleeding on the cross, while being mocked and derided, only to be finally and completely abandoned by God Himself. Jesus' mission was to finish the pattern that Joseph started, and secure for us the goodness of God's permanent call and presence in our lives. Through the pattern of suffering Jesus was plunged into the depths of death only to be raised three days later. He was vindicated and victoriously raised for the defeat of not just death but all injustice. He secures your story through suffering, and He provides the pattern of how God's purposes and mission will be known in you. Jesus, like Joseph, went through pain, not around it. Why do we think it would or should be any different for us? The challenge is the fact that it will not be different but the same, except that now we have in Jesus even greater hope.
What has happened to you that your heart cannot seem to take? Put it through the Story of Joseph leading you to Jesus. What unjust fires have left your imagined life in an ash heap that appears to be an eternal and irrecoverable tomb? Do not allow the desolate condition of your present circumstances dictate the vision, mission, and calling of God in your life. Jerry Sitter, in his book on suffering rightly states," Your life does not consist of a succession of isolated events randomly strung together but rather a story with a purpose that [ you, like Joseph] do not see and will never entirely understand. [Joseph says to his brothers] 'You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good.'"
We must find ourselves in the real story of God's goodness. We must, in Jesus say, "I choose to believe and live in the fact that God is working out His ultimate purpose in my suffering and pain and is leading me toward a day of greater good."


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The intersection of marijuana and fashion at one time meant tie-dye shirts, beanies and Birkenstocks.
And "stoner style" certainly hasn't gone away, with no shortage of affordable T-shirts, leggings, flip-flops and more that help the masses wear their love for weed on their sleeves.
But as cannabis consumption becomes fashionable, the world of high fashion is also embracing the plant in subtle and bold ways.
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Okay, now I'm back in Toronto, after my successful trips.
I had a lot of fun in LA, and I'm not planning on quite as thorough a trip report as the one I had for Worldcon. However, a few things are worth noting.
Thursday, I got to hang out for a while with alohawolf. That was cool. He has been doing a lot of thinking about his convention (Califur) and wanted to bounce a few ideas around. I was more than happy to provide some limited feedback.
In the evening, I ended up hanging with Shadowcat. Always good, that is. We talked quite a bit, and helped settle a few things in my mind. And watched Firefly and stuff.
Friday was similarly relaxed. In the later afternoon, kishorwolf showed up. Yay! He's a very good folfy and it was very very good to see him again. Even better to be able to spend time with him. He looks so good in his kilt, too. :)
Saturday. Sleeeeeep. Well, until we struggled out of bed for a very late lunch (after a couple of errands) at the Farmer's Market with kaysho and shadowolf, and associated shopping for various kitschy items until my brain clicked over into the mode where Shopping is Not Fun Anymore. I can usually only handle about two hours of shopping without a goal. Then I start getting annoyed very easily.
In the evening kayotae returned from his first day at the Fire Academy. A very tired 'yote, but it wasn't quite so stressful as he was expecting. After all, he knew his stuff a lot better than most of the others there. Of course, this could serve to make him a target later on.
Sunday... sleeep, again. Only more so. It was very very difficult to get up and do anything most of the day. kishorwolf's such a bad influence at times, and the lounginess of the two fourfoots in the household, not to mention kaysho certainly didn't improve the motivation much.
Even so, one of the highlight events was still to come! Sunday afternoon, the three of us (minus the fourfoots) bundled off to Raleigh Studios for a special screening of Surge of Power. Astute readers will note that I missed the screening at Noreascon 4. It is the purest of chance that the cast and crew screening was on a day that I was actually in the area. Things like this don't usually happen to me. In any case, Vinnie invited me out to the screening, and I'm glad I went. It's a fun and campy movie. Never takes itself too seriously, and has a lot of fun with the whole superhero genre. I hope it sees a lot of distribution ahead. And future endeavours.
After the screening, we went off to the Fox and Hounds pub, where kayotae was unwinding from his second day of Fire Academy. And doing a much more thorough job at it than the previous day! He was ably assisted by gatcat, kenket, and joemorf. Even klandagi was involved, albeit telephonically. Something I'm sure she's quite relieved of, actually. The consensus was that the Word of the Day is "McGoogans". I found great amusement in a word that Kayotae had to deal with for the bulk of the weekend: "Bearing". Oh, go on. Get your mind out of the gutter. Okay, now throw it back in.
Very very early on Monday morning, Kishor and I made our way to the airport (fortunately Ontario International is on the way to where he was working so it was a smooth plan). Was very difficult to say goodbye.
Flights home were good enough. Minor amusement: When I opened my luggage, I found not one, but two TSA inspection notices in it. What is it that these Homeland security types find so very attractive about Zeta toys?
Upon return home... status quo. Plus drama. But that's not for this entry.
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Elks Lodge #108 purchased student dictionaries for every third grader at Gilliard. The Elks came to school one recent morning to deliver the dictionaries to the third grade classrooms. Students were thrilled to receive their very own dictionary. A extra section at the back of the book gives information about animals and their habitats. A big thank you to the Elks for this very special delivery!
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Real Change Changes Everything
Einstein is frequently attributed with the observation that "Madness is doing the same thing over and over, hoping for a different result," but if he did, it probably would be more likely for him to observe, that "Genius is doing different things, realizing that that is what makes a difference." The whole essence of genius, is making the complex, simple, and not the simple, more complex, as was also attributed to Einstein, and every genius before him.
However, the latter creates more jobs to explain what the original source said, and thus the need for "experts," to interpret what such great ones said, or meant -- as though they had an even superior understanding of what the genius meant to say, but failed to. And so in every previous, earlier times, broad classes of people were created to mediate between the knowledge and what "the masses" could hope to understand -- primarily because they didn't have access to all the information, or even, a lot of it.
That's how much the world has changed -- already. In publications, one was always limited to the understanding of the publisher/editor/writer, which were those intermediaries who communicated what the "genius" understood. But what was actually the case, is that the information had to be reduced, and was invariably limited by the understanding, of those who only knew "words" as their livelihood as "scribes," or writers, who often "knew" nothing else, and so it was often enough, that the words just had the "ring of truth," rather than was actually true.
What changed, was that most people became better writers, because the new word processors, made public and personal writing accessible to virtually every "educated" person, and not just limited to the rare few who could produce perfect copy to the satisfaction of dictatorial editors, who thought it much less important that anybody else could understand what the author meant to say -- than what the editor wanted them to.
It is the most common use and abuse of power -- to control what another person thinks, by controlling what they think can be thought. The power to edit, in this manner, becomes the power to censor and suppress, what one chooses others to know or don't know, and in the hands of the ambitious and ruthless, easily and invariably becomes co-opted and corrupted -- because they "know better" for everybody else. That is in fact, "their job," yet they would claim, that power seemed to corrupt everybody else and every other profession but them, acting in their endless and noble pursuit of objectivity and the truth.
However, they are not good enough writers or liars, not to be betrayed by everything they say -- other than their rigorous professions of innocence, which are not obvious to anybody else. And so most of their writing and efforts, go to promoting that image of themselves -- rather than the service of allowing the audience to know anybody or anything else -- but the limits of their personal vanities and delusions.
And so while they are very fond of generalizing what people are like, we only get to know what they think everybody is like -- and nothing is permitted beyond.
Collectively, such people were fond in their past roles as essential middlemen, or intermediaries necessary for communications from one closed and specialized group with any other. But all that changed, with the reversal of the trend to increasing narrow and exclusive specialization, as allowed by the development of a more universal communications network -- which is the primary great change omitted in most lists of great changes, because it is so pervasive and fundamental -- of destroying such barriers and limitations. That change is still rocking the world.
Predictably, the greatest victims of such changes, are the old perpetuators and defenders of the way things used to be -- with themselves at the top, or at least in indispensable roles, as the exclusive ones allowed to perform the "brain surgeries" of information exchanges. The most populous of this class, are familiarly, those who work in compulsory education -- which should seem an anachronism in these times.
When people want to learn, just like people want to eat, why should there be a force-feeding of what a self-selected group of "professionals," be allowed over any other kind of learning -- which may even be superior to the required learning, which is more often the case now, than the officially sanctioned education.
Almost all child prodigies have to be home-schooled -- not to become resocialized and brainwashed as the "average," and told they cannot do what their teachers tell them is impossible or impermissible to do -- "at their age," as though mere seniority should be the basis or merit and recognition (reward). That may be the union teachers' reality, but it is not the whole, or even the best, of reality -- that will undoubtedly limit the future prospects, possibilities and vision for any society but the present troubled, unviable, unsustainable one.


