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She feels the dying embers of the deep silent breeze
of a magnetic force - a personality that no one ever sees,
As she looks forlorn at the emptiness, where there is no scatter,
She feels the freedom, a drop, precipitous, in particulate matter,
She harks now to the eternal being, the one with an indivisible sheen,
with a warm welcome in voices one hundred and fourteen,
She dances on razor sharp soul strings of the harp verily made of heaven,
In enchanting voices and singular music, all of twenty seven
She is a passerby on a journey made by eternity,
Carrying the life and longings, of hope and humility,
Ever forward, never to come back,
A glorious, ultimate, immortal travel hack
As of Oct/9/2012, Voyager-1 is reported to have hit the edge of the solar system, and has 'left the building'. She carries the golden record filled with 114 voices saying "hello" and 27 musical pieces from the world.
As one of my friends put it, "a one of a kind event for humankind". The event was marked by the sudden drop in solar particle density as the Voyager reached heliopause. More information cab be found here.
As one of my friends put it, "a one of a kind event for humankind". The event was marked by the sudden drop in solar particle density as the Voyager reached heliopause. More information cab be found here.
If there is anything to celebrate in this world, it is this overarching human quest to reach for the stars, to bind back to our origins in the universe. Nothing can be more religious (re-ligare) than this! If there is spirituality in this world, this is it - our reach for the immortal essences that formed out of nothingness.
Thanks to a few people who believe that there is a possibility for our existence outside of our pale blue dot, our creation has crossed over into DEEP SPACE.
2013 is YEAR-1 of Humanity stepping out into the cosmos!
Unless you are Calvin(&Hobbes), or you read the dour news about low level divisiveness that pervades the high places of our world. You are then excused for the humor or cynicism if you think that "The surest sign that Intelligent life exists out there in the universe is that it has NOT tried to contact us" ;-)

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How are emerging complex situations going to be effectively addressed when there seems to be an insistence that the power of the narrative is derived from its (almost uniformly binary) simplicity?
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How are emerging complex situations going to be effectively addressed when there seems to be an insistence that the power of the narrative is derived from its (almost uniformly binary) simplicity?
The Long March
The True History of China's Founding Myth
by Sun Shuyun
This book was enlightening from both a historical perspective and because it provided very personal views of the numerous people the Sun interviewed as she followed the path of the Long March. I have read several books in recent years that put Mao that characterize Mao more honestly than the popular myths spun in the West about him. One of his strongest points was his ability to write, to propagandize and inspire, and he had many U.S. journalists, but especially Edgar Snow helped create the myth of Mao in the West. Once a narrative is established it takes time to change it, now researchers have that opportunity to examine the conflict with less bias. Sun is one of those authors. A few excerpts:
She provided interesting insights on the German Otto Braun who the Comintern put in command of the Red Army (there were German advisors on both sides, but Braun appeared to be mercenary, while the Germans advising Chiang were nurturing an important relationship so Germany could retain access to resources critical to developing their war machine). Despite Braun's apparent incompetence (he is blamed for communists' defeat before the long march) they referred to him as the supreme emperor.Beckoned to today's discussion on women in combat, the communist had no qualms about this. There is a lengthy discussion the women cadres and fighting units.He was Stalin's envoy, and Moscow's support was paramount for the Chinese communists-ideologically, politically, financially, and militarily.The Fourth Army formed the "Independent Woman's Regt," led by a beautiful Chinese woman who was a good leader. One example when they ran into a regt of a local warlord."You could not easily tell us apart on the outside," she said. "We all had our heads shaved so the enemy wouldn't know they fighting women. And we all wore caps."On the march through Tibet the communists oddly complained about the Tibetan's irregular tactics (also discussed why the Tibetans hated the communists).She organized attacks from several directions to confuse them. Then she told the women to call and plead with the men to turn their weapons on their officers. To their complete surprise, the firing stopped and white flags came up--Five Hundred Peasant Women Defeat Regt-- ran the headlines in the local newspapers.Note these are interviews with participants, and of course they only saw the civil war from their perspective, so I doubt the Maoists had more battles with Tibetans than the Nationalists, but they certainly had a hard time marching through that region.We could hear their tribal horns calling them to battle from the cliffs and mountains. More battles than we ever had with the Nationalists. The Tibetans would not fight properly. They attacks us at the rear. Once they isolated a few of our men they pounced on them like vultures on corpses.
There are several pages on the American journalist Edgar Snow, who wrote the widely popular book "Red Star over China" that put Mao and the communists in a positive light in the West. It also helped shape the Chinese people's view of the communists.Throughout the book there were stories of terror and suffering during the long march. Mao's forces killed thousands of Chinese deliberately, but other incidents were simply due basic human instincts.Mao was deeply grateful to Snow and gave him the highest praise a Chinese could. He said Red Star over China had a merit no less than that of the Great Yu, the mythical emperor who was supposed to have brought China's floods under control and saved the people. A genius of propaganda, Mao knew the importance of the pen, but even he did not expect Snow's pen could be so powerful--it profoundly influenced the fate of the Red Army, the Communist Party, and Mao himself.
Mao's Western Legion was largely wiped out by the Mas, who were Muslim warlords. All but 400 of 20,800 men and women were either killed or captured, yet this tragic story has been largely left out Long March History.
She interviewed one of Mao's soldiers who was captured and converted to Islam.
Just a few random quotes from my underlining in the book. Several comments about starving, killing innocents to get food, desertions, and yet a core of dedicated communists endured a very arduous march and then skillfully exploited a weakened Nationalist Army after the Japanese surrendered. The West didn't provide adequate support to Chiang largely because of the narrative Snow and Stilwell created. Certainly Chiang was not a good leader, but based on Taiwan's success compared to massive mass murder of Chinese in Mao's purges it certainly, at least in hindsight, calls into question our decision to limit support to Chiang.You know, Mao's Little Red Book is not that different from the Koran. Both tell us to do good and no evil, help the poor, and make the world a better place. It is a pity you can't buy the Little Red Book so easily anymore, otherwise I would have my sons read it.
Why did he think the Mas were so cruel to the Red Army then?
Ma Fucai didn't hesitate. You can see the land is too poor to support many people. For their own survival they had to get rid of us. That was why their soldiers were so brave, as if they were on drugs. They were unlike any of thee warlord troops we fought before and we could not get any recruits.
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The Wars For Asia 1911-1949, by S.C.M. Paine
Amazon sums up better than I can.
While it is close to 500 pages long, over a hundred pages are endnotes, and quite a few more are the bibliography. The actual narrative is only 300 pages, and it does an excellent job of explaining the strategies and interests of all concerned from the warlords, Chiang, Mao, Russia, Japan, and the U.S. It is a fascinating story that I highly recommend for those interested in China, East history, strategy, and military history.The Wars for Asia, 1911-1949 shows that the Western treatment of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Chinese Civil War as separate events misrepresents their overlapping connections and causes. The long Chinese Civil War precipitated a long regional war between China and Japan that went global in 1941 when the Chinese found themselves fighting a civil war within a regional war within an overarching global war. The global war that consumed Western attentions resulted from Japan's peripheral strategy to cut foreign aid to China by attacking Pearl Harbor and Western interests throughout the Pacific on December 7-8, 1941. S. C. M. Paine emphasizes the fears and ambitions of Japan, China, and Russia, and the pivotal decisions that set them on a collision course in the 1920s and 1930s. The resulting wars - the Chinese Civil War (1911-1949), the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945), and World War II (1939-1945) - together yielded a viscerally anti-Japanese and unified Communist China, the still-angry rising power of the early twenty-first century. While these events are history in the West, they live on in Japan and especially China.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy.
