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|Sinking of the Titanic
On Saturday, April 14th, 1912, at 11:40 P.M. the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, the Titanic, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic during her maiden voyage. At 2:20 A.M. the massive ship disappeared under the icy waters. Just over a third of the 2,200 passengers and crew were still alive, sitting in the half filled lifeboats, or trying to swim and stay alive in the frigid waters.
|Carpathia after rescue
When the Carpathia arrived the next morning to rescue survivors, only 700 remained alive. Over 1,500 people had died that night, most of them second and third class passengers.
Bringing in the Dead
|Attending the dead
|CS MacKay - Bennett
The White Star Line chartered four ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia to search for remains after the sinking. Halifax, located 700 miles west of where the Titanic went down, sent out Cable Steamer MacKay-Bennett on April 17th to search for bodies. CS MacKay-Bennett was carrying an undertaker, a minister, 100 coffins, canvas body bags, embalming fluid, and a cargo of ice. She arrived at the scene on April 20 and remained for 5 days. 306 bodies were found during that time. Of those, 116 had to be buried at sea. 209 were delivered to Halifax – of those 30 were not identified.
|CS Minia
The CS Minia relieved the CS MacKay-Bennett of its mission on April 26. The Minia was loaded with 150 coffins and twenty tons of ice. Due to rough weather, only 17 bodies were recovered, of those two were buried at sea.
|CGS Montmagny
|SS Algerine
On May 6, the CGS Montmagny departed Halifax and recovered four more bodies, one that was buried at sea.
The final ship to recover a body was the SS Algerine. It was that of Saloon steward James McGrady, who was interred in Fairview Lawn Cemetery on June 12, 1912.
|Retrieving bodies
A total of 340 bodies were recovered in all, 128 were buried at sea, 209 were delivered to Halifax.
|Hearses wait for the dead
In death as in life, first class passengers were given the preferential treatment of being placed in coffins. Second and third class passengers, along with the ship's crew were placed in canvas bags and unloaded on the Coal or Flagship Wharf of the Naval Dockyard. Horse-drawn hearses arrived there and carried the bodies to the makeshift morgue set up in the Mayflower Curling Rink in Halifax.
|Come to claim the bodies
Families came to Halifax to collect their dead and 59 were shipped back to their families. The remaining 150 who were either not claimed, were claimed but families could not afford to ship them home, or those who could not be identified, were buried at three Halifax cemeteries.
|Stone for body number 179
|Stone for George Swane
The White Star Line purchased plain gray granite markers for the deceased, listing the name and date of death, April 15th, 1912. For the 30 unidentified remains only the date of death and a marker number is engraved on the stone.
|Titanic Section
|Fairview Lawn Cemetery
|Description of child
|Sidney Leslie Goodwin
|Unknown Child
|Joseph Dawson
|Poster of Orchestra
|John (Jack) Hume
|Mt Olivet Cemetery
|Nineteen graves
|Frederick W. Wormald
|Rabbi with graves
|Michel Navratil
|The Titanic Orphans
|Children reunited with mother
|Grave of Leopold Weisz
|His Business Card
Identifying the Dead
|Typed description of body
|Wendla was identified
CLOTHING –Red striped skirt; green petticoat, grey ditto, knitted ditto; blue flannelette drawers; black button boots and rubbers, size 8; thick grey stockings.
CHEMISE MARKED ' 'V.H.' in red on front.
This woman was identified in 1991 as 23 year-old Wendla Maria Heininen of Laitila, Finland, on her way to New York. Wendla was buried in Fairview Lawn cemetery and her name has been added to the side of her stone.
The Titanic disaster led to the first International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) held in London on November 12, 1913.
|Titanic Lifeboats
|Firing Distress Rockets
|Ice Patrol
The formation of the International Ice Patrol was ordered so that the Atlantic Ocean would be monitored for icebergs posing a treat to sea traffic.
|Titanic Radio Room
The tragedy also brought about design changes in the building of ocean liners and ships including double hulls and fully watertight compartments.
|New York Herald
~ Joy
If you would like to assist with the care and maintenance of the Titanic victims' graves, donations can be made to:
The Halifax Titanic Graves Trust Fund
Halifax Regional Municipality,
PO Box 1749,
Nova Scotia
Canada, B3J 3AS
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Actually Bird thats a great idea. Think of a concession stand at Smithville so when you want to play 54 you dont have to drive all the way back in town for a snickers, or a nice waterfall at cliff...that would be pretty sweet, and yes bleachers at Prarie Center so the families that come out to watch their brothers/fathers/cousins play soccer could have a place to sit instead of in the fairway at #11. All great ideas sir, keep them coming!


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NEW HAVEN, CT (November 27, 2009) – The Sacred Heart University women's ice hockey team lost in the first round of the Nutmeg Classic at Ingalls Rink, 10-1 Saturday to host Yale University. The Bulldogs advance to face the winner of Quinnipiac vs. Connecticut, while the Pioneers await the loser of that game.
Yale got on the board first with a goal in the 13th minute with a goal by junior Bray Ketchum, assisted by sophomore Aleca Hughes. The Bulldogs would light the lamp once more before the end of the period as a shot by senior Caroline Murphy was saved by SHU goalie Emily Siira (Cedarburg, WI), but put back by sophomore Becky Mantell for the two goal advantage. Senior Alyssa Clarke picked up an assist on each goal.
The Pioneers power play struggles continued as they gave up a shorthanded goal to Murphy 1:34 into the second stanza. After two more Yale goals SHU failed to convert on another power play and were scored on by senior Berit Johnson, assisted by Murphy, near the midway point of the period.
Sacred Heart's had a pair of scoring opportunities early in the third period as senior Kate Dunlop (Flesherton, ON) and junior Lauren Fontaine (Windsor, ON) each had breakaways, but were stopped by Bulldog freshman goaltender Erin Callahan. The Pioneers would find the back of the net in the final minute of play, however. Sophomore Sara Reddington (Needham, MA) scored from in front of the Yale net off of assists from juniors Jackie Galvin (Canton, MA) and Jennifer Abramo (Briarcliff Manor, NY).
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Alto Capital needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 167 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
Alto Capital
We are 3 young entrepreneurs starting a real estate business and want to convey a professional appearance. This is our first start-up, so a sharp image is extremely important.
We attach a 2-page informational document. Making this look more professional is an example of future business that we might need.
Some characteristics that we would like to convey:
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- Innovative in finding solutions
- Conservative when dealing with business risk
Potential investors, brokers, bankers, and other business relationships.
We want a simple, professional looking logo that we can put on our business cards, web site, stationery, investment briefs, and presentations.
We need both something that will display on a white background and something that will display on a dark/black background.
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We like the logos of major banks like Citi, GoldmanSachs, and Bank of America, Cushman & Wakefield (http://www.cushwake.com)
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Brazil: Bricklayer's disappearance in spotlight
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Activists pressing for light to be shed on the disappearance of a bricklayer who was last seen in police custody more than two weeks ago staged a protest Wednesday on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach.
The case of Amarildo de Souza, a 42-year-old father of six who has not been seen since he was picked up for police questioning on June 14, has sparked widespread outrage here, particularly in the sprawling Rocinha hillside "favela" where he was born and raised.
Souza's case has also shone the spotlight on the nearly 35,000 disappearances reported in the state over the past five years. Activists say that many of the disappeared were likely killed, some by organized crime and others by the police.
