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ITC Ceramic Coatings
International Technical Ceramics
Unique high temperature materials used in the ceramics, metalworking and aerospace industries.
The original High Emissivity Ceramic Coating ITC-100HT is particularly well known in the steel, ceramics and blacksmithing communities as a protective coating for furnaces, forge and kiln linings.
It is recommended to use over Kaowool, Inswool, Fiberfrax or other refractory blanket materials to prevent damage as well as airborn refractory dust.
ITC-100HT, 213 and 296A improve the IR reflectivity of all furnace linings improving fuel efficiency and overall throughput.
They are also good protectants for expensive refractory linings (fiber, castables and fire brick).
ITC products are used in foundries for repair of furnace linings and tundishes. In aluminum foundries and precious metals smelters ITC-100 and 296-A are used to reduce metal adhesion and increase the life of refractory troughs and pouring components. ITC-213 and 296A are used to protect silicon carbide crucibles and provide a surface that reduces metal and dross buildup. In the ceramics industry ITC products are used to coat gas and electric kiln linings resulting in significant fuel savings due to its high infrared reflectivity. ITC products protect the linings and heating elements from reactive atmospheres due to salt fireing and other processes.
ITC was "GREEN" long before being Green was an over used buzzword. ITC products are non-toxic, they do not endanger users or the environment. ITC products save energy by keeping more heat energy inside funaces, forges, kilns and process equipment. ITC products increase the working temperature of refractories they are applied over and extend the life time of expensive refractory linings. Refractory linings require a signifiant amount of energy to manufacture so extending their life is an added energy saving bonus as well as reducing down time and operating costs.
ITC-213 has been found to save material and energy in the steel processing industry. Billets to be rolled or forged are coated with ITC-213 preventing fire scale. Reducing scale saves tons of metal and an equal amount of waste to dispose of. This also results in a cleaner smoother finished product.
New uses of ITC products are still being found in a wide range of industries!
ITC-100HT Refractory Coating
Starting at: $54.00The original High Emissivity High Temperature Ceramic Coating for refractories. Increases durability and fuel savings. Our most versatile high temperature coating. Applications include coating both hard and soft refractories such as Kaowool, Inswool or other soft friable refractories, lightweight castable and insulating bricks to make a hard reflective surface. Learn More
ITC-200EZ Ceramic Fill
Starting at: $150.00An excellent durable compound used to repair broken, chipped or cracked brick, castable or fiber material. Bonds rapidly and eliminates need for costly rebricking and down time. Use with ITC-100 and 296A to improve the IR reflectivity of all forge and furnace linings increasing efficiency and throughput. Learn More
ITC-148 Heavy Duty Ceramic Repair
Starting at: $593.00A strong abrasion-resistant compound for repairing areas exposed to harsh environments and mechanical abuse such as tundish, ladles. troughs, crucibles and door jambs. Use also on walls and floors that are in contact with molten metals. Excellent for lining these parts. Learn More
ITC-296A High Purity Top Coating
Starting at: $155.00
ITC-296A is a high purity fine grain product that results in a smooth surface that ash, slag and scale sticks to much less than normal refractory surfaces. The IR reflectivity results in higher temperatures, lower fuel use and/or shorter process times.
ITC-296A is normally applied over ITC-100HT or other ITC products.Learn More
ITC-213 Coating for Metals
Starting at: $95.00High temperature coating for metals, graphite and silicon carbide. Reduces oxidation, sticking of slag, and is used as a primer for other ITC products such as ITC-100HT and ITC-296A. Learn More


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Welcome to Sensitive Leadership! First we start with the misunderstandings, mishaps, and misuse of sensitivity so that we can then move into understanding. Listen to the recording below and follow along with the handout. You can print the handout that includes maps and an exercise to complete. You can also print the accompanying cards that will be referred to throughout Sensitive Leadership as The Elements of Sensitivity.
You can follow along with the recording above using this PDF :: Misunderstood Handout
Here are The Elements of Sensitivity cards (listed as individual printable pages of 4 cards each) to use as you wish and that will be discussed throughout the year on Sensitive Sunday Live, so tune in there to get a better explanation of what they are and how to use them ::

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PCManFM 0.3.0 stable release, an lightweight replacement for nautilus
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PCManFM 0.3.0 has been released
This is an extremely fast file manager featuring lightweight and
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The interface looks clean and nice, here are some screenshots:
Shortcut keys and interface design are compatible with Firefox, which are familiar to most of the people.