This was a book I intended to read a couple of years ago, but couldn't find the time. This wasn't an easy read, since it is dense in facts and figures to support his theory of why nations rise and fall. For me, it further confirmed that strategy must be broader than how we employ the military as instrument.
A couple of quotes to give you the jest.
The argument in this book has been that there exists a dynamic for change, driven chiefly by economic and technological developments, which then impact upon social structures, political systems, military power, and the position of individual states and empires. The speed of of this global economic change has not been a uniform one . . . [due to] climate, disease, wars, geography, the social framework, and so on . . . . Because of man's innate drive to improve his condition, the world has never stood still.Much of the book focused on the requirement for states to balance short-term security (maintaining defense capacity) against the longer term security of rising production and income. This is one reason I express concern about the COINdistas arguing we stay in force for 20 or more years in no win fights. We bleed out our national power while other states shore up theirs.The second major argument in this book has been that this uneven pace of economic growth has had crucial long-term impacts upon the relative military power and strategical position of the members of the states system. . . . economic prosperity does not always and immediately translate into military effectiveness . . ., the fact remains that all of the major shifts in the world's military-power balances have followed alterations in the productive balances; and further, that the rising and falling of the various empires and states in the international system has been confirmed by the outcomes of the major Great Power wars, where victory has always goine to the side with the greatest material resources.
A very interesting book, and I may use its arguments to start a new thread for discussion. This book was written in the mid to late 80s, so the Cold War was still ongoing. Many of his predictions regarding the great powers at that time came true, including the relative decrease of U.S. power over time. However, I tend to think non-state actors, and states using unconventional warfare empowered by information technology may call aspects of his theory into question. Also the proliferation of high end technology to other states despite their financial weakness provides them with strategic options states didn't have in the past.
The Long March book is really great. A must read for anyone interested in the history of contemporary China. The Chinese revolution used to be one of my pet subjects when I was a teenager, and I was wrong about practically everything. This book as well as others like "Tombstone", the various Mao bios, Zhou En Lai by Gao Qenqian and several others helped to set me right
The Supe, by John Vermillion
The highlights are mine. I just read this book on a long flight after receiving it as a gift. For those with years of experience, you have most likely witnessed the power of good leadership to transform any unit into a cohesive team that pursues the highest standards. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the destruction of morale and effectiveness that bad leadership can wreck on an organization. General Pack in this novel is the strong leader that is brought back from retirement to purge the toxic effects of political correctness on West Point. The book is an enjoyable, yet serious, read that political and military officers of all ranks should read. In many ways it reminded me of the classic "Once an Eagle," and the hero officer in that story Sam Damon. This novel is much shorter in scope and focused on strictly on current events instead of covering the evolution of a soldier's profession over decades.When Army General Harris Green begins to suspect that President Keith Rozans halting leadership of the US military will lead to catastrophic results for the country down the line, General Green must ask himself an important question: Should a military leader forsake his commissioning oath when a president acts outside the bounds of the Constitution?
Tipped off by White House aides that President Rozan has imminent plans to change the character, purpose, and future of the US Military Academy, General Green realizes he must take action. And he knows just the man with the courage and character to fight Washington from behind the Superintendents desk at West Point: Marine General Simon Pack.
Hardheaded and unswervingly devoted to his missions, General Pack resigned from the US Marine Corps out of revulsion at the rise of careerism among senior leaders. But with time running out, will General Green persuade him to return to active duty to save the Academys futureand the future of the US military?
A thought-provoking and controversial story that asks hard questions about military-civilian relations, The Supe is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of the military in this country.
Bottom line, I think most military professionals who visit SWJ will enjoy the book.
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A fascinating book that crams in so much, even if it has an overwhelmingly Anglo-US focus - the Soviet era KGB and East German HVA get a mention. The historical setting is good, using Russia in 1917 as one and Northern Ireland for another. Oddly very little from Israel.
Then the 'new world' intrudes with the demise of the 'Cold War' and the 'new jihadist terrorist' threat taking centre stage.
A few puzzling references appear to non-warfare threats, notably multinationals moving billions and whether in the future there is a national political requirement to spy on them. What would have been the impact of a spy in some of our banks prior to the 2008 "crash" ?
The interplay between HUMINT and TECHINT (in all its varieties) is covered well.
I have made a lot of notes to think further about and some online, anonymous research in 2016.
Yes the author is a journalist and his Amazon bio states:"Insiders" on both sides of the Atlantic have expressed their admiration for the book, including details they thought were not in the public domain.Stephen Grey is a British writer, broadcaster, and investigative reporter with more than two decades of experience reporting on intelligence issues. He is best known for his world exclusive revelations about the CIA's program of "extraordinary rendition," as well as reports from Iraq and Afghanistan. A former foreign correspondent and investigations editor with The Sunday Times, he has reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, and Channel 4, and is currently a special correspondent with Reuters. Grey is the author of Ghost Plane.
Amazon (US):http://www.amazon.com/New-Spymasters...y+stephen+grey
Amazon (UK):http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Spymaste...s+stephen+grey
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Monday, January 29, 2018
I think Lewis found a beautiful way of saying that sometimes, the worst has to happen to get our attention back on the right things. When you hit rock bottom, there is no where else for truth to hide out. It's most often the painful things that open our eyes.


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News flash: The PC version of Battle Arena Toshinden isn't as good as the PlayStation version. Go figure. But even if you're using a run-of-the-mill graphics card, Battle Arena has some of the best 3-D graphics around. Unfortunately, to really play the head-to-head fighting game you either have to work the keyboard faster than a receptionist on speed, or give up some serious maneuvering action if you go with a standard game pad. Either way can leave you fumbling for power when the battle gets heated.
Fans of the PlayStation version will feel right at home with the storyline and characters. All the same characters are here, all with the same missionbeat the crap out of everyone. Like several other fighting games, each of the eight characters brings his or her own special weapons. Mondo, an ancient Japanese warrior, wields a big spear. Rungo, an American miner, bumbles around loudly and carries a big stick. But the coolest feature of each character is their secret powers and desperation moves. With the PlayStation version, using a secret power only takes a couple of pad and button clicks. On the PC version, it's nearly impossible. For instance, one of Mondo's moves is to fly up in the air and shoot down fireballs, laying waste to whomever is underneath. The special key-combination for his move is: d, sd, s, sa, a+rlet's see you remember that the next time you're in the heat of battle. And if you use a gamepad, you can't use the special power at all.
Battle Arena Toshinden's one saving grace is that it's completely networkable, either through directly-networked computers or modem, so you can beat down people around the world. While the graphics and music to Battle Arena are great, actual play could be vastly improved.


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After reading my last, which was my first, entry in this blog, I started thinking that I might have come off as a bit of a snob. It has been 40 some years since music has made any huge changes from what came before. With the exception of rap/hip hop (of which I know next to nothing) and techno and all it's myriad sub genres, music has been staring at its navel with every 'new' wave of up and coming artists.
Does this mean music is dead? Does this mean there will be no new styles or approaches to music that will influence the mainstream like the Beatles did?
I'm not sure.
What are the reasons for this almost incestuous rehashing of styles? Are artists afraid to take chances? Are artists stuck? Are artists so focused on trying to make a living these days that they sacrifice their inner voice for the sake of sales?
I don't know.
Are listeners so overwhelmed by the huge libraries of artists and styles (still all pretty much derivative) that they don't know where to look? Are they overcome by mass media coming out of their TV's, their cars, their pockets and now their glasses and watches that they choose to regulate their listening to background noise?
