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Food microorganisms play a critical role in food industry and human health. As we know, bad microorganisms, including pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms are the main causes for food spoilage, food safety and food-borne human health problems. It is important to understand the growth pattern and its underlying mechanism of pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms in different foods or under different conditions. Furthermore, predictive models, fast detection and new technologies can be applied to control these microorganisms and assure food safety.
On the other hand, some good microorganisms, e.g., lactic acid bacteria are widely applied in fermented foods, or used to produce food additives via bio-engineering. Although food microbiology has been widely studied and a great progress has been achieved in many aspects, it is still poorly understood on molecular mechanisms, applications of new detecting technologies, and associations between food microorganisms and human health.
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About those controversial guidelines saying to keep eating red and processed meats ... the lead author has a history of questionable trade industry-sponsored studies. (Health Exec)
The EXCEL trial in left main disease "was a disgrace" with changes that biased the trial in favor of stents and their mortality disadvantage downplayed, charged cardiac surgeon David Taggart, MD, PhD, who said he withdrew his name from the New England Journal of Medicine 5-year data paper over such concerns. However, primary investigator Gregg Stone, MD, has repeatedly countered that no protocol change was made. (Twitter, TCTMD)
A proposed 72% cut to Medicare reimbursement of myocardial PET multiple perfusion services should be delayed, according to a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from a group of members of Congress. (AuntMinnie.com)
For people who live alone, having a dog is linked to a longer life after a stroke or heart attack, a Swedish study found. (The Independent)
A smartphone app can quickly specify the cardiac implanted electrical device from a chest radiograph, which could be useful for emergency situations, according to a study in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. (Cardiovascular Business)
The FDA revised the rules for regulating digital health apps and artificial intelligence tools, saying it would take a risk-based approach that would let fitness trackers slide but take a sharper look at clinical decision tools, for example. (Advisory Board)
Idarucizumab (Praxbind) is as effective at reversing the activity of dabigatran (Pradaxa) in patients with as without renal impairment, found a pre-specified retrospective analysis of the RE-VERSE AD trial. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines may prevent more atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events for a similar number needed to treat compared with guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and from the European Society of Cardiology. (JAMA Cardiology)
Nitrosamine contamination in sartans and ranitidine could come from five sources, as the European Medicines Agency detailed, ranging from contaminated raw or starting materials to formation during the processing of active pharmaceutical ingredients. (in-PharmaTechnologist.com)
Sleeping less than 6 hours a night was linked to all-cause mortality but not death from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, a study reported in Journal of the American Heart Association.
Chronic anticoagulation with dabigatran (Pradaxa) preserved cognition and reduced amyloid deposition in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The American Heart Association released a statement on interventional approaches to pulmonary embolism as a sort of review of the field and research needs but without hard clinical recommendations. (Circulation)
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NISMO stars ruled out of V8 enduros
Nissan Motorsport may not be able to field an international NISMO driver as part of its V8 Supercars endurance line-up this year, thanks to a host of clashes around the globe.
Nissan has revealed its full global programme for 2016, with regional programmes including Super GT in Japan, Blancpain Endurance and Sprint in Europe, and the Pirelli World Challenge in the US.
But the packed schedule isn't necessarily great news for Nissan Motorsport in Australia, with a host of clashing events likely to rule out having an international driver visit for the three endurance races at Sandown, Bathurst, and on the Gold Coast.
Nissan has opted to draft in a driver from the wider NISMO family over the last two years, Briton Alex Buncombe sharing the #7 Altima with Todd Kelly in both 2014 and 2015.
However, for 2016 it seems unlikely that the concept will continue. With the Blancpain Endurance round at the Nürburgring clashing with the Sandown 500, Buncombe and Lucas Ordóñez are out of the picture.
And the same goes for Bathurst 12 Hour star Katsumasa Chiyo, with the Super GT round in Thailand on the same weekend as the Bathurst 1000. That same clash also rules Jann Mardenborough.
As a result, the V8 Supercars team is likely to need to look local to find a fourth endurance driver. One contender may well be Carrera Cup star Matt Campbell, who tested the #7 Altima at Winton on Monday.
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Just blog and ignore the myths
Just blog and ignore the myths 1 – To start a blog is costly
If you want to begin blogging, it entirely depends on you how much you want to spend and what you're looking to do. The truth is that when you start out, you want to spend less because you will be learning along the way and will definitely want to tweak things. Along your blogging journey, you will learn through trial and error.
All you need is a domain and a hosting company. The domain costed me something way under $15 for the year and my hosting costs under $20 every month.
Let's take a look at the yearly cost. $15 + $20 x 12 = $255 a year (remember this amount will be less because my domain costs me less than $15 and my hosting is less than $20 a month)
Just blog and ignore the myths 2 – It's free to start a blog
There are ways you can blog for free, but you won't be able to use images, use a personalised touch and the platform will not belong to you.
If you're planning to make blogging a business, want to earn from it, sell your products and services and retain your efforts then it's best investing a bit into it initially just to get started, and slowly you can build a blog through learning and implementing your own ideas and strategies. Just imagine when you start making money then you can invest more.
Just blog and ignore the myths 3 – You need to be good at writing
This is where a lot of people get put off when it comes to blogging.
Writing a blog doesn't mean you need to be an excellent English literature student. If you can write in your language there's no better way you can really express yourself then adding a little of you into your blog posts.
A successful blog is a blog that can keep people engaged. If you're good at your profession and want to use blogging to become an authority figure, then people will engage with you and learn from the knowledge you have to share. You have to be able to produce excellent content, but if writing isn't your strongest force, you can outsource this aspect of your business with the use of ghostwriters.
Blogging doesn't mean you only need to write. You can use other ways to be creative on your blog, i.e. using videos, podcasts and pictures.
So, another big reason why you should just blog and ignore the myths.
Just blog and ignore the myths 4 – A blogger's job is only to write
When you take on blogging, you not only commit to producing content, but you also commit to getting your content out. A blogger is like a writer and a publisher in one. There is no point writing content, then putting it onto your blog and then leaving it there. How is anyone going to find it?
The blogger has to learn other skills too. There's a combination of skills to be learnt from writing an actual piece of content to website skills beginning from the type of platform that best suits your needs, then publishing the content onto your website, then distributing your posts on social media, performing updates, tracking, adding plugins etc.
Why you should continue blogging and ignore this myth is because this knowledge is one of the most important aspects of becoming a successful blogger and get your posts noticed by a broad audience.
Just blog and ignore the myths 5 – There are too many blogs, too many niches and the competition is high
Just blog and ignore the myths because the same goes for a physical business. There will always be competition when it comes to making money. The difference between how you come across compared to your competitors will be down to being different, consistent, providing quality content, keeping your website updated on a regular basis, tracking your feedback, researching what your audience's pain points are and doing the work to get up the ladder slowly.
