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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon today vetoed two bills that would have redefined the term "livestock" to include captive deer in order to eliminate the role of the Missouri Department of Conservation in regulating white-tailed deer. The Governor said those provisions of Senate Bill 506 and House Bill 1326 would go against longstanding successful conservation practices and also would clearly violate the Missouri Constitution, which gives exclusive authority over game and wildlife resources to the Missouri Conservation Commission.
"For more than 75 years, our Department of Conservation has been held up as a model for wildlife management agencies across the country because of its incredible success," Gov. Nixon said. "Redefining deer as livestock to remove the regulatory role of Department defies both its clear record of achievement as well as common sense. White-tailed deer are wildlife and also game animals – no matter if they're roaming free, or enclosed in a fenced area."
In his veto message, the Governor cites the exclusive authority of the Missouri Conservation Commission provided by the Missouri Constitution under Article IV, Section 40(a). He also said that under the stewardship of the Missouri Department of Conservation, the state's population of white-tailed deer has grown from fewer than 2,000 in the early 1930s to an estimated 1.3 million today, and that the 500,000 deer hunters contribute $1 billion to Missouri's economy.
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posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 2:13 pm
Hello! I am trying to analyze across four groups a hierarchical CFA model with five first-order latent factors and one second-order factor.
I already tested the five first-order latent factors for configural, metric, factor variance, intercept / threshold, and factor mean invariance. I am now using the most constrained model of each that shows good fit to the data in order to estimate the hiearchical CFA.
Now that I am trying to test the hierarchical structure for configural invariance across groups, I get an error message that I have (1) a negative residual variance for a latent factor, (2) a correlation greater than 1 between two latent variables, or (3) a linear dependency among two latent variables. From my reading of TECH 4 and the model parameter estimates, I believe I have, unfortunately, satisfied all three conditions with just one of my first-order latent factors.
What might be causing this problem and how might I rectify it? Is it possible to use the factor scores from each first-order model and use them as observed indicators of my (what was) second-order factor? (This hiearchical structure is part of a larger model, so it is important that I estimate the "over-arching" second-order factor.)
Thank you for your time!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 3:32 pm
This is usually caused by the model not being appropriate for the data. The factor scores from a model such as this would not be trustworthy. Have you ever looked at an EFA for this data?
Stacey Farber
posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 4:11 pm
Thank you, Dr. Muthen.
No, I never looked at an EFA for these data. And, in retrospect, maybe I should have. But, since I am kind of wed to this hiearchical CFA approach at the moment (I am under the gun to finish and defend the dissertation; sorry for the lame excuse), might there be another way around this?
With respect to the factor scores not being "trustworthy" are you referring to the first-order or second-order factor scores? My first-order factors seemed to have good fit per the exact and approximate fit indices. If they are trustworthy, why not use them as my indicators of the second-order latent factor?
Again, many thanks.
Stacey Farber
posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 4:20 pm
Sorry, as a follow-up, might the issue be related to sample size? I have 29 observed variables (categorical and continuous) across the five first-order factors. I am using the WLSMV estimator with a TYPE = COMPLEX MISSING MEANSTRUCTURE design with both a weight and cluster variable. My smallest group is approximately 550 and my largest group is approximately 1380.
Thank you.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, March 14, 2005 - 4:40 pm
Why don't you send the output with the error message to
daniel shen
posted on Friday, October 17, 2008 - 7:44 am
Dr. Muthen,
I intend to test a hierarchical CFA across multiple groups:
X1 by x1-x4;
X2 by x5-x8;
X3 by x9-x12;
Y by X1 X2 X3;
I get a message that "the starndard error of the model parameter estimates could not be computed. The model may not be identified..."
Could you explain what the problem is? Thank you.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, October 17, 2008 - 8:33 am
The intercepts of the first order factors need to be fixed to zero in all groups.
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You tell me that silence is nearer to peace than poems but if for my gift I brought you silence (for I know silence) you would say "This is not silence this is another poem" and you would hand it back to me.
One technical note: Where this appeared in a poetry book (_Sound and Sense_, 6th ed., by Laurence Perrine) the two lines I have placed in quotes were unquoted but italic. Since that can't be done by many people's e-mail systems, I used this punctuation. It is presumably a song lyric (it being Leonard Cohen), so the typographic details are less important than with other poems. I don't know what I can say about this one. There's commentary on Leonard Cohen elsewhere on the Minstrels archive. I assume it's actually a song lyric, but I don't know the song. I just like it for its nice zen quality, which makes you think more about the structure of poems, or the meaning of "poem." Perhaps the best way to perform this as a song would be to record silence (a la John Cage's 4'33") but include the lyrics on the album jacket or CD booklet. But apart from the self-reference (which I always like) the content of the poem sets before us and yet gently twists a moment of potential stress between the poet and the one for whom he writes. He can't get anything right: the one for whom he writes prefers silence, yet recognizes any gift he brings, even a poem's "negative space," as poetry in itself. Compliment to the poet, sure, but makes it clear nonetheless that no gift from him is acceptable... Respect is not, likely, all he wants from his special audience and dedicatee. Or that's one way to take it. RCB. [Links] Other Cohen poems: poem #116 poem #339 poem #482


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Only attempt under the direction of your Veterinarian!
Make sure all equipment is from your Vet and follow the instructions given. (If you are going to attempt first ask your vet to physically demonstrate once on your animal, it is much easier to see it done then try to read directions, but these can be used as a refresher)
Wire hanger or similar gauge wire. Use this to fashion a hook to hang the bag of fluids from.
Bag of fluids: use only what the vet provides, do not reuse at a later time or attempt to purchase from any other source.
Needles: Once again use the size the vet recommends (this will depend on the size of the patient) DO NOT REUSE NEEDLES! Not only can you risk infection, they will dull after use and be more painful for the animal.
Drip Set: (tubing set used to run fluid from bag to animal) Provided by the vet again, and these also come in different sizes so they will give the appropriate ones for your specific task. These can be reused as you change bags of fluids as long as it is the same type of fluids, and you keep the tips sterile.
Set up:
1. Open the plastic outer bag for your fluids (some may not have this), then pull out rubber stop at the bottom of the bag. (DO NOT TOUCH THIS AREA). Set down bag so this area does not touch anything, this is where you will insert the drip set.
