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Stories, music and re-enactments will tell the tale of the 17th Century storming of Newcastle
Canon Alan Hughes of Berwick - who is related to a Scottish king - will represent the Church of England in Edinburgh
People living along the England/Scotland border say they are in the dark over how this week's referendum will effect their lives
Theatre group looking for a leading lady for a play based on Victorian stories set in north Northumberland
Brazen thieves have stolen an England sign from the Scottish border in Northumberland
The rights are for single bank fishing on the south of the River Tyne between Stocksfield and Corbridge. including two large ponds nearby
Excavations are the latest in a series by the Flodden 500 Archaeological project and reveal true size of Northumberrland castle
A project launched to raise profile of Northumberland battlefields will help give a better understanding of the events that shaped history and heritage
The world of flyfishing has been rocked by angler Shamus Jennings who caught a monster salmon on the River Tweed
Stickers bearing the flag of Saint George were put on signs at various border communities in Northumberland – including Berwick, Norham, Horncliffe and Cornhill on Tweed – as well as Coldstream in Scotland
MARTIN Wharton, 63, has been the Bishop of Newcastle since 1997.
BUYERS wanting to escape to a true rural retreat should look at the Scottish Borders, where a range of new developments are springing up as the area grows in popularity.
A police investigation has been launched following a search operation after a red distress flare was spotted near the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick.
A fisherman was rescued yesterday after taking to a life raft when his catamaran sank almost three miles off the mouth of the River Tweed.
A first step towards parts of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders being recognised as a Unesco World Heritage Site has been taken, cultural campaigners have announced.
Worried people living next to one of the North's most historic bridges are calling for urgent cash to prop it up, before it corrodes beyond repair.
From its early stirrings, the North-East was hugely associated with the Industrial Revolution and its regional iron, steel and coal industries have been one of the most consistent barometers of prosperity and depression.
Studies are to be carried out on plans for a new leisure marina for Berwick.
Cultural campaigners are calling for parts of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders to be designated a Unesco World Heritage Site because of their unique history and landscape.
Yet again coarse angling has been superb locally with waters still responding as though it were mid June.
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Smith & Wollensky
20 E 49th St
New York, NY 10017
Smith & Wollensky, marked by its green and white facade in Midtown East, has managed to become an iconic New York City steakhouse of the old mold despite its relatively young age (it opened in 1977, whereas big leaguer Peter Luger opened in 1887). It keeps things simple and traditional, and dry-aged steak is predictably king. Two-week-aged sirloin is best ordered rare (the pinker, the better), while a three-week-aged special ribeye satisfies those looking for a richer, more concentrated flavor. Surf fare is brought to an equally high standard, namely the ruby red steamed Maine lobster. The steakhouse's classic appeal is augmented by its interior, where white tablecloths and cream walls remind you of when dining out was a novelty.


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New Commissions, April 2005.
Despite being one of the most sophisticated cities in the world, New York's street lighting is aging poorly. But a recent competition to design new street lamps drew more than 200 entries. The winner, announced earlier this year was Thomas Phifer and Partners. The winning design uses a cluster of LEDs to cast a less harsh beam; the idea also allows for a slimmer design and uses less energy than typical sodium lights. A South Carolina native, Phifer received both his bachelor's and master's from Clemson before he went to work for Gwathmey Siegel and Associates, and Richard Meier & Partners, where he was a design partner. He formed his own firm in 1996. Second and third place in the lighting competition went to Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Atelier Imrey Culbert, LLP, respectively.
The American Society of Landscape Architects will replace its 3,000+ sf roof with a green one, designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.; Gensler; and the Conservation Design Forum. Sited in downtown Washington, D.C., the organization hopes to encourage similar projects across the U.S. "We hope to provide a catalyst for more green roof development in Washington and beyond," said ASLA Executive Vice President Nancy Somerville. Some of the benefits of a vegetated roof include: less maintenance and double the life span of a conventional roof; significant HVAC cost savings; sound-blocking; better stormwater runoff filtration, improved air quality; restoring urban biohabit; and, it just looks better.
Daniel Libeskind is said to be committed to design a new 50-story condo tower in Sacramento, Calif. This follows announcements of other Libeskind residential projects in Denver and a Kentucky town not far from Cincinnati. The Sacramento project is said to be located east of Cesar Chavez Plaza, and developers are hoping for an iconic, signature building for the city. Financing and other factors may affect schedule, and perhaps larger issues such as the eventual developer.
HOK Sport has won the commission for the new Washington Nationals' stadium in D.C. Working jointly with Devrouax & Purnell, the HOK bid of $18.6 million for design, was reportedly the lowest bid by almost $4 million. The ballpark is due to open for the 2008 season; the quick turnaround was believed to work to HOK's advantage.
RATIO Architects, Inc. have two recent commissions: Purdue University's Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, a $38.5 million, 215,00 sf project expected to open in 2006. It will house the following departments: Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Engineering Administration, and general University classrooms.
In Indianapolis, RATIO is designing the state's Forensic and Health Sciences Laboratories, also due in 2006, with a $45 million budget. The three-story, 171,000 sf building will incorporate homes for several investigative units including The Indiana State Department of Health. The Indiana University Division of Toxicology will join with the Indiana State Police Forensics Laboratory. Designers are pursuing unspecified LEED certification. The design concept is to mimic DNA, with two antiparallel polynucleotide strands forming the primary portion of the building.
No announcement yet, but the cut-off to submit designs was March 14 for the Syracuse Center of Excellence (CoE) in Environmental and Energy Systems. The new headquarters/lab is a brownfield project located in downtown Syracuse; it will entail 60,000 sf of office, public event, and high-bay lab spaces. Approximately 10,000 sf will house the "Total Indoor Environmental Quality (TIEQ) Laboratory," a signature facility of the Environmental Quality Systems (EQS) Strategically Targeted Academic Research (STAR) Center. They are seeking a platinum LEED rating, and have a $19 million budget.
Penn State is collaborating (via lease) with the New York-Penn minor leagues to build a new baseball stadium they're hoping will open next June. The architect is L. Robert Kimball & Associates. There's seating for 5,000 with room on the grass for another 1,000. The team is not yet named, but the lease goes to Altoona Curve management. The schedule is for six months of college intercollegiate games, seguing into the minor league season.