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Buying a home is a dream for every person on earth. If you live in rented apartments or homes, you know the pain of not owning your own property. Even if you are living in your parents' property, you will certainly want to invest your money on your own home. However, it is not every day that you will buy a home or the other. So, it is very important that you invest on the right property.
Also, the growing real estate market is the best place to invest your money on. If you buy a property in a prospective location, it will fetch you great returns within a short span of time. Kerala is one of the most popular destinations in India for real estate investments. Amongst the many places in Kerala that are coming up as prospective real estate markets, Thrissur is the one that demands special mention. If you are looking for a house in Kerala, here are some reasons, why Thrissur can be your home. Continue reading


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Gaming for Goodby Christine
People often don't take video games or gamers seriously. Despite it being one of the largest entertainment industries of our time, there are still many who think of video games as a time sink, an activity that does nothing for the individual or those around them.
I'm of a very opposite mindset. I've been playing video games for more than 20 years and I believe they allow people to experience new worlds, inspire creativity, and can even become a learning tool. Or, in the case of Extra Life, turned into a charitable event.
This is my third year participating in Extra Life, but what exactly is it? It's a fundraising platform that started out as a grassroots movement to bring gamers together to play games and raise money for children's hospitals. The catch is, you have to play video games for 24 hours straight.
This is not a challenge for the lighthearted! When it's 5 a.m. and your eyes are blurred over and your hand-eye coordination is not what it was 10 hours ago, it can be pretty tough to keep muddling through.
Part of what makes the experience fun is that I get to do it with two of my very good friends and we live stream it to the world. Twenty-four hours of unedited gaming fun to a live audience who can chat with us, request us to play certain games, and help keep up morale when we're falling asleep with a controller in our hands.
This year, we're kicking off on Saturday, Nov. 7th. I am personally raising money for The Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation. My friends have each chosen their own hospitals to donate their money to. The money can be used to fund research and training, purchase equipment or help families pay for care they may otherwise not be able to afford for their children.
The true beauty of Extra Life isn't just in the good that it does, but in proving that almost any passion can be turned into something charitable. When groups with the same interests, culture or sense of community come together, anything can be turned into a force for good – even pixels moving across a television screen.
To help support with a donation: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=168514
To watch the live stream on Saturday Nov 7th at 1:30pm: http://www.Hitbox.tv/RobPlaysThatGame


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I think that I would have typically glanced over this passage without much thought, but today Jesus's words hit me at the very end.
Mark 14:9 "I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."
I thought to myself, "What about this woman's action is worthy of being told to the entire world?" And the answer that popped into my head was, her faithfulness. She had to have just felt right inside about pouring out a year's worth of earnings on top of Jesus's head. Where did she get this idea? God only knows. But what's important is that she followed through. Whether it was the Holy Spirit (which I'm not even sure was living in them at the time), or just plain God-given intuition, what matters is that she followed through.
One time when I was about 20 years old I felt the Holy Spirit wanting me to drive past the turn into my house and to continue driving straight. I didn't know what to do after that, but I obeyed. I just kept driving straight until I stopped in a neighborhood. I prayed the whole time and my heart was racing with what was going to happen. I remember staring at these people walking their dog and wondering if God wanted me to go talk to them. I can't quite remember if I didn't feel right about it, or if I was too scared to do it. But I didn't go talk to them.
God only knows why He told me to keep going straight that day. Maybe there was a robber in front of our house that just needed some time to leave, or if He really did want me to pray for those people and I didn't follow through. Whatever the case, the point that I wanted to sink deep into my heart this morning was that no matter what God is calling us to do, we should faithfully complete it.
Jesus wants the whole world to hear about the woman with the alabaster jar of perfume, but why? It might just be her faithfulness. The fact that she was willing to complete something that God wanted her to do; despite all of the flack from the other disciples saying that it was a huge waste of time. I mean, I can't blame them though. If I saw someone pouring $40,000 onto someone's head, I'd be a little concerned at what kind of motive was behind the whole thing.
Give me the confidence to follow through with the callings, no matter how small, that you have placed on my life. Give me the faithfulness of the alabaster woman. Give me the ears to hear what your Holy Spirit is telling me. Let the control that your Holy Spirit has on my life overcome the push back that I may experience while fulfilling your will. In Jesus' name I pray.