Two officers detained Souza at a bar in Rocinha on suspicions he was involved in drug trafficking and took him to a nearby police station for questioning, said Antonio Carlos Costa, whose Rio de Paz organization coordinated Wednesday's protest, citing accounts from Souza's family as well as eyewitnesses.
Police say it was a case of mistaken identity and that Souza was released shortly thereafter. They say he left the building by foot, but images from nearby surveillance cameras don't show any sign of him. Neither of the two surveillance cameras outside the police station were working on the day of Souza's detention, according to media reports.
"In the community of Rocinha, everyone is sure that Amarildo was executed and his body dumped in the woods somewhere," said Costa.
A body discovered in Rocinha on Tuesday was initially thought to be Souza's, but it turned out to be a woman's, the Globo television network reported. A blood stain found on the seat of a police car is being examined to determine whether it could be Souza's, and the results are expected on Friday.
Orlando Zaccone, the police official in charge of the investigation, said Wednesday they're also looking into allegations that a body was ferried out of Rocinha in a garbage truck.
Several officers have been transferred out of Rocinha pending the investigation.
Extrajudicial killings by police officers have long plagued Brazil, where officers routinely open fire on suspects they say represented a threat or were resisting arrest. In Rio state alone, police have killed more than 5,300 people for resisting arrest over the past five years, according to official statistics.
Costa said that many of the 34,681 people that official statistics report as missing in the state from January 2007 to May 2013 are thought to have been killed by police, while others were likely slain by organized crime. However, he added, it's impossible to determine which percentage of the disappearances can be attributed to the police and which to the drug gangs.
Costa also said the number of disappearances in the state could actually be higher, as many are thought to go unreported.
"Public security officials know Rio de Janeiro is riddled with clandestine cemeteries," Costa told journalists at Wednesday's symbol-heavy protest, which saw gauze-shrouded mannequins buried in the sand to represent the fate of the disappeared. "There are clandestine cemeteries spread throughout the metropolitan region where today rest the bodies of people whose families are still waiting for them to come home."
Costa said the Souza case has further strained relations between residents and the police in Rocinha. Police took over Rocinha about 1 ½ years ago under a government "pacification" program aimed at pushing out the violent and heavily-armed drug gangs that had long controlled most of Rio's 1,000 slums. Currently more than 200 communities have been pacified, many of them near the city's rich, beachfront neighborhoods.
Earlier this week, the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch sent an open letter to Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin complaining about extrajudicial executions by police officers there.


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In this brilliantly-constructed piece of film, a research group (genuine members of the public - not actors) gets shown an animatic of Apple's '1984'.
Their recommendations include a directive to make it 'less depressing' perhaps include fun elements like 'a dog or maybe a chimp'.
I wish there was a way to make every Client in the world watch it.
Thanks to my French correspondent for the tip
Friday, October 19, 2007
Research Is Dangerous And A Waste Of Time. This Video Proves It
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It just makes you feel ill. Especially if like me you have spent alot of time sitting with people and nodding politely while they them shit on your work on the basis of a paucity of dogs or too much animation in the animatic.
That said this feels more of an indictment of so called 'focus groups' that are so popular in the US and that our american cousins have to endure. Structured questions, business meeting setting, moderator that is just there to ask questions, client behind the glass, literal research debrief, and dare I suggest consuemrs with no interest in buying an apple.
But the bottom line is if any research anywhere had threatened that ad it would indeed have been a waste of time and money.
Richard, you don't make clear if you believe the research or the ad would have been the waste of money.
- Security Dog said...
What did the release of '1984' do to Apple's market share when it was released? How did it effect sales? What was the effect on brand image and stock value?
- Eugen Suman said...
lol@ the security dog and his client kissing bs lingo. i'm thinking of getting the ae to include this short film into presentations :)
as my old legendary boss used to say " if research worked, everything would be a hit". still true.
thank god i've had very little to do with that bullshit in my career. i can't imagine dealing with it on a regular basis.
but on the few occasions i have sat/slept through focus groups done PRIOR to creating ads, i've always had the same outraged reaction. and it's this. "How the hell can you (the marketers) abdicate decision-making to random people plucked from a shopping mall?!!" Isn't knowing what constitutes a good ad for your brand basic to having the job? it's just not that hard.
@security dog, the spot first aired on the Superbowl and was arguably the first big superbowl spot. it had an immeasurable impact on the apple brand image. and a lot of it was due to the fact that it aired there. it established apple as a competitor to IBM.
check it out here:
- Scamp said...
An e-mail correspondent writes:
…this quote proves it also. It is from the Millward Brown research debrief on 'Flowers', the first Stella TV commercial (where the guy sells all his red carnations for one Stella Artois).
"There is no indication that this commercial will build a sense of premium-ness and worth paying more for."
- Security Dog said...
lol @ a very defensive eugene. I sense you have been burned by public trial as well. The questions I asked were all relevant: essentially, what impact did this have for Apples profile, sales and stock. These are all questions that every potential advertiser asks before they even go down the road of hiring 'creatives', eugene.
No-one likes their work crucified, eugene. I can understand it when 'creatives' who have 'toiled' to create their 'vision' are left somewhat angry and dismissive when persons possibly lifted from a shopping mall or trailer park take an almighty dump on their offering.
There seems no doubt that this advert 'worked' on a grand scale at the Superbowl, and perhaps that is how it should have been judged. It's an impact advert, after all.
Security Dog. After the 1984 ad Apple went into tailspin and was out of business inside a year. That Apple has nothing to do with the global superbrand Apple which also happens to make computers, ipods etc
If only they'd had a planner in the edit suite that apple '84 ad might have been half decent.
- Flo Heiss said...
Very funny, but what you see here is the old way of involving consumers in research. The new way of doing this is by putting an unfinished (and by that I don't mean unpolished) digital idea out there and see what people do with it. If they like it they will engage with it and participate. If they don't you can do two things: Change it or bin it.
No focus groups needed. Do it live on t'internet. Consumers (or participants as I like to call them) can either click it or close it. It's much scarier, but also very exciting. A bit like fishing really. Put out the bait and see who bites.
- Security Dog said...
paul: I know about Apple's shit storm back then. The 1984 ad is probably more notorious for the fact that it was the pre-cursor for the Superbowl grand reach-around: the SuperBowl has two competitions now, one sporting, the other commercial. I guess Ridley Scott figures in there as well, somewhere.
I'm also aware that Apple have gone from a company that makes big-budget adverts to the minimalist type they have these days. Odd how the better and more expensive a product becomes, the less it's marketing and advertising budget is.
- Rob Mortimer said...
You can almost see how they are keeping their comments to a group understanding. The third person doesnt want to stray from what one and two have said etc.
Research can be useful. But god help any agency who uses this kind of research to make creative decision.
@security dog. credit where credit is due. it was a ballsy move by both chiat day and steve jobs. did it eternally guarantee Apple's profitability and shift units in perpetuity? no. no single ad could do that.
but it helped create the culture around the brand that exists to this day. one that survived the Steve Jobs-less years of sucko products. just as "think different" rejuvenated that culture in the mid 90s.
ads aren't always just for immediate measurable boosts in sales. esp. on the superbowl. steve jobs thinks big and bets big. and wins big.
