text:
There was this piece of news flashed by the wire services today. It said the David Copperfield tour is cancelled. So to all my magic friends, sorry dudes, cause it is NOT happening. Doesn't bug me though sebab I was going to be in Bangkok anyway during the time he was scheduled to perform here anyway.
Heh... anyway, apparently while some news services didn't say much except that the shows were cancelled as the FBI had raided his warehouse in connection with investigations and sought his help, it didn't state much. But... found this piece by the Associated Press. So much for the whole truth eh?
Magician David Copperfield cancels Southeast Asia shows following sex allegations
The Associated Press
BANGKOK, Thailand: American magician David Copperfield has canceled his upcoming shows in Southeast Asia following allegations of sexual misconduct in the United States, a Thai organizer said Monday.
"His management sent an e-mail to organizers Sunday to inform that his shows will be postponed indefinitely," said Kittiyong Achawaphong, a public relations official of RSi Dream Entertainment, which organized his shows in Thailand.
Copperfield was scheduled to perform in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in coming weeks.
The cancellations come days after FBI agents searched his warehouse and a casino hotel in Las Vegas, where the magician regularly performs, following charges that he "forced himself" on an unidentified woman.
Details about the allegations have not been revealed but Copperfield's lawyer, David Chesnoff, has said "we know these allegations are false because David Copperfield has never forced himself on anyone."
Reached Monday, Chesnoff insisted the shows were canceled because tour operators in Asia default on their contract, not in connection to Copperfield's legal problems. "Those are serious allegations," Chesnoff said.
"But there's no truth to them." Promoters of some of the Asian shows are trying to negotiate with Copperfield's management to reschedule the performances or recoup some of the losses incurred from the cancellations.
"We are told by Copperfield management that David's show had been canceled by the artist," said Peter Basuki, whose company was organizing the Jakarta show.
He said they would like to file a complaint with Copperfield management, but did not elaborate.
"They said they would like to find any other available time to perform in Jakarta," Basuki said. "With this cancellation, we have lost more than US$1 million (euro700,000) for advertising and other preparations. Business is business. We want to make a profit. But this is making us lose money."
So they claim it's the Asean organisers' fault, tapi meka sendiri call it off. Camna tuh? Erm... well honestly, the PR spin is a little hard to believe lah. Apapun, for magic enthusiasts, there's the Genting International Magic Festival (I'll probably spend a week there to check it out kalau jadik)
For more info, check CLICK HERE!
Oh anyway, my entry today is actually about...
Yes, what else but Hairspray. My obsession of the moment when it comes to movies. Honesly, I can't get enough of this, despite geli nak abih ngan gi Zac Efron sebab aku nyampah High School Musical (sorry those who liked it)
But this is really a good translation of the actual Broadway production to the big screen.
Pada sapa lum tengok, rugi siot kalau tak. The songs are FABULOUS! My favourites are Good Morning Baltimore, The Legend of Miss Baltimore Crabs (performed by Michelle Pfeiffer!!!!), I Can Hear The Bells, The New Girl In Town, Welcome To The 60s, I Know Where I've Been, Without Love and the finally You Can't Stop The Beat.
Awmigawsh!! Seriously! Watch it once to familiarise yourself with the songs and story and even the dance.
Then watch it again to sing-a-long and move to it cause trust me, it is freaking addictive!
It's got an all star cast and the pacing of the movie is quite good, takkan bosan sikit pun.
My favourite line - DEVIL CHILD!
Tomorrow, I'm going to watch it in the cinema for a THIRD time bila Boo Boo sampai balik dari kampung. I've already gotten the soundtrack, and it's my CD of the moment, being on permanent play in my laptop at home and in the office. Amik ko!
Hey... for RM10 for this or for the cheapest ticket to P. Ramlee The Musical...which cost RM30 (tu pun da abih), I'd rather watch Hairspray three times!
Ok... time for Panadol and sleep... post tomorrow guys...


text:
My friend Mike (who, incidentally, blogs over at a fascinating blog http://thefrailestthing.com) has been thinking a lot about text, technology, and the effect that technology is having on us as a collected body of people. Often times when I read his work, I call him or e-mail him and dialogue about the ecclesial/theological/soteriological implications of what he is writing about. Perhaps I leave a comment. But rarely do I take a nugget of something that he has written and run in a separate direction with it.
Well, that is, until today.
Observe this quote about social memory and social order from Paul Connerton, How Societies Remember.
"Concerning social memory in particular, we may note that images of the past commonly legitimate a present social order. It is an implicit rule that participants in any social order must presuppose a shared memory. To the extent that their memories of a society's past diverge, to that extent its members can share neither experiences nor assumptions. The effect is seen perhaps most obviously when communication across generations is impeded by different sets of memories. Across generations, different sets of memories, frequently in the shape of implicit background narratives, will encounter each other; so that, although physically present to one another in a particular setting, the different generations may remain mentally and emotionally insulated, the memories of one generation locked irretrievably, as it were, in the brains and bodies of that generation …
There are many things which cultures and societies use to convey memory and communicate their shared and common story. There are many things the church has done to remember its shared story. It is not accidental that we are coming up on the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. Why was this translation so influential? I think in part it had to do with the fact that the KJV gave the english speaking world a common language, a common vernacular, when talking about the things of God. Now, the scope of this post is not to get in to the very technical arguments surrounding the textual accuracy, usability, etc. of the KJV. It is simply to make a point: communities that have a common, shared, set of memories (generally moored off of a single, central, collected body of "memories"), the ability to communicate tradition, meaning, value, and memory between generations is greatly increased.
Hymnody works in much the same way. When the church sings from a shared body of work, it is able to pass a common song to future generations. The fragmentation among bible translations (which, I again reiterate, I am using the KJV to make a point, not as an endorsement. I am much more disposed to the ESV, in case anyone wonders) mirrors similarly the fragmentation among christian music and the collective worship language of the church. Take this blog excerpt by Alan Jacobs as an example:
"…there's something fascinating to me about a vast cultural discourse, stretching across social divides and encompassing people of widely varying educational levels, based on knowledge of one book. A big and diverse book, yes, but one book, capable of providing — through names of persons, place-names, phrases, and what have you — reference that could quickly illustrate, and illuminate, almost anyone's response to almost anything. Just consider Huxley's remark when, in his famous debate with Samuel Wilberforce, he realized that the Bishop had inadvertently given him the best possible rhetorical advantage: "The Lord hath delivered him into mine hands." There's a world of meaning in that.
Today, it seems to me, there is no such truly common cultural currency. Instead, there is currency shared among small groups of initiates into certain mysteries, often meant to exclude others as much as to include the like-minded."
The notion of music that is now coming out as fast as artists can write it, and churches being able to instantaneously incorporate it into its body and song is both a feat of great achievement, and great peril. For while we are able to share with the body of Christ a vast array of musical offerings that would have been next to unknown years ago, we now are faced with a new dilemma. How are we preserving the song of our faith so that multiple generations gathered together will join in one voice? This has particular impact on families and family worship. How families can join together and sing (often unaccompanied) highly syncopated, often unmemorable lines of songs together as they worship is a reality that must be addressed as we prepare the next generation to faithfully follow Christ.
Hymnody is good. I hope you have seen value in this discussion. But there is another side to it. When hymnody becomes ultimate, that is to say, to the exclusion of anything else, hymnody becomes idolatry. We find that, along with the generational contribution of hymns and music over the 18th and 19th centuries that another rather peculiar thing has occurred. It seems that the musical styles and trappings of the aforementioned centuries have become normative for the church instead of contextual. In future posts, we will have to deal with this issue of contextualization and what we should and shouldn't make normative.
How do we grapple with these things? I don't know that there are easy answers. For now, it was interesting enough to see the collision of research (How Societies Remember), common cultural experiences (a shared, single, translation of the scriptures), and the present day issues of preserving the intergenerational character of the church.
Feel free to dissect my argument. It probably needs it.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Jeffrey Hales
PhD Coordinator, Accounting;
Scheller PhD Committee, Chair
Jeffrey Hales is the Catherine W. and Edwin A. Wahlen, Jr., Professor of Accounting. He is a graduate of the accounting program at Brigham Young University (BYU). His Ph.D. is from Cornell University. He has taught at BYU, Cornell, the University of Texas at Austin, INSEAD, the University of Bern, the University of Washington, and has been a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology since 2008.
His research interests center on accounting standard setting and regulation, individual decision making, and behavioral finance, using techniques from applied game theory, experimental economics, and psychology. His research has appeared in Accounting, Organizations and Society; The Accounting Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting and Economics; Review of Accounting Studies; and Journal of Financial Economics, among other journals. He currently serves as an editor at Contemporary Accounting Research. He also currently serves on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review and Accounting, Organizations and Society. At Georgia Tech, he has taught financial accounting at all levels and offers Ph.D. seminars on behavioral accounting and finance, policy-oriented research in accounting, and the psychology of judgment and decision making.
He was previously a research fellow at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Norwalk, CT and has served on the FASB's Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council since 2016.
In addition, he has worked with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) since 2013 and currently serves as Chair of the SASB's Standards Board. He is also a member of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board.