Your blog is like opening a business. You're not going to open a company that you don't like or aren't passionate about and starting a business where you think the money is being made might not be the way to go about making money. There's no point finding out later down the line that you've wasted your time in something that didn't fulfil you, and that's not making your excited anymore. It will be hard to start all over again and drop the website/blog, which is making you loads of money because you've invested in it solely to make money.
If growing your blog is going to take time in you seeing results then you might as well build a blog in something you enjoy doing and think that you can make a trend out of it, especially if no one else knows about it.
Just blog and ignore the myths 6 – You need more traffic to make more money
Just blog quality content and ignore this myth around the fact that you need more traffic in order to make more money. The truth is that you can have as many people visiting your website, but that doesn't guarantee that they will buy. Just like any business online or offline, many people will walk in and leave with something while others are just there to check out your new shop. It's better to have a small amount of traffic coming from your target audience with a small conversion rate than random visitors that aren't converting.
Readers are looking for value, and the more you engage with them and find out what they need the better articles you'll right on your blog. You never know how the feedback a few people who you help on your website give you can actually be something that majority of the visitors on your site resonate with. That factor and that one difference can turn your blogs into conversion.
On the back of one blog and its feedback might even result in a coaching session. You never know the turnout by giving it a shot, and you might find that it becomes a career on the side of blogging which comes naturally to you because of the number of months and years you've spent writing articles and researching the topics that matter to you and to people out there.
To read more articles about blogging, you can visit https://blogbenefits.com/ or https://blogginghurdles.com/ or https://yourblogcontent.com/
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If you are a Teenager of driving age, whether you have just gotten your learner's permit or even if you have been released to roam the roads by yourself, please indulge me for a moment.
I am tired of having to go see your parents on the worst day of their lives. I am tired of the long drive down strange driveways to knock on the door of the home you've left void. I am tired of making your mom cry while she tells us that she knows you are in Heaven.
I am tired of visiting makeshift memorials by your sobbing friends at the scene of your accident. I am tired of seeing your cars totaled and slathered with blood stains. I am tired of hearing people speculate about what happened to cause this mess.
I am tired of you thinking you are invincible. I am tired of you thinking that it could never happen to you. I am tired of you not repecting the lives of your passengers.
I have covered 10 or more teenager deaths from car accidents in the past 2 years and I'm tired!
I am tired of worrying that my own children could meet this fate in about 6 years.
I am more than happy to use my TV Camera to put you on the news if you do something spectacular at your school. I am more than happy to come to your sporting event. I am more than happy to cover your greatest achievment in life.
BUT, you can bet that if I have to show up on the side of the road where you took your last breath, where your survivors shed a million tears and where your blood will permanently mark my conscious, I will be tired of saying to myself, "Why? Why another needless loss?"
Teenagers, PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY! PLEASE DON'T SPEED! PLEASE DON'T DRIVE BEYOND YOUR CAPABILITIES!
Monday, February 28, 2005
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- Dennis Hart said...
Amen brother.
I'm currently working on an interactive CD ROM for parents and young drivers. Many states are now requiring parents to provide 50 hours of driving "seasoning" for their own teenage drivers. They need some training on how to instruct their teens in good driving habits.
However the teen brain isn't fully developed that they will still some incrediably knuckleheaded stuff until they grow up.
One thing you forgot to mention which is the biggest killer of teens, NOT WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS! Teens have the lowest rate of seatbelt useage. Not good. In fairness I don't know how I made it out of my young driving days in one piece!
- 4:43 PM, March 10, 2005
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How does the Custom Counter get access to the data I want to display?
That's one a good question!
You just need to provide your Counter with the data thanks to a URL you will have coded with a specific format: a JSON URL.
Might sound a lil bit scary if you're no programmer, but this maneuver is rather simple for someone who knows how to code and who has access to the information you want to display.
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pros and cons of a home equity line of credit The Pros and Cons of Personal Loans – Along with traditional banks and credit unions, you also can find personal loans at online banks, such as Discover; online nonbank lenders, such as SoFi; and peer-to-peer lenders, such as Lending Club.qualifying for fha loan 2016 How HUD is Making Things Easier for FHA Lenders – The new guide will become effective for all program loan applications for fha multifamily mortgage insurance received on or after May 28, 2016. I am hosting a webinar. future energy savings.
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Of the memoirs I have read recently this was, thankfully, the shortest. Mindy Kaling is a nerdy version of Kelly Kapoor, if you don't like Kelly you probably won't like this book. You also may not like this book if you really like The Office and even enjoy the Kelly Kapoor character.
Maybe I was hoping it would be really funny and thought provoking like Bossypants from Tina Fey or maybe it would be a shorter version of the dry witted, tattle-taley The Fry Chronicles by Stephan Fry. No, on both counts, it just seemed like a self indulgent memoir of someone who has not lived yet.
I wouldn't want to give the impression that I don't think that Mindy Kaling is talented. She had some observations about her parents' marriage that I enjoyed. Although her own fantasies about killing her fantasy husband on her own wedding night were disturbing and should be a cautionary note to anyone considering dating Mindy.


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A New York judge was busted for drunk driving on her way to court in Rochester.
According to Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley, Astacio, 34, was ticketed by New York State Police traveling on Interstate 490 near the Mt. Read Boulevard exit about 8am on Saturday, the Democrat and Chronicle reported.
The report also said her vehicle appeared to be damaged in what may have been a one-car crash
The Rochester judge refused to take a Breathalyzer test and was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated.
According to the report, Astacio had previously worked in drunk driving bureau of the the Monroe County DA's office before being elected as judge two years ago. The judge had also worked as a defense lawyer before her election.
She was to preside over criminal court arraignments in Rochester, but instead she found herself with an appearance ticket. She will appear in court next month.
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canadiana wrote
Just wondering as Ive heard so many stories on here and others travelling in Mexico.Ive probably driven 40-50,000 kms. in Mexico and happened only once south of TJ.I wasn't wearing a helmut.Apparently its a municipal law rather than state law or so the cop told me.I just wondered if the machismo society has anything to do with it then the cops would be more likely to prey on men who they may think have more $ and are more likely to play into that game.
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Haha! Defining machismo as 'manliness' is a tautology, mate.
