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Local (Loco) 2 is the Hotel workers union in San Francisco. They have been on strike since Aug 09. Local 2 say the big businesses are trying to take away their health benefits. Here are the hotels they are having a problem with:
- Palace Hotel
- Westin St. Francis
- W Hotel
- Hilton San Francisco Union Square
- Grand Hyatt
- Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf
- Le Meridien Hotel
So what they do is choose a hotel, say the Grand Hyatt. They will go and sit in front of the hotel entrance, bang drums, yell, blow whistles, and march around with picket signs all night long. In turn this keeps patrons awake all night. They tell the tourist the to stay away from that hotel and the others from the list above.
The other night Local 2 decided they would go picket in front of the Hilton. No one was paying any attention to them so they called the cops on themselves. The Hilton said they did not want to press any charges. This made Loco 2 unhappy. So Loco 2 told the cops to arrest them anyways. They insisted. They wanted to be arrested. So the cops took a handful of protesters into custody. Local 2 released a press statement saying they had been
They have a right to protest. They should get their health benefits. I don't have a problem with that. Here is where loco 2 and I disagree- local 2 used tax payers money and make the cops arrest them. I think the cops have better things to do. I think the Cops in S.F should get a raise for having to deal with stuff like this. I did not like the half truth press release. I feel the white lies makes Local 2 look really bad.


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Swansea Comics and Gaming Convention. It was a lovely, friendly event, and Simon, Adam and Ricky ran a supportive, active and helpful team. Well done, guys. As I had last year, I gave a panel (inasmuch as it counts as a panel when you're the only one doing it) about first principles of rpg design. It was well attended and full of people who wanted to engage and participate. Afterwards, I got to have a lot of conversations with people who had really exciting ideas and got to sell a bunch of books too, which was nice.
Some time afterwards, though, as the event wound down, a young man approached me and handed me a note. He explained that his friend was at my panel and had wanted to ask some questions, but lacked the confidence to ask me face to face, and he asked me if I would write some answers for his friend. It was a lovely note and the questions were thoughtful, so I briefly dashed off a reply, but of course you never answer the way you want to, and some of the questions my anonymous audience member asked deserved better, fuller answers. I was moved by the note I received, and if you read on, you might understand why.
Sunday, 28 May 2017
Saturday, 27 May 2017
Like a Rollercoaster, Not in a Good Way
Alien: Covenant (2017)
It was one of the most miserable experiences I've had in a cinema for a while.
Spoilers and swears follow.
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Contractual Obligation #1: King Arthur (2017)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
|Damn right I had a VIP seat.
My (surprisingly still) friend KP sent me the money to see King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, because he thought I might have something to say about it. And I do. So this is my first Contractual Obligation post, where I have been gifted with the means to see a bad movie in the hopes that I will write about it. If you want to do the same, feel free, which is cheeky as hell, but I sat through this film so I get to say that.
This review contains swears and copious spoilers, but I wouldn't worry about them if I were you, because it's not like you're going to see it, right.
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Written in Water #22: The Miracle of the Sparrows
All I have to show you is this bird
I made with fingers, spit and clay.
I breathed on it like Jesus had, I heard,
To make it come alive and fly away.
At the end of the Gospel of John, the evangelist writes,
I've always liked that as an ending. It feels like a recognition of the shortcomings of the story's form and an assertion of validity in a humble, eloquent way. There are other versions of Christ's story, the evangelist is saying, and they are no more or less valid than this one.Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.John 21:25
Friday, 19 May 2017
I Blame Society #4: The Dark Crystal (1982)
Saturday, 13 May 2017
We Don't Go Back #48: Sauna (AKA Evil Rising) (2008)
Sauna deserves better.
Friday, 12 May 2017
We Do, In Fact, Go Back (in praise of Folk Horror Revival)
Wyrd Harvest Press's two new books: North, by Phil Breach and Tim Turnbull; and This Game of Strangers, by Bob Beagrie and Jane Burn. I have only really had the chance to dip in, so this isn't a review, but both collections, the former a mixture of poetry and prose, the latter poetry, have a powerful sense of place and time.
Thursday, 11 May 2017
I Blame Society #3: Excalibur (1981)
I'm apprehensive.
Thursday, 4 May 2017
We Don't Go Back – Guest Post: The Borderlands (2013)
Another guest post today, this time from friend and critical sparring partner Jon Dear. Jon is still among the most knowledgeable people I know on the subject of TV and film, and has recently started up his own blog, Views From a Hill, where he's been rewatching Twin Peaks and offering illuminating insight into a bunch of old TV shows I haven't even heard of, let alone seen. Over to Jon.
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
I Blame Society #2: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1988)
Easily the most mainstream of the films I've looked at in the last six months or so, this. All the others have been in some way odd, or off kilter, which I suppose makes this an outlier, a feel-good comedy about two dumb guys who just need to get their high school diplomas.
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We Americans assume that our economic system will always scamper to provide us with the products we want. Special orders don't upset us! I want my MTV! The truth is more complicated, especially in our education system, which is paid for by the students but controlled by the professoriate. Witness the perverse success of the bloated science textbook.
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Here the issue is that students will respond differently to a silent film depending on a variety of factors, such as the quality of the print selected. Instructors make numerous choices concerning the way in which the class is conducted and mate- rials are integrated. Many of these choices, such as which print of a film to use, may seem relatively simple, but they can often have larger, unforeseen implica- tions. One illustration of this involves Edward T. Hall's notion of proxemics—the relationship of social space to culture.
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The dimension of the stock price-inflation puzzle that generated the greatest sustained academic interest, however, was the apparent negative relation between expected inflation and subsequent stock returns. The explanation that garnered early support was known as the "proxy hypothesis". First articulated by Fama (1981), this hypothesis held that (i) a rise in inflation augurs a decline in real economic activity; and (ii) the stock market anticipates the decline in corporate earnings associated with this slowdown.
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"Promoting healthy diets and physical activity: a European dimension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases"
Greenway is one of several examples of how the private sector is committed to this transformation and has taken charge through leading the health information technology and electronic health record industry. Greenway was founded on the premise that HIT & EHRs dramatically reduce medical errors, lower costs, improve quality and efficiency and create a substantial return on investment for physicians and practices among many other constituencies.
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Asia, and will assess the linkages between different functional areas of international cooperation against terrorism. Although these reports address a wide variety of subjects, they build on a common principle: counterterror cooperation occurs across numerous issue areas, including military, financial, law enforcement, and intelligence. An effective counterterror strategy will need to address each of these dimensions and account for some of the synergies and frictions among them. Publications to date from the other three project tasks include...
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Some years ago a consortium of enterprises and a university from different European countries and industrial sectors was established to work together in the development of lighter lead–acid batteries for electrical and conventional vehicles with new innovative materials and process techniques, with the final goal of increasing the energy density by means of a battery weight reduction. Its main idea was to substitute the heavy lead alloy grids mechanical support of the active masses and collectors of the current produced during the charge and discharge reactions.