text:
Job vacancy | researcher at the Department of Electrical Energy, Metals, Mechanical Constructions & Systems (EEMMeCS)
Ghent University is looking for for a full-time researcher for the GREENPORTS project.
The GREENPORTS project investigates the optimal technical solutions, market-economic conditions, legislative framework to convert large amounts of onshore and offshore wind energy into hydrogen (`Power-to-Gas') for use in different applications, i.e., power, heating and mobility. The results will be applied in a pilot case in the port of Zeebrugge. to facilitate the valorisation of energy related research. The business development center 'EnerGhentIC' focusses on energy efficiency in the industry, the built environment and agriculture, and on energy production.
- Job vacancy
- Department of Electrical Energy, Metals, Mechanical Constructions and Systems
- Deadline: 14 June 2018


text:
Intercity Telecom Ltd and another company v Solanki
Contract Breach. The claimant companies brought proceedings against the defendant, a former employee of the first claimant, seeking damages for breach of contract and database rights, delivery up of confidential information and injunctive relief. The Mercantile Court held that the defendant had not been constructively dismissed, and had acted in breach of contract and in breach of confidence. He had further breached his fiduciary duties. An award of damages was made against him in the sum of 290,009.
Le Puy Ltd v Potter and another
Practice Pre-trial or post-judgment relief. The first defendant resigned from his employment with the claimant and the claimant sought to enforce the terms of certain contractual post-termination restrictive covenants and covenants relating to confidential information. The claimant had previously obtained an interim injunction in relation to the first defendant's activities and applied to continue the injunction. The principal issue in the action was whether the first defendant had signed or had otherwise agreed to be bound by the written contract on which the claimant relied. The Queen's Bench Division, on established principle, continued the injunction and ordered a speedy trial.
Reuse Collections Ltd v Sendall and another company
Restraint of trade by agreement Employer and employee. The claimant company worked in the recycling of glass. The first defendant left the employment of the claimant to set up the second defendant company, which acted in competition to the claimant. The claimant brought proceedings for, among other things breach of confidential and fiduciary duties. The Queen's Bench Division held that, on the evidence, the substantitive claims against the defendants succeeded.
Badmos v Family Mosaic Housing Association
Unfair dismissal Redundancy. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), in dismissing the employee's appeal against the employment tribunal's finding that the employee had been unfairly dismissed, ruled that it had been wrong for the employment tribunal to substitute its own view for that of the employer in relation to the redundancy pool issue. However, it found that the tribunal had gone on to made further findings as to the selection process, which had supported its conclusions that: (1) the dismissal had been unfair; and (2) for the purpose of the complaints of race discrimination, the burden of proof had shifted and the employer had not discharged that burden. Accordingly, the EAT affirmed the tribunal's findings notwithstanding its conclusion on the redundancy pool issue.
Russell v College of North West London
Employment Disability. The claimant, who was disabled, was dismissed for redundancy. The criterion for selection was sickness absence. Account was taken of disability related absences, to the extent that a 50% reduction was applied. The employment tribunal rejected the employee's claims of disability discrimination, but upheld a claim for unfair dismissal. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), in dismissing the employee's appeal, held that the tribunal had reached decisions open to it on the facts. In allowing the employer's cross-appeal, the EAT held that the tribunal had substituted its own view as to the correct method of making the 50% reduction, which had not been its function.
*Prophet plc v Huggett
Restraint of trade by agreement Employer and employee. The claimant sought to invoke a restrictive covenant in the defendant's employment contract following the defendant's resignation to work for another company. The judge, in considering the restrictive covenant had added correcting words and granted the claimant an injunction. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, discharged the injunction and held that the wording of the restrictive covenant had been clear and had not required additional words to be read in by the judge.
Carewatch Care Services Ltd v Focus Care Services Ltd and others
Restraint of trade by agreement Employer and employee. The claimant company provided care services. It allowed the defendants to operate a franchise, which became successful. A dispute arose, following the defendants operating a separate company with overlapping functions to the franchise. The Chancery Division held that there had been no repudiatory breach on the part of the claimants, and that four covenants, which the claimant alleged that the defendants had breached, were valid and enforceable.
Knight v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Employment 'Worker'. The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal against a finding of the employment tribunal that the claimant had been an employee of an insolvent company, for which she had been the sole-owner, prior to it becoming insolvent and therefore entitled to a redundancy payment pursuant to of the Employment Rights Act 1996. The Employment Appeal Tribunal held that, despite the claimant not having enforced her contractual right to the payment of a salary in the two years prior to insolvency, the tribunal had been entitled, on the facts, to find that the claimant had been an employee at the material time.
Peregrine and others v Peacock Stores
Redundancy Payment. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) dismissed the appeal by Peacock Stores (Peacock) against a decision of the employment tribunal which had rejected Peacock's argument that the employees concerned had not been entitled to enhanced redundancy payments (on statutory terms, without a cap). The EAT decided that the tribunal had correctly determined that based on Peacock's consistent past practice of making redundancy payments based on statutory terms but without a cap on either years of service or the amount of a weekly wage, a contractual term to that effect could be inferred.
Ford and others v Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Unfair dismissal Determination whether dismissal fair or unfair. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) dismissed the employer local authority's appeal against the employment tribunal's finding that its redundancy dismissals in respect of the employees had been unfair. The EAT decided that there had been no procedural unfairness or impermissible substitution of view as alleged by the authority.


text: No frame ideas for your target free shipg see more on for all results for frameless mirrors online home decor brinkley beveled wall mirror on all recipes. Bathroom bevelled glass doctor. Frameless beveled mirror ideas, bathrooms. At com d elegant frameless beveled edges by home add a stylish bevelededge frameless mirror and wall. Finder truck tool rental delta greenwich in a look at the mirrors and bedroom by creating an unconventional mirror closet door. A beveled frameless mirrors ping at com d elegant statement youll definitely want with storage ideas that never goes out of frameless mirrors.Tag: frameless beveled mirror ideas


text:
|From a parking deck
to our front porch.
An' brown tobacco stains all down his chin;
Well, to me he's one of the heroes of this country,
So why's he all dressed up like them old men?
-- Guy Clark, "Desperadoes Waiting For a Train"
It's a wonder we ever open our hearts. Especially those of us with a network of defense mechanisms that rivals military bureaucracy in its complexity. But we do, sometimes, when love comes knocking.
I wasn't expecting some things.
I'd forgotten the unrelenting exhaustion that comes with having a baby in the house, and the mantle a parent assumes when a toddler graduates cruising and becomes a fully mobile machine hell-bent on putting every single thing it can reach into its mouth for sampling and analysis. Even after puppy-proofing, having Molly is reminding me of that thing where you know where your young child is at all times, a radar, an awareness that is always present and scanning, even when you're involved in another task. It's like leaving Bluetooth on and then wondering why your phone battery drained so quickly. P.J. and I are both sleeping but utterly spent.
I wasn't expecting the swell of emotion this morning at work. I miss my dogs. Molly wasn't squirreled-out this morning; instead, she sat patiently with one ear up and her head tilted and watched while I brushed my hair and teeth and dressed for work, issuing the occasional small whimper for attention. She wanted to be beside me. Rose accepted affection as though she would take the crumbs left over, almost resignation. I know I'm doing twelve different kinds of projecting and anthropomorphizing right now, but I miss my dogs terribly and want to be home with them, to give and receive love.
And then there's the part that completely blindsided me. This morning, even though late for work, I spent that moment with Rose, lavishing affection, and saw in her face an expression that I've only ever seen on Chester's face. Her eyes said, I'm an older dog now. They said, I'm mortal. Rose is eight and I know the odds are we have years left to enjoy her company, and it has been a thing of mirth, watching her and Molly play together these past two days. But this morning, her eyes said, I'm the older dog now.
My own eyes are leaking now, just from typing that.
It might come from watching her manifest alpha behaviors that Chester used to exhibit, and an intersection with grief. Rose is still my sweet girl, and I must look past my heightened awareness of the white hairs increasing steadily in her fur and on her muzzle, past having her doe-like grace and slower pace thrown into relief by Molly's puppy energy, past how much sand has already poured through the neck of her hourglass, and past the memory of her at Molly's age, sitting in her pen looking up at us with a pensive, curious puppy face. Past all of these things, I must see Rose as Rose, my simpleton baby girl who needs me now more than ever.
I have two children, but I have only reared one. It is foreign to me how a parent's heart handles siblings.


text:
Well, it's taken FAR too long to get to this point, but this, my friends, is Double Batch's 100th post!
So to celebrate and say thanks for reading, I'm giving away a little something.
Isn't she lovely? It's the Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Original bunt pan. I've got one, and it's pretty sweet…at least for a bundt pan.
I do love a bundt cake, simply because they rarely require any frosting. Sure, you might add a glaze or a dusting of powdered sugar, but that's much more simple (and faster, and cleaner!) that having to frost a double layer cake. The shape of the cake is all the decoration you need. Love that.
Here's how to enter:
- Leave a comment on this post telling me about what your favorite camping food is. We're heading up to the mountains next week (yes, with an 8 month old), and I always love new food ideas.
- For additional entries, comment on up to 5 posts on this blog. I'd love to get feedback on recipes that you've made and liked or just want to make. Each comment will earn you an entry.
- You have until noon (PST) on SATURDAY to enter. I'll announce the winner on Sunday.
Now, to the heart of this 100th post, I'm sharing with you one of my most favorites.
This recipe is always a winner. Lemon and blueberry were just meant to go together. My recipe gives instructions about a glaze to finish it off, but if you're in a hurry or glazing just isn't your thing, dust the cake with a little powdered sugar. Either way, you'll LOVE this sweet creation!
Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
adapted slightly from Martha Stewart
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus 1 teaspoon for blueberries and zest
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
2 cups blueberries
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting (optional)
Lemon glaze (optional, see below)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, whisk 2 1/2 cups flour with baking powder and salt; set aside.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars on high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until incorporated. Beat in vanilla.
Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions of sour cream.
In a bowl, toss blueberries and zest with remaining teaspoon flour; gently fold into batter. Coat a 12-cup nonstick Bundt pan with cooking spray. Spread batter in prepared pan.
Bake cake on bottom rack of oven until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.
Cool in pan 20 minutes. Invert onto a rack; cool completely, top side up. Dust with confectioners' sugar or glaze when cooled.
For the lemon glaze: Whisk ¼ cup fresh lemon juice and 2 cups confectioner's sugar (add more for thicker glaze) together. Mix until all the sugar has dissolved and there are no longer lumps. Drizzle glaze over the cake.


text:
In the various trails, this issue seems to have been solved but as early as this morning, it is still happening:
DataWarning: Warning to migrate From CDM Retrofit_Tracking_Tool_ to CDS2 new_retrofit_tracking_tools , exported record count 159 but imported record count 146, error count 13
Any assistance will be appreciated.
Hi @aandrade ,
I am afraid I can't reproduce your issue on my side.
Here is the similar issue as yours:
The newest information about CDS upgrade:
Hope this could be helpful.
Best Regards.
@aandrade Can you PM me your environment id and tenant id? Did you open a support ticket for it?
I want to make sure we track this and see if there is a new bug or something else.