- Jetpacks said...
"Production by committee" never fails in watering down a good production.
- Make the logo bigger said...
@ security dog
Good thing the 'creative' remark isn't patronizing.
Relevant questions? Sure. But so typical of clients:
"I want you to tell me exactly how many people will rush into the store and buy my product after this ad runs, otherwise the ad will be a failure."
I'd flip the equation around to play off what a few have noted:
Show the spot to a bunch of older Mac loyalists and ask how it influenced them and if it changed their lives at all.
- Toad said...
Interesting history behind "1984" - check out George "Madscam" Parker's comment on the Adverganza post:
When I posted this I got a comment that the video was a scam/prank, but no follow-up, so I can't confirm.
- Security Dog said...
@ anonymous 6.53pm and make the logo bigger.
If you note in my first post, I asked what effect the advert had on brand image. Without a doubt, an advert has more reasons to exist other than to increase sales. So, as I stated, this advert worked on a grand scale.
You may believe that those questions a client asks are 'typical', but there ya go, that's the deal you chose when you sold your 'vision' to them. It better be a good one.
And ref: Mac zealotry. Man, I have a Cube gathering dust in my loft, and I'm writing this on a Powerbook, one of two on my desk. Yesterday, I (surprisingly easily) unlocked my iPhone for UK use. I am that Mac zealot. But I will seek out a fellow Macista and ask them how it affected them, even though I'm unsure of their exposure of this advert in Europe.
@ toad. That's what I thought when I saw it. I honestly thought it a set-up.
@flo heiss. true. digital is less of a bet. but why do that? why not just do what makes obvious common sense. isn't that what always is later hailed as a triumphant breakthrough anyway?
sony demonstrates that its TVs have better color. duh! nike motivates the athlete. duh! guinness takes a bit of time. duh!
research is for people who haven't got a clue what the hell they're doing and probably never will. and, when you think about it, one of the primary traditional motivations for doing it (apart from being a clueless and spineless nonentity) was the sphincter-tightening knowledge that millions and millions of people would dutifully attend to your advertising, so therefore you had to "get it right". which is no longer the case. in fact the opposite is increasingly the case. ergo, pre-testing advertising must surely die.
They should have got a focus group into the edit suite. Their suggestions would have made the ad much betetr. Get the focus groups out from behind the glass and at the coal face. We should replace plannersm, account men and crative directors with a group of people plucked from a shopping mall and creative teams present their work direct to them. Cuts out the middle men. Anything they approve, the client can automatically buy because it has been given the seal of approval by a focus group. Voila! Perfect ads everytime.
shit scamp
the planners have moved in
- JG said...
Doods, this debate is a little unfair to research (and I don't say this simply because I happen to be a quant ad researcher).
1984 isn't exactly a run of the mill piece of copy designed to air ad nauseum (no pun intended folks) for 18 week stints at high GRP levels with volume growth objectives. The objectives of 1984 are wildly different from that of most advertising. Could research have hindered the creative? Possibly. Was the ad actually a success for the brand? (success here being defined as creating equity or driving volume, as opposed to winning awards and generating buzz on ad blogs) We have no idea. Is Jay Chiat a fucking genius? Of course.
...Still, I'd like to see ad folks get away from the idea that a bunch of other ad guys thinking something is "really cool" defines success. Ultimately we're just trying to get more mindless fatasses to consume more products and services that they probably don't need. If we happen to make art along the way, awesome.
But! I would also like to see researchers abandon formulaic recommendations, that shit sickens me. So help me Jesus I will never, EVER utter the words, "Dial up the baby," "have you thought about adding a dog?" or "the ad failed to introduce the brand within the first seven seconds." I will also never claim that we can quantify the magic, complex moments that occur when a human being watches an ad. At our best, researchers are interpreters for the voice of the consumer (ideally a minimum of 100 consumers, focus groups are often misused and generally wack anyway) and guides for both the client and the agency. We should not be creative analysts there to prescribe tweaks and take a shit on great ideas.


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Russell Shipley needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 177 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
Steele is the name. Core Athletics is the slogan.
This website will be a key to our success as we will rely on heavy traffic being built to assist High School Athletes with Training, Scholarship Assistance, Video and Photos for their Collegiate Career. The six core programs will be in no specific order. Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Lacrosse and Wrestling. This company is not your basic training that every kid can attend. These young men and women will be tested to their limit on every occasion. Thinks of the name Steele and that should assist you.
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Neil Smith Wildlife Refuge encompasses 5,600 acres of natural Iowa habitation that is located just outside Prairie City.
Visitors can get up close with bison and elk, see a show at the puppet theatre, adventure on one of the four hiking trails, and educate themselves on the prairie and wildlife at the Prairie Learning Center.
Visiting NSWR is both free and educational, and visitor services specialist Michelle Garcia encourages all schools to come out, no matter the season or weather conditions outside.
"Today we are doing our rainy day plan," Garcia said. "Normally, we have kids outside, but we can't when it's thundering and lighting. (When outside) we do all sorts of investigations. We look at birds, plants and animals and we have a whole curriculum for each grade level, K through fifth grade."
For each grade level, NSWR provides three lessons per season. In the wintertime, students may trek out in snowshoes, in the spring they may plant seeds and, in the summer, they may help find and study insects.
Garcia wants to emphasize that attending the lessons and visiting the NSWR learning center is free, but teachers should plan on scheduling trips in advance.
"We fill up really quickly," Garcia said. "If they wanted to go on a fall field trip, then they would have to call in August."
One of the best ways teachers and schools can ensure field trip availability is through becoming a NSWR partner.
"In order to be a partner school, that means that every grade (in the school) has to come out here at least once a year, but more than likely each grade will come out here twice a year," Garcia said. "We have a non-profit friends group and they pay for the busing for our partner schools. So not only is it free for the partner schools to come out here, but the busing is covered."
Garcia said the partner school program was created so the kids' knowledge would build over the years. As they advance in grade, the curriculum at NSWR advances with them.
While it is free for all schools to attend, partner schools get scheduling priority.
The other partnership option is the partner teacher program, which also provides scheduling priority.
"To be a partner teacher, you have to take one of our teacher workshops," Garcia said. "June 12th and 13th we will have a two-day teacher workshop that's free to attend. It's open to teachers and other professionals. Teachers can also earn license renewal credit by attending. Once they come out for that workshop, then they get priority scheduling again."
Jim Oliver recently brought his second graders from Lincoln Elementary in Pella out to NSWR for their second field trip of the year. The Pella Community School District is a partner with NSWR.
"All of us (Lincoln Elementary classes) come here twice a year, and hopefully three times, because it would really be fun in the winter time," Oliver said. "All these great resources here and it's a place for the kids to be next to nature. We're lucky to have this really close to us."
As a frequent visitor, Oliver praised Garcia on her professionalism and said that she had a special bond with the kids.
When you observe Garcia with the kids, she never raises her voice, is very enthusiastic and treats the kids as equals and calls them "friend."
"Because they are my friends," Garcia said.
On rainy days, Garcia has several activities ready for her friends. She conducts a Q&A session, reads them an educational story, sets up an educational game and even has lunch scheduled. She then has two more activities lined up before, what she describes as, "that sad moment, friends when you leave me to go back to school."
While that sad moment had not yet occurred, the kids proved they were paying attention to the lessons Garcia was teaching them.