Phillipe Starck has been in the hotel business for nearly two decades. But last month announced an alliance with Saudi Prince Faisal F. Al Saud's F6 concern to create destinations that inspire travelers to be more "sexy," "smart" and "sparkling." The new venture will create Starck Hotels as a subsidiary of F6; the goal of the new partnership is to open as many as 35 luxury hotels in major European, U.S. and Middle Eastern cities.
Foggy Bottom and St. Paul's parish is home to Philip Frohman's church, built in 1947. (Frohman also designed the National Cathedral.) Swanke Hayden Connell Architects has been chosen to create a masterplan to renovate and create new space in the five-building site, which includes social and administrative space, housed in historic row houses, as well as a recently acquired townhouse which will be incorporated for parish use. Big issues are universal access and more room for a growing music program.
Another historic project for Swanke Hayden Connell—West Virginia's $4.5 million effort to restore the state capitol's gilded dome. Cass Gilbert was the original architect for the 1932 building, drawn in the style of Les Hotel des Invalides in Paris. Previous efforts at resurfacing the dome have been jinxed, with various attempts in the 40s, 60s and 70s all ending in failure. In the 80s, the entire dome was regilded, but the gold leaf is now heavily black-streaked. In addition to improving the appearance, the renovation will address structural deficiencies, including corrosion of the underlying structural steel.
Charlotte wants to bring home the new NASCAR Hall of Fame to the Queen City. However, there remain four other cities in the running, including Atlanta; Kansas City, Mo.; and Daytona Beach, Fla. Late last month, Talladega/Birmingham, Ala., dropped from the running—the deadline for submissions is May 31. But Charlotte announced this week a parry to Kansas City's proposal to have HOK Sport+Venue+Event design their hall if they receive the bid. Charlotte says Pei, Cobb & Freed Partners would design their facility if the hall goes to North Carolina. The project has a reported $75-$100 million budget; the final choice is expected to be announced late this year or early in 2006.
UNC-Chapel Hill continues millions in new work and renovation. The latest three we've seen: The $104 million Koury Oral Science Complex, designed by Flad & Associates which involves demolition/replacement of existing facilities; a $37 million renovation of Hinton-James Hall by Mitchell Matthews Associates, which will include suites on the top floors; and a new $10 million Research Resource Facility by BJAC Architectural Collaborative.
Ellerbe Beckett and Hornberger + Worstell, Inc. are architects for a new $120 million student recreation/wellness center at Cal-State's Sacramento campus; the project also involves renovation of an existing stadium.
Arizona State and the city of Scottsdale have hired Pei Cobb Freed & Partners to masterplan a Center for New Technology, a project that will involve more than a million sf, multiple buildings, plus retail and parking for more than 3,000—all sited on 40+ acres.
A small but interesting project in Tuscaloosa, Ala., would create a 12.4 acre public grounds in the "grand style of an English country park." The $1.2 million project by Ward Scott Vernon Architects, Inc., would include an interactive fountain, shelters, a gazebo and picnic areas bounded by woods.
In Jacksonville, Fla., PBV Architecture is designing the three-story 90,000 sf medical complex for Physicians for a Better Jacksonville, with a $9.9 million budget.
Moshe Safdie Associates is masterplanning (along with SWBR Architects) the Renaissance Square project in Rochester, N.Y. that involves Monroe Community Colleges and the regional transit authority. Groundbreaking is speculated in 2007. It includes lab space, an arts center/theater along with retail/rider amenities for the public transit areas. The $230 million project includes a bus terminal.


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Let Go to Let In
There was a time in my life when I infused almost everything I did with a wish, an intention, a resolve.
Making the bed was a prayer for freshness, or rejuvenation, or a new start.
Turning on the faucet was a resolution for cleanliness, clarity, or flow.
Taking a bath was a ceremony for release and renewal.
Preparing meals was done while singing mantras for health and healing.
Leaving the house became a ritual of asking for magic to surround me in all aspects of my world, and then waiting— expecting—it to show up. (And it would.)
Every cup of tea I poured had a wish blown into it.
I set intentions so often it was as if doing so was as good as making them manifest instantaneously.
If I had had you over to my house, we would have no doubt sat down together on the floor, beside the cloth outspread, which served as my table. I would lift the slim handle of the cast iron teapot in my hand, pour your small cup full of tea first and then mine, and sit cross-legged with my palms outstretched and hovering over our cups.
I would close my eyes and make my intention, stating it in the form of a positive statement beginning with, "I will," or "I intend," or even, "I am now…" Then I'd open my eyes and let you have a turn.
These days I don't do that anymore; at least, not with house guests. For one, I rarely have visitors coming for tea up here on the mesa. But also, like any practice, once one begins to draw back one's energy from it, it diminishes.
Photograph by Brea Fisher
A personal practice remains vital for as long as one's attention is focused upon it; let up on the energy you put into something and it will begin to fade from your experience.
That's not to say I've let go of my love for setting intentions. Anyone who has taken a class with me knows that every lesson I teach begins with listening to the body, asking what it needs, and creating a personal resolve around that need.
So when the New Year comes around, one would assume I would be rearing to go on the intention setting custom.
This isn't necessarily the case.
I like to set intentions as I go about my day, and tend to lean into them with a little more vigor during the full and new moons; however, I usually feel a certain pressure when it comes to setting the big New Year's Resolution, which is supposed to last me an entire year.
If you feel pressured into setting an intention for the New Year because it's customary, it takes what is supposed to be a personal resolve and turns it into something you do out of obligation to the public domain.
Obligatory actions lack the personal power that is born out of moving from your heart.
In other words, don't make a resolution to lose ten pounds simply because that's what we do at this point of the year.
Not unlike other New Year's Eves, this year I didn't have a resolution in mind for the year to come. I was still in the reflection mode.
Plus, I always have a sense that the year's end hasn't quite come upon us, since the Chinese New Year occurs weeks after the date we celebrate our New Year, here in the States. The Chinese lunar calendar dictates the date for each specific year, and this time the first new moon in China falls on January 28, 2017, making it the first day of the Chinese New Year celebration.
Here in New Mexico, the new moon occurs on January 27 (5:07 PM MST, to be exact.) This gives you 27 days more to listen into yourself and hear what it is you need to focus your energy on in the year to come.
Take your time when it comes to setting your intentions; they'll be more meaningful that way.