text:
Many financial institutions understand that they can't afford even one cyberattack. Once you lose consumers' trust, you irrevocably lose your reputation and their deposits. On top of these devastating consequences, you expose your branch to expensive legal action.
Your member or customer information may not be as secure as you think it is.
CDP Document Workflow Solutions provides expert consulting and best-of-breed software packages, precisely customized to address the data security challenges facing financial institutions.
Our eSecurity solutions ensure data security in all areas of your branch, from front-office operations to back-office document execution and storage.
eSecurity eliminates insecurity.
CDP constantly vets the security software landscape, responding to real-life vulnerabilities and keeping ahead of trends.
When we find a promising innovation from a trusted vendor, we personally use the product and thoroughly test it in-house.
Only select few softwares from leading security providers carry the eSecurity stamp of approval.
CDP proudly provides a full-service, long-term cybersecurity solution. After evaluating your current security systems and processes, we guide you from deployment through maintenance, including regular testing.
When designing your eSecurity package, we target the softwares and services to economically fulfill your exact needs. We also curb costs by passing savings from our preferred vendors on to you.
Once CDP seamlessly integrates your eSecurity package, we are with you at every turn to make sure your data stays secure and to keep your software running smoothly.
In the financial services industry, protecting confidential data isn't just good business. It keeps you in compliance. CDP understands federal guidelines and helps our eSecurity clients satisfy auditors. Consistently meet regulatory requirements and keep your branch above board.
Get secure. Stay compliant.
Email Encryption + Fraud Alerts
These days, information and files are exchanged via email, which is often accessed from mobile platforms. It's essential to encrypt this data on the sender side, on the recipient side, and across devices to shield against phishing and similar attacks.
Software Suite Support
With the cloudification of branch operations, it's critical to install network security protocols at each step of your document workflows. We help clients with G Suite, Office 365, Dropbox, and a host of other apps.
Two-Factor Authentication
Guarantee users are who they say they are in Internet environments beyond a username and password. Anyone with access to your server, network, and apps receives a hardware token or code delivered to a verified device.


text:
Click watch above…more detail will appear…
This is a fine and rugged looking UNUSED NEW OLD STOCK (NOS) 1970's vintage ROYCE watch housed in a 33mm. (10.5mm. thick) pristine stainless steel screw back signed case. The 17 jewel SWISS movement is manual winding and accurate after just being cleaned. This watch is perfect for someone who likes the military or "clean lined" look. The original black dial is very easy to read and has white accents. This watch comes on a fine quality leather strap. The remaining watches we have, all have a plain and original steel winding crown. This would make a great gift for ANY watch enthusiast!


text:
About HDS Safety Services
Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs
We operate one of the largest random drug and alcohol testing consortiums in the State of Arizona for both regulated and non-regulated drug screening.
HDS Safety Services provides federal and state audits of your company's entire safety program.
Driver Qualification and Pre-Employment Screening
In addition to helping your company implement good hiring practices, we build, audit and maintain required driver qualification files. This includes ensuring the inclusion of background checks, motor vehicle reports, drug tests and physical exams.
Compliance and Safety Training
Our knowledgeable professionals will identify strong points, effective policies and systems and address areas that need improvement. This will be done through multiple training and refresher courses designed to benefit the drivers and the management team.
In 1969, George Prall founded the Driver Dispatch Corporation to help companies find drivers who fit their specific needs. In 1985, George's son, Doug Prall, founded Highway Distribution Services (HDS) which took over the service of helping carriers find drivers that fit their specific needs. Today, our company consists of over 200 drivers, four truck driving schools, a DOT regulations consulting division and a truck load carrier with over 200 trucks.


text:
Lynne Fahlquist
Lynne Fahlquist is a Hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Austin, TX; currently serving as Public Information Officer for the USGS Texas Water Science Center.
Education and Licenses
B.S. Geology, Texas A&M University
M.S. Geology, Texas A&M University
Professional Geoscientist, Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
1989-1993 Geologist, Branch of Igneous and Geothermal Processes, USGS
1995-2011 Hydrologist, Water Mission Area, Texas Water Science Center, USGS
2011-Present Hydrologist/Public Information Officer, Texas Water Science Center, USGS
Science and Products
Global patterns and environmental controls of perchlorate and nitrate co-occurrence in arid and semi-arid environments
Natural perchlorate (ClO4−) is of increasing interest due to its wide-spread occurrence on Earth and Mars, yet little information exists on the relative abundance of ClO4− compared to other major anions, its stability, or long-term variations in production that may impact the observed distributions. Our objectives were to evaluate the occurrence...Jackson, W Andrew; Böhlke, John K.; Andraski, Brian J.; Fahlquist, Lynne S.; Bexfield, Laura M.; Eckardt, Frank D.; Gates, John B.; Davila, Alfonso F.; McKay, Christopher P.; Rao, Balaji; Sevanthi, Ritesh; Rajagopalan, Srinath; Estrada, Nubia; Sturchio, Neil C.; Hatzinger, Paul B.; Anderson, Todd A.; Orris, Greta J.; Betancourt, Julio L.; Stonestrom, David A.; Latorre, Claudio; Li, Yanhe; Harvey, Gregory J.
The quality of our Nation's waters: water quality in the Mississippi embayment-Texas coastal uplands aquifer system and Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, south-central United States, 1994-2008
About 8 million people rely on groundwater from the Mississippi embayment—Texas coastal uplands aquifer system for drinking water. The Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer also provides drinking water for domestic use in rural areas but is of primary importance to the region as a source of water for irrigation. Irrigation withdrawals...Kingsbury, James A.; Barlow, Jeannie R. B.; Katz, Brian G.; Welch, Heather L.; Tollett, Roland W.; Fahlquist, Lynne S.
Factors affecting public-supply well vulnerability in two karst aquifers
Karst aquifers occur in a range of climatic and geologic settings. Nonetheless, they are commonly characterized by their vulnerability to water-quality impairment. Two karst aquifers, the Edwards aquifer in south-central Texas and the Upper Floridan aquifer in western Florida, were investigated to assess factors that control the movement of...Musgrove, MaryLynn; Katz, Brian G.; Fahlquist, Lynne S.; Crandall, Christy A.; Lindgren, Richard J.
Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination—Edwards aquifer near San Antonio, Texas
This fact sheet highlights findings from the vulnerability study of a public-supply well field in San Antonio, Texas. The well field consists of six production wells that tap the Edwards aquifer. Typically, one or two wells are pumped at a time, yielding an average total of 20-21 million gallons per day. Water samples were collected from public-...Jagucki, Martha L.; Musgrove, MaryLynn; Lindgren, Richard J.; Fahlquist, Lynne; Eberts, Sandra M.
Simulations of groundwater flow and particle-tracking analysis in the zone of contribution to a public-supply well in San Antonio, Texas
In 2006, a public-supply well in San Antonio, Texas, was selected for intensive study to assess the vulnerability of public-supply wells in the Edwards aquifer to contamination by a variety of compounds. A local-scale, steady-state, three-dimensional numerical groundwater-flow model was developed and used in this study to evaluate the movement of...Lindgren, Richard L.; Houston, Natalie A.; Musgrove, MaryLynn; Fahlquist, Lynne S.; Kauffman, Leon J.
Hydrogeology, chemical characteristics, and water sources and pathways in the zone of contribution of a public-supply well in San Antonio, Texas
In 2001, the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey initiated a series of studies on the transport of anthropogenic and natural contaminants (TANC) to public-supply wells (PSWs). The main goal of the TANC project was to better understand the source, transport, and receptor factors that control contaminant...Musgrove, MaryLynn; Fahlquist, Lynne; Stanton, Gregory P.; Houston, Natalie A.; Lindgren, Richard J.
Geochemical evolution processes and water-quality observations based on results of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program in the San Antonio segment of the Edwards aquifer, 1996-2006
As part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, the U.S. Geological Survey collected and analyzed groundwater samples during 1996-2006 from the San Antonio segment of the Edwards aquifer of central Texas, a productive karst aquifer developed in Cretaceous-age carbonate rocks. These National Water-Quality Assessment Program studies...Musgrove, MaryLynn; Fahlquist, Lynne; Houston, Natalie A.; Lindgren, Richard J.; Ging, Patricia B.
Sources of groundwater based on Helium analyses in and near the freshwater/saline-water transition zone of the San Antonio segment of the Edwards Aquifer, South-Central Texas, 2002-03
This report evaluates dissolved noble gas data, specifically helium-3 and helium-4, collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the San Antonio Water System, during 2002-03. Helium analyses are used to provide insight into the sources of groundwater in the freshwater/saline-water transition zone of the San Antonio segment of the...Hunt, Andrew G.; Lambert, Rebecca B.; Fahlquist, Lynne
Low-Level detections of halogenated volatile organic compounds in groundwater: Use in vulnerability assessments
Concentrations of halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were determined by gas chromatography (GC) with an electron-capture detector (GC-ECD) and by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in 109 groundwater samples from five study areas in the United States. In each case, the untreated water sample was used for drinking-water...Plummer, Niel; Busenberg, E.; Eberts, S.M.; Bexfield, L.M.; Brown, C.J.; Fahlquist, L.S.; Katz, B.G.; Landon, M.K.
Ground-Water Quality Beneath Irrigated Cropland of the Northern and Southern High Plains Aquifer, Nebraska and Texas, 2003-04
A study of the quality of ground water beneath irrigated cropland was completed for the northern and southern High Plains aquifer. Ground-water samples were collected from 30 water-table monitoring wells in the northern agricultural land-use (NAL) study area in Nebraska in 2004 and 29 water-table monitoring wells in the southern agricultural land-...Stanton, Jennifer S.; Fahlquist, Lynne
Widespread presence of naturally occurring perchlorate in high plains of Texas and New Mexico
Perchlorate (ClO4-) occurrence in groundwater has previously been linked to industrial releases and the historic use of Chilean nitrate fertilizers. However, recently a number of occurrences have been identified for which there is no obvious anthropogenic source. Groundwater from an area of 155 000 km2 in 56 counties in northwest Texas and eastern...Rajagopalan, S.; Anderson, T.A.; Fahlquist, L.; Rainwater, Ken A.; Ridley, M.; Jackson, W.A.
Quality of water in the Trinity and Edwards aquifers, south-central Texas, 1996-98
During 1996–98, the U.S. Geological Survey studied surface- and ground-water quality in south-central Texas. The ground-water components included the upper and middle zones (undifferentiated) of the Trinity aquifer in the Hill Country and the unconfined part (recharge zone) and confined part (artesian zone) of the Edwards aquifer in the Balcones...Fahlquist, Lynne; Ardis, Ann F.
Online Tool Illustrates Groundwater Resources in Texas Panhandle
An interactive viewer to visualize groundwater resources in Gaines, Terry and Yoakum Counties, Texas, is now available from the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Llano Estacado Underground Water Conservation District, Sandy Land Underground Water Conservation District and South Plains Underground Water Conservation District.
USGS Measures Flooding Across Texas
Reporters: Do you want to accompany a USGS field crew as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista or Lynne Fahlquist.
Midwest US: What's in Your Stream? Get Online to Find Out!
An online interactive tool for learning about pesticides, nutrients, and the overall health of Midwest streams is now available from the U.S. Geological Survey. This information can be used by the public and resource managers to better understand the relative effects of these stressors on aquatic organisms in streams.


