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Blackberry Jam & Custard Donuts
The lightest yeasted donuts of all time, stuffed with vanilla custard and blackberry jam.
Sarah Coates
For the doughnuts:
1 + ⅔ cups (250g) plain flour
2 tbsp (30g) caster sugar, plus ½ cup (110g) extra for coating
1 tsp (5g) salt
2 tsp (10g) dried yeast
2 eggs
zest of half a lemon
¼ cup + 2 tsps (75ml) warm water
4 + ½ tbsp (65g) butter, softened
oil for frying (I used canola)
For the filling:
½ cup cream
¼ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 egg yolks
2 tbsp caster sugar
2 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch if you're in the US)
¼ cup smooth blackberry jam
First, place all the ingredients for the donuts, except the butter, into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Work on a low speed for about 4 minutes, or until well combined and elastic.
With the mixer still running, add the butter piece by piece, until it is all worked in and incorporated. There should be no visible pieces. This will take about 5-8 minutes.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl, cover with plastic, and set aside in a warm place to rise until doubled in size.
While the dough is rising, make the filling. Place the cream, milk and vanilla into a small saucepan, and place over a medium heat.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, caster sugar, and cornflour. When the milk begins to bubble around the edges, remove it from the heat, and slowly whisk it into the egg mixture.
Pour the mixture back into the pan, and place over a medium heat, whisking constantly. Cook until the mixture boils and becomes very thick - about 3 minutes. Once the mixture is the consistency of soft butter, scrape it out into a bowl, cover and set aside to cool completely.
When the dough has risen, punch it down, and scrape it out onto a well-floured surface, pat the dough into a rectangle, about ½ inch (just over 1cm) thick, and cut out 9 donuts using a 2.5inch (5cm) round cutter. Place the dougnuts on a lined baking sheet, cover with plastic again, and set aside to rise for another 45 minutes, or until puffy.
When the donuts are finished their second rise, place about 2 inches of oil into a high-sided pan (or use a deep fryer), heat the oil over a low flame, until it reaches 170C. Alternatively, place a small piece of dough in the oil, and when it bubbles and rises to the surface, the oil should be the right temperature.
Fry the donuts a few at a time (don't crowd the pan) for about 1 minute each side or until they are golden brown and cooked through.
Drain the donuts on paper towels, and when they are all fried, toss them in the extra caster sugar.
To fill the donuts, ripple the cooled pastry cream with the blackberry jam, and then place the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a ¼ inch (1/2 cm) nozzle. Press the piping bag into the side of each donut, and squeeze until you can feel the weight of the donut increase slightly. Continue until all the donuts are filled, and then cram one in your face immediately!
Recipe by
The Sugar Hit
at http://www.thesugarhit.com/2014/05/blackberry-jam-custard-donuts.html


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Scott Suchy has worked as art director 2007-present
Deep in the depths of the Charleston City Paper compound you'll find large posters lining the wall, one for every year since 2007. Each poster displays cover images, one for each week we've published — proudly put forth into the world like newborn babes. As the art director, my job is to see each of these covers through, most times as its progenitor, sometimes … more like a midwife dealing with the result of someone else's series of bad decisions following a late night at the Recovery Room several months ago. And just like any long-time parent (or pet owner) would know, some children turn out to be great successes. While others are just a painful reminder that chugging a bottle of Grand Ma' during the comedy festival can lead to many regrets you'll have to just live with.
So here I present to you 20 City Paper covers of note, mostly ones from my tenure — ones we can comfortably talk about in front of them at the dinner table.
Quirky: Nyan Cat (2011)
Just Good: Twisted Pretzels (2014)
Funny: Nate & Di are Smokin' (2006)
Just Good: Little Brother (2016)
BAD: State of Design (2004)
Debatable: Cooking with Coolio (2017)
BAD: Ectotour (2011)
Quirky: Zombie Economy (2009)Just a fun illustration to do about the housing market during tough times. Who doesn't like zombies?
Just Good: Lit Issue (2016)
Funny: Degrees of Success (1997)
Just Good: Joe Riley Time To Go (2011)
BAD: Best of the Blotter (2002)
Funny: SEWE (2010)
Quirky: Man-Baby (2015)
Quirky: Charm School Dustin (2015)

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UI Inspiration: Cards
I really do enjoy surfing on Dribbble for inspiration, it's really a great platform to see what people are working on and possibly some of the latest trends in action.
In one of my previous articles, I mentioned that we will see more and more subtle interactions in the upcoming weeks and year. For this week's showcase, we had fun handpicking and looking at Mobile Interactions. The thinking behind Mobile First is not quite new but still strong enough for us to think about this perspective first in any of our projects. Figuring your user experience on smaller devices should always the primary thinking because when the screen size goes bigger, as we know things are just easier.
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Medal & Mortality index
The Military Cross was instituted as a Decoration on December 28th, 1914, to
reward Distinguished Services rendered by Officers of certain ranks in the army
in time of war. Bars may be added for additional acts of gallantry. Since August
1st, 1918, it has, like the D.S.O., been awarded for "services in action" only.
WATSON, 2/Lieutenant Arthur Vivian Cradock ... ... ... Machine Gun Corps
Near MASNIERES, 20th November, 1917. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an engagement. He brought up pack animals loaded with ammunition close to the front line, and then led them forward under heavy fire to the captured position. His daring and skilful work enabled the guns to be got into action and maintain their fire for a much greater length of time than would otherwise have been possible. Though he suffered casualties amongst his men and animals, he delivered ammunition to all the guns and then returned and brought up a second load.


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After having the first dose of Gardasil, my health started deteriorated at a rapid rate. I started having unbearable migraines once a month (had to sleep it off and any movement would result in me vomiting), knee pain, leg weakness when walking short distances, complete loss of menstrual cycle, abdominal pain, weight gain, brain fog, IBS symptoms and digestive problems. I experienced these health problems for at least five years while seeking a variety of medical attention (multiple endocrinologists, multiple GI doctors, multiple neurologists and multiple OBGYN's). (more…)
So grateful for Dr Flannery and all his expertise and passion for functional medicine. My journey started about 13 years ago with my daughter's stomach issues. As a toddler I took her to the family pediatrician, to urgent cares, we visited specialists from UCLA and other highly recommended doctors. They tested her for Celiac, Crohn's, she had scans, X-Rays, blood work done – unfortunately no doctor we saw ever had an explanation. The typical response to us was – "it's probably just constipation, have her take Miralax every day." That wasn't an acceptable response for me. I never gave up, we visited doctors over the years as she got older hoping someone would be able to offer us some type of answer as to why her stomach hurt her weekly. (more…)
I was referred to Dr. Mark Flannery by a woman I work with after telling her about how tired I felt and the stomach pain, bloating and weight gain that I was suffering with. My condition was keeping me from spending quality time with my kids and I was losing focus at school. At first I thought it was normal "female" problems, but when the symptoms didn't go away after 1-1/2 years , I knew I needed to take action. (more…)
My experience with working with Dr. Mark Flannery over the past few years has been an incredibly pleasurable and beneficial one. Dr. Mark Flannery is a very informative, helpful, and caring Doctor that always takes the time to thoroughly explain everything to his patients and never hesitates to answer any questions or help in any way he can. When I first came to see Dr. Flannery (more…)
After receiving the Gardisil vaccination in February, I experienced severe abdominal pain that brought on vomiting, headaches, back pain and high blood pressure. I was in and out of the hospital for a total of 12 days in 2 months while they performed many tests including: blood tests, multiple cat scans, an MRI and other tests revealing no definitive diagnosis.
My sudden illness kept me from completing my schoolwork and I had to eventually (more…)
There are not enough words for me to be able to fully express my gratitude to Dr. Mark Flannery. It is because of him and the grace of God that I still have my daughter with me today.
My daughter Cassie started experiencing side effects from the Gardasil vaccine immediately after her first injection, but because we were told the reaction was completely unrelated to Gardasil she continued with all three shots. It was after the third and final one that she became seriously ill. Cassie was hospitalized, her symptoms consisted of severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, severe headaches (more…)
At 27 years old, I was training for a marathon and was in the best shape of my life. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and prescribed medication. At 30 years old, I was diagnosed with Gall Bladder disease and referred to a surgeon. At 40 years old, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroid Disease and prescribed medication. Physicians blamed genetics. But, I thought there was an underlying issue causing these conditions.
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The holidays can be a tough time for anyone. Being away from family and working over the holidays can be one of the toughest tasks anyone can do. Juggling loneliness, work, and the hectic schedule of the holiday season can be stressful.
While many people get to take time off to be with their loved ones, medical professionals need to care for their patients and to ensure safety for other's loved ones. Just because working holidays might come with the territory, that doesn't mean it's easy. Here are some ways medical professionals can make the most out of working over the holidays!
Plan ahead
Once you get your work schedule for the holidays, plan ahead on days where you can celebrate with your loved ones. Make sure to communicate clearly with your family/manager on days that work BEST for you to celebrate. Even if it means celebrating a few days before or after the holidays, it can be a stress reliever knowing when you get to celebrate with your loved ones.
Be prepared for holiday-related injuries
Be prepared and on the lookout for holiday-related injuries. Whether it is cooking burns/cuts or depression in patients, do some research on the types of patients hospitals normally see around the holidays and make sure you are prepared to handle those cases.
Make your work station feel like home
Ask your manager and check with coworkers to see if you can decorate your work space. If you get permission, decorate to where you feel comfortable. Set up lights and other decorations to make your work space feel festive for everyone.
Organize a work party
Whether it is a festive lunch or a group outing outside of work, celebrate when you can with your co-workers to help build comradery during the holidays.
Focus on giving
Try to lift up the spirits of those around you. You never know what they are feeling or going through around the holiday times. Patients are there for the holidays, too. So take this opportunity to lift up their spirits during this time and make it a good situation for everyone.
Focus on the positive.
Depending on your workplace, there may even be benefits to working over the holidays. Whether it is extra pay or getting the next major holiday off, there is always something positive you can focus on.
How do you make your holiday shift work for you? Comment below!
Travis Simonin is a Social Media Recruiter for the Nursing division of Aureus Medical Group.