text: Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O 2017 Conference at Shoreline Amphitheater. (Pic: Justin Sullivan, AFP) RELATED ARTICLES Google's AlphaGo AI takes on China Speed of AI advancements 'surprise' Google co-founder Microsoft boss doesn't want AI to 'replace' people San Francisco - At the I/O developer conference last year, Google debuted its first chip. The company kept the component mostly for internal artificial intelligence needs. Today, version two arrived - and Google is selling this one.Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai announced the new chip on Wednesday during a keynote address at the Alphabet unit's annual I/O event. Normally, the gathering focuses on mobile software. This year's spotlight on hardware underscores Pichai's effort to transform the search giant into an "AI-first" company and a real cloud-computing contender.Companies will be able to purchase the hardware, called Cloud Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), through a Google Cloud service. Google hopes it will quicken the pace of AI advancements. And despite official statements to the contrary, it may also threaten Intel and Nvidia, the main suppliers of powerful semiconductors that run large processing tasks."This is basically a supercomputer for machine learning," Urs Hölzle, Google's veteran technical chief, said. Machine learning, a method for deciphering patterns in reams of data, is behind Google's recent progress on voice recognition, text translation and search rankings. But the approach cost a lot, and sucked up computing time in Google's data centres. The latest chip was designed to address these issues, and executives said they saw dramatic improvements after putting the component to work on these internal tasks.Google wouldn't divulge the chip's price, what company manufactures it, or when the related cloud service goes on sale. Google still purchases processors from Intel and Nvidia. But by relying more on in-house designs, Google could trim its multi-billion-dollar annual computing bill.Google plans more chips like this, and sees the components as essential for success in the cloud - a key part of Alphabet's push to make money beyond digital advertising."The field is rapidly evolving," Hölzle said. "For us, it's very important to advance machine learning for our own purposes and to be the best cloud."During his morning keynote, Pichai also introduced a flurry of machine learning updates for Google's products, including a photo-editing tool and new features for its digital assistant. He also unveiled a new web portal housing all of the company's artificial intelligence efforts.Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O 2017 Conference at Shoreline Amphitheater. (Pic: Justin Sullivan, AFP)Google's cloud business grew by more than 80% last year, according to estimates from Synergy Research Group. But Amazon Web Services still has over 40% of the public cloud market, and continues to expand at a steady clip. Google is third, according to industry estimates. To gain share, Google is leaning on its AI prowess. The Cloud TPU chip won't be sold to Dell and other makers of servers that power traditional corporate data centers. To get the benefits, customers will have to sign up for a Google cloud service and run their software tasks and store their data on Google's equipment. If companies get on board, Google insists, they can plumb their own data for unseen efficiency gains and profit. AWS and no. 2 player Microsoft, make similar cases. So Google's pitch stresses performance. A single Cloud TPU device, composed of four chips, is nearly 12 000 times faster than IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer, the famous chess victor from 1997, Hölzle said. Google is stringing 64 of the devices into "pods" that sit in its data centres.Google unveiled its chip at last year's I/O conference, so why does it need another? First, the company is going up against rivals that develop and deliver faster processors on an annual cadence. To lock in customers, it must match that pace.Mathematical modelsIn addition, the original chip only worked for "inference," processing data that's already packaged in mathematical models. It's akin to compressing large photos into tiny digital formats. For instance, a company could turn an algorithm for voice recognition into an app using inference chips. To create an algorithm from just raw voices, you need lots of data to train AI software. That takes massive computing power, forcing coders to wait days or weeks to see results. Google's second chip speeds up the training process. In internal tests, it cut the time in half compared to commercially available graphic processing units, known as GPUs.Nvidia, the dominant GPU manufacturer, recently announced a new chip, called Volta, that handles training data like Google's Cloud TPU. An eight-chip Volta module will sell for $149 000 starting in the third quarter.Google is less experienced at selling chips, so it's being cautious about commercial deployment. "When you have something that's really new, some of the tools occasionally break. You want to reach a certain level of maturity," Hölzle said. "We're probably going to have a lot more demand than we can satisfy."Excessive demand inspired the creation of TPUs in the first place, according to company lore. Six years ago, Google saw an uptick in voice searches on phones. Just three minutes of conversation a day, per Android phone user, would have doubled the number of data centres Google needed, based on its technology at the time. TPUs were designed to handle the extra volume more efficiently.The second-generation chip accelerated Google's own research. For its translation efforts, Google previously ignored more than eighty percent of its data at the training stage, according to Jeff Dean, who leads a Google AI research unit called Brain. With its new chip, they can use all the information. That means better trained and potentially more accurate AI software.High computing costsThe new chip may let researchers use image data that currently sits unused because of high computing costs, according to Fei-Fei Li, an AI expert who runs a machine learning group inside Google's Cloud business division. Image classification is one of the machine learning tools Li's team is offering cloud clients, and the new chip will make this more accessible and usable.EBay used Google's cloud to develop ShopBot software that identifies items snapped on smartphone cameras. Today's image-recognition systems have around 10% accuracy, said RJ Pittman, eBay's Chief Product Officer. The new Cloud TPU, which eBay has not yet tested, could eventually increase accuracy to more than 90%, he added.Companies like eBay want AI to tag every physical good in existence. Li imagines businesses that may want to map every square inch on earth or each minute part of a human cell.Amazon and Microsoft have their own AI-powered cloud services too though, and both have committed to buy Nvidia's Volta chips. "Nvidia is not standing still," said Pittman from eBay, which also buys Nvidia GPUs.Hölzle dismissed a direct rivalry. Nvidia's chips are built for more general-purpose tasks, he said, while Google's focus solely on machine learning.That won't calm Intel and Nvidia investors, who worry about in-house chipmaking efforts by their largest customers - data centre operators like Google. Analysts are concerned that revenue and profitability at the two companies, both at historically high levels, may be dented. Even if Google doesn't succeed in commercialising its own chips, it's in a better position to negotiate on price.Google isn't restricting cloud customers to its own chips. It has Intel and Nvidia processors running inside its data centres. Google's pushing a Lego-like model - corporate customers can choose their combination of software and hardware, and rent storage and computing power by the minute. It has to be flexible if it's going to catch AWS and Microsoft."Down the road, we make actually pick the hardware for you that minimises your cost or maximises your turnaround time or whatever you tell us is important to you," Hölzle said. "It becomes invisible to you."Read Fin24's top stories trending on Twitter: Fin24's top stories Read more about: google | artificial intelligence | computing share:


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Did Serge Nubret Take Steroids Or Is He Natural?
The anabolic steroids debate is always common with the golden age or old school professional bodybuilders. It's time for another classic watchotc review. As usual, it is written after a request from a reader. There are a lot of fans and the individuals are asking about the steroid status of Serge whether he is natural … Continue reading "Did Serge Nubret Take Steroids Or Is He Natural?"


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Sensing his fleeting chances at freedom, 1031 Tax Group investment criminal Ed Okun made what looks to be his last feable attempt for release yesterday–he was denied! Okun's attempt centered around a defense motion for release based on a 3rd party custodian (required terms for his release) a Mr. Alex Carrera. The defense attorney in the case, one of a long line who have come and gone no doubt at either taxpayer's expense or that of Okun's victims, originally proposed that Mr. Carrera would be present at the November 5 hearing: Carrera was a no show.
The following is the tip from ever present and well informed Okun victim Elizabeth Callanan. Elizabeth has been a huge source of information and guidance in my 1 1/2 years of coverage on the Ed Okun rip off and eventual prosecution. The following comment will give all involved a much clearer picture of what has just transpired. This comment came in the last 24 hours. Certain passages were highlighted for reader convenience:
"Judge Payne DENIED Okun's motion for release. The 3rd party custodian (required for Okun's release) originally proposed in the defense's motion, an Alex Carrera, was a no-show at the hearing, despite the Defense's new attorney (a private attorney with an office in Washington, DC, named Barry Pollack — so Okun now has THREE attorneys, including the two from the public defender's office, at US taxpayer expense!)telling the Judge he'd spoken to Carrera the previous afternoon and had every reason to believe he would be there and couldn't explain why he wasn't. Interestingly, his absence could not have been a surprise to Simone Bolani (Okun's Brazilian bride), since she'd recruited a substitute, Edwin Escobar, the night before the hearing (odd she wouldn't have shared that information with her husband's attorney, isn't it?) who did appear in the courtroom. However, under questioning by the US Attorney, Escobar had to admit that he was apparently guilty of one of the same offenses with which Okun was originally indicted, namely asking Okun to pay him $10,000 he was owed for some reason in increments of less than that to avoid IRS reporting limits! Judge Payne must have thought that wasn't the most stellar qualification for a third party custodian and denied the motion. He also expressed chagrin that Carrera, described in the defense motion as a "family friend," had in fact only met Okun once, at Simone's Feb 2008 birthday party, and had not seen Okun since. He cautioned the defense not to bring any further such motions unless they'd personally interviewed the proposed custodian and assured themselves of the facts being claimed and that they were in fact suitably qualified to serve in that capacity. Thanks to Judge Payne and the US Attorney (Michael Dry), it looks like Okun's appearance at his criminal trial which begins Jan 19 has been assured."


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It's happening! Today SquareEnix announced Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age for the PlayStation 4. The game is a high definition re-release and will be based on the International Zodiac Job System edition, where the biggest change from the original was in the new class-based license boards.
The Zodiac Age will include both the original and remastered audio tracks, will contain English and Japanese voice options, and will also sport a new turbo mode. The remaster is scheduled to release exclusively on the PlayStation 4 in 2017.