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Two elements instil a degree of moderate optimism going forward. First, major policy decisions have significantly reduced tail risks and relieved market stress. The June European Council decisions were swiftly followed up with concrete progress towards establishing a Banking Union. The European Council of 18-19 October agreed on a timetable for the establishment of a Single Supervisory Mechanism and advanced further on the deepening of EMU, encompassing the financial, budgetary, economic, and political dimensions.
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The European standard EN 877 is valid for prefabricated parts of cast iron pipes for construction - normally as non-pressure pipelines - of building drainage systems as well as connecting drains. The nominal diameter range covers DN 40 up to and including DN 600. This standard contains requirements for material, dimensions and tolerances, mechanical features, composition, standard coatings for cast iron pipes, fittings and accessories. Further it contains functional requirements for all prefabricated parts including couplings.
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In Managing Urban Europe-25, many cities found it useful to use the Aalborg Commitments as the thematic structure for their system i.e. their baseline reviews and strategic programmes were developed along the Aalborg Commitments6 which allowed them to address all dimensions of sustainability. By using the framework of the Aalborg Commitments they are also supported by a strong European process for local sustainability.
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Primary School Curriculum Science Social, Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE) provides opportunities for the child to explore, investigate and develop an understanding of the natural, human, social and cultural dimensions of local and wider environments; to learn and practise a wide range of skills; and to acquire open, critical and responsible attitudes. SESE enables the child to live as an informed and caring member of local, national, European and global communities.
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As four out of every five European citizens live in urban areas, their quality of life and the quality of their environment depends upon how cities look and how they function. Cities are also the places where business is done, investments are made and jobs are created and so cities represent the place where the environmental, The EU's Sustainable Development Strategy3 aims to "encourage local initiatives to economic and social dimensions of sustainable development meet most strongly.
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App To Remove Noise From Pictures?Mar 24, 2011
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I received my shiny new 16GB iPad 3G yesterday and finally had the time to open it this afternoon. The first thing I noticed when taking it out of the box is that if you jostle or move it around at all it makes a noticeable rattling noise.
At first I thought perhaps it was the SIM card tray not being seated correctly so I totally removed the tray and SIM card. The rattle is still there! It was my understanding that accelerometers present on all iDevices were electronic and will make no physical noise. Can anyone else verify this information? Does anyone else have this rattling noise? If so please list your mode i.e. WiFi or WiFi + 3G. If not, it sounds like I will be calling AppleCare or visiting the nearest store to swap this bad boy out!
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Every Now and then I hear this weird noise coming from my iPad. It's a lady's voice saying something odd. It even happens when my iPad is off and the volume is off. I cannot figure out what is going on. Has anyone else had a similar problem and can help me fix it? I'm afraid it's a virus except I have heard that iPads don't really get viruses is that true?
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I have been noticing popping sound from wearing the headphone. It usually occurs when the keypad pops into view. It's rather subtle and I can't say I am annoyed by it, but I just want to see if other people has the similar experience.
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I suffer daily due to medically diagnosed short-term memory failures. I have IR transponders in my wallet on my car keys, etc..make an iOS device beep indefinitely until located? The iCloud findmyiphone sound push feature is useless to me. I haven't probed the matter too deeply on google but there must be a way. I looked through cydia and the app store on my phone with no luck.View 1 Replies
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Although its not affecting durability etc. its really annoying if anything and sounds as if something is loose behind. Not only that but it does it with just the slightest pressure and gets louder in use.
I noticed on teardown photos there's strips of glue or something holding the battery to the rear case. Could it be that? Would apple see this as a returnable/repair problem or me being OTT??
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The cows have been cycled into the last pasture near the barns. There's a lot of grass there which they are currently chomping down.
We've had a little snow, some freezing rain, and a good number of cold but sunny days.
The farm work shop is getting organized. I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Many loads of cardboard and metal have been hauled to the recycle center. Trash has been bagged. "Lost" treasures have been found and located with items of similar function.
I've gotten down to the nitty gritty of sorting screws into see-through containers, which is very tedious. However, it will be nice to find just the right size and type when doing projects and repairs. I now know where many power tools and hand tools are located. The drawers are labeled.
I've got a short list of other indoor farmy projects to keep me busy during the Winter months.
Bear sightings are on the rise. I haven't personally seen any yet this year, but some of the neighboring farmers have killed bears on their land.
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Bill Hardy was rowing the stroke oar, and did the questioning.
Phyllis, as stroke oar, was not expected to know what was happening.
He did not say: 'I have always pulled the stroke oar, and I am not going to be second.
You will take the time from the stroke oar, and pull with it all the time.
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First of all the professor chose Celia Prime 162 for stroke oar.
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AT FIRST Shaw STRUCK THE IMAGINATION OF HIS TIME AS PERPETUALLY INTENT upon tearing down without thought of building up. Familiarity with his career and the evolution of his thought compels the conviction that a burning zeal for the practical accomplishment of his social aims and ideals was the driving power of this amazingly energetic social worker. His political and social views underwent a gradual evolution, from nineteenth-century skepticism in religious metaphysics, through a sudden extension of his outlook to the economic field by George and Marx, followed by a long exploration with Webb and the Fabians of the parliamentary paths to Socialism, to a final rejection of parliaments and party governments as we know them as possible instruments of Socialist government and an equalitarian Distributism as extreme as that imagined in the romances of Bellamy. Thus, in his social philosophy, Shaw began with an American, George, and ended with an American, Bellamy. In spirit and instincts, in financial acuteness and clear-sighted practicality, Shaw was far more American than either Irish, Scotch or English.1
Shaw always maintained that his literary work and forensic exposition received much of their strength and practicality from invaluable experience through contact with men and women of affairs, on boards and committees, in drafting resolutions, documents and constitutions of all sorts, and in getting things done intelligently. He would have been a dangerous adviser to a king or cabinet, for his receptiveness to original and ingenious ideas, however fantastic and Utopian, and the clarifying common sense which he brought to bear on their reduction to familiar practice (often to the utter disgust of their authors), might have carried them far beyond their conservative intentions. As between the practical and the impossibilist proposal he was an adept at showing that the practical is in fact complicated and impossible, and the impossible not only simple but well established in everyday practice. A good example of this was his advocacy of equality of income not as an innovation but as an inevitable extension to classes of the existing distribution between individuals of the same class, and his denunciation of Capitalism as a paper Utopia which has never borne the test of practice. There was an Olympian air about his____________________


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Stating that Saudi Arabia has been conducting proxy wars was a relatively restrained form of criticism by Boris Johnson. The kingdom has been condemned for a lot more – ranging from funding terrorism and exporting religious intolerance to running a brutal legal system with beheadings and suppressing the rights of women.
In fact the Foreign Secretary was even-handed in apportioning blame for a series of sectarian conflicts in the Middle East, also pointing out that Iran, the great Shia rival of the Sunni Saudis, was also playing its part in orchestrating strife.


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Even bunnies do yoga!
It's a perfect day for yoga, and Bunny is practicing his poses and wishes his friends would do yoga with him! But Lizard is too tired, Fox is in a rush, and Bird has the hiccups. Will Bunny ever be able to get his friends to slow down and realize that yoga just might be the solution to their problems?
Akin to I Am Yoga by Susan Verde, Yoga Bunny helps readers relax and unwind as they learn beginning yoga poses, from downward dog to tree pose. Debut author-illustrator Brian Russo shows readers just how relaxing yoga can be.