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Council needs to fast-track rail before gridlock
First train ride re-enacted for Queensland Rail's 150th birthday
Nambour a better option: Woombye anti-rail stabling group
South west Queensland pushes for more rail services for cattle
Tilt Trains set for a major overhaul
Ipswich celebrates heritage at Rail Museum on Open Day
Two rail lines earmarked for northern Australia
The $55.8 million dual gauge rail line from Acacia Ridge to Bromelton remains unfinished
Police investigate if fallen powerlines on Gold Coast train line work of vandals
Sourcing critical railway upgrade funding needs cool heads and smart solutions
A NEW grain handling facility will now be built to anchor the proposed Central Queensland inland port near Emerald.
The Queensland Government announced funding for a new rail siding connecting to the site today. GrainCorpannounced
AgForce Grains president Wayne Newton said the announcement was fantastic news that would create local jobs, help secure the viability of the agricultural rail network in Queensland, reduce transport costs for grain growers and take thousands of trucks off regional roads.
"AgForce has been calling on the Queensland Government to invest in rail infrastructure to support the grain industry and the $2.6 million funding for a new rail siding at Yamala will unlock an additional $18.5 million investment from GrainCorp," Mr Newton said.
"This now means a new grain facility can go ahead with 180,000 tonnes of storage capacity, the ability to handle longer trains both now and into the future, and faster train cycling times to Gladstone.
"It's also a win for the local community as it gets more grain trucks off regional roads in Central Queensland and allows grain to be efficiently handled away from the Emerald township."
GrainCorp announced it would build the new Yamala silo in November. CLICK HERE to read that story.
Mr Newton said today's announcement was a positive first step, but more needed to be done to improve grain rail infrastructure in both central and southern Queensland.
Rail transport is far more efficient than road transport.
"Transport makes up more than a third of growers' cost of production so for our grains industry to be globally competitive, we need to be able to get our product to port as efficiently as possible, and rail transport is far more efficient than road transport," he said.
"The new rail siding at Yamala is just one part of the picture. The Moura rail link that was damaged during flooding in 2011 still needs to be repaired so grain in the area doesn't need to be transported by road.
"The buck passing between the Queensland Government and Aurizon over this rail link needs to stop. Grain growers just want the rail line re-opened as it would unlock a further $3 million investment from GrainCorp to upgrade rail loading at their Moura site.
"Grain growers warmly welcome the $2.6 million announced today for the new rail siding at Yamala, but more rail infrastructure investment is needed to ensure Queensland doesn't fall behind other states on supply chain costs so we can capitalise on export opportunities."
This article first appeared on www.northqueenslandregister.com.au
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Award-winning bridesmaid brand Motee Maids is certainly proving popular with Irish brides as they partner with four new bridal boutiques.
December sees award-winning bridesmaid brand Motee Maids double its presence across Ireland and Northern Ireland as it partners with four new independent boutiques, bringing the total number of stockists now up to eight.
Complementing existing Irish partners Chantilly Lace, Beau Bride and Ellie & Dal, comes Memories Bridal Boutique in Cork and Dublin. In Northern Ireland, Creative Ideas Bridal in Armagh and Cookstown join Petticoat Lane Bridal Boutique and Seraphim Couture Bridal.
Providing aspirational, luxurious and relaxed settings, each stockist will offer bridal parties a personalised and stress-free experience to help them through the process of creating a Motee Maids gown. Bridesmaids will have access to the full range of silhouettes and colours to try on as well as an extensive swatch book to help envisage the outfit options, ensuring a fully informed, fun and productive appointment.
Motee Maids was established by Rosanna Garden to offer a totally customisable choice, not only of dress style and colour, but also delicate hand embellishment to ensure bridesmaids individually look the best they can. Now with over 1000 ultra-flattering styles to choose from, Motee Maids is fast becoming a much sought-after fashion brand for those seeking an overall look that beautifully combines glamour, elegance, style and simplicity.
With an average recommended retail price of £235 per dress, Motee Maids offers absolute individuality at an affordable price point.
For more information, visit www.moteemaids.co.uk


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Entries open for the SDC Awards. Position your company as an innovator in your field.
Entries will close at 17:30 BST.
The list of finalists for the 2019 SDC Awards will be made public on the website.
Voting is opened to the public.
Voting will close at 17:30 BST.
After an evening of networking, food and entertainment, the awards presentation will take place.


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(Recorded Apr. 26, 2014) This Week: (1) A big week for race in America – we discuss Cliven Bundy and the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action; (2) Capital, Power and the American Oligarchy; (3) Immigration Reform – will the Republicans get on board?
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This Week's Links:
Given this week's show, we thought you might find these interesting.
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- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright.
Affirmative Action
- Court Backs Michigan on Affirmative Action
- Should Courts Stay out of the Race Business?
- Another Bad Day for Affirmative Action
- Affirmative Action Ruling Takeaways
Cliven Bundy
- Mr. Bundy's Remarks on "The Negro"
- Mr. Bundy Enjoying the Press He Received
- Harry Reid is Not Impressed
- Gives New Meaning to "women and children first"
- Take a Tour of the Bundy Ranch
- Why Nevada Abolished Slavery Twice
Capital, Power & American Oligarchy
- Order a Copy of this Unexpected Best-seller
- Capital in the 21st Century Reviewed
- Short Guide to Capital in the 21st Century
- Is America an Oligarchy?
- Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens
Immigration Reform
- If Obama Moves on His Own
- Boehner Hell-bent on Immigration Reform
- Hillary Clinton on Immigration Reform
- Will Party Paranoia Destroy Chances of Reform?
- Immigration Activist Feel Betrayed by Obama
- AFL-CIO on Immigration Reform
Image Credits: BLM Trespass Cattle Closure Map, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Thomas Piketty, and US Permanent Resident Card.
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Here's link to an article on how to prepare to fly, and cope with the flight, and try to cope with the frustration and avoid the kind of boil-over that contributed to the "Slaterization" of a recent Jet Blue journey. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIAo2qp3IEKtFyKwsuTZFVS-MQNQD9HIPU2G0
One other tip: bring something in actual print that you'd like to read, in case the "turn off all electronic devices" command comes just as you're retreating into your I-Phone or I-Pad or I-Pod.


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The World's Priciest Tyres – Set of Bugatti Veyron Rubber Costs £23,500
Every wondered what the most expensive passenger car tyres in the world are? According to a report published on the Autocar website on 14 January, Bugatti Veyron rubber must be a prime contender with a set of four new tyres costing £23,500 (26,926 euros; US$38,482) to replace. And if you were wondering which tyre manufacturer won the OE contract to supply these products, a quick look at tyrepress.com's online archive reveals that the 406 km/h car, which is capable of 0 – 300 km/h in under 14 seconds fits Michelin Pilot Sport Pax System 245-690 R520 A (front) and 365-710 R 540 A (rear) tyres.
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Attention, Tufts students: No more having sex in your room when your roommate is present.
Except, one presumes, when you are having sex with your roommate. Although that is not spelled out.
Where this is concerned, my sophomore roommate and I had the perfect arrangement: He studied in the library every night until it closed at 1 a.m. (and I mean EVERY night; I was in awe of his discipline), and I … well, was asleep, more or less, every night by 1 a.m. unless I was at work.
No muss, no fuss, no involvement by the Office of Residential Life. Everyone's a winner.
Well, OK, some muss. But still.