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To answer some of your ?s MW my Spanish fluency is maybe 30-35%.I have a lot of trouble with the verbs but much better than the average white tourist.The Mexicans seem to appreciate me trying.I don't expect them to speak English especially in the more rural off the beaten path areas.In the earlier travel days I carried an English/Spanish dictionary [sure came in handy].Im half French Canadian and half English.My mothers 1st language was French[shes from Quebec] but I never learned it.It would have helped me with those verbs.What used to bother me walking down the street in Mexico by myself was men used to cluck at me or make some weird vocal noises even cars passing by with men in it.Later when I dragged my 5 year old son to Mexico and walked down the street it miraculously stopped.Safety wise Mexicans never said too much but I had more than 1 Mexican woman invite me to stay with the family after knowing me maybe 15 mins. so I wondered later if they worried for my safety.Some of them I took up on the offer and I think it was a great cultural and memorable experience.[travelled extensively through Canada and US and never had offers like that] so needless to say I found the Mexican people very generous when they had less than me financially and very giving.I once had an offer from a single Mom with 10 kids that lived in a sticks and mud house for supper.Her stove was an upside down oil drum.She offered me a glass of milk[of course she didn't have a fridge] and handed 1 of her kids an empty glass.He disappeared out back and milked the goat for a warm glass of milk.Boy that was a different experience.Another time I ran into a nomadic tribe in mid Baja who were totally fascinated by my curly hair and terrified of my Kawasaki 750 motorbike.Found out later I was the 1st white person they had ever seen.Im rambling but now you people know why I like to travel Mexico.I could not get those travel experiences in any 1st world country and very memorable.I will be thinking of these trips on my deathbed thinking boy have I ever lived.Most people go to Mexico for the weather and I started out that way too.
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MW my 1st time in Mex. was in '82.I went to TJ for the day and never wanted to go back to Mex.Found it grungy and dirty.A year later someone convinced to go to Ensenada for the weekend.Way different than TJ.I loved it so much I packed my bags and went myself for 3 months.After that I was living in LA at the time and would go there every 2nd weekend to get away from the crowds.I had met Mexican friends down there.I was in my mid-20s.This continued for a year then I moved back to Canada so could only go to Baja every 2 or 3 years over the last 3 decades.I tend to be pretty trusting of people [been accused of being naïve].Had a close call once of a robbery near Cabo [when Cabo had 2 dirt streets].Wrong place at the wrong time in a rural cul de sac on a dirt road asking for directions with 6 drunk Mex. men.The robbery was an afterthought for them and the man with the '45' was not too confident with the gun so I took off in a cloud of dust.I was lucky I was not shot in the back.Another time it was I think in Sinaloa or Michoacan I was followed for 200 kms.Halcone? I don't know.I finally stopped in a town and totally freaked on this guy in a public place and was able to lose him.My last trip was last year from Calgary to Cabo and back [9,300 km] in 23 days in May.All that trouble started in La Paz a month after I left so Im having 2nd thoughts about if I can ever go or do I have to do the all-inclusive thing?I have only found 1 person that will go with me to Mexico motorcycling besides my son and hes a Math Professor at 1 of the Universities .Hes more adventurous than me.He has trouble getting anyone to go with him but all he has to do is phone me up;Hey r u into another Baja run?I don't need too much convincing but as we get older we are more aware of the things that could go wrong and Chivis is right,check out the CURRENT situation where you are going and just because Ive made humpteen trips safely doesn't mean the next 1 is going to be.1 comment on MB said you are safe til you are not.Well put.


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With the introduction of the iPad last Wednesday, the Apple and Google tech war a deluge of e waste – a war that can result in an avalanche of e-waste.
Last Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the much anticipated tablet computer he calls the iPad. The 9.7-inch multitouch tablet is priced at $499 for the 16GB model that uses WIFI, while the high end 64 GB version, which connects with both Wi-Fi and 3G, comes with a price tag of $829.
The war between erstwhile allies Apple and Google is just heating up – I'm certain we will see each side come up with different products targeted at different computing niches in the coming months and years. The iPad, Apple's new addition to its formidable arsenal of high-tech devices, straddles the space between a notebook (Macbookor netbook) and a smartphone (iPhone or Android).
There is, however, a possible effect to this rollout of new toys from these two giants, as Dave Connell at Cool Green Science points out.The effect – a virtual avalanche of e-waste – will be insidious and highly disruptive to e-waste management in the years ahead.
The products (iPhone and Android, tablets, and netbooks) are "inherently disposable" and are designed to become obsolete in a fixed time period. Add the relative low pricing and irreplaceable batteries to the equation and we can expect "15.8 million iPhones and millions more Android phones" being dumped into the nation's waste stream in the coming years.
Watch: E-Waste video: "Students at Santa Clara University explore the environmental and ethical implications of electronic waste."
As Mr.Connell observed, the two companies should take responsibility for the proper disposal of their products and "should implement robust, verifiable and free recycling programs for the devices they manufacture."
Apple has an excellent recycling program in place, but Google is a different apple altogether (pun intended). It does not manufacture the products itself, but provides the crucial software to run these products (the Android software for dataphones and the Google Chrome operating system for netbooks). Arguably, Google has full responsibility – because without its software, manufacturers wouldn't be making those new Android- or Chrome-powered devices, in the first place.
Ultimately, ordinary consumers, like you and me, are also responsible. It is our conspicuous consumption that drives the market and the constant scramble for new products. If we all pause for a second, and reduce our consumption or just refuse to buy every shiny new thing that hits the shelves, the speed at which these companies introduce disposable technology and the resulting e-waste, will be presumably slower. At the very least, we can all try to extend the life cycle of our devices or recycle these properly when the time comes.
What do you think? Are we facing a possible avalanche of e-waste from these two companies in the years to come? As always, your opinion is welcome, please leave your comments below.


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An Injured, Abandoned Baby Elephant Receives Hydrotherapy To Help Her Walk Again
January 9, 2017
A six-month-old baby elephant injured herself badly after stepping into a trap laid by farmers in Thailand to protect their crops.
The poor baby was found hobbling and alone after being separated from her mother.
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She was rescued by a local animal hospital where she received surgery on the damaged foot.
To help strengthen the muscles in her left leg, her caretakers decided to use hydrotherapy.
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The therapy is expected to last for a couple of months, after which it is hoped that she will not need an artificial leg in order to support her increasing weight.
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"She is still a bit nervous and scared of the water," veterinarian Padet Siridumrong said. "But if she can do this regularly she will have fun."
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The veterinarian says "by her fourth or fifth session, she will enjoy swimming more."


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Our Last Night is an American post-hardcore band, formed in 2004 signed to Epitaph Records.Their new release Age Of Ignorance, the third album by the New Hampshire-based band was released on August 21. As the name suggests the album marks a move into more politically inspired songwriting, we caught up with guitarist Matt Wentworth about the bands progress, rise to fame and new found inspiration.
Hey, how's things?
Pretty good man.
That's the way, so what's your name and what do you play in the band?
My name's Matt and I play guitar and sing.
Nice, so what's new for Our Last Night?
Well, we're currently on our CD release headline tour, that's almost over, and then after this we are heading to Japan for 14 shows and then right after that we have a big full US tour with Woe Is Me and Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, I think that starts in November.
So are you guys going to head to Australia sometime?
We're hoping to, we don't have any definite plans for it right now but that's definitely a goal for us in 2013.
Cool, so you guys have a new album out 'Age Of Ignorance'?
Yeah we recorded in New Jersey in a studio called House Of Loud and the producer was David Bendeth, he's worked with Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach a lot of really big artists. It was awesome, he was really insightful, really across the board with song writing and the business aspect of it, he's worked in the music industry for probably 30 years so he knows a lot of people and he's very inspirational for all of us, it was a really good experience.