text:
1871 Europe dominated by Empires but nation states emerging.
1871-1920 very unstable time. Borders changing. International rivalry. Arms race. All leading to war.
Dominated by Prussia (industrialised, protestant, mono-cultural, Hohenzollern) and Austria (Catholic, empire, Hapsburg)
Wanted a Prussian dominated Germany.
Wanted to exclude Austria.
Came to notice for skills as ambassador in Frankfurt, St. Petersburg and Paris.
Before unification, believed in 'blood and iron'.
1866 7 weeks war defeated Austria
Formed North German Confederation. 4 southern Catholic states did not trust him.
1870 the 4 states helped him against the common enemy, France.
1871 after Franco-Prussian war, Germany united.
75 year old William I left affairs of state to Bismarck.
His aim: A powerful Germany in a peaceful Europe.
Needed to isolate France after the Treaty of Frankfurt:
Britain was in 'splendid isolation', so B did not chase colonies.
He hoped colonies would keep the French busy.
B became the 'honest broker' of Europe.
Alliances were needed with A-H and Russia.
A 'big Bulgaria' created at the Treaty of San Stefano after Russia helped the Balkan state defeat the Turks.
Britain and A-H threatened war.
B acted the 'honest broker' at the First Congress of Berlin 1878.
Russia annoyed at the reduced Bulgaria contained in The Treaty of Berlin.
War avoided but the Dreikaiserbund ended until 1881.
The countries agreed that if one of the 3 countries got into war with a fourth, the other 2 would stay neutral.
To be renewed every 3 years.
Russians did not like the new king of Bulgaria, who was a German raised in Vienna.
When Russia threatened to invade, B published the terms of the Dual Alliance. Russia backed down but the Dreikaiserbund was over.
He made a secret treaty with Russia. Each would remain neutral if the other went to war except if Germany attacked France or Russia attacked A-H.
Pressure from industrialist and nationalist groups at home forced B to pursue a limited colonial policy.
He called the Second Congress to divide Africa into 'spheres of influence'.
He left the German sphere to private companies.
He was ambitious but weak, indecisive and prone to making wild statements.
He wanted to be an absolute ruler.
He wanted to actively pursue colonies.
He wanted an alliance with Britain instead of Russia.
He wanted to relax anti-socialist laws
1890 B resigned.
He believed it was not necessary as he was friendly with Nicholas II.
1894 Franco-Russian alliance (Russia did not like being isolated)
France gave loans to Russia to build projects like the Trans-Siberian railway.
Cecil Rhodes ordered the Jameson raid on the Transvaal and was defeated.
The British government was embarrassed. William sent a telegram to Paul Kruger (President of the Transvaal) congratulating him on defeating 'armed hordes'.
Anti-German feeling exploded in Britain and he had to apologise to Granny.
1898 The Berlin-Baghdad railway seemed to threaten Suez.
The German Navy League, supported by industrialists like Krupp, was very popular.
Britain worried. Land army poor.
Germany responded.
British adopted the 'two power principle' (navy bigger than the next 2 together).
Attempts by the British to stop the race in The Hague in 1899 and 1907 failed when von Tirpitz refused to compromise.
1902 The Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Japan agreed to look after Britain's interests in the Pacific in times of war in return for a free hand in Korea.
1904 Entente Cordiale ended colonial tensions.
1907 Anglo-Russian Entente ended colonial tensions in Afghanistan and Persia.
By 1907 there was a Triple Entente and a Triple Alliance and plans for war were being drawn up.
The Kiel Canal was widened to take German Dreadnoughts.
Britain built naval bases as far north as Scapa Flow (Orkneys)
1912 Britain secretly agreed to defend the North Sea and English Channel if France looked after the Mediterranean.
By the start of WW1 Britain had 29 Dreadnoughts and Germany 17.
He followed this by calling an international Conference at Algeceris in Spain.
Russia, Britain, USA and Italy backed France.
This strengthened the Entente and showed how unreliable an ally Italy was.
William sent the Panther to Agadir.
Britain threatened to send its navy to Agadir.
William backed down and recognised Morocco as a French Protectorate.
Also strengthened the Entente and humiliated Germany.
Russia, isolated, could do nothing.
A short-term victory, but Russia would not be isolated or humiliated again.
Bismarck's constitution had allowed absolute monarchy.
William's actions were popular until WW1.
By 1870 Greece had independence and Serbia and Romania had self-government.
Other Balkan states like Bulgaria wanted the same.
A-H, Russia and GB 'hovered like vultures over the sick man'
Slavs in A-H and Turkey looked to Serbia to create a Yugo (south) slav state.
It wanted more land to make up for land lost in Germany in 1866.
It also wanted access to the Mediterranean from the Black sea through the Straits of the Dardanelles.
The rebellion spread to Bulgaria. Turkey crushed this killing 12,000.
Tsar Alexander II defeated the Turks at Pleven in Bulgaria.
A-H prepared to mobilise and Britain sent ships to the Dardanelles.
Russia got the Turks to sign a treaty before the others could intervene.
A-H and Britain incensed.
Bismarck called the First Congress of Berlin to prevent war in Europe.
It stopped war but Russia gained little. Serbia wanted B-H for a route to the sea.
Bulgaria began to resent Russian interference.
A-H supported the new Bulgarian king, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, who had been educated in Vienna. Russia rejected him.
Again war looked likely and Bismarck published the terms of the Dual Alliance. This stated that if Russia attacked A-H, Germany would back A-H. However if A-H attacked Russia, Germany would stay neutral.
War was prevented but tension remained.
King Peter I took over and his new parliament was dominated by Nikola Pasic who wanted a bigger Serbia.
A-H annexed B-H. Russia was furious but could do nothing as William II made it clear that Germany would side with A-H.
Serbia too upset as its route to the sea was gone.
Neither Serbia nor Russia would be humiliated again.
When they were almost at Constantinople, the 5 powers intervened, alarmed at the growing power of the League
1913 Bulgaria attacked Serbia to take central Macedonia.
Greece, Romania and Turkey helped Serbia.
Bulgaria now turned to A-H and Germany for help in the future.
The old imperialism was dominated by Spain and Portugal
In 1870 only 10% of Africa colonised. 1900 all but Liberia and Abyssinia.
1880 Savorgnan de Brazza did the same north of the Congo for France.
1884 Germany made nearby Cameroon a protectorate.
1884-5 Bismarck called the Second Congress of Berlin to diffuse the situation. Africa was divided into Spheres of Influence. Scramble continued.
French moved troops in.
Generals Kitchener and Marchand had a 6 month stand-off at Fashoda.
The French, who were not ready for war, left.
Vote denied to the increasing number of Uitlanders.
The PM of the British Cape Colony Cecil Rhodes and Dr Starr Jameson planned and Uitlander rebellion.
Called off at the last minute but no one told Jameson whose 'raid' ended in his capture.
William II congratulated Paul Kruger (PM of Transvaal) for fighting off the British 'without appealing to a friendly power'
Uitlanders petitioned queen Victoria for help after a Boer policeman was acquitted of killing a British worker.
Chamberlain sent troops to the Cape.
The Boers invaded the Cape.
After some early successes the Boer army was defeated and resorted to guerrilla war.
20,000 died in British concentration camps. Boer farms destroyed.
Great sympathy in Europe for the Dutch settlers, particularly in Germany.
In the Treaty of Vereeniging, Britain annexed Transvaal and the Orange Free State.
Kaiser tested this by stepping off his yacht in Tangiers and declaring that Germany would protect Moroccan independence from the French. The French had been insisting that the Sultan introduce reform.
Germany called the Algeciras Conference to discuss the matter.
All, including Italy (a Triple Ally), except A-H and Morocco opposed Germany.
Morocco would by under the shared control of France and Spain.
Entente strengthened and Germany embarrassed.
Germany sent the 'Panther'.
British demanded the Germans leave and they did.
France given a 'free hand' in Morocco and Germany given a tract of land in the Congo that gave the Cameroon a link to the Congo river.
Entente strengthened and William II seen as a 'warmonger'.
Japan feared the Russians would move into there 'sphere of influence' in Korea.
1904 surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.
1905 Russian navy wiped out at the Straits of Tsushima
This humiliation helped cause the 1905 revolution that almost toppled the Tsar.
Russia now turned its ambitions to the Balkans.
Marx and Engels (German) believed that a revolution of the proletariat would replace capitalism with socialism.
It was an attempt at co-operation between Europe's socialist organisations.
1889 French Marxists called a meeting to celebrate 1789 centenary.
Leading socialist from all over Europe attended. Marx was dead.
4 resolutions:
Early conferences banned anarchism.
Second International dominated by German SPD.
In that party, revisionists, led by Edward Bernstein believed that Marx was wrong.
Capitalism was thriving and there would be no worldwide revolution. Reform should be within the existing political system.
Outnumbered by revolutionaries they were expelled from the party.
French socialism too was divided.
Jules Guesde led the revolutionaries and Jean Jaurés led the revisionists.
French revisionists in government had achieved reforms (10hour day, factory inspectors and a ministry for Labour).
Guesde wanted involvement in middle-class government banned.
In the end it was decided that in exceptional circumstances, socialists could enter government on a temporary basis.
It seemed to reverse the Paris decision.
1914 patriotism became more important than socialist ideals.
Pacifists were seen as traitors. Jaurés assassinated by a nationalist.
Socialist groups all over Europe backed their governments.
The second international was over.
Failure to renew the Reinsurance treaty in 1890 meant Germany had to side with A-H.
1882 Triple Alliance
How the Triple Entente came about.
1894 Franco-Russian alliance.
1904 Entente Cordiale
1907 Anglo-Russian entente.
Military leaders pressed for war before the enemy got too strong.
Arms manufacturers and industrialists benefited from arms race.
Books glorified war and noble death and honour.
People saw war as inevitable and short.
Grenade failed. Gavrilo Princip of the Black Hand succeeded.
Serbian PM Pasic knew of the plans but did nothing to stop it.
A-H reaction.
Had the excuse it wanted.
Asked for and got Germany's support
48 hour Ultimatum.
Serbia could not accept the last one but offered to go to the International Court.
28th July A-H declared war
Russia mobilised.
1st August Germany declared war on Russia.
2nd Germany declared war on France
5th Britain declared war on Germany when they refused to leave Belgium.
In the end 30 countries were involved.
Defeat France in six weeks before Russians mobilise. Railways important.
William II 'lunch in Paris, dinner in St. Petersburg'
Brave Belgian resistance swept aside by Von Molkte.
Under strength French, who thought it was a decoy attack, and the BEF pushed back.
Paris in danger.
General Joffre used all types of transport to stop the Germans.
Counter-attack at the Marne pushed von Kluck and Bulow back to the river Aisne.
Von Molkte lost it and was replaced by Falkenhayn.
Germans dug in and it was trenches for 4 years.
War of Attrition+ wearing out the enemy. High casualties.
Von Hindenburg and Ludendorff put in charge.
Defeated the Russians at Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes.
Stalemate on the Western Front.
Became commander-in-chief of the BEF.
Believed in massive frontal assault to break the deadlock.
400,000 dead at the Somme and the same again at Passchendaele.
Successful at the end of the war and a hero after it.
Helped ex-servicemen through the British Legion.
Died in 1928 but his name was ruined in 1938, when DLG's memoirs were published.
It might also open a back door through the Balkans into A-H and Germany.
April 1915 and eight month assault started.
Anzacs given the job.
Cliffs a death trap.
Defeat. Churchill resigned.
1915 Bulgaria replaced them.
1915 secret Treaty of London, Italy joined the allies. It was promised land in Austria and Croatia.
Did badly. Defeat at Caporetto by A-H.
Won at Vittorio Veneto in 1918.
Falkenhayn knew the French would defend Verdun to the last man.
'They shall not pass'
He hoped to suck the French into Verdun and defeat them.
From February to December, under Marshall Petain, the French held on at huge cost.
The Germans lost even more.
Haig responded at the Somme (river).
Haig relied on heavy shelling but the Germans were well dug in.
'Over the top' and 60,000 British died the first day.
By the end 650,000 from each side were dead.
However with 500,000 dead and poor supplies of food and ammunition the Russian army began to desert.
They were no longer effective in the war.
However the royal navy was much bigger and the German navy never left port again.
The Germans resorted to u-boats.
British responded successfully with convoys and depth-charges.
1917 German foreign minister Zimmerman sent a telegram to their ambassador in Mexico instructing him to offer Texas in return for help against the US if they joined.
British intercepted the telegram.
April the US joined the war and by June were landing in France.
Petain executed 55 but improved pay and food. Gave more leave.
British took the pressure off at Yprés and Passchendaele.
Made great progress. Paris again in danger.
French General Foch counter-attacked with British and US help.
Germany defeated.
William II abdicated and fled to Holland
11.00 on the 11th of November the armistice signed in a railway carriage in the Compiegne Forest.
Not 'the war to end all wars'.
Failure to bring in effective reform and defeat in Russo-Japanese led to 1905 Revolution.
Nicholas at war so Rasputin had a huge influence on Alexandra (German, unpopular).
A group of nobles managed to kill him.
Strikes and Petrograd soviet took control of the city (renamed).
Duma suggested reforms so Nicholas dissolved it.
Troops sent to crush demonstrators joined them.
Nicholas abdicated.
A provisional government set up under Prince Lvov but the pace of reform was slow.
The Germans arranged for Lenin's return from Switzerland.
Lenin and Trotsky planned a revolution.
Lenin promised 'peace, land and bread'
Kerensky, who replaced Lvov, banned the Bolsheviks and Lenin fled to Finland.
They took over key locations in Petrograd including the Winter Palace.
By the end of the month, most Russian cities were in Bolshevik hands.
Very little bloodshed.
People desperate.
Sailors, first at Kiel and then at the other ports refused.
Taking the sailors lead, soldiers and workers formed councils throughout Germany.
Like the Soviets in Russia, there was a strong socialist element.
Friedrich Ebert of the SPD became Chancellor of the Provisional Gov.
Strikes and riots all over Germany.
Ebert agreed with General Groener that the army and the government help each other.
Soldier,s and Worker's Councils banned.
Spartacists wanted a socialist revolution. They were led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg.
Brilliant socialist writer. Criticised the Provisional Government in 'Red Flag'
Outspoken against the war and spent most of it in jail.
Spartacist revolt was for 10 days in January 1919.
Demobilised soldiers formed Freikorps and crushed the revolt.
Luxemburg and Liebknecht executed.
Emperor Charles I recalled troops from the front to suppress the strikers.
After Vittorio Veneto, Czechs and Slavs declared their independence.
Charles abdicated in pencil, hoping to restore the Empire but he died in 1922.
U-boats ended his neutral stance.
Favoured a 'just peace'.
1919 Nobel peace prize.
Senate would not let him join the League of Nations.
Orlando walked out when the Treaty of London 1915 not honoured.
Wilson wanted a 'just peace'
Clemenceau wanted to make Germany pay, Alsace-Lorraine returned and to make Germany incapable of attack.
DLG publicly wanted Germany to pay but privately wanted a just peace.
Self-determination+ allows a nation to have independence.
Germany reluctantly signed in the Hall of Mirrors.
Austria small and land-locked.
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia created out of its empire.
Army limited.
Reparations due but not collected as the country was too small to pay.
Treaty of Trianon (Hungary)
Lost land to Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania
Army limited.
Treaty of Neuilly (Bulgaria)
Lost land to Romania and Greece
Army limited
Treaty of Sevres (Turkey)
Lost land to Greece.
Saudi Arabia created.
Army limited and had to pay reparations.
Reparations collapsed economy and currency.
One tenth of the population were now minorities elsewhere (Sudetenland)
Unable to defend itself
Made Nazism possible?
Russia not invited. Relations not good.
Italians had lost 600,000. Not happy. Made Mussolini possible?
The League of Nations had weaknesses.
Versailles was a poor venue. France vengeful.
Retreating German army had caused destruction (flooding mines etc.)
DL George had a shaky government and a lasting peace did not go down well.
Autocracy. One man ruled 180 million.
'Committee of Ministers', the army, the hierarchy and the Courts were dominated by aristocrats.
Witte believed in 'State Capitalism' = government borrowed to spend on industry.
Tariffs to encourage self-sufficiency.
Heavy taxes to repay loans.
Industrial planning experts from abroad.
Very large factories in 8 designated regions.
Railways between cities and ports. Trans-Siberian railway finished in 1907.
7th to 4th in industrial production.
Little was done for agriculture.
16-18 hour day.
Child labour.
Trade Unions and strikes illegal so 'Soviets' (workers councils) demanded reform.
Strikes and peasant revolts followed.
Witte recommended more democracy.
Tsar promised a Duma and free speech and the revolution petered out.
Duma was appointed by the Tsar and the Nobility. Witte resigned in protest.
The hard-line Stolypin took over.
After 1870 Krupps dominated arms manufacturing.
Friedrich Alfred Krupp took over in 1887 and expansion continued.
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen (married in) was boss until 1950.
Gustav pressed for aggressive foreign policy and supported Hitler. Too ill to stand trial.
Working conditions poor.
1875 SPD formed. Supposed to be Marxist but adopted a gradualist approach.
They worried Bismarck who adopted a 'carrot and stick' approach.
Exceptional Laws outlawed socialists after assassination attempt on William I.
SPD survived by going underground.
Bismarck's efforts failed and by 1890 the SPD was the largest party.
He introduced pensions for widows and orphans.
He introduced stricter control of child labour.
It also had the best social insurance system.
U-Boats = high prices
Lord Rhondda rationing.
Women and POW did the farming.
British naval blockade created shortages.
Turnip winter 1916-17 (main food)
750,000 died of malnutrition.
Steel, arms, shipbuilding etc. did well.
Arbitration replaced strike until the war was over.
The shop steward emerged.
Sometimes invented alternatives.
Polish and Belgians as well as POWs and criminals forced to work.
1918 vote for all men over 21 and women over 30.
Pensions for disabled introduced. 2.7 million in Germany.
France had lost a generation of men. More than ½ of all men aged 20-30 in 1914 were killed.
January 1916 conscription for single men over 18. By May it was all men up to 41.
Those in essential services and conscientious objectors excluded but humiliated.
1915 Treasury Agreement Act allowed the unskilled to do skilled jobs.
The number of women working rose from 3 million before the war to 5 during it.
Factories, farms, police, buses, gravediggers etc.
Pankhurst encouraged them to work.
Many left domestic service and never returned.
69 women died in a TNT factory in London.
'Canaries' chemical poisoning. Sterile.
Could not become officers.
Worked as cook, clerks and gas mask instructors.
Britain had 23,000 nurses working in Military and Field (horrific) hospital.
Corsets gone.
Shorter skirts and hair. Trousers.
1928 over 21
Germany, Canada and US all gave the vote.
Women in France and Italy not until after WWII
Blue collar had to give up jobs to returning soldiers.
Paid 2/3 of man's wage.
Southern German states in a minority when Austria was left out of united Germany.
The papacy at times did not want freedom of the press and worship.
Some claimed that science could explain life's problems and religion not needed.
Cannot be wrong on faith and morals.
German and Italian governments saw the potential to influence political decisions.
His 'Syllabus of Errors' rejected nationalism and liberalism.
He refused to recognise the new state because of the Papal States.
The government passed the Law of Guarantees compensating the Pope and guaranteeing Vatican independence but he rejected it.
Pius IX ordered Catholics not to vote or stand in elections. They ignored him.
More tolerant.
Shared Pius XI's views on nationalism and liberalism but was more PC about it.
Believed that Italian Catholics should ignore the elections
Encyclical 'Rerum Novarum' called for fair wages.
Encouraged French Catholics to support the Republican government.
Played a part in getting Bismarck to end the Kulturkamph.
A divorce bill was dropped.
Pius X said it was OK to stand for election.
Not until Mussolini's Lateran Treaty in 1929 that full relations were restored.
Bismarck felt the anti-nationalist Centre Party might threaten German unity.
1874 Civil marriage compulsory
1875 Priests not allowed discuss politics in sermons (Pulpit law)
Half of Germanys bishops were sacked and one third of priests.
Catholics did not back down.
Even conservative Protestants saw it as an attack on Christianity.
The Centre Party grew.
Germany more divided than ever.
Bismarck needed support against the SPD and he had a row with the Liberals.
Rapprochement happened in Germany also.
Edourard Drumont wrote best sellers blaming Jews for destroying traditional values.
French politicians bribed to keep the collapse quiet. 2 Jewish bankers did the bribing.
Drumont exploited the scandal.
A document called the 'bordereau', found in the German Embassy, was supposed to be written by Dreyfus. Colonel Piquart that Major Esterhazy had written it.
A secret court martial excused Esterhazy and sacked Piquart.
Emile Zola wrote 'J'Accuse pointing to an army cover up.
A retrial still found Dreyfus guilty even though Colonel Henry confessed.
Dreyfus released but not pardoned until1906.
French society divided along anti-Semitic lines. Dreyfussards V anti-Dreyfussards.
Jews continued to prosper.
Leon Blum became leader of the Socialist Party during the 1890s and PM in the 1930s.
5 million Jews forced to live in restricted area called 'Pale of Settlement'.
Pobedonostev (chief lay officer of the Russian Orthodox Church) advised Alexander III to 'kill 1/3, banish 1/3 and assimilate the rest.
1881-92 Anti-Jewish laws:
To whip up anti-Semitism, police in St Petersburg forged the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' that called for a Jewish worldwide state to control Christians.
Acquitted in spite of fabricated evidence and bribed witnesses.
Started after the assassination of Alexander II (Jewish girl one of those convicted)
Terror, rape and death. 800 killed in one in Odessa.
Theodore Herzl proposed that Jews return to Palestine (Zion) in his book 'The Jewish State'. Eventually this would happen.
War song like 'Send out the Army and the Navy'.
Governments paid for war posters.
Advertising agencies used posters with a war theme to sell.
His was a romantic view of the war.
His letters to his mother show how bad war was.
He met Sassoon at a hospital for shell-shocked officers
With Sassoon's encouragement, he wrote 'Dulce et decorum est', one of the most powerful war poems.
Killed in Belgium. His parents got the letter on armistice day. Military cross.
'The General' criticised incompetent senior officers.
Badly injured, he left the army and spoke out against the war.
WWII was not greeted with enthusiasm.
Between them they isolated the germ and developed the vaccine for anthrax and rabies.
Koch isolated the germ for TB.
Later others developed vaccines for typhus, cholera, diphtheria and yellow fever.
16 million of those were in India.
Studied in the Sorbonne. Best in class.
Married Pierre.
Studied radioactivity in uranium. Found the ore was more radioactive so other radioactive elements must exist. Radium and Polonium.
2 Nobel Prizes.
Took now precautions and died of overexposure in 1934.
Even today her notebooks cannot be handled.
Their discoveries led to radiotherapy for cancer.
Valuable experience in trauma and wounds.
Use of x-ray to locate bullets and shrapnel.
1903 he proved that radioactivity is caused by the breakdown of atoms.
1905 Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity E=MC squared showed that a small amount of mass can create massive energy.
His work would be used to make the atom bomb.
After this electricity spread.
Werner von Siemens invented the dynamo.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Swinton invented the tank.
Early tanks got stuck in the mud and broke down.
Much improved later on in the war.
At first Zeppelins were used for bombing and spying by the Germans but they were too easily shot down.
Later planes with machine-guns and bombs developed.
1885 Gottlieb Daimler. First motorbike.
First car. 3 wheeled converted carriage. All Benz's cars were converted carriages.
1891 4 wheel car.
1893 First mass produced car.
Wife Bertha was the business brain.
1903 Karl retired.
1926 Merger with Daimler. Daimler and his partner Maybach built purpose-built cars.
1897 Rudolf Diesel. Better for pulling loads.
Specialisation and division of labour.
Model T.
Roads improved.
Ribbon development increased.
Spin-off industries.
Saved Paris. Brought troops to the Marne.
War led to more durable car design.
Became a mode of transport for ordinary people.


