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5 HOT BOOKS: Comey's Blockbuster, What Does Texas Mean?, and More/
1. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey (Flatiron Books)
Even before the release of Comey's memoir and the media blitz surrounding it, orders vaulted the book onto bestseller lists as morsels dribbled out and Michiko Kakutani, former chief book critic of the New York Times, reviewed it. Comey, appointed director of the FBI by President Barack Obama in 2013, oversaw investigations into Hillary Clinton's emails and possible collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia before Trump fired him last year. There are many who say that Comey bears substantial responsibility for the Trump presidency, with his pre-election statements about Clinton, but readers eager for more clarity about the current occupant of the White House have been snapping up the former FBI head's account of a president "untethered to truth" and the "dishonesty infecting our culture."
2. Futureface: A Family Mystery, an Epic Quest, and the Secret to Belonging by Alex Wagner (One World/Random House)
Former MSNBC host Wagner, now co-host of Showtime's The Circus and contributor to CBS News, turns the lens on herself in this fascinating mix of reporting and memoir about identity in America. Born to a Burmese immigrant mother and a small-town Irish Catholic father, Wagner takes her title from a 1993 Time cover story that heralded a multicultural woman as "The New Face of America." Unsparing, she reports on her loneliness, vexed family relationships, and DNA tests but also grapples with "immigration as an interior act – becoming something new" and her preoccupation with immigrants, exiles, and refugees as part of solving the mystery of her own identity.
3. The Girl from Kathmandu: Twelve Dead Men and a Woman's Quest for Justice by Cam Simpson (Harper)
In a decade of reporting that took him from the Himalayas, Iraq, and Jordan to Houston and Washington, D.C., Simpson focuses on the underpinnings of an atrocity and its reverberations to deliver a full-scale global drama that puts a human face on international corruption and the abuse of foreign migrant workers. Soon after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a dozen Nepalese men thought they were being recruited to work in a Jordanian luxury hotel, but ended up as contractors for the U.S. military and were kidnapped and executed by Islamist militants. In highly readable prose, Simpson, a London-based investigations editor and writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, zeros in on a Nepalese widow who found the strength to fight for answers and justice, allying with human rights lawyers to uncover the military-corporate channel of foreign labor that led to a Texas courtroom.
4. God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright (Knopf)
"Explain Texas," New Yorker editor David Remnick asked renowned staff writer Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower and other distinguished works of nonfiction. This fine book, a deep look at Wright's home state, answers Remnick's question in episodic chapters, many of them in travels and conversation with Stephen Harrigan, a friend who sees Texas as part of the mainstream, a huge state that reflects trends across the country. But Wright, zigzagging through the nation's second-largest state (in territory and population), is less forgiving and argues that what happens in the Lone Star State disproportionately affects the rest of the country: "I think," he says, "Texas has nurtured an immature political culture that has done terrible damage to the state and to the nation."
5. Big Guns by Steve Israel (Simon & Schuster)
From a swamp of political tracts and naked bids for higher office, the former congressman from Long Island rises with a brilliantly wicked satirical novel. Big Guns reveals the absurdity of the gun industry, the NRA, and Washington influence peddlers that eviscerate local gun control activists as the media dithers. A local ban on handguns leads to a mayoral recall, right-wing militias, and federal legislation mandating that everyone age 4 and older must carry a gun. It all seems outlandish and unfathomable, until one sees Wayne LaPierre on cable TV and recalls the tragedies in places like Newtown, Charleston and Parkland.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The nearly 28-year-old mall on Pier 17 in the South Street Seaport was set to close permanently Monday once shops and restaurants closed for the night.
The mall building will be demolished, and replaced with a glass structure filled with high-end restaurants for which construction will begin next month, officials said.
The red, barn-like mall has been open for 28 years, and while some people considered it an eyesore, others thought it was a landmark with character, 1010 WINS' Gary Baumgarten reported.


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"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." – Mark Twain
A by-product of China's new economic prosperity is a new middle class. Historically, the Chinese have been savers, but this new generation has taken a bite from the Western apple of consumerism and now enjoy the thrill of spending. After satisfying the basic needs of food and home with hard purchases such as washing machines, refrigerators, stoves and televisions, the next logical expansion of their consumer spending spills over into luxury items which include travel.
To give some scale to China's torrid pace of economic growth, one can point to the city of Shenzhen, who in 1980 was designated as China's first Special Economic Zone. The city was to be a manufacturing hub for attracting foreign investment to build China's plan for an export based economy fueled by its cheap labour. In just 35 years, the modest fishing village of 30,000 people exploded to over 12 million people. During this time the city's gross domestic product (GDP) rocketed from just under 2 million RMB to well north of 800 billion RMB. Just imagine the amount of toilets, let alone roads, housing and other infrastructure needed to support this type of explosive growth.
I've travelled to China numerous times over the past 4 years, but during my most recent trip to China which included the larger cities of Xi'an and Chengdu, the Chinese seemed to have a swagger that I neglected to see in previous visits. I remember during a broadcast of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an elderly Chinese woman was asked what it meant to her and the country to host the Olympic Games, and to paraphrase her response:
To have the Olympics means that China has arrived and that we can't be pushed around anymore.
A strong statement I thought at the time and even now. The persona of this statement oozed from the pores of the Chinese as I watched them commute to work in the mornings. Chinese tourists have acquired the reputation of wearing this persona like entitled prima donnas on their travels. China is now the big dog of the East and their people know it. Americans have the notorious reputation of being the worst and most obnoxious travellers in the world. The Chinese tourist is making a valiant run at this title with reported incidents of opening emergency exits while planes are in motion and shot putting piping hot cup-of-noodles at flight attendants. Thailand's tourism department has even created "tourism manuals" for Chinese tourists outlining proper "travel etiquette".
The Chinese Tourist
My recent travels in China included spending a week travelling alongside a group of young Chinese university backpackers through the Tibetan Plateau of northern China. I prepared for the worst as my own experience with Chinese tourists have in general not been favourable. At the risk of stereotyping, I often run (literally at times) into the following types of Chinese tourists:
The Shopper
The sudden accumulation of wealth have turned many of the Chinese into modern day Jed Clampetts; hillbillies literally waking up to overnight wealth. Conspicuous consumption is paramount to these new millionaires. My Hong Kong friends remember early in the new millennium when China was in the midst of their own industrial revolution, China's nouveau rich would wear their designer clothing with the labels still attached and visible as proof of their wealth. Giorgio Armani and Hugo Boss tags left on men's suit sleeves apparently weren't uncommon.
With China's reputation for rampant production of fakes, scams and replicas for virtually everything imaginable combined with the high import taxes on foreign goods, the Chinese shop like they're supplying a bomb shelter when leaving China's shores. On international flights entering into China, it's common to see Chinese tourists with over-packed carry-on luggage while double fisting at the duty free shops. While here in Thailand, I've grown accustomed to the familiar sight of Chinese tourists buying and negotiating 10-20 boxes of skin creams or baby formula; whole cases of Tiger Balm coming out of the storage room no longer surprises me.
The high octane Chinese shopping tourists are actually quite entertaining to witness and the only inconvenience for me occurs when I board a plane trying to find space for my bag in the overhead carriage jammed with excessive duty free purchases.
The Line Cutter
The multitude of high density populations throughout China fosters a "kill or be killed" type culture. Any lock of assertiveness, will leave you spinning your wheels and become an afterthought in China's daily life. People cutting line-up queues are common daily occurrences in China and this cultural norm becomes second nature while travelling abroad. No line-up is too long or too short to abruptly insert themselves into.
The first time that I experienced a Chinese tourist line cutting was at an airport check-in where I was next in line and cut in front of at the last minute. With a knee jerk reaction, I belted out: "What the f*ck buddy!". The Chinese man looked at me stoned faced and then in confusion; probably wondering why another Chinese person is cursing at him in English. He then backed away and cut the queue a few feet behind me. I wish I could say this was an isolated incident, but I've had numerous, "What the f*ck buddy!" bellows since then.