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My experiences about a JMS interchange between HornetQ and ActiveMQ over Apache ServiceMixPosted: 09/25/2016 Filed under: HornetQ, JBoss | Tags: Apache Camel, Apache ServiceMix, HornetQ, Java EE, JBoss, JMS Leave a comment
I recently had a project where I had to deploy some Apache Camel routes, deployed over ServiceMix, that had to connect to a HornetQ messaging system, deployed on a JBoss Application Server.
My first intention was to wrap the HornetQ libraries as OSGi bundles and deploy them on Apache ServiceMix, but it was a real nightmare, with numerous class loading problems, terrible! There is an example of a similar use case of mine, written by Torsten Mielke, but I couldn't establish the connection between Apache ServiceMix 6.0.0 and JBoss EAP 6.3. On the other hand, there is a HornetQ issue to make it OSGi compliant, but it also didn't work out in my case.
My final approach to the problem was to set up HornetQ bridges between JBoss EAP 6.3 and the JMS installation of ServiceMix: Apache ActiveMQ. You can find the code of my proof of concept in one of my GitHub repositories. I honestly think that this solution desvirtues the concept of an ESB, because the routing is made outside, but it works!
Setting up a JMS bridge between Weblogic and ActiveMQPosted: 06/11/2015 Filed under: EE, Java, Weblogic | Tags: activemq, Java EE, JDeveloper, JMS, Oracle, Weblogic Leave a comment
Almost four years ago, I wrote about how to setup a JMS bridge between Weblogic and HornetQ. Lately, I've had to research how to do the same work with ActiveMQ. Here you have my findings. As it was for HornetQ, the first step was to copy the client libraries to a folder residing in a filesystem of my Weblogic server, in the case of ActiveMQ these files are:
- activemq-client-5.10.0.jar
- hawtbuf-1.10.jar
- slf4j-api-1.7.5.jar
Later on, I set the PRE_CLASSPATH variable pointing it to these libraries into the script setDomainEnv. Creating messaging destinations is more or less the same job as it was for HornetQ, you just have to change the initial context factory and connection url parameters:
<jms-bridge-destination> <name>JMS Bridge Destination-Target</name> <adapter-jndi-name>eis.jms.WLSConnectionFactoryJNDIXA</adapter-jndi-name> <user-name>testUser</user-name> <user-password-encrypted>{AES}GZTa15osrQW6/5rbE2fzm+a9BX/YPY7Hm3xiIFi0oMQ=</user-password-encrypted> <classpath></classpath> <connection-factory-jndi-name>jms/TestXAQueueConnectionFactory</connection-factory-jndi-name> <initial-context-factory>org.apache.activemq.jndi.ActiveMQInitialContextFactory</initial-context-factory> <connection-url>tcp://localhost:61616</connection-url> <destination-jndi-name>jms/TestQueue</destination-jndi-name> <destination-type>Queue</destination-type> </jms-bridge-destination>
But the former configuration is not enough, because ActiveMQ hasn't his own JNDI provider (I had ActiveMQ as a JMS provider for a ServiceMix ESB) and requires a jndi.properties file with the mappings between physical destinations and tha jndi ones, but, how to configure the properties file in the context of a Weblogic messaging bridge? Here is the trick: create a JAR archive containing the jndi.properties file and put the JAR in the CLASSPATH (the same way at it was described before for activemq-client-5.10.0.jar). The steps to create the JAR archive are:
- Create a file called jndi.properties with the following entries:
connectionFactoryNames=ConnectionFactory,XAConnectionFactory queue.TestQueue=TestQueue
- Create the archive with the following command:
jar cvf jndi.jar jndi.properties
I found this trick in this post, after have tested many different configurations, including the setup of a Weblogic Foreign JMS Server, without success. Finally, I'd like to point out that I am not completely happy with this setup because it has an obvious drawback: you have modify and redeploy the jndi.jar archive every time you add a new queue or topic, so suggestions are welcome!!!
Oracle AQ: working with PL/SQL asynchronous notificationsPosted: 12/17/2014 Filed under: Advanced Queuing, Oracle, PL/SQL | Tags: AQ, Database, Java EE, JMS, MDB, Oracle Database, PL/SQL Leave a comment
I like Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing (AQ), it's reliable and fast. I've been working with this technology for the last four years, with 10g and 11g database versions; most of the time, I've had to interact with Java EE systems, through Java Message Service (JMS), which it's fully supported by Oracle AQ. JMS has Message Driven Beans (MDB) as the standard way to consume messages in Java EE, as its counter part on the Oracle database you can register asynchronous notifications to PL/SQL procedures. To be perfectly honest, I've always considered that the configuration of this functionality is a bit tricky, because sometimes you don't get an error, it simply doesn't work. That's why I'm writing this post, to present a simple example of PLSQL asynchronous notifications that you can download from github.
The first point that I'd like to deal is the sign of the callback procedure, standalone or belonging to a package, that will consume the messages:
procedure receive_message_callback ( context raw, reginfo sys.aq$_reg_info, descr sys.aq$_descriptor, payload raw, payloadl number );
I think that the key here is the type of the argument payload: raw or varchar2, depending on the type of the message. I've prepared my sample with my personal Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2, where I couldn't work with Oracle AQ JMS types, so I've used a custom data type as the payload of the messages, which implies that the payload argument type has to be raw, but if you work, for example, with JMS Text Messages, SYS.AQ$_JMS_TEXT_MESSAGE in Oracle AQ, the payload argument type has to be varchar2.
The second issue is that the configuration needed varies depending if the destination is a queue or a topic.
In a queue each message is consumed by just one consumer, so you simply has to register the callback procedure. Here you have an excerpt of my code:
begin dbms_aqadm.create_queue_table (queue_table => 'queues_qt', queue_payload_type => 'TESTAQ.MESSAGES_T'); dbms_aqadm.create_queue (queue_name => 'test_queue', queue_table => 'queues_qt'); dbms_aqadm.start_queue (queue_name => 'test_queue'); dbms_aq.register( sys.aq$_reg_info_list( sys.aq$_reg_info( 'TESTAQ.TEST_QUEUE', dbms_aq.namespace_aq, 'plsql://TESTAQ.TEST_P.RECEIVE_MESSAGE_CALLBACK', hextoraw('FF') ) ), 1 ); end; /
The tip to remember here is not to forget the schema name prefix before queue and callback procedure names.
In a topic each message can be consumed by one or several subscriptors and each of them can process the message in a different way, for example sending an email, instead of processing by a PL/SQL procedure. So, you first have to register a subscriber, an agent in Oracle AQ terminology, and then register the PLSQL consumer. Here you have an excerpt of my code:
begin -- It's a topic, so multiple_consumers parameter is specified. dbms_aqadm.create_queue_table (queue_table => 'topics_qt', queue_payload_type => 'TESTAQ.MESSAGES_T', multiple_consumers => true); dbms_aqadm.create_queue (queue_name => 'test_topic', queue_table => 'topics_qt'); dbms_aqadm.start_queue (queue_name => 'test_topic'); dbms_aqadm.add_subscriber (queue_name => 'test_topic', subscriber => sys.aq$_agent( name => 'demo_subscriber', address => null, protocol => 0)); dbms_aq.register( sys.aq$_reg_info_list( sys.aq$_reg_info( 'TESTAQ.TEST_TOPIC:DEMO_SUBSCRIBER', dbms_aq.namespace_aq, 'plsql://TESTAQ.TEST_P.RECEIVE_MESSAGE_CALLBACK', hextoraw('FF') ) ), 1 ); end; /
The tip to remember here is not to forget to put the name of the subscriber after the name of the topic, when you're registering the callback procedure.
- Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide 11g Release 2
- Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference 11g Release 2
- Demo Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ), PL/SQL asynchronous notifications
Weblogic: Interoperating with Oracle AQ JMS. A tip for sending messagesPosted: 02/08/2013 Filed under: Advanced Queuing, EE, Java, Oracle, PL/SQL, Weblogic | Tags: AQ, Database, Java EE, JMS, Oracle, Oracle Database, Weblogic Leave a comment
I usually work with Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing (AQ) integrated with Weblogic. In PL/SQL programs you can set the exception queue where you want to move the messages that couldn't be delivered to their destinations, when you send a message, for example:
enq_msgid raw(16) ;
eopt dbms_aq.enqueue_options_t;
mprop dbms_aq.message_properties_t;
message sys.aq$_jms_text_message;
mprop.priority := 1;
mprop.exception_queue := 'test_exception_q';
message := sys.aq$_jms_text_message.construct() ;
message.set_text('This is a Test') ;
dbms_aq.enqueue(queue_name => 'test_q',
enqueue_options => eopt,
message_properties => mprop,
payload => message,
msgid => enq_msgid) ;
But, how to set the exception queue when you're programming in Java, in the context of an integration between Oracle AQ and Weblogic? The solution I've found is to set the string property called JMS_OracleExcpQ to the message with the name of the Oracle AQ exception queue, for example:
javax.jms.TextMessage msg = jmsSession.createTextMessage();
msg.setStringProperty("JMS_OracleExcpQ", "TEST.TEST_EXCEPTION_Q");
msg.setText("This is a Test");
An important advice: put the name in uppercase and preceded by the name of the schema.
Finally, I'd like to point out that this is a good solution in the context of an integration between Oracle AQ and Weblogic, but makes the code non portable, if you want to change the messaging provider of your Weblogic Application Server.
- Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing (AQ) integrated with Weblogic
- Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide
Researching the HornetQ REST interfacePosted: 11/18/2012 Filed under: EE, HornetQ, Java, JBoss | Tags: HornetQ, Java EE, JBoss, JMS, NetBeans 2 Comments
I've been studying the HornetQ REST interface during the last weeks, because I consider it's a very good solution if you have an application that uses JMS and you want to integrate messages from a third party that doesn't use Java language. This is the first post of the ones I've decided to write about this issue and, in this case, the first task is to configure and install the interface.
As usual, it's important to review the user's manual of the technology, this time the HornetQ REST interface one. One important restriction in my case was that I had to use the version 4.2.1 GA of the JBoss Application Server, with HornetQ 2.2.5 as its messaging provider. Therefore, the pom.xml file proposed by the manual had to be changed, in order to add the dependency on the RESTEasy libraries and the 1.5 Java version for both the source and target code:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
Here you have a link to my Maven project, I hope it will be useful for you.
Trying to set up a JMS bridge between HornetQ and Oracle AQPosted: 07/08/2012 Filed under: Advanced Queuing, EE, HornetQ, Java, JBoss, Oracle, Weblogic | Tags: AQ, HornetQ, Java EE, JBoss, JMS, Oracle, Weblogic 5 Comments
I've been interested in setting up a JMS bridge between HornetQ and Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ) for a while, even I wrote about this issue in a response to a question of the HornetQ user's forum. I resume the matter in this post with some improvements, although, to be perfectly honest, I am not happy with the configuration.
In theory, the bridge is possible because both systems are JMS 1.1. compliant. If you use a HornetQ 2.2.5 standalone installation, you simply have to add some managed beans to the hornetq-beans.xml file, as is described in the user manual. The key point here is to use the proper connection factory and set up the destination following the rules of the Weblogic manual: "Interoperating with Oracle AQ JMS". Here you have an excerpt of the hornetq-beans.xml file:
<bean name="JMSBridge"> <constructor> ... <!-- concatenate JMS messageID to the target's message header --> <parameter>true</parameter> ... </bean> ... <!-- TargetCFF describes the ConnectionFactory used to connect to the target destination --> <bean name="TargetCFF"> <constructor> <parameter> <inject bean="TargetJNDI" /> </parameter> <parameter>QueueConnectionFactory</parameter> </constructor> </bean> ... <!-- TargetDestinationFactory describes the Destination used as the target --> <bean name="TargetDestinationFactory"> <constructor> <parameter> <inject bean="TargetJNDI" /> </parameter> <parameter>Queues/testQueue</parameter> </constructor> </bean> ... <!-- JNDI is a Hashtable containing the JNDI properties required --> <!-- to connect to the *target* JMS resources --> <bean name="TargetJNDI"> <constructor> <map keyClass="java.lang.String" valueClass="java.lang.String"> <entry> <key>java.naming.factory.initial</key> <value>oracle.jms.AQjmsInitialContextFactory</value> </entry> <entry> <key>db_url</key> <value>jdbc:oracle:thin:@oraclehost:1521:test</value> </entry> <entry> <key>java.naming.security.principal</key> <value>test</value> </entry> <entry> <key>java.naming.security.credentials</key> <value>secret</value> </entry> </map> </constructor> </bean>
The former configuration runs properly with the DUPLICATES_OK quality of service, but when you moves to a ONCE_AND_ONLY_ONCE one, changing the TargetCFF to XAQueueConnectionFactory, you get a NullPointerException:
oracle.jms.AQjmsException: Error creating the db_connection at oracle.jms.AQjmsDBConnMgr.getConnection at oracle.jms.AQjmsDBConnMgr. at oracle.jms.AQjmsXAConnection. at oracle.jms.AQjmsXAQueueConnectionFactory.createAllXAConnection at oracle.jms.AQjmsXAQueueConnectionFactory.createXAQueueConnection
After a research on Oracle Support notes, I found that the Oracle API has a bug (10102373) that it will be fixed on the future release 12.1 There are workarounds for not receiving duplicate messages, for example: to save the JMS Message ID in a Oracle table and implement a unique index on that column, you have to take into account that the JMS Messege ID sent by HornetQ is a property that can be recovered with the method get_string_property of the Oracle type aq$_jms_message.
But, why Weblogic can interoperate with Oracle AQ in XA configurations? I suspect that the reason is because uses datasources with pre-created database connections. So, I've tried to deploy the bridge within JBoss AS 6.0.0, with HornetQ as its default JMS provider. First of all, I created an Oracle XA datasource. After that, I set up the configuration file jms-bridge-jboss-beans.xml in a similar way as before, the only change is to change the db_url parameter by the parameter datasource:
<bean name="TargetJNDI"> <constructor> <map keyClass="java.lang.String" valueClass="java.lang.String"> <entry> <key>java.naming.factory.initial</key> <value>oracle.jms.AQjmsInitialContextFactory</value> </entry> <entry> <key>datasource</key> <value>jdbc/testOracleXA</value> </entry> </map> </constructor> </bean>
But, when I tried to run the former configuration, the bridge didn't start. Another bug, a HornetQ one in this case, prevented me from reaching my goal. To be perfectly honest, I didn't patch the installation, but I restart the managed bean through the JMX console and I got another exception, a ClassCastException, because JBoss pass a wrapped Oracle connection to the class AQjmsInitialContextFactory, which is waiting for an native internal connection. I really felt powerless!
Finally, I adopted the solution of setting up an Oracle Weblogic server as a mediator, the guru Edwin Biemond describes this configuration in this article.
Security notes about Hornetq as a JBoss JMS providerPosted: 03/12/2012 Filed under: EE, HornetQ, Java, JBoss, Oracle, Weblogic | Tags: HornetQ, Java EE, JBoss, JMS, Weblogic Leave a comment
I've been recently involved in a project where my client had to share information with some partners, using HornetQ 2.2.5 queues deployed on a JBoss 4.2.1 GA application server, and I had to face up to a security problem. Here you have the case: the first step that a remote client has to perform when it tries to send a message to a queue is to lookup for a connection factory and the queue in a JNDI tree; at this point, you should not simply open your JBoss JNDI port (1099 by default), even having configured your firewall to open the port just to your partners' servers and having an user authentication process for JNDI, because they might list all the names of your global JNDI namespace and exploit any security bug you may have. On the other hand, although I would have opened the port, our JBoss application server runs into a demilitarized zone (DMZ) with a NAT (Network Address Translation) standard configuration, in this situation you can't use RMI.
The solution to my problem was to force the partners to access JNDI over HTTP an secure that access in a manner that they just could perform lookup operations over a controlled read-only context, so they got their connection factories and queues from that context and, later on, opened their JMS sessions, through a HTTPS tunnel, after an user authentication process.
In order to run a basic test case, the first step is to create a role for the remote users (named remoteRole in this example) and another for local ones (localRole) on JBoss. On the other hand, I created one key store for the SSL connection:
keytool -genkeypair -alias test -keyalg RSA -keysize 1024 -dname OU=TEST,CN=TEST,CN=LOCAL -keypass test1234 -keystore hornetq.test.keystore -storepass test1234
The following task is to deploy the netty servlet that provide the HTTP transport, please follow this link where you have the WAR file I setup. The next step is to edit the file hornetq-configuration.xml file of the HornetQ installation and to add a servlet connector (please, notice that the path to the test keystore is referred to the client file system and you have to provide it with the keystore) and its corresponding acceptor :
<connectors> ... <connector name="netty-servlet"> <factory-class>org.hornetq.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyConnectorFactory</factory-class> <param key="host" value="${jboss.bind.address:localhost}"/> <param key="port" value="8443"/> <param key="use-servlet" value="true"/> <param key="servlet-path" value="/messaging/HornetQServlet"/> <param key="ssl-enabled" value="true"/> <param key="key-store-path" value="C:\\Software\\KeyStores\\hornetq.test.keystore"/> <param key="key-store-password" value="test1234"/> </connector> ... </connectors> <acceptors> .. <acceptor name="netty-invm"> <factory-class>org.hornetq.core.remoting.impl.netty.NettyAcceptorFactory</factory-class> <param key="use-invm" value="true"/> <param key="host" value="org.hornetq"/> </acceptor> ... </acceptors>
The following task is to be sure that the HTTPS connector of the JBoss 4.2.1 AS is running, if not you have to edit the file server.xml located in the folder \deploy\jboss-web.deployer
I also add a security constraint to this hornetq-configuration.xml configuration file, so the remote users just can send messages to our queues:
... <security-settings> ... <security-setting match="jms.queue.ReadOnly.#"> <permission type="consume" roles="localRole"/> <permission type="send" roles="remoteRole"/> </security-setting> ... </security-settings> ...
The following task is to edit the hornetq-jms.xml file and add a connection factory and a queue, deployed under the readonly context:
... <connection-factory name="ReadOnly.NettyConnectionFactory"> <xa>true</xa> <connectors> <connector-ref connector-name="netty-servlet"/> </connectors> <entries> <entry name="readonly/XAConnectionFactory"/> </entries> </connection-factory> ... <queue name="ReadOnly.TestQueue"> <entry name="readonly/TestQueue"/> </queue> ...
The next step is to code a basic messages producer, in order to be used by the remote part:
public class RemoteJMSProducer { public void sendMessages() { ConnectionFactory connectionFactory; Connection connection = null; Session session = null; Queue queue; MessageProducer producer; TextMessage message; Context initialContext; Properties jndiConfig; try { jndiConfig = new Properties(); jndiConfig.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jboss.naming.HttpNamingContextFactory"); jndiConfig.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "http://remote-jboss-server/invoker/ReadOnlyJNDIFactory"); initialContext = new InitialContext(jndiConfig); connectionFactory = (ConnectionFactory) initialContext.lookup("readonly/XAConnectionFactory"); connection = connectionFactory.createConnection("remoteUser", "test"); queue = (Queue) initialContext.lookup("readonly/TestQueue"); session = connection.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE); producer = session.createProducer(queue); message = session.createTextMessage(); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { message.setText("This is the test message number " + i); producer.send(message); } System.out.println("Messages sent!"); } catch (NamingException ex) { System.err.println("JNDI exception: " + ex.getMessage()); } catch (JMSException ex) { System.err.println("JMS exception: " + ex.getMessage()); } finally { try { session.close(); } catch (Exception ignore) { } try { connection.close(); } catch (Exception ignore) { } } } /** * @param args the command line arguments */ public static void main(String[] args) { RemoteJMSProducer remoteJMSProducer; remoteJMSProducer = new RemoteJMSProducer(); remoteJMSProducer.sendMessages(); } }
The former class doesn't use the typical org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory, but the org.jboss.naming.HttpNamingContextFactory as the initial context factory. On the other hand, I'd like to point out that the provider URL is http://remote-jboss-server/invoker/ReadOnlyJNDIFactory. In order to run the example, you need to put the following libraries on your classpath:
- hornetq-core-client.jar
- hornetq-jms-client.jar
- netty.jar
- concurrent.jar
- jboss-client.jar
- jboss-common-client.jar
- jboss-j2ee.jar
- jboss-remoting.jar
- jboss-serialization.jar
- jbosssx-client.jar
Please, realize that if you try to perform a list or a rename operation, you get an exception.