Quite different from nautilus, which is absolutely great, our goal is not to make such a powerful file manager, but a "good enough" one, and keep it as simple as possible. Nautilus is undoubtedly one of the best file managers, but it's too heavy, and doesn't suitable for older machines, or some more
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Moeraki Fishing Charters, Moeraki, Otago, New Zealand
Moeraki is a great little fishing village in North Otago, approximately a one hour drive north of Dunedin and 3.5 hours south of Christchurch. It provides excellent fishing, sightseeing and leisure activities.
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Joint audits and inspections by the ICAI/DCA are critical if the system has to work.
The Satyam affair has shaken the countrys audit profession and regulatory authorities to its roots. Investors have suffered in a big way and Indian business has lost some of its sheen. Has there been a systemic failure or is Satyam just a big exception? Has the macro-structure of the audit procedure not evolved in a manner commensurate with the growth of Indian business and its physical globalisation?
The Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA), first enlarged the scope of work (and hence responsibility and liability) of statutory auditors by issuing a 22 point questionnaire called the MAOCARO Order, 1975. This, of course, remains a pioneering and unique step in even international terms. This made internal audit compulsory and the statutory auditor was bound to comment on the efficacy and extent of internal controls and review the internal audit. Such internal audit is not mandatory internationally. By its very nature, internal audit is extensive in relation to accounting system, internal controls review and transaction checking.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Department of Corporate Affairs (DCA) thereafter made it mandatory to have audit committees where independent directors were in a majority and whose chairman had to be an independent director; they would be (a) obliged to review and implement internal controls; (b) observe accounting standards; (c) review and approve accounts; (d) review financial management and; (e) appoint internal auditors and recommend statutory auditors. Their recommendations are binding on the Board unless the Board discloses to the shareholders its reasons for non-agreement. My own experience in three cases is that a strong knowledgeable audit committee and its chairman are the best bulwark whenever promoters opinion differs from that of the auditors. We should substantially strengthen this system.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) [and Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)] have been strongly supportive of moves for quality improvement and quality controls. ICAI issued 32 Accounting Standards, 34 Auditing Standards, 6 Internal Audit Standards and several External Quality Control Standards. It has moved for harmonisation of standards with the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). ICAI also brought in monetary limitations on the non-audit work that auditors can provide to the auditee company directly or through related parties. Where the partners of the audit firm or their relatives have a 20 per cent beneficial interest, the fee from all such assignments cannot exceed the audit fee.
Yet, Satyam happened. While Satyams external auditors are in the limelight, the responsibility also rests with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), internal auditors and the audit committee. Their roles should be examined by a joint special study group of the MCA and ICAI so that remedial steps can be taken. The Vivian Bose Commission in India and the Sarbanes Oxley Act in the US have strengthened the system of audit and corporate regulation in the public interest.
Legal Consequences: Legal jurisprudence with reference to auditors has evolved substantially in Europe, the US, Australia and India and increasingly recognises the social responsibility of the auditor. However, almost every precedent recognises that (a) an auditor is expected to exercise a high degree of reasonable care and skill; (b) he is not expected to be a bloodhound unless there are circumstances to arouse his suspicion; and (c) the law has now evolved to ensure that he is liable for damages for not faithfully discharging his duties not only to the contracting party but to everyone who, in the normal course, would use the audited accounts.
Lord Denning in the UK first expressed the view of an auditor having social responsibility in a far-reaching dissenting judgement which has now become the norm. Subsequent cases expanded the responsibility of auditors to third parties but within certain parameters.
For the audit profession, Satyam is indeed a blot; but to my mind it is more a black exception. The profession and the corporate sector need to strengthen and intensify internal audit systems; and statutory auditors need to review the entire gamut of audit processes.
Future Scenario: The Satyam incident will (a) require the audit committee to be more active and vigilant; (b) increase substantially the coverage and intensity of internal audit and, sometimes, even an investigative audit may be required; (c) force the statutory auditors to rely much more on external evidence directly obtained by them; (d) the DCA will have to strengthen the Board with information and enforce its earlier system of tri-annual inspection of listed companies which has been implemented lackadaisically in the last few years; (e) encourage the ICAI to strengthen all quality control measures including peer review and develop a system of inspection of auditors as in Canada; and (f) require companies to introduce an effective whistle-blower policy. Internally, the professional firms have to introduce partners audit review and partner-rotation programmes; some have done so already. It is not without logic that the entire developed world has, after a great debate, not opted for mandatory rotation of auditors but has opted for rotation of partners instead.
The proposal to rotate auditors every three years has to be carefully reviewed. The auditor has to understand the business, its risks, its internal controls etc. Mid-size firms like ours will gain but it will damage the profession if auditors have to shop around for replacement audits every three years. Can they qualify balance sheets? This will destroy their independence. A system of joint audit and of quality inspection of audit firms by the ICAI is the best answer.