Akin to the line cutting is the mad dash upon landing a plane where Chinese tourists storm the overhead compartments for their luggage when the plane is still taxiing off the landing strip.
The Spitter
The Chinese have a notorious reputation for public spitting; it's a common sight in all of the Chinese cities that I've visited. However, in my last two years of travel, I've noticed the Chinese conducting this behaviour while in other countries as well. Most recently, while I was waiting for a flight in Bangkok's Don Muang airport, a Chinese man sauntered out of the washroom on his phone and suddenly spit to his left. As if I were watching a movie with dual camera angles, another Chinese man immediately crossed my view, plugged one nostril and unloaded the contents of his other nostril onto the floor. I immediately stood up in shock and came within an inch of shrieking out another, "What the f*ck buddy!".
With these experiences forming the foundation of my impressions of tourists from China, I braced myself slightly before flying into China last month since I was going to be travelling alongside eight other Chinese backpackers.
Enter The Chinese Backpacker
I was to meet up with my friend, Chris who is a Chinese national, in Xi'an for the first part of my trip in China. Chris's ability to speak my parents' southern Chinese Kaiping (Hoiping) dialect including some English compensated for my weak Mandarin. She had arranged through a Chinese travel forum for us to share a car and travel expenses with eight other Chinese backpackers to travel through northern China in the Tibetan Plateau.
My first night in Xi'an, I met the first group of Chinese backpackers armed with only my previous experience with Chinese tourists and antiquated stereotypes of the Chinese being robotic studying machines.
The seamless interaction and fluidity of these young travellers' conversation led me to believe that they were long-time friends taking a trip during summer break. To my surprise, everyone had only met hours before for the first time. All of these students were from different parts of the country. There were no awkward gaps in conversation amongst them and plenty of laughter; they exuded a camaraderie that is characteristic of battle tested friendships.
Despite the language barrier, they did their best to include me in the conversations. The Chinese culture of communal food while dining lent to an inclusive bonding environment. Rather than everyone buying their own meals, money was pooled together (equivalent of $10 USD per day per person) and given to one fellow in charge of our meals. Perhaps a bit socialist in practice, but the arrangement worked. Despite being students and on a budget, they really knew how to indulge their stomachs. The meals that I ate with them were some of the best that I ate during my travels. Every lunch and dinner was a communal banquet style meal that used a Lazy Susan to share and access the food.
These young travellers worked part time jobs while attending classes to help fund their travels. Buying souvenirs was not a priority for these young travellers; stretching their travel budgets to see more places and eating well ranked most important.
These are China's Y-Generation Millenials. However, the Chinese term for this generation is simply coined as "the post 1990's kids". Their youthful exuberance and curious natures started to change my view of the Chinese tourist. They are fodder for the age old debate of "tourist versus traveller".
How The Internet Changed Travel In China
Ten to fifteen years ago, it was virtually impossible for the Chinese to backpack and travel in this budget manner. In 2004, the travel website www.qyer.com was created and quickly became China's version of The Lonely Planet. The "qyer" website stands for "qiong yu" which translates into "budget travel". The site offers online travel information, services and forums. It's within these forums that my friend Chris was able to arrange this joint travel venture with these student backpackers.
Prior to the existence of these travel websites and forums, travel for this demographic was limited to primarily family vacations. With the advent of the internet, these Chinese backpackers can now:
- Travel more often and freely.
- Travellers can meet and travel together to stretch out their travel budgets.
- Travel in groups to feel more safe and secure.
- Travel with other people to provide a social component.
- Travel with more freedom and bypass costly group tours.
China doesn't really have a community of travel bloggers to speak of, therefore travel websites and forums have been crucial in enhancing the travel experience for Chinese travellers. China's online travel revenue, particularly mobile, has exploded in the last 5 years with online revenues expected to reach $75 billion USD within the next 2 years. I have used Chinese online booking sites like Ctrip and eLong without any issue except during Chinese New Year. You can read about the pitfalls of travelling and booking online in China during Chinese New Year here.
Meet the three C's
Like most avid travellers, these young travellers once having a taste of travel have no desire to relinquish their pursuit of exploring new destinations. When not travelling, most of these backpacking students spend their spare time preparing for their next adventure.
After spending some time with Jiu Ling Hou, he asked me to give me an "English" name as he didn't have one. I told him, I'd call him "Charlie" moving forward as the name had some remote phonetic semblance to his Chinese name and simply because "Charlie" just seemed to suit him. With graduation closing in on Charlie, he was trying to squeeze in as much travel as possible fearing that he'd have little time to travel once he graduated and entered the work force full time. He also wanted to take a more advanced English learning program to not necessarily improve his employment prospects, but better English proficiency would allow him to travel to countries other than China.
I could tell that travel was a big part of Charlie's life by all the travel gear that he sported: backpack, quick dry clothing, rain gear, hiking boots, UV sun hat and the list goes on. I liked that about Charlie, a nerd for travel gadgets and gear like myself.
Before we parted ways, Charlie revealed that despite spending his education studying to be an architect, what he really wanted to do is build mobile apps so that he could he could work remotely and perpetually travel. He wanted to be a digital nomad. I've tasted a bit of this digital nomad lifestyle and it's not an easy one. Before saying goodbye I gave him a hug and told him that it'd be great to work on a project together so that we both could be digital nomads. He gave me a firm handshake with a big smile and said: "DEAL!". It's hard not to like that type of optimism.
Cindy was a second year university student from Guanghzhou with aspirations to attain her Master's degree and become a teacher. I asked why she wanted to be a teacher and she replied with a faint smile saying that she'd get two months of holidays to travel. Spoken with a nomadic soul. Like Charlie, she also wanted to improve her English proficiency in order to explore beyond China's borders.
My friend Chris was a few years older than all the other backpackers and she was the envy of the group. Her stronger English proficiency has allowed her to venture outside of China which included countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, India and Iran. As with the other backpackers, she has little interest in buying a lot of souvenirs; her aim like the others is to figure out how to travel further and more often. With the same desire to see the world with a new set of eyes, we quickly became friends when we met last year.
Perhaps I lucked out with this amicable and happy go lucky group that I got to travel with. We spoke little of each other's language. We spoke a language that used an alphabet that consisted of curiosity, wonder and hope as the building blocks of its letters. We spoke the language of travel.
"Everyone smiles in the same language." ― George Carlin
Have you ever travelled alongside someone from a different culture that spoke a different language? What was your experience like?


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A couple nights ago, I was watching television, and it seemed like every commercial break the Boost Mobile Unwronged Commercial would air. If you haven't seen the commercial yet, please watch it…
According to Mobile Marketer, 180LA became the Advertising Agency for Boost in May of 2008. It is said that the new campaign "employs humor to reposition Boost as a carrier that has no unpleasant surprises."
Boost who used to typically target the younger, hipper market that is into extreme sporting events has now turned to target those feeling the stress of the economy.
However, when I saw the commercial the first, second, third and fourth times (most likely more) on Tuesday, I thought they had completely missed their target in placing this commercial.
Many of us are feeling the effects of the downturned economy. However, a couple riding a tandem bike down the street with the girl's "gift from mother nature" blowing in the boy's face did not appeal to me or make me want to switch wireless providers. Am I wrong?
Even though the campaign name is "Unwronged," I feel wronged by this commercial.
So it comes time when we ask, "Who gave the green light on this campaign and why?"
Rock on,
~Lane J
Friday, February 20, 2009
Boost Mobile - Who Gave the Green Light?
A couple nights ago, I was watching television, and it seemed like every commercial break the Boost Mobile Unwronged Commercial would air. If you haven't seen the commercial yet, please watch it…
Posted by Lane J at 11:25 AM
3 Comments:
- The Ferber Family said...
eeewwww!! if anything that makes me want to AVOID boost mobile! blech!
- February 20, 2009 1:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
I teach advertising and this reeks of the 'it seemed so hip and offbeat that no one wanted to say it was bad lest they seem offbeat and square' syndrome.