I also highly suggest getting less specific when it comes to choosing a resolve for an entire year.
For instance:
One person decides coffee is no longer part of her morning routine, resolves to eliminate sugar from her diet, and declares that she will stop buying produce if it comes in plastic packaging.
Another person decides she wants to be more deliberate in her choices toward health and consciousness, and see what it feels like to eat with awareness.
Feeling into these two modes of resolution, which feels better to you?
I don't know about you, but it seems to me that if I were Person A, I would feel a whole lot of pressure to stay on track, which would make the whole thing not fun, which would set me up for falling off track at some point.
Person B up there, in her general-intention glory, would be free of failure— there is no point of the intention at which she could do wrong.
One of my spiritual teachers, Alora Cheek, offers the method of New Year's themes, rather than resolutions. When she switched over to choosing a theme, "Gone was the list of things [she] was excited for... worried over... pressured about... failing at..... and then, finally, ashamed of because they were incomplete."
And, since I know from experience how extraordinarily gifted she is in the field of intuitive guidance for those who appreciate practical application, I highly recommend going to her for help in discovering your own 2017 theme.
Stand in Wuji Stance:
With feet parallel and soles relaxed,
Knees soft,
Arms at your sides,
Head suspended by a thread that reaches beyond the sky,
Sit down on a large energy ball (or an invisible exercise ball) about an inch below your tailbone (this will straighten your spine, allowing it to follow the line of your central axis).
Close your eyes, or soften your focus, gaze turned inward.
Look inside. Listen to your body. Be a witness for what it feels like to be in your body right now.
Acknowledge the sensations as they come up. Release judgments. Let go of the opinions you have about those sensations.
Simply collect the data on the basis that each sensation is neither good nor bad.
Now ask yourself,
"What do I need?"
"What do I need to be the best version of myself I can be this year ahead?"
"What do I need in order to feel I am this best Me?"
"What do I need?"
Give it time. Relax into listening. Wait to receive an answer— one that feels charged to you— significant.
When you get an answer, create a personal resolve around that need— around that feeling. Set your intention in the form of a brief, general, positive statement that begins with "I will," "I intend," or "I am now…"
State it three times mentally.
Imagine what your life would look like having attained your goal. What does it feel like?
Now commit to allowing the space for your intention to manifest in whatever ways are best for you. Commit to being flexible around your intention. Commit to taking notice of the ways— small or large— in which your intention is becoming a reality for you.
Life answers our prayers every time we send them out. It's just that most times we miss them because they come in a form that is unexpected.
You never know how something may show up in your life, but if you decide it must go a certain way, you limit the possibilities of it ever getting to you.
When we hold too tightly to the details of how something will come into our lives, we hold ourselves back from the magic of Life, essentially closing ourselves off from alternate ways that something may become manifest.
Flexibility is the key to letting Life transform your wishes into reality.
When it comes to setting intentions, whether they be while washing your hands or while dreaming of the year to come,
Stay general with your goals;
Get specific with the feeling you want the goals to inspire within you; and
Stay open to letting the goal come to you in ways you can't even imagine.
May you be deliberate, open, and flexible this 2017 year, and may those aspects bring you exactly what you need to be the best version of You you can be.
How do you feel about New Year's resolutions? Do you participate in the custom? I'm wondering what your experience is around intention-setting. Let me know in the comments below!
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The internet abounds with expert advice on what we should or shouldnt feed. High carb or low carb diets? Grains or gluten free feeing? Meat eating or veganism?
Most of it promotes our food selections as a simple binary decision – eat this dont feed that; this is good for you, thats bad.
Yet, the decisions we make about what to eat are a complicated affair. Theyre never a simple case of feed whats best for your health or what naturally suits our physiology.
Cultural mores, religious practices, ethical concerns, gender, stage of living and nation of health, geographic location, economics and family and individual predilections all play a role in the selections we make.
One of the most confusing choices people face is whether to eat meat or not, and opinions are very strong on both sides of the debate. But is it natural to do so?
Our ancestors evolved to be super-predators with meat eating and sharing a key survival strategy for our kind for millions of years. So, do we really have a option to feed meat today?
Things to feed and avoid
Culture is a ubiquitous force-out when it comes to making selections about food. All human societies, from hunter-gatherer to post-industrial ones like our own, have food preferences and fads, or restrictions and taboos.
We eat things because they savor good, even if they are bad for us. Other things we avoid have proven health benefits, but perhaps theyre simply not as tasty or palatable.
Sometimes food taboos exist for good reason – such as to prevent overuse of an important resource or to reduce the risk of food poisoning at an important stage of life.
But just as often we find dietary preferences are culturally patterned behaviours, such as women changing their diet at differing times in their menstrual cycle, despite the practice having negative health consequences.
On top of this, certain nutrients like sugar activate reward pathways in the brain similar to those associated with cocaine use, making them highly sought after, and potentially addictive.
Much of the dietary advice found on the internet might be well meaning, but a substantial quantity of it is deceive and frequently smackings of anti-intellectualism.
Bowls full of bullshit
More often than not though the ease with which we are going to be able post our opinions online contribute to a glut of dietary advice that can only be described as bullshit.
Bullshit is defined by Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt to mean something espoused by someone who pretends to know a lot about it but actually knows very little.
Its rife on the internet and fuels both anti-intellectualism and a deep mistrust of scientific authority.
The debate about meat, and whether we humen have evolved to eat it, has to be one of best available examples of bullshit seen on the web.
It has significantly lost all sense of the complex reality of food option behaviours, and far too often tries to rewrite our evolutionary history by invoking pseudoscience.
Some pro-vegetarian or vegan promoting websites mistakenly claim that humans shouldnt eat meat because we evolved to be herbivores.
The substance of their debates is often traceable back to the influential but pseudoscientific opinions of vegan physician Milton R. Mills.
Some vegan sites even assert supporting from anthropology for their anti-meat agenda.
We also find bogus debates like these promoted in the mainstream media where some columnists push an anti-intellectual agenda by misrepresenting the views of scientists themselves such as fellow anthropologist Richard Leakey.
For the record, heres what he has actually written about meat feeing and human evolution.
But if you love a good steak, dont take the moral high ground just yet. Theres plenty of bullshit in the pro-meat camp as well.
One is no need read internet debates on the subject of meat feeing to see barnyards full of it on both sides.