The approach of forensic audit is to unearth evidence of wrongdoing; hence it needs a combined team of people from the police or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), lawyers and audit professionals with an adversarial approach. Business managers will then become like public sector managers facing a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit and will lose their initiative. Instead of forensic audits, investigative audit techniques would have to be applied whenever major weakness in internal controls or their implementation are found. [An investigator does not accept a stated fact as correct until it is substantiated. Unlike an auditor, he cannot presume that in the absence of suspicious circumstances, a figure or a stated fact is necessarily correct. Contemporary Auditing : Dr K Gupta]. These steps will bring to light frauds, if any, much more quickly, but will not stop them. Criminals have never been deterred by strong laws. And collusive fraud is even more difficult to uncover especially if there is comprehensive paperwork to support it; but, over a period of time, it can be detected by a common sense approach instead of a mechanical approach.
The ICAIs disciplinary board needs to be expanded; and work expedited and publicised to gain public confidence. For large value cases like Satyam, special benches need to be constituted for expeditious decisions. Regaining investors and regulators confidence should be the highest priority. The DCA has to upgrade payscales and recruit professionals for its work to achieve a quality jump in oversight work.
Given the strategic importance of internal auditors, Companies Bill 2008 should mandate that internal auditors and valuers must be members of the ICAI, subject to their professional ethics and regulatory discipline. Today the big four use surrogate private limited companies, some of which rumoured to be owned through tax havens in flagrant violation of the ICAI Act (and its ethics and monetary limits) to carry out internal audit and express opinions on compliance of accounting standards apart from consulting work.


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Liam O'Doherty
Director of Digital Youth Engagement at TakingITGlobal
As young people, we have a golden opportunity to shape our cities into communities which reflect our vision of the world and allow everyone to reach their human potential.
With over 50% of the world now under 30 years of age and an accelerating global trend towards urbanization, moving more people to our cities is a global challenge which we can leverage to increase our affinity with other people and our planet, while also driving inclusive prosperity.
This will take two major changes in our design approach to city building and renewal: one social and the other environmental. Luckily we have an excellent example of these two important shifts in our own backyard here in Toronto; The Evergreen Brick Works, a former industrial site in the heart of the Don Valley which served as the venue for the first Overcoming Isolation and Deepening Social Connectedness Symposium.
After operating for almost a hundred years as a paper mill, a quarry, a brick making facility and as garbage dump, the site has been transformed into a venue to accelerate and bridge the gaps in our collective imagination.
From an environmental perspective, we need to redesign our cities (and create future cities) to be more connected to nature, acknowledging, respecting and integrating with the spaces and cycles we exist within. The Brickworks literally has this tenant built right into its foundations. Situated on a floodplain within the Don Valley watershed at the confluence of Mud creek and the Don River, thousands of years ago this was the mouth of a glacial river (hence the presence of so much clay). Today, it is highly susceptible to flooding and can expect more than a meter of water over the space of a few hours.
Luckily, this challenge has been built into the design of the site through an integrated flood management and water conservation strategy, which was designed to integrate with the natural systems and cycles that have been defining the area for millennia and well before human settlement. There are Greenways planted with grass and shrubs between the site's buildings, which prevent rainwater seepage and contamination of groundwater by diverting stormwater into a management pond. It then filters out sediment before releasing water back into the Don Valley. There are also fifteen 20,000-litre cisterns, situated strategically around the site, that store runoff water from the buildings roofs for other uses, such as gardening and the site's toilets.
As we become more connected to our environment, we must do so together, with inclusive design principles, an understanding of the power of play, and the drive to continuously learn from each other's perspectives. The BrickWorks has taken several strategic steps towards realizing these goals by providing a platform for activities which allow our city to come together, breaking down barriers that normally keep us separated and celebrating the diversity of our collective.
Farmers markets, children's gardens and playgrounds alongside preserved wetlands, art making and performance areas, educational and meeting spaces devoted to sustainability… all of this co-exists in an ecosystem where children playing in the dirt and lavish wedding parties take place side by side. Accessible public transit and cycling infrastructure are essential to the site's success, allowing inclusive access to this vibrant natural center.
Providing a platform for diversity and inclusion is essential to building a better world and better cities, as we go forth and implement the changes we want to see, we must remember to maintain our connection to the natural world and to the diverse spectrum of all of those around us. Doing so enables us to make new connections, to discover and foster new ways of being and to build new relationships and friendships whether they are with members of our human family or with the ducks, toads, muskrats & sparrows we share our spaces with.


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The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Ampthill): I remind the Committee that if this amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments Nos. 113 or 114.