I believe the reasons for this wholesale stagnation in the music world can be found in each of the questions I listed above. The music world is so fragmented and the new technology for ingesting and procuring music is changing so quickly that I believe that we're too busy coming to terms with the trappings of how music is presented to us that we don't have the focus or energy to either make or listen to something ground breaking. We might not even know when we've heard it!
Technology is a good thing for the most part but when the delivery method becomes more important than what's being delivered AND the quality of what's being delivered is sacrificed because of these new systems, then I believe that there is a major problem. This has happened with the advent of the MP3, of iTunes and all of the various streaming services like Rdio and Spotify. Just like kids who are brought up on fast food, today's young listeners are brought up on music that is processed and stripped of it's quality, of it's truest nuance for the sake of getting if fast and (sometimes) free.
Artists are now completely lost. They, as listeners, are exposed to so much variety that they aren't sure where they should attach themselves. This can be a good thing. But it does tend to slow down the process of innovation. It's as if you went to a restaurant that used to have only a one page menu and now has a veritable tome from which to choose. I believe that artists are still reading the menu and have yet to place their orders.
Sadly, music for the most part has been regulated to a back seat in the listeners lives. We have Sony to thank for that. With the advent of the Walkman and the personalized portability of music, it very often has become background noise which can be occasionally dipped into while exercising, cleaning, walking, etc... Rarely, myself included, do we take the time to sit down with album artwork in hand (album artwork, what's that?) and listen intently while reading the lyrics to a song. If you mention this to today's children, they would look at you like a dog that just heard a weird noise. Of course, they tend to look at me like that anyway.
There is hope on the horizon, though. Many of the technological advances are maturing - finally. Neil Young's Pono music system "Where your soul rediscovers music" asserts that the clarity and purity and fidelity of its technology will bring back the muse of listening.
As far as this jumble of styles and massive variety of music that's available to today's listeners and artists is concerned, might I invoke another culinary analogy: If you were given a huge list of ingredients from which to make the world's greatest dish, it may take many attempts to come up with THE recipe. I believe that's where we're at currently in the music world. We've been served some tasty appetizers but as of yet, no one has come up with a breakthrough main course. Keep your forks and knives at the ready, though.
Lastly, I believe that musical artists need to re-examine what's available to them in visual media. Just as the album cover was the delivery method for albums in the 60's, 70's and 80's, we need to discover a new form of visual counterpart to the music that will enhance the focus on and meaning of an artist's music. Music videos for the most part are a distraction. I believe that a more abstract approach will help keep the focus on the music. Where's my holographic desktop projector, dammit!
Well, that's enough of my hot steam blowing for this week. My feeling is that if I can help stir up this huge kettle of music soup so that the good stuff rises to the top, then I've done a good thing! What do you think?


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For the seventh consecutive year Dutch first class prog venue De Boerderij organised the Progdreams Festival, this time lasting from Friday evening till Sunday night March 4th. And again the line-up was great, a very well balanced mix between experienced bands and new talents. For personal reasons I visited the festival only on Saturday, thus missing amongst others Steve Rothery, Blind Ego and Tim Bowness. Life is hard ...
Alan Reed
When Alan Reed took the stage with his new band The Daughters of Expediency at a quarter to three only half of the venue was filled. Too bad, especially for the organising team who did a splendid job throughout the whole day. The timing was great, the food good, the music during the breaks inspiring (Pink Floyd, Big Big Train, UK, Marillion, they surely know how to please a prog crowd!) and the overall atmosphere was relaxed yet anxiously waiting what was to happen. The organisers had deserved a full house but that was not to be. To those who had stayed home I can only say: you made the wrong choice!
Alan Reed is of course well-known for his vocal duties in British progband Pallas, a band he was relentlessly kicked out of in 2010. He did the only right thing, recording a very strong solo album entitled First in the field of one, emphasizing his talents as a song writer somewhere in between prog rock and folk rock and at the same time paying his old band mates back with lyrics that left little to imagine. His second solo album Honey on a razor's edge is a more straightforward rock thing and therefore appealed less to me. I had seen Pallas before twice and loved their live sound so I was curious how his new band with that peculiar name would sound. And I also hoped that he would select something from his extensive Pallas' back catalogue.
Opener Begin again is a driving, energising up-tempo song, built upon a nice riff on the acoustic guitar and, to my opinion, the best song of his solo outings. The rhythm section of the Daughters, Henry Rogers on drums and Jennifer Clarke on bass, immediately found themselves comfortable on stage, leading the band in this addictive song. Reeds voice sounded good and his guitar playing was well too. So the only worry was: why those sun glasses? He explained that after the first Pallas song For the greater glory: he suffers from too much light and thus he is forced to wear sun glasses.
It was also the subject of next song My sunlit room from his second album and then the first uncertainties in his singing emerged. Unfortunately that remained that way during the rest of the set, especially when he had to sing and play the bass pedals at the same time. The song choice was good, blending his solo songs with Pallas favourites and even a new song entitled Into the void; it sounded nice. It became also clear that Reed wasn't able anymore to reach the high notes which was illustrated rather painfully in closer Crown of thorns. It made the show a bit sloppy which was a pity.
The enthusiasm of the band, completed by Daren Callow and Mark Spencer on guitar and Tudor Davies on keys, was great to witness, as was the humour between the band members. And when Reed blundered in My sunlit room they simply took over flawlessly, thus demonstrating their musical skills. All and all it was extremely nice to welcome Alan Reed again on a Dutch stage. I enjoyed the gig but with a bit more concentration on his side the gig would have been greater.
Begin Again For The Greater Glory My Sunlit Room Razor Cross My Palm The Other Side Of Morning Into The Void (new song) The Executioner Used To Be Someone Kingdom Of The Blind Sanctuary Crown Of Thorns
Celestial Fire
Celestial Fire was the next in line, another young band formed by a very well-known and highly respected prog musician, Dave Bainbridge from Iona. From his former band he had taken along the one and only drummer who can also play the violin, Frank van Essen, and completed this new band with multi-instrumentalists Sally Minear on vocals, acoustic guitar and all things percussion, Simon Fitzpatrick on bass and Chapman Stick and guitar wizard Dave Brons. They choose to play a set of rather 'difficult' long songs with loads of complex instrumental passages.
I love Iona's music and enjoyed Celestial Fire's rendition of parts of Iona's catalogue: Opening theme and Revelation from the Book of Kells and Brenda's voyage connected with Brendan's return from Beyond these shores. The latter two songs were hardly played live by Iona so this rendition was welcomed warmly by everyone. Their own songs appealed less to me: maybe that was because of the unfamiliarity with this music but maybe it was because it sounded too much like music in which complexity fiercely dominates a floating, accessible melody.
Sally Minear has a stellar voice with which she sings the intricate vocals beautifully while playing all kinds of percussion instruments in-between. She had a lot of fun with guitar player Brons who was constantly changing from electric guitar to acoustic guitar and vice versa while Fitzpatrick stayed concentrated all the time, pretending not to notice what was going on around him. From his side of the stage Dave Bainbridge oversaw this young bunch of musicians, showing a very big smile all the time, meanwhile managing to switch in time from guitar to keys and back.
Frank van Essen had several moments to show his talents on violin, a nice extra asset in this band, and was furthermore constantly changing the tempo of the music. The band played enthusiastically, dedicated and concentrated which was necessary given the complexity of the music, but they also managed to have fun and interact with the audience.