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"The sweetly simple illustrations, along with Bunny doing a wide range of poses on the endpapers, make yoga look like fun. " — Booklist
"Pair it with Lauren Alderfer's Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda and Susan Verde's I Am Yoga.... a serviceable addition for those looking to expand their collection of titles about yoga and mindfulness." — School Library Journal
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- Imprint: HarperCollins
- On Sale: 12/06/2016
- Trimsize: 9 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 0 in (d)
- Pages: 40
- List Price: 17.99 USD
- Ages: 4 to 8
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Would you like to find out more about the debut album from The Senior Service?
Of course you would. You'd be an absolute fool if you didn't.
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You can blame a chap called Philip Kane for this. Back on 1 December, he posted on Facebook the social media version of the old chain letter thing that went as follows:
"So the idea is to fill facebook with music, breaking the monotony of nasty, divisive headlines and images on our news feeds.
If you 'like' this post, you will be assigned a letter for a musician, band, artist, song, track or dj to post to your time line with this text".
I liked it. He came back to me with the letter R. I came up with Rodrigo y Gabriela & C.U.B.A.'s 'Santa Domingo' – as you do – and before you know it I'd committed myself to the idea of stealing the whole concept and coming up with some music of Medway origin (or, if you will, MOMO) for each letter of the alphabet.
26 blogs later and I can finally move on with my life.
It has actually been fun – not least because there's been the opportunity to focus on individual songs in a way you might not otherwise. Being an alphabetical list, there's been less need to focus on continuity and history.
One day we've had a song by Balance Lost (a current band), the next we've had a song that's had two outings: once in the early 1990s and then just a couple of years ago. Then, the day after that, we've had a song from 2010 which expresses its boredom with Medway bands from the 1980s.
It's meant there's been a wide variety of styles and sounds which all goes to show what an amazing melting pot of ideas this small collection of towns in the north of Kent is.
If you missed any of the blogs, not to worry: here they all are listed for your convenience – in alphabetical order, obviously.
A – The Singing Loins – 'Alien'
B – Funke and the Two Tone Baby – 'Bella's Kiss'
C – Stuart Turner and the Flat Earth Society – 'Call Me Dave'
D – Brigadier Ambrose – 'Decembered'
E – Thee Headcoats – 'Every Bit of Me'
F – Wheels – 'Forget It'
G – The Dentists – 'Gas'
H – Bob Collins and the Full Nelson – 'Holy Man'
I -Theatre Royal – 'I Believe in Father Christmas (Don't Get Me Socks)'
J – Wolf's Head and Vixen Morris – 'Jump at the Sun'
K – Frau Pouch – 'Krakthulu'
L – The Claim – 'Losers Corner'
M – Broken Banjo – 'Might As Well Be Hell'
N – Hand of Stabs – 'The Night Had No Terror For Us'
O – The Daggermen – 'One More Letter'
P – The Prisoners – 'Pop Star Party'
Q – Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire – 'A Quick One – Pete Townsend's Christmas'
R – The Ambience – 'Rome'
S – Balance Lost – 'Shield Against the World'
T – The Kravin' "A"s/Suzi Chunk – 'Tripwire'
U – The Love Family – 'Up in the Air'
V – The Flowing – 'The Voyage'
W – Lupen Crook – 'World's End'
X – CTMF – 'X-Craft on Tirpitz'
Y – Bear vs. Manero – 'YRANYRBYM'
Z – KILL RPNZL – 'Zombie Midwife Afterbirth Squad'
Find out more about many of these bands and artists – and many, many more, in my book: Do it Yourself: a History of Music in Medway.
'Tis the festive season of advent calendars and countdowns to Christmas. To mark the occasion, what better way than to have a completely non-festive A-Z of Medway songs.
There was one band who wanted to keep everything authentic: to recreate the sounds they had heard on recordings by The Small Faces and The Nice and put their own spin on. And there was the second band that craved commercial success – of MAKING IT.
Sadly, as this was the 80s, the era of Duran Duran, The Style Council and ABC, it was unlikely both bands could co-exist harmoniously. There would have to be give and take. And eventually, the fight between the two sides of The Prisoners destroyed them.
The Prisoners' albums reflect this tale in an all too neat way. Album one, A Taste of Pink, was recorded on a budget, entirely self funded; album two, The WiserMiserDemelza, saw The Prisoners signed and having real money thrown at them (while creative control was removed); their third album, The Last Fourfathers, often regarded as their best, sees them go independent again – and win back their creative control; and their final album, In From The Cold, finds the band trying their luck with a label again.
It could only end in tears.
'Pop Star Party', to be found as a bonus track on In From The Cold, finds the band at its bitter end.
The song was recorded as a parting shot to their record label who, they felt, had let them down. And although, on signing to Countdown, a subsidiary of Stiff Records.
The Prisoners had had to make compromises they were none too happy about, but things weren't helped by the unfortunate timing of In From The Cold's release: Stiff went under around the same time as the release date – so there was little that could be done to even promote or sell the album. For some time it was just a "lost" record.
Against this backdrop, out of a sense of utter frustration, The Prisoners decided to call it a day.
'Pop Star Party' commemorates the end in spectacularly vitriolic fashion. Never known as a particularly happy bunch – DJ and music journalist Steve Lamacq remembers them specifically for their grumpiness: 'the most sullen, angry, embittered and endearing four-piece I'd ever heard', he writes in his book, Going Deaf for a Living – this song more than any other shows just how grumpy they could be:
You're the biggest load of fakes that I've ever seen.
This is a farewell to your lies.
You're finished taking us for a music whore…
It was a spectacular way to go out: a band at their peak as a group, regaining complete control of themselves and their music for one final bridge burning hurrah.
Find out more about The Prisoners and many other Medway bands and artists in my book, Do It Yourself: a History of Music in Medway.
'Tis the festive season of advent calendars and countdowns to Christmas. To mark the occasion, what better way than to have a completely non-festive A-Z of Medway songs.
What would you do with a time machine?
There's the obvious stuff, of course. You could go back to July 1888 and try persuading Mrs Hitler she's got a headache. Or perhaps you could head back to 1555 to see if Queen Mary really was the spitting image of Dennis Waterman.
Then again, it could be fun to find Cellar Number Five beneath Rochester Bridge at some point in the mid-1980s and see if The Daggermen are rehearsing down there.
Maybe it's me over-romanticising things, but there seems something just a little bit magical about the tales you hear about three lads kicking up a storm in a room not tall enough to stand in. If the stories are to believed, whenever the doors were open, there was a party going on down there.
It wasn't just The Daggermen who practiced down there. It's where a band called The Pressure went to rehearse (and have their amplifiers cannibalised) and where The Prisoners recorded 'Gravedigger' – which features as a bonus track on their final album, In From The Cold.
And it wasn't just down in 'The Hole', as they called it, where the party happened. Wherever they went, The Daggermen took the chaos with them. Their performances at The Nag's Head saw them get thrown out by the landlady, Angie Minto. They would try to secure gigs under an alternate name, but she soon got wise to it.