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First, a few words about the title: the full Japanese title is Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, which translates to Idiots, Tests and Summoned Beasts. Funimation, for whatever reason, released it under the half-translated and just odd-sounding Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts. I don't normally comment on what title a show gets released under, but pointless half translations like that annoy me. Just wanted to get that off my chest.
At Fumizuki Academy, students are divided into classes by their academic ability, based on an exam at the beginning of the school year. Those who do the best go into Class A where they have downright luxurious facilities in the classroom. Those who do a little less well go into Class B where they merely have very good facilities. Class C get nice facilities, Class D get average facilities, Class E get lousy facilities. And then we've got our heroes, Class F; a pack of morons who get really crappy facilities.
Sounds a bit unfair, right? Well, it is, but the students can do something about it. See, the school has this AR system with digital avatars of the students that have stats based on their exam results that they can use to battle against other classes, and if the lower ranked class wins, they get to trade facilities with the higher ranked class. It still sounds a tad unfair, since combat power is determined by academic ability, but there is more to it than that. The idea behind it, apparently, is to build teamwork and other helpful skills that aren't really reflected in exam results.
Anyway, our heroes. The main character is Yoshii Akihisa, the dumbest of the lot and with a special status: his avatar can interact with the physical world and he feels pain when his avatar takes a hit. The latter trait doesn't do him any favours, but the former does prove useful.
And despite being in Class F, not all of them are actually that stupid. Shimada Minami grew up overseas and can't read Japanese very well, and therefore does poorly on tests with the exception of maths, where the language barrier isn't so big a deal. Sakamoto Yuuji is actually fairly bright, but very lazy. Himeji Mizuki is a genius, but was very ill on the day of the class placement exam. And then there's others who are actually pretty dumb but nevertheless have some specialty that proves useful. Kinoshita Hideyoshi is a great actor, and looks effeminate – almost identical to his twin sister, in fact. Tsuchiya Kouta is a tremendous pervert, and an expert at surveillance. Oh, and some faceless masses too, but in story terms they're just there to make up the numbers.
Anyway, the main plot concerns Akihisa and Class F's plans to battle Class A so he can give Mizuki the study environment he feels she deserves. I won't give away details, but they do make very good use of the characters' various strengths, and a few other advantages they pick up along the way. There's also the subplots involving personal relationships – including the inevitable love triangle with Akihisa at the center – and various other antics that high school students get up to.
There's also a second season, but it doesn't really do a main plot; it's basically more of the antics and bits of backstory that didn't make it into the first season. Still very entertaining, just not any long-term plot.
Something else I found noteworthy is that the difference between Class F and the higher ranked ones isn't just academic, but involves their senses of ethics too. Class F are morons, but they're honest morons; whereas some of the "better" students aren't above cheating in the same way the ocean isn't above the sky.
And besides all the comedy, drama and everything else, there's a bit of interesting social commentary in there too: everyone puts an inordinate amount of importance on test results to the exclusion of everything else, but it's the other things besides that which really produce results. And then there's the above thing about the "good" students cheating in the pursuit of the all-important test scores.
Visually, the show does some pretty interesting things. It's not a Shaft production, but the director has done a fair bit of work on Shaft shows, and has clearly been paying attention to Shinbo Akiyuki's methods. It's a very good show, well worth checking out if you've got any interest at all in high school comedies – and perhaps more so if you've grown a little tired of the average high school comedy.


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9 Beauty Ingredients to Avoid During Pregnancy
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, August 2006
Pregnancy can be a glorious time, but it can also be a confusing time, particularly when it comes to matters of beauty. Hormones throw your usual skin balance out of whack, and a glow on some complexions might be a greasy slick on others. Hair is simply different. And then there's the more pressing matter of whether the products in your medicine cabinet are safe to use; even seasoned beauty editors find themselves squinting at the complex lists of ingredients, trying to discern which formulas are fair game and which aren't. And products that may seem harmless on first impression—such as natural skin care—may actually be the opposite: Though it's less commonly known, some essential oils have potentially risky side effects.
Fortunately, the FDA already does some of the work for us, as Macrene Alexiades-Armenakas, MD, a dermatologist in Manhattan, points out. The governmental organization categorizes ingredients by letters of the alphabet, ranging from safest to those that should be avoided at all costs: A, B, C, D, and X. Generally, only categories A and B are considered safe to use during pregnancy, but it can be challenging to parse which ingredients on the list are found in beauty products, and it's up to women to scrutinize labels closely. As Dendy Engelman, MD, a Manhattan dermatologist who recently gave birth to a baby boy, puts it: "Just like you want to be on your A-game with food and health when you're pregnant, you have to be that way with beauty and skin care, too."
Below, a doctor-approved cheat sheet on beauty ingredients, products, and services to avoid.
Retin-A, retinol, and retinyl palmitate: Though it also resides in FDA category C, which technically means risk to the fetus cannot be ruled out, Albert Sassoon, MD, an ob-gyn in Manhattan, says this family of products is to be avoided at all costs. While vitamin A is crucial to the proper development of the fetus, "getting too much can cause serious birth defects and liver toxicity," he says. Also, though Retin-A is usually associated with prescription medication and skin care, plenty of over-the-counter formulations contain vitamin A derivatives like retinol and retinyl palmitate, both of which should be banned from your pregnancy beauty kit.
Benzoyl peroxide: Though pregnancy can often cause hormonal acne, unfortunately, the typical zit-zappers found over the counter, like benzoyl peroxide, fall in category C. "That means there's some possible risk to the fetus, and a majority of ob-gyns I work with would say to avoid," says Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas.
Essential oils: Essential oils are not assessed by the FDA, yet they are increasingly used in beauty products marketed as safe. "In general, essential oils can be extremely harmful if not used appropriately," Dr. Sassoon says. "Often they have 50 times the concentration used in a cup of tea and can be harmful even in a nonpregnancy state. The problem also is that we don't know how much of a specific oil is absorbed." Dr. Engelman suggests that diluted essential oils are generally considered safe, but because there are so many different types available, it's best to go over the safety of any product or individual oil with your doctor. Two commonly used essential oils, though, ring warning bells: tea tree oil and rosemary oil. "Tea tree oil is very potent and toxic when ingested," says Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas. "Its adverse effects include dermatitis, drug reactions, a blistering disease called linear IgA, and estrogenic effects." Pregnant women should steer clear of it because "possibly these hormonal effects are to blame for premature contractions." Meanwhile, rosemary oil can "raise blood pressure and cause uterine contractions at high doses," Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas adds. "To avoid."
Salicylic acid: Also in category C, this ingredient is a particularly pesky one to sidestep. "It's traditionally been used for acne, but now I see it in all kinds of exfoliating products, particularly cleansers," Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas says. "So much of what's out there right now are combination peels," adds Dr. Engelman. "When you're pregnant, you have to seek out the purer products—the ones that feature just one of the acids that are approved." She points out that glycolic, lactic, and mandelic acids are all considered safe and are good options for someone who still wants some sloughing action.
Hydroquinone: This powerful skin lightener may be tempting to use—particularly when pregnancy brings on dark spots or full-on melasma—but the ingredient is a no-no, says Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas, noting it falls into category C.
Tazorac, Accutane: Both are also vitamin A–derived formulations, but they're prescription only and reside in category X: known to cause birth defects.
Aluminum chloride hexahydrate: If you're pregnant, now is the time to switch to simple deodorants or natural alternatives. Found in antiperspirants, aluminum chloride hexahydrate affects the cells that produce sweat and is in FDA pregnancy category C, which means "to avoid," says Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas.
Formaldehyde: Though the chemical is not currently classified under the FDA categories, many ob-gyns and dermatologists will advise pregnant women to limit their exposure. Stick with nail polishes labeled "3-Free" or "5-Free," which exclude the chemical, says Dr. Engelman: "Gel manicures, in particular, tend to be higher in formaldehyde." The same goes for Japanese and Brazilian hair-straightening procedures, which use formaldehyde during processing, Dr. Engelman adds. Salon workers are at particular risk. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health states working with formaldehyde may increase the chances of fertility problems or miscarriage.
Hair dye: "The frequent change in product formulation makes it very difficult to assess the potential risks," Dr. Sassoon says. To err on the safe side, he recommends pregnant patients steer clear of hair coloring for the first 12 weeks, when the fetus is busy forming integral body parts and organs. Afterward, he says, occasional appointments are okay: "Such small amounts of chemical is absorbed through the scalp that the potential risk is very small if the appointments are infrequent."
Chemical sunscreens: Again, ingredients in chemical sunscreens are not all classified under the FDA categories, but Dr. Engelman recommends sticking to mineral ingredients like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. "There has been some suggestive evidence of chemical sunscreen risks, but they haven't been fully substantiated yet," Dr. Engelman says. "But since there are excellent physical blockers out there that are safe, why not take the risk out of it altogether?"