As an interesting aside, social anthropologists have found meat to be the one food thats subject to food taboo across a large number of cultures.
So, there might be a much deeper( genetic ?) origin to our differing sentiments towards meat, with some people loving it, and others repulsed by it, across the world.
Humans evolved as super-predators
No matter what the most militant of vegans or vegetarians would like to think, theres an abundance of scientific evidence that we humen evolved to be predator apes.
Our ancestors were highly skilled hunters and meat was widely eaten and highly prized.
While hunter-gatherers varied considerably in terms of how much meat they ingested , none of them was vegan, and such diets simply wouldnt are accessible or viable options for them anyway.
Our human ecological and life history strategy evolved around acquiring and sharing hard to catch, but large pay-off, foods such as big mammals and fish.
We humen are dependent upon culture for everything we do, whether it be the values and shared ideas we have about the world, social relationships, or the methods and tools we use to aid with the catching and processing food.
The earliest examples of stone tools used for acquiring and processing food have been found in Africa and date to around 3.3 million years old.
Butchered and defleshed bones from around the same day indicate clearly that early humans were butchering large bodied mammals for food.
Fire was probably used in an at least an ad hoc way from around 1.6 million years ago – probably much earlier – but became a regular tool for pre-modern humen from at least 400,000 years ago.
Cooking played a major role in making both meat and starchy foods palatable and digestible, our ancestors with a huge survival advantage.
Food cooking, especially of meat, may even have contributed to the evolution of our large brains.
Endurance running, persistence hunting
Humans are the only living primate adapted for running – especially endurance running, and during the hottest day of the day. This seems also to be a universal pattern among the species belonging to the human genus Homo ; all dozen or more of us.
The organs of balance – our vestibular system – are designed to help keep the head stable because of its tendency to pitch forward when running.
Humans possess a nuchal ligament to connect the base of the skull to the spinal column and help keep the head balanced as we run.
We have long lower leg and a narrow trunk and pelvis. Our rib-cage is barrel shaped rather than shaped like a funnel with a bulge gut, like chimpanzees.
The muscles of our shoulder are decoupled from those of our neck because they arent used for climbing, aiding the need to counterbalance the legs and reduce rotation of the head when running.
Many of our lower leg muscles and their tendons – like the gluteus maximus, iliotibial tract and Achilles tendon– are also adapted for running.
We have large ankle bones, archways across two directions of the foot, and the ligaments of the foot absorb energy when we operate releasing it during toe-off.
Our big toe has been brought into line with the other toes, losing its branch grasping abilities.
Humans have sparse and short body hair and between 5 and 12 million appocrine sweat glands that can create up to 12 litres of water a day to help prevent hyperthermia.
The only other African mammals that are active during the hot of the working day, running long distances, are dogs and hyenas.
Our species also has uniformly pigmented skin – the exception being people living at high latitude who probably lost their skin colour very recently.
Pigmentation protects the outer layers of the skin against sun damage and ultimately skin cancer, so is vital for a mammal that has sparse body hair and is active in the heat of the day.
All of this points to hunting, and a particular style "ve called the" persistence hunting. It would have been widespread prior to the invention of weapons like bows and arrows around 60,000 years ago.
David Attenboroughs Life of Mammals series has some wonderfully engaging footage of San humen undertaking a perseverance hunting. Its well worth a look.
A gutsy move
To claim we shouldnt eat meat because we arent anatomically corresponding to carnivores demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of how evolution has worked.
Humans and carnivores, like puppies and hyenas, are very different kinds of mammals, separated by around 100 million years of evolutionary history.
We are primates, and our basic body plan is held genetically by our primate heritage. You cant turn an ape into a wolf in simply 3 million years!
While much has been made of our sacculated colon, this is a feature common to all apes, and is the result of common evolutionary inheritance.
We have all evolved from plant eating apes regardless of what we eat today. A sacculated colon in no way indicates we are herbivores.
Besides, humen do feed a lot more than simply meat and clearly require a wide range of foods for a balanced diet. For example , no apes can synthesise vitamin C in their bodies so it must be acquired from plant food sources.
However, the human rights intestine differs substantially from other apes in a couple of key respects: first, we have a small total gut for our body size, and second, our greatest intestine volume lies in the small intestine, while in other apes it lies in the colon.
A bigger small intestine indicates we assimilate most of our nutrients there, and that we obtain them from high quality, nutrient dense, sources like meat and starchy foods.
While a large colon, as seen in all other apes, fits with their strongly plant based diet (8 7-99% of foods) and the need to fermentation it. Human simply cant survive on the type of diet we watch chimps, gorillas, orangutans or gibbons eating.
Another disturbing piece of proof worth noting is tapeworms. Each year millions of people around the world are infected with them through eating under-cooked or raw meat.
And heres the rub: without infecting a human host, at the least four species of tapeworm being able to reproduce. Humans are a definitive host for them.
The only other mammals to be definitive hosts for tapeworms are carnivores like lions and hyenas.
Molecular clocks suggest human tapeworms evolved about the time our ancestors began to hunt.
Briefly, two other human features require mentioning because they have been widely used to mislead people on the issue of meat eating.
Our teeth are similar to those of other apes in the interests of size, shape and number we posses – all apes and Old World monkeys have 32.
But theres one important difference: we humans have small canine teeth.
The canine teeth of apes are not used for catching prey or chewing food. Instead they are for display and are used by males to combat it out for predominance in a social hierarchy or for access to mates.
A small canine tooth evolved in human evolution sometime after 5 million years ago and represents a shift in the social structure and mating behaviour of our ancestors.
It shows us that male-to-male conflict had reduced. Perhaps because males were sharing food with females and each other. Males and females may even have been monogamous at this time.
Lastly, humans have fingernails instead of claws because we are primates. No primates have claws. So to claim that our absence of claws presents we shouldnt eat meat again indicates a clear lack of familiarity with our biology.
Besides, early human hunters used tools, their big brains and understanding of their surrounding and cooperative tendencies to catch food , not their brawn.
Making informed choices
There is a danger in taking our evolutionary history as fate. We are no longer hunter-gatherers and our lifestyle is about as far removed from that of our ancestors as can be imagined.
We need to adapt to our changing circumstances and find a diet that healthily supports it, like we have always done as a species.