This was a good gig, very well played and thus showing that Celestial Fire has a bright future. Yet I hope that they refrain from developing into a jazzrock ensemble.
Celestial Fire Kells Opening Theme / Revelation Love Remains Brendan's Voyage / Brandan's Return
Dave Kerzner Band
In spite of the raving reviews of his recent albums I hadn't heard Dave Kerzner's music before so I was completely blank at what to expect. Dave's band, consisting of Andy Mapp on drums, Stewart Fletcher on bass, the hatted weirdo Fernando Perdomo on guitar and Durga McBroom on vocals, proved a very competent bunch of musicians, playing his music tight and, alas, very loud.
The first songs sounded attractive with lots of energy and nice guitar solos but soon I realized that I started to become bored. The songs sounded very much alike, sounded foremost loud and very big. This was typically masculine American rock with some variety in pace now and then but far too little to become melodious. The background projections were nice and appropriate and the listening crowd, now filling more than two thirds of the venue and obviously more familiar with the music than me, seemed very pleased.
Too bad I couldn't grab his music, too bad I couldn't keep the attention after the first few songs. The gig was musically good but I haven't become a fan.
Hypocrites The Lie Static Dirty Soap Box The Truth Behind Millennium Man Paranoia Ocean Of Stars Not Coming Down Stranded Chain Reaction Into The Sun
Closing act Magenta was the band I had been waiting for. I reviewed some of their recent albums here on DPRP and had been a fan since their Home album. But somehow I had never managed to see them perform live. From their numerous live albums I knew I had missed a lot. So this was to be an evening to remember! And the band didn't disappoint at all, on the contrary!
While preparing all their gear on stage their very charming lead singer Christina Booth told me that it had been extremely difficult to make it to Zoetermeer because of extreme wintery weather conditions in Wales. It had only been because of their excellent bus driver that they had managed to arrive in time. They looked forward to the gig immensely as their 2014 gig in De Boerderij (with Alan Reed as support) never materialized because of both tragic personal circumstances and health problems that struck her. Their last visit to The Netherlands was in 2009 so it was time to make up for that!
At a quarter past nine the band took the stage to start off with Trojan, the longest epic from their latest album We are legend. The sound was great, although the vocals by guitarist Chris Fry and keyboard wizard Rob Reed were too soft in the mix. Yet that didn't prevent them for playing their heart out which didn't go unnoticed for the crowd present. The audience listened intensely, moving with the numerous rhythm changes led by Dan Nelson playing his elegant bass parts in the background besides new drummer Jonathan 'Jiffy' Griffiths who's sheer enthusiasm and energetic playing were great to watch. This rhythm section simply did an excellent job with all those complex twists in pace and tone that characterizes Magenta's music. What a big difference it was from Kerzner's music with all these moments in the music in which pace and loudness were lowered to give room to intricate vocals, acoustic guitar or piano. And what a sheer joy to hear and see high-heeled (!) Christina sing and to experience the good feeling in this band.
The setlist contained three songs from the excellent Twenty-seven club album. The audience was warned that epic Devil at the crossroads would be difficult to play and that they hoped it would turn out right which was, of course, the case. Pearl, the tribute song to Janis Joplin was another one of that album while in The lizard king the band managed to teach us all the right hand clapping just behind the note you expect it to fall; we succeeded! Demons was the only track they payed from the Home album while their debut as well as the Chameleon album were not featured at all. Their last album was featured in Colours while an edited version of Metamorphosis closed the set.
Fortunately they had time to do an encore for which they chose Pride from their breakthrough album Seven. It got an improvisation by Fry and Reed that even surprised Christina completely. And all this music, old or new, was played with an intensity and a devotion as if they played for the first time. Fry was excellent and flawless on both electric and acoustic guitar, either standing, on his knees or lying on the ground, musical genius Rob Reed (with glasses!) glued much of the music together with his subtle keys and piano, meanwhile joking at all in the band. And Christina shone between them, teasing and challenging Fry throughout the gig.
I found it hard to point out highlights in this excellent gig but Anger stood out because of Christina's soft vocals. We all cheered with them, thanking the band for a more than worthy closing gig of a great festival day. I can only hope that it will not take another eight years before Magenta visits The Netherlands again. And furthermore I can only express my feeling that this festival deserves a far bigger audience than was present this Saturday.
Trojan Speechless Greed The Devil At The Crossroads Pearl Colours Anger Demons The Lizard King Metamorphosis
Magenta's website
Dave Kerzner Bands website
Celestial Fire's website
Alan Reed's website
Cultuurpodium Boerderij website


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Welcome to the Governors section of Heanor Gate Science College. We do hope that you enjoy browsing through our website and learning more about us.
Who are our Governors?
Each Governor has a set of different skills, expertise and experience. We will be developing our Governor profiles on an on-going basis. Click on the name of each Governor, for their profile...
Mr Stephen Huntington
Vice Chair & Community Governor (Appointed: 1 September 2013)
Miss Rebecca Baker
Staff Governor (Appointed: 1 October 2016)
Parent Governor (Appointed: 1 January 2017)
Staff Governor (Appointed: 1 November 2017)
Community Governor (Appointed: 1 January 2019)
Mr Dean Watson
Parent Governor (Appointed: 1 January 2019)
For details about our Chair of Governors, please contact the Clerk to the Governors in the first instance.
Governor Resignations
We said farewell to the following governors this Autumn:
Steve Midgley, resigned on 1 August 2018
Tracey Langton-Ballard, resigned on 18 September 2018
When do we meet?
The Full Governing Body meets twice during the Autumn term, twice during the Spring term and once during the Summer term.
What do we actually do?
During each academic year, Governors will conduct monitoring visits to see how the overall performance of the school is doing. During these visits, Governors get the chance to speak to staff and students and see the school in action. Our Governors are invited to attend a range of school events and productions such as awards events, end of year productions, celebratory events etc.
The core functions of a Governing Body are:
The Handbook was last updated in January 2017 (Click here to download)
The DfE also launched in January 2017: 'A Competency Framework for Governance'. This document outlines the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed for effective governance, but in brief can be shown as:
In addition, we:
- Provide a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision and setting the purpose and aims of the school within an agreed policy framework.
Appoint and conduct the performance management of the Principal.
Agree the school's improvement strategy, which includes setting statutory targets with supporting budges and staffing structures.
Monitor and evaluate the work of the school by reviewing the performance of the Principal, the effectiveness of the policy framework, progress towards targets and the effectiveness of the school improvement strategy.
Sign off the self-evaluation process and respond to Ofsted reports as necessary.
During the Spring Term 2018, we focused on:
- Our statutory duties and strategic planning including progress against school priorities; reviewing admission arrangements, policies and Governor school visits/monitoring
- Tracking the progress being made of all our students in terms of our expectations and targets, across all the year groups and with different groups of students
- The school's processes for reviewing safety, behaviour and personal development of students including attendance
- Reviewing Stakeholder views
- Starting the planning process for next year's budget, looking at the staffing structure needed to develop a broad, balanced and appropriate curriculum to meet the needs of our students
During the Autumn Term 2017, we focused on:
- Our statutory duties and strategic planning for the forthcoming year including elections, reviewing terms of reference and confirming our monitoring framework
- 2017 Performance Information/Data - looking at how our students did compared to national expectations
- The school's strategy for the use of the forthcoming Pupil Premium, Year 7 Catch Up Funding and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Funding that the school receives
- Approval of the School Improvement Plan - ensuring our strategic direction and school priorities are accurate and reflect data and stakeholder views
- Reviewing the finances for the school
- Reviewing safeguarding arrangements
We discussed a range of other ongoing themes such as Health & Safety, Policies and determining our role in external reviews such as Challenge Partners.