Lord Higgins: As the noble Baroness said, this is a relatively simple amendment compared with many before us. There is always argument as to whether it is best for mothers to stay at home or go out to work. The government provision seems to say that carers should go out to work after the child is six; they will no longer receive their deemed benefit contributions if they do not do so. On the other hand, it is probably true that if they go out to work at that stage, it may well be part-time rather than full-time work. Carers are more likely to work full time when their children are over the age of 11. It seems to me, therefore, that the noble Baroness's amendment has something to be said for it.
Baroness Hollis of Heigham: Will the noble Lord accept that in part-time work someone needs to work only 18 hours at the minimum wage in order to qualify under the lower earnings limit? The assumption my noble friend Lady Castle made, echoed by the noble Lord, is that the carer either stays at home or goes into full-time work. But he or she qualifies by working 18 hours at the minimum wage and for considerably fewer hours if he or she has a higher rate of pay.
Lord Higgins: Clearly for carers with children between the lower and higher age, the work is more likely to be part time than full time. However, I am happy to listen to the Minister's reply to the amendment.
Lord Goodhart: I speak to Amendment No. 114, grouped with the amendment. It differs from the noble Lord's amendment in only one respect. We propose that the crediting should extend to a carer who has care of a child under the age of 12, whereas in the noble Lord's amendment the age referred to is 11 years.
I have a great deal of sympathy with the view of the noble Baroness, Lady Castle. Any mother who decides to stay at home to look after her child makes a sacrifice in terms of the potential income that she forgoes. It is not right that on top of that she should also be asked to forgo her right to a pension. The idea of crediting as regards people with those responsibilities seems to us right. The question is where to draw the line.
The Government's view, here and elsewhere, seems to be that women should be given an incentive to go back to work as soon as possible. It seems perfectly legitimate for a woman with a child of six, seven or eight to decide to stay at home and concentrate on looking after her child or children. A child at primary school cannot be left to look after himself at home. In most cases, the child will have to be taken to school and picked up at three or half-past three in the afternoon. He will have to be looked after during the holidays. There are childcare facilities, but I do not think that mothers of primary school children should be required to make use of them or forgo their rights to the state second pension.
Once the youngest child reaches secondary school age, there seems a case for saying that a mother can take at least a part-time job without regarding herself as not handling her children properly. But up to that age it seems to me wholly legitimate for a mother to be able to say, "I wish to be a full-time mother. I do not wish to take even a part-time job, and my pension rights should not suffer because of it".
We have put the age at under 12 rather than under 11 because the child's first few weeks or months at secondary school may be a period of particular stress and difficulty for him or her, and it is appropriate that the mother, without loss of pension, should be able to stay at home as a full-time mother for that period. Nothing I have said is intended to indicate that mothers who prefer to go out to work are acting wrongly. But up to the age of 12 it should be for the mother to make the decision and she should not be put under any pressure by the threat of loss of pension rights.
Baroness Hollis of Heigham: Under our proposals, a person who earns less that the annual lower earnings limit (LEL) in a given year but who is looking after a child under the age of six and receiving child benefit will accrue entitlement to the state second pension in respect of that year. In effect, we are targeting extra help on people looking after children up to early primary school age. These amendments would extend that help to people looking after a child up to but less than age 11, 12 or 16 respectively.
Under SERPS, every year that someone was out of work and looking after a child meant they got a smaller pension when they retired. That is one of the reasons why women, who are most often affected, get less from SERPS on average than men. Our proposals for the state second pension will help to address that problem. Almost 1.5 million women will benefit under these proposals. Five years out of work looking after a
With the state second pension we are seeking to give help to those who are least able to make their own provision for a second tier pension; that is, people who either cannot work or who are in work but on low wages. The first group includes carers and often mothers of children below school age, who have the least opportunity to work and to earn above the lower earnings limit. That is why they are a key target group for our help.
As Members of the Committee will know, many mothers of school-age children--that is, children from the age of five--choose to combine their caring duties with part-time work. Many of those parents will benefit from the S2P low earner's boost, even though they earn as little as £3,500 a year. As a result of the minimum wage, someone will be required to work just over 18 hours a week in order to gain access to the state second pension boost. Those who earn above the minimum wage will, of course, gain access by working even fewer hours.
Some mothers may choose to stay at home, even when their children are older. Some may have no choice because of family or other circumstances. Our intention is certainly not to criticise or punish them for that, and we are not doing so. Indeed, we are doing a great deal to help those mothers who choose to stay at home. That help includes big increases in child benefit--£15 for the first child; £10 for the second--and income-related benefits for children under the age of 11. As I say, we shall have virtually doubled their allowances between April 1997 and October this year.