2. Open your drip set and pull off the plastic cover to the end that will be used in the fluids. This may vary some, but this end (STERILE AREA!!!) will have some sort of sharp conical shape to pierce the plastic of the fluid bag, this is also the end that will have a bulb directly under where the fluid will collect as it drips. (DO NOT TOUCH THIS END)
note: drip sets come with the line open so they do not get tinks, make sure to adjust the dial to close the line before you insert into the bag otherwise you will waste some. When you do close the line slide it to about 6 inches away from the bottom end, this will help when administering the fluids as it will be easier to reach.
3. Insert the top end of the drip set into the fluid bag. Push it in completely making sure not to directly touch either the tip of the drip set or the area where it inserts on the bag. Usually you will need to twist slightly to get it all the way into the bag to prevent any leaking.
4. Prepare for needle. The other end of your drip set will have a plastic end cap, pull off this cap (STERILE AREA!!!) and apply a needle. Do not take the cap off your needle, just apply to the end of the line to keep sterile.
5. Test your flow and getting the air out of the line. Now your fluids are ready to flow. Hang your bag on a high point that still allows free movement of the drip set line. Then squeeze the bulb directly under the bag on the drip set. Squeezing will push some air into the fluid bag and partially fill the bulb with fluid. Only let full 1/4 to 1/2 way (if you over fill just take your set down and invert and sqeeze the fluid back into the bag.)
Over a sink or towel take the cap off your needle (STERILE AREA!!!) open your dial (this is what is used to adjust the flow of the fluids), keep open until a steady stream of fluid flows out for approximatly one second. Then turn off at the dial.
Now you are set up and ready for your patient.
You should always have someone to help if possible. For most animals this is not painful, but can be uncomfortable. Especially small puppies, not only do they squirm more, you are working with less surface area. An extra pair of hands is always helpful!
These directions are written for people that are right handed. Please reverse if you are left handed!
Pull the cap off your needle and then loosly place back on the needle, set down on table. This will make it easier to remove as you will only have one hand.
With your left hand pinch the skin area between the shoulder blades and lift slightly. This will create a tent of skin. With your right hand pick up your needle with out the cap. Insert the needle into the tent of skin that you have created with your left hand. Be careful to not poke the needle all the way throught the tent of skin and watch out for your own fingers. Half the length of the needle should be in the skin.
Continue to hold the skin tent with your left hand and release the needle with your right hand. With your right hand open the dial to the drip set slowly. You will be able to see the drips start to flow from the bulb at the top of the drip set. Once you feel a small bubble under the skin with your left hand you can open the dial more to increase the flow. As it is flowing use your right hand to steady the line.
Continue to flow until you have reached the recommended amount as directed by your vet.
With your right hand turn off the dial stopping the flow. Then pull the needle out. Slightly pinching the area where you are pulling the needle out. This will help stop the fluid from leaking back out. Place the cap back on your needle and you are finished. (It is normal for some fluid to drip back out and a slight red tinge is ok.)
Remove the used needle and replace with a new one. Now you are ready for the next treatment.
1. Between uses keep your fluids set up as directed. This will keep the system closed and sterile.
2. Keep out of direct sunlight.
3. Always keep a needle on the end of the drip set.
4. Throw away any opened items after one week.
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i did home care when my pup got parvo (it's rampant in our area.) hydrating her sq among other ways is the only thing that saved her life. if you happen to live more rurally as i do without easy access to a vet (either due to distance or economics or both) sometimes feed stores can be a wealth of information as well as supplies. if you are urban, sometimes the edges of cities can have feed stores. there you can find many legal medical supplies for animals as well as information. the prices are usually quite reasonable. it will almost make you want to start going there for your own medical supplies.
Get a prescription from your vet for Lactated Ringer Solution. (As far as I know you do not need a script for the needles, 18 gauge or lines.)
My vet was going to charge $10/bag.
A case of 12 bags from Costco is $26. You do not need to be a member to use their pharmacy. (Another medication was $5 at Costco, $15 elsewhere.)
My vet was going to charge $10/bag.
A case of 12 bags from Costco is $26. You do not need to be a member to use their pharmacy. (Another medication was $5 at Costco, $15 elsewhere.)
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Last week, Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts showed the most poise out of all the rookie quarterbacks who played in Week 1, according to people who wrote about him. Did Luck maintain his grip on the poise title in Week 2? Or did any of the other four rookie quarterbacks—Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson, Ryan Tannehill, and Brandon Weeden—elegantly dethrone Luck? Let's tally the scores:
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The Masters doesn't need Tiger Woods to throw up some great storylines. But it helps if he's around to make us notice them.
I don't know how many more people tuned in this year because it is Tiger's return to competitive golf, but it's got to be a big number. He's good for golf ratings the same way the Red Sox and Yankees are good for baseball ratings.
But it's like going to an art museum to see a special Picasso exhibit. You can go to see just that, or you can look around a little and notice that there are a bunch of amazing Rembrandts,Van Goghs and other masterworks there, too.
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We've got that kind of situation at the Masters. People are tuning in to see Tiger. Meanwhile, there are a whole lot of other masterpieces on display.
The leaderboard after Day 1 is simply amazing. For a time on Thursday, Old Tom Watson held the lead by himself after shooting a 5-under round of 67.
Watson is 60 years old. This is ancient for a golfer or any other athlete. People his age simply don't do things like shoot 67 at Augusta National. The course is longer than "War and Peace." The greens are faster than thought. It was considered a miracle with Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer ever, won it in 1986 at the age of 46.
Yet, here's Watson just a few years away from Social Security and on top of the leaderboard. And this less than a year after he came within one swing of winning the British Open.
Up there with him is the perennially popular Phil Mickelson, who played a spectacular round. Also tied for the lead was Lee Westwood, a popular Brit looking for a breakthrough major victory. And knocking on the door was 50-year-old Fred Couples, his swing as syrupy as his demeanor.
Any one of these players would make a great lead story for the first day of any Masters. And yet, every one of them took a seat well behind the man everyone came to see, Tiger.
You have to think that's a good thing for everyone, especially this early in the tournament. People made a bit of a fuss over Watson, especially, and Mickelson and Couples were greeted warmly. But they didn't get the saturation treatment that they'd get in a normal year, when there were no side stories going on.
But this year, Tiger is playing his first tournament since Thanksgiving, when his wife found out he hadn't been entirely faithful to her. Regardless of whether you think of him as the Spawn of Satan or a garden-variety philanderer whose foibles are nobody's business, his return is the biggest news the sport has seen in a long time.