Whether we choose to eat meat or not is not just a question of biology. It involves a complex decide of culture, social, ethical, health, personal and economic factors as well. It is not binary.
The best guide for most people on how to eat comes from science itself, for example, as presented in guidelines like those from the Australian Government.
But many millions of people today survive on low or no meat diets, by choice, or otherwise. In this sense, vegetarianism or veganism is like any other culturally situated dietary choice.
It should be both understood and respected as such and cant be explained away or justified by appealing to a particular narration of our evolutionary past.
In the end, my gripe is not with vegetarians or vegans or with those people who choose to eat animal food. My beef is with people who set out to promote their beliefs by appealing to anti-intellectualism.
Dishonest people who eschew the evidence and contestability of notions that lie at the heart of science for personal, political or financial gain.
Those self-appointed experts who set out to purposely deceive us by employing pseudoscience or plain old bullshit to construct their own version of our past.
Darren Curnoe, ARC Future Fellow and Director of the Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre( PANGEA ), UNSW Australia
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Month: November 2018
Shouldn't we be looking again at community hospital beds, to support care-at-home model? Devon Conservatives squash recommendations of review chaired by Claire Wright
Claire Wright writes: A recommendation urging no further community hospital bed closures in Devon has been voted down by Conservative councillors on Devon County Council's Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee.
The recommendation, which was debated on Thursday (22 November) was part of a set of measures set out in a scrutiny spotlight review aimed at supporting the care at home service (or rapid response) to be more effective.
Highlighted in particular as a challenging area were services for end of life care, which have been put under considerable pressure, especially since the loss of community hospital beds. … read on at Claire's blog
Flybe crisis and Plymouth factory closure show the harm that Brexit is causing to Devon's economy – I will be asking the County Council to support a People's Vote to choose between Theresa May's miserable deal and remaining in the EU
Just in the last week, Brexit has brought two big threats to Devon's economy and jobs: Flybe faces insolvency and has had to put itself up for sale, and the German company Schaeffler, which makes parts for the car industry, has announced the closure of its Plymouth factory which employs 350 people.
It's time to call a halt to this accelerating self-harm, which also threatens our farming, health, university and small business sectors – and has already seen living standards decline. I shall be asking the County Council on 6th December to support a new referendum in which voters can choose between accepting the miserable deal the Government has negotiated or remaining in the European Union.
@neil_parish completes his transformation from Remainer to Brexiteer, attacking the Northern Ireland backstop and calling for UK to default on its legal obligations
Yesterday in Parliament, Neil Parish MP said: There is much in the withdrawal agreement that I agree with, especially on food and farming, but it is not good enough as it stands. The Northern Ireland backstop threatens the integrity of the United Kingdom and weakens our negotiating position, and my farming instincts tell me that we should not hand over £39 billion before we get the deal. Please will the Prime Minister listen to these concerns and renegotiate the deal before we put it before the House?
On 23 June 2016 Neil voted Remain. Two days later he backed Boris Johnson for PM, then Andrea Leadsom. Yesterday's comments complete his transformation to a Gove-style Brexiteer, demanding a renegotiation which will make things even worse than May's extremely poor deal.
His statement that the 'Northern Ireland backstop threatens the integrity of the UK' is totally misleading. The 'hard border', which would come into existence without the backstop, would risk the return of violence to Ireland, and the threat of a hard border has increased support in Northern Ireland for unity with the Irish republic – this is what threatens the unity of the United Kingdom. But who in the so-called Conservative and Unionist Party really cares about Ireland, North or South?
His remarks on the £39 billion payment are just plain stupid – as Theresa May replied, 'this is about the United Kingdom's legal obligations. I hope that every Member of this House will recognise that the United Kingdom is a country that meets its legal obligations.'
These elements of the Withdrawal Agreement are necessary if Brexit is to happen, unless Neil wants a car-crash, chaotic Brexit. But they remind us of the huge problems which even an agreed Brexit will bring. Neil was right first time – the UK should stop the gigantic self-harm of Brexit, and give the voters a chance to decide to stay in the EU.
Let Communities Decide: along with over 850 other councillors, I have signed an open letter opposing government proposals to fast-track fracking
Our letter (with the full list of signatories) can be found here. Claire Wright has also signed, along with Jacqi Hodgson, our Green colleague in the Non-Aligned Group on Devon County Council (that's 3 of the 4 members of our group), and also several Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative members (but apart from Claire and me, no one else from East Devon).
Hollowing out the local police service – new plans mean that East Devon will go from 9 to just 5 PCSOs in 2020.
See this story in the Midweek Herald. Currently just one officer and one PCSO make up the entire police force between Branscombe and the Dorset border. We can't afford to lose our PCSO!


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Bristleback has been called "the tankiest hero in Dota 2," and while it might be true, it doesn't tell the whole story.
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After this, your skill build should prioritize Quill Spray and the Bristleback passive, depending on if you are taking more damage. The Bristleback passive reduces all damage coming from his rear or sides, so this works wonders to increase effective health. Get your ultimate whenever possible, and make sure to squeeze in one point of Viscous Nasal Goo around level 4 or 5, as the skill excels with only one point in it.
The next build is a little more complex, as it focuses on dishing out magic damage and healing from it. The core item here is Radiance, an item which lets Bristleback pump out consistent damage throughout a fight as he stands in the middle of it and soaks up damage. The next big item to go for is Octarine Core, which among other things, gives plus 25 spell lifesteal. This works with both Radiance and Quill Spray, meaning you'll be healing for upwards of 200 health per second in a team fight.
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RC Thane promotes self-detection of breast cancer
To spread awareness on prevention and early detection of breast cancer, the incidence of which is rising rapidly in India, RC Thane, RID 3142, along with its CSR partner Bayer India, supported a unique innovation from MyCliniCare. This is a hand-held device which allows a woman to do a self-examination in less than 10 minutes, said Club President Ajay Kelkar.
It can detect a lump as small as 5 mm. "The examination is not only non-invasive but also painless and radiation free," he added.
The club recently organised a camp to screen women for breast cancer using this device. It was managed by women volunteers and over two days 275 women were trained on the self-examination technique using this device. Prior to the camp, which was held at the club's Rotary Hall, a lot of publicity about it was done on social media platforms such as WhatsApp. The registration process was online and the results were shared on the mobile numbers of those screened.