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In keeping with South Seeds' 'DIY' ethos, the site was made to look like it was made from a patchwork of different recycled materials. Minimalist design and muted colours were out, various textures and a bright colour palette were in.
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Breathing Space
I don't know about you, but I find that the beginning of April to be the breathing time. That has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Winter is sleepy and deep and quiet, while the Equinox is a bit turbulent – all that pulling into balance – its a cross between a menopausal woman and a bad hair day. well it is in my world. Which is a worry.
But April, ah, that new unfolding time, the breathing time. you lovely month (yeah, I know, short memory, it snowed this time last year) – the month when I think "oh yes baby, the sunshine is here, the blossoms are around the corner, dust down your shorts, we are nearly there". I take full responsibility if my premature enthusiasm tempts that pesky fate into sending us blizzards next week.
Enough talk of weather, enough I say. Let me talk stitching. Oh let me…..well, you see. It goes like this. When you are feeling completely overwhelmed with emails, and parcels of pink knitting, and your hormones, and housework, and illness and life – well, here's what you do. You make sure you discover a new obsession, in this case English piecing, and spend literally hours peering through your spectacles like some crazy cat lady, at the tiniest stitches on little wee pieces of fabric. It's a winner.
You can lose literally days of work, to this timeless art; meanwhile the little work pixies take pity on you, hop up onto your laptop and take over the management of your to-do list, like those cute little elves who made shoes at night. Only this lot are a highly trained crack team of admin specialists, and they have sorted your life out in a nano second. O.K, I'm getting a bit weird. It's all that April fresh air.
Truly though, stitching is the very best. And my friend Cindy knows her way around fabric, let me tell you. She is responsible for me haring down this quilty road when I have so, so much else to do. You Queen of Badness. Those of you who are local, check out this fabric shop to end all others.
And seriously, going slowly, making tiny stitches in a way our grandmothers would've done, quietly, slowly by hand, is my way of breathing out, slowing down, getting out of my busy head. It's got to be good.
Breathing space means that you slow down, and suddenly take a look at the moments you find yourself in. You may be surprised to find that your little boys turn very big, that celebrations with a houseful of teenagers and other family is actually quite enjoyable. (note to self: even the most incompetent adolescent can be taught to knit when the pressure is on – don't let them fool you for one minute into thinking that those little pinkies can only work iPhones, oh no sireee)
Lucky girl that I am, I am about to journey to both of my oceans – first the ocean of the west, and then all the way across the land by train, to my ocean of the east. I am feeling very lucky that my work can travel with me, and my needles and thread, and camera. I am set. I have dear and lovely friends to see at both ends too, salty air to walk in, and pebbles to collect. I love you April, there is much to breathe in.
With apologies for the ridiculous number of photos this week, here are some outtakes, incase you are tempted to think this is all a bit Mary Poppins……
April 4, 2014 2 Comments
Samhain by the Ocean
Beautiful and quiet week, catching up on sleep, knitting, having lovely food cooked for me. The beginnings of mellow winter sunlight, crab apples, pumpkins, rosehip and birch. Feeling a sadness for this last visit this year to my ocean of the east, and a rightness in getting myself ready for the rich, dark dreaming time that Samhain ushers in. Wishing you all the most gentle of late autumn time, may all changes be for the good.
November 1, 2013 No Comments
By the Ocean (tinged with teenagers)
I have been so cunning this year about spending as much time as possible by the ocean…and here I am again…but karma is a sneaky beast and it is this trip that has had both a carrot and a stick. So yes, I have swam in my creek and loved my life. But I have also been frogmarched to the edge of my sanity with shoeless 15 year old boys and subjected to Thriftshop by Macklemore (google it my friends, and be warned, it's not the sort of thrift shop you or I care to hang out in with our dreams of vintage…..)
Hey ho, it is still time by the ocean…so let's be positive. Gorgeous gorgeous. Hope your skies are blue too lovelies…..
August 18, 2013 No Comments
A question of focus
Well, my garden leave neatly dovetailed in to another ocean escape, so here I am, back in Norfolk, breathing out and watching the most stunning sunsets over my precious salt marsh, where our caravan lives.
Of course it isn't all one big picnic…that journey took a circuitous route via GCSE's, orthodontists appointments, doctor's visits, card orders, tax returns, car insurance, housework, and the general hassle of living. But after a trek across London and East Anglia with a backpack, at last I'm here, and even though I have brought work with me, this is an official week of escape.
Stiffkey is a small village on the north Norfolk coast, and I've been coming here for nearly 25 years; it feels like home. And it's small shop has the best cake ever…didn't dare photograph the cake incase lemon lips had me arrested (I'm on a final warning) but here are some other lovely things i found there…
I love my time here. There are long walks in pine woodlands, walking and splishing by the shoreline, and supper with old friends
This week we've even had a small piece of summer (clever me for catching it, as it flitted across England, bound for luckier places like Spain) – here I am bleaching out, crisping up and tuning in to my favourite iPod playlists
There are fab things to rest your eyes on here – miles of pristine unspoilt salt marsh, hares in the fields at dusk, wild, empty beaches. Beauty is everywhere. It made me realise how very hard I sometimes have to work to see beauty back in my everyday world. And yet it is there, despite the nonsense that we are fed from the news and in the papers about what a dangerous, nightmare of a society we live in. Sure, there are some pretty scary things going down. But listen up! The EC has banned neonicotinoid pesticides to help our bees. Saudi Arabia has its first women in its previously all-male Shura Council, and Scotland is aiming to meet 50% of its electricity needs from renewables, having just exceeded its previous target.
Shall I go on? O.k, well, the Governments' plan to sell our woodlands has been dropped after overwhelming public pressure, vandalism and gun crime has fallen to a 20 year low *, and proposals to protect the Arctic by creating a global sanctuary around the North Pole have drawn worldwide support.
And lastly, just to get it off my chest, whilst this is not a peaceful world, there are actually fewer wars now than ever, and 48% of the world's populations are living in established democracies. So don't let this over culture of lies tell you otherwise. Ooops, I think all this sea air has made me a little feisty. Seriously, good things are happening people….its all just a question of where we put our focus.
So, let me put my focus back onto the lovelies that I have been spying all around me up in these parts….
and finally these….
Forgive me for drawing you in with nice pictures and then wham! A big hit of world politics….but there are so very many things to be excited about, that are simply not being reported. O.k, time for me to get back behind my camera…and go and chill out with the seagulls. Sending love and sea breezes from the wild English coast.
* Official figures from the Crime Survey of England and Wales, 2013
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May 29, 2013 1 Comment
By the Ocean
:: Blackthorn buds ::
:: Deserted beaches, tooooo raw and cold ::
:: Boardwalks through pine trees ::
:: Boat rigging and other harbour paraphanaelia ::
:: Hazel catkins and dusty yellows ::
:: Early morning creek walk ::
:: Sand dunes and sharp grasses ::
:: Fishing net blues & turquoises ::
:: Driftwood and leopard skin wellies (a wee break from pink, always good) ::
:: Seagulls reminding me I love being by the ocean ::
:: Time with family, how lucky are we ::
:: Looking for spoonbills and curlews in the freshes ::
:: The love of feathers ::
:: Sunset, sunrise at my favourite place in the world ::
:: Wells deli – a good place to be ::
:: Nearest harbour ::
:: Village shop ::
A few days away from our five valleys, and even though we were often numb with cold and huddled around the fire, it was enough to rest, and breathe out, to think and stretch. Dear ocean of the east, I do love you.
April 10, 2013 No Comments
I am back from my dear Norfolk ocean and place of quietness…straight in to full on teenagers, Halloween happenings, yarn episodes and all sorts of hit-the-ground running shenanigans…..quite enough to turn my hair grey…or pink (thank you oh wondrous Lily, friend of teenage daughter)
But I am skipping ahead…that was the end of my mad week. No, it started innocently enough on Monday, at three minutes before bedtime (my bedtime that is, my kids are often lawless in the land of nod) – with a 'mum, I need a Halloween costume IMMEDIATELY and so what I need you to do is wrap me tightly in cling film, and then cover me with yellow duct tape'. Of course you do.
Now, this was turning out to be some horrific 50 Shades of Yellow b-movie, but it ended reasonably well, all things considered, and really quite sculptural (it's a Pikachu outfit in case you were wondering. I wasn't, at 10.53pm)
The middle of the week was intense, and soul searching, with dear land and ocean sisters holding me gently (I love you)…including witchery in the woods, talking around a fire, talking over the phone, and even a pumpkin soup picnic.
….a very perfect antidote to all the sugar and adrenaline that was steamrollering our way.
There has been trick or treating, lighting of ancestor candles, and even the excitement of Stroud's first yarn bomb…woohooo….
and all the while the season turns colour quietly and steadily
A world away from my salt marsh and herons, this is another kind of life-living – a good kind, but crazy kind. It is all part of the soup that makes up my world I guess. The trick is to give in to the flow of it, I've decided. Surrender to busyness, but remembering to breathe. Don your best stripy tights, let teenagers organise your hair, love it, and live it.
Until next time, this is Jaine Rose, queen of pink and perky, (and sometimes much weeping) signing off.
November 5, 2012 3 Comments
From the Ocean….Samhain Mists
We are here for one last time this year…always the sweetest trip, saying goodbye to my Ocean of the East for another season. Here is a little patchwork then of our days….who am I trying to kid? It is a stupidly HUGE patchwork….honestly people…stop me. Before I have someone's eye out. It's just that there is so much colour and sea fog, and autumn leaves, and oh…oh….
:: Skulking around Morston harbour, on the look out for crabs, and being wildly distracted by boats :: the gentlest of sea fogs comes down and enfolds us in grey quietness :: walking deserted beaches and silent creeks :: splashes of burnt orange and reds in my winter hat, sea buckthorn and more boats (all planned to match of course) :: woodlands full to bursting with fungi, with all the damp and wet we've been having :: a very big treat of homemade gluten free bread and raspberry jam (thank you Bad Jo and Gari) :: falling in love for the hundredth time with autumn birches (I am a Birch Sister, it is official) :: swishing through leaves in late afternoon light :: beach huts at Wells (I noticed one for sale with Sowerbys) :: enjoying sweet chestnut trees, not so many where I live :: beautiful cobwebs making me feel very witchy in a magic sort of way :: the pink wellies of all happiness :: harbour yellows :: seasons turning :: lots of woolly thinking, a gynormous plan emerges……
October 25, 2012 4 Comments
A big old summery fib (sssshhh!)
Ho hum….well, I guess winter is rolling around again….kids are back at school….and as soon as we are settled at our work desks once more, an Indian summer sweeps in to mock us. What is this British obsession with weather? I am as bad as anyone for cloud watching, checking forecasts on the hour, tippy tapping at the barometer (o.k, that's a lie, I don't have one, but if I did….). So I hope you won't mind if I tell one huge, big, Monday fib about my summer?????? Could I? Just this once?
Ah yes, you see, in MY summer the skies were big and blue, and we skipped around teepees like frisky little Unicorns. My garden sang happily with abundance and colour and the vegetables were so enormous and plentiful we had to hold a table top sale. The snails and slugs sloped off grumpily to pastures new muttering 'well we just won't bother with this particular Nirvana'.
The children gaily chorused, "please please do take us for long walks over the hills!" and so sighing heavily we did, and we frolicked over the greenness until the sun set.
Those lazy, balmy days….we just couldn't get the sun cream on quick enough. There weren't enough Margarhitas to quench our thirst on those long days of festivals, friends and freedom.
Oh, and the ice cream at every turn! Summer days filled with walks to the beach with our picnic bag, not a care or a cagoul in the world. We lazed around on warm golden sand, dipping our toes in the warmest of water in the North Sea, and no one snorted when I suggested an afternoon dip – YES PLEASE! – they all chimed in.
There was, naturally, hours and hours of free time to sit on the shingle and crochet. Oh yes. Mainly on account of the children deciding they do actually love making sandcastles harmoniously together, and infact Facebook, Twitter and other phone related activity is the work of Satan that they are better off casting aside.
Evening meals in the garden, listening to the chirruping of cicadas. A glad heart that we didn't travel far from home. Why bother with Spain, when it's all here on your doorstep, hey? You know, (and I am saying this in a whisper), it was so hot for so long in Stroud, that we had to cool the dog off every day with a hose pipe. Really. Unbearable. How we longed for the cooler days of Autumn to blow in…..
Friends, what can I tell you about my summer? It was gorgeous of course, with or without the blazing sun. I am truly grateful for those few times when we did throw off our anoraks at the prospect of a full 18 degrees. And no! Not once did we cower among the rain soaked dripping clothes on the washing line, for the umpteenth time, wondering why we didn't move to Greece. That was NEVER us….
September 10, 2012 7 Comments
From the Ocean……sailing
How much sunshine and water can I pack in to these short days away I wonder…..this has to sustain me all through the winter, so it's gotta count right? Well, more scampering around today, this time with one of my oldest and dearest friends Mrs Earland….one of the funniest, truest and up-for-anything people I am lucky to know!
So for today's patchwork from the ocean, I bring you "Sailing"………
water sparkling :: sky blues :: wave lapping :: deep oranges :: ready and about :: boom ducking :: swallows & amazons :: rope tightening :: feet squelching :: boats bobbing :: chocolate scoffing :: sail stitching :: teenagers frolicking :: yellow + turquoise loving :: wind :: sea :: summer :: sailing ……. I love you!
August 10, 2012 1 Comment
From the Ocean……skinny dipping
Hello again! I am a little out of date order here, as I have two lovely festivals to tell you about…but the ocean calls. And that is exactly where I find myself, oh yes.
We share a caravan by the most wonderful salt marsh on the north coast of Norfolk, and it is to here that we speed as often as we can. By car, by train, by bus, whatever it takes. So we have done for years and years, it is my place of quietness, of wildness, of coming home.
This year's excitement is that I have my camera, laptop and a little dingle dangle (my technical term for the foxy little plug-in that connects me up to cyberspace)….yes, I know, I'm on holiday, and solitude is Queen. But. I can blog…..yahoodie!! (big sigh from my family who thought they'd have some time off from Kodak moments)
So here is the first part of my ocean patchwork of images, as they happen! Ooooh, nearly real time…get me!!
Skinny dipping :: dune watching :: catching up on diary writing :: gazing at layers of blue :: a hidden cabin in the pine woods :: bare toes on moss and needles :: smelling fresh pine resin :: an empty beach in the late afternoon sun :: Cormorants :: Oyster catchers :: cool, sweet smelling seaweed between fingers :: loving the different yellows of sand :: noticing my abandoned clothes match the sea and the sand :: razor shells :: happy toes :: happy me
August 9, 2012 3 Comments