However, it is the case that three-quarters of all married women are in work and approximately two-thirds of all couple mothers are in work. My noble friend Lady Castle and other noble Lords are correct in saying that the employment rate of mothers who have a child under the age of six is lower than that of those who have children over the age of six. The employment rate of couple mothers who are in work, both part and full-time, with a youngest child below the age of six is about 54 per cent, whereas it is approximately 70 per cent when the child is aged six or older.
Therefore, leaving aside the amendment moved by my noble friend Lady Castle, who would not qualify under the government scheme? So far as I can see, women with a youngest child over the age of six may not be in the labour market for one of three reasons. First, they may be women who would like to work but who have low employment prospects or other difficulties with finding employment; for example, they may have low skills. Certainly, the evidence from our New Deal is that that is the biggest obstacle to women--particularly lone parents--who want to enter the work market. We have developed the New Deal and its training facilities precisely to help people who wish to work but who currently cannot to join the labour market.
The second group of mothers with children over the age of six who may choose or wish to stay at home when their children are older, unlike the vast majority of couple mothers, are those who have a sick or disabled child. Of course, they would be entitled to the state second pension if they claimed ICA or HRP.
The third group of mothers who would not normally be in the labour market if their child is over six may be those from an affluent family who choose for the mother to remain at home until the children are older. Of course, where that degree of resource exists in the family, she could decide to maintain her second pension by means of a stakeholder pension scheme. In the case of a stakeholder pension, it will be necessary to save approximately £9 a week--that is all--in today's earning terms to provide the equivalent of the 10 years' cover, until the child is aged 16, that would be granted under S2P.
Therefore, we are focusing the state second pension on those who care for children under school age in a way which matches the choices that most mothers make. Those who choose not to do what most mothers do--that is, they stay at home because they can afford to--can receive coverage through a stakeholder pension. If they stay at home because they need to due to disability or dependency of a child, they are entitled to receive credits for the state second pension through other routes.
Most mothers take career breaks or periods away from work when their children are very young. Most mothers--70 per cent--return to work once their child goes to school. Such a decision is always a matter of individual choice. Entitlement to the state second pension would simply be one more factor for them to consider. As a result, we believe that we have the balance about right.
As I said, there is the basic pension, which covers all contingencies; the state second pension, which is work- related; and there are alternatives for those whose children are older than six where either the child is needy by virtue of disability or where the income is such that there is no financial pressure. If mothers want to return to work but are impeded by virtue of their relatively poor employment prospects, we can help them through the New Deal. We believe that that is working with the grain of people's choices while respecting the situation for the taxpayer. In the light of that, I hope that Members of the Committee will not pursue their amendments.
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This post is part of the #MYRITUAL2015 event!
My good friend Amy Won of TreeSpace Studio has invited me to participate in her "Rituals" event. I love rituals, particularly traditional rituals that have depth, meaning and story to them. For Amy's exploration into ritual, I have decided to share two of the most currently relevant. Watch out for the second one coming out a in a few weeks.
As some of you may know, Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year (also known as Spring Festival) falls on Thursday, February 18th this year. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, my BTB feng shui teachers have transmitted to me several meaningful rituals. I'm so pleased to share a simple, yet powerful new year ritual called "Changing the Qi of the Home."
This ritual is best performed ON Chinese New Year's day, but may also be performed within 9 days. The best time to perform this ritual is between the hours of 11am and 1pm, which are considered the most "yang" hours of the day. Yang energy is super bright, full of life, and powerful like the sun at high noon.
What you need:
9 fresh oranges – Oranges and orange peels produce a happy bright citrus scent that is very "yang" and has the power to clear out any negativity and transform it into brilliant and life-affirming energy.
- Open all of the windows and doors that open to the outside for a minimum of 15 minutes. Allow fresh air to move throughout the entire home.
- While the windows are open, wash each orange. Carefully cut 9 round pieces of orange peel from each orange. You should have 81 pieces total. The orange peel pieces can be roughly the size of a quarter. Place these in a beautiful clean bowl that you love.
- Close the windows and doors.
- With your bowl of orange peels, walk to your front door.
- As you move around the perimeter of each room in your home in a clockwise fashion, carefully and thoughtful squeeze a piece or orange peel. Smell the scent and then drop the peel. The clockwise circumambulation creates a tightening of the energy in the space and makes it sacred.
- When you end up back at the front door, set your intention that you are filling your home with bright white light and contentment for the new year ahead of you.
- This is a wonderful and strong ritual that I suggest all of you do! It can be done throughout the year, but it is especially powerful at the Lunar New Year.
Gong Hey Fatt Choy!
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The number of applicants to UK universities has risen by 3.5% according to official figures published today.
The latest release from UCAS looks at the number of applicants in the 2013 cycle and includes all applications considered 'on time' for the 15 January deadline. Around 85% of overall applicants had applied by this time in the 2010 to 2012 application cycles.