And this takes pressure off everyone but him. With the crowds and the cameras focused on Tiger, Watson, Mickelson, Couples, Westwood and everybody else could just play golf. They did that in spectacular style.
They won't all stay atop the leaderboard. It's difficult to believe — or even hope — that Old Tom can maintain his brilliant pace for four days. It would be beyond wonderful if he did. Few are better liked and respected, there aren't many nicer guys, and no one makes people feel better when he plays well than Watson.
But it's not hard to imagine that come Sunday, there will still be some great stories to be resolved on the final day of the year's first major. By then, we won't even need Tiger to make this a magical Masters. All we'll need is Mickelson or Couples or Westwood or even a bold kid like Anthony Kim, who's just one stroke back. Put a couple from that group on top the leaderboard, and life will be just fine.
Stories make tournaments, and this one has more than enough cooking to make the 2010 Master a major that matters. And if Tiger obliges and manages to stay among the leaders, it could be one of the most memorable majors ever.


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Cortez saw a massive crowd of supporters gather on Friday, Nov. 9, to witness the Capitol Christmas Trees journey to Washington, D.C. What was even more important than the turnout and the event was the significance of the trees birthplace.
The 73-foot tall spruce was cut down near Meeker in the White River National Forest. Residents of Cortez were happy to know that in the Capitol trees history, on only three occasions had a Capitol Christmas tree been chosen from Colorado.
And no one was prouder than the Girl Scouts of our area. Troop 2619 and Troop 1199 were present for the trees arrival. Dena Thomason is the Girl Scout leader for Troop 2619 of the Mesa Verde Service Unit for Southwestern Colorado.
There is so much fun to be had in Colorado, Thomason said. This is great advertisement for us. We are very proud of our state.
Thomasons troop of girls, are among the 5,000 Colorado children providing handcrafted ornaments for the Capitol tree. They made a total of six ornaments under the criteria specified by the Capitol tree campaign.
The theme was the great outdoors, Thomason said. They requested the materials we use to be inexpensive and we had to have them shipped to the Blanco Ranger District by Oct. 15.
Their ornaments were hand-painted on recycled wooden discs. The girls chose rainbows, horses and trees as their subjects. They were happy to take part and Thomason saw the opportunity as a chance for her troop to shine. She said all the girls enjoy outdoor activities as well as painting, so this was a great project for them to participate in.
Along with the Capitol spruce, many other companion trees were delivered to the Washington, D.C. dignitaries, the Interior Department and Congressional Delegates.
The Girl Scouts of Colorado were asked to help decorate and create tree skirts for the companion trees. Troop 2619 extended their creativity a little further to also make a skirt. They stuck with the same theme, the great outdoors, and painted a picture which Thomason then transferred to the fabric.
They worked so hard on their paintings and drawings, Thomason said. Seeing that tree come around the corner (on Friday) was wonderful. It was such a good feeling to know that we were part of a fun project that went all the way to Washington D.C.
The entire Southwest Colorado Girl Scout Program participated in the tree skirt project with a total of 14 skirts from Cortez, Mancos, Dolores and Durango being sent off to adorn the trees at the Capitol.
The Capitol Christmas Tree is still on the road and is expected to be in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 26. There will be a special lighting ceremony led by the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, in which all of the ornaments collected from Colorados children will be seen.


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Volume 4, Number 2
Spring 2013
Stephanie S. Turner. Relocating "Stuffed" Animals: Photographic Remediation of Natural History Taxidermy [.PDF] [Abstract]
Richard Iveson. Deeply Ecological Deleuze and Guattari: Humanism's Becoming-Animal [.PDF] [Abstract]
Dona Davis, Anita Maurstad, and Sarah Cowles. "Riding up forested mountain sides, in wide open spaces, and with walls": developing an ecology of horse-human relationships [.PDF] [Abstract]
Fiona Probyn-Rapsey. Stunning Australia [.PDF] [Abstract]
Alyssa Chen Walker. Bringing the Laboratory Dog Home: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and the Antivivisection Narrative [.PDF] [Abstract]
Arthur MacGregor, Animal Encounters. Human and Animal Interaction in Britain from the Norman Conquest to World War One(Philip Armstrong) [.PDF]
Garry Marvin, Wolf (Joan Gordon)[.PDF]
Jill Bough, Donkey (Jo Hockenhull) [.PDF]
Linda Kalof and Georgina M. Montgomery (Eds.), Making Animal Meaning (J. Keri Cronin) [.PDF]
Tracey Owens Patton and Sally M. Schedlock, Gender, Whiteness, and Power in Rodeo: Breaking Away from the Ties of Sexism and Racism (Jeanette Vaught) [.PDF]
Rachel Poliquin, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing (Alissa A. Walls) [.PDF]
Gilbert Simondon. Two Lessons on Animal and Man (Thomas Lamarre) [.PDF]
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Ted McKeever's earliest works were self-published or put out through now-defunct companies. His first professional work appeared in 1987, when his series 'Transit' was published by Vortex Comics. This was followed in 1987-1988 by the 12 part series about asylum escapee 'Eddy Current' at Mad Dog Graphics.
In 1990 he moved over to Epic, where he created the surreal comic 'Plastic Forks', about animal experimentation. Also for Epic was the angels and demons comic book 'Metropol', that was published in 1991 and 1992. McKeever teamed up with Peter Milligan to create 'The Extremist' at DC/Vertigo in 1993. McKeever has also worked on several comic books dealing with alternative realities in the DC superhero universe, such as the 'Elseworlds' trilogy 'Superman's Metropolis', 'Batman: Nosferatu' and 'Wonder Woman: The Blue Amazon' (with Randy and Jean-Marc Lofficier).
Since 2000, McKeever has gone through long stints of little released activity; much of which due to work on an aborted 'John Carter of Mars' series. He has however produced the 6 issue DC mini-series 'Enginehead' (2004) with Joe Kelly and done contributions to 'Little Book of Horror: War of the Worlds' (IDW, 2005), 'Doomed' (IDW, 2006) and 'Comic Book Tattoo' (Image Comics, 2008). He also participated in anthology comics like 'Marvel Knights Double Shot', 'The Matrix Comics' and 'Marvel Monsters'.