Any ad that grosses out the viewer -- unless it means to use shock value a la truth.com -- is bound to fail. Students gave this one a thumbs down, and they are the target market.
- February 24, 2009 9:56 PM
- Lacey Jo said...
I almost contemplated during a post on this commercial too. When I saw it for the first time, and continue to run across it on TV, I become completely puzzled and grossed out. lol
- March 01, 2009 7:36 PM


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Facebook has made a big stink lately about its improved focus on privacy, from alerting us to specific security settings to even removing certain functions that proved to be problematic. While not enough to make us all forgive them, it was at least a step in the right direction.
But even though Facebook appears to be trying, it seems like they can't help but to find themselves continually embroiled in controversy. It seems like every day there is a new story about something they did wrong.
Maybe one day the Menlo Park, California company will get to relax following a job well done. This is not that day.
When private doesn't mean private
Anyone who has used Facebook and posted anything onto the site knows (or, should know) that there are different levels of privacy regarding who can see it. They are:
Public - anyone on or off of Facebook can see
Friends - only your Facebook friends are able to view it
Friends except - your friends can see it, minus some you specifically note who cannot
Specific friends - viewable only by certain friends you designate
Only me - no one other than you can see it
Custom - you change the settings to your liking
Generally speaking, the settings are simple to understand and easy to use, so long as you remember they are present. However, for a four-day stretch in May, none of it mattered for about 14 million Facebook users.
Because for them, even if they had previously set their privacy options, everything they posted defaulted to public. There was a bug in Facebook's system that led it to happen.
The incident, which happened while Facebook was testing a new feature, occurred between May 18 and 22. While many were impacted, it's possible those affected never even realized it happened.
Normally Facebook will default to the privacy setting of your most recent update, which is why most probably wouldn't even think to check before clicking or tapping to post. And unless they were paying attention after, it's likely they never gave any of it a second thought.
Regardless, Facebook has since gone back and changed every one of the affected users' posts to private, which unfortunately likely includes some that were meant to be shared publicly.
Tip: If you want to make sure your posts are private -- even your old ones -- you can do so with just one click. Read more about that here.
Was I one of the 14 million?
This is a question worth asking, but one that Facebook will answer for you. Anyone whose account was impacted by the bug will receive a notification through the Facebook app or on the website, imploring them to review their posts.
The message will also provide a list of everything you shared during the four-day span, making it easy to go back and make public whatever you like.
Speaking of Facebook privacy, it may have died the moment you agreed to their terms of service. Kim has more about that here in her Komando on Demand podcast:
Oh yeah, and Facebook shared data with a Chinese company considered a national security threat
As if breaching its users' trust once again isn't bad enough, the story just got significantly worse. Facebook just admitted to sharing users' data with a Chinese company that is considered a national security threat. Click here for more on that story.


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A chipmunk in a wild wood and a grasshopper mouse in Arizona's scorched deserts are both forced to grow up fast when they find themselves alone for the first time. Only by using their ingenious superpowers can our heroes not only stay alive, but also become masters of their universe.
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Hi Everyone,
I'm pretty excited to share the second installment of my thrifting series with all y'all today. As I mentioned in my previous post, I've been trying to grow my thrifting skills for some time now. One of the questions I get asked most frequently is where I do all my secondhand shopping. Truth be told, I shop everywhere. I am the type of person who will happily pop into a thrift store if I have an hour to kill. I find searching for one-of-a-kind treasures at ridiculously low prices both exciting and therapeutic. It's definitely a favorite pastime. That said, I tend to have better luck at some establishments than others. Here's what my 5+ years in SF have taught me when it comes to the art of the thrift:
1. Wasteland on Haight is a highly curated resale and consignment shop. They keep a well-stocked selection of vintage and designer pieces, and are quite picky. I typically only take my best cast-offs here for consideration. That said, when they do buy from you, the payout is pretty good. They price their items higher than at say, a Crossroads or Buffalo, and the take home is 35% of what you sell. Don't bank on selling your old J.Crew stuff here, but if you have modern designer pieces or amazing vintage treasures, it's definitely worth a trip to the upper Haight.
WASTELAND - 1600 Haight St.
2. Crossrods in Rockridge is my go-to spot for selling. The store is much larger than any of the Crossroads in SF, meaning they can accept a larger inventory, and it also happens to be conveniently located close to my office. I generally have good luck selling here, but sometimes the line can be suuuuper long. The men and women who work behind the counter are welcoming (contradicting all those resale buyer stereotypes) and they usually take a good amount of my seasonal stuff. There's also parking, which is a huge plus if you're hauling in some sizable bags.
CROSSROADS ROCKRIDGE - 5901 College Ave.
3. I generally don't sell to San Francisco-based Crossroads, but when I do, the store on Irving St. in the Inner Sunset is my location of choice. It's substantially larger than the stores on Fillmore and Haight, and they take more of my stuff than any of the other SF locations I've frequented. Parking can be rough around here, but they can usually get to your pieces pretty quickly.
CROSSRAODS SUNSET - 630 Irving St.
1. Organization can make or break a thrifting experience, and I have to say, Thrift Town in El Sobrante is one of, if not the most well-organized thrift stores I have ever been in. Yes, it's a trek if you're SF-based, and yes, the exterior leaves something to be desired, but honestly, it was worth it for me. The first time I went I scored a vintage Levi's denim jacket, some gorgeous navy linen pants, a charming woven bag with wooden handles, and a few other goodies. They also have weekly discount tag colors similar to Goodwill, but unlike Goodwill their discounts range from 30%-80% off based on tag color. I bought the denim skirt I plan to take to Australia for $1, and my Levi's jacket was $3.
THRIFT TOWN - 3645 San Pablo Dam Rd. in El Sobrante
2. Speaking of organization, the Goodwill on 25th and Irving is another thrift store that prides itself on clean racks and attentive staff. This particular Goodwill is where I found my $2 mid century table, as well as the Lanvin sheath dress I mentioned in my previous post. It's small, but it packs some goodies. They seem to have a particularly great selection of outerwear and cashmere, and I also found one of my vintage pairs of 505s at this location. I used to frequent this little spot on my lunch breaks when I worked at a nearby school. What can I say? It's earned itself a spot in my heart.
GOODWILL SUNSET - 2400 Irving St.
3. When I need to scratch an itch for something trendy, but don't want to shell out an absurd amount of money, I usually head to Wasteland. Yes, it's considerably pricier than going to any of the aforementioned thrift stores, but it's also considerably easier to find what you want. My most favorite velvet tasseled mules, and my tassel midi skirt came from Wasteland, for example. Maybe it's kind of a cop out to include such a well-curated shop on a thrifting list, but whatevs. Wasteland makes hunting for unique pieces fun and painless, and for that I say, good on ya. It's definitely the cool kid on the block when it comes to shopping secondhand, so just take it all with a grain of salt.
WASTELAND - 1600 Haight St.
4. Did you guys know that the world of beautifully curated vintage goodies is not solely confined to various brick and mortar stores? Or even Etsy stores, for that matter? Maybe I'm behind the times, but I was blown away to learn about the hundreds (thousands, even? or more?) of vintage purveyors who sell on Instagram. Some sell direct to people through the comments section, while others round up a great selection of what's available for you to consider. Take for example, The Vintage Edit. Danielle at The Vintage Edit curates a pretty fantastic feed of shoppable vintage, offers the chance to purchase through the feed, or leads you to purchase directly from various vintage sellers. It's good stuff.
I know this one was a bit SF-specific, but don't you fret, on the next installment of my thrifting guide I plan to get into the nitty gritty of shopping secondhand online. It's going to be a good one!


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Go Green & YnNi teg Charity Bike Ride
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A 90 mile ride from Meidrim to Cardiff to raise money for Size of Wales
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YnNi Teg is a new Welsh community energy project with a newly commissioned wind turbine. Our 900kW EWT DW54 wind turbine near Carmarthen in south Wales was commissioned on time and budget on 2nd August 2017. It stands on a 40m tower, has a 56 metre blade span, and we are expecting it to generate about 2000 MWh of electricity per year (enough for about 650 homes).