"Well, we learned about Bison and their bones can be used for and what their skin can be used for," second grader Josephine Baker said. "I'm having fun."
"(I learned) about animals and how the cycle of rain goes around," fellow second grader Ezekiel Nelson said. "I like (NSWR) because I like to be outside and I like to find out what is new about outside."
Garcia is hopeful that the lessons kids learn at NSWR carry on throughout life, and that more schools take advantage of the refuge's services.
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RICHMOND — A man who walked into traffic on Interstate 580 on Sunday night was killed when he was hit by two vehicles, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.
The incident occurred about 8:25 p.m. near the Harbour Way exit, CHP spokeswoman Diana McDermott said.
A big rig was traveling westbound on the freeway when a man walked in front of it, McDermott said.
The truck was unable to avoid hitting the pedestrian, who after falling was run over by another vehicle, McDermott said.
Both drivers stopped after hitting the man and are cooperating with police. Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor in the collisions.
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Joel Pond needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We are an Insurance Agency that markets to Loan Officers. The brochure to be designed is to be marketed to loan officers.
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Ray J Tweets 'LOL' After Sex Tape Partner Kim Kardashian Says She Doesn't Let the Past Define Her
"Keep your life in a positive perspective. We are not defined by our pasts," socialite Kim Kardashian told her 15 million Twitter followers yesterday.
The irony of her generic platitude proved too much for Brandy's kid bro Ray J, who retweeted the bromide and added an "LOL." The joke being that many believe it was a sex tape Kardashian recorded with Ray J in 2003 that propelled her into the limelight which continues to shine on her to this day.
But Ray J told Power 106 this morning that his LOL, which itself has been retweeted thousands of times, is being taken out of context. Rather than "laughing out loud," the singer actually meant "lots of love."
"I felt like it was real, what [Kardashian tweeted]," Ray J told the radio station. "I kinda laughed about it, 'cause it was 100." He went on to wish Kim and her new beau Kanye "the best," before adding, somewhat cryptically, "life is a roller-coaster, so you never know what's gonna happen."
MTV notes that this may have been another swipe at Kim K in reference to her recent visit to Six Flags with Yeezy. "I don't want people to take [this] any kind of way, I'm just havin' fun," he insisted.
Despite his claim that he is happy for his former flame, Ray J raised some eyebrows no long ago when he stated on his DVD Love, Sex and Hip-Hop that he was personally responsible for Kim's "creation." "I will put it like this, I don't hang with stars, I create stars," he said. "Kim was created."


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Efficient management of service level agreements which specify mutually-agreed understandings and expectations of service provision has been a subject of research for a few years. A critical issue in this area is for service consumers and service providers to effectively achieve agreements on non-functional aspects of service provision, such as quality of service. However, this issue has not been well addressed, especially in the context of service composition provision which implies the establishment of a set of interrelated agreements on quality of service between the service consumer and multiple service providers offering various services in the composition. There is a lack of supporting frameworks and techniques to automatically and dynamically achieve agreements on quality of service constraints for individual services in a service composition, aiming at fulfilling composition's end-to-end quality of service requirements. This paper reports the authors' recent research in addressing this issue, using the agent technology. In this research, the service level agreements for a service composition are established through autonomous agent negotiation. To enable this, an innovative framework is proposed in which the service consumer is represented by a set of agents who negotiate quality of service constraints with the service providers for various services in the composition. This negotiation is well coordinated in order to achieve end-to-end quality of service requirements. Based on this framework, a new negotiation protocol is presented to support coordinated negotiation. A utility-function-based decision-making model is proposed based on which agents can proactively decide on the course of further actions. Moreover, this paper also contributes the novel design of the negotiation Web service on the service providers' side for the purpose of interoperability. Finally, the prototype implementation for the purpose of proof-of-concept is discussed.


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I'm fairly new to blogging and so I haven't completely figured everything out yet. Here is my question. Yesterday I was a Google Page Rank of 1 and today I'm at 0. How can that be? I haven't changed anything or done anything differently than before. I know Alexa numbers can go up and down as I have seen mine do but I thought page rank pretty much stayed the same or went up, not down. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd also like to know if there are any tips to raising page rank.
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I took a quick look at your blog- I can't say for sure but you probably were not ranked 1. I'm not saying that to be rude..but if it's still fairly new it takes a while to get there, so maybe that was a mistake or maybe Google made a mistake I'm not exactly sure. I have a ton of tips about traffic, getting better rank and blogging if you'd like to check them out and one specifically on Alexa Rank- hope that helps :)
Actually no one knows true page rank (the green bar on Google toolbar is a vanity tool, not actual numbers). I wouldn't worry about it at all. IF your blog is new, your site is going to fluctuate within Google. With all the changes Google is making, blogs will be up and down. Keep posting good SEO optimized content, connect via social media and don't worry about things like Alexa, page rank, etc.
Thanks guys. I'll check out your page Lisa. I've decided that I'm not going to worry about it, just thought it was odd that the little PR button I had on my blog said 1 for a few months and then all of a sudden said 0.
I would love to know how Google works. My blog doesn't even show up when I enter its name. I realize it may be because it's in its infancy, but still...it should show up if searched by name, right?


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In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Imploring God and why some prayers are not answered
The Quran informs us that we attain value at our Lord only through our worship (25:77), and supplication is a form of worship. Your Lord says,
[40:60] Your Lord says, "Implore Me, and I will respond to you. Surely, those who are too arrogant to worship Me will enter Gehenna, forcibly."
When you implore God, you are doing the right thing (13:14), and He gives you what you implore Him for (14:34). God is hearer of prayers (3:38). He rescues the needy, relieves adversity (27:62), and answers prayers if He so wills (6:41, 14:39). He is with you wherever you may be (57:4, 58:7). Thus, implore your Lord to shower you with His grace (4:32) and His Mercy (7:155), and never despair (15:55). God is Possessor of Infinite Grace (57:21).
The Importance of Imploring
God willing, we all know that we must implore only God (25:68, 7:37), and the Quran teaches us that God tests people with adversity and hardship that they may implore (6:42, 7:94). It also points out: "If only they implored when the tests came to them! " (6:43)
Throughout the Quran we see many examples. When Noah called upon God, He responded to him by saving him and his family from the great disaster (21:76, 26:117,118). When the devil afflicted Job with hardship and pain, he called upon His Lord and He answered his prayer (38:41, 21:84). When the youth took refuge in the cave, they implored God to bless their affairs with His guidance (18:10). The wife of Pharaoh implored God to build a home for her at Him in Paradise (66:11).
When Jonah implored God, He saved him from misery (21:87-88). When Zachariah implored his Lord, God responded to him and granted him John (21:90). When Moses and Aaron asked God to wipe out the wealth of Pharaoh and his elders, their prayers were answered (10:88-89). God answered the prayer of Joseph and protected him from the women's schemes (12:34). Lot implored God for victory (29:30), so did Saleh, Shuaib, Hood, Abraham and others.
You may even implore God for material things just as Solomon did (38:35), as long as you do not neglect your share in the Hereafter. But never implore God on behalf of those who have transgressed (11:37, 60:4), and remember that God rewards people for what they say (5:84-85). On the Day of Resurrection, He will point out that a group of His servants used to implore Him (52:28), and used to say "our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and shower us with mercy" (23:109,118); and they prayed at dawn for forgiveness (51:18).