text:
Accueil ▷ Actualités ▷ News de l'histoire (du droit) des colonies
Date limite de soumission : dimanche 15 avril 2018
We welcome papers from both the humanities and social sciences – like history and sociology of science, cultural and museums studies – and the natural sciences, that present either historic or actual case studies on colonial objects/collections in order to reflect on processes of their decolonization. Furthermore, we warmly invite theoretical and conceptual considerations for critical reflection about decolonization in natural history museums. Please send your abstract (max. 500 words) and CV to pan chez mfn-berlin.de no later than April 15, 2018.
For further information, please contact yvonne.reimers chez mfn.berlin
The conference is conceived and organized by the joint project « Dinosaurs in Berlin. Brachiosaurus brancai as an Icon of Politics, Science, and Popular Culture »
6-7 septembre 2018 (Berlin)
Natural history museums preserve a considerable, yet often unacknowledged part of the world's colonial heritage. Their identity, collections, exhibitions and, importantly, much of their research activities are based on objects which underwent multifold translocations from colonized territories to museums in the Global North. Natural history museums took advantage of colonial endeavors and were deeply entangled in the exploitation of the colonies. However, natural objects are often displayed as "of Nature" – and framed within a narrative of Western scientific endeavors and rationality. The complex histories of acquisition as well as the political context of the discovery and translocation of objects are thus rendered invisible. The conference takes the growing tension between the entangled history of natural history museums and colonialism on the one hand and the invisibility of those entanglements on the other as a starting point for considerations about decolonization.
Art, archaeological and ethnological museums as well as physical-anthropological collections and their objects have been confronted with their political past. Scientific and political debates on contentious objects, on looted art and human remains are an inherent part of academic and institutional discourses. They have been brought to public attention, perhaps not always intentionally, by large-scale projects like the Berlin Humboldt Forum. These efforts have also led to the development of critical historical, juridical and political concepts and instruments for dealing with collections. It is only very recently that natural history museums and their zoological, mineralogical, paleontological, botanical and geological collections entered these debates.
In response to this awakening consciousness, the conference aims to reflect natural history objects and museums through critical debates on the colonial past as well as cultural and natural heritage. Our objective is to sharpen our analytical concepts for researching, negotiating and displaying colonial natural history objects. What might it mean to decolonize natural history museums ? How can we discuss the politics of natural history and its collections constructively and productively ? How can we historicize natural history objects and integrate their political and economic contexts in scientific, academic and museological practices ? What are the practical, juridical, and scientific consequences of decolonizing natural history museums ? How can we thereby develop new perspectives on the responsibilities and opportunities of museums of natural history as places of critical debate ?
The conference focuses on :
It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Page créée le mardi 20 mars 2018, par Dominique Taurisson-Mouret.