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As the year passes by, more and more gardening equipment are coming out in the market and are available for people who are looking for an easier way to maintain their lawns. One of the most popular gardening equipment today is the corded electric lawn mower, which can effectively help you take care of your lawn. If you want the convenience that this has then knowing some of the best corded electric lawn mower is essential.
Some people think that they can just mow their lawn manually or by hiring a professional. This can cost much higher since you will be hiring the professional to maintain your lawn regularly. Manually mowing your lawn, on the other hand, can be time-consuming, which will end up for your lawn to not be regularly be mowed.
A lot of people don't know that there are a lot of benefits of having a corded electric lawn mower. This is the reason why many are still not using an electric lawn mower.
If you are one of these people, then reading the benefits that you can get from using the best corded electric lawn mower is essential.
Of all the five best-corded lawn mower machines mentioned above, the winner for this review is the GreenWorks 25022 12 Amp Corded 20-Inch Lawn Mower.
The reason behind this is because it is budget friendly but is made out of durable materials, which makes it last longer. It can also work efficiently since it can be maneuvered in any way that the user, please.
Using electric lawn mower is environmental friendly because you don't need to use any gasoline to operate it.
According to a study, seventeen million gallons of fuel are spilled due to lawn mowers.This is a waste of resources and money, thus letting the gasoline seep into the water on the ground, while the rest will evaporate into the air, which can contribute to pollution.
When using an electric mower, you will be assured that there will be no gasoline that will be spilled.
Another good thing about using an electric lawn mower is that it is healthier for the person who is using it. The reason behind this is because it will not emit any gasoline combustion, which can affect the person's lungs. Once it affects the lungs, it can cause heart attacks, heartbeat irregularities, and respiratory problems.
There are lawn mowers the operate noisily which cannot only disturb you but as well as your neighbors. The good thing about using electric lawn mower is that it is noiseless. This means that you can mow your lawn anytime of the day, without worrying about disturbing anyone.
Hiring a professional and using a lawn mower that uses gas are costly, but with an electric one you don't need to worry about fueling it or paying it every other week or so. This type of lawn mower is not high maintenance since it can work without oily parts or tune-ups.
Some people think that an electric mower is not as powerful as the other types of lawn mowers today. The truth is, electric ones are also as powerful as the gas mowers, which means that it can work totally normal with your lawn.
These are some of the benefits of having a corded electric lawn mower that you will surely love to experience. One of the things mentioned above is that electric ones are low maintenance, but this doesn't mean that you can just take your mower for granted.
Here's a video on how you can maintain your corded lawn mower.
Maintaining your electric lawn mower will make sure that it will last longer than usual. Keeping your mowers healthy will make sure that repairs will be prevented. Below are some of the reasons why maintaining your electric lawn mowers is essential.
One of the reasons why maintaining your lawn mower in good shape is it will help your equipment to last for an extended period.
A well-maintained mower will be able to serve you and your lawn for as long as it can. It will also give you the result that you need if your mower is perfectly maintained.
Lawn mowers that are in a bad condition will take longer than usual to work even on the smallest area of your yard.
If your lawn mower is well maintained, it will work efficiently and will save you a lot of time. If your mower is not well maintained, it won't be able to cut the grass the way you want it to be cut.
If your lawn mower is in good shape, the chances of it causing injuries and such will be prevented. The reason behind this is because a poorly maintained one can cause serious injuries not only for you but as well as to the people around you.
Well maintained mowers will make sure that it won't easily get damaged, saving you from purchasing a new one. It can be very expensive to buy a new one no matter what season you are in.
Now that you know the benefits and how you can maintain your electric mower, it would be ideal to know the best corded electric lawn mower available on the market today. Below are some of the best lawn mowers that you can use to maintain your lawn.
Product Name
Our Rating
Earthwise 14-Inch 8-Amp Side Discharge/Mulching Corded Electric Lawn Mower, Model 50214
Earthwise 50220 20-Inch 12 Amp Side Discharge/Mulching/Bagging Electric Lawn Mower
GreenWorks 25022 12 Amp Corded 20-Inch Lawn Mower can take care of your lawn, no matter what caring needs that it requires. This mower is equipped with a 12 amp motor, which can work on yards that are medium or large. It can also help cut your grass evenly, no matter what type of landscape you have at home.
The GreenWorks will let you choose between mulching, side discharge, and rear bagging. This means that you can use the lawn mower in any way that you please.
People who are into fertilizing their lawn will find the mulching feature useful. Another good thing about this corded lawn mower is that you can adjust its height, which will allow you to mow on surfaces that are bumpy, uneven, and flat.
Black & Decker MM2000 13-Amp Corded Mower is equipped with a 13-amp motor, which makes it ready to help you with whatever type of work you need for your lawn.
It is also a 3 in 1 mower, wherein it has three different modes, such as the side discharge, bagging, and mulching.
Another good thing about the Black & Decker mower is that you can quickly adjust the lever that it has, depending on your preferred height.
The Black & Decker MM2000 is made out of durable and sturdy plastic, which can cover 20 inches of area in one go. This means that it can get the job done in a short period. It also has blades that are high quality, which will help you to cut the grass easily.
Another good thing about this lawn mower is that is can be folded, which makes it compact. This just means that you can easily store it or bring it where it is needed.
Earthwise 14-Inch 8-Amp Model 50214 requires no oil, fumes, or gas and can be used any time of the day. It has a 2 in 1 system, which are for mulching and side discharging. It is also equipped with a lever where you can easily adjust it depending on your preferences.
The Earthwise lawn mower is light in weight, which means that you can easily bring it anywhere you, please. It can also be folded, which will make you store the mower quickly.
Another good thing about this corded lawn mower is that it is maintenance-free since you don't need to recharge the equipment for you to be able to use it. You can also use the Earthwise lawn mower anytime you please since it doesn't make any sound at all.
Earthwise 50220 20-Inch 12 Amp does not require any fumes, oil, and gas and can be used you anytime, please.
One of the good things about this mower is that it has a handle that is well cushioned, which makes it comfortable in the hands.
This equipment can easily be switched off and on, which is an advantage during emergencies. This feature shields people from acquiring injuries due to the electric lawn mower.
The Earthwise electric lawn mower is also light in weight, which makes it easier to move around the yard. It also operates quietly, which makes it perfect for people who wants to enjoy the tranquility.
You can start mowing your lawn very early in the morning, without worrying about disturbing your neighbors. You can also mow your lawn during night time, for as long as you have enough lighting.
GreenWorks 25012 12 Amp Corded 18-Inch Lawn Mower is equipped with a 12 amp motor, which can help you cut through the grass no matter how tough it is.
It also has a cutting deck that is made out of durable steel, which will make the job easier and efficient.
Another good thing about this lawn mower is that it has a 7-inch rear and front wheels, which will make maneuvering easier, even around terrains and beds that are uneven.
The GreenWorks lawn mower can mow lawns that are 1 3/4 inches in height to 3 3/4 inches.
This makes the lawn mower perfect for almost all types of grass. The lawn mower can be adjusted into seven different position, which makes it ideal to be used by almost anyone no matter what the height is.
Of all the five best-corded lawn mower machines mentioned above, the winner for this review is the GreenWorks 25022 12 Amp Corded 20-Inch Lawn Mower.
The reason behind this is because it is budget friendly but is made out of durable materials, which makes it last longer. It can also work efficiently since it can be maneuvered in any way that the user, please.
Everything that you need from the benefits of using a corded lawn mower to the best-corded lawn mower machines available in the market are mentioned above.
All you need to do is to choose the best that suits your needs and as well as your lawn. Choosing a corded lawn mower is perfect not only for your convenience but as well as for the environment since there will be no gas nor fuel that will be used.
I'm Ann, I have dedicated most of my life in gardening. This is a subject I enjoy the most. Since then, I committed to developing my website to be the best guidance when it comes to taking care of flowers and plants. I am trying my best to be well-versed with plants found in desert areas, tropics or Mediterranean. I still need to be knowledgeable about so many kinds of botanical life.