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Based in Auckland New Zealand, Kenneth Merrick's work orbits around drawing, painting and digital/analogue media. Merrick graduated with a Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts, Unitec, Auckland in 2012 and completed a Bachelor of Music, University of Auckland in 2004. Over the past five years his works have featured in a variety of exhibition settings and spaces in New Zealand, and overseas. Through image making Merrick seeks to convey perspectives that form a basis for a type of visual thinking, underpinned by explorations into cultural experience, speculative spaces, and myth. The resulting work attempts to further hack and refract historical and contemporary paradigms, via unique and fragmented view-points filtered through Merrick's European, Tongan, and Maori heritage.
A:Your work explores cultural experience and myth, how does that manifest itself in your art?
KM: The visual and conceptual language that is present in my work often references narratives from a variety of epochs and cultures. These narratives are often fragmented and not immediately apparent in any visual content, but are a point of lift off for exploration into a reflective space or thematic framework.Through intuitive approaches to image making I am visually making sense and non-sense of the physical, digital, and spiritual worlds around me, the borders of which are rapidly dissolving.
A:Who or what are you most influenced by?
KM: Part of the problem is I'm a collector and hoarder, a border which is also dissolving, but a problem that is under control at the moment. I'm into books, comics, animation, music, films…so there's a bunch of influence in there. I see creative value in so many people and places. More often than not I'm influenced by the people I know and the awesome things they make and do.
A:You work across a variety of media, but many are monochrome, tell us about this choice.
KM: I often work in series, and recently have been making work that evolves out of a defined limitation or parameter. The choice to use a monochrome approach for the kind of work I'm making at the moment is partly a response to the surfaces I'm using, ideas surrounding materiality, and kinds of visual material I loosely reference when making the work, such as Paleolithic cave paintings, Maori and Pacific patterns, and black and white comics. I also made a conscious decision to pare back my painting approach and look to develop my approaches in drawing, limiting myself to a solvent based ink that I work with directly on unstretched salvaged canvas.
A:Where do you find the inspiration for your work?
KM: I'm big fan of visual research, and I enjoy looking at the work of other people from a range of disciplines, whether it be in person or online. There is such a wealth of inspirational material available to people today, sometimes overwhelmingly so. In saying that Sturgeon's law is probably exponentially in effect with the rate of information doubling. I often take it for granted that I can dial up inspirational material at a touch, almost anywhere, anytime. Although I'm not overly reliant on technology to inspire me, it's incredible to think that a smartphone or tablet can act like a prosthetic memory, storing information you never knew you knew! I might not even know the name of a particular artist, artwork, movement etc, but the fact I can describe visual ideas through language is often going to yield inspirational results that expands my awareness of material that I might not have otherwise stumbled upon.
A: What do you feel is your greatest achievement to date with your work?
KM: Recently I completed a body of work for my first solo exhibition Loops & Lines at Whitespace Contemporary Art, Auckland, New Zealand. It's probably my most cohesive series of work to date, and it was increasingly tough to work within the limitations of a set dimension, scale, and a monochromatic palette over the past six months. I have got a whole new appreciation for colour.
A: Where do you see your work going in the future?
KM: I hope to be able to keep moving forward with my studio practice and continue to learn and work creatively with other people in a variety of contexts. I'm currently working on a series of small animation clips, some ideas for a self published comic book, and teaching myself the basics of character concept design as projects that sit alongside my studio practice, it would be great to further develop these areas of interest into the future.
If you would like to see more of Kenneth Merrick's work, please see his current and upcoming shows:
Loops & Lines 27 January – 15 February 2015 Whitespace Contemporary Art, Auckland, New Zealand.
Pacific Materiality 4 – 28 March 2015 Studio One Toi Tū, Auckland, New Zealand.
Please visit his website: kenneth00merrick.wordpress.com
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1. 8attern Recognition, ink on salvaged canvas, 2015, 1580 x 1240 mm
2. The Cloud 9, ink on salvaged canvas, 2015, 1580 x 1240 mm