New Governors
We also welcomed 2 new Governors in January 2019: Richard Havill and Dean Watson. All new Governors receive a Trust welcome information pack and meet with the Principal and Chair prior to starting their role.
Chairs Development
Our Chair meets with other Chairs in The Spencer Acadmies Trust and provides a feedback report to the Directors of the Trust on the work of the Local Governing Body (LGB), including celebrations and challenges. This network provides the opportunity to find out what's new and what the expectations are on Governors going forward - both from the Trust, Government and Ofsted. The Chair has also undergone the Leadership Development Programme for Chairs. This also provides an opportuntiy for our Chair to network, learn and share with others across the region.
Governor Training
Since September 2016, the following Training has been undertaken by one or more Governors:
- Safeguarding / FGM / Prevent / Safer recruitment
- Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) - to keep abreast of latest legislation
- Induction - Effective Governance - an induction refresher on the role of school Governor
- Inspection Dashboard - how to interpret performance data
- Preparing for an external review/inspection
- Conducting a school visit
- Health & Safety - the role of Govenors
The Trust has supported our school with memberships to the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Freedom and Autonomy for Schools - National Association (FASNA) networks to ensure that we are as up-to-date as possible with any changes in policy and/or legislation in school governance.
In September 2016, we welcomed Kylie Burbage as our new Clerk to Governors. Our Clerk also attends the Trust's Clerks briefings and has access to a network of support through the Trust.
Clerking Competency Framework
Introduced in April 2017 the new Clerking Competency Framework outlines the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to provide a professional Clerking service to the Governors.
Four competency areas covered in the new Framework are:
- Understanding Governance
- Administration
- Advice and Guidance
- People and Relationships
The new Framework recognizes the value of professional quality clerks and realises they are critical to the effectiveness of a governing board in fulfilling its core strategic functions.
To read the full framework, please click here.


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I LOVE summer. So, staring a a business that is seasonal to summer makes sense for me, and making and selling pops makes me love summer all the more! I took an extra pop on an evening walk tonight with my husband just so I could give it to a neighbor. Few things make it easier to make a friend than sharing an unexpected treat! This weekend starts the Anderson Township market and I have tons of great few flavors to unveil! Rosemary grape, horchata, bananas foster, strawberries n cream, just to name a few. I hope to see you there this season. Come try a new flavor and enjoy all that this market has to offer.
I had the pleasure of joining the Mt. Adams farm market for their opening week.
I am excited about the pop sign I am having made to use for my menu at farmers markets. Take a look at the progress so far.
I am excited about all the pop events that are coming up! Here are some coming soon
May 25th first Anderson Township farmers market 9 to 1
June 1st around Newport for the garden tour.
June 9th from 11 to 7 for the Taste of Newport on Monmouth street
I am still looking for a more ideal kitchen set up in NKY if you have any suggestions. If you have a graduation party or block party, get on our calendar soon!


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|Journal of Apicultural Research
|Vol. 42 (4) pp. 82 - 83
|December 2003
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|A comparison of two methods of applying oxalic acid for control of varroa
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|Varroa destructor is a serious parasite of honey bees (Apis mellifera) throughout the world. At present, synthetic acaricides are used for the control of this mite. Acaricide-resistant mites and pesticide residues in honey and wax have appeared in many countries. These problems have led to the development of natural substances for control of varroa, such as different organic acids and essential oils. Among the organic acids, oxalic acid (OA) is registered in many countries. In this study, I compared two methods of applying OA dehydrate 3.5% - the spraying and trickling methods - for the control of V. destructor under the environmental conditions of Iran. Average mite mortality was 99.0, 95.1 and 6.8% for spraying, trickling, and control treatments, respectively. Mite mortality was not significantly different between spraying and trickling methods, but mortality was significantly higher between OA treatments and control (P < 0.05). During these trials no queens died and colonies behaved normally.
|Varroa destructor, oxalic acid, organic acids, control methods, honey bees, Apis mellifera


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In this blog series, we chat with some of our ASO employees to share who we are, what we do, and what makes A Small Orange so great. Read on to find out what life is like inside ASO while we "peel back the orange." Stay tuned for more ASO Spotlight blogs! Here is some of our interview:
What do you do at ASO?
I'm a Systems Administrator in the Technology department. I build and maintain servers for infrastructure, our cloud, shared environments, and dedicated customers.
If you weren't working for ASO, what would your dream job be?
If I wasn't working for ASO, I would most likely be helping my friend start up his maker space (a space filled with tools that people can use to build anything for a monthly fee).
What do you like to do outside of work?
Outside of work I actually live a fairly busy life. Aside from working on various projects, I also have been spinning the fire staff for over a year now.
What's the top song on your playlist right now?
Lately I've been listening to a lot of songs that I like to spin fire to. Currently the top song is Kong by Bonobo.
Mac, PC, or Other? And why?
I'm definitely a hardcore Linux user. I find that it has the most power, and after some getting used to, I can perform tasks much quicker.


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A few months ago, my friend Heidi reached out about the idea of doing a styled shoot together to help promote a new wine country wedding venue in Sonoma, the Maysonnave House.
This charming venue is home to Sonoma's League for Historic Preservation, and it's a perfect spot for smaller, intimate garden weddings, elopements and even rehearsal dinners. Just a block off the Sonoma Plaza, it could also be used just for a ceremony, followed by a reception at one of Sonoma's many restaurants within walking distance.
After months of planning (and a rain delay!), we finally pulled together our Modern Americana shoot with the most talented team of vendors. Inspired by the venue's rich history and Sonoma's favorite red, white and blue holiday, we opted for a fresh, contemporary palette of Copper, Ivory and Indigo to give this vintage setting more modern-day appeal.
Last week, we were tickled pink (as both of us Southern ladies like to say) to see our shoot published in Style Me Pretty!
See the beautifully edited post over on the SMP blog and scroll below to see more of my favorites, all by my talented friend, Emily Parch Payne, along with a full vendor list.
Photography: Emily March Photography | Venue: The Maysonnave House in Sonoma, California | Rentals: Encore Event Rentals | Florals: Petal Atelier | Wedding Cakes: Cake Bloom | Cake Stands: Amanda Wright Pottery | Linens: Napa Valley Linens | Model: Cat Senet | Gown: BHLDN | Bridal Clogs: Bryr | Hair Stylist: Stephanie Fonville | Makeup Artist: Tessa Wilson | Paper Goods and Calligraphy: Bow and Arrow By Hand| Signage: Vine Country Signs | Film Processing: PhotoVision


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Transportation has yet to experience any major transformation from Blockchain, yet certain blueprints and ideas keep flowing from published articles. There seems to be no end in sight for the changing price of a Bitcoin, and new cryptocurrencies seemingly emerge every month. Is there a permanent home for cryptocurrency and its underlying Blockchain technology in Transportation?
Blockchain continues to grow in popularity as transformative concepts of removing intermediaries via machine-to-machine payment systems seems too good to be true. A Transportation Blockchain system that matches a Shipper and a Carrier to move goods, and is settled with a speedy low cost exchange in cryptocurrency can be a significant solution, especially to cash strapped carriers who operate on thin margins.