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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has dissolved parliament and called for fresh elections owing to the relentless anti-government protests across the southeast Asian nation.
However, anti-government protesters plan marches to demand the creation of an unelected "People's Council" to run an interim government.
Yingluck admitted she was forced to take the decision to prevent "any loss of life".
"At this stage, when there are many people opposed to the government from many groups, the best way is to give back the power to the Thai people and hold an election. So the Thai people will decide," she said in a televised address to the nation.
No date has been announced for the elections, but according to the Thai constitution, elections must be held within two months of dissolving the parliament. Yingluck will remain as caretaker prime minister until the new elections.
"The situation seems likely to escalate to violence so the government has decided to return power to the people and let them decide through elections," Yingluck added.
Nonetheless, opposition campaigners are determined to step up their protests and vowed to march towards government offices in Bangkok. At least 50,000 protesters are rallying in various parts of the Thai capital.
"Today, we will continue our march to Government House. We have not yet reached our goal. The dissolving of parliament is not our aim," said Suthep Thaugsuban, the opposition leader spearheading the protests.
The protesters are demanding an interim unelected body vaguely defined as the "People's Council" to replace what they call "Thaksin's regime". The protesters insist the entire administration needs to be revamped and Yingluck and her family members should leave the country.
The anti-government protests were originally set off by a controversial amnesty bill which might have allowed Yingluck's brother and former leader Thaksin Shinawatra to return from his self-imposed exile.
Thaksin was overthrown in a military coup in 2006 and Yingluck is accused of running the government as his proxy, leading to the biggest protests in Thailand since 2010.