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As the Bahraini society is preparing for mass protests on the 14 August, the human rights situation in the country deteriorates, says a statement of six human rights organizations active in Bahrain published on the website of Social Watch, an international network of citizen's organizations. The statement calls for international human rights organizations as well as journalists to come to Bahrain to monitor the situation, support the local organizations and report on the situation. The organizations also ask the UK Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama to end their active support to the government of Bahrain.
6 August 2013 | Social Watch
Bahrain Human Rights Joint Statement
In the past few weeks, the human rights situation in Bahrain has rapidly deteriorated ahead of planned mass protests on August 14th. With many of the country's most prominent Human Rights Defenders behind bars, local NGOs have inadequate resources to keep up with the unfolding situation, and it is challenging for them to ensure the safety of their members.
Bahraini HRDs should not be left to stand alone. We urge international human rights organizations to attempt to visit Bahrain over the coming week, in order to document and monitor ongoing protests, especially on August 14 when Bahrain is expected to come under lockdown. The government has already declared that all protests in the capital Manama are banned.
International human rights organizations have done a good job of highlighting the human rights situation in Bahrain, though their physical presence in the country has been lacking due to a state policy of controlled access. Nonetheless, their presence is important, as witnesses and in solidarity with those fighting for justice, human rights, and democracy.
We call on mainstream media networks to dedicate particular attention to the situation in Bahrain in the build up to August 14 and to send journalists into the country. What happens in the coming week could be critical.
To the Government of Bahrain's closest allies; Mr. David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Mr. Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, we urge you to remain neutral, if not supportive of the peoples' right to self-determination. This is not a call for intervention, but rather we urge you to live up to claims of ethical foreign policies that take human rights into consideration and to end your active support of the government of Bahrain.
Finally, we call on the United Nations and its Special Rapporteurs to be proactive and to reiterate the rights of Bahrainis to free speech, freedom of assembly, the right to adequate medical care, and to pressure the authorities to refrain from using force, particularly tear gas and birdshot, ahead of August 14. Public statements reminding those who are responsible of guaranteeing these rights are needed as well as activating direct channels with officials in such positions.
For the past two and a half years, the Bahraini regime has failed to realize its pledges to implement both the Universal Periodic Review and Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry recommendations. Domestic and international accountability mechanisms have so far failed, and Bahrainis have decided that August 14 is another step in the current struggle for justice.
We, the undersigned, will be on the ground in Bahrain during this period to monitor and observe the human rights situation. We hope that you will commit time, resources, and effort to support HRDs in the country in any capacity.
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Bahrain Human Rights Society
European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights
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Seven STAMers swam in this year's National Masters competition at Ponds Ford, Sheffield on 27/28/29 October – Christina Smith and her sister Catherine (Cat) Freeman, Duncan Beveridge, Neil Culley, Craig Kirkland, Brian McShea and Martin Scott.
It was an extremely stiff competition and several world, european and national records were broken.
Duncan Beveridge took home 2 Bronze medals for his 50m and 100m Breaststroke events.
The STAMers gave everything they had – securing some PB's and respectable placings. Well done swimmers!
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A Curse Dark as Gold
Elizabeth C. Bunc2
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Pages: 396
Genre: Historical, Fairytale, Fantasy, Young Adult
This ravishing winner of the ALA's William C. Morris YA Debut Award is a fairy tale, spun with a mystery, woven with a family story, and shot through with romance.
Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father's death, the bad luck piles up: departing workers, impossible debts, an overbearing uncle. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner offers a tempting proposition: He can turn straw into gold thread, for the small price of her mother's ring. As Charlotte is drawn deeper into her bargains with Spinner-and a romance with the local banker-she must unravel the truth of the curse on the mill and save the community she's always called home.
Once again we find me delving into a fairytale adaptation. This one an adaptation of "Rumpelstiltskin". Like Snow White & Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede, this one can also fall in as historical fiction with its half-accurate portrayal of millworking during the Industrial Revolution. Charlotte Miller and her sister have just become orphans and
is determined to keep the mill running and their town alive, no matter what it
takes. When a mysterious debt from her father is slapped on her out of no
where, however, she finds herself hard pressed to try and get the money for it. Charlotte
Though loosely based off the fairytale, A Curse Dark as Gold is very much its own book. The plot is put together like a puzzle, each character having its own secrets and part to play, and it begs me to use my brain to put the pieces together and try to figure out what in the world is going on and why the characters are doing what they are doing.
All the characters have reasons, and if you talked to them they would assure you they are good ones, even it seems terrible. Even the mysterious debt in the beginning reveals itself in the end, bringing the book full circle (which is one of my favourite writing techniques to read).
I this hadn't been slated as my third book during Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon, I'm sure I would have finished it up in one day, unfortunately it was a bit too taxing on my overly tired brain at the time. I'd love to reread it sometime soon however, especially knowing everything that is revealed to me.
I love how truly there are no "evil" characters. The only real villains are possibly the Pinchfeilds Mill people for stealing
father's idea and trying to force Stirwater out of business so they can buy it.
Uncle Wheeler and Jack Spinner have their own reasons for doing what they do.
Wheeler is sucked in by the beauty of riches and ends up bargaining with
Spinner to become that. He then ends up in a cycle of debt which leaves him at
the mercy of Spinner, just like the girls. Charlotte
Spinner of course was wrongly killed and hellbent on revenge for his son as well. All he wanted was his son back, and revenge on those who very wrongly tricked him. Though his name was not Rumpelstilstkin, I liked how discovering the truth of him was the replacement for his name. It fits so well in with superstitions following ghosts, and what you need to lay them to rest.