The slight increase in applicants this year has been welcomed by universities, after applications fell last year prompted by a rise in tuition fees. Rebecca Ratcliffe writes today:
Universities have welcomed a 3.5% increase in the number of students applying to start university this autumn, but warn applications are still not back on trend.
An increase in the number of UK (2.8%) and overseas students (EU 4.9% and non-EU 9.6%) means application rates have recovered slightly on last year, when higher fees prompted a 8.7% fall in applications.
But Pam Tatlow, chief executive of the university thinktank Million+, points out that applications are still down when compared with January 2011 (-4.2%) and January 2010 (-2%).
The release is packed with interesting data and gives us our first indication of the demand for higher education in the UK this year. Here are the key figures:
Overall applications
Total applicant numbers are up - 558,898 in 2013 compared to 540,073 at the same point last year. The number of applicants from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have increased although Wales saw a decrease of 2.1%.
Applications from EU countries has increased by 4.9% and the number of applicants from outside the EU has risen by 9.6%. At the same point last year applications were down from the UK and European countries. Of the non-European countries, Malaysia recorded the biggest rise in applicants at 22% followed by Australasia with a 12% increase.
Around 83% of overall EU applicants, and around 60% of overall non-EU applicants, had applied by the January deadline in the 2010 to 2012 application cycles.
The number of UK 18-year olds applying to universities has risen very slightly, 0.8% compared to 2011, this represents an increase of just over 2,000 people. However of the total applicants (including applicants of European and non-European domicile) there has been a 1.8% drop in 18-year olds.
The biggest decrease in total applications by age group has been by those aged 30 to 39 years old - there are 842 less than last year. Last year the UCAS figures showed that the number of 19-year old applicants had dropped by over 17,000 since the previous year. The figures published today show that the biggest increase in total applications by age group has been 19-year olds - 10,894 more than in 2012.
The biggest percentage decrease for applications by age group has been for 40 year-olds and over with 7% less applicants from this age group than in 2012. The number of applications by 24-year olds has also decreased, down by 0.3%.
Male students may be outnumbered by females at most UK universities but the the total number of male applicants for the 2013 cycle has jumped by 3.8% compared to last year. Female applicants have increased by 3.2% and still outnumber male applicants with 319,752 female applicants compared to 239,146 male applicants in 2013.
Due to the increase in applications, many subjects have seen a slight rise in applications. Subjects allied to medicine have recorded the biggest rise in applicants - 17,414 more than in 2012 - followed by biological sciences. Computer sciences have seen the biggest percentage increase with a 12.3% rise in applications, representing an increase of 9,439 more applicants than last year.
It seems social sciences, arts and languages are feeling the biggest decreases; non-European and European language courses both recorded decreases of more than 6%. Applications for sciences combined with social sciences or arts are down by 4.5%.
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DEXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) is a medical imaging procedure offered at Vision Imaging of Kingston that takes an enhanced X-ray image of the skeleton in order to provide the most accurate measurements of bone density available in an individual. Bone density tests are used to determine whether patients have osteoporosis, a condition in which bones are weakened and fracture easily. If you feel as though you may be at risk for osteoporosis, you may want to consider having a DEXA scan soon.
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Fracking has been expanding across the UK ever since a ban was lifted by the Government at the end of 2012. Over recent months, the gas extraction method has continued to pick up headlines as the Government has approved further sites for drilling within the UK.
For homeowners, and for those looking to move to the country, this news has most likely caused concern, particularly as protestors have highlighted potential environmental dangers, and events such as the earthquakes in Blackpool in 2011. However, using property intelligence and data collection, environmental reports ordered by your conveyancer during the property transaction can highlight any risks from fracking sites.
For more information on the Blackpool earthquakes view our case study.
How can environmental reports help with fracking?
A key part of your conveyancer's job during the property transaction is to order conveyancing searches from a provider like SearchFlow. A common search that will be ordered will be an environmental report on the property and surrounding area. This will often include information on flooding, ground stability, and other factors, some of these reports, such as RiskView Residential, will also include information on fracking.
These reports will be able to identify any active fracking sites within a given radius around a property, and they will also identify any potential future sites that may have requested permission to begin drilling for shale gas in the area. This will provide you with a complete picture, and enable you to make a fully informed decision about the property you are looking to purchase.
For more information on conveyancing searches, look at our guide.
What should I do if the report shows a planned fracking site?
If a planned fracking site is highlighted, it would be best to speak to your conveyancer further, and potentially look to do some further research. It is important to note that just because a company has requested permission to begin exploratory drilling, there is no guarantee that permission will be given.