"The women who came for this test were all educated and from middle class; our club plans to scale this project so that a much larger number of women can be reached," Kelkar said.
The hand-held device is battery-operated and is rather small (measuring around 9"x3.5"). For the screening MyClinic from Bengaluru had sent its team, which carried out the tests. Kelkar says that nine women were detected with tumours and they are being followed up by the club. This test is presently available at MyClinic in Bengaluru and costs around ₹900. The project was funded by Bayer India.


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Ecclesiastes –
Main Points:
- (a)Futility of life without God.
- (b)Philosophical/existential/nihilistic struggles/questions with life.
- (c)Fullness of life with God.
(a), (b) We can see that the Teacher (traditionally Solomon) has had a life of extreme pleasure that ultimately lead to emptiness:
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
"I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?" 3 I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life. 4 I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. 7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the children of man.9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun."
After the Teacher realizes how worthless temporary pleasures are, he turns to the study of wisdom, only to come to the same nihilistic conclusion:
Ecc. 2: 16-17
16 "For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool! 17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind."
He quickly comes to the same conclusion about toil:
Ecc. 2:18-20
18 "I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me, 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun…"
Obviously the questions asked here are the same asked today; "Why do anything? Does anything matter? I'm going to die anyways, so who cares?" These are real questions, and the beauty of Ecclesiastes is the unashamed tone used to ask them. The Teacher is not interested in feel-good philosophy; this man wants answers, and he can't find them by his own reasoning.
It is only after 2 more chapters of nihilistic philosophizing over all aspects of life that the theme of the book changes and becomes a call to stand in awe of God, though the somber tone of the book still hasn't changed. It isn't until chapter 7 that the book takes on the proverbial style Solomon was known for, which is followed by another command to obey the king or authority of the land. Then, almost as if in a flash of insight, there is this note:
Ecc. 8:16-17
16"When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep, 17 then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out."
It is after this insight, that man cannot ever fully comprehend what God does or thinks, that the tone of the book changes. Suddenly, the Teacher realizes that God is in complete control, and begins to exhort his son to remember the Creator as well as expounding on the greatness of wisdom when a few chapters book, wisdom was just as meaningless as folly. Also interesting to note is the command to respect earthly authority directly after this revelation; the Teacher really had a full 180 degree turn in his thinking here.
(c) – Fullness of Life with God.
The conclusion the teacher reaches, though not at first blush, is that without a right relationship with God, everything is literally folly, worthless and ultimately meaningless. Pleasure, toil, wisdom all amount to nothing more than a waste of time without God; however, when the relationship with God is right and when it's seen that God is ultimately in control, the world is seen completely differently as evidenced by the teachers remarkable insight at the end of chapter 8.


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I first watched Empire Records because I liked the idea: a day in the lives of a record store's employees. A really cool story focusing on the relationships that happen among the employees, between them and their boss and, of course, between them and their customers.
We see characters and personalities that adapt differently to the daily situations, while learning from each other important lessons about life and people in general. And ,of course, the choice of music is brilliant, since it all takes place in a record store.
Empire Records is a coming-of age american movie, directed by Allan Moyle, and starring Liv Tyler, Renee Zellweger, Robin Tunney, Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane and Ethan Embry. The realism and the authenticity of the characters (who illustrate the classic types of american teenagers) turned Empire Records into the movie of a generation.
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Asset Servicing Group, LLC (ASG), an Oklahoma City-based life settlement and viatical servicing firm, today announced that the company has been sold to life settlement industry professional Moritz Roever, who has also taken the position of Managing Director at ASG.
Tom Moran, former owner and CEO of ASG, stated, I have known Moritz a long time. He is honest, reliable and knowledgeable. I am very glad to have found the perfect successor in Moritz and ASG is now in his capable hands. This is a great step for the company because the new plans and fresh ideas through his leadership will move ASG into even greater levels of success.
I have worked with the Asset Servicing Group team for more than a decade and have always been deeply impressed by the legacy that Tom built, as well as ASGs excellent and incredibly knowledgeable management team, said Mr. Roever. I am very proud to be part of the ASG team and very aware of the responsibility to lead ASGs transition in the ever-evolving life settlements market.
Mr. Roever started his career at Bloomberg in New York, before he joined the investment banking departments of Citibank and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Frankfurt, Germany. Between 2002 to 2005, Moritz was Managing Director at Germany-based Scope Group, a leading European rating agency in structured finance, where he oversaw the rating of more than 40 longevity-linked structures in the US, UK and Germany. Since 2005, he has served as Managing Partner at Puerta Grande Investment Management (PGIM), an investment firm specializing in the structuring, origination and sales of longevity-linked products and services. He has successfully transacted more than $3 billion in life insurance assets and has been mandated as a consultant and re-structuring manager for various life settlement funds. He is also co-founder of LifebondXchange, Luxembourg, the first tertiary market trading platform for U.S. senior life settlements in Europe, enabling institutional market participants to trade their exposure in a fully transparent and efficient manner.
Under Mr. Roevers leadership, ASG will continue providing its time-tested life settlement portfolio administration services, while developing and integrating cutting-edge technology into its proprietary technology platform to ensure compliance and data security.
It is ASGs mission to further expand on its fully integrated servicing platform and continue to be a pioneer on expanding the scope of services and management solutions to its global client base, said Mr. Roever.
ASG offers the full range of life settlement portfolio servicing, including general policy administration, premium payment administration, medical processing services, and insured and death claims management. The company is now expanding its platform by offering sophisticated asset management solutions to institutional and private investors. These include due diligence and forensic accounting, policy premium optimization, portfolio valuation services and policy purchase and disposition administration, as well as advisory services. Through its network of trusted partners, the ASG platform also offers securities intermediary and custodial services, portfolio origination and auction services, escrow services, receivership and bankruptcy services, investor relations as well as noticing and general administration.
This new strategy allows us to immediately become a true one-stop platform in the global life settlement investment community, granting value-add benefits and excellent experience, said Mr. Roever. We look forward to expanding the partnership with our existing and new clients, helping them manage their life assets exposure in a most efficient, effective and professional manner.
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Through the MARES urban transformation project, Madrid City Council has promoted the launch of a new mobility cooperative, Tuk tuk Ecomobility, which seeks to fill the capital with sidecars to transport tourists and goods through the centre.