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The Shiga idol group Fleurette are back in action with a PV for their 8th single. A brief lakeside introduction with leader Rio and subleader Akari leads to the seifuku uniformed Fleurette on location. "Mikansei girls" puts the girls in the spacious courtyard of a local school for a dance shot, and in its classrooms for some drama scenes. The introduction scenes also continue to play, although the short version of "Mikansei girls" never gives us much of a resolution. The idol pop sound of Fleurette frees itself from controversy with a classic arrangement and some classic choreography. "Mikansei girls" should sound classically idol: it boasts songwriter and composer credits from Yamada Takahiro, the composer of the Love Live hit "Snow Halation". To my eyes, Fleurette look pretty sharp while delivering a snappy chorus sounds good and even looks good from the overhead drone shots. "Mikansei girls/Samba ing", the 8th single from Fleurette, goes on sale May 22, 2018.[Update 2018.04.24: Full version PV added]
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A walk through day 3… After experiencing several 'firsts' yesterday, and then being able to spend the evening getting to meet the community health workers, we were eager to head out and meet the people of Bullet Tree Falls. We joined Ms. Gema and Mrs. Evette Waight, the community health worker for Bullet Tree, as they introduced us to several families in the community. We were honored to be invited into their homes, enjoy much laughter on their front porches, share in relief from the shade, and experience several encounters with a variety of puppies, chickens, ducks, dogs, and a turkey. While our tasks were simple (health screenings, Zika prevention, and teaching about planting containers), our blessings were many as we were invited into the family spaces to share life with the people of Bullet Tree.
We ended our day at an intercession prayer service at Oasis of Blessing Church with our friend and brother Pastor Kevin Tzib. There is no better way to end a day than in prayer with fellow believers.


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Thai Airways Business Class Review LAX-ICN-BKK
Sawasdee Ka! That is the first greeting I hear upon entering my Thai Airways (ThaiAir) international flights to Bangkok. With two hands put together, as if in prayer and a bow with the head. I like this already! It feels very respectful.
My flight aboard Thai Airways International's Boeing 777-300 service from Los Angeles International Airport by way of Seoul Incheon to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Royal Silk Class (Business class ThaiAir) was nothing less than amazing!
ThaiAirways Business Class Review
Business class passengers boarded the plane through door 1L and economy class passengers boarded through door 2L. Since there was no cross-cabin traffic, the boarding process was smooth and easy and allowed the flight attendants to greet each passenger, serve pre-departure drinks and assist with any other passenger needs. The inflight service started about thirty minutes after we departed runway 1L.
Thai airways Business Class Review LAX-ICN-BKK
Some of the highlights included the following:
- Attentive customer service in full native, but professional outfits.
- The meals: menus were distributed out of LAX. The menus included information for both the Los Angeles-Incheon segment and the Incheon-Bangkok segment. You could argue that there is really no point of menus, but I think it is a nice touch and makes the service appear more sophisticated.
- Actual silverware! We can't bring on water, but we do get dull knives! (stab at the TSA!)
- Unlike some airlines that have miniature liquor bottles, Thai Airways carries full-size bottles and mixes drinks to order on a service cart.
- We were offered hot towels multiple times during the course of the trip.
- One amenity that stood out was the blankets, they were quilt style and packaged wrapped, so they were clean, soft and warm.
- Large monitors with on demand video and audio, USB port and a power plug.
Business Class Seats
- A lie flat style seat which reclines to 170 degrees for sleeping, in a staggered layout with each seat having laptop power and USB power port.
- I have heard complains when compared to their other planes, that these seats are inferior business class angled seats and that you feel like you slide down as you sleep, yet I experienced no problem with them.
- I used the panel on the arm rest to change the seat to an angled bed. When the seat converts into a bed, even though it is a bit of a slant, your feet enter into a console in the seat in front of you. It was more comfortable sleeping on your side, ranther than your back on these seats.
- Entertainment is on demand and offers 30 movies, 110 CDs, information and 31 games.
- 'Three-point' seatbelt where the sash comes down from your shoulder, as well as a lap belt
- A pivoting hinge on the arm swings the table back towards the video screen so you can easily slide in and out of the seat without folding the table up.
- I have heard compared to their other planes these seats are inferior business class angled seats, yet I had no problem with them.
- After dinner, the lights were dimmed and water bottles were handed out to every passenger on ThaiAirways.
Thai Airways International
- There was a short time on the ground in ICN (Incheon) International Airport
Thai Airways International
Beware of some pitfalls:
- One difficult point about flying through Incheon on ThaiAir is that there is a pre-boarding security inspection. They no longer have direct flights from LAX to BKK, which got discontinued recently. All liquids and fruit must be disposed of, including any bottled water purchased in the terminal or taken from the last flight. All passengers were required to disembark so the plane could be serviced and a new crew could board.
- Also, hang on to your boarding pass, as it is the same one from LAX-ICN as it is for ICN to BKK. I have never experienced this before, but this is my first time flying ThaiAir.
- I have heard stories from other ThaiAir passengers that the have experienced this same issue while going through ICN and that it can be a huge problem if the crew of ThaiAir LAX never gives you boarding passes for the ICN-BKK portion of the flight!
- Royal Silk Class passengers on ThaiAir also enjoy priority reservations, baggage handling and late boarding privileges. They have a generous 66 lbs. (30kg.) baggage allowance, 125% mileage accrual with Royal Orchid Plus frequent flyer program on ThaiAir, plus the use of ThaiAir and Star Alliance airport lounges worldwide.
- This was my first time transitioning Incheon since they opened the new mid-field concourse. It is a pleasant sunny airport with modern architecture. Within a few minutes, we had cleared the security screening and returned to the departure level.
Thai Airways Business Class Review LAX-ICN-BKK
Once on the ground, I snapped a few photo of Thai sculptures in the BKK (Bangkok) Intenational Airport. Just past immigration, it is a large scale sculpture of one of the most famous episodes in Hindu mythology called the Samudra Manthan or "churning of the milk ocean". It is an impressive sculpture that illustrates that the Thailand culture has strong Hindu and Vedic Brahminist roots.
And this funny sign for the Monks to check in at the Thai Airways International ticket counter!!
Thai Airways International
Overall, you will not be disappointed in getting some great service and shut eye during your trip to Bangkok from Los Angeles using Thai Airline.
And when you get there, be sure and take a trip down the hao Phraya River, take a cooking class at Amita Thai Cooking School, explore the Temple of Dawn in Bangkok, ride a longtail boat out to James Bond Island or head on over to Malaysia and relax for a while.
Disclosure: My trip to Bangkok, Thailand was provided by Thai Airways International, in conjunction with the Tourism Authority of Thailand.