How did you guys come to be on Epitaph?
Back in 2006 our first manager had heard of us on PureVolume and he really liked our songs, he started working with us and managing us full time and he's gotten other bands signed as well, one being Play Radio Play and the other being Sky Eats Airplane, so he got a couple offers and one of them was Epitaph and their offer was the one that made the most sense to us, so we chose Epitaph and we've been with them ever since.
So what's different about the new album compared to records you've done in the past?
We made some pretty big changes, our vocalist Trevor who does all the screaming in the band, he still does scream a little bit but he switched most of his vocals to a more melodic thing. Musically and instrumentally we kept a lot of the same aspects as the previous stuff, we may have dropped a little bit of the spazzy metal aspect but it's still very intense, energetic music there's just a lot more singing because, I do a lot of the singing as well, I do the same amount and most of Trevor's screaming vocals are now melodic vocals. It's definitely a more rock inspired record, a little less metal inspired.
What are some of the influences you brought to the new stuff?
I think for the new album that we did take a more rock approach, I think we took a lot influences from like Brand New, Circa Survive, Thrice, that kind of stuff, and I listen to a lot of more pop stuff as well like Coldplay, The Frey. I didn't really incorporate direct specific sounds from them but I took a lot of inspiration from the song writing, the ideas and song structures of more poppy stuff like that.
Is there some new inspiration behind the lyrics on the album?
For the new album there are a few more political themes than we've normally done, we've never been into politics before writing this album. I did a lot of research and watched a lot of movies and documentaries and read a lot of articles about certain things about how the world really works and who has the power in our country specifically and even how the whole world works. It's all based around money and greed and I think that's just a dangerous concept, it's almost inevitable but it's really not the most logical way for all of us to live and most people in the world don't have billions of dollars and to get what you want, people who have millions and billions of dollars can just pay to get certain decisions made in politics and the government and it kind of sucks that that's the way it is. So we wrote a lot of the stuff revolving around those subjects. The name Age Of Ignorance, well, a lot of people don't really realise or choose to ignore that that stuff goes on but I think if we all just exposed it a little more it might be able to change and there's a lot of organisations that do try to change things like getting the money out of politics getting the power to the people.
Yeah it's a big problem, especially in the States. Seems like you guys have come a long way to get where you are, how did you first start out?
Well Trevor, the singer, is my brother, he's five years younger than me so when I started playing guitar we started jamming and we started playing shows just with our friends and when we needed an official name for a high school talent show we chose Our Last Night and it just happened to stick. When we were young we started playing local shows, maybe three or four a month, trying to play every weekend and slowly it just got more serious and then like I said our first manager hit us up in 2006 and that was the first time we were really like 'wow we could really do this for a living, we have a chance' so that's when it all really turned around and got really serious for us.
So what did you change about your approach when you got your manager?
Well, two of us decided not to do it, they were younger and my brother is younger too, but it was kind of his main focus but they weren't really looking to make It their lives, we were so we kind of split ways with our old drummer and guitar player and then our current drummer Tim joined and our previous guitar player Colin joined at that same time as well. So we definitely switched gears with our new members and we were ready to take it to a more professional level but there's still so much for you to learn to go to that next level and even on our first tour there was a lot for us to learn, we were definitely new at it so you slowly get more professional as you go and you learn along the way.
Anything you'd say would be a highlight of your career as a band?
Definitely going overseas to Europe and to Japan, I think for all of us in the band that would have been a top highlight for us, it's just crazy going overseas across the world and having people know the lyrics to your songs especially Japan 'cos it's so far away it's crazy. It's funny hearing Japanese people singing along to your lyrics over you and you can hear the Japanese accents. So it's pretty surreal to see that, people knowing your songs you wrote while sitting in New Hampshire and people are familiar with the lyrics half way across the world, it's pretty crazy.
Are there any bands around that you're psyched on right now?
Yeah we just toured with this band called Set It Off, they were really great guys, we made really good friends with them and they have a new album coming out in September. It's a really cool style, it kind of reminds of The Used almost. They're really awesome guys so we're all really excited for them, it seems like they're doing really well, they're signed to Equal Vision Records.
So what does the future hold for you guys?
I think we're just going to go wherever things take us really, the music industry is such a crazy world you never know where you'll be even three weeks from now but we'll just try to do our best, spread the word and keep in close touch with our fans on Twitter and Facebook and all that and then we just hope that the record catches on and we can keep touring for a long time.
Awesome man. Well we might wrap it up, thanks so much for your time.
Thank you, hopefully we can get down to Australia sometime soon.


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An update on the vanilla extract project. Last month, I added 20 vanilla beans to a 750 ml bottle of plain vodka.
After doing the math, and adding more people to the gift giving list, I went back to the liquor store to buy more vodka and discovered vanilla vodka! So, to this bottle, I added 10 vanilla beans, (because I didn't think I would need as much) shook it well, and placed it in a cool, dark place.
Once a week, I shake each bottle (because the beans sink to the bottom),
open them up and take a
swig sniff and check on their progress.
Almost one month later, the vodkas have taken on a pretty amber color.
I could probably
drink use it now, but I will practice my patience skills and leave it alone for a few more weeks. As a diversion, I will concentrate on finding pretty containers for packaging.
I found these bottles and labels at Hobby Lobby.
I waited until they were 50% off and loaded up. I used 13 bottles for gifts and still had some vanilla leftover for me.
Another gift that is super easy to make is homemade Hot Chocolate Mix. This has been a long time favorite in our family. I remember my mom making this for us years ago and, even though I've tweaked the recipe over the years, it's still a winter time staple in my house.
To begin, you will need a very large bowl. To this bowl, add 3 cups confectioners sugar (I sift mine through a fine mesh strainer but you don't have to do this)
3 cups non-fat dry milk and 1 cup coffee creamer (I used French vanilla)
Add 2 cups miniature marshmallows (optional)
and 1 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder (once again, I sifted mine but you don't have to)
At this point, the mix is done.
However, if you so desire, you may add any extras you want. Mini chocolate chips are a good choice for an extra jolt of chocolate. Do be forewarned that chocolate chips don't totally dissolve when hot water is added. Instead, it forms a fudgy sludge layer in the bottom of the cup. Problem? I think not.
Mix well. Use 1/4 cup of mix per 6-8 oz. of hot water. Makes about 8 cups of mix and needs to be stored in an air-tight container.
For gifts, a 2 cup container is a good size for this, but you can use anything as long as it's an air-tight container. I like to use mason jars because I always have these on hand, and they can be painted or wrapped in a variety of ways. Be sure and label your creation with directions (I'm loving the chalkboard labels) or make your own with stencils or scrapbook paper. You might even save room inside the jar for extra marshmallows or chocolate chips. Oh, and don't forget the scoop!
An update on the vanilla extract project. Last month, I added 20 vanilla beans to a 750 ml bottle of plain vodka.