The band would take their play fights – or bundles – out onto the street, or even across the Channel to France. And they would wind up overseas promoters by making out they were too drunk to perform.
The Daggermen form a cornerstone of much of the music that followed. Two members, Johnny Barker (bass) and Wolf Howard (drums) in particular have appeared in many of Medway's bands from the 1980s to the present day: The James Taylor Quartet, Johnny and the Bandits, Goodchilde, The Kravin' "A"s, The Prime Movers, The Solarflares, Dodson's Dogs, Micky and the Salty Seadogs, Sergeant's Mess, The Vandebilts, The Musicians of the British Empire, CTMF and, most recently, Senior Service have featured either or both members of the The Daggermen's rhythm section. And it was a fondness for The Daggermen that saw Billy Childish form The Buff Medways alongside Barker and Howard. The Buffs even released an EP tribute to The Daggermen.
'One More Letter' comes from The Daggermen's EP, Introducing the Daggermen released in 1985. It conveys all the frantic energy you would hope to find from a garage band who practiced in a cellar and terrorised landladies with play fights.
The song hurtles along against a basic blues chord progression with all three band members throwing everything the have into it: David Taylor on guitar and vocals, Johnny Barker on bass and Wolf Howard smashing into his drumkit like it would be of no use come tomorrow.
Writing about it doesn't really do it justice. You're just going to have to listen to it for yourself.
Find out more about Jon Barker and Wolf Howard's latest project, Senior Service (also featuring Darry Hartley and Graham), on their Damaged Good page.
Read more about The Daggermen and many, many other bands and artists from Medway in my book: Do it Yourself: a History of Music in Medway.


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ARLINGTON: Military officers and analysts are increasingly worried that if a war breaks out with a major power — meaning China, Russia or both — the conflict would escalate faster, spread more broadly, and drag on longer than anything in recent history. Think World War II on speed, with no front lines or clear demarcations between the European and Pacific theaters.Then this.
"The history of short-war predictions is one of repeated disappointment, and it would be profoundly unwise to risk our security by preparing only for wars of limited duration," warned Vice Adm. Frank Pandolfe, assistant to Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Pandolfe represents the chairman on interagency bodies and particularly to the State Department). Dunford has pushed for a new trans-regional planning staff that transcends the current geographic combatant commands, arguing that new threats — like the Islamic State — sprawl too broadly in space for the current structure. Pandolfe is arguing threats may extend too long in time as well.
Pandolfe said, but a long war against well-armed great powers would be very different. Sophisticated cyber and electronic warfare attacks would precede large salvos of smart weapons, "an unprecedented blending of mass and precision," he said. Instead of the steady movement of front lines that gave America time to mobilize in World War II, fighting would leap like a wildfire over a firebreak, from one theater into another. Instead of World War II-era censorship or even Vietnam-era nightly newscasts, he said, leaks, propaganda, and fake news would pour over the Internet, "a torrent of real and false information transmitted in near real-time," to attack the American people's will to fight.Last highlight first. But if we fail to prefer a war, "I am very confident that America's technological and industrial might would rise to the occasion."
A great-power war would be so fast-paced, so intense, so destructive that some analysts assume it would burn out in weeks or months. Pandolfe disagrees — which implies Dunford does. "It is possible that shared concerns between states over the great damage that's been inflicted on people, infrastructure, and trade will act to limit the time and space allowed for conflict," Pandolfe said, "(but) this thinking is founded on presumptions that rational actors will prevail and that, upon the rupture of the international fabric, immediate and intense diplomatic efforts will be brought to bear."
"However comforting such thoughts might be, military planners cannot assume such will be the case," Pandolfe warned.
Could the United States endure such a conflict? I asked the admiral. In particular, could we mobilize our industrial base — as we did in World War II — to replace the sunken ships, the downed aircraft, the burnt-out tanks, the expended munitions? The first resort is to engage and deter, Pandolfe replied, "so we don't ever get into that position again." But if we fail to prefer a war, "I am very confident that America's technological and industrial might would rise to the occasion."
People discount the state of the American culture as part of the war winning effort in WW2. Society had just endured the great depression and govt aid was scant at best. People panhandled, lived hand to mouth, recycled and reused every bit of clothing/material on hand, was used to deprivation and hardship and lived a mostly rural lifestyle that allowed them to survive.
American has none of that today and I think our moral fiber is so weakened that any hardship would snap our country like a twig. Rebuilding the industrial base in time of war? You're talking months at best and years realistically.
In the meantime the US Army and Marine Corps along with the Air Force and Navy would be fighting desperate holding actions.
As I've said before. RUSSIA IS NOT THE THREAT IN THIS TYPE SCENARIO! Its the Chinese that we should be looking hard at. They can pump out ships and planes rapidly....not refurbished models out of the bone yards like we would have to, but they could build new tanks/IFVs, ships and planes.
Despite all my misgivings I have to cheer this discussion. They're at least thinking about the problem. Of course this makes Trump's efforts to reach some type of diplomatic understanding with Russia essential. One of these threats we can handle but both? I have my doubts. Additionally our allies in the Pacific are...unsteady....depending on the target that Russia picks in Europe or the Middle East the same applies to NATO.


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…is just one of the folk names for the invasive dodder (cuscuta) – a parasitic plant that is slinking up and down local marshes. These are in Claiborne's marsh, and just look like trouble. That's probably why they also call it pulldown, strangleweed and witch's hair.
The good news is that there's a plan afoot to find funding for restoration of this critically important marsh. Stay tuned on that. If you see this kind of plant and can reach it, it wouldn't hurt to grab it (especially before it produces seed) and try to pull as much of it off the host plant as you can. What a tangled mess it weaves.


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"All those who, attracted by my love, and venerating my countenance, shall receive, by virtue of my humanity, a brilliant and vivid impression of my divinity. This splendour
shall enlighten the depths of their souls, so that in eternal glory the celestial court shall marvel at the marked likeness of their features with my divine countenance." (Our Lord Jesus Christ to St. Gertrude)
(Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer)
O Most Holy and Blessed Trinity, through the intercession of Holy Mary, whose soul was pierced through by a sword of sorrow at the sight of the passion of her Divine Son, we ask your help in making a perfect Novena of reparation with Jesus, united with all His sorrows, love and total abandonment. We now implore all the Angels and Saints to intercede for us as we pray this Holy Novena to the Most Holy Face of Jesus and for the glory of the most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Psalm 51,6b-7.
You are just when you pass sentence on me,
blameless when you give judgment.
You know I was born guilty,
a sinner from the moment of conception.
Prayer of Pope Pius IX
O Jesus! Cast upon us a look of mercy: turn your Face towards each of us as you did to Veronica; not that we may see it with our bodily eyes, for this we do not deserve, but
turn it towards our hearts, so that, remembering you, we may ever draw from this fountain of strength the vigour necessary to sustain the combats of life. Amen. Mary, our Mother, and Saint Joseph, pray for us. Through the merits of your precious blood and your Holy Face, O Jesus, grant us our petition……………… Pardon and mercy.
Prayer of Saint Francis
All highest, glorious God, cast your light into the darkness of our hearts, give us true faith, firm hope, perfect charity and profound humility, so that with wisdom, courage and
perception, O Lord, we may do what is truly your holy will. Amen.