According to Investopedia, there are six main cryptocurrencies, and Coinmarketcap lists 1,450 cryptocurrencies with a growing market cap of $580B, with the top six representing 73% of this market cap. It is estimated that the global circulation of cryptocurrencies to be more than twice this amount. Put in perspective, the Federal Reserve reported the US money supply in July 2013 as $1.2T. This makes cryptocurrencies a material form of exchange, especially in the global market.
Identifying the market cap or global circulation of cryptocurrencies as material does not prove they are mainstream, especially in the US market. Based on my research, there are early cryptocurrency adopters, but they mainly exist in B2C models. The B2B models, such as Shipper to Carrier, are mostly blueprints and concepts. However, as quickly as you can refresh your Google search, new innovative options appear on the horizon.
Before we explore payment options, let's agree that cryptocurrency is here to stay.
As the adoption and popularity of cryptocurrency grows, financial institutions are removed as an intermediary in B2B transactions, lowering their margins. As monetary policies are impacted by cryptocurrency, it's a sure bet that government oversight will follow. Although the US government has been mostly mute on cryptocurrency, recent voices strike a cautionary tone. In late 2017, the SEC issued a harsh warning that it may consider cryptocurrency coins or tokens as securities. How the SEC defines a cryptocurrency as a security versus a currency-like exchange of value is critical to understand the direction of cryptocurrency as a B2B tool. Therefore, we can conclude by the mere fact of their acknowledgement by the US government that cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
So how and when should Shippers and Carriers deal with cryptocurrencies when the government has yet to issue guidance?
Simple. Wait and observe.
For a Shipper or Carrier, there is no compelling reason yet to make investments in your back office systems to accommodate cryptocurrency. Why? Because you can let others do it and avoid the risk of the US government changing your roadmap.
What's promising for the Shippers and Carriers is the private Blockchain technology or permissioned ledgers. A private Blockchain is managed by an organization or members of the organization who have been granted permission to use that Blockchain. Permissions essentially work like Google Sheets as participants are approved and added to a private community of Shippers and Carriers. Private Blockchain transactions are more advantageous as they are fast and efficient, while public commercial transactions require more data to process.
For Transportation, a private cryptocurrency Blockchain makes a lot of sense. One of the main purposes of cryptocurrency in a community of B2B companies is the credit-card like properties of the coin. The owner of the coin has its ownership properties captured in the Blockchain. Once the coin exchanges hands the new owner now has its ownership title imbedded in the Blockchain. What's interesting is one can follow the entire transaction history of the coin, providing greater confidence that what's in circulation actually belongs to the community. Other benefits of using cryptocurrencies include speed of settlement and confidence in a community member's credit-worthiness.
In summary, cryptocurrencies are coming to Transportation, but maybe not in a form currently recognizable. Be patient and observe the market's experiments and failures to minimize your risk, but remain optimistic and consider adoption once the early players and innovators deliver to the marketplace.


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Information on Smoking
According to the Center for Disease Control, "Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases and affecting the health of smokers in general." While smoking tobacco cigarettes, you are inhaling nicotine, which is a psychoactive drug that is very addicting. Smoking cigarettes is the most common chemical addiction in the United States. When you quit smoking, there will be immediate and long-term health benefits to you.
Health Risks
Smoking is bad for your health. Smoking is the cause of 90 percent of all lung cancer cases. Smoking increases your risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke. Smoking causes cancer of the esophagus, larynx, throat and mouth. Smoking while pregnant increases the risk of miscarriage, delivering the baby too early and Sudden Infant Death syndrome. Smokers get emphysema, bronchitis, pneumonia and other illnesses more frequently. Smoking increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Smoking decreases your sense of taste and smell. People living in your household have an increased risk of heart disease and lung cancer because of your second-hand smoke.
According to the Center for Disease Control, "Research suggests that nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol." The nicotine in cigarettes release dopamine into the brain, which is a "key chemical mediating the desire to consume drugs."
Electronic Cigarettes
A new type of cigarette, called the electronic or e-cigarette, is concerning the Food and Drug Administration. The e-cigarette is a battery-operated device that creates smoke from nicotine and other chemicals that are known carcinogens. The e-cigarette also adds flavors such as chocolate and mint so that young people are attracted to them. At this time the FDA is detaining all shipments of e-cigarettes at the border and trying to keep them out of the country.
Health Benefits of Quitting
Quitting smoking can reduce your health risks in all areas. The sooner you quit, the greater the benefit. The National Institutes of Health state, "Soon after you quit, your circulation begins to improve, your blood pressure starts to return to normal. Your sense of smell and taste return. Giving up tobacco can help you live longer. Your risk of getting cancer decreases with each year you stay smoke-free."
Quitting smoking is difficult and will usually require more than one attempt until you are successful. There are various methods of quitting smoking. Nicotine Replacement Therapies such as nicotine gum and nicotine patches are shown to be effective. These two nicotine replacement therapies work because they slowly lower the amount of nicotine released into your system, until you are down to nothing. This helps to relieve the withdrawal symptoms and to wean you off of cigarettes slowly. Along with replacement therapies, a smoker should employ behavioral therapy. Recognizing the times and places you smoke and substituting different behaviors that distract you from wanting to smoke during those times is very important.
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Government funding of £100million for green investment announced today "paves the way" for the Green Investment Bank, according to the UK Trade & Investment.
The Green Investment Bank will be the world's first national lending body for low carbon businesses and is expected to open later this year following state aid approval.
UK Green Investments (UKGI), a team from BIS today announced contracts to dish out the £100m to two fund managers.
Equitix and SDCL will invest £50m each in energy saving and carbon cutting schemes, officially called small-scale NDEE (non-domestic energy efficiency) infrastructure projects. The cash will be co-invested with private investors on each deal.
Geoff Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of investment firm Equitix said: "There is a dedicated team in place to support UKGI's non-domestic energy efficiency investment strategy."
The UK already exports around $30 billion of energy-related goods and services each year, a growing proportion of which is in the low carbon sector.


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How Can High Performance Scrubs Make Your Job Easier?
When you work in a hospital or other fast-paced medical setting, you probably want your clothing to be the last thing you think about. And while the scrubs you buy might seem like an afterthought, wearing performance scrubs can lessen your job stress and help you stay focused on patient care. Below are some of the ways Titan high-performance scrubs can help keep you safe and comfortable on the job.
They Stay Dry
You already know that a good pair of scrubs can protect you from MRSA and other health hazards. Titan scrubs take that protection a bit farther by incorporating drirelease technology. This wicking fabric dries four times faster than cotton. While this drying effect works on your own sweat, it also works with blood and other spilled fluids. By wicking spills away from your skin, scrubs with drirelease technology reduce your risk of illness on the job.
They Reduce Odor
Anyone working in a medical setting knows that when scrubs come into contact with bodily fluids, there's a substantial chance of (possibly lasting) odor. In addition to the wicking capability of drirelease technology, Titan scrubs also offer FreshGuard technology. This is a unique, odor-neutralizing capability that helps to reduce or eliminate odors. Because you can't always immediately change scrubs after a spill, this capability can help you get through the day with little to no lingering odor, even if something has spilled directly onto the scrubs themselves.
They Are Uniquely Comfortable
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SEATTLE – The key to playing Washington at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, rival Pac-12 coaches say, is to not get sped up — don't let the combination of the crowd's deafening roar and an energy level matched by the Huskies' defensive pressure suck you into playing at a breakneck pace.
UCLA, in a 71-69 loss to Washington on Thursday night, was the latest victim to find out that when you play pedal to the metal bad things can happen in a hurry.