He made a comeback in 2010 with 'Meta4' through Image Comics, his first full length, original tale as writer and artist in a little over 10 years. Ted McKeever's graphic style is very distinct, drawing in bold, angular lines, which gives his work a fantastic, almost Kafka-esque, edge.


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There's a huge diversity of accommodation in Kenya, ranging from campsites and local lodging houses for a few hundred shillings a night to luxury lodges and boutique tented camps that can easily cost many hundreds of dollars a night.
If you're planning a trip to Kenya using mid-range or expensive accommodation, a lot of money can be saved by not going in the high season. Most resort hotels and safari lodges and tented camps have separate high-, mid- and low-season (sometimes called "green-season") rates. There's sometimes a peak season too, just covering the Christmas and New Year break from December 21 to January 2. Low-season rates can be anything from 30 to 50 percent of the high-season rates.
Some of the smaller camps and lodges close for a couple of months some time between mid-March and mid-April (as soon as Easter has passed) and June, and sometimes also in November. The seasons vary widely across different operators and lodge-owners, depending on their markets (February can be high, for example). Closures are not just due to lack of demand or less-than-ideal weather conditions, but to allow for maintenance and refurbishment.
Hotels, lodges and tented camps
The term hotel covers a very broad spectrum in Kenya (the word hoteli means a cheap café-restaurant, not a place to sleep). At the top end are the big tourist and business-class establishments. In the game parks, they're known as lodges. Some establishments are very good value, but others are shabby and overpriced, so check carefully before splurging. Try to reserve the more popular places in advance, especially for the busiest season (Dec & Jan).
At the mid-price level, some hotels are old settlers' haunts that were once slightly grand and no longer quite fit in modern Kenya, while others are newer and cater for the Kenyan middle class. A few are fine – charmingly decrepit or fairly smart and semi-efficient – but a fair few are just boozy and uninteresting.
As a rule, expect to pay anything from Ksh3000–10,000 for a decent double or twin room in a town hotel, with bathroom en suite, known in Kenya as "self-contained". Breakfast is usually included, but if you want to have breakfast elsewhere, the price will be deducted. Features such as TV – often with DSTV (satellite) service – floor or ceiling fans and air conditioning will all put the price up, and are sometimes optional, allowing you to make significant savings at cheaper hotels.
Older safari lodges may show their age with rather unimaginative design and boring little rooms, but those which date back to the 1960s were built when just having a hotel in the bush was considered an achievement. Today, the best of the big lodges have public areas offering spectacular panoramas and game-viewing decks, while the rooms are often comfortable chalets or bandas. The vogue in the most expensive, boutique lodges tends to be Tarzan-like, eschewing straight lines wherever possible and incorporating bare rock and reclaimed branches of dead wood. Some places have just half a dozen "rooms", constructed entirely of local materials, ingeniously open-fronted yet secure, with stunning views, and invigorating open-air showers.
If you want to experience the fun of camping without the hassle, opt for a tented camp. These consist of large, custom-made tents erected over hard floors. The walls flap in the breeze and large areas of mosquito screening can be uncovered to allow maximum ventilation. All the usual lodge amenities, including electricity, comfy beds, clothes storage and floor coverings, are installed. Floor coverings can include carpets or rugs, and the furniture is what you'd expect to find in a comfortable hotel, though often with a nod to bush life, with canvas chairs on the deck and antique-style lock-up chests rather than room safes. At the back, the bathroom is usually more of a solid-walled structure, with a flush toilet – though the "safari shower" or "bucket shower'' using hot water delivered on request by staff to a pulley system outside the bathroom, is a popular anachronism that works very well and saves water. At night, the tents zip up tight to keep the insects out. In the centre of the camp, the usual public areas will include a dining room and bar, or in smaller camps a luxurious "mess tent" with sofas and waiters proffering drinks, where you'll eat together with your hosts and the other guests and share the day's experiences in an atmosphere that always has a little Out of Africa in it.
Because tented camps are relatively easy to construct and re-configure, they're at the vanguard of Kenya's environmentally responsible tourism movement. The most innovative camps limit their use of electricity to what can be generated by solar panels, provide "safari showers" to order, using a reservoir and pulley system, rather than permanent hot water, and take care to limit their footprint in other ways, for example by composting their organic waste and trucking out non-biodegradable trash rather than burning it. Scavenging marabou storks at camps and lodges are a sure sign of poor waste management.
Some lodges and camps are surrounded by a discreet, or not so discreet, electric fence. This gives you the freedom to wander at will, but detracts from the sense of being in the wild. Places that don't have such security may ask you to sign a disclaimer to limit their liability in the event that a large mammalian intruder should abruptly terminate your holiday. In practice, although elephants, buffaloes and other big animals do sometimes wander into camps, serious incidents are exceptionally rare and you have nothing to worry about. After dark, unfenced camps employ escorts – usually traditionally dressed, spear-carrying askaris – to see you safely to and from your tent.
Meals in the lodges and camps are prepared in fully equipped kitchens and served by waiters who are often knowledgeable about local wildlife and customs. Although the food can be repetitive, the best places have their own organic vegetable gardens and prepare gourmet dinners, fresh bread and excellent pastries in the middle of nowhere.
Most of the more expensive hotels, lodges and tented camps quote their rates in US dollars or sometimes euros – a hangover from the days when the Kenya shilling was not a convertible currency. You can always settle your bill in Kenya shillings, but the exchange rate is often poor.
It's always worth trying to negotiate a discount. Many cheap hotels will bend over backwards to remind you that their rates can be discussed. And in the more expensive places which usually apply a two-tier tariff for residents and non-residents, it's a perfectly acceptable negotiating tactic to claim to be a resident, though you may have to eat humble pie if they demand to see proof.
Kenya's upmarket hotels are generally good at providing internet services, and there are plenty of cybercafés.
Boarding and lodgings
In any town you'll find basic guesthouses called boarding and lodgings. These can vary from a mud shack with water from the well to a multistorey building of en-suite rooms, complete with a bar and restaurant, and usually built around a lock-in courtyard/parking area. Most B&L bathrooms include rather alarmingly wired "instant showers", giving a meagre spray of hot water 24 hours a day.
If you want a double bed, ask for a room with "one big bed". If you ask for a "double room" you will normally get a room with two beds. What matters is how many beds will be used, not the number of people sleeping in them. So a couple sharing a double bed will nearly always pay the same price as a single guest, though they'll have to pay for an extra breakfast. At about the price point where residents' and non-residents' rates come into play, and rates are set in dollars rather than shillings, the international language of "doubles", "twins" and "single room supplements" is usually spoken.