To the Angels and Saints
We salute you, through the Holy Face and Sacred Heart of Jesus, O all you Holy Angels and Saints of God. We rejoice in your glory, and we give thanks to our Lord for all the benefits which He has showered upon you; we praise Him, and glorify Him, and for an increase of your joy and honour, we offer Him the most Holy Face and gentle Heart of Jesus. Pray that we may become formed according to the heart of God. Amen.
(1) Our Father,
three (3) Hail Mary's,
one (1) Glory Be
three (3) "O Bleeding Face, O Face Divine, be every adoration Thine."
(Console Holy Face and recite Daily Preparatory Prayer)
Psalm 51,8-9.
Indeed you love truth in the heart;
then in the secret of my heart teach me Wisdom.
O purify me, then I shall be clean;
O wash me. I shall be whiter than snow.
O Lord Jesus, who has said, learn of me for I am meek and gentle of heart, and who did manifest upon Thy Holy Face the sentiments of Thy divine heart, grant that we may love to come frequently and meditate upon Thy divine features. We may read there Thy gentleness and Thy humility, and learn how to form our hearts in the practice of these two
virtues which Thou desires to see shine in Thy servants. Mary our Mother and Saint joseph help us. Through the merits of Thy precious blood and your Holy Face, O Jesus, grant us our petition……………… Pardon and mercy.
Prayer in Honour of the Dolours of the Blessed Virgin
O Most Holy and afflicted Virgin, Queen of Martyrs! Who stood beneath the cross, witnessing the agony of your dying Son, look down with a mother's tenderness and pity on us as we kneel before you to venerate your Dolours and place our requests, with filial confidence, in the sanctuary of your wounded heart. Present them on our behalf to Jesus, through the merits of His most sacred Passion and Death, together with your sufferings at the foot of the cross, and through the united efficacy of both, obtain the favour which we humbly ask. To whom shall we go in our wants and miseries if not to you. O Mother of Mercy, who having so deeply drunk of the chalice of your Son, graciously alleviate the sufferings of those who still sigh in this land of exile. Amen.
Prayer to the Souls in Purgatory
My Jesus, by the sorrows you suffered in your agony in the garden, in your scourging and crowning with thorns, in the way to Calvary, in your crucifixion and death, have mercy on the souls in Purgatory, and especially on those that are most forsaken. Deliver them from the dire torments they endure. Call them and admit them to your most sweet embrace in Paradise. Amen.
one (1) Our Father,
three (3) Hail Mary's,
one (1) Glory Be
three (3) "O Bleeding Face, O Face Divine, be every adoration Thine."
MAY the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen.
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by RICHARD N. COOPER
Should Capital Controls Be Banished?
The evolution of exchange controls into an instrument of planning and control by the Nazis was a gradual one that occurred after 1933. The Nazis improved their electoral position in the fall of 1932, and Adolf Hitler became chancellor in January 1933. Exchange controls were embraced as a key component of modern economic management, and what had started out as a temporary expedient was not finally dropped until over thirty years later. Coverage was extended, with German thoroughness, to eliminate loopholes: by 1938 there were 3 laws, 50 decrees, and 500 administrative rulings concerning exchange controls, and penalties for violation were strengthened, to include even the death penalty. By the late 1930 exchange controls had become associated with Nazi Germany. Hungary also adopted exchange controls in July 1931, with a rationale similar to that in Germany; by early 1933 these had evolved into a system of multiple exchange rates. Austria adopted exchange controls in October 1931, after the depreciation of the pound sterling. However, the loopholes were numerous and compliance was lax. Therefore they were dropped de facto by the spring of 1932 after a substantial depreciation of the Austrian schilling, except for clearing agreements that had been signed with Germany, Hungary, and other countries with exchange controls so that foreign trade could continue. Other eastern European countries also adopted exchange restrictions, either for their own merit or as a defensive reaction. The adoption of general exchange restrictions (that is, covering foreign trade as well as finance) by any major market, such as Germany, compelled other countries into some form of restrictions in order to retain their export markets. The emergency capital controls of the 1930s acquired an enduring place in economic policy in many European countries for half a century.
Me teame, et natsid saavutasid täistööhõive defitsiitse kulutamisega Saksamaal. Nad defineerisid avaliku huvi ilmselt erinevalt, kui enamus meist seda täna teeks, aga see ei ole minu jaoks eriti oluline küsimus.
Päris huvitav küsimus oleks: kas nad eksisid oma majanduspoliitikas?
Selles mõttes, et ehk oleks kapitalikonto liberaliseerimisega nende majanduskasv palju kiirem olnud ja nad oleks võimsama sõjamasina suutnud ehitada kiiremini. Mina küll kahtlen selles. Ma muidugi ei tea ka kõiki meetmeid, mida nad kasutasid, aga fakt on, et nad ei lähtunud printsiibist: vaba kapitali liikumine parandab sakslaste heaolu ja teeb meid kõiki rikkamaks (võib olla aitab ka avalikku huvi teenida?).
Asia Times
Nazism and the German economic miracle
….After two and a half decades of economic reform toward neo-liberal market economy, China is still unable to accomplish in economic reconstruction what Nazi Germany managed in four years after coming to power, ie, full employment with a vibrant economy financed with sovereign credit without the need to export, which would challenge that of Britain, the then superpower. This is because China made the mistake of relying on foreign investment instead of using its own sovereign credit. The penalty for China is that it has to export the resultant wealth to pay for the foreign capital it did not need in the first place….
…..In four short years, Hitler's Germany was able to turn a Germany ravaged by defeat in war and left in a state national malaise by the liberal policies of the Weimar Republic, with a bankrupt economy weighted down by heavy foreign war debt and the total unavailability of new foreign capital, into the strongest economy and military power in Europe. How did Germany do it? The centerpiece was Germany's Work Creation Program of 1933-36, which preceded its rearmament program. Neo-liberal economists everywhere seven decades later have yet to acknowledge that employment is all that counts and living wages are the key to national prosperity. Any economic policy that does not lead to full employment is self-deceivingly counterproductive, and any policy that permits international wage arbitrage is treasonous. German economic policies between 1930 and 1932 were brutally deflationary, which showed total indifference to high unemployment, and in 1933 Hitler was elected chancellor out of the socio-economic chaos…..


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To tell you the truth,it was amazing. Completely, Utterly, Irrevocably, Amazing. This Book just lives and breathes the South to me.(I should know. I'm from there). A hundred and ten percent. And baby, I love me the middle of a bench seat.
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Being the good girl isn't all it's cracked up to be. Ashton Gray has grown weary of playing the part to please her parents, and to be worthy of the town's prince charming, Sawyer Vincent. Maybe That's why she's found herself spending time with Sawyer's cousin, Beau, while he's away for the summer camping with his family. Beau is nothing like her perfect boyfriend. He's the sexiest guy she's ever seen, dangerous in ways she's only day dreamed about, and the one guy she should stay away from.