With the closure of the Central Almond to diesel and petrol vehicle traffic, which was approved in 2017 and comes into force tomorrow, the association of transport cooperatives of Madrid (Trans Coop Madrid) teamed up with the company Nuuk to develop a new mobility model that "in a sustainable way" allows the delivery of packages in the last mile, one of the great challenges of the sector, to serve tourists, explains Juan Villaescusa, president of the transport cooperative Trans Coop during the presentation of the new service. The goods sidecar is called Tuk-tuk and the passenger sidecar is called Webo because of its shape (see photos).
The idea of the project, which has had the institutional and media support of the Consistory directed by Manuela Carmena, is to put in the street at least 150 sidecars in spring 2019 to make home deliveries in the center of Madrid of package companies, such as Seur, and municipal markets, with which they are already signing agreements, and to make tours of one hour or more through the center. This service is already available in Lisbon, where there are around 1,000 tuk-tuks. Thus, the cooperative seeks to make it very clear that passenger transport is not called to compete with the taxi since, although it can be contracted through an application or at street level, it cannot be used by the minute or for micro journeys.
The sidecars (motorbike with a vehicle attached to the side) are one hundred percent electric and can have a range of up to 300 kilometers depending on the number of batteries that are put. The design and construction of the motorbike and the cabin are by Nuuk, which is making delivery motorbike for Seur, with Bosch technology. "The sidecar has been chosen because it is the most stable three-wheeled vehicle available and the motorcycles turn on their own axle. They are very functional for the city and the cabins are very comfortable and with a lot of space and visibility", explains Martín Calzada, project manager at Nuuk. The delivery sidecar can transport between 350 and 400 kilos and offers the option of carrying refrigerated products. On the other hand, the passenger sidecar is for two people, has space for suitcases and option for wheelchairs.
The project was born in the Central Almond but has the vocation of moving to other cities in the medium term.
Like almost all mobility companies that are emerging in recent years, the project seeks to build on a basis of freelancers. The firm has been set up as a business services cooperative that takes care of the activity, seeks agreements with partners (logistics and hotels) and provides financing facilities to purchase vehicles and enables a center for recharging energy storage of the rooms.
Thus, the cooperative members, who will be self-employed, will have to acquire the vehicle and will be responsible for all the income and expenses generated by the activity. Likewise, the cooperative members will not have exclusivity and will be able to close agreements or work for the client they want.
Credits https://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/9552614/11/18/Carmena-llenara-Madrid-de-sidecares-para-transportar-turistas-y-mercancias.html


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TCA intern, Samantha Reese, interviewed Aaron Lay of Muddy Water Farms in Madisonville, Tennessee. The Lay's are very involved with showing cattle in Tennessee and have a long family history in agriculture.
How long has your family been involved in raising cattle?
Farming and cattle are things that have always been in my family. Since back in my great granddad's day, we've had dairy and beef cattle. When 4-H became a part of my life, we were introduced into the registered Shorthorn breed. My family and I have proudly been raising and showing registered Shorthorn cattle since 2008.
Tell us about your farm today.
Today, we operate an organic dairy and have a small herd of registered Shorthorn cattle, consisting of 20 mama cows from which we market show heifers and seed stock.
What was your favorite part of growing up on the farm?
I have always been a stickler for the outdoors. Being raised on a farm has allowed me countless hours of activities to do outside, such as riding four-wheelers. Farming may be a hard task at sometimes, but the countless hours of family bounding makes it all worthwhile.
What have been some of the trials you or your family has had to overcome?
In order to be successful in the show ring, you have to grasp the concept of working hard at home to earn ribbons and awards on show day. Also, time budgeting became super hard for me when I first started my herd. Sometimes you have to say no and sacrifice things in order to say yes to the things that are the most important.
Do you have any advice for young Tennessee cattle producers about the business?
GET INVOLVED! I encourage you to strive to be active in your county and state cattlemen's association along with being involved in your breed's state and national breed association.
Is there anything else you can share with us?
With showing cattle and the 4-H organization, I have been places that I never would've gone to and met people I would've never met. It is the memories, friendships, and many life lessons that I will cherish forever.
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Set up in January 1990 by Dan Menchions and Keith Rushbrook, II BY IV DESIGN is an award-winning design practice specialising in interior and product design works.
The practice has three offices – two in Toronto and one in New York – employing a team of around 40 members of staff and has more than 300 international design awards under its belt.
Impressive work; but not surprising really, especially when considering the fact that this is the studio that has worked on the likes of Trump International Hotel & Tower, the CN Tower in Toronto and C5 Royal Ontario Museum, to name but a few. In fact, since II BY IV DESIGN took on its very first job, the studio has continued to tackle projects which have varied in size and scale, demonstrating an ability to deliver a real mix of schemes.
So with 2015 marking the 25th year since II BY IV DESIGN first sharpened up its pencils, it seemed the perfect opportunity for Premier Hospitality to catch up with one of the studio's partners and co-founders, Dan Menchions. During our discussion, Dan gave us an insight into what makes II BY IV DESIGN so successful and also shared his thoughts on what have been some of the studio's most memorable projects.
How did II BY IV DESIGN get started?
"Both Keith and I graduated in the same year, but from two different design programmes. We had both worked for different companies, but the recession that took place here in 1989/1990 and saw both of these companies close their doors. A few years later I was doing some freelance work and I asked Keith to assist me with the project, and the partnership started there.
"We have been designing together for 25 years. When we first started out we were known as the hospitality designers – so it was nightclubs and restaurants – but then we moved into exhibit and retail works. From there we went into hotel and residential developments, commercial office spaces and then cruise ships."
As the practice has developed, II BY IV DESIGN has moved with the times, taking on more and more interesting and varied projects; was this part of a grand plan or did you allow for the business to grow more organically?
"We knew we didn't want to be slotted into any specific type of design role – we wanted to be as diverse as possible and we wanted to learn as much as possible from clients who would hire us.
"We never knew who we were going to be or what we were going to be, we just knew we didn't want to be called Menchions Rushbrook, because we knew the company would eventually become bigger than just us.
"Over the past 25 years, II BY IV DESIGN has become a collective of designers, who work as a team with Keith and I. Everybody is responsible for the work and Keith and I are very fortunate as we get to work on every project."