Why Are Some Prayers Not Answered?
The Quran informs us that the human being often prays for something that may hurt him, thinking that he is praying for something good. The human being is impatient (17:11). He may dislike something which is good for him, and he may like something which is bad for him (2:216, 4:19). God knows while we do not know. God answers the prayers of His servants. On the other hand, the supplications of the disbelievers are in vain (2:186, 13:14, 40:50).
What Are the Best Prayers?
Since God did not leave anything out of the Quran (6:38), let us use the Quran as a source to find the best prayers which will help us grow our souls, and maintain our righteousness.
Implore God With the Best Prayers
[2:186] When My servants ask you about Me, I am always near. I answer their prayers when they pray to Me. The people shall respond to Me and believe in Me, in order to be guided.
[23:97] Say, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the whispers of the devils.
[23:98] "And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they come near me."
[113:1] Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak.
[113:2] "From the evils among His creations.
[113:3] "From the evils of darkness as it falls.
[113:4] "From the evils of the troublemakers.
[113:5] "From the evils of the envious when they envy."
[114:1] Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of the people.
[114:2] "The King of the people.
[114:3] "The god of the people.
[114:4] "From the evils of sneaky whisperers.
[114:5] "Who whisper into the chests of the people.
[114:6] "Be they of the jinns, or the people."
[1:1] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
[1:2] Praise be to God, Lord of the universe.
[1:3] Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
[1:4] Master of the Day of Judgment.
[1:5] You alone we worship. You alone we ask for help.
[1:6] Guide us in the right path;
[1:7] the path of those whom You blessed; not of those who have deserved wrath, nor of the strayers.
[59:10] ..."Our Lord, forgive us and our brethren who preceded us to the faith, and keep our hearts from harboring any hatred towards those who believed. Our Lord, You are Compassionate, Most Merciful."
[3:16] ..."Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins, and spare us the agony of the hellfire."
[23:109] ...`Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and shower us with mercy. Of all the merciful ones, You are the Most Merciful.'
[40:7] ..."Our Lord, Your mercy and Your knowledge encompass all things. Forgive those who repent and follow Your path, and spare them the retribution of Hell.
[40:8] "Our Lord, and admit them into the gardens of Eden that You promised for them and for the righteous among their parents, spouses, and children. You are the Almighty, Most Wise.
[60:5] "Our Lord, let us not be oppressed by those who disbelieved, and forgive us. You are the Almighty, Most Wise."
[2:126] ..."My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and provide its people with fruits. Provide for those who believe in God and the Last Day." (God) said, "I will also provide for those who disbelieve. I will let them enjoy, temporarily, then commit them to the retribution of Hell, and a miserable destiny."
[14:35] ..."My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and protect me and my children from worshiping idols.
[25:74] ..."Our Lord, let our spouses and children be a source of joy for us, and keep us in the forefront of the righteous."
[2:128] "Our Lord, make us submitters to You, and from our descendants let there be a community of submitters to You. Teach us the rites of our religion, and redeem us. You are the Redeemer, Most Merciful.
[18:10] ..."Our Lord, shower us with Your mercy, and bless our affairs with Your guidance."
[66:8] ..."Our Lord, perfect our light for us, and forgive us; You are Omnipotent."
[2:250] ..."Our Lord, grant us steadfastness, strengthen our foothold, and support us against the disbelieving people."
[3:8] "Our Lord, let not our hearts waver, now that You have guided us. Shower us with Your mercy; You are the Grantor.
[7:126] ..."Our Lord, grant us steadfastness, and let us die as submitters."
[2:286] ..."Our Lord, do not condemn us if we forget or make mistakes. Our Lord, and protect us from blaspheming against You, like those before us have done. Our Lord, protect us from sinning until it becomes too late for us to repent. Pardon us, forgive us, [and have mercy on us]. You are our Lord and Master. Grant us victory over the disbelieving people."
[3:53] "Our Lord, we have believed in what You have sent down, and we have followed the messenger; count us among the witnesses."
[14:40] "My Lord, make me one who consistently observes the Contact Prayers (Salat), and also my children. Our Lord, please answer my prayers.
[46:15] ..."My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do the righteous works that please You. Let my children be righteous as well. I have repented to You; I am a submitter."
[3:193] "Our Lord, we have heard a caller calling to faith and proclaiming: `You shall believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, forgive us our transgressions, remit our sins, and let us die as righteous believers.
[3:194] "Our Lord, shower us with the blessings you promised us through Your messengers, and do not forsake us on the Day of Resurrection. You never break a promise."
[27:19] ..."My Lord, direct me to be appreciative of the blessings You have bestowed upon me and my parents, and to do the righteous works that please You. Admit me by Your mercy into the company of Your righteous servants."
[2:201] ..."Our Lord, grant us righteousness in this world, and righteousness in the Hereafter, and spare us the retribution of Hell."
[28:21] ..."My Lord, save me from the oppressive people."
[29:30] ..."My Lord, grant me victory over these wicked people."
[20:25] ..."My Lord, cool my temper.
[28:22] ..."May my Lord guide me in the right path."
[20:114] ..."My Lord, increase my knowledge."
[37:100] "My Lord, grant me righteous children."
[23:94] "My Lord, let me not be one of the transgressing people."
[26:83] "My Lord, grant me wisdom, and include me with the righteous.
[26:84] "Let the example I set for the future generations be a good one.
[26:85] "Make me one of the inheritors of the blissful Paradise.
[26:87] "And do not forsake me on the Day of Resurrection."
[17:80] ..."My Lord, admit me an honorable admittance, and let me depart an honorable departure, and grant me from You a powerful support."
[2:127] ..."Our Lord, accept this from us. You are the Hearer, the Omniscient.
[60:4] ..."Our Lord, we trust in You, and submit to You; to You is the final destiny.


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Hope remains as Rockies' pieces fall back into place
DENVER -- It's hard to see first place from the hole the Rockies have dug for themselves. But they do see reasons for hope.
First, they saw Nolan Arenado return from a six-week stint on the disabled list for the July 3 opener of a 10-game homestand that takes the Rockies up to the All-Star break.View Full Game Coverage
DENVER -- It's hard to see first place from the hole the Rockies have dug for themselves. But they do see reasons for hope.
First, they saw Nolan Arenado return from a six-week stint on the disabled list for the July 3 opener of a 10-game homestand that takes the Rockies up to the All-Star break.View Full Game Coverage
Then came Carlos Gonzalez's return to the lineup on Friday night for the first time in 37 days, providing a spark in a 6-2 victory against the Minnesota Twins at Coors Field that gave the Rockies as many wins in their last three games (three) as they had in their previous 21.
On Sunday, left-hander Brett Anderson, who fractured his left index finger swinging a bat in his third start of the season, will finally return to the rotation in the team's pre-All-Star finale, albeit on a closely watched pitch count in light of the fact he only made two rehab starts in preparation for the return.
And by the end of the month, injured starting pitchers Eddie Butler and Jordan Lyles also are expected to return from the disabled list, helping replenish a sputtering rotation.
"I think guys feel good about starting to get guys back," said manager Walt Weiss. "It's big for our morale."
The Rockies aren't talking World Series in the Rockies' clubhouse. An 11-32 slide that began May 23, the day Arenado broke a finger with a head-first slide into second base in the second inning of a game in Atlanta, has been buffered by three consecutive victories.