Beau never envied Sawyer his loving parents, his big nice home, or his position as quarterback. He loves him like a brother. Which is why he's tried everything in his power to keep his distance from Sawyer's girlfriend. Even if he has loved her since the age of five, Ashton is Sawyer's girl, so therefore she's off limits. But when Sawyer leaves for the summer, Ashton, the one girl Beau would move Heaven and Earth for, decides she wants to get into trouble. Stabbing the one person who's always accepted him and stood by him in the back, is the cost of finally holding Ashton Gray in his arms. Is she worth losing his cousin over?.... Hell Yeah.
I give this Book Four Stars. Love me some Beau Vincent.
"She started walking toward me and perfect white teeth caught her full bottom lip between them. I'd fantasized about those lips way too many times. She'd barely covered up her long tanned legs with a pair of shorts that made me want to go to church this Sunday just to thank God for creating her."
January 27, 2012
The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines
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JEFF ARTHURS, Plaintiff,v.COMMISSIONER SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.
MERRILL SCHNEIDER, Schneider Kerr & Gibney Law Offices, Portland, Oregon, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
S. AMANDA MARSHALL, United States Attorney, RONALD K. SILVER, Assistant United States Attorney, ADRIAN L. BROWN, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon, LARS J. NELSON, Social Security Administration, Seattle, Washington, Attorneys for Defendant.
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Plaintiff, Jeff Arthurs, brings this action for judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner) denying his application for disability insurance benefits (DIE) under Title II of the Social Security Act (the Act). See 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-434. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). For the reasons set forth below, I affirm the final decision of the Commissioner.
Plaintiff protectively filed an application for DIE on June 29, 2009, alleging disability beginning June 15, 2008, caused by back pain and associated arm and shoulder limitations. Tr. 173. Plaintiff's claim was denied initially and upon reconsideration. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) held a hearing on February 25, 2011, at which Plaintiff testified and was represented by counsel. Tr. 35-48. Joselyn E. Bailey, M.D., reviewed the medical record and testified at the hearing. Tr. 48-51. In addition, vocational expert Nancy Bloom was present throughout the hearing and testified. Tr. 52-57.
On March 24, 2011, the ALJ issued a decision denying Plaintiff's application. Tr. 20-27. The Appeals Council declined review and Plaintiff timely appealed to this court. Tr. 1-3.
Born on April 12, 1956, Plaintiff was 52 years old on the alleged onset date of disability and 54 years old on the date of the hearing. Tr. 169. Plaintiff has a high school equivalency and past relevant work as a Machinist, Printer Repair Technician and Office Equipment Repairer, Assembly Worker, Maintenance Worker, Welder and Fabricator, and R.V. Repairer. Tr. 26, 178.
In addition to his hearing testimony, Plaintiff submitted an Adult Function Report, a Pain and Fatigue Questionnaire, and a Work History Report. Tr. 180-97. Amy Henninger, M.D., Plaintiff's primary care provider, submitted an opinion and Physical Residual Functional Capacity Assessment. Tr. 316-20. Neal E. Berner, M.D., reviewed the medical record and submitted a Physical Residual Functional Capacity Assessment. Tr. 286-93.
The Commissioner has established a five-step sequential process for determining whether a person is disabled. Bowen v. Yuckert , 482 U.S. 137, 140-42 (1987); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a) (4) (i)-(v), 416.920(a) (4) (i)-(v). Each step is potentially dispositive. The claimant bears the burden of proof at Steps One through Four. Tackett v. Apfel , 180 F.3d 1094, 1098 (9th Cir. 1999). The burden shifts to the Commissioner at Step Five to show that a significant number of jobs exist in the national economy that the claimant can perform. See Yuckert , 482 U.S. at 141-42; Tackett , 180 F.3d at 1098.
At Step One, the ALJ determined that Plaintiff engaged in substantial gainful activity between the alleged onset date, June 15, 2008, and his date last insured, December 31, 2013, but that such work constituted an unsuccessful work attempt despite no evidence of special work accommodations, frequent absences, or unsatisfactory work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(b), 404.1571 et seq.; Tr. 22.
At Step Two, the ALJ determined that Plaintiff's back pain was a severe impairment. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(c); Tr. 22.
At Step Three, the ALJ determined that Plaintiff does not have an impairment or combination of impairments that meet or medically equal any listed impairment. See 20 ...
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A HORSE fan has set up a charity to support retired race horses after adopting an abandoned sale lot.
Amanda Barker Rawson, from Pockley, has been caring for Lot 33 after the horse was left at a sale near York at the end of last month, after his bidder failed to buy and his owner no longer wanted him.
She said: "I got a call from the auctioneers and went along not really knowing what to expect. The whinny, as I walked into the auction mart, was haunting. I knew then he would be going know where ever again. Lot 33 was coming home."
Amanda said Lot 33, who has been named Jack, was a thoroughbred and originally from Ireland. "He has effectively been a schoolmaster to get riders going and then sold on," she said.
"When he came to me he was very thin, but has been fed up and is looking so much better."
Amanda said she had received a lot of support from local people and companies including BATA, Robinsons and Weatherbeeta.
"His teeth need attention and dentist Chris Napthine gave him a free checkover," she said.
"He also had dermatitis on his legs and around fetlocks, as well as sarcoids over his left eye.
"Although I haven't started riding him yet, I am starting to retrain him and will take him round the shows and parades when he is well enough to show that there is life after racing.
"These horses are bred to race, but they shouldn't be abandoned when that life is over and Jack is evidence of that."
Amanda said she was going to research Jack's history and write a book about his life to raise funds for his future care and for other retired racehorses.
"I know he would have been an expensive horse and is racing name was The Manager," she said.
"He is nine years old and spent time around here before being sold to someone in the south, so it will be interesting to find out the circumstances that led him back up here.
"Jack is such a soft and lovely horse and I certainly won't be parting with him. I now want to do something positive so that the many other racehorses have the retirement they deserve and don't fall into the wrong hands."
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ShermansTravel Media Launches ShermansCruise, A New Site Dedicated To Cruising
Site Offers Innovative Navigatr Tool that Matches Users with the Perfect Cruise
Jan 05, 2016, 10:42 ET
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ShermansTravel Media, a leading publisher of hand-picked travel deals and value-oriented advice, has launched ShermansCruise.com, an entirely new digital experience designed to serve first-time cruisers, and longtime cruise enthusiasts.
With 22 new ocean and river ships launched in 2015; 21 more slated through 2017; and emerging cruise destinations like Cuba, the cruise industry is growing and changing quickly. ShermansCruise gives users an easy way to navigate through this new world, including the complex research, shopping, and booking process, with an overarching emphasis on finding the right cruise.
"We know that for first-time cruisers, the process can be confusing," said David Steward, ShermansTravel CEO. "With the growth of offerings onboard and in port, and the diversification of cruise ships and itineraries, there is a cruise for everyone. People just need help finding the ships and itineraries that are right for them. Our goal at ShermansCruise is to provide resources that demystify cruising, and help people find an ideal cruise experience."
To deliver on that goal, ShermansCruise features Navigatr, a cruise recommendation tool. Powered by proprietary, leading technology, Navigatr matches travelers with the right cruise ship and itinerary based on a variety of criteria, much like a traditional travel agent would. Recommendations are presented in a streamlined way, making it easy to find the lowest rates, check availability, explore the ship's features, select a cabin, book online, or speak directly to a live cruise agent. There is no other online resource that takes a first-time cruiser from the initial planning stages through the booking process in such a seamless way.