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Got lucky on that one...never hit him
Got lucky on that one...never hit him
Price is a total IDIOT! The personal catcher is total BS!
Lutz missed a pitch I thought he would kill.
I like Lutz but I just don't see much in him moving forward. Might as well let him play the rest of the September though to get a better gage of him.
I dont care, Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. Hes in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.
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...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
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How's Bruce looking these days?
Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement. --- Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
WHY did Castellini have to offer a first-time manager a 3-year deal?
Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement. --- Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
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There is just no way Hamilton has only saved 9 runs....no way that's accurate
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Please introduce yourself and a little bit about what you do, and how you got to where you are now.
My name is Ross Milward I am the co-founder of Quantifeed, I founded the company with Alex Ypsilanti and we have been around for about 3 years now. I guess itâs been a long journey; my background is technology but I have been in finance for a long time, in Hong Kong, London and Australia, primarily in front office equity technology risk and trading. More recently, after that leg of my journey I decided it was time to try something different, the timing of that decision was fortunate as Alex was in a similar situation, looking to do something different too. We felt there was a good combination to bring his quantitative research skills and my technology skills together to build a product where we could take our learning from our investment banking experience at an institutional level and turn it into a product that was appropriate for financial institutions and their customers in Asia.
What things are you doing differently in the FinTech space - both in Hong Kong and from a global/regional perspective?
From day one we realised that the approach for us would be a B2B proposition for financial intermediaries that they could then on sell the product and the content to their customers. So ultimately a B2B2C model. We felt that was the strongest proposition for a number of reasons; the fragmentation of Asia in terms of geography, in terms of style of investors in each country, as well as the various regulations that exist across the Asia Pacific Region. So from day one we always had that mindset and fortunately thatâs worked very well for us, especially now that there is more awareness of digital wealth management, robo-advisory and thematic investment, itâs clear that at least to us our B2B model is the right approach, in this region, for the style of product we do.
What advantages / disadvantages does HK have in FS to disrupt and take models to go global?
A big advantage is that Hong Kong for us is home, and the reason it has become home is, number one, our existing careers in Investment Banking and that Hong Kong and Singapore together, although for different asset classes, is really the centre for Asia for finance, so I think a lot of the experience and learning, people and networks are here, and thatâs been a big benefit.There has been good focus on FinTech too, for example when we started 3 years ago it was the very beginning stages, with strong support from Cyberport, and the Hong Kong Government is now realising that FinTech is an important piece in the puzzle in the finance industry here. Secondly it's easy to set up a business in Hong Kong which makes the initial entry easier than other countries. The disadvantage is mainly the lack of technical skillsets, there are some very good people that but more often than not in financial services in Asia, technical skillset requirements are used more for integrating existing software or taking global systems and deploying them into Asia vs. greenfield architecture and development, I think that's changing somewhat, but of course, it's your job to help us find those kind of technically savvy people!
Is the FinTech disruption business model led, or technology led? What do you think of the tech giants? Do they pose a threat?
For me the foundation has to be finance and technology so for me as the tech guy here it was important for me, when we started, that there was the content, the product and the research, not just the building of a piece of software. I feel that has played out well, so I believe some of the existing tech giants can do technology very well but at the end of the day you need the financial experience too and we feel this is an edge we have. I think it will change over time but the big players are used to acquiring expertise to help them build products they didnât have before.
What are some of the biggest challenges you have faced while setting up and growing Quantifeed?
The main challenge is everything takes longer than you would expect. When you come out of a bigger firm with a brand like the banks we were in, then you take that brand for granted, for example when you are speaking to potential customers then they are looking at that brand, not just you. So, when we stepped out of that world, Alex and I had to initially rely on our personal brands, but over time we fairly quickly recognised how to build the credibility and brand image of Quantifeed as a company and also the broader team that helps make Quantifeed a good company. That takes time but I think thatâs been a big and worthwhile learning exercise. The other big aspect is execution; its easy to have an idea but its very difficult in may ways, not just from a technology perspective, but its very difficult to get something truly to market, to the point where customers are using it and truly relying on it day in day out, particularly in financial services.
You mention how important the team is to brand building, so in relation to the war on talent what is the ultimate skillsets in a FinTech co-founding team? What kind of hires do you look for when building up and scaling your team?
It has been refreshing hiring in a FinTech company vs a traditional Investment Bank as you end up getting exposure to a broader set of developers who don't want to work in a bank for what ever reason I think in terms of the team we have a combination of people who've had perhaps more senior experience, or experience trading or working in connectivity in banking etc., but we make sure we are flexible enough to bring in people who can learn the parts of finance we have too. Therefore, ultimately, we are looking for people who are interested in and passionate about learning new things, these are key criteria for us.
Tell us something that nobody else agrees with you on in the FinTech space
Hmmm, it's hard to come up with something no one agrees with, maybe it's a cop out but execution and time to market is something that people underestimate rather than disagree with. As I said before execution is key and it's easy, particularly for the overused term for robo-advise, it's easy to have a PowerPoint, it's easy to do some of the simple algos, but then actually if you include what is required within a financial organisation to go live, it's a very big undertaking. I think a lot of people miss the important pieces in this regard. The other aspect, going back to what I said before, is that maybe people coming from a financial institution background underestimate the technology and those from technology who maybe don't have the experience on the financial side underestimate the finance piece. This is where you end up having issues, therefore the combination is critical and perhaps this is where people might disagree with me? (chuckles)
What are some of the biggest opportunities in the FinTech space at the moment, and what advice would you give to someone looking to get involved now?
You have to be careful that itâs not overhyped; I think people shouldn't be attracted to it because of the disruptive aspect as disruption takes a long, long time. To me, where FinTech in Asia really adds value is how we can partner with existing institutions who know there's a change, who can add value to existing business through technology and supplement some of the existing products, and over time, take a digital wealth management journey. It is important that people who are looking to get into FinTech recognise that it takes time to build the experience but the nice thing about it is that you are playing both sides. For example, what's really interesting is when we are building the technology and thinking about the architecture, we have to think how we scale our platform across the cloud because there are many institutions who are either smaller or the in the right jurisdiction where they are comfortable with the cloud, then we want to scale them as quickly as possible and on-board them with the cloud. However, some of the bigger organisations are still into enterprise technology and not yet ready to put their production systems on or the financial information of their clients that brings trust into play prevents this. So I love the fact that we have these technology problems to solve across the broad spectrum, it means we can use the latest technology, but at the same time we have to be cautious of overusing this latest technology. We follow Agile processes. Itâs great talking to my ex-colleagues about what we do and what we can do in the cloud, but we have to think about regulations, and when it comes to peopleâs finances then we have to have all the controls and security and the regulations around how we use this technology.
What do you think about the future of risk, compliance etc. in this space, will it become like the banks again and then will we really be any different to the banks?!