text:
I dislike the acronym NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) for two reasons – firstly it de-humanises young people when they probably most need to be valued and secondly, the people who use it tend to assume the rest of us know what it means!
Well, with tongue a little bit in cheek, I'd like to introduce you to NIPPERs – men who are Not In Permanent Paid Employment or Retired.
I'm talking about men aged 50+ – an age group defined as 'older' by policy-makers but in reality these are people who are just getting into their stride. And, of course, you probably know people who are years younger but 'act old'. Interestingly, there's research in Finland suggesting that 51 (yes – that precise) is the age at which our 'work ability' changes.
A NIPPER getting into his stride >>>
The NIPPERs who have most to gain from The Repair Shed I'm developing in Hemel Hempstead (details elsewhere on this site) may be getting over difficulties associated with bereavement, unemployment, retirement, divorce, estrangement from family, moving to a new home. But it's also about prevention as well as cure.
'We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing' George Bernard Shaw
NIPPERs still have a love of life, or maybe they're trying re-gain it. We know from the New Economics (NEF) 'Five Ways to Wellbeing' research how keeping learning and being active is important http://www.neweconomics.org/projects/entry/five-ways-to-well-being. NIPPERs like doing things with their hands as well as their heads – making, mending, learning – and having fun.
We also know from NEF about the importance of being connected and in control. For myself, I'm hoping that NIPPERs will want to be part of a Repair Shed led by the men themselves. I have a vision of a place where like-minded men will eagerly work together in a spirit of mutual respect and friendship. Will this happen? Who knows.
In the meantime, I might try out the term NIPPER on would-be members of The Repair Shed. That generation might like to be associated with the idea of a nipper – wily, streetwise, energetic, open-minded and eager to learn. I'll let you know what they say, and do let me know what you think.
And if you know of a NIPPER in south west Herts (it could be you?) who would like to know more about The Repair Shed, send them to me Chris Lee email@example.com


text:
The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C139 to the Whitehorse Planning Scheme. The amendment came into operation on Thursday 11 August 2011, being the date the Notice of Approval was published in the Government Gazette.
Amendment C139 provides a permanent heritage overlay to the property at 1100 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill. Previously the property was subject to an interim Heritage Overlay.
You may view the approved amendment and supporting documents, including the explanatory report, at the following locations:
For further information or queries, please contact the Strategic Planning Unit on 9262 6303.
Citation Revised 1100 Whitehorse Road 2011 (485.22kB) Amendment C139 Exhibition Documents (1.15MB)
379-397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading, Victoria 3131Australia
Tel: (03) 9262 6333 Fax: (03) 9262 6490Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Download v-card


text:
He Mixes Conditioner, Water And Vinegar. The End Result Is BRILLIANT!
Saving money is on everyone's mind, especially around the holidays. We've already figured out how to make homemade, reusable dryer sheets, and even how to make reusable hand warmers that are safe and non-toxic. And now, to add to that amazing list, here is how to make homemade fabric softener in a only a few minutes, using only a few ingredients!
If you have vinegar and hair conditioner, you're already halfway to making this chemical-free fabric softener. The only thing you might need to buy is a scented oil, but those are readily available and usually pretty cheap.
I love filling my home with non-toxic cleaning projects, and I love making those products myself, so this is a win/win!
Please SHARE!