The ShermansCruise team has created content with a similarly modern and service-oriented approach. From insider advice to expert reviews to deals, content is visually driven and easily digestible. Original video brings the cruising experience to life and helps users differentiate between cabin options, line-owned private islands in the Caribbean, and much more. Integrated social media posts throughout the site highlight the voices of real cruisers and their experiences via photos and mini-reviews, all in real time. Informative, curated social media posts from the cruise lines themselves add to the variety of voices on the site, and help users assess different kinds of cruising experiences.
The original editorial content includes an encyclopedic set of ship, cruise line, port, and itinerary reviews, as well as coverage of latest cruise trends and deals. All of this will be served on the web site, as well as in email newsletters. Steward and his team tapped cruise industry expert Sherri Eisenberg as Editorial Director of ShermansCruise. Eisenberg was most recently editorial director of CruiseLine.com and a contributing cruise columnist for The Los Angeles Times. She and her team are traveling on every ocean and river cruise vessel to create unique content, imagery, and videos that give users an authentic, original look at cruising.
"Our goal is to provide compelling, current, and interactive content for readers that helps them better understand cruising and the diverse products and itineraries that are currently available," said Eisenberg. "There is a cruise for everyone. We are delivering the content and tools that will help users confidently make an informed decision, while staying plugged into this exciting and ever-changing travel category."
To learn more, visit ShermansCruise and sign up for their daily newsletter to receive cruise deals, news, and trends.
About ShermansCruise:
Created in December 2015 by ShermansTravel Media to support the growth of the cruise industry and increased consumer interest in cruising, ShermansCruise is a modern, fresh take on cruising. With the growth of offerings onboard and in port, and the diversification of cruise ships and itineraries, there's a cruise for everyone, people just need help finding the ships and itineraries that are right for them. With its proprietary Navigatr tool, ShermansCruise helps users search and identify the cruises that best fit their needs. The site also provides deals, insider tips, expert reviews, customized content, imagery and original videos. Whether travelers are new to cruising or looking for a new experience at sea, ShermansCruise can help.
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This is the final report of the AURORA project, which aimed to develop a (relative) low cost diagnostic tool able to reconstruct and analyse movements and dynamics of the lower back and legs using anatomically correct models of the musculo-skeletal system. The report begins with an overview of the project's technical, scientific and socioeconomic objectives. It later presents the work packages that structured the project and the progress achieved under each one. Finally, there is a summary assessing the project's success and the impacts of the delays occurred on the progress.
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( i love that book) i think that's the best way to describe the week thus far. A student passed away on Monday, Tuesday 15 tornados touched down in my city, and surrounding areas; Wednesday a staff member that was doing great things for Black studentswas fired, and today we'll see what's in store.
Yesterday was interesting becasue i was reminded of the call on my life. my life's work is based around international educational policy. i LOVE learning about other cultures, and while getting my hair braided i was overwhelmed with contentment, and i did nothing. i sat in a chair for 7 hours, and just took in everything and one around me. There were women of every hue, speaking 3 different languages (swahili, french, & english), and i felt like this is how a community is supposed to feel. i can't wait to see where my life goes, and how i will be impacted by the world, and hopefully impact those i'm around. i get soooo excited thinking of the places my passion will take me.
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Coherence-Detection by Integrate-And-Fire Neurons
The neural hardware of cognitive systems does an amazing job: stable perceptions are created out of unreliable, inconsistent data, transmitted and analyzed by unprecise and noisy hardware.
The crucial postulate of coherence-based stereo is that one can, and has to, detect the coherence between independently operating disparity units in a fast and reliable way, by neural hardware.
Coherence-Detection is a highly non-linear, selecting operation, since only the data available within the coherent cluster is fed forward to later processing stages. The operation is therefore extremely robust: most of the available data is thrown away, and only the tiny coherent portion of the neural information streams are transmitted for further analysis.
There are several possible neural realizations of this process, but the simplest one uses the synchronization properties of pools of neural oscillators.
As an example, Fig. 1 displays spiketrains of integrate-and-fire neurons, driven by actual data from a single disparity-stack. In the simulation of this figure, the neurons operated independently from each other, and as expected, no obvious structure shows up in the spiketrains of these neurons. Due to the high amount of noise signals, it would be very hard for subsequent processing layers to make sense of this data.
However, there is of course structure in this data, simply because the data is created by the outside world. The object at which the disparity stack is looking at has a certain disparity, and the whole stack is split by this into two classes: one which is coding coherent values within each other, and the rest of the neurons.
Now: by simply introducing a fixed, but weak global coupling between the neurons, the dynamical behaviour of the pool of neurons changes dramatically, as displayed in Fig. 2. The coherently coding cluster is synchronizing fast; it becomes clearly marked by synchrony within the spiketrains of the neurons belonging to the coherent cluster!
Of course, the synchronized pool of neurons is easily detectable by further processing layers, and in doing so, one obtains Fig. 3, a disparity map calculated out of real image data by a network of simple spiking integrate-and-fire neurons:
The neural synchronization process described here is actually computing the disparity map, by performing a dynamical coherence detection between signals in a very noisy environment.
A simple average or weigthed linear combination of the data would not lead to a useable disparity map, due to the high noise level within the disparity pools. Click here for a comparision, with and without the synchronizing links.
In Fig. 4, the output currents of two identical pool of neurons are displayed. The pool without weak-coupling (brown trace) shows only small modulations of its total output current. The pool where the weak-coupling is switched on at time=20 (blue trace) develops very fast an oscillatory component indicating the development of a coherence cluster.
Actually, the modulation depth of this output current reflects the number of coherent neural units, and is thus a measure of the validity of the signal. This can be seen in Fig. 5, which shows the modulation depth for the example image of Fig. 3. The dark areas in the coherence map clearly mark image areas where disparity estimates are in doubt, for example around the borders of the dragon head, where occlusion effects prevent correct estimation.
More information about the topic covered in this page can be found in technical reports, available at this page. You can run a neural network simulation using coherence detection on your own stereo images, by clicking here.
Check also the "Mus silicium" by John Hopfield and Carlos Brody, which uses the coherence detection scheme described here as computational tool in word recognition experiments.


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Israel From the Inside
When the announcement of a planned trip to Israel in May/June was made, email accumulated and the telephone rang persistently, suggesting I was crazy and taking life-threatening risks. Instead, I would like to report on a visit to the Middle East that was filled with exhibition openings, new architecture, performances of music, dance and theater, flowers and sunshine.
The Dance Library of Israel, one of the largest dance research collections in the world, had invited me to teach a seminar. Thus my visit began with two days spent in the library, which is situated between the Tel Aviv Museum and the Opera House. Over twenty people participated in discussions on and viewings of dance centered around the topic of the avant-garde movements of the 20th century, while outside the atmosphere was an eerily gray quiet that alternated with bursts of sandy wind and rain a desert hamsin.