Up 65-55 with 6:02 remaining, UCLA gave up a pair of quick, ill-advised fouls that the Huskies converted into four points. Then the Bruins found out it could neither silence the Hec Ed crowd nor catch Washington guard Terrence Ross in a game that quickly deteriorated into a track meet. Ross scored 10 of his team-high 22 points in the final 4:42.
"Down the stretch that definitely happened," UCLA forward Travis Wear said. "We let the crowd get into it, got sped up and it just snowballed."
When it was over the Bruins had lost an opportunity to close to two games of the Pac-12 lead, any hopes of a conference regular-season title, and their first victory at Hec Ed since 2004 all buried.
"This was a really big one," Wear said. "We should have definitely won, up 10 with six minutes to go. If we had just controlled the pace we would have probably won the game."
Washington fans still haven't forgiven Joshua Smith, an All-American at nearby Kentwood High, for choosing UCLA over the Huskies.
To counter the boos and jeers, the Bruins sophomore center had 32 friends and family members at Hec Ed.
His performance did not disappoint them.
Smith made 8 of his first 9 field-goal attempts, dominating the paint on both ends to finish with a game and career-high 24 points and nine rebounds.
"Josh played well," Bruins guard Lazeric Jones said. "He really played his butt off tonight, played like we expect Josh to play. He stepped up against a hostile crowd."
Wear suffered a sprained left ankle with 7:01 remaining and was visibly limping after the game. He said his status for Saturday afternoon's game at Washington State is uncertain.
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Hopedale History
No. 75
Sacred Heart Church
How low did it go? See Hopedale Pond in December.
New construction at Bancroft Park
Returnable bottle, can drive, to benefit Hopedale Youth Baseball, High School parking lot, Saturday,
January 6, 8 to 2.
Saltbox Road and Parklands west of the railroad tracks.
Former School Will Be Sold To Draper Corp.
Hopedale Special Town Meeting O.Ks Article By Unanimous Vote
Small House To Go With School Building
to Be Remodeled And Presented to Bishop
HOPEDALE, June 25 [1935] - The former Hopedale High School building on Hopedale Street today at
a special town meeting was unanimously voted to be sold by the selectmen to the Draper Corp. for
the minimum price of $100, in order that the corporation may present the building, remodeled, to the
Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield for parish purposes. The meeting was attended by 19 voters
and lasted about 10 minutes.
Following the election of C. Fred Butterworth as moderator, article 2 was immediately taken up and
voted. The article: To see if the Town will vote to sell and convey to the Draper Corp.that tract of land
on the easterly side of Hopedale Street, formerly used for school purposes, to the Town of Hopedale,
or take any other action with relation to the foregoing.
Last week announcement was made by the Draper Corp. officials of the plans to turn over the
property to the bishop for parish purposes and by this will enable Hopedale residents of Catholic faith
to have a church of their own in the near future. The new church will serve Catholic residents of
Hopedale, Mendon and adjacent territory.
The school was constructed in 1887 and the first class to graduate was in the following year. Until a
few years ago the building was used as the Hopedale High School.
When the property is turned over to the bishop a small house, situated near the school and which
has been in the possession of the Draper Corp. many years, will also be included in the transfer.
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Hopedale Church Presented Gifts
Mr. and Mrs. B.H.B. Draper Give Beautiful Alter
HOPEDALE, December 26 [1936] - Rev. John P Donahue, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, announced
at all masses Christmas morning that two gifts had been made to the parish. One was a beautiful
altar, dedicated to the Sacred Heart, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Bristow Draper, and the other a holy
water fount, made and presented by Nerrino A. Cirioni, 183 Mendon Street.
The altar of oak, matching in tone the main altar, with antique gold candle sticks, occupies a niche
on the east side of the auditorium. The background of tapestry in scarlet and gold enhances its
beauty and casts a warm glow over the life size statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Gold leaf, used
with infinite artistry on the oak, dignifies its sim- End of clipping. Milford Daily News
The high school building continued in use as Sacred Heart Church until the present church was
completed in 1964. The old building was razed in 1987.
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Dr. John Scalzi, 91, Easton, Maryland, HHS 1934.
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Frost valley Crew helps Pigs on the run BBQ team secure the win!
I am always humble when anyone drives to see us to compete. I was totally impressed with the support of the Frost Valley crew.I have known Eric Blum for over 10 years and I have always heard stories about this group.I look forward to our fundraiser next year. Thanks !
Hear is the story from the the Frost valley Alumni Blog:
Eric Blum, our famous Camp Schlep lo these many years, is a member of a competitive BBQ team. Last month his team - they call themselves "Pigs on the Run" - were taking part in the N.J. State Championship known as the "Bridgeton King Pig." Eric emailed several FV friends to ask for help at the event. Says Matt Buczek: "Of course, who could pass up such an opportunity?"
What Matt and the other FV'ers knew as BBQ'ing was in fact grilling, as they were soon to learn. Armed with meat that had been on the smoker for 18 hours, our team competed in these categories: Pork, Brisket, Ribs, and Chicken. After a hard day's toil, the team placed first in Pork, Brisket and Chicken (we came in 5th in ribs) and were crowned overall grand champions! Again here's Matt: "Yup, I am adding 'Champion BBQer' to my resume."
Present were Eric Blum, Bill Baker, Jim Gibbons, Jeff Daly, Brian Butler, Matt Buczek, Kelly Zingone.
You can see in one of the photos the champions' trophy, a four-foot tall carved wooden pig.
It was a great day for all of us, the master BBQ'er, Eric Blum, writes. It was so much fun getting together with FV alumni once again. Our pitmaster John Atkins was a little leary many months ago when he decided to do this competion and asked if I could get anyone to help. My first response was of course I can, so I made some quick phone calls to Bill Baker, Jeff Daly, and Bobby Eddings gave them the details and they took care of the rest. When I let John know that a bunch of people from Frost Valley would be coming on saturday to help, he again was a little nervous-however he was not suprised since he has been hearing about camp for many years from me while we work together in the O.R.. When the crew finally arrived on Saturday morning our team had been cooking all night long and they just jumped right in and helped with whatever scut work that needed to be done. Jeff, Matt. and Bill formed "the wedge" for each turn in. At the completion of the turn in's John our pitmaster spent sometime explaining to everyone what real BBQ was and how he cooks it-this of course was done while everyone was eating the "left overs", which the common theme from FVer's was "This is the best I've ever eaten".
And: During the awards ceremony Brian Butler was a bit upset that our ribs came in 5th-and he could be heard yelling "Pigs on the Run" through out the ceremony.
And best of all: John said that he is willing to bring the Rig up to the valley and do a BBQ cook out as a fund raiser. After more consultation between Jeff, John and myself this is something that we are going to be working on for the not to distant future-February maybe.


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Meet the Experts - James Reinders
By James R., published on June 30, 2015
James R. Reinders
James is involved in multiple engineering, research and educational efforts to increase use of parallel programming throughout the industry. Joining Intel Corporation in 1989, his contributions have included working on the world's first TeraFLOP/s supercomputer (ASCI Red) and the world's first TeraFLOP/s microprocessor (Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor). James has been an author on numerous technical books, including Intel® Threading Building Blocks (O'Reilly Media, 2007), Structured Parallel Programming (Morgan Kaufmann, 2012), Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor High Performance Programming (Morgan Kaufmann, 2013), Multithreading for Visual Effects (A K Peters/CRC Press, 2014), and High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volumes One and Two (Morgan Kaufmann, 2015).