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This is the a small sampling of the best social media posts for #Eclipse2017! We'll keep our eye on the web and compile a list for each week leading up to the eclipse.
So let's see what the internet has to say!
Why are eclipses rare?
Sometimes the moon's orbit takes it too high or low. Other times, it is just right. #Eclipse2017
via @NASASun pic.twitter.com/RfFawOZLx1
— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) June 22, 2017
Get ready for the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse! Find out what you'll see based on location. Watch: https://t.co/kfzbuREDWb #Eclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/wnPOXhzeg5
— NASA (@NASA) June 25, 2017
Checkout the very cool enamel lapel pin tracing the Path of Totality of #Eclipse2017. Save 10% Promo Code: Nashville https://t.co/OHvSviifbP pic.twitter.com/NerA5eEafA
— Nashville Tennessee (@NashvilleTenn) June 20, 2017
The #SolarEclipse Stamp was unveiled today. It turns black at the touch of your finger & on the back is the path of the #eclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/LClk1sHhR5
— Anthony Yanez (@AnthonyNBCLA) June 20, 2017
Where will YOU be? Tell us in the comments! Learn more at www.greatamericaneclipse.comOn August 21st, a total eclipse…
Posted by Great American Eclipse.com on Friday, June 30, 2017
Because you're going to want to capture this memory. #eclipse2017 #eclipsesoundscapes #solareclipse #totaleclipse
Posted by Eclipse Soundscapes Project on Friday, June 30, 2017


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The Sea to Sky Gondola has plans to take visitors even higher above Squamish.
On Jan.30 a development permit for the multi-million dollar addition of an elevated tree walk was approved by the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD). The new attraction was made public today, Feb 6.
The project will go through First Nations engagement, and seek local and provincial government approvals.
"The elevated tree walk we have envisioned and propose will make it easy for our guests of all ages and abilities to better connect to the great outdoors, regardless of the season and no matter the weather," said Kirby Brown, Sea to Sky Gondola general manager, in a press release.
The 34-metre tall spiral structure will begin on the Panorama Trail, with the path then heading out over wetlands and above treetops on Panorama Ridge with a 2.5-kilometre loop return. The walkway will be 2.4-metre wide, with a grade varying between four and five degrees.
"You will be able to push a stroller up that quite easily," said Brown. "Able upper-bodied people with wheelchairs will be able to ascend it without great difficulty. It's a little bit above the three degrees that you typically see, but again this is about adventure. It's meant to be a little more advanced."
The company is also looking for accessibility partners for programming and accessible vehicles such as the TrailRider, which helps people to cross many kinds of terrain not suitable for a wheelchair or walker.
The Panorama Trail's Stawamus Chief overlook structure will remain, while the trail will be re-graded in anticipation of more visitors. Educational features are being designed to add to the trail.
On the new elevated walkway, self-guided educational materials may be added to the area stretching over the wetlands, the base, and summit of the spiral structure.
"The tree walk will preserve, connect and enhance access to natural areas while protecting environmentally sensitive areas," Brown said in the release, adding that the tenure is not only on Squamish Nation territory but is also considered a sacred space for the Nation.
"We are also confident this new experience will bolster Squamish's recreation economy by providing accessibility to nature for visitors of all abilities, as well as enhancing the tourism activities Squamish has to offer in off-peak times and during inclement weather," Brown said. "Our goal is to ultimately create another unique and spectacular year-round visitor experience."
Since the Sea to Sky Gondola opened in 2014, Brown said the company has taken feedback from its visitors and staff into account, including about accessibility and the desire for more trails.
"It's the ease at which those who currently wouldn't be able to access that area find themselves in this beautiful space that really compelled us to do a project like this," said Brown.
The elevated-walkway project will be the second major infrastructure addition to the Sea to Sky Gondola. The company will also invest more than $2 million to convert from diesel-generated power to BC Hydro, once proper permits are approved.
"(This) significantly reduces our carbon footprint," Brown explained. "It's a point of pride for us, because to turn off the diesel generators by next fall will be an enormous step forward for us as a business. We have a value around respecting nature and the environment. Being able to not burn that kind of diesel every year just to keep the summit electrified will be a huge breath of fresh air-pun intended."
The tree walk is expected to open in spring 2020, with construction beginning in late 2019.
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G Adventures has announced it will be hosting a seven-day 'Cyber Week Sale' for the week leading up to Black Friday and including Cyber Monday. It begins 12:01am EST on Tuesday 20NOV, and runs until the following Monday, with a wide array of departures between 1DEC, 2018 and 31JUL, 2019, with savings of up to 35%.
"Our rally message this year is 'our world deserves more you'; more of your ideas, more of your passion, more of your curiosity, kinship and engagement. That's how we get to a world with more 'we'," says Aizaz Sheikh, G Adventures' Canadian marketing director. "It's also why we doubled down on the cyber week savings this year. We want to help more more travellers go from dreaming to doing in 2019, and experience more of the world."
During the sale, G will offer mark downs on more than 500 different small-group tours on six different continents. Of those, nearly 400 trips feature savings of 30% to 35% off regular tour prices, including:
- The six-day Experience Harbin Ice Festival & Beijing tour;
- The eight-day Botswana and Victoria Falls Adventure;
- The nine-day Colombia Journey;
- The 10-day Discover Ethiopia tour;
- The 10-day Sailing the British Islands tour;
- The 10-day Nepal Adventure;
- The 10-day Mekong River Encompassed tour;
- The 14-day Best of Southern India tour;
- The 14-day End of the Earth tour in Argentina.


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National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is likely to travel Beijing for BRICS NSAs meet on July 26-27 amid India China border stand-off, as per Indian Express report. While Chinese authority remained aggressive on the issue, New Delhi has opted for using diplomatic channels to resolve situation, the report says. The meet will be hosted by Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi and Doval will discuss border issues.
New Delhi has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had discussed a range of issues with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS leaders' meeting last week in Hamburg. The Chinese officials have maintained that there was no such official meeting them, according to IE report.
Commenting on reported PM Modi and Xi meet, Ministry of External Affairs' official spokesperson Gopal Baglay left it to media asking it to apply imagination and common sense on what should be covered in range of issues. Speaking on Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's views that there was no reason why both the countries will not be able to deal with border issues, Baglay said New Delhi and Beijing have accumulated a lot of experience from the past in addressing various issues.
"We have accumulated a lot of experience from the past — both sides — in addressing a number of matters. You know it and it has been said not only by us, but by others that the border has been peaceful and that is the result of the efforts of both sides to maintaining tranquility at the border," he was quoted as saying by IE.


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The garage doors play a vital role in the overall look of the house. Garage being a prominent part of the house, it is important to pay attention to the exterior of the garage that mainly consists the door. The garage doors can be built of various materials; however, the wooden garage doors are the most stylish and classy doors to enhance the aesthetics of the house. Apart from the visual appeal, the garage door also needs to be durable and stable to face all weathers and last long. Here is a list of top 10 styles of the wooden garage doors for you to decide one for your garage.
1. Lunario – Contemporary Solid Wood Garage Door Horizontal Planks Design
BRAND : Lunario
The beautiful and classic garage door by Lunario is made of solid stain grade wood, insulated in 24 gauge steel frame. The contemporary design of horizontal planks makes this door a unique creation of wood. The classic charm of the handcrafted door gives a complete new look to the garage and the two sided sectional doors provides the convenience of the modern times. The doors are hand built with great attention to the detailing. There are also options available between the paint grade and stain grade wood to create the classic garage door.
The contemporary functional ease with the old world charm is what defines the garage door with horizontal wood planks by Lunario.
Contemporary design with classic charm
Two sided sectional door for the ease to operate
2. Ashbourne Side Hinged Garage Door
BRAND : Ashbourne
Ashbourne side hinged cedar timber garage door has solid plywood or cedar panels, stile and rails constructed with mortice and tenon method for the stability and durability. The hinged garage doors have more conventional style opening than the Up and over style. The Ashborne hinged doors are available in different sizes and various choices of hardware as per your preference. The square glass panels on the top of the door give it a classic yet stylish look.
Ashbourne side hinged cedar timber garage door is stylish and elegant with the more conventional opening than the up and over method.
Available in different sizes and choice of hardware
3. Ashford Up and Over Garage Door
BRAND : Ashford
The traditional elegant design of Ashford garage door, Up and Over is perfect to enhance the visual appeal of the traditional house. The Cedar Ashford garage door is made of solid frame and vertical grooved boards to create a durable garage door. The boards are glued in the rear of the door with the solid and strong vertical and horizontal cross rails. The Cedar Ashford garage door Up and Over is base coated as standard version of the garage door.
The Cedar Ashford garage door Up and Over is traditionally designed and is more suitable for the traditional houses.
Traditional design
Unique vertical and horizontal cross railing in the rear for durability
4. Doorking Timber Vertical Garage Door
BRAND : Doorking
The Doorking vertical garage door is a beautiful creation to enhance the overall aesthetics of the house. The garage door is made of Marine grade plywood timber for stability and durability. The vertical V-grooved design comes with a choice of either base coated or various colors such as mahogany, chestnut, antique oak, light oak and many more for you to pick your choice of shade for the garage door. The garage door has the standard retractable gear for the door to be automated. The door is easy to install and comes with a factory assembled steel frame.
The Doorking vertical garage door made of Marine grade plywood comes with the various choice of colors, apart from the base coating, so that you can decide the color of the garage doors to match up with the color scheme of your house.
Various color options
Easy to install
Retractable gear to make the door automated
5. Standard size Dartmoor Garage Doors
BRAND : Dartmoor
The standard garage door by Dartmoor is made of paint grade redwood softwood with the mortice and tenon construction, which is the age old method of joining woods, connecting at the angle of 90 degree. The wooden garage doors are completely framed and fully braced and ledged. The standard Dartmoor garage door has the option of paint grade redwood softwood or the standard pine redwood softwood, as per your preference. There is also an option of stiles, rails in the middle and head rails to be built with paint grade laminated redwood softwood pine for more stability.
The standard size Dartmoor garage doors are simple yet elegant and are made of the mortice and tenon construction method for durability and stability.
Stable and durable
Fully framed, ledged and braced
6. Travis – Craftsman Design Solid Primed Wood Garage Door with Glass
BRAND : Travis
The beautifully handcrafted wood design of Travis garage doors makes it elegant and classic to add up to the aesthetics of your house. The garage door is made of solid primed wood and has the classic design with square glass panels on the top along with the convenience of two sectioned doors. The solid wood door has the safety bottoms, which are tamper resistant and has the pinch resistant door panels. The elegant primed doors are made of high quality wood for durability.
The Travis solid primed wood garage door has the beautiful craftsman design with glass panel on the top of the door to add up to the aesthetics of the house.
Beautiful craftsman design
Tamper and pinch resistant
7. Carmel – Craftsman Design Solid Primed Wood Garage Door with Full V-Grooved and Glass
BRAND : Carmel
Very elegant, classic and stylish, the solid primed wood garage door by Carmel will transform the look of your garage completely. The full V-grooved and quadrangle glass panels on the top of the door create a very vintage and classy visual appeal. The white primed doors add up to the aesthetics of the house and create a very soothing yet contemporary impact. For the convenience of opening and closing, the garage door has two sectioned doors with the insulated core. The finest wood makes the garage door durable and the miraculously hand crafted design with the great attention to detailing makes it a perfect choice for all types of houses, contemporary or traditional.
The classic and elegant, white painted, solid primed wood garage door by Carmel with full V-grooved and the square glass panels at the top is simply beautiful as well as convenient and practical with two sectioned doors.
Beautiful white painted with glass panel design
Convenient with two sectioned doors
8. Henley – Standard Size Garage Doors
BRAND : Henley
Simple yet elegant looking standard size garage doors by Henley are sure to transform the overall appearance of your garage. The garage door is in the red hardwood finish to paint or stain it, as per your choice. The garage doors can also be manufactured in various other timbers such as red softwood pine, idigbo, iroko or sapele as per your preference. The standard garage door by Henley is 84 inches tall and has the width of 84 inches with the thichness of 1 ¾ inches.
The stylish and elegant looking garage door by Henley can be stained or painted as per the individual choice and can also be manufactured in various other choice of timbers.
Can be painted of stained
Options for other timber types
9. Alpine – Carriage Barn Solid Wood Garage Door with V-Grooved Panel
BRAND : Alpine
The classic charm of the carriage barn garage door with V-grooved panel never fades away. Add the vintage glamor to your garage with Alpine solid wood door in the classic shape and design. The vertical planks with cross sectional panels; the garage doors are simply beautiful and have oodles of old world charm to it. The garage door by Alpine is meticulously handcrafted and can be made with custom specifications as per your requirement. The quality of wood has two choices of stain grade and paint grade. The carriage barn garage door has two sectional doors with an insulated core for the smooth and easy functioning of the door.
The carriage barn solid wood garage door by Alpine with V-shaped panels is classic in design and has the ease of functioning of a contemporary and modern garage door, with two sectional panels.
Solid wood garage door
Classic design
Contemporary ease of handling
10. 2009 Vertical or Horizontal Double Garage Door
BRAND : Hormann
The Hormann timber 2009 vertical or horizontal double garage door are made of cedar wood and are available as paneled or grooved and tongued. The door leaf is built with glossy steel. The garage door is available in various colors and has a round plastic handle on it. The doors of the garage have the retractable gear with the safety system with multiple spring and tight coils to avoid finger trapping on the door.
The Hormann timber 2009 vertical or horizontal double garage door is a simple yet stylish cedar wood door with various color and design for you to pick your choice of the garage door.
Simple and elegant
Design options as panelled or tongued and grooved
Various color options