Our mission is to help Wales develop a clean energy future, mitigate climate change by installing renewable energy generation, and to do this in a fair and democratic way by spreading the ownership and benefits across the community rather than concentrated in the hands of the few. YnNi Teg is a Community Benefit Society, meaning that anyone (aged 16+) can become a member by purchasing shares hence become a part-owner of a wind turbine. Take a look at our website on www.ynniteg.cymru
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90-mile charity bike ride
On Friday 13th October 2017, the Directors of YnNi Teg are joining a national day of action by going green in support of climate change charity, Size of Wales, whilst also launching our own community share offer for our wind turbine project in Carmarthenshire. We'll be joining hundreds of people across Wales to raise funds to help protect an area of tropical forest twice the size of our nation.
We will be taking part in a sponsored bike ride from our wind turbine in Meidrim, Carmarthenshire, all the way to Cardiff – a total of about 90 miles! We will be dressed in green so it'll be easy to spot us en route!! When we arrive in Cardiff, we will be officially launching our community share offer as part of the Size of Wales event at the Tramshed.
Follow our progress during the day at Facebook.com/YnNiTeg, or @YnNiTeg on Twitter!
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#1: Paramedic - Captain
Consoles loved ones, gathers facts from witnesses, obtains patient's medical history from family members, finds patient's prescription medications, explains what is going on to family members, overall scene management and crowd control if necessary.
#2: Paramedic - Firefighter
Attaches patient to cardiac defibrillator, monitors and interprets EKG reading, administers an electrical shock to the heart when indicated, obtains patient's vital signs, drives the ambulance to the hospital while other crew members care for the patient.
#3: Paramedic - Firefighter
In charge of patient care, delegates assignments to crew members, contacts base hospital and obtains medical treatment advice from the hospital physician, documents patient care by completing the patient care report form, which is a vital aspect of transferring care to the emergency room staff.
#4: Paramedic - Firefighter
Maintains an open airway, provides oxygen and breathes for the patient using a bag valve mask which is crucial for vital organ survivability, establishes an advanced airway by inserting a breathing tube through the patient's throat and into their lungs.
#5: Paramedic - Firefighter
Provides continuous chest compressions (CPR) to the patient at a rate of 100-120 compressions per minute and at a depth of 2-4 inches. Compressions must be uninterrupted to ensure that the brain and body tissues receive enough blood and oxygen to survive.
#6: Paramedic - Firefighter
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– Markets will see selling pressures initially. Buying from lower level is likely.
– The trend of selling will last till 11:05 AM. Sectors such as PSU, Luxury, Auto, Textile, BFSI will also see upward rise in demand.
– Consumer goods will see some mixed reactions.
– Towards the closing bell, the markets will see high speculation and would be in green.
– The following sectors will see high profit: PUS, Luxury, Auto, Textile, Perfume and lifestyle, aviation, Construction and Telecom.
– Sectors such as large-cap, Infrastructure and IT would lose their sheen.
– Stock specific selections will be beneficial results.
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APA is available at our location each night of the week and offers players the choice of 8 Ball only, 9 Ball only or both. Monday-Friday start times are 7:30, Saturday at 7:00 and Sunday at 3:00.
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Be successful like Donald Trump, part 1Written by George Traganidas Topics: Habits, Property Investing
I came across the other day a series called "The Apprentice". I am not a big fun of reality TV, but a friend recommended that I should watch this, because it is different and full of practical advice on how to succeed and run a business. As you know by now, I am very interested in practical advice and I thought of giving it a go and see what Donald Trump has to share.
I was pleasantly surprised by "The Apprentice". It is all about business and how to be successful. Each week Donald gives the candidates a business task to complete and then at the end he judges them on how they did and gives his advice on what they did wrong. The tasks range from creating products to marketing to creating and running a business. The advice that Donald gives is great.
In each episode Donald gives a piece of practical advice on how to succeed. I have created a list of all the advice that Donald gave in the first series. Here is the list and my notes:
- Location, location, location – You already know that the location that you choose for a project is key to its success. What you must also focus on is the person who is behind the project and that the person is as important as the location.
- Don't negotiate with underlings – You need to speak with the boss and not the employees when you are negotiating.
- The art of the deal – You must master the art of striking good deals.
- A deal's a deal – You must follow through with the deal once it is agreed. This will build you a positive reputation.
- Stand up for yourself – You must stand up and fight for yourself. No one else will do this for you.
- Know what you are up against – You must do your homework, before you start a project.
- God is in the details – You must pay attention to all the details. This can impress your clients and show you are a professional.
- Beggars can't be choosers – You do not beg to sell your services/product. If the person does not want to buy then walk away.
- You gotta believe – You need to believe in what you are selling.
- Think outside the box – You need to be creative with your ideas.
- It's easier to think big – You need to think big ideas and implement them. Few people make bold big moves and that will differentiate you from the mass.
- Passion – You must be passionate about what you are doing.
- Dog does not eat dog – You must surround yourself with other great and successful people.
As I said in one of my previous posts you must seek advice from people who are successful in their field and they are active players. Donald passes that test and I believe that his advice is valuable and can lead you to success.
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Let The Funk Flow: Joe Farrell - "Canned Funk"/
Joe Farrell • Canned Funk • 1975 • CTI Records
Recorded November & December 1974 at Van Gelder Studios
The Selection:
The Players:
Joe Farrell - Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute
Joe Beck - Electric Guitar
Herb Bushler - Bass
Jim Madison - Drums
Ray Mantilla - Conga, Percussion
The Tracks:
A1. Canned Funk
A2. Animal
B1. Suite Martinique
B2. Spoken Silence
The Record:
Canned Funk would be Joe Farrell's sixth album for CTI, and his last truly jazz-funk recording for the label. He would make one more album for Creed Taylor, the collaboration Benson & Farrell (you know, the one with the two musicians framed inside a cigarette pack, because that was okay to do in those days), before making a few more records in the early 1980s prior to tragically passing away in 1984 at the young age of 48. He certainly had more to offer the jazz world before he left us.
I had seen Farrell's name in passing throughout the years without taking much notice until I picked up Jaki Byard's classic 1965 album Live! Vol 1 that features Farrell at his hard bop best, recorded live at Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike (Lennie's was a club about an hour outside Boston, you can read a nice remembrance of the club's founder Lennie Sogoloff here) That album, along with Vol 2, by Byard not only turned me on to Farrell's extraordinary talents, but they remain two of my favorite mid-'60s jazz albums to this day.
They also caused me to keep an eye out for any albums by Farrell when I was out and about at the record shops, which led to the purchase of his ultra-classic 1972 jazz-funk outing Moon Germs (his third album released on CTI). Now we're getting somewhere, was my first thought when I got home and threw the album on the Thorens, an amazing record by a newly discovered jazz cat that was on one of my favorite jazz labels as well (I've never had any aversion to CTI recordings, as I love me some jazz-funk and electricified jazz). That is what digging through the crates is all about!
As my fellow vintage vinyl collectors are certainly aware, this only led to more purchases of Farrell's CTI records whenever I came across them, which was about once a year and rarely at prices that broke the bank. I eventually found his other classics for the label - Penny Arcade, Upon This Rock and Outback - gracing the shelves of my collection. When I came across Canned Funk, an album I I knew from his discography, but had otherwise not listened to yet it was a no-brainer to pick up, especially for $12, and while it is not quite up to the awesome heights of his earlier CTI recordings, it is still a quality '70s funky outing that still has time for some excellent improvisation despite it's electric jazz and fusiony flourishes.
Farrell plays just about every variety of the saxophone on the album, taking turns on tenor, baritone and soprano, as well picking up the flute for "Spoken Silence", the closing track that finds him overdubbing multiple flute tracks along with his tenor lines. "Spoken Silence" is the closest track on the record to the R&B-tinged electric jazz that would find commercial popularity in the mid-'70s (think Donald Byrd's run of classic albums for Blue Note around that time), and would hint at the sound that would appear on his next album with George Benson. Throughout Canned Funk Farrell's tone is bold and confident, he's not holding back for anyone, especially on the choruses that set up the four long tracks. His baritone in particular is in full funk mode, right up there in your face telling you're body it's time to feel this music. In other spots, particularly when he picks up the tenor, his solos are ambitious and often complex, and keep this otherwise funky exercise rooted in the best of modern jazz's improvisational traditions.