While you can find a room for under Ksh1500 – and sometimes much less – in any town, prices are not a good indication of quality. If the bathrooms don't have instant showers, then check the water supply and find out when the boiler will be on. The very cheapest places (as little as Ksh500 or less) will not usually have self-contained rooms, so you should check the state of the shared showers and toilets. You won't cause offence by saying no thanks.
The better B&Ls are clean and comfortable, but they tend to be airless and often double as informal brothels, especially if they have a bar. If the place seems noisy in the afternoon, it will become cacophonous during the night, so you may want to ask for a room away from the source of the din. Moreover, if it relies on its bar for income, security becomes an important deciding factor. Well-run B&Ls, even noisy, sleazy ones, always have uniformed security staff and gated access to the room floors. You can leave valuables with the manager in reception (usually a small cell protected by metal grills), though use your judgement. Leaving valuables like cameras in your room is usually safe enough if they're packed away in your bags. It's money and small items left lying around that tend to disappear.
Cottages and homestays
Increasingly, it's possible to book self-catering apartments, villas or cottages. Langata Link Holiday Homes (t+254 (0)20 891314 or t +254 (0)721 556031, wholidayhomeskenya.com) are agents for a wide range of houses especially on the coast. Kenya Beach Rentals (wkenya-beachrentals.com) specializes in coastal properties. Uniglobe Let's Go Travel (t+254 (0)20 2678646 or t+254 (0)722 331899;wuniglobeletsgotravel.com) is a highly recommended agent for accommodation across the spectrum, including homestays, cottages and villas.
Youth hostels
Only two Kenyan youth hostels, at Nairobi and Naro Moru, are affiliated to Hostelling International (whihostels.com). Both are fairly basic, and Nairobi Youth Hostel isn't much used by budget travellers. Non-members pay Ksh120 per night in addition to the normal rate (Ksh700 in dorms). The hostels can be booked through HI or the local association (wyhak.org). There are also YMCAs, YWCAs and church-run hostels in a number of towns.
If you're on a budget and have a flexible itinerary, there are enough camping sites (campgrounds) in Kenya to make it worthwhile carrying a tent, and camping wild is sometimes a viable option, too. Bring the lightest tent you can afford and remember its main purpose is to keep insects out, so one made largely of mosquito netting could be ideal.
Campsites in the parks are usually very basic, though a handful of privately owned sites have more in the way of facilities. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) manages all the campsites in national parks, for which the current rate ranges from $15–25/person per day. For that hefty price, you often get little more than a place to pitch your tent and park your vehicle. Showers and toilets are often rudimentary and the other normal camping site features, such as a shop or café, non-existent.
The so-called special campsites, found in a number of national parks, are in reality simply campsites which have to be reserved on an exclusive basis for private use. Some of them are in particularly attractive locations, but unlike standard campsites they have no facilities whatsoever: you need to be entirely self-sufficient to use them. To reserve a special campsite, which costs a flat fee of Ksh7500 for up to one week, plus the daily per-person rates ($30, or $40 in Amboseli and Lake Nakuru), contact t+254 (0)726 610508, firstname.lastname@example.com or visit KWS headquarters at Nairobi National Park Main Gate in Nairobi. Camping fees in the major national parks (Aberdare, Amboseli, Nairobi, Lake Nakuru, Tsavo East and Tsavo West) are normally deducted from your pre-paid Safari Card.
Opportunities for wild camping depend on whether you can find a suitable, safe site. In the more heavily populated and farmed highland districts, you should always ask someone before pitching in an empty spot, and never leave your tent unattended. Camping near roads, in dry river beds or on trails used by animals going to water, is highly inadvisable (see Sexual harassment), as is camping on the beach.
Far out in the wilds, hard or thorny ground is likely to be the only obstacle. During the dry seasons, you'll rarely have trouble finding dead wood for a fire, so a stove is optional. You can buy camping gas cartridges in a few places in Nairobi.


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Chaos is a relatively new and exciting science. Although chaos was often unfavorably viewed its early stages, scientists now perform active research in many areas of the field. Presently, there are several journals dedicated solely to the study of chaos.
This website was written in conjunction with a talk given for Intermediate Physics Seminar of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University. It is intended to merely highlight a few of the more interesting aspects in the field of chaos.


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Jacksonville officer charged with petty theft
Undersheriff says purse turned in to Sheriff's Office found in officer's car
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police on Friday announced the arrest of a 43-year-old officer accused of stealing items turned in to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
According to Undersheriff Dwain Senterfitt, Cheryl Cummings was arrested Friday morning on a charge of petty theft after investigators looked into a tip that she might be stealing items citizens were bringing into her office.
Cummings has worked for JSO since 1997 and is assigned to the Zone 4 office, which is in the Cedar Hill area of the Westside.
Police said a FBI agent posed as a citizen and turned in a teal Liz Claiborne handbag.
"The agent went into the Zone 4 substation with a bag that was a new purse with a gift receipt inside a JCPenney bag, turned that in to Officer Cummings and said, 'I found this in the parking lot,'" Senteriftt said. "Surveillance was done that afternoon. Integrity (Unit) detectives saw her take that bag to her car."
Investigators said they could see the bag in Cummings' car on five separate occasions. Police got a warrant to search her car, and the bag was not there.
Cummings is charged with petty theft because the item was valued at less than $300. Investigators said they'll be looking into the possibility Cummings may have stolen other items.
Cummings was isolated in jail because she is an officer, but had bonded out by afternoon. Legally, she can't be told to leave her job unless she is convicted, but she will be reassigned to another unit. Cummings was already on light duty because of medical issues.
She was also arrested in 2004 on a grand theft charge as the result of an investigation into her activities in a transaction with a woman who needed her credit score fixed. She also worked at a credit fixing company then.
Cummings and the woman entered into a contract for $1,100 that the woman eventually wanted to back out of, according to a police report. Cummings was fired by the credit fixing company, and it was determined that $300 was missing, according to the report. Cummings was arrested, but the charges were later dropped.
According to Cummings' personnel record, she also has two citizen complaints and one in-house complaint. On both of the citizen complaints, she received letters of referral for improper actions.