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Growing up in Oregon, rain was a much more common Christmas event than snow. For me, nothing really says the holidays quite like cloudy skies and trickling rain drops. Now that I live in Southern California, with all the sunshine and palm trees, it never quite feels like Christmas. Rather it feels more like vacation. Suffice it to say I sometimes (just sometimes because honestly I can not complain about sunshine) feel a little nostalgic for the drippy weather. So when I was thinking about how I want to decorate my little silver tinsel tree happy little raindrops were the perfect fit.
Raindrops and clouds could be very sad so to keep it cheerful I gave them happy, smiling faces. And aren't they just the happiest raindrops you've ever seen? Blue and silver are some of my favorite colors for Christmas. They evoke that icy, elegant feeling that makes the season perfect for cozying up indoors with hot cider and cookies.
To make your raindrop Christmas ornaments, download the pdf (there are 2 pages), and print on heavy 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Cut out the shapes and tape a loop of thread to the back of each piece. For the big umbrella tree topper, make a ring of paper and tape to the back. Hang your ornaments on the tree and enjoy! This is a great project for kids too. It's so easy to do and those little raindrops are beyond adorable.


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Posted by Holly on 21st May 2016
This is a beautiful colour and I only needed 1 coat for full coverage, but there was no holo! It looked more like a silver/green shimmer when worn.
Posted by TheNoodle on 13th May 2016
Gorgeous dark green with lots of depth. Applies in one coat and works for stamping.
Posted by Frankie on 31st Mar 2016
This is a bit of a strainer but if you double up on your base coat and take care around your cuticles you should be fine. The pay off is worth it. This is such a gorgeous, jewel-toned holo and you only really need one good coat! It is definitely holographic (not just a shimmer as someone else commented) but it's a more subdued holo than I think a lot of people are used to these days. This holo is suitable for a professional environment.
Posted by kimi on 20th Dec 2015
Hands down one of the prettiest greens I've ever owned. Dries quickly, like most holographic polishes, and draws SO much attention (even got compliments from a nail tech). Doesn't need top coat, but practically glows with it. Absolutely stunning, my favourite aEngland to date.
Posted by Unknown on 12th Dec 2015
I was really excited to try this polish because of how popular it is. In the bottle it shows a subtle holographic scattered sparkle under direct light, but on the nail it is not visible at all. The holo particles are so small and few that it only appears as a shimmer polish. The color is very pigmented and you can use 1 coat, however the brush is thin and hard to spread the thick polish evenly. The color on the nail appears a dark green (does not look blue), in dim light it can be near black. There are complaints about this staining so I used Butter London Flawless Basecoat and Nail Envy as a base. There was no staining but it took some effort to remove (had to use more remover and go over the nail several times). This will probably serve better as a stamping polish.
Posted by Kaile on 17th Dec 2014
I love love love this color! It is so beautiful. The polish goes on very smoothly and dries quickly. This brand has such beautiful colors. I can't wait to buy more!
Posted by Allison on 18th Sep 2014
This is an amazing holographic polish
Posted by Raven on 23rd Aug 2014
Maybe I got a bad bottle, I don't know but the formula was goopy and pulled patches I'm not impressed with this polish at all The staining is a pain and clean up was messy There's lots of great holo, scattered or not, out there that are way better I'm sorry I wasted my money on this Likely will never wear it again Might use it for tiny bits of nail art
Posted by Unknown on 16th Aug 2014
I've had many compliments on the colour of this nail polish. Also I think it is a very good product I only painted one layer to see what it was like quickly one night and that was all the polish I needed. Most other products I've used I've had to use 2 layers.
Posted by Kari on 8th Jun 2014
Wow, total one-coat polish. I did a second coat on a couple of nails to see if it made a difference - none! Nice scattered holo, beautiful colour, great application, and I really like the brush. However, it stains like crazy, even with a good base. Be prepared, but it's worth it.
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PartnerCon was awesome! I am so glad that I went because the knowledge I gained is priceless. I am more motivated and inspired than ever!
Art and I kicked off the first day by going to David Jay's fabulous workshop. W O W! In the hour we were there, we learned so much! I will definitely incorporate many of the ideas DJ discussed.
Another workshop I enjoyed a lot was Liana Lehman's. She was fun and informative. She actually photographed someone right in front of us, transferred the images to her laptop, went through her workflow and did all of this in less than an hour! She is amazing!
Other than attending a lot of workshops, Art and I got to meet a lot of new photographers. I was also glad to see and talk to old friends. We ate delicious food and shopped. Well, I shopped.When I got to the Shootsac boutique it was over! If Art would have let me, I would have probably bought all the different covers they had! I did buy 6 covers ( I know, I know, I need to learn how to control my shopping) and I got 2 free covers :D Here are all the covers I now own. There might be one missing, but I can't figure out where I put it!