The only other name on Canned Funk that may be overtly familiar to readers will be the guitarist Joe Beck, who made a name for himself in the fusion world throughout the 1970s. While he does show off the occaisional rock-inspired licks at times, he is clearly rooted in the jazz tradition, albeit on a turned up (and at times slightly distorted) electric guitar. For the most part, though, when it's his turn to solo he is tasteful and not overly showy, adding to the texture of the song rather than just trying to blow everyone away with complex riffs or massive blurred-finger solos. There is not much information to be had on Herb Bushler or Jim Madison, but both perform admirably (although not particularly memorably) in the keyboard-less rhythm section.
At the end of the day this lack of a keyboard player may be why Canned Funk doesn't quite reach the heights of Farrell's classic CTI records that proceeded it: those albums featured some fantastic playing by either Chick Corea or Herbie Hancock, two cats that could certainly lay down the funky melody line. If the 1970s electric jazz revolution taught us anything, it's that the presence of a competent keyboardist to lay down some texture and funky melody lines may be of utmost importance in keeping the whole affair grounded in jazz traditions. Nonetheless, even without Corea or Hancock manning the keys, Canned Funk is still a fine addition to Farrell's discography, although listeners looking for an introduction to his '70s output would be better off sticking to Moon Germs or Penny Arcade to start.
The Vinyl:
This being a 1975 CTI release, we end up with a pretty darn thin piece of vinyl; not surprising for this era of American LP releases. Apparently, Creed Taylor's felt his design budget was better left to the fancy (for their day) glossy gatefold covers and not to extending the life of the actual vinyl by, I don't know, adding a couple dozen grams to their overall weight.
In any case, my recent acquisition of Canned Funk happened to be a white-label "Radio Station Copy" promo release. These aren't particularly rare, I've seen lots of later CTI albums out there with the promo labels and cover sticker, these albums couldn't have sold particularly well, especially a record like Canned Funk, considering Joe Farrell wasn't exactly a well known name in an era of declining jazz sales.
The hand-etched markings in the vinyl trail-off are "RVG 87713 A - 1" and "RVG 87713 B - 1" respectively, and we have the Blue Note style stamped "VAN GELDER" in the trail-off on each side. Yep, this record was engineered by Van Gelder at his studio, so as long as you can track down a clean copy, you will get some nice sound coming out from your speakers.
For most early-to-mid 1970s electric jazz releases, I have found the vinyl to be far superior the digital versions that are currently out there. While there are acceptable CD and digital jazz reissues out there (I'm thinking mostly the Van Gelder Blue Note remasters and some other '50s and '60s albums that have been reissued with care to the original analog presentation), these '70s jazz funk albums tend to have a high-end sheen when converted to digital that can almost make them unlistenable at times. It's as if the engineer in charge of remastering them is trying to make them artificially sound as if they were recorded on high-end modern day equipment, when they obviously were not. The depth and range that vinyl offers is invaluable in these settings, presenting a nice even range of highs and lows. Luckily, with a few exceptions, many of these '70s electric jazz albums are not in demand by collectors, and therefore can be had for reasonable prices. Reasonable prices for jazz vinyl? Yes, even in this market it is still possible. Apparently you just need to know where to look...


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NMi is one of the exhibitors at Intertraffic. We offer you the possibility to schedule your meeting with our experts. Our mobility team is available to talk to you about i.e. Automated Number Plate Recognition, Weighing in Motion, new technologies and innovations in ITS world and electrical vehicles charge columns. The team can inform you about enforcement systems, charge measurement for electric and hybrid vehicles, accuracy of OCR devices, safety cameras, mobile cameras and average speed systems. Our team consists of Boy Hendriksen, Alessandra Bendistinto, Ron Troost, Paul Kok, Niels Linders, Edwin van Eersel, Rolf Valkema, Valeska Babakhanian and Annelies Michels. They can provide type approval services and management and guide you with market access of your systems and devices.
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Camping is becoming a common activity in the present society. People undertake these activities for various reasons that are gained from it. The form of organizations made for a camping will dictate the cost of the activity. There are camping activities that are more expensive and in most cases target the rich people in the society since they are the people who can afford the packages provided. However, cheap camping offered to a larger group of people are also organized within the locality and are cheap and offer many benefits as the other expensive ones. Few people acknowledge the cheap camping since they do not realize the benefits that are associated with it. It is the aim of the article to change your thinking regarding the cheap camping that are always organized for many peoples and the benefits that are attached to the activities of the cheap camping.
Develop interpersonal skills.
Objective of the cheap camping is to enable large group of people who get to interact and share various ideas. One get know how to deal with the others with diverse characters in the process hence improving their skills in handling fellow friends. Besides, one gets to understand each other better with the intention of fostering their relationship.
Uses freely accessible resources
Readily accessible resources are effects that people can obtain without working hard or doing some hard tasks. Cheap camping always dwell much on the readily available resources that can be found within the surrounding. For example, designing of tents at the camp sites applying available trees and ropes would be cheap compared to buying of already made tents from shops. Use of ready assets constitutes another vivid implication that human beings are appreciating nature and using nature in the correct manner. Hence, for campers who desires to have the actual understanding at the camp site, take note of going through the cheap camping as it will prepare with required camping skills.
Increases learning of campers.
Cheap camping increasing the learning level of the campers as they have the ability to participate in making all necessary things they might require at the camp site. At the site, they will learn the issues to reflect in choosing the place to erect their tents as well as improvise tent making. It is a sure thing that a person visiting the camp at first will not know various activities that will enable them build tent. Training in note tying and tent folding constitutes some of the lessons that new people at camp site will develop. Thus, make an attempt of contributing in cheap camping to acquire the real survival strategies away from home.


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Remember the 3 D's of Mosquito Protection
Want to help protect yourself and your guests from those pesky mosquito bites? Draining nearby mosquito habitats, dressing appropriately, applying the right insect repellent and defending your yard are all protective actions you can take to beat the bugs this upcoming summer.
1. Drain
Since mosquitoes require water to breed, removing standing water around your house is a must-do.
Clear roof gutters of water and debris.
Dispose of any tires or larger objects that might collect rain.
Clean pet bowls and bird baths reguarly.
Drill holes in the bottom of your recycling containers and trash cans to improve drying time.
If it can collect water, it can potentially breed hundreds to thousands of mosquitoes -- Drain or dispose bottles, overturned buckets, plant pots, trash can lids, tarps, etc.
2. Dress
If you know you're going to be outside on a buggy evening, be sure to dress appropriately. Long-sleeved, loose fitting, light colored clothing will help eliminate the potential bug biting threat. A non-greasy Lemon Eucalyptus Oil, the only plant-based ingredient recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), can be applied to clothing for extra protection without harming gear.
3. Defend
Choosing the right mosquito repellent for your body and yard is the final step in defending your family and friends from those unwanted pest guests. Start with a non-sticky insect repellent spray that has a refreshing scent -- you don't want to feel uncomfortable or smell funny. If you're having a BBQ or enjoying dinner in the backyard, use mosquito candles and mosquito sticks so you can fortify your area and get back to what really matters...enjoying life outdoors!


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Roses, Knots and Systems
"Do we suppose that all she knows is that a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose?" Gertrude Stein
In the same way that a rose is a rose, a system is a system. A relationship, a family, a community, and organisations are all life-like-systems, each populated by people, 'stand alone', living systems.
A healthy system is sustainable because individuals value themselves, trust the other, honouring the diversity that forges the unity of their connection.