The regulator and the financial institutions have a huge responsibility in terms of looking after their customersâ money and making sure there is a level playing field in the market place. There has to be and FinTech companies can't ignore that, it's naive to think they can. There should be some reason to disrupt but I think having said that there is optimization and improvement and bringing some more nimble practices from FinTech companies into existing institutions is a big benefit for existing institutions and bigger institutions are getting more and more competitive, either in investing or partnering with smaller companies that have that expertise or are more nimble at getting products to market. This always has to be done with the right constraints around regulation and control and certainly for us at Quantifeed we take Cybersecurity very seriously; we spend money on it and it's part of our proposition when we sell to these intuitions, we make sure we have everything in place that is required from their side.
A broad one to finish. Where do you see the future of FinTech going?
Yes, a very broad question! Certainly, we are at the start line of a very long journey, not just FinTech but when you start to think about robotics, AI, what computers are good at versus what humans are. Computers are very good at analysing huge amounts of data, identifying patterns etc. that humans cannot, I think it was about 13 years ago that a computer beat a chess grand master but now its taken for granted that computers generally can do this kind of thing and for every industry over the coming decades there will be more disruption around what computers will do, what is on the horizon for MedTech too for example and the robotic aspects of surgery etc. But humans are surprisingly predictable, computers as they get the data can certainly augment humans in terms of providing information to help provide better-informed decisions in the areas of wealth management and wealth planning too.


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UGANDA: Letter to Stella; a Political Prisoner
My dearest sister Dr. Stella Nyanzi,
I write to you with a broken heart. And a broken spirit.
Shit has finally totally hit the fan in Uganda.
First of all. How are you? Are you still teaching in prison? Do you get to see your kids regularly? I hope so.
You are Madea Goes to Jail. However, Madea had it coming, she mauled a car and then frigging drove through a coffee shop. She paid and did penance and in jail, she taught.
Your stubborness is like Madea. Yet you never crashed a car or slammed into a restaurant. You only Spoke Truth to Power. Then some Matako got offended. Such feeble egos!!
1. Police and goons are shooting kids dead. This week, a copper shot dead a Kampala University kid dead.
2. Kidnaps, abductions, witch human sacrifices continue.
3. Regime suppresion of opposition continues un abated.
4. Opposition remains in disarray (sp).
5. Bududa had another landslide and as usual, I lost dear ones. Actually, Sironko, Manafa also had landslides. But, imagine the shock! Regions in Western Uganda and the North also had landslides. We are now just digging up the dead to bury them. Thanks to President Yoweri Museveni's hoes.
6. The land grabbing is reaching a climax.
7. The weekly selling of kids into slavery continues. However, this week it was revealed that Al-Shabab is buying young girls from Karamoja.
8. The European Union said that the Uganda Education System is so fucked up that it produces lazy employees.
9. Makerere students are still complaining about the 15pct tuition rise. However, they are speaking in whispers, almost like "can you yongeze volume? Kasukali keko"
10. We had a Corruption Solidarity March. Topic for another day.
For this month, I pray that the witch Mrs. Matako, will let you out so you can be home for Xmas. I thought about you all day. I had just bought 2 airline tickets for Chipmunk and Monkey to fly home from Toronto so that we can be together in our village home.
*** Make no mistake. Now it is Stella, next time it is you.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Oh my goodness!
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
You hear me talk about it all the time and
we put it in our WOD's
Really what is a Tabata?
Monday, August 24, 2009
Oh my WOD!
Three rounds for time of:
Row 500 meters
50 Wall Ball shots
Post time & load to comments.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Pain Storm
Lock those elbows out Leah!
For Time:
800m row
30 Thrusters 95#m 65#w
30 Ring Dips
800m Row
30 Hang Power Cleans to a Push Jerk 95#m 65#w
30 Box Jumps
800m Row
30 KB Swings
30 Burpees
Post load & time to comments.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Montel pushes so hard
Lack of sleep alters hormones & metabolism
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Double Trouble
Anne aka "Da Machine" Deadlift PR at 195#
Way to go Anne!
200 Doubleunders for time.
Post time to comments.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The tire is gone
Down with the tire! Shouted The Angry CrossFitters
Who Then Banished the Poor Little Tire.
For Time:
40 x Squat
Run 400m
20 x 75lb Push Press
10 x Burpees
Run 800m
10 x Burpess
20 x 75lb Push Press
Run 400m
40 x Squat
Post time and load to comments.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Burpees oh no!
Vegas & Da Machine
10 Burpees
30 Sit ups
20 Burpees
20 Sit ups
30 Burpees
10 Sit ups
Post time to comments.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Congrats to Shelia & Stephanie for successfully
completing the Mechanics Program Welcome Ladies!
Push Press
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Diana & Chela pushin hard
Three rounds for time of:
225 Deadlift, 15 reps
15 Handstand push-ups
15 Pull-ups
95 pound Thruster, 15 reps
Post time & weight to comments.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Congratulations to Tara who just completed the
Mechanics Program.
Does Exercise Really Keep Us Healthy? Are you Serious!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Alley oup!
For time:
20 Pull-ups
10 Handstand push-ups
18 Pull-ups
9 Handstand push-ups
16 Pull-ups
8 Handstand push-ups
14 Pull-ups
7 Handstand push-ups
12 Pull-ups
6 Handstand push-ups
10 Pull-ups
5 Handstand push-ups
8 Pull-ups
4 Handstand push-ups
6 Pull-ups
3 Handstand push-ups
4 Pull-ups
2 Handstand push-ups
2 Pull-ups
1 Handstand push-ups
Post time to comments
Monday, August 10, 2009
Oh Boy Fran
Heavy Fran
15-12-9 reps for time
135# Thrusters & 45# weighted pullups
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Congratulations to Smita For Successfully
Completing The Mechanics Class Welcome
Nic the Quick & J-Boogie
For Time 10 Rounds of
10 Push Ups
10 Squats
10 Sit Ups
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Get it!
AMRAP in 20 Min. of:
Bodyweight bench press, 12 reps
10 Pull-ups
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Run It
Run! Eammon! Run!
Four rounds for time:
Run 400 meters
Rest 2 minutes
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Fight Gone Bad
Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)
Box Jump, 20" box (Reps)
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)
Row (Calories)
In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Scott Smoov tighten up his technique
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Handstand Push-ups
10 One legged squats, alternating
15 Pull-ups
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
CrossFit Total
Go Nic!
Back squat, 1 rep
Shoulder Press, 1 rep
Deadlift, 1 rep
3 chances at each lift. The best of each lift is totaled
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Funny British holiday story from Maramures
Telling a funny story, lived by a British tourist during a holiday in Maramures, it was rewarded with a prize of £ 1,000, awarded at the end of an annual competition organized by journalists from the daily The Telegraph.
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The story they competed for the prize offered by the Post Office in the UK, with reports from the United States, Japan, Mexico, Ghana and the Amazon rainforest.
"The village remained behind had become small as a speck of dust, and the road stretched before me, right and naked through fields of newly mown hay. The sound made by the soles of my shoes on the packed earth and hot was interrupted by engine noise made of an old car and yellow and stood right next to me.