text:
Activity Cruise
The "Waves Active Cruise" option allows us to build the perfect selection of adrenalin pumping options into your day. Cruise on the stunning Atlantis II where we will rendezvous with our activity team offering everything from Kayaks and Snorkels to Jet Ski, Bananna Boat and Ringo Rush action.
The Activite Cruise option is available on cruises of 5 hours or more between June 01st and August 31st


text:
Rustic Wood Bed Theme
Details pair perfectly with desk plans by jen woodhouse. Wayfair great deals on. Rustic wood bed theme, lighting for home and im gunna attempt to build a lot of approval in your body the rustic chic then this but am very curious on some friends of old wood to rustic furniture for a wood w x h decorative ladder at wayfair great deals on most stuff. For cabin and im gunna attempt to go to make this understated dining table showcasing a raised garden bed with desk plans how to sleep in limited quantities some things one of ours tore up.More reader came from this term: rustic wood bed theme


text:
Tags: conjoined, laser, skin tag, tease, twins This entry was posted on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 12:00 am and is filed under Comic.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
I like how one hand is in the pocket and the other is a fist.
NAME — Get an avatar
EMAIL — Required, will not be published
Comments will be sent to the moderation queue.
Mordant Orange is powered by WordPress with ComicPress.
Subscribe RSS: Entries | Comments


text:
Two weeks ago, I presented two sessions at WinDays at the Valamar Isabella Island Resort in Poreč, Croatia.
We drove from Zagreb to Poreč on Wednesday April 26th, to arrive around lunchtime at the event. We parked the car at the Valamar Diamant Hotel, that was reserved for speakers and hopped onto the boat that brought us to the Island affectionately known as 'WinDays Island'.
We shared lunch with attendees from both the WinDays Business and WinDays Technology conferences and then attended the Technology Keynote.
After that we enjoyed dinner and the first of two WinDays parties. I didn't stay long at the party, since my first presentation, on Azure AD Connect was up at 9:30 AM the next day.
I was present at my first session an hour and a half early to check the audio and video and the contrast, Since I was scheduled to deliver my session in Castle 4 (a tent), I wanted to experience the acoustics first hand.
Before my session, WinDays scheduled a Red Hat hands-on lab in Castle 4. I had the most pleasant chat with the guy from Red Hat, before and after his session, while I prepared for my demos.
I delivered my session while it was raining outside. It didn't bother me, because the forecast mentioned we would see some sun after early showers. However, when thunder and lightning provided additional effects to my slides and presentations, I was getting more worried about making it back to the hotel without getting soaked. The person responsible for my audio cranked the volume up a bit and we were all fine.
After the session, it stopped raining.
Right before lunch, I delivered my second presentation. This session was scheduled in the other tent across the Valamar Castle; Castle 6.
With my presentations done, I could start enjoying myself and start socializing a bit.
During the remainder of the event I had great conversations over food and attended presentations from friends.
Thank you!
(Hvala ma!)


text:
They are so…I suppose fresh is the word. There's something so sweet about white lace shorts that just present a new beginning or innocence (whether you are innocent or not…after all, they are shorts, and there are no rules in the hem length) 🙂
I can't resist white lace shorts in the spring. I know I'm going to drip chocolate ice cream or ketchup on them by the third wear, but I see them on the rack and I just need them.
Like a clumsy spill-prone moth to a flame.
This pair is Cynthia Rowley from T.J. Maxx, but these eyelet lace shorts from LOFT are a super cute, too!


text:
Accounting Basics
Accountancy is the standardized process of communicating financial information about a business entity to users such as shareholders and managers.
Accounting is the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are, in part at least, of financial character, and interpreting the results thereof.
You should be aware that All Accounts:
- Can Be Debited and Credited
- Have an Increase Side and a Decrease Side
- Have a Debit Side and a Credit Side
- Debit Side is the Left Side (Left Column)
- Credit Side is the Right Side (Right Column)
- Have a Normal Balance Amount that is normally a Debit Balance or a Credit Balance
- Have a Type and are classified as an Asset, Liability, Equity, Revenue, Expense, or Draw
- Are Either a Balance Sheet or Income Statement Account
T Accounts:The simplest account structure is shaped like the letter T. The account title and account number appear above the T. Debits (abbreviated Dr.) always go on the left side of the T, and credits (abbreviated Cr.) always go on the right.
1. http://www.youtube.com/user/SusanCrosson Check accounting basics on this channel
2. www.accountingcoach.com
We will learn more in second part.


text:
Everyone reenters the room with Foyles bags. The visual message of how good the first session was. The natural day light is disappearing and I decide to take a photo of the background that have been placing us in these conversations. I also come prepared after buying a pin to support women writers. Not because they need financial support, but because they need people to believe in them. In the UK, a high percentage of men do not read novels written by women. The question is: Do women write as women or do they write as writers? The Swedish guest replies 'being a woman is too confined', but then it is also true that most times women are giving voice to those who silence themselves, other women.
While questioning if there is a sense of entrapment in women's mind, the opinions vary. And the tension vanishes when the author of 'Butterflies in November' says she gives recipes at the end of her book, apparently her editor said there was food in every page and with her characteristic humour she highlighted 'you have to feed your characters, it's a long novel!'. We do get trap in the conversation, 'I never met any ordinary person, sorry', one says. 'We say love so easily, but what is love? Do we feel it?' other wonders, gesturing around in order to get understood. And discussing a theme as real as 'Equal women', I get trap in time again. Since both the novels here, today, were both published twenty years ago. Why did it take all this time to have these women at a huge festival like this? It is something we can think about for awhile. After all, they are right 'language has been used to get power and justify it, instead of building bridges'. I look outside, to what I photographed before. There, are bridges everywhere.


text:
Democracy — a lengthy process
By Megan Wallgren
For the Deseret News
My neighborhood caucus was long and tedious, but got the job done.
I went to my precinct Republican caucus meeting Thursday for two reasons: First, to save the party from extremists, and, second, encouragement (guilt) from all the signs, mailers, and letters from the pulpit that have bombarded me for the past month.
It was my first caucus as an adult. As a child, I remember one year when my parents hosted about a dozen people in our living room. It took about less than an hour to choose who in the room would become a state delegate and who would become a county delegate.
It took the 132 of us gathered at Lehi High School more than four hours to choose our delegates.
The other precincts in the building had long left. I think I may defect to a more efficient district sometime in the next two years.
The numbers dwindled steadily throughout the night. Most were not expecting such a long haul. But getting 132 (then 117, then 105, then 99 …) people to agree on someone with a clear majority is a tedious process.
I thought about leaving several times, but I really wanted to get someone with some moderate ideas to represent me and it took sticking through several rounds of voting.
The big concerns in my precinct seemed to be whether or not someone would vote for Orrin Hatch, Gary Herbert, and who would they choose for president. I didn't see the point of this question. Anyone in that room would vote for my dog over Barack Obama and the delegates we elected have no say in the Republican Presidential Primary.
After my first caucus I'm not enamored with the system. I had to vote to give someone my say after hearing only a minute's worth of their views. Those who bring a lot of friends can easily guarantee themselves a spot.
I would prefer a primary where your vote is not subject to time constraints, quick decisions, and who has the biggest posse. At the end, I think some were voting for certain delegates out of weariness, not conviction.
I'll be back in two years though, I'm hooked on being heard.
Megan Wallgren is a freelance writer and has been covering Utah news for over a decade. Contact her at email@example.com
Leave a comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.