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Last week our Leadership team was at an offsite planning session, and we were treated to a private talk by one of Maine's top CEO's, and one of the best leaders I know. He shared his philosophy on resilience, winning, people, Maine qualities, and continuous improvement. He translated this last theme, of continuous improvement, with the phrase: "There is no finish line". I loved it. This speaks to me of lifelong learning, always striving for better, never giving up, and recognizing that we are on a journey, not racing to a specific destination.
Here at Hussey Seating, our 177-year history has been an incredible journey, and there really is no finish line - we work very hard to continue our legacy and our values for as far as we can see. And our culture is one of never being content, but rather of always working to improve customer satisfaction.
We are moving forward, always, but recognize there is no finish line. The reward is in the moment of forever learning and improving.
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If there are two riders guaranteed to blow your mind and entertain it would have to be street trails superstar Danny MacAskill and course preview connoisseur Claudio Caluori. This time they take on the 'home of trails' - Switzerland's Graubünden.
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The Request – The Chariots of Orion 1 is my first sci-fi novel to be published! But why does a producer and singer turn into a sci-fi author?
First, I've always loved astronomy and science fiction. When I was little, my dream was to become an astronomer. We know that this didn't work out. But that didn't stop me from loving astronomy. Maybe it was because of this fervour that I wanted to create a novel about what could happen if we met an intelligent, highly advanced civilisation from outer space.
The world of Iphael and its countries I'd say were built on logic, rather than only fantasy. I wanted to create a completely fictional, but still realistic – somewhat believable – world for my extraterrestrial civilisation. As much as I love H.P. Lovecraft and especially the Cthulu series, I wanted to create extraterrestrials that were similar to us, not monsters with tentacles. Don't get this wrong, I love stories with monsters with tentacles, but I thought that the message of the book, "what would happen if we met a highly advanced civilisation from outer space? What if they would attack us?" would be easier to limn when the civilisation is physically similar to us, because they're looking similar like us, but don't function like us.
But then, I wouldn't dare to claim that my kind of civilisation is realistic… Who knows what aliens might look like? They might actually have tentacles, like in "Arrival", and be terribly advanced, too. And who knows if they would be friendly inclined?
Readers might also wonder why the alien civilisation in the book is a society without any money. Well, I do have a degree in Finance Management and Business Law. So economy was a huge part of my lectures. During the degree, I played with the thought of a hypothetical society that doesn't know capitalism like we know it. And it seemed just not realistic that an alien civilisation would have the same system as we do. The system of my civilisation was formed by generations of searching for a new planet in a spaceship colony, after their own planet had been destroyed, and it seemed logical that such experiences would cause a society to have other ideals than we do. Shares and Hedgefonds might not seem that important once your planet is destroyed, so the civilisation in the book would not care about those things. They also would not approve any form of voracity, with the resources on a spaceship being very limited. Why voracity still is ubiquitous in the story? You'll have to read the book to find out:)
You can grab your copy of "Chariots of Orion" as hard copy or e-book here:


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Bob was a recurring figure during my web comic series The Gentleman's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. I think I just liked the way he looked so he was a go to figure to feature in crowd scenes. I did have a three parter that he appeared as the focus, before he was turned, then zombie Bob and ultimately his demise (though you can't keep a good zombie down).
I did up a video showing you how to draw your own Zombie Bob:
You can also buy an eBook copy of The Gentleman's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.


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Following the London Employment Tribunal ruling that Uber's drivers for the online taxi service must be categorised as workers and granted workers' rights, a group of food couriers for the online delivery startup Deliveroo are seeking similar status.
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain has written a letter on behalf of couriers for Deliveroo in North London, asking the startup to recognise it so that it may bargain for the riders. Should the couriers win, the gig economy will face huge repercussions.
Julia Kermode, CEO of Umbrella Company trade body the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA), said that it comes as little surprise to find Deliveroo couriers, encouraged by the decision on Uber, pursuing their rights.
While employment status is multifaceted, Ms Kermode continued, it is important for employers to take care over how they categorise their workforce so that there is clarity over whether workers are truly self-employed or employed.
Employers, she added, should properly handle their workforces to make sure that mistreatment cannot occur. People earning less than the minimum wage is unacceptable, and employers ought not to dodge their obligations to deliver basic employment rights.
Ms Kermode criticised the commission/wages structure in this instance for resulting in remarkably low pay, adding that if the couriers and others like them had received a fair income in the first place, there would be no need for such a case to be brought.
The Government appeared in principle to support the flexible workforce, she added, but expressed concern that the current trend in policy seems intent on making professional contracting so cumbersome that it would ultimately be eradicated in favour of permanent employment.
Ms Kermode said that this was a result of the changes that will be made to the IR35 in the months to come, and expressed her frustration with the media portrayal of self-employment which seems to imply that it is inferior and that businesses ought to hire permanent staff. She urged people to remember that the majority of professionals who are self-employed choose to operate this way and do not feel exploited by not having employment rights.
Her views were echoed by the founder and CEO of online contractor resource ContractorCalculator, Dave Chaplin, who similarly anticipated that the Uber verdict would encourage other low-paid workers to pursue similar rights. Wishing Deliveroo couriers every success, he added: "However such cases do not paint the full picture of self-employment – 80% of self-employed workers told us in a recent survey that they do not want rights, do not see themselves as vulnerable workers and are very happy with the way they work."


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The Keats-Shelley Association of America is anxious to hear from you! A confidential questionnaire has been developed that is designed for students and fans of Keats, the Shelleys and their circle. We want you to help us shape the future of our Association and design a strategic plan. What does a 21st-century K-SAA look like? You tell us!!
This blog will feature reflections on the philosophy, politics and poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, a radical thinker who has receded into the shadows. Shelley has the power to enthrall, thrill and inspire. His poetry changed the world and can do so again.
When Shelley famously declared that he was a "lover of humanity, a democrat and an atheist," he deliberately, intentionally and provocatively nailed his colours to the mast knowing full well his words would be widely read and would inflame passions. The words, "lover of humanity", however, deserve particular attention. Shelley did not write these words in English, he wrote them in Greek: 'philanthropos tropos". This was deliberate. The first use of this term appears in Aeschylus' play "Prometheus Bound". This was the ancient Greek play which Shelley was "answering" with his own masterpiece, Prometheus Unbound.
Aeschylus used his newly coined word "philanthropos tropos" (humanity loving) to describe Prometheus, the titan who rebelled against the gods of Olympus. The word was picked up by Plato and came to be much commented upon, including by Bacon, one of Shelley's favourite authors. Bacon considered "philanthropy" to be synonymous with "goodness", which he connected with Aristotle's idea of "virtue". Shelley must have known this and I believe this tells us that Shelley identified closely with his own poetic creation, Prometheus. In using the term, Shelley is telling us he is a humanist - a radical concept in his priest-ridden times.
When he wrote these words he was declaring war against the hegemonic power structure of his time. Shelley was in effect saying,
I am against god. I am against the king. I am the modern Prometheus.
And I will steal the fire of the gods and I will bring down thrones and I will empower the people.
Not only did he say these things, he developed a system to deliver on this promise.
As Paul Foot so ably summed it up in his wonderful book, "Red Shelley":
"Shelley was not dull. His poems reverberate with energy and excitement. He decked the grand ideas which inspired him in language which enriches them and sharpen communication with the people who can put them into effect."
It is time to bring him back – we need him; tyrannies, be they of the mind or the world, are phoenix-like and continually threaten to undermine our liberties. Shelley's ideas constitute a tool kit of sorts which have direct applicability to our own times. As did Shelley, we too live in a time when tyrants, theocrats and demagogues are surging into the mainstream.
The Keats-Shelley Association of America is anxious to hear from you! A confidential questionnaire has been developed that is designed for students and fans of Keats, the Shelleys and their circle. We want you to help us shape the future of our Association and design a strategic plan. What does a 21st-century K-SAA look like? You tell us!!
Do you want to know which love poem rules your sign? Which poem speaks to the heart of your loved one? Well look no further. We got ya covered. Happy Valentine's Day Shelley Nation! Follow the link and dig in.