"The guys understand where we are, and they understand we have to win now," said Weiss. "We're not concerned about what anyone else [in the National League West] is doing. We need to take care of our stuff. We need to win games and win series."
They are looking to get back into the mode that allowed them to get off to a solid start before being betrayed by a series of injuries that includes the loss of Arenado, Gonzalez and defending NL batting champion Michael Cuddyer (who is still out with a fractured left shoulder socket) in addition to decimating a rotation that has already see 13 different pitchers make a start, including four who made their big league debut.
"When we have that Opening Day lineup, we have a lot of chances to win," Gonzalez said. "We have guys who can get the job done. Our pitchers can go out there more confident. We feel we can compete with anybody. We can be a really good team."
And with the return to the active roster of players the caliber of Gonzalez, that hope isn't as far fetched as it was a week ago. Admittedly rusty from the long layoff in his recovery from a mass that had to be surgically removed from his left index finger, Gonzalez still managed to be a key figure in the win against the Twins.
The third inning was covered with his fingerprints.
In the top of the inning, Gonzalez, returning to right field for the first time since three games for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic in March, 2013, threw out Brian Dozier trying to go from first to third on Kendrys Morales' one-out single, and he led off the bottom with a single ahead of Troy Tulowitzki's 21st home run -- third in two games.
"I was so excited I had to slow my game down a little bit, but it was better than I expected," said Gonzalez.
The same can't be said for the season. A team that was only three games behind the first-place San Francisco Giants back on May 22 is now 11 games behind the co-leaders Dodgers and Giants with only 69 games to play.
They may not be able to pull off a miracle, but they can make things interesting, particularly for the team's ownership, if, once they get the pieces of their roster put back in place, they can at least provide a glimpse of how good their foundation could be.
"I think people saw the first month and a half what we can do when we have our lineup and [rotation] together," said first baseman Justin Morneau. "We've battled since then. We haven't given up."
They have not, however, won, at least not until the last three games, a stretch that was underscored by the return of Gonzalez.
"CarGo had an impact on the game right away with his defense," said Weiss, "and it's nice to have that presence in the lineup."
Just like it is nice to look ahead with the expectation of a rejuvenated rotation to go with the rekindled lineup.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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An invaluable ally in maintaining a healthy digestive system
Dietary fibres are macronutrients, nutrients that the body needs to absorb in large quantities, around 2 to 4 g per day. Fibre is primarily found in foods of plant origin, may be soluble or insoluble, and may or may not be broken down by digestive enzymes. The fibre present in rye and wheat bran is essential to good digestion. Prunes, which are high in fibre, can contribute to normal intestinal function (in a dose of 100g/day).


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Wire and Gemstones: A Match Made in Heaven
|Carol Dean Naukam's turquoise and onyx wire-wrapped bracelets
|Denise Peck is the editor
of Step by Step Wire
Jewelry and the senior
editor of Lapidary Journal
Jewelry Artist.
One of the best things about designing wire jewelry is being able to showcase beautiful gemstones. If you've ever been to the Tucson gem shows, you know how easy it is to fall in love with the vast (and I do mean vast!) array of gorgeous gemstone beads and gem cabochons on display.
Wiring Gemstone Beads
The easiest way to use gemstones in your wirework jewelry designs is using drilled gemstone beads. With the selection of wire gauges available, you can find wire that will fit through any size gemstone hole. In her turquoise and onyx bracelets, Carol Dean Naukam uses smooth and faceted gemstone beads with woven-wire accents and Iza Malczyk adorns stones with wire bead caps.
|Delia Stone's knitted-wire gem cage necklace
Gemstones In Knitted Wire
There are ways to use undrilled gemstones in wire jewelry. One way is to encase the stone in a cage or a pouch of knitted wire. Delia Stone knits 26-gauge wire with her fingers to hold a large chunk of turquoise. Alternatively, a tube of knit wire can hold a bunch of faceted gemstones or even pearls.
|Elaine Yamada's square-wire-wrapped
Totem pendant
Wire-Wrapped Cabochons
Traditional wire wrapping is a great technique for showing off your cabochons. You can construct bezels from laying several square wires on top of each other and lashing them together with half-round wire, just as Elaine Yamada did with her Totem pendant.
|Dale "Cougar" Armstrong's Drusy Leaves for
Spring necklace
In her Drusy Leaves for Spring necklace, self-proclaimed rock hound Dale "Cougar" Armstrong wraps ornately carved leaf-shaped drusy cabs into an elegant, layered pendant.
For more wire-jewelry projects of Dale's wonderful wire-wrap art, check out her book Wirework: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Wire Wrapping, now with the bonus of a DVD that allows you to watch Dale demonstrate, step by step, how she wraps her beautiful stones.


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Adversity, in every form, causes a ripple effect. Just ask Alice Bastien.
In the past four years, 81-year-old Bastien has seen three of her children diagnosed with cancer. As they deal with their individual prognoses, and their families cope with the consequences of treatment, the impact is felt beyond their inner circle. Bastien is affected. Friends and family are affected. Doctors and nurses are affected by each new patient who comes under their care. And health care and non-profit advocates are affected, as another chapter is written in their story of struggle, survival and loss.
The ripple extends even further. These people are challenged in different ways and cope in different ways, but through their individual journeys comes a common path. These patients, survivors, loved ones, doctors and more, come together to fight for a better future for the men and women who have yet to feel the ripple. They pave the way for others – the future patients, survivors, loved ones, doctors and more. Bastien will push forward on that path this Saturday, as she joins the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation for their annual Our Heroes fashion show. She is representing her children, and by extension, becoming a hero to others, and another ripple in the pond.
There are countless examples of this. One family, destroyed by cancer, created the Gloria Gemma Foundation. Rhode Island Pink Heals has a similar story, of one firefighter who wanted to take action in honor of his mother. Trace the roots of charitable organizations, small and large, and chances are the seed was planted by an individual like Alice, who was impacted firsthand.
According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, in 2010, there were 1,514,530 non-profits in the United States, and nearly 8,000 in Rhode Island alone. That's a lot of ripples.
If you have experienced the devastation of cancer, or any adversity for that matter, than you've probably pledged your support to one of those 1.5 million non-profits. Because if you know how tough the fight for your life can be, then you're most likely willing to help others, even strangers, get through it.
If the ripple of adversity hasn't caused waves in your life yet, consider yourself lucky; but don't wait to join today's heroes in forging a better tomorrow.


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Robert Smith curated the UK's longest-running artist-curated music festival in its 25th year. Smith is the lead singer and principal songwriter of The Cure, and its only constant member since the group formed in 1978.
One of popular music's defining bands, The Cure took the 'alternative rock' genre mainstream around the world and garnered numerous awards including a Brit Award for Best British Band, an MTV Icon Award, a Q Inspiration Award and NME's Godlike Genius Award. Smith has also been presented with an Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement.
Watch this space: Meltdown will be back in 2019 with a brand new curator.
An iconic figure in his own right, Smith's influence reaches across popular culture, film, art, and fashion.
His many collaborations include performing and recording with artists as varied as David Bowie, Billy Corgan, Blink 182, The Stranglers, Placebo, Crystal Castles, Faithless, Korn and 65daysofstatic.