You have now grown to the point where you require three offices; but at what point did you realise that you needed more than just one office?
"We launched the New York office three years ago because of the continued growth of our US-based clients. We have clients in New York, LA and San Francisco so we really needed to have a US presence in order to maintain our US clientele. As for our second Toronto office, well we expanded our Toronto presence because we were expanding.
"We opened up a product development company in order to create a range of different products, from hand woven area carpets, light fixtures and furniture, to seating, tiles, flooring and so much more. We have been working for the past two and a half years on this aspect of the business, partnering with some truly fantastic companies who are of international status.
"We have taken our time to develop our product division because we really want longevity. Our design portfolio will always continue to grow, so creating the product development side of the business has been very exciting for us."
You have mentioned that you're very hands on with projects and of course you have worked with many high profile clients, so your existing clients must trust you.
"I'd say that 95% of our clients trust us. All of our work comes through referral and through clients who we have worked with in the past.
"Keith and I have marketed our company to the point where every day we get calls regarding new projects. We can't take them all on – I wish we could – but there are certain demographics which we get to work with, and this is fantastic."
Looking at a list of projects that you have been involved with – Trump International Hotel & Tower, Yankee Stadium, The Calvin to name but a few – what projects from the past 25 years have really stood out to you?
"At the time that we worked on it, Yankee Stadium was probably one of the biggest projects for our studio. We were the only interior designers on the project. The client had been working with an architectural firm who was responsible for the stadium and who were set to do all of the interior works, but we were asked to come in for an interview and within an hour we were hired to complete all of the premium hospitality spaces.
"Trump International Hotel & Tower here in Toronto, was a very interesting project. It had been on the board for about six years, not with us, but with another architectural practice and three other design firms. The owners of the hotel were not satisfied with any of the interiors, so they came to us. We were five to six years behind, so we had to catch up very quickly. I personally worked on that project for six years.
"Another memorable project was when Virgin were coming to Canada we designed their first office. That was 14 years ago and we are still continuing to work with them as they grow, completing their kiosks and their flagship locations – it has been phenomenal.
"Oh and then there is Crystal Cruise. We're the only Canadians who design cruise ships and we just happen to work with the only six star cruise ships on the ocean – Crystal Cruise. We are very fortunate to have been responsible for these very high-end, luxury liners which cater to the world's wealth."
As this is your 25th anniversary year it is a time for reflection; so what are the biggest lessons that you have learnt over the past quarter century?
"I think really listening to a client is a great lesson and the key to success. Also, teaching those who you work with to show the same level of respect and responsibility to your clients is also very important. Understanding the client's needs and not just their needs, but also the needs of the demographic that they are trying to attract, is one of the biggest lessons that anyone can learn."
Looking ahead to the next 25 years, what direction do you see the business moving in and how do you see your success continuing?
"Although we have turned 25 years old, I feel like we have just started again, like this is a fresh new company. I feel more youthful; I think the people who we have brought into the studio have brought with them some fresh ideas; and I think we have been able to mentor some great long term designers along the way.
"We have been taking on a lot of international work and I see this continuing. In fact, at present we are doing some work in Mexico City for a fourth generation chocolate company for Turin, which is pretty exciting.
"At II BY IV DESIGN the work is so diverse and I think that has been the success of this company."
For more information about II BY IV Design, please visit: www.iibyiv.com.


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The doctor who doesn't seem to care about the narrative
Now All Change Please! is not exactly stupid. It even has a number of your actual original, authentic Gold Standard O levels and A levels, taken in the days before they were supposedly dumbed down and made so easy that a child of five could pass them. Not to mention a proper degree from a time long ago when there were real lectures and weekly tutorials to attend, even if you didn't.
But despite all this, it still has problems making any sense at all of the plot of Doctor Who, which has itself been recently (and fairly enough) dumbed down to make it more of an adventure story for younger viewers. Except for the stories to work it throws in references to some highly sophisticated and completely unexplained notions of time and space, and of the nature of artificial intelligence and self-consciousness.
Take last week's episode (Series 7, Part 5). The TARDIS (which apparently, like the rest of us, seems to have some serious reservations about the Doctor's new companion) somehow gets dragged on board a passing space ship and is seriously damaged. A mysterious pair of legs are identified sticking out from under some debris, but are never referred to again. In an attempt to repair the TARDIS, despite lengthy and emotional protestations from the Doctor, some essential parts of its workings are stolen, but after a while this plot line simply disappears. Next, a character who 'believed' he was a robot discovers he is actually a real person, and yet seems to have no problem walking round a few minutes later having had his left entire arm amputated. Finally after meeting themselves from the future the Doctor throws a mysterious gizmo with a message on it through a rift in time back to himself at the start of the episode, somehow enabling him to prevent everything happening in the first place. Maybe there's a 5 year-old out there somewhere who could kindly explain it all to me?
But of course it's not just Dr Who where such liberties are taken. These days it's all special FX and dynamic quick-cut editing that seems to count the most. It really doesn't seem to matter whose shooting Who provided it's visually dramatic enough. Meanwhile car chases have become sequences random incoherent and shots vehicles colliding of speeding seemingly of, or to put it the old-fashioned way, incoherent sequences of shots of seemingly random speeding and colliding vehicles. And, when the dialogue is actually audible, it's usually not worth listening to.
Now All Change Please! hates to be a fuddy-duddy old killjoy of a Gove-sounding supporter who thinks we should get back to making movies and TV drama the way they did in the 1950s, but nonetheless it has to admit, in this respect at least, it is. It thinks children – and their parents – deserve better than this. Whether the stories are told backwards, forwards or inside out, all it wants is a half-decent plot where all the clues, red-herrings and loose ends are neatly tied up, with everything reasonably explained and edited together in a coherent richly-worded narrative that represents something more than just a beginning, a muddle and an end. With perhaps even the odd unexpected plot-twist or a 'Or did they?' thrown after the essential 'They all lived happily ever after…' finale.
While new interactive and personalised digital narratives will undoubtedly change the nature of storytelling in the future, it is important that new media companies continue to provide quality content. And more than ever before, teaching and learning media literacy is needed, yet it remains conspicuously absent from the National Curriculum. Somewhere along the lines the government seems to have lost the plot too. Perhaps someone should call for the Doctor?
Or maybe not?
*Possibly attributed to C E Lombard
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