At last! Someone has undertaken a close reading of Shelley's most romantic poems in order to match them with the 12 astrological signs! Who did this amazing thing? The Real Percy Bysshe Shelley did - that's who.
One of my favourite bands from the 1970s was Buzzcocks, an English outfit fronted by a man named Pete Shelley. Pete had been born as Peter McNeish; but when he took to the stage he changed his name to honour his favourite romantic poet. I was enthralled by this idea and when I wrote my masters thesis, I included three musical epigraphs: two from the Sex Pistols and one from Buzzcocks. It was perhaps a stretch - however in my youthful rebellious mind I thought it was apt.
But was it really so far-fetched to tie together punk music and romantic poetry? To test this, I thought I would be fun to have a quick glance at one of the classics of the era to see if there are, in fact, any Shelleyan overtones. That classic? Clampdown by The Clash from the album London Calling. Let's dig in.
It is my great hope that Frankenreads will open a doorway not just to the work of Mary Shelley but all of the Romantics - and Percy in particular. Percy's political philosophy, his skepticism, his belief in the revolutionary value of empathy and his concept of a cultivated, revolutionary imagination have much to teach us about how to deal with an age of tyrants, massive concentration of wealth and fake news - an age much like his own.
In the early summer of 2017, I received a letter from the daughter of the noted Shelley scholar Roland Duerksen. Susan had read my article "My Father's Shelley" and it had struck a chord. She wanted to connect me with her father, now 91 years old and living in New Oxford, Ohio. Roland is the author of two noteworthy and important books on Shelley: "Shelleyan Ideas in Victorian Literature" and "Shelley's Poetry of Involvement". His analysis is penetrating and nuanced, the style conversational and accessible. But it is his overall approach which makes him different, it is imbued with a humanity that reflects well both on himself and his subject. This much I knew, but I knew less about the man himself. I was thrilled that Susan had reached out to me, it was a chance to meet one of the great Shelleyans, but I had no idea whatsoever of the magic which lay in wait for me.
Welcome to my inaugural, year end "Shelleyan Top Ten" list. The eligibility criteria for an appearance on this list is pretty straight forward (and subjective!) First the event or occurrence must have contributed to raising the awareness of Percy Bysshe Shelley among the general public. Second, it also needs to have come to my attention - which is not omniscient (this means my list is not necessarily definitive!). Finally, I also have ranked on the basis of whether the moment was unusual or unexpectedly brilliant.
In any event, these sorts of lists are supposed to be fun and are designed to provoke debate and conversation. So let the discussion begin.
2017 was a busy year for Percy Bysshe Shelley and later this week I will publish my Top Ten Shelleyan Moments of 2017 - watch for it!! It was also a busy year for my website and its associated social media platforms. The website experienced 12,000 Unique Visitors 15,000 Visits and over 21,000 Page Views. These are huge numbers for a site dedicated to a poet who has been dead almost 200 years. Shelley was a highly motivated political creature who dedicated his life to changing the world. At some point he realized that he would never manage build sufficient momentum to do this in his lifetime. I think this was profoundly demoralizing. However, he recovered and I believe he started to write for future generations - in otherwords us. If those of us who love him do not join him in this enterprise, then we are letting him (and ourselves) down. So let's not. Join our community and help spread the word.
My point in drawing attention to these two modern poets is to remind us that one of the true fountainheads of radical opposition to tyranny and oppression was Shelley. And whether modern poets knowingly operate in that tradition, as Cottingham appears to, or not, they do function as the voice of the people and in that sense as our representatives; or as Shelley would have said, as our legislators. Eminem has drawn his line in the sand. Shelley has discharged his collected lightening. Arielle Cottingham has unleashed her hurricane. They are all philanthropos tropos: lovers of humanity. Let's join them at the barricades. Let Liberty lead us.
"I am a lover of mankind, a democrat and an atheist."When Shelley wrote these words in the hotel register at Chamonix, he was, as PMS Dawson has suggested deliberately, intentionally and provocatively "nailing his colours to the mast". He knew full well people would see these words and that they would inflame passions. The words, however may require some context and explanation. Many people have sought to diminish the importance of these words and the circumstances under which they were written. Some modern scholars have even ridiculed him. I think his choice of words was very deliberate and central to how he defined himself and how wanted the world to think of him. They may well have been the words he was most famous (or infamous) for in his lifetime.
Haifaa Al-Mansour's new movie Mary Shelley premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2017. For those anticipating a nuanced, balanced and careful study of the relationship between two of the world's authentic literary geniuses, Mary and Percy Shelley, I am sorry, you will be disappointed. For all of its pretensions, this movie seems pitched as a sort of thinking person's Twilight or maybe Beauty and the Beast: two hot, beautiful young people with perfect skin and hair are thrust together by chance, torn apart by circumstance only to be at last happily reunited. It is riddled with factual errors and the plot involves an almost complete rewrite of history. The real Percy and Mary, as depicted in Mary Shelley are essentially props whose lives may be casually rearranged to allow Al-Mansour and her screenwriter to concoct a myth about the creation of Frankenstein. Were the movie to carry a warning, "based on a true story", it would not go far enough. Mary and Percy have been done a disservice. The true story of Mary, Percy and Frankenstein deserves to be told – but it will await yet another day.
On Friday and Saturday the 15th and 16th of September, in London, the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at University of York, is presenting a two day conference that celebrates the writings of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. I will be speaking at this conference on the topic of "Romantic Resistance". My presentation will demonstrate how Shelley's politics, his philosophical skepticism and his theory of the imagination combine to offer some potent solutions for the troubles of the early 21st Century. Given recent events, it is time that we cast a fresh eye on romantic, specifically Shelleyan, theories of resistance.
In May of this year, I visited the places in and around Viareggio on the Italian Coast at the Gulf of La Spezia. This is where Shelley lived out the last few days of his short life. The video which is at the heart of this post was recorded on the beach at Viareggio. Somehow standing on that beach made it possible to strip away the accretion of the mythology and to confront the numbing reality of his death. I found the moment almost overwhelming.I invite you all to join me on this virtual pilgrimage; and to pause for reflection.
When Shelley said poets were the "unacknowledged legislators of the world", he used the term "legislator" in a special sense. Not as someone who "makes laws" but as someone who is a "representative" of the people. In this sense poets, or creators more generally, must be thought of as the voice of the people; as a critical foundation of our society and of our democracy. They offer insights into our world and provide potential solutions - they underpin our future. An attack on creators is therefore an attack on the very essence of humanity.
Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, like almost everyone else on the planet, had pet names for one another. She was "Pecksie" and he was "Elf". PB's use of the name "pecksie" has actually attracted controversy. To find out why, I dug into the circumstances in which these names were used and the fascinating origin of "pecksie". Buckle up!
In what is surely one of the most unusual but at the same time coolest uses of Shelley's poetry, English fashion designer John Alexander Skelton deployed Shelley's Mask of Anarchy in his recent runway show. The circumstances are quite extraordinary.
In the Mask of Anarchy, Shelley presents the tyrannical government of England as very clearly shown as being propped up by bishops and priests. Indeed, Shelley once characterized religion as the "hand maiden of tyranny". He said this because religion is faith-based and encourages people to discard their skepticism and accept things as they are. This is why the recent mania for "stoicism" is so popular in the alt-right movement. It is probably the LAST ancient philosophy we need to revive today. A point that has been eloquently made by Oxford philosopher Sandy Grant. As tyrants threaten to take the stage around the world, we need to keep a close eye on how religion is being used as a tool to control the people. This is why I think my article from last June on some then topical shenanigans of Pope Francis are apropos at this point in time. Enjoy.
The "catch phrase" I have used for the Shelley section of my blog ("Atheist. Lover of Humanity. Democrat.") may require some explanation. The words originated with Shelley himself, but when did he write it, where did he write it and most important why did he write it. Many people have sought to diminish the importance of these words and the circumstances under which they were written. Some modern scholars have even ridiculed him. I think his choice of words was very deliberate and central to how he defined himself and how wanted the world to think of him. They may well have been the words he was most famous (or infamous) for in his lifetime.Five explosive little words that harbour a universe of meaning and significance.