Meltdown is one of the UK's most anticipated music events each year, in which an iconic artist curates their own personal festival, revealing their interests and influences. Robert Smith follows in the footsteps of such legendary curators as Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Yoko Ono, Massive Attack, Ornette Coleman and 2017's M.I.A.
No, each show is individually ticketed.
You can buy up to four tickets per gig with the exception of Robert Smith's event CURÆTION-25 where you will only be able to buy two. If you have Dual Membership, each named Member can buy four tickets each to events, again with the exception of Robert Smith's event CURÆTION-25 where you will only be able to buy two per person.
Yes, the gig actually starts at the stated time on the ticket. We publish the stage times onto the event page on the day, so check back then for the most up-to-date information.
All the paid for events have now been announced, we will be announcing some free events in May.
It is against Southbank Centre's terms and conditions to resell tickets above face value. We will cancel any tickets found on sale without our authorisation. If you have tickets you wish to return, please get in touch with our Ticket Desk.
Yes, Southbank Centre is fully accessible – find out more about how we support our patrons' access needs.
Meltdown is open to everyone, however some of our events are recommended for ages 16+ with any under-18s to be accompanied by an adult, and our Concrete Lates events are for 18+ only. Please check the Need to Know section in the event you're interested in, to see what the age policy is for the event.
Definitely not. We've had Jon Hopkins, Soulwax, Booka Shade, Underworld and Outlook Orchestra (to name a few) play in our venues, and we would never try to keep you seated. Watch General Levy's performance from January 2017.
Royal Festival Hall: 2,546 seats
Queen Elizabeth Hall: 916 seats
Purcell Room: 293 seats
Robert Smith closes the 25th Meltdown festival with an exclusive two-hour show called CURÆTION-25 on Sunday 24 June.
We will be able to respond to you faster by phone than email, please call us on 020 3879 9555.
Members enjoy priority booking, which means that when tickets go on sale, only Members can book for the first three days (13, 14 and 15 April). Being a Member is the best chance of securing tickets for the gigs of your choice.
For a dual Membership, each named Member can buy up to four tickets per gig, with the exception of Robert Smith's event CURÆTION-25 where you will only be able to buy two. This means that a total of eight tickets can be booked by both Members on a dual Membership for each concert, again, with the exception of Robert Smith's event CURÆTION-25 where the total number of tickets will be four.
For a dual Membership, each named Member can buy up to four tickets per gig. This means that a total of eight tickets can be booked by both Members on a dual Membership for each concert.
As long as there is availability, you can buy for as many gigs as you like. You have 20 minutes to complete your purchase, starting from the moment you add something to your basket.
First held in 1993, Meltdown has grown to become one of the uk's most anticipated annual music events. Each year we welcome an iconic artist to Southbank Centre to curate their own personal festival; showcasing their interests and influences on our stages.
In its early incarnations Meltdown followed a more contemporary classical path, with composers George Benjamin, Louis Andriessen and Magnus Lindberg among the festival's curators in its formative years. Elvis Costello's Meltdown in 1995 - the festival's third edition - had offered a slight departure from this, not least in the inclusion on the bill of Jeff Buckley in what would sadly prove to be his final UK show.
It was in 1998, under the curation of the late John Peel, when the festival took a marked shift in direction; its spotlight moving onto a mix of contemporary and cult indie acts, ranging from Cornershop and Gorkys Zygotic Mynci to Sonic Youth and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
Now firmly established on the music scene Meltdown continued to entice huge names onto its curatorial role of honour, as it slid into the new millennium. Nick Cave, Robert Wyatt and Scott Walker all took the helm, before the tenth anniversary of the festival brought us David Bowie's Meltdown in 2002.
The festival has become famed for offering exclusive collaborations and intimate, once-in-a-lifetime musical experiences. In 2004 it was the venue for the New York Dolls reunion gig; the group coming back together for Morrisey's Meltdown. And in 2007 our Royal Festival Hall stage bore an all-star line up including Nick Cave, Grace Jones and Pete Doherty sign Disney songs with curator Jarvis Cocker.
From Massive Attack to M.I.A., Yoko Ono, to the sadly departed Ornette Coleman, the past decade has seen Meltdown continue to live up to its own high reputation, with legendary and seminal artists delivering programmes packed with incredibly diverse gigs and performances.
In 2018, Meltdown celebrated its 25th year with the enigmatic Robert Smith in the curator's chair.
English classical composer and pianist George Benjamin was Meltdown's first ever curator. His 1993 festival brought together leading classical talent including performances from The London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and Ensemble Modern.
For Meltdown's second edition, the festival went dutch at the hands of composer and pianist Louis Andriessen. Among a great array of classical talent to take to our various stages were Philip Glass, The Steve Martland Band, Gavin Bryars and Dutch chamber orchestra Asko Ensemble.
The festival took a slightly more contemporary direction for its third edition. Curator Elvis Costello fused classical, jazz, folk and pop with the aid of Brodsky Quartet, Bill Frisell Trio, June Tabor, Steve Nieve, and, in what would sadly prove to be his last UK appearance, Jeff Buckley.
For the fourth edition of Meltdown the festival returned to its classical roots as Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg took the helm. Lindberg brought sounds from his native Finland to Southbank Centre, courtesy of Varttina and rock band Leningrad Cowboys, as well as branching into film and score with a screening of Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
For the fifth Meltdown festival the reigns were handed to American avant-garde artist, musician and film director Laurie Anderson. Delivering the most contemporary edition of the festival to date Anderson's broad bill included Lou Read, Arto Lindsay, Ken Nordine and DJ Scanner.
Respected DJ John Peel became the first non-musician to take the helm of Meltdown, and duly led the sixth edition of the festival down a very different path. Among the contemporary acts to play the festival were Cornershop, Damon Albarn, Sonic Youth and Spiritualized with Peel's Meltdown also including comedy from Ardal O'Hanlon and Jeremy Hardy.
For the seventh Meltdown, we welcomed multi-talented Australian musician Nick Cave to Southbank Centre. Like Peel, Cave delivered a much more contemporary Meltdown, with an eclectic bill that ranged from Barry Humphries to Nina Simone, via Faust, Gary Lucas and the photography of Polly Borland.
Distinctive in style and musical progression - from pop star to avant-garde musician - British-American singer-songwriter Scott Walker oversaw the eighth edition of Meltdown. Walker's transatlantic festival card included Blur, Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead, Elliot Smith and Smog as well as film from Swiss director Luc Bondy.
As Meltdown moved into the 21st Century now firmly established as a largely contemporary music festival, musician Robert Wyatt was called upon to curate its ninth edition. Wyatt's cross-generational bill included Dave Gilmour and Julie Tippetts, Elvis Costello and Wayne Horvitz, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Tricky
No-one was likely to turn down an invitation to appear at David Bowie's Meltdown, leading to an impressively big hitting guitar-band heavy bill for the tenth edition of the festival. Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy, Gonzales, Peaches, Suede, Supergrass, Television, The Polyphonic Spree, The Divine Comedy, and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs were among many to rock our stages.
Jamaican producer and pioneer of dub, Lee 'Scratch' Perry headed up Meltdown's 11th incarnation. Perry's Meltdown included a cross-Atlantic mix with New York alt rock from Fun Lovin' Criminals, British indie from The Bees, Chicago synthesiser jazz from Sun Ra and British-Asian dancehall and ragga from Asian Dub Foundation.