Cummings won a Lifesaver Award from JSO in 2011. A woman went into an allergic reaction at the same Zone 4 substation, and Cummings injected the woman with an EpiPen.
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Projections of U.S. Obesity Levels Climbing from 34% to 42% Over Next Four Decades
Citing studies that compare obesity to infectious diseases researchers predict a slow but steady climb in U.S. obesity rates.
While some researchers maintain U.S. obesity levels have peaked at 34% of the adult population a team of Harvard University researchers made a more dire assessment, projecting a slow but steady increase to 42% over the next four decades. TrekDesk CEO, Steve Bordley argues a U.S. "Movement Revolution" would instead witness a drastic reduction in obesity rates and health related issues.
The Harvard announcement is based on a 2007 study from the university led by Nicholas Christakis who made the observation that obesity's rise manifests similarities to infectious diseases in a community and if your immediate social circle contained an obese person the odds of obesity increased by 50%.
What this study shows is that sedentary lifestyles and poor dietary habits spread through social circles and work environments through shared habits and reinforcement.
The positive slant on this study is that a "Movement Revolution" could also spread rapidly and reverse this trend of obesity to levels not seen since the 1960's when obesity rates in the U.S. were 1/3 of the current levels.
The goal of launching a "Movement Revolution" and re-introducing continual daily movement into the nation's workplaces and schools centers on providing education and tools that integrate movement into current lifestyles rather than trying to change the lifestyle.
While you may not be able to convince your child that video games place them on a path of ill health, placing the video controls onto a TrekDesk treadmill desk allows them to continue their passion and get the exercise they need to be healthy. This holds true for almost any sedentary activity whether at the home or the office.


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I'm seeing a lot of talk about "passive electioneering" rules — i.e., the possibility that you could be turned away from voting if you show up at the polls wearing a T-shirt or button supporting a candidate. Snopes says it depends on the state and offers a handy article (pdf) that breaks down the state laws. Trouble is, upon skimming, I didn't see anything in there about an Illinois law prohibiting voters from wearing campaign stuff, but I did see people get in trouble for it when I went to vote.
The good news is, no one was turned away. I saw one woman asked to remove an Obama button from her purse, and I stood in line behind a man wearing his T-shirt inside out. At first I didn't get what that was about (fashion trend I'm not up on? bad eyes?), but then I overheard this conversation between him and the volunteer who set him up to vote:
Him: They made me turn my shirt inside out.
Volunteer: I know. It's a nice shirt, sir. It's a very nice shirt. But we can't let you wear it in here.
When he turned around, I saw a vague, backwards outline of Obama's face on his chest. A very nice shirt, indeed. Heh.
The bad news (in this context) is, I live in a ridiculously Democratic-leaning neighborhood. As in, the kind where an election volunteer can blatantly say, "It's a very nice shirt" without fear of anything but a "Fuck yeah, it is!" from anyone who overheard. So if the polling station in my neighborhood was enforcing "passive electioneering" rules, you can bet it's also happening other places — and in those places, the response may or may not be as simple as, "Go turn your shirt inside out."
It might be that no one gives a rat's ass in your neighborhood. It might be that "Turn it inside out" is the statewide policy, which will be enforced fairly and evenly. But still, if you haven't gone to vote yet, I'd recommend not wearing anything that promotes a candidate. It's just not worth the potential pain in the ass.
Update from JR about Virginia:
The law for Virginia has been updated and clarified since that article was written. I'm working at the polls this year, and we were explicitly told what is and is not acceptable inside the polling area.
No hats, buttons, stickers, bags, shirts, etc. that explicitly promote one candidate, party, or cause (ex. funding for schools, property tax change, etc.). The poll workers will ask you to remove these items or turn a shirt inside out. I know some polls will have baggy shirts (no idea how big) for people to wear as cover ups if they do not feel like inverting a shirt.
Please do not give pollworkers in Virginia and other states with similar laws a hard time about this. We are all putting in 15+ hour days on November 4 to make sure everyone can vote.
I know the ACLU was looking into challenging the law in Virginia, but I think they are going to wait until after the election to do anything. The law might change for the next election, but don't do anything to prevent you from voting in this one.


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ODYSSEY: The Chamber Music Society in Greece
Season 44 Episode 5 | 1h 25m 36s
Greece is commonly seen as the birthplace of the Classical ideal. The extraordinary musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center journey to this remarkable land, performing works embodying the essence of classical music in iconic settings like the ancient theatre of Larissa and the historic Church of the Taxiarchon in Pelion – culminating in a mighty version of Mendelssohn's Octet.
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By Kevin Grandia • Friday, August 4, 2006 - 13:14
Exxon denies they had anyting to do with the video and ABC reports a DCI representative as stating:
"We do not disclose the names of our clients, nor do we discuss the work we do on behalf of our clients."
This is yet another in a long list of examples of underhanded PR spin being used to attack the scientific consensus on climate change - it is also an extremely amateurish and immature example of PR in general. DCI's unwillingness to disclose the client footing the bill for this sad little video means they're probably raring up for some damage control on this one. This is a bad PR move on the part of DCI, by covering up their client they are only drawing more attention to the story and making themselves and Exxon look all that more guilty.
Of course, questionable PR tactics by DCI are not surprising, when you consider that DCI's current CEO, Doug Goodyear, was also heavily involved as a PR consultant in RJ Reynold's efforts to manufacture a grassroots campaign against tougher tobacco laws.
I guess when it comes to PR and climate change, we just have to keep "smoking" these guys out of their holes. Sorry, bad pun, had to be done.
Tartly Critical replied on Permalink
I guess PR firms working
I guess PR firms working public opinion on global warming have moved past blogs. What's next: DeSmogBlog, The Movie? Do post a link when its ready for viewing.
RougePierre replied on Permalink
Is that it?
Come on. Even you tartly must agree that this is at least a little bit sordid. You yourself admitted that scientists need to be more open on their funding, shouldn't PR people be as well? We here at the DeSmogBlog have been more than open about our funding source. By the way, you have always been such an astute commentator on the subject of climate change, would you care to tell us what your interest is in the subject?
Tartly Critical replied on Permalink
I'd suggest putting labels
I'd suggest putting labels on videos without a problem. Can't go as far as 'sordid' in this case because the video was harmless and silly. If it had libeled Gore or been pornographic or something of that nature then sordid would surely apply. The Wall Street Journal said the Gore movie people also distributed a You Tube video. I suppose these videos are seen as the latest thing for marketing, but to me they look like a waste of money. I can't imagine deciding to see a movie because someone made a You Tube video about it, or not seeing it because someone did.