Percy and Mary Shelley joined Byron in Geneva for part of the summer of 1816. They spent much of their time at Byron's residence: the Villa Diodati. It was there that some of the most important ideas of the Romantic era were conceived. Can we distill one of the core principles? I think we can. Join me for the first installment of my exploration the life and times of the extraordinary Percy Bysshe Shelley. Episode One - 1816: The Message Of Diodati
Shelley imagines a radical reordering of our world. It starts with us. Are we up for the challenge? Shelley was. Take the closing words of Prometheus Unbound and print them out. Pin them to your fridge, memorize them, share them with loved ones and enemies alike. Let them inspire you. Let them change you. And never forget he was 27 when he wrote these words and dead with in three years.
Shelley was after all, the man who, translating Lucretius, wrote, "I tell of great matters, and I shall go on to free men's minds from the crippling bonds of superstition." However, were Shelley "beamed" to the present by Scotty, I think he would be very surprised to learn that "belief in the supernatural" was not already a thing of the past. He would be shocked to see the humanist agenda in retreat not in the face of benign, religious belief systems, but rather radical, intolerant, orthodox fundamentalism of all varieties. I think he would be profoundly unsettled by the realization that 200 years after the publication of Frankenstein and Prometheus Unbound, a secular, humanistic society was still an imagined future that was the subject of science fiction.
On 19 July 2016, the University of Cambridge made a startling and almost completely unheralded announcement. They were in possession of a page from the register of a hotel in Chamonix: not just any page and not just any hotel. The hotel was the Hotel de Villes de Londres and the page in question was the one upon which Percy Bysshe Shelley had inscribed his famous declaration that he was an atheist, a lover of humanity and a democrat. Not a copy of it….THE page. No reproduction or copy of this page has ever, to my knowledge been made available to the public. Evidence for what Shelley wrote was based almost exclusively on either eye witnesses, such as Southey and Byron, or mere hearsay. we now have access to a HIGH RESOLUTION copy.
On 19 July 2016, the University of Cambridge made a startling and almost completely unheralded announcement. They were in possession of a page from the register of a hotel in Chamonix: not just any page and not just any hotel. The hotel was the Hotel de Villes de Londres and the page in question was the one upon which Percy Bysshe Shelley had inscribed his famous declaration that he was an atheist, a lover of humanity and a democrat. Not a copy of it….THE page.
Shelley had an enormous impact on me and my dad's life - though we had radically different ideas about exactly who Shelley was (which was the subject of part one of this essay). I want to explore this theme by digging into a photographic album I discovered among my father's effects after he died. It is a slim volume entitled "Shelleyana". I think we will find much to reflect upon, and Shelley may perhaps seem less remote and more immediate.
My father's Shelley, as I VERY quickly discovered, was very different from mine. He loved the lyric poet. He loved the Victorian version. He loved Mary's sanitized version. In a weird way he bought into Mathew Arnold's caricature of Shelley ("a beautiful and ineffectual angel, beating his wings in a luminous void in vain.") – and loved him the more for it. He hated the idea that Shelley was a revolutionary.
Most writing on Shelley seems frustratingly designed for scholarly audiences and much of it is almost unreadable by anyone outside a university setting. Most of the books and articles written between 1980 and around 2005 are written in a scholarly style that limits readership to a handful of people: esoteric, jargon-filled, arcane and at times pompous.
This is a pity because many of these books contain extremely important insights that would help the lay reader to better understand Shelley's intent in writing a poem like Prometheus Unbound. For my part, I hope to write about Shelley in a manner that is straightforward and accessible.


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Ground Celebration!
From Jeff, director of The Daughter Project: "Today, January 8, 2011 she told me she was first raped at six years of age! Repeated emotional and sexual abuse was the nightmare she lived from then onward…
But now, she is on the road of recovery. She is helping others and attending college. In graciously and honestly speaking to me, she encouraged me by saying the the program we have devloped will help girls recover! Why don't you help us!? If you want to know more first, then attend…"
The Daughter Project Land Celebration on Sunday, February 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Bowling Green Covenant Church, 1165 Haskins Bowling Green, OH 43402


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Magic Rock hits King Williams IV
King William IV in Leytonstone has seen more good beer being pumped through its pipes than most boozers in London. Yet last Sunday this was taken to new heights courtesy of Magic Rock Brewing from the windswept north of West Yorkshire. They were on site with a full twenty brews, both in cask and keg, to showcase just exactly how it's done. It was frickin' beautiful.
Anyone who has come across Magic Rock in the past will have taken notice of their seriously delicious range of well crafted beer. Being voted the second best new brewery in 2012 by RateBeer, only beaten by Anchorage, should make some mothers in West Yorkshire very proud. Thankfully for all us Londoners they'd turned up with their whole family of brews at Brodie's brewpub, the King Williams IV, offering up some seriously crazy and amazing beers. I always feel like I'm travelling abroad when I go all the way up to Leytonstone to satisfy my hunger for beer. It's a long and strenuous trek, but it's always worth it.
On offer was all of Magic Rock's usual suspects – Dark Arts, Cannonball (and Human Cannonball), Rapture, High Wire (both regular and with New Zealand hops) and of course their Bearded Lady. All of which are amazing and worth traveling far and wide to drink. However, on top of this they also had some very special versions to unleash on both beer geeks and local beer hounds. First up, a tequila barrel aged version of their Clown Juice wit beer, made with a little famous critter called brettanomyces. If you don't know Brett, he's a strain of yeast, a genuine wonder fungi, who makes beer taste more funky and sour. The special Clown Juice was indeed sour, not too much, just enough to make it fresh and zingy, although I could not detect any of the tequila flavour. What a waste of tequila barrels. Oh well, it was still delicious.
Next on the specials menu was the Magic 8 Ball, aged in Chardonnay barrels and also touched by the magic of Mr Brett. This one was one hundred percent Magic, with a capital M. Dark beer aged in red wine barrels with a hint of sourness makes me weak at the knees. Somehow it speaks to my genes. I want this. Just typing this, thinking about it again, makes me want to throw myself through my window and run to West Yorkshire. A crazed and lustful man banging on their brewery door, screaming for more.
I also had great expectations for their Dark Arts aged in sherry barrels with brambles. Sounds amazing, right? I'm not afraid to say that I love sherry. I would drink your sherry if you turned your back on it. However, this didn't taste like sherry. It was dark and fruity, and very pleasant. It just would've been better not to get my sherry synapses firing before tasting it.
Then there was the Great Alphonso. Made in collaboration with Brodie's this extremely drinkable pale ale had been infused with mango. When I read this I thought it sounded childish and slightly fruity in a Village People kind of way. All of this slightly homophobic prejudice was flushed down my gullet like a sour pill when I tasted it. It was light, delightfully fruity and gay in the true meaning of the word – a truly happy brew to drink. I can totally see myself tipping this into my head on a nice hot summer day. Or on any regular Wednesday.
There were two brews that were on the menu that I didn't get to try. One was a blueberry sour made in collaboration with Brodie's and a brandy barrel aged version of their Big Top amber ale. They weren't on tap and the people behind the bar knew nothing about anything so I had to shuffle homewards without trying these treats. Still, we were all satisfied by our trip to east London on this glorious Sunday. Very much so. Now I'm only left wondering what the hell will happen on my next journey to King William IV in Leytonstone? Judging from my experience so far it's going to wickedly delicious.
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I don't want to be a pedant but Brett is not a bacteria, or a germ, it is a strain of yeast and it doesn't make beer sour, it makes it funky, a little fruity and odd. It is lacto bacteria that makes beer sour. Great write up otherwise. Wish I'd been there!
Thanks for the comment, updated the offending part! Had a quick read up on Brett, and in some cases it seems to give a sour tang, rather than the full on sourness. I guess that is why some of the beers had that subtle edge.
Anyway, thank you for setting us straight! Glad you liked the post.