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Episode 112 Ashleigh VanHouten - Living a Paleo lifestyle, podcasting, and lifting heavy things.
Ashleigh VanHouten ("vanHOWten") is a writer, podcast host, and health and fitness coach. She's been a regular contributor to Paleo Magazine since 2011, and in 2017 took the reins as host of the Paleo Magazine Radio podcast, interviewing the biggest names in sports, medicine, and health and wellness. In today's FCP we discuss what it means to live a Paleo lifestyle, how Ashleigh's training has changed over time, and why it's important for women to start lifting heavy things.
Please visit http://bit.ly/fitnesscandorpodcast, click View in iTunes, go to Ratings and Reviews at the top and leave a rating and/or review! That would be helpful for both of us and get our conversation to more people!


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MARX + Cameo & Kali Taylor
Ardent Music Promotions presents
Marx w/ Cameo Brooks & Kali Taylor
£4 ADV (Tickets available from hosts or bands) – £6 OTD
Marx is a Hull/Manchester based hip-hop artist, and the former frontman of City of Stone & Headless Hangman.
Since 2013, Marx has been playing gigs around the country, performing in the heavy metal and punk rock scenes. In both bands, Marx made no secret of his hip-hop influence, making use of rapping in both, and has now flipped it around, putting his punk and metal influences towards rap tracks. In his short time as a hip-hop artist, Marx has already rapped alongside legends such as Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One and shared the stage with the likes of Merkules, Shotty Horroh, MC Devvo, Sumo Cyco, Al the Native (Jordan Stephens of Rizzle Kicks) and Beans on Toast, as well as many others. Website – http://www.marx01482.online
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Cameo Brooks
'Cameo Brooks comes from Hull, UK City Of Culture 2017, New to the rap scene but taking influences from the pioneers of positive and intellectual wordplay.
Cameo's roots are firmly in the ground. Taking inspiration from whats around him, the clutter, the chaos, the confusion of a world that seems to have no hope for a millennial mind.. but somehow seeing past the materialistic and fighting for a better world.
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Kali Taylor
Hull based rapper with tight lyrics and a presence on stage that captivates audiences.
Kali Taylor has being growing his sound, with each night he performs showcasing a new part of his arsenal with new songs, sounds and styles ready to blow away audiences both new and old


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By Steve Tawa
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The potential closing of the old Kraft Foods plant in Northeast Philadelphia could mean the loss of yet more jobs in the once-thriving snack industry (see related story).
But there may be a glimmer of hope yet.
As the union representing workers at the former Nabisco-Kraft factory, on Roosevelt Boulevard, negotiates shutdown talks, Pennsylvania state representative Brendan Boyle is among the local officials trying to figure out how to blunt the losses.
"One of the options they're considering is completely closing this iconic building and shipping the over 300 jobs to Mexico," he said today.
Boyle (third from right in photo) has also heard that if Mondelez International stays, it would consider expanding, and adding even more jobs.
"So it's very important that we sit down at the table," he says.
State senator Mike Stack (at left in photo) wants Gov. Corbett to get involved, like he has done to get Royal Dutch Shell to build a petrochemical ethane cracking plant in western Pennsylvania, the governor's home turf.
"We look forward to working with them to figure out some kind of relief package which will help them stay here," Stack said today.
The plant has changed hands over the years from Nabisco to Kraft, and then to the Chicago-based Mondelez.
Union leader John Lazar of Local 492 has put in 30 years at the plant.
"All it's about is corporate greed," he said today. "All they want to do is take jobs and send them to Mexico."
(Reporter:) "You have the capacity here now to do more?"
(Lazar:) "We have eight ovens. Right now we're only running four."
Lazar (second from right in photo) hopes Mondelez reverses course, stays, and expands.
"There's not a Fig Newton made in the US today — they're all made in Mexico."


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This story marshalled so much outrage that it made the front page of the Washington Post:
via D.C. archdiocese: Denying Communion to lesbian at funeral was against 'policy' – The Washington Post.
Deep in grief, Barbara Johnson stood first in the line for Communion at her mother's funeral Saturday morning. But the priest in front of her immediately made it clear that she would not receive the sacramental bread and wine.
Johnson, an art-studio owner from the District, had come to St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg with her lesbian partner. The Rev. Marcel Guarnizo had learned of their relationship just before the service.
"He put his hand over the body of Christ and looked at me and said, 'I can't give you Communion because you live with a woman, and in the eyes of the church, that is a sin,' " she recalled Tuesday.
She reacted with stunned silence. Her anger and outrage have now led her and members of her family to demand that Guarnizo be removed from his ministry.
Family members said the priest left the altar while Johnson, 51, was delivering a eulogy and did not attend the burial or find another priest to be there.
"You brought your politics, not your God into that Church yesterday, and you will pay dearly on the day of judgment for judging me," she wrote in a letter to Guarnizo. "I will pray for your soul, but first I will do everything in my power to see that you are removed from parish life so that you will not be permitted to harm any more families."
Late Tuesday, Johnson received a letter of apology from the Rev. Barry Knestout, one of the archdiocese's highest-ranking administrators, who said the lack of "kindness" she and her family received "is a cause of great concern and personal regret to me." . . .
Johnson called the letter "comforting" and said she greatly appreciates the apology. But, she added, "I will not be satisfied" until Guarnizo is removed.
So church discipline is now the business of the news media, the public, and people who do not belong to the church. I wonder if the person who was denied communion could sue for having her rights violated.
Having said that, the incident seems to bring up some differences between the Roman Catholic use of the Sacrament and that of, for instance, Lutherans. (I'd like to hear from Reformed, Baptist, Orthodox, and other traditions about how they would handle this.)
For Catholics, one should be free from sin–confessed, absolved, penance performed–before receiving the Sacrament. Lutherans, in contrast, see the Sacrament as being specifically for sinners. To receive the Sacrament unworthily is to receive it without faith (Small Catechism vi).
And yet, I'm not sure how this is handled pastorally. Perhaps someone living in open and unrepentant sin is likely not in a state of faith. On the other hand, perhaps she has repented. If she confessed her sin in the rite of confession and she was absolved, hasn't she, in fact, been objectively forgiven? Lutheran pastors, how would you have dealt with this woman? Again, I'd like to hear from pastors of other traditions also. (For those of you who think communion is only symbolic, would this not be an issue at all since it doesn't really matter?)
For this discussion, please do me a favor: Please leave out complaints about Lutheran churches that practice closed communion! ("You'd commune that lesbian, but not me because I'm a Methodist!") We have had that discussion. Your complaint is registered. Let's stick to the issues raised in this story.
HT: Aaron Lewis


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Norah Jones
Live At Ronnie Scott's (DVD/Blu-ray)
Multiple Grammy Award winner Norah Jones plays an exclusive sold-out show at the world-famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. This wonderfully intimate live performance film sees Jones return to the piano, accompanied on stage by drummer Brian Blade and bassist Chris Thomas to form a classic jazz trio. The group play tracks from Jones' sixth solo album Day Breaks and a selection of hits from her extensive catalogue including the hit singles, "Carry On," "Flipside," and "Don't Know Why."
ARTIST SITE | RELEASED: June 15, 2018 ON Eagle Rock
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- 1. Sleeping Wild
- 2. Don't Be Denied
- 3. After The Fall
- 4. Sinkin' Soon
- 5. Out On The Road
- 6. And Then There Was You
- 7. It's A Wonderful Time For Love
- 8. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)
- 9. Flipside
- 10. Day Breaks
- 11. Nightingale
- 12. Tragedy
- 13. Little Broken Hearts
- 14. Carry On
- 15. Don't Know Why
- 16. I've Got To See You Again
- Bonus features on DVD and Blu-ray include in-depth pre-show interview and bonus track, "Burn."
Upcoming Tour Dates
Apr 07London, UK Norah Jones, Anoushka Shankar, and Nitin Sawhney with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and 8 more… at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Apr 23New Orleans, LA, US New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2020
May 09Spicewood, TX, US A Day In the Vines 2020
May 19Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Jul 24Vineyard Haven, MA, US Beach Road Weekend 2020
Aug 07Newport, RI, US Newport Jazz Festival 2020
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