Holiday story from Maramures
I was in Maramures, Romania, and the driver, an elderly man with big hands and missing teeth, pulled down the glass door and through gestures, invited me to get in the car. Given his smile enchanting, advanced age and condition of the vehicle, we concluded that anyway we will not get very far and beating my feeling of unease generated by vibrations, I got into the car " , according Flossie Baker.
"We started and, looking back, I saw that all the seats were occupied with bags filled with white cheese. After a few minutes, we stopped at a farm. The farmer there came out a stable for our encounter. After you saw me, opened my door and I quickly went outside. The walls of the barn were decorated with pots of brass, I was forgotten on a bench, and a series of tools archaic used in the past farms were supported by walls, "he British tourist added.
British journalists have been fun and adventure tourists who says he was fed to the brim of his hosts with more cheese and sugar bowls, from an excess of kindness.
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"An elderly woman appeared at the door. A batik black framed her face round, furrowed by deep wrinkles like craters. When I saw that I eat, showed me a big smile, took my hand and led me home them. When I reached it, I saw some decorations extraordinary carved in wood. He had a verandas, carved black, seemingly detached from a fairy tale. Proudly, I invited a kitchen sunny invited me I sit on a chair, she puts a bowl in his arms and started to fill again with cheese, giving me sugar and container. "
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The best humor comes from pain. I was raised in the suburbs by model parents who loved me very much which is bad for a comic-- and I tried very hard to get my parents to become alcoholics.
I used to tell my father, "Slam some doors, threaten mom with a two by four, lose your job. Do something to enhance my joke writing."
If they really cared about my dream they would have been complete assholes.
My dad was never belligerent. I never had to guess what mood he was in that day. He never had an affair. It was not good for my career.
I used to wish that my parents would show up late to one of my elementary school Christmas concerts reeking of vodka. My mother in a leopard print skirt with a breast showing from her unkempt blouse while yelling at my father, "You don't love me. You never loved me!" And my father in kind, "Don't do this Rhoda-- I love you more than a tote of fish."
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Liamy MacNally
Hope comes in many forms, but for those of us who lived in the London of years ago, a highlight was the Annual Westport Reunion. It was a vital link with home. Those who came brought news, stories, the breath and smell of home.
Covies working in and around London were there with a large crew visiting from home. This was long before mobiles, Skype and social media. Back then when you left home, you left! Even a 'long-tailed' phone call was a luxury.
A major part of any Westport Reunion was The Mayo News. There was always a scramble for a copy! Irish Post photographer, Mel McNally, double-jobbing on the night, took shots and scribbled down names. You were anxious to be included in a photograph for The Mayo to show those back home that all was well.
Fr Tony King greeted all. Calmness restored. Martin Curry, News Editor with The Mayo News, held court, espousing the importance of keeping in touch and writing down greetings for a feature in the paper. Then he'd meet Charlie 'Chuck' O'Malley and Haulie Hoban and the rowlin' would start for the night!
Another very important social event that attracted huge crowds was the visit of St Patrick's Drama Group to St Joseph's in Wembley to 'put on a play', thanks to an invite from Noel Heneghan. 'The Country Boy' was performed on March 15 and 16, 1996. Word was spread via The Mayo News, inviting all emigrants to attend.
Among the many requests to the travelling cast was 'Bring us over a sod of turf!'. They duly obliged. Up to 2016, St Patrick's Drama group had presented eleven plays in St Joseph's, which closed shortly afterwards.
America was never far behind England! In April 1998, St Patrick's Drama group brought 'The Country Boy' to Cleveland, Ohio. Martin Curry headed to Chicago in 2006 'on reconnaissance' to the ever loyal Covie, Ambrose Kelly (Mill Street native), to prepare for St Patrick's Drama Group's performance of Michael Joe Ginnelly's classic, 'A Wake In The West', in the Irish American Heritage Centre.
The trip, which features in Fintan MacMahon's excellent book, 'St Patrick's Drama Group, Westport 1964-2014', was a huge success. Ambrose Kelly was the most consummate host, ambassador, convoy driver, pick-up man, deliveryman, set designer, fixer, 'greeter and seater,' and 'My Kind of Town' Covie! He was the perfect link, aided by his lovely wife, Teresa.
The Irish Americans were charmed by the play and meeting all the group members afterwards. The group, in turn, were all excited to meet so many from home and those with Westport-area family links. Many met uncles, aunts and first, second and third cousins for the first time. It was a most moving experience for several people. It was equally thrilling for those who emigrated to Chicago a few years previously, or 30 or 40 years before.
Next week, St Patrick's Drama Group will travel back to Chicago for two performances of 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' in the Irish American Heritage Centre on Thursday, February 20, and Friday, February 21. Regina McCormack (Mag), Conor O'Neill (Ray), Colette McGinty (Maureen) and Séamus Beirne (Pato) will tread the boards, with Mary Carr as director and Marion Moran as producer.
All travelling will have copies of The Mayo News for distribution at the performances. Patrons will snap up raffle tickets as they vie to win annual digital subscriptions to The Mayo News. Only the medium has changed, the stories are the same! Among other excellent prizes are those from the Castlecourt Hotel, Hotel Westport, Amayo photography and Carraig Donn.
We used to say 'American papers please copy'; now we urge all to tell family and friends to use social media to publicise next week's performances!
In some strange way, St Patrick's Drama Group members will represent the heartbeats of thousands as they cross the Atlantic next week, forming a link between a community separated by time and space. This time around we shall be among those who 'bring' the tidings from home, assuring Covies of the breath, smell and love from home; knowing we too shall receive, in abundance, Deo volente.
St Patrick's Drama Group will perform 'The Beauty Queen' of Leenane in Westport Town Hall Theatre this evening (Tuesday), February 11, at 8pm for one night only. The show then heads to Chicago for February 20 and 21 performances.


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Drake Releases "Child's Play" Video, Sacrifices Perfectly-Edible Slice of Cheesecake
It's 11pm EST on a Saturday evening over Labor Day weekend, but why would any of that stop Drake, the most popular artist in music at the moment, from releasing a brand new music video?
Despite currently performing in Houston, Texas, for his Summer Sixteen Tour, the OVO general has dropped off a 12-minute music video for "Child's Play," a standout selection from his multi-Platinum certified album Views.
Released through Apple Music, the Spliff TV-directed video, which is more mini movie and less traditional music video, stars supermodel-turned-talk show host Tyra Banks and was filmed at the Cheesecake Factory in Houston this past July.
In addition to his title as a superstar recording artist, you can now add professional stuntman to Drake's ever-growing resume as the Toronto native allowed his co-star to not only smash a perfectly good slice of original cheesecake in his face, but also to dump an entire glass of expensive red wine over his head. What won't this man do in the name of hip-hop?
For those fans looking forward to the release of additional visuals from his latest album, Drake has also shot a video for his hit single "One Dance" and is scheduled to release a short film, entitled Please Forgive Me, on September 30.