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Multithreading for Visual Effects / SIGGRAPH 2015 Tutorial
Books on Programming Multicore and Many-core by James Reinders and Jim Jeffers
Translating Multicore Power into Application Performance
High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume Two
High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume 2 offers another set of examples that demonstrate how to leverage parallelism. Similar to Volume 1, the techniques included here explain how to use processors and coprocessors with the same programming – illustrating the most effective ways to combine Xeon Phi coprocessors with Xeon and other multicore processors.
High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume One
High Performance Parallelism Pearls shows how to leverage parallelism on processors and coprocessors with the same programming – illustrating the most effective ways to better tap the computational potential of systems with Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors and Intel Xeon processors or other multicore processors.
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Authors Jim Jeffers and James Reinders spent two years helping educate customers about the prototype and pre-production hardware before Intel introduced the first Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor. They have distilled their own experiences coupled with insights from many expert customers, Intel Field Engineers, Application Engineers and Technical Consulting Engineers, to create this authoritative first book on the essentials of programming for this new architecture and these new products.
Structured Parallel Programming: Patterns for Efficient Computation
Parallel computing experts and industry insiders Michael McCool, Arch Robison, and James Reinders describe how to design and implement maintainable and efficient parallel algorithms using a pattern-based approach. They present both theory and practice, and give detailed concrete examples using multiple programming models. Examples are primarily given using two of the most popular and cutting edge programming models for parallel programming: Threading Building Blocks, and Cilk Plus. These architecture-independent models enable easy integration into existing applications, preserve investments in existing code, and speed the development of parallel applications. Examples from realistic contexts illustrate patterns and themes in parallel algorithm design that are widely applicable regardless of implementation technology.


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Thank you to Mary Alice Monroe and Gallery books for my copy of Summer's End in exchange for an honest review. I am excited to share the final chapter in the Summer Girls series. A giveaway is also included. See the rafflecopter below for details.
The summer is slowly coming to the end for the Summer Girls. Mamaw will soon be moving into the retirement home. Dora will be moving forward with Nate into a new home and relationship. Carson is back on Sullivan's island after going to Florida to care for the dolphin Delphine. How will her summer really finish? Will she be able to move forward? Then there is Harper who is dreading the idea of going back to New York. Her plans change once she has met Tyler McClellan. Will she finally be able to stand up to her mother? What about her special summer project?
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I loved the first novel in the Summer Girls series! I definitely was not disappointed with the last novel in the series. Or is this the last? This series focuses on the lives of the three daughters Dora, Carson, and Harper. This book specifically features Harper's character and her development. The plot specifically focuses on what happens with Harper's character and how it impacts the others in the novel.
This novel once again is set in the Sullivan's island. The rich detail of the characters brings a story that readers will enjoy.
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Whether you're getting ready for work, school, or a big date, there's probably one question on your mind: what should I wear? When you get ready for a family portrait session, the intensity of that question is multiplied by the number of people in your family, and (hopefully) it starts long before you wake up on the day of the shoot.
Not to worry. When we discuss your shoot details, you'll be able to narrow your clothing choices. From there, we're going to find the perfect outfits by following these tips:
Wear Something
We're all clear on that being the most important thing? Good. Moving on.
To Match or Not to Match?
Chances are you've seen a lot of family photos where everyone is in jeans and white button-up shirts, or the women are in black skirts, the men are in black pants, and everyone wears a blue sweater or t-shirt. The matching outfit was a huge trend in family photography. It has faded out, but some families still choose to do it. It's really a matter of personal preference, and we'll get some great photos whether you match or not.
If you don't match, you should still coordinate a bit. If Mom is in stripes, maybe don't put Daughter in polka-dots and Son in plaid. Speaking of patterns…
Solid Colors Are Good
That's not to say you can't wear patterns, but be a little picky about them. Keep it simple, and if one family member wears a pattern, the other members can choose clothing in colors found in that pattern. Cartoon characters count as patterns, so enjoy this rare Paw Patrol-free day.
A word about one particular color family:
The neons. I know your daughter is sold on that electric blue dress, and your son loves the near-to-glowing orange zig-zags on his favorite shirt, but you want to steer them to calmer colors for your portrait. Bright colors are great, but when they tip the scale into neon, it's time to rein it in.
Location and Backdrop
The beautiful thing about studio portraits is that you don't have to consider the weather. Not only is there no danger of rain, bugs, wind, or sun in your eyes, you also know you're going to be comfortable in jeans or shorts, sweaters or t-shirts, and any type of shoe (or no shoes!).
When we discuss your shoot details, we'll talk about backgrounds, which can help you narrow down your clothing choices. I love to use hand-painted canvas backdrops, which come in a wide variety of tones and colors.
So let's get creative! Black clothes on a black background? Gorgeous! Every family member's favorite color against a green backdrop? Let's do it.
You've Got Options
If you're really undecided, talk to me and let's make sure we have time for an outfit change. (Nothing makes you feel more like a model than that!)
Be Comfortable
I could have started and stopped with this tip alone. This is the key.
Your family portraits are about you. Don't wear clothes you never wear in real life. You won't be comfortable and you won't feel like yourselves, and that will come across in the photos. Wear clothes and accessories that make you feel good: it gives you confidence in front of the camera, and it helps the whole family let loose and relax.
This is especially important for younger children who have, you know, different priorities. "Taking the perfect photo while wearing a perfect-but-uncomfortable outfit" is usually not one of them.
If you're feeling good and smiling big, it doesn't really matter what you wear. Choose your clothes, then forget about them and focus on the love and connection you have with your family. After all, that's what you want to see in your photographs.
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Malware Propagation in Large-Scale Networks(2015)
Malware is pervasive in networks, and poses a critical threat to network security. However, we have very limited understanding of malware behavior in networks to date. In this paper, we investigate how malware propagates in networks from a global perspective. We formulate the problem, and establish a rigorous two layer epidemic model for malware propagation from network to network. Based on the proposed model, our analysis indicates that the distribution of a given malware follows exponential distribution, power law distribution with a short exponential tail, and power law distribution at its early, late and final stages, respectively. Extensive experiments have been performed through two real-world global scale malware data sets, and the results confirm our theoretical findings.
- The epidemic theory plays a leading role in malware propagation modelling. The current models for malware spread fall in two categories: the epidemiology model and the control theoretic model.
- The control system theory based models try to detect and contain the spread of malware. The epidemiology models are more focused on the number of compromised hosts and their distributions, and they have been explored extensively in the computer science community.
- Zou et al. used a susceptible-infected (SI) model to predict the growth of Internet worms at the early stage.
- Gao and Liu recently employed a susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) model to describe mobile virus propagation.
- One critical condition for the epidemic models is a large vulnerable population because their principle is based on differential equations.
- As pointed by Willinger et al. the findings, which we extract from a set of observed data, usually reflect parts of the studied objects. It is more reliable to extract the-oretical results from appropriate models with confirmation from sufficient real world data set experiments.
- In this paper, we study the distribution of malware in terms of networks (e.g., autonomous systems, ISP domains, and abstract networks of smartphones who share the same vulnerabilities) at large scales.
- In this kind of setting, we have a sufficient volume of data at a large enough scale to meet the requirements of the SI model. Different from the traditional epidemic models, we break our model into two layers.
- First of all, for a given time since the breakout of a malware, we calculate how many networks have been compromised based on the SI model.
- Secondly, for a compromised net-work, we calculate how many hosts have been compromised since the time that the network was compromised.
- Our rigorous analysis, we find that the distribution of a given malware follows an exponential distribution at its early stage, and obeys a power law distribution with a short exponential tail at its late stage, and finally converges to a power law distribution.
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