Attendance one evening at a performance of Mamoota, the newest work of the Bat Sheva Dance Company, created by its resident choreographer, Ohad Naharin, was a reminder of the amount, depth and variety of dance in Israel, a performance art that has finally found its own indigenous voice and special energy. A piece for eight dancers, the title of which means "mammal," the work seems to deal in an abstract manner with the relationships of an early society. Here it is difficult to communicate fully, but the human emotions are evident. Naharins dance Anaphaza was seen at the recent Lincoln Center Festival in July, but that work is accumulative theater and dance, filled with sound, strong movement and strong voices. Mamoota was almost minimalistic, but even more powerful in its calmer approach of tenderness and fragility, leaving the audience ready to beg for someone to be able to show and to accept love.
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance began in 1947 as a music conservatory; the dance department was established in 1961. Situated on the campus of Hebrew University, down the street from the Israel Museum and the Knesset, the academy has an enrollment of over 600 students. As a member of the board I spent much time discussing curriculum, which is very demanding, and funding, which is badly needed, but also heard concerts by music students and saw a full evening dance performance.
The dance department grants degrees in performance and in choreography/notation. The required curriculum includes classes in various techniques, music, history, notation and choreography. Their graduates are performing, teaching and creating dances. The musicians have the opportunity to perform in opera, chamber music, ensembles, an orchestra and a choir. They can also study composition and jazz. There is a new department of Oriental Music, where the majority of students are Arab Israelis. Everyone turned out on a cool early evening in Jerusalem for the inauguration of the new building adjacent to the Academy. A striking modern structure that will house the associated high school and conservatory, it was donated by Younes and Soraya Nazarian of Los Angeles.
After speaking at Tel Aviv University for the Interdisciplinary Arts Program on "Whats American About American Dance?" I was presented with the catalogue of an exhibit of thirty outdoor sculptures currently being shown at the universitys art gallery, among them works by Menashe Kadishman.
A few of us drove up to Kibbutz Gaaton, adjacent to the northern panhandle near the Lebanese border. Here is housed a regional dance school, a workshop for older students and the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company. The school and Workshop are led by Yehudit Arnon, the founding artistic director of the company, which is now under the leadership of Rami Beer, her former student. The company has traveled widely in Europe and Asia and was last seen in New York at the Joyce Theater. They were rehearsing Beers most recent dance, Screen Saver, in a new studio that can be converted into a theater. They will tour the work in and out of Israel.
My last night in the country I went to a performance of a play, Fathers and Daughters, presented by the Arab-Hebrew Theatre, housed in an old crusader building in Jaffa. Supported by both the government and the municipality, this combination of two theater companies produces plays together and separately, in Hebrew and Arabic, with the participation of Arab and Jewish actors. Its mission is social and political as well as artistic and its community outreach program, as well as it prize-winning productions, use drama and movement to promote understanding and encourage young playwrights.
The three women in this work, which took place on a set that was a beautifully designed Turkish bath an Arab, a sabra and an immigrant from Italy were eloquent and convincing as they spoke of their lives in connection with their fathers. I was invited to stay for the birthday party of the Arab actor. Here the best Arab violinist in Israel played, Arabs and Jews sang in Arabic, and everyone danced. All this happened a few hours after another major suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Gaby Aldor, one of the performers and the co-director, who is also a dancer, described this group as a large family that often bickered, but celebrated every holiday of every religion together.
In Israel there is certainly tension, wariness and deep fear of terrorism. There is security outside public buildings, hotels, restaurants and theaters. But some of the same exists in New York. I kept my promise not to ride the buses, but then European friends warn me about the New York subways. The positive thing is that the arts continue.


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This time, a vacant, turn-of-the-century building in the central business district will be filled with 6,000 square-feet of retailers that currently don't have a brick-and-mortar storefront. Business owners apply to get a rent-free space in the Pop UP. If chosen, they will operate their venture out of the Zodiag building for two weeks, according to Liz Swaine, executive director of the Downtown Development Authority. What Will Come Of New Orleans' Empty, Damaged School Buildings? By Eve Troeh • Jun 17, 2014 Michael DeMocker / Nola.com / The Times-Picayune In a recent story, Nola.com / The Times-Picayune education reporter Danielle Dreilinger took a look at the many empty buildings and vacant lots still owned by the Orleans Parish School Board. Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent floods damaged many school properties, though some sat vacant and rotting long before the storm. Negotiations Over World Trade Center Development Fall Apart By Associated Press • Apr 30, 2014 Wally Gobetz / Flickr Negotiations between the city of New Orleans and Gatehouse Capital Corporation to redevelop the former World Trade Center have collapsed. According to a statement released Wednesday by Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration, the city rejected the developer's final offer to turn the long-derelict high-rise into a W Hotel with rental apartments on the top floor. The New Orleans Advocate reports the city notified Gatehouse that it was terminating talks in a letter dated April 17. Louisiana ArtWorks Building To Become Culinary Institute By Eve Troeh & Tyler Bridges • Feb 7, 2014 Downtown Development District A brand new culinary institute has been approved for the site of the former Louisiana ArtWorks building on Howard Avenue. The New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute won the bidding over two other competitors. Tyler Bridges of The Lens talked with WWNO News Director Eve Troeh about the details of the $6 million deal. Out To Lunch: Location, Location, Location By Peter Ricchiuti • Dec 26, 2013 Grant Morris / It's New Orleans Pres Kabacoff and his company HRI Properties have had an enormous impact on the city of New Orleans — from building Beau Chêne on the Northshore to pioneering a return to inner-city living by bringing back the Warehouse District. Rick Haase has shepherded Latter and Blum into becoming the biggest real estate player in the Gulf South. Empty WTC Tower Sits on Prime Site By The Associated Press • Jan 15, 2013 The city of New Orleans is seeking developers to revive the property where an empty office tower sits on the banks of the Mississippi River. And officials are being careful not to limit the ways in which the valuable real estate can be used. The 33-story World Trade Center building could be torn down or renovated. NORA to auction 125 properties across New Orleans By The Associated Press • Oct 5, 2012 The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority will auction 125 properties in several neighborhoods, including Lakeview, eastern New Orleans, Holy Cross, Gentilly, the 7th Ward, St. Roch and Uptown. The auction will occur at 1 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Registration is at 11 a.m. Metairie man gets prison for $3.4M real-estate scam By The Associated Press • Sep 13, 2012 A Metairie man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for defrauding hundreds of investors in a Texas real-estate deal out of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk also on Thursday ordered Michael B. Smuck to pay more than $789,000 in restitution that he still owes investors. Prosecutors say Smuck already has paid nearly $3 million to one group of investors he bilked. 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Soybean rust update: Confirmed in Louisiana
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On July 26, soybean rust was confirmed on soybeans from a sentinel plot in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. This is the first report of rust on soybeans in Louisiana for the 2006 season. So far this year, rust has been confirmed on soybeans in six different counties in four states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana. The rest of the finds have been on Kudzu – 26 counties in five states: Alabama (5), Florida (12), Georgia (5), Louisiana (3) and Texas (1). The movement of rust to other areas has been slow this year due to dry to very dry weather in spore source regions. Last year at this time, there were 14 confirmations of rust in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.