text:
Michael Jackson – 'Come Together'
Michael Jackson - 'Come Together': The King of Pop famously owned the rights to the Beatles songs in the 1980s, and took full advantage of this in '88, trading the 'Abbey Road' classic's bluesy guitar grind for fist-pumping stadium pop euphoria. It appeared in his 'Moonwalker' film and later served as a B-side.
St Vincent – 'Dig A Pony'
St Vincent - 'Dig A Pony': Having stepped into Kurt Cobain's shoes to play 'Lithium' with Nirvana at their Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction this year, the mercurial Annie Clark obviously isn't daunted covering even the most iconic alt acts. You can imagine Lennon digging her screeching, contorting take on this 1969 track.
Otis Redding – 'A Hard Day's Night'
Otis Redding - 'A Hard Day's Night': Peppered with Motowny trumpets, Redding's vibrant, deliciously dancey spin on this Lennon-penned third album title track is a gem. The soul hero's breathless growls hammer home the song's work-weary complaints with brilliant conviction.
Al Green – 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'
Al Green - 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand': Green's smokey, seductive '69 rendition of this early Beatles favourite underlined the soulfulness inherit in the original while taking the track into slick new territory, slowed it to a saunter and dotting brass around Green's inimitable rasps.
David Bowie – 'Across The Universe'
David Bowie – 'Across The Universe': No wonder Bowie's 1975 rework of 'Across The Universe' fizzed with charisma: John Lennon had a hand in its production. Rather than reel off a sycophantic, faithful tribute, Bowie tore the track apart, demolishing its chorus and reconstructing it in his own image.
Candy Flip – 'Strawberry Fields Forever'
Candy Flip – 'Strawberry Fields Forever': Hazy electronics and crunchy drum machine loops (nabbed from James Brown's 'Funky Drummer') gave Madchester scene mainstays Candy Flip a Top 3 UK hit with this cover, dragging the original's murky psychedelia into the '90s by the scruff of its neck.
Stevie Wonder – 'We Can Work It Out'
Stevie Wonder - 'We Can Work It Out': A high point of his '71 'Signed Sealed & Delivered' album, Wonder's gloriously fun turn on this '65 single did away with Lennon and McCartney's acoustic guitar-driven wistfulness, but kept its heart-warming hippy-dippy message.
Nina Simone – 'Revolution'
Nina Simone - 'Revolution': You won't hear a more commanding spin on the Beatles than Simone's jazzy, goosebump-inducing 'Revolution' cover. Lurching between smooth piano and thrilling jolts of dissonance, its power is palpable.
Harry Nilsson – 'You Can't Do That'
Harry Nilsson - 'You Can't Do That': At a 1968 press conference, Lennon and McCartney both named Nilsson their favourite favourite American artist, impressed by his slowed, druggy spin on 'You Can't Do That', featuring echoing backing vocal references to other Beatles classics.
The Black Keys – 'She Said, She Said'
The Black Keys - 'She Said, She Said': An early sign of the Ohio duo's ballsiness - slathering this Lennon-penned 'Revolver' standout in crunchy distortion and bluesy terror on their first album, 2002's 'The Big Come Up'.
The Rolling Stones – 'I Wanna Be Your Man'
The Rolling Stones - 'I Wanna Be Your Man': Written by Lennon and McCartney, recorded and released by Mick Jagger's swaggering rock 'n' roll greats then re-recorded by the Beatles, this blues freakout was a moment of cross pollination between the '60s two most important bands. (Listen)
Elliott Smith – 'Because'
Elliott Smith - 'Because': The 'Roman Candle' troubadour's whispery, wistful indie was heavily influenced by the Beatles' clever, baroque pop chord-shifting. So it made total sense when he covered 'Because', using choral vocal harmonies to deliver an arresting tribute. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvSdFr3niQM" (listen)
Jimi Hendrix – 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band'
Jimi Hendrix - 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band': Ever bit as wild and electric as you'd hope. Having purchased the album of the same name on the day of its release, Hendrix learned the title track, performing it just two days later at London's Saville Theatre in front of Macca, who called it "simply incredible."
Pixies – 'Wild Honey Pie'
Pixies - 'Wild Honey Pie': Cranking the Beatles' original to antagonistic levels of distortion, screaming its title lyric with throat-shredding intensity, the Pixies' Maida Vale live version of 'Wild Honey Pie' is a frantic, nightmarish punk destroyer.
Oasis – 'Within You Without You'
Oasis - 'Within You Without You': Alright, so their detractors would say their entire catalogue is made up of Beatles covers. But the Gallagher's trippy, punishing 'Within You...' cover is a freakbeat juggernaut powering to completion in spasmodic fits of guitar histrionics.
Sonic Youth – 'Within You Without You'
Sonic Youth - 'Within You Without You': Featured on their 2007 deluxe reissue of 'Daydream Nation', Thurston Moore's band took George Harrison's track in a less frantic direction than Oasis, turning it instead into a mesmerising slow-burn of tribal drums and shoegazy echoes. Shiver-some stuff.
Bill Withers – 'Let It Be'
Bill Withers - 'Let It Be': A gospel-infused charmer of a Beatles cover that swaps the minor chord melancholy of Macca's original chorus for spirit-lifting soul euphoria.
Fiona Apple – 'Across The Universe'
Fiona Apple - 'Across The Universe': Featured on the soundtrack to US indie film 'Pleasantville', Apple's husky-voiced brand of introspection-soaked piano balladry was a perfect fit for this Fab Four favourite, weaving Rhodes keyboards around the song's enigmatic lyrics.
Elvis Presley – 'Something'
Elvis Presley - 'Something': One of the group's biggest early influences and an idol to Lennon, it was a marker of the Beatles massive, generation-defining success when The King covered the heartstring-tugging 'Something'. Luckily he did a bang-up job, capturing Harrison's song's effusive charm.
U2 – 'Helter Skelter'
U2 - 'Helter Skelter': Whatever you make of Bono's iPod-gatecrashing dad-rockers, their skyscraper-sized spin on 'Helter Skelter' is pretty scintillating. A glimpse into what the Beatles might have sounded like had they become a stadium band.


text:
And you're just a prick, no size required. So I guess it all balances out in the end.
Monday, June 19, 2017
10 Things Phlebotomists Should Never Say
And you're just a prick, no size required. So I guess it all balances out in the end.
7 comments:
I did go to my new rheumy appt. He knew my previous doc so I did better in that part. But the office was very cold and they could not get blood from me. I have chicken veins. I knew they would draw blood so I did drink yesterday, but I was in the garden yesterday. No telling for me. I am a hard stick too. I will drink today and go again in the morning. They also did an urinalysis. ??? I have never had that done for RA. Not sure what they are looking for. The doc seemed nice. Pretty thorough check up.ReplyDelete
Spot on! Hate it when they blame everything else but their lack of skills. Thank goodness there's a super talented phlebotomist at my hosp (for now...they always chase the good ones away..) and I always request for her if I can.ReplyDelete
Bwahahahahahaaaaa! Sorry. That was funny, Which healthy people might not understand.ReplyDelete
They've tried butterfly needles, right?
Yep! I request certain phlebotomist now because he has the best track record so far. It's enough that I have this disease, I'm also a pin cushion because of it. After having a bein or two blown, I am no longer ashamed to say, "I'll wait for him". Lol!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2018 at 8:18 PM
Thanks. This made me laugh. It's not really a laughing matter but it's better than crying - I only have a 25% success rate for blood collection so I appreciate your comments.ReplyDelete
That was so funny - but not laughing at you, rather in compassion for you.ReplyDelete
I wonder if you have also said this to them - as in my experience with the blood drawing angels (who soon become devils).
Required - 20 tubes blood.
Tubes at the ready - check.
Alcohol swab, butterfly, cotton wool - check.
'Can you please anchor the vein - I have runaway veins'
Ah, that's ok, I should be able to get it ....
'Gosh, this has never happened before, your vein just collapsed, ... let me try again'
To which point they proceed to anther vein.
As the phlebotomist approached again, I had to stop her immediately.
'You need to use a new needle'
'That's ok, I only used it once, and I did not manage to get any blood'
'Seriously, have you not heard of infection control'
And the battle begins - round 3, 4, 5, 6
After which time, I walked out.
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2018 at 7:10 PM
I've had the same problem until I got one who knew her stuff and used a butterfly needle and said to suggest this whenever I have to have blood taken. It worked first time!!ReplyDelete


text:
Hide Forgot
From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3; Linux)
Description of problem:
after creating a block file (Following the loopback encryption howto), tying to issue the following
losetup -e des /dev/loop3 /path/tofile
ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid Argument
using -e xor instead of -e des lets it complete. From what I can gather, this means that the
util-linux doesn't contain some patches that make the des encryption work.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.11r-3
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. losetup -e des /dev/loop3 /path/tofile (created by dd)
2. enter a password
3.enter a hex offset
Actual Results: error: ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid Argument
Expected Results: the system should have mounted the file via the lookback device
encrypted with DES.
Additional info:
looks like the actual rpm is named losetup, but that isn't a component available
to select.
*** Bug 70002 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
losetup comes from the util-linux source package.
I'm not going to add anything in this area that's not in the upstream package, so you need
to talk to the util-linux maintainer upstream (firstname.lastname@example.com) - there are multiple
patchsets to implement loopback encryption support, and none of them had been
submitted directly to him last I heard.
According to traffic on the limbo-list, the entire crytoapi has been added to
the rawhide kernel 2.4.18-7.85...wouldn't this require changes to the util-linux
package (losetup) to put it all together?
Yes, but my earlier comments still stand (the changes will have to come from upstream).
I contacted Andries at the email address you provided, he responded quickly.
I'm sure I don't understand the issues involoved, but I think having all of this
working in Limbo/8.0 or even 8.1 would be a huge plus for Redhat. Here is the
>> plans to integrate the cryptoapi patches?
>> when?
>Long ago the obstacle was copyrights. People sent me
>patches that could not be distributed because there
>was copyrighted material.
>Now there are at least two sets of crypto patches,
>the "international crypto patch" and the patch
>maintained by Jari Ruusu.
>Don't know whether the former is considered dead.
>Some time ago I tried to contact A. Kjeldaas in vain.


text:
Matt Gillogly shares the "how to sell without selling" strategies he used at his men's clinics.
It's important to know the biggest fear of your prospects. It's not about needing a consistent flow of new clients. It's not about generating consistent revenue for their business.
It's about their fear of not making payroll and having to tell your employees that they won't get paid this week.
It's about their fear of having to tell your spouse that you didn't earn enough to pay the mortgage this month.
That's how far you have to dig to learn about what's stopping your prospects from buying.
In case you missed the previous webinars:
Values-based Selling: Who Do You Want As A Client – What Do You Want Out Of Life
How to Sell Without Selling: Establish Yourself as an Authority
Would you like me to help you? I'm the #1 best-selling author of Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn for Business and Ultimate Guide to Twitter for Business. People call me America's Leading LinkedIn Coach. I'm the founder of Search Marketing Simplified, LLC, a full service online marketing agency. The SMS team designs and implements advanced LinkedIn and social media lead-generation strategies for small to medium-sized businesses. SMS will set up and manage your marketing funnels using organic, social and paid traffic. Did you know I've been working with the internet since 1991, long before Al Gore invented it?