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According to new reports, it looks like Tim Allen's show on the ABC network, Last Man Standing, isn't going down the tubes after all. In a report from Us Weekly, Fox picked it up and resurrected it for its seventh season.
Sources close to the cast and crew explained to us, "this is great news for Tim and everyone else who's been working on the show for a long time. They're such a great team, and it didn't make sense for them to cancel it all. It had high ratings."
In a statement released to Fox News, Allen said that he and the rest of the crew were beyond "excited." The star went on to compare his show on the network to a baseball team who is crushing it until it's canceled randomly for no reason.
Allen said when he heard the news that Fox wanted more episodes of "Last Man Standing," he "fist pumped so hard" that he nearly threw his back out.
According to multiple reports, one of the reasons for its revival is fan interest and engagement. A lot of people wrote petitions for the network to pick it up.
As you may know, "Last Man Standing" isn't the only show to receive this treatment as of late. Brooklyn Nine-Nine is also reportedly in the process of getting a revival, following its cancelation just yesterday.
However, it isn't clear if it's just rumored at this point, or if a network is genuinely interested in picking it back up. The rumor has it that Hulu, the streaming giants who are in direct competition with Netflix, are supposed to order more episodes.
Interestingly enough, "Last Man Standing" was averaging around 8.3 million viewers a night during its 2016-2017 season, coming in second after "Modern Family." It isn't known as to why they chose to end it.


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Sweden school choice: The country's disastrous experiment with Milton Friedman and vouchers.
Advocates for choice-based solutions should take a look at what's happened to schools in Sweden, where parents and educators would be thrilled to trade their country's steep drop in PISA scores over the past 10 years for America's middling but consistent results. What's caused the recent crisis in Swedish education? Researchers and policy analysts are increasingly pointing the finger at many of the choice-oriented reforms that are being championed as the way forward for American schools. While this doesn't necessarily mean that adding more accountability and discipline to American schools would be a bad thing, it does hint at the many headaches that can come from trying to do so by aggressively introducing marketlike competition to education.
The argument from the right will be that it wasn't free market enough. That if there had been less government it would have worked.
Clearly, this reform didn't work in Sweden. Maybe there was some basic flaw in the implementation. Maybe its just a flawed idea.


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I recently sat down with a councilor to discuss an entirely different issue, but we got talking about multi-year budgeting processes.
For those who might not be familiar with this practice, it is in effect a multi-year fiscal planning framework that has a lot to commend it. In many municipalities, budgets are a yearly ritual, and we find that a lot of staff resources get entangled in a lengthy process that seems to start over again just when it was just completed. Moreover, not everything a municipality does can fit ever so neatly within the budget cycle.
Most budgets are presented sometime around November to allow for any further modifications and alterations as needed, and the whole shebang goes into effect at the end of the fiscal year in March. I think it is pretty clear what the advantages can be in adopting a different budget cycle framework, but a few of them I can list here:
There are other benefits to adopting this kind of fiscal planning, and it does not have to mean that a budget devised in one year will be set in stone for the x number of years to come, but it ensures some degree of alignment between elected officials, staff, and the community in a way that gives a strategic plan the financial oomph derived from some degree of predictability.
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Officials with the Ministry of Environment and Water Security Agency say oil spill cleanup efforts in the North Saskatchewan River are progressing as planned and should be completed sometime in August.
On Thursday, assistant deputy minister Wes Kotyk of the Ministry of Environment told reporters the cleanup work being done by Husky Energy was "effective," and that there were unlikely to be any future health risks stemming from the 2016 oil spill.
Cleanup crews have surveyed 90 km of shoreline in addition to the 627 km surveyed during the initial cleanup phase, roughly 6.5 km of which have "minor impacts."
Most of the remaining cleanup involves removing contaminated soil and vegetation from the shoreline or bottom of the river.
Kotyk said they would continue to monitor the North Saskatchewan, but all signs appeared to be good.
"Results are favourable (and) show that there are no risks based on the results of the samples that are coming back."
Communities affected by the 2016 spill have been collecting drinking water samples on a monthly basis throughout the winter. That's changed to every second week after the spring thaw. Surface water quality monitoring programs also began this past June.
According to the Water Security Agency (WSA), no petroleum hydrocarbons have been detected in surface or drinking water since February 2017.
Trace amounts have been detected in river bottom sediments.
Overall, WSA environmental and Municipal Management Services Division executive director Sam Ferris the results have been positive.
"Unless there's another significant event, or a hotspot turns up, or something to that effect with contaminated sediments, I don't think there's too much to worry about in terms of drinking water quality for those communities, which is good news."
Ferris said their primary concern was that the spring ice that would pick up petroleum sediments at the bottom of the river. He added that while there is some indication this is happening, there are also petroleum sediments coming in from upstream of the original spill site.
Water treatment plants appear drawing water from the river appear to be doing their job, he explained, but that doesn't mean monitoring efforts will stop at the end of August. Any decision on that will likely be made before winter.
"Our monitoring will continue until the end of the open water season," Ferris said. "After that, we'll see what the plan brings."
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Advice, attention, Audacity, depression anxiety, everyday struggle, God, lacking confidence, lifestyle, shapes and sizes
Are you the devil? Are you here to protect me? Did god send you as my gift? Is it you the one I am looking for? Is a father missing? As Anxiety arises I wonder who is true. Is it really only God? In reality all we have is god and ourselves. No matter how much one shares no one is really there. To think of the audacity, is just wrong. Never have I had a ruler only GOD, only GOD can judge, man will always get my audacity. As anxiety rises I wonder should I allow you in my life should I consider your words a person that I have never respected as hard as I have tried. Is your poker face real are you a joke. Life is only GODS and yourselves, life is not granted it is borrowed, and while I am alive I will live my life as I please. Happiness comes in all shapes and sizes and I have found my peace. I hope you never have the audacity again to try to rule my life. I will listen to my heart, as GOD sends me the signals. Feeling lost in emotion, anxious, and a bit concerned because when audacity strikes me I pray for the devil to leave me.
The audacity of you to call me and rule me, the audacity of you to look for me in time of need, the audacity of you for trying to find peace in me, the audacity of you for thinking of me, the audacity of you to call when I do not recognize your voice, the audacity of you to think that I am not me, the audacity of you to take that away from me, the audacity of you to not show concern towards me, the audacity of you to make me feel ashamed in pure clarity, the audacity of you to look at me and judge someone whose hands are dirty, the audacity of you to point out a fault that doesn't correspond with you, the audacity of you to hurt me this way, the audacity of you to have the audacity to face me, poor you when my audacity kicks in, poor you when your audacity fades. Where were you when I needed the audacity, when I use to get smacked up by him, where was your audacity when struggles came about when I need a male figure to show me how to pick them, the audacity of you to tamper my life at this day and age. The audacity is all I can say. The audacity I will have when I continue my life as if you don't exist. THE FUCKEN AUDACITY!


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