As for the rest of it, I agree that it is clear that a PR agency owns this website. I am sure that if DCI starts a blog you will assume it reflects the personal opinions of DCI staff and that no clients are involved. I share your sentiments here.
Gabriel Kent replied on Permalink
PR for what?
It is clear by reading the about page:
"This site is the project of Jim Hoggan, founder of James Hoggan & Associates, and one of Canada's leading public relations professionals."
PR for what though?
"I am sure that if DCI starts a blog you will assume it reflects the personal opinions of DCI staff and that no clients are involved. I share your sentiments here." - Tartly Critical
I believe what the argument would have us assume is that to condemn one PR firm, is to in fact condemn them all.
Disclosure is important to those who wish to elect fact. Fact takes data and shifts from time to time. One however, rarely needs fact to mark profit…other than the fact that someone is willing to pay for something.
I visit the JH&A Blog and see:
"The Scientific Consensus
Here is a review by Science magazine that looked at 928 abstracts, published in refereed scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, and listed in the ISI database with the keywords "climate change." Not one of these studies disagreed with consensus view on climate change." (links to AAAS owned magazine)
I visit the DCI About Us (they have no blog) and see:
"DCI Group is a full-service public and government affairs firm comprised of more than 150 veterans of federal and state politics and public policy."
How do the heads of 150 veterans hang while viewing this YouTube piece? It wasn't done very well – does it signal incompetence? This seems to create more forums and discussion _for_ the movie. Rather, highlights it that much more.
Why would someone pay for this? Did someone pay for this?
Even if it was the personal opinion of someone from DCI, I would have to conclude that their hiring process allows l4mers to produce media and furthermore, a lam3r with an immature and ignorant view of the world. So 1ame in fact, he used what appears to be obfuscated identity information. Nothing more than that though. This is not a big deal. It is just lame.
150 veterans, I ask you: do you hang your head low because of that low-laying media? Or because today you are its lame focus?
…but they are not here to respond. And here JH&A have a comment box for me to make my comment and yours.
DCI issues a lame video and JH&A issues links to dispel it.
There is no equality here with respect to supporting the movement to abstain from poisoning ourselves.
John Lefebvre replied on Permalink
'Sordid' - per the Oxford English Dictionary
1. dirty or squalid
2. ignoble, mean or mercenary
3. mean or niggardly
4. dull-coloured
I'd say that #2 applies perfectly …
Tartly Critical replied on Permalink
To bored animated
To bored animated penguins?
Can you be the same man who wrote that Tucker Carlson's tie is cutting the oxygen off from his brain?


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Us, being a family who loves chicken, some sort of chicken dish has to be made very often. So, sticking to just a couple of curries can be very boring and hence I am always in look out for new curries. Thankfully, chicken is very versatile, can be prepared in umpteen number of ways. Creamy, spicy, dry, herby, rich - you name it, you make them with chicken.
Both my son and husband love the Malabar chicken curry and that's one that I make on regular basis to go with neichor or chappathi. I decided to learn few more curries to be a part of our regular meals. And hence this curry was introduced into my kitchen, from ecurry.
The curry has a Korma appeal and feel. It is mildy flavoured with spices and the curry has a clean and fresh taste. You can add more or less green chillies depending on your tolerance level, but living in Britain for a while and cooking for the toddler, our spice intake has changed drastically and tolerance has decreased to bare minimum.
The curry turned out well, rich,cream and delicious and was well accepted by my family and this definitely is going to be appearing on our dinner table often.
Badami Chicken (Curried Chicken in Almond Sauce)
Adapted from : eCurry
Serves: 3-5
750 g chicken cut into 2 inch pieces
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 ½ tbs lemon juice
salt to taste
2 tbsp yogurt
1 tsp garam masala
5 cloves
5 cardamoms
2 inch piece cinnamon sticks
2 bay leaves, put all the spics above in afreezer bag and whack it to pound them
3-4 tbsp ghee plus oil
1/3 cup almonds , 55g, soaked and peeled and ground to paste
2 medium size onions, 250g, finely chopped, 2 cups
6 cloves of garlic chopped fine (1 tbsp)
1 ½ tbsp chopped ginger (*place roughly chopped ones in bag and whack with rolling pin to mince it)
1/4 peace nutmeg grated
¼ cup chopped coriander leaves
½ cup coconut milk
1. Pound the whole spices (cardamom, bay leaves and cloves) except cinnamon using a pestle and mortar, or just place it in a freezer bag and whack using a rolling in to gently crush the spices. Marinate the chicken with red chilli powder, garam masala, yogurt, lemon juice and salt and leave it aside for a minimum of half and hour or overnight if time allows.
2. In a pan, heat the pound spices along with cinnamon sticks until it releases aroma. Add oil/ghee and throw in the chopped onions and sauté until they start turning to golden.
3. Add in the chopped ginger and garlic and green chillies and cook for 2 minutes on medium heat until the raw smell goes off.
4. Add in the marinated chicken without the liquid and cook them turning them occasionally until all sides are coloured and the mixture is dry. Take care not to burn the spices and not to overly brown the chicken as we need light coloured gravy.
5. While the chicken is cooking, peel the almonds and grind them along with the leftover marinade from chicken and a touch of water if necessary. Pour this mixture into the chicken along with green chillies and stir. Add ¾ - 1 cup water or more if more sauce is needed and cook till done.
6. Add ½ cup of single cream or coconut milk,grated nutmeg and chopped coriander and just heat through simmering on low heat for about couple of minutes.
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Broxton, who is working his way back from August right forearm surgery, is scheduled to start and throw one inning for Pensacola on Saturday.
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With *Sheryl Crow *all set to embark upon a new album campaign, this is the question that's undoubtedly been on all of our lips for the past couple of months: "Is Sheryl progressing or regressing?" Well, there are a couple of different ways of looking at this…
A year ago now, Sheryl was busily embracing the future-gazing eco-warrior inside her and had set about fashioning a 'dining sleeve' – an ingenious way of saving paper napkins by inviting the diner to wipe his or her breadcrumb–encrusted mouth on a handy detachable sleeve.