A mix of thoughtful, edgy and toe-tapping; Morrissey's Meltdown was very much in the spirit of the man himself. From readings by Alan Bennett, to a soulful performance from Nancy Sinatra; the London Sinfonietta playing Henryk Górecki and Arvo Pärt to fractious contemporary indie courtesy of The Ordinary Boys and The Libertines, the 12th edition of the festival painted broad strokes.
Singer songwriter and poet Patti Smith delivered a wide-ranging 13th Meltdown, which included two future curators - Anthony and the Johnsons and Yoko Ono - on the bill. The incredible array of solo performing talent included Beth Orton, Sinead O'Connor, Billy Bragg, Jeff Beck, John Cale and Martha Wainwright, complimented with poetry from Lemn Sissay.
After a year's break for refurbishment of Royal Festival Hall, Meltdown returned with Jarvis Cocker at the helm for the 14th edition. The Pulp frontman brought a heavy hitting line-up that included The Jesus and Mary Chain, Motorhead, and Iggy & The Stooges as well as the film scores of John Barry, and library musicians KPM Allstars.
Bristolian trip-hop superstars Massive Attack ran the show for the 15th Meltdown; serving up a riotous mix of old school - Grace Jones, Gang of Four and Stiff Little Fingers - and huge contemporary names, including Elbow, Fleet Foxes and Aloe Blacc.
As curator of the 16th Meltdown Ornette Coleman brought both past and future curators together, with Patti Smith (2005) and Robert Wyatt (2001) on a bill that also included Yoko Ono (2013) and the plastic Ono Band. Offering one of Meltdown's most eclectic line-ups, the celebrated jazz saxophonist also gave us Moby, Bobby McFerrin and Morocco's Master Musicians of Jajouka.
Folk-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson OBE was the curator for the 17th Meltdown, returning to the venue where he'd seen his first ever concert back in 1961. The former Fairport Convention guitarist delivered a stellar festival line-up that included Seasick Steve, Duckworth Lewis Method, Loudon Wainwright III, and past curator Elvis Costello.
'My wish for Meltdown 2011 is that it will be a creative celebration through the decades. A bridge between past, present and future,' said Ray Davies, as he took control of the 18th edition of Meltdown festival. As well as music from Madness, John Otway, Nick Lowe, and Yo La Tengo, the former Kinks frontman delivered poets John Cooper-Clarke and Roger McGough as well as former Python funnymen Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Then still known as Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, Anohni said she wanted to explore the environment, spirituality and gender politics through her curation of the 19th Meltdown. The resulting bill included, amongst others, Lou Reed, Boy George, Marc Almond and Buffy Saint-Marie, plus a past curator in Laurie Anderson.
'Deeply honoured' was Yoko Ono's reaction to being invited to curate the 20th Meltdown. The musician, artist, author and activist had appeared at two previous incarnations of the festival - in 2005 and 2009 - and told press that she wasn't 'pursuing big names for the sake of big names,' but despite this, her Meltdown still featured Siouxsie Sioux, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Reggie Watts, Earl Slick and Patti Smith. find out more
Musical and artistic innovator James Lavelle, whose genre-defying portfolio spans music, art, fashion, design and film, not to mention acclaimed musical collaborations, held the reigns for the 21st Meltdown. Lavelle's incredible bill included singing superstars Chrissy Hynde, Neneh Cherry, Edwyn Collins and Josh Homme as well as turntable titans Polar Bear, Grandmaster Flash and Scratch Perverts. find out more
Co-founder of the seminal new-wave band Talking Heads, and Oscar, Golden Globe and Obie award-winning musician David Byrne took over the 22nd Meltdown. Known for his eclectic collaborations Byrne didn't disappoint at Meltdown, with a varied bill including Anna Calvi, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Estrelle Morente, John Luther Adams and Atomic Bomb celebrating the music of WIlliam Onyeabor. find out more
The lead singer of the multi-award winning Elbow, 6Music DJ and established solo artist Guy Garvey was at the helm for our 23rd Meltdown. 'I want my Meltdown to be a party where everyone feels invited and everyone leaves having had the best night out,' said Garvey ahead of his festival. That 'night out' included performances from Richard Hawley, Femi Kuti, Laura Marling and the return of Lift to Experience. find out more
Rapper, producer, director and visual artist M.I.A. curated the 24th Meltdown, promising 'to bring together music's best forward thinkers', adding 'when music acts as inspiration, it's boundary-less'. Her festival certainly fitted that ethos, bringing grime from London and Paris in the form of Giggs and MHD to the Royal Festival Hall, as well as acclaimed acts Young Fathers, Soulwax, Crystal Castles and the upcoming stars Yung Lean and Princess Nokia. find out more


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Can Small Island Developing States wait for global development goals to be set?
14 May 2014 by Gonzalo Pizarro, Policy Adviser
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have been, and still are, facing major challenges in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): low growth, high unemployment, aging population, brain drain, high debt levels, small carrying capacities and extreme exposure to the effects of climate change.
One example is Saint Maarten, a small island in the Dutch Antilles, which every week welcomes more tourists arriving on cruise ships than it has inhabitants.
As Saint Maarten is highly dependent on tourism, maintaining and protecting the natural environment is essential to its socio-economic wellbeing. The tourist industry accounts for 80 percent of the island's GDP. Reef tourism and fishing are important attractions.
But the development world's attention is now being set on the post-2015 agenda and the proposal for a new set of global goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will emerge with their accompanying targets this September at the UN General Assembly. This new agenda is anchored on the understanding that you can't have development without simultaneously caring for its social, economic and environmental dimensions.
For Saint Maarten, sustainable development is not just a matter of negotiations at UN Headquarters, it is a matter of immediate action.
- address the identification of long-term structural changes needed through the National Development Strategy process,
- focus on accelerating the achievement of sustainable development, with a focus on community development, even though there are no clear international goals, targets or indicators to use as benchmarks.
The government requested UNDP to support the acceleration process, and chose to use the MDG Acceleration Framework (MAF), adapted for this set of local targets and indicators.
The MAF, which is expected to produce a common Action Plan, is forcing hard questions between the trade-offs of zoning, conservation and social protection programmes.
Saint Maarten's experience is providing interesting insights into what it will entail to "localize SDGs," how to hit the ground running, the added value of the UN System in supporting these processes, and the means of implementation.
For Saint Maarten, as for many SIDS, achievement of sustainable development cannot wait for global goals to be set. Will the rest of the development world pay attention?
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Sunday MTG At Forbidden Planet Bristol
at our
Bristol Megastore
Come and join us at Forbidden Planet Bristol for a great evening of Magic!
We play a range of formats for Magic, including regularly-scheduled Standard, Modern and Draft events. With seating for over 60 players in our spacious, air-conditioned store and a number of Magic-playing and enthusiastic staff members, we're confident you'll have fun!
Don't like what we have scheduled? We have the capacity to host a second event of your choosing (so long as a minimum of 8 people want to play it too!) at the same time! Now you never have to skip a Modern night because you're missing that last Fetchland, nor miss catching up with your friends on a Draft night because it's too close to pay-day!
For more information on the events we have scheduled, including which formats are available, please either contact the store on 0117 929 8692 or see our full list of upcoming sanctioned events listed on the Wizards of the Coast website.