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Wednesday October 7, 2009
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If you've ever doubted the efficacy of this egroup list, 92 of us went to see Tony Bennett last night! Not a bad response to an offer that we only received 24 hours before the show! OK, it was hardly folk music, but what a great band, and what an amazing voice the man has. How old is he? Would you believe he's 83? Well, he is! Anyhow, huge thanks to Keystone Music for the tickets and to Paul Norton (Coop Radio and CiTR DJ) who first offered tickets to me on Monday night. And thanks to all those who thanked us for the tickets - and to Elinor for the cookies! So, if you are really grateful, we'd love to see you at one or more of our shows in the next few days ....
This week we have two concerts featuring some of the most creative emerging talent around. Tickets for all shows are available online, also at Highlife Records, Rufus' Guitar Shop, and at the door.
Rattle The Boards with Lissa Schneckenburger on Thursday, October 8th, 8pm, at St. James Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue
With three former members of the Knocknagow Ceilidh Band, Tipperary's Rattle The Boards will live up to their name tomorrow night. Led by Danu's accordion wizard Benny McCarthy, this quartet plays Irish music in the old style, yet with exhilarating freshness and vitality. Rattle the Boards have built quite a reputation in Ireland, playing what The Irish Times describes as "tunes familiar to many parishes, but with a bit of fire." Band members include Pat Ryan (fiddle, mandolin, banjo), John Nugent (guitar) and John T. Egan (vocals) all of County Tipperary, and Benny McCarthy (button box, melodeon) of County Waterford. McCarthy is also leader of the International supergroup "Danu" and has toured all over the world, including a number of sold-out shows in BC. Ryan, Nugent and McCarthy all came from different backgrounds and musical experiences including rock music. In the late 1980s and early 90s, they were all members of the Knocknagow Ceili Band, based in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. They spent many years playing for dancers throughout Ireland. In 1992, the group came together with the addition of vocalist and Gaelic sportsman John T. Egan in 1992. Egan's love of Irish traditions made him an obvious choice for the band.
"Playing mainly old traditional Irish tunes, Rattle the Boards are one of those few Irish bands who have managed to capture the fun, enjoyment and atmosphere of traditional Irish music on CD. There is enough variation on the CD, and the combination of instruments works really well. Rattle the Boards are another strong proof that the scene in Ireland produces currently a lot of new highest quality trad bands. This is a recording that anybody interested in lively Irish trad music simply must have in his/her collection." (Folkworld CD Review) www.rattletheboards.com
Opening for them is Vermont fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger, a protegee of Alasdair Fraser. Her latest work seeks to bring the traditional music of the N.E. States to the fore. Old ballads and fiddle tunes from Scotland and Ireland have been adopted and localized over the past 300 years and Lissa will sing and play some of them, accompanied by Bethany Waickman on guitar. www.lissafiddle.com
The concert will be followed by a session in the hall - for those who don't mind a late night!
Corinne West with Doug Cox on Friday, October 9th, 8pm, at St. James Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue
The following night, Corinne West, a California troubadour with a growing reputation in Europe as well as North America as one of the most expressive new voices and trad-based songwriting on the folk scene returns to the Rogue after a two year absence. Corinne has just released her 3rd CD, The Promise, produced by legendary BC dobro / guitar master Doug Cox, who will accompany her on Friday night. As a songwriter Corinne brings a subtle and sophisticated pen to her own hybrid of acoustic music ~ roots, rock, folk, and progressive country with a sprinkle of blues. From soulful ballads to hard driving road tales, laments to liberations, she evokes artists as wide ranging as Natalie Merchant and Johnny Cash, while crafting a sound and vision uniquely her own. Her dynamism on stage is gripping. Daniel Lapp plays fiddle and trumpet on the record, and John Reischman is another BC musician prominently featured on Corinne's new CD. Perhaps they will step in and join her as well. www.corinnewest.com and www.dougcox.org
Garnet Rogers on Friday, October 16th, 8pm, at St. James Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue
Garnet Rogers, brother of the late Stan Rogers, is one of Canada's most popular singer. His rich baritone voice and impressive guitar style, coupled with his hilarious road stories and powerful songs about the extraordinary lives of ordinary folks, make his concerts very special occasions. His music is heavily influenced by Celtic traditions, and his family comes from Irish and Nova Scotia stock. www.garnetrogers.com
Lee Harvey Osmond on Sunday, October 25th, 8pm, at St. James Hall, 3214 West 10th Avenue
This is a late addition to our calendar, and marks the first in a new series of concerts co-presented with the great new Vancouver radio station Shore fm 104. www.shore104.com
Lee Harvey Osmond is a new project teaming Hamilton's Tom Wilson (Blackie & The Rodeo Kings) with 60s/70s/80s folk/rock icon Brent Titcomb in an all-star, 5 piece band. They released a CD earlier this year, A Quiet Evil, songs of lost love and pain, for the most part! Cheery stuff! The original group featured members of the Cowboy Junkies and The Skydiggers as well. www.tomwilson.net
More Concerts Online, and an update on our FUNdraiser
There are lots more concerts now listed including plenty of new additions (and we've postponed our FUNdraiser to November 21st as the past few weeks have seen us way too busy with grants and financial reports to be able to plan anything else. We are looking for ideas and items to sell / auction as well as musicians to perform on that Saturday night. Please contact me if you have any ideas, and please visit us online. Often.
The Edge On Folk, Saturday 8am to noon, on CiTR fm 101.9
On this week's show there will be the usual mix of new releases, songs by upcoming Rogue performers, and this week I'll also have two pairs of tickets to next Monday's Federico Aubele show to give away. Please join me for four hours of the very best in Roots, World and Folk Music every Saturday from 8am to noon on CiTR fm 101.9 in Vancouver and streamed live on www.citr.ca (podcasts are available later in the day, and playlists are archived on this website. The studio number is 604-822-2487.