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William BYRD (1540-1623)
Mass for Four Voices [21:30]
Richard Rodney BENNETT (1936-2012)
A Colloquy with God [3:32]
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rec. January 2013, Länna Church, Sweden.
Latin texts and English translations included
This is the second disc by New York Polyphony that has come my way. Back in 2007 I admired a Christmas programme entitled I Sing the Birth (review). Since then this vocal quartet has had a couple of personnel changes though counter-tenor Geoffrey Williams and bass Craig Phillips remain.
This programme includes three English Mass settings. I almost wonder if, in some ways, it might have been even more interesting if the programme ordering had been altered so that we heard the Plummer setting first followed by the Tallis and then the Byrd. That would have presented the settings in chronological order, which is quite important, not least because of the political and religious upheaval that took place in sixteenth-century England, which had such an impact on church music. On the other hand, the programme order, and especially the placing within it of the three contemporary pieces, gives every sign that it has been calculated very precisely so probably one should respect the order in which the pieces have been placed.
I suspect your view of the Byrd performance will be coloured by the sort of sound you prefer in this music. I must admit to a preference for what one hears from The Tallis Scholars. Their recording of the Mass for Four Voices, made in the 1980s, offers a very different experience. As usual with that ensemble there are two singers per part and in their performance they have sopranos on the top line. New York Polyphony, singing at a different pitch, have a counter-tenor on the top line. The likelihood is that Byrd wrote his setting for use at clandestine recusant celebrations of the Mass and there's a strong case to be made that at such liturgies only a very small number of singers, all of them adult male, might have been available. So, it may well be that the NYP performance is "authentic" and the use of just four voices undoubtedly gives a sense of intimacy. However, comparing this performance with the one by The Tallis Scholars I came down in favour of the English performance. The NYP performance is absolutely immaculate. However, I came to feel that the timbre and sound was somewhat unvarying. Also - and this is highly subjective - the NYP performance was a little detached and didn't offer as much emotional engagement as that offered by The Tallis Scholars. Both ensembles offer tremendous clarity in their delivery of the part-writing and in this respect NYP's use of one voice to a part perhaps gives them a slight edge.
I must say that the reservations that I've just described didn't really apply to the Tallis Mass. That may indicate that I became used to the sound made by New York Polyphony but in fact I'm inclined to think this is the best of all the performances on the disc. It's uncertain when the setting was composed - or why. In his very good notes Geoffrey Williams says perceptively that the setting is "an odd hybrid: Catholic in intent and Anglican in execution." I wonder if it was not written in the expectation that it would be used in recusant Catholic liturgies: the style of the music seems to be more 'public' than that of Byrd's setting. Oddly, Tallis omits several lines of the Credo - though not as many as were left out by John Plummer. Perhaps because the style of the music feels more 'public' the singing of NYP seems to deliver a much stronger emotional charge than I had experienced in the Byrd performance. They impart welcome energy to both the Gloria and Credo and I admired their spacious account of the Sanctus. Unless you insist on a larger ensemble in such music you'll find that this is an excellent performance of the Mass and the singing is extremely polished.
John Plummer's Missa sine nomine is for three voices (TBarB). Textually it's interesting for a number of reasons. In the first place the Kyrie is not the usual tripartite plea for mercy; instead Plummer sets a much longer, troped text. He also omits quite a lot of the text of both the Gloria and the Credo. It's suggested in the notes that the reason for these omissions may be that the entire text would be recited by the celebrant and so the omission of words from a musical setting would not be thought a problem. That sounds plausible though I must say that, divorced from a liturgical context, it is a little odd to move in the Credo straight from the Resurrection on the third day to 'et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.' without missing a beat, as it were. Geoffrey Williams suggests that Plummer's "gentle lyricism is more Renaissance than medieval in execution" though I'm not sure I'd completely agree with that; certainly by the side of Tallis and Byrd Plummer's music has a very much earlier feel.
The particular skill in assembling this programme lies in the way three short contemporary pieces have been woven into it. It's not entirely clear when the late Sir Richard Rodney Bennett composed A Colloquy with God. The notes tell us that after hearing New York Polyphony sing in 2012 Bennett "gifted" the piece to them. That suggests to me it had already been written, but probably fairly recently. Is this its first recording? It's a setting of some lines by Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) and it's a fastidiously crafted little piece which this quartet sings beautifully.
The other two pieces were written for the group - Andrew Smith's expressly for this recording - so I think we can be fairly sure these are recorded premières. Not only are both very interesting pieces but their inclusion in this programme, and at the respective specific points in the proceedings is very intelligent. The Tallis Mass lacks a Kyrie, as was a frequent practice at the time. Andrew Smith's piece therefore acts as an apt preface and he follows the precedent of John Plummer in setting a troped text, Cunctipotens Genitor Deus ('All-powerful Father, God'). I'm not sure what the source of the words is but Smith's short piece, though indisputably modern, is not unidiomatic in the context of the Tallis Mass. The juxtaposition works very well. Gabriel Jackson's Ite missa est is a fitting text with which to conclude a programme mainly consisting of Mass settings. Written for this ensemble, it's well described in the notes as "playfully intricate". It's ingenious, not least in the way arresting sonorities are conjured from just four voices. This extrovert little piece makes an apt conclusion to the programme.
Throughout this enterprising sequence the singing of New York Polyphony is immaculate. They have been beautifully recorded in a Swedish church. As is invariably the case with this label, the booklet is extremely well produced. In conclusion I should explain the title of the programme. It's taken from the first stanza of a poem by the English Catholic martyr, Robert Southwell (1561-1595). The poem is printed in full at the front of the booklet and Geoffrey Williams weaves some couplets from the poem into his notes.
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Keith Haring (1958-1990) was an American artist and social activist known for his evocative illustrations. A prominent figure of 1980s New York graffiti culture, his work could be found in every subway station in the city. Haring was able to reach a wide audience through his humorous, accessible imagery and saturated colours. He proved the legitimacy of street art by bringing it to museums and galleries, blurring the boundary between high and low culture- an endeavour also shared by his contemporaries Warhol and Basquiat. Haring's energetic drawings tackle universal themes such as birth, death, sexuality and war in an original, cartoon-like way that has awarded him international recognition. Our extensive collection of Haring prints celebrates his unique graphic style.
We started out as a small screenprinter in a Brighton basement. Today we've grown to a factory and design studio in Newhaven. Headed by founder Gyr King, we have a simple ethos to bring inspiring, affordable art to everyone.