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Shame and disgust are often associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Complex trauma survivors tend to experience a strong sense of failure, rejection, and shame believing they are bad, unlovable and helpless. An inner critic that discounts any sign of healing continuously produces feeling of fear and unworthiness self-sabotaging any hope for a better future.
Linda Graham says:
Shame begins to be toxic when the innate yearning to connect and belong, and the inborn need to be seen, to be big, to be masterful, are not met positively. This state becomes engrained when these yearnings are ignored, dismissed, rejected, when we are shamed, criticized, judged, humiliated for those longings on a regular basis.
Our yearnings are paired with pain, literally heart ache or heart break. Toxic shame curls the once hopeful – now wounded – children inside up into a ball of pain and hurt, hiding in defensive, isolating caves, protecting themselves as best they can against further rejection and humiliation.
We experience this shame as a collapse of the body as the chest caves inward, the head goes down and the eyes avert. We feel embarrassed or rejected. Over time, we begin to hear [the inner critic saying]: "You're so stupid! How could you be so stupid? No one will ever love you; you don't deserve to be loved."
Disgust introjected from the other can be seen as the root categorical emotion of the compound emotion of shame. We may manifest this disgust outwardly as the shaming- blaming part is then projected onto others as a defense or manifest it inwardly as we turn on the self.
That critical voice inside is now functioning as our own psyche's best effort to protect ourselves from further shame. "If I, the inner critic or judge, can keep you in hiding so you don't do anything else stupid to evoke an attack by 'them', you won't be hurt again. I will do my job and do it quickly before anything bad can happen so 'they' won't do it worse."
Because of the recursive nature of the shame/defense against shame cycle, these coping mechanisms are reinforced, strengthening those synaptic connections until they become pathogenic, meaning a rigidity in the neural circuitry that blocks learning from any new input. Even with accomplishments, even with blessings, these implicit neural nets remain dissociated from the integrating flow of the brain, locking the person into the eternally present past of the original shaming events. Tara Brach, in her book Radical Acceptance calls this loop the "trance of unworthiness."
The journey of healing complex trauma can occur in the presence of a therapist that provides a safe and supportive container for memories and feeling to gently come into consciousness. By rebuilding inner-strength individuals are able to experience difficult emotions in the present moment and slowly integrated them into their life. Genuine acceptance, insight and inner freedom are the essence of true healing.
Brach, T. (2003). Radical Acceptance. New York: Bantam.
Graham, L. (2010). The Power of Mindful Empathy to Heal Toxic Shame. The Wise Brain Bulletin, 4(1), 1-8.
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Senorio de Cuzcurrita is the wine made from grapes from within the walled enclosure of the castle and other nearby vineyards. It is the label which most faithfully represents the personality of Cuzcurrita wines. All the vines are old, unirrigated and goblet-pruned. During veraison the cluster are generally thinned so as to match the amount of grapes per vine to its canopy surface in a ratio of 1.5 to 2.0 m2 per plant. Senorio de Cuzcurrita is a wine which has fermented at 30 ºC with long maceration in 15,000-litre vats with an excellent geometrical shape. It has outstanding dark black-cherry colour, an intense nose of ripe red-berry fruit and hints of spices from the oak casks. Smooth tannins wrap around the mouth and leave a long, lingering finish.


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Swalwell Isn't the Only Democrat to Call for Bombing Gun Owners
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Yesterday, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) made a shockingly stupid statement, even for Democrat standards, when he suggested that the government use nuclear weapons on gun owners who refuse to disarm. His tweets received an incredible level of backlash from conservatives online, and left many scratching their heads wondering if Swalwell is fit to serve public office after making such statements.
However it turns out that Swalwell is not the only Democrat to suggest using military action against those who resist gun control.
In February of this year, former Secretary of State of Missouri, Jason Kander, issued similar sentiments on Twitter. He responded to a tweet which argued that the 2nd amendment was written in case the people have to go to war with their government by saying, "That kinda went out the window when the 'government' figured out how to drop bombs from airplanes but ok."
That kinda went out the window when the "government" figured out how to drop bombs from airplanes but ok. https://t.co/43Z6VxScii
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) February 16, 2018
For those who claim to have come to their position on guns out of an opposition to violence, Democrats sure do seem to have an obsession with wishing war on their own country if they won't give up their guns.
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It was weird to run on a treadmill for the first time in five years, especially with a stranger standing by my side. And it was even weirder to watch my feet step on a little TV screen in front of me. It made me self-conscious about how I was running. My left foot goes in a lot and it looks abnormal. But she said all it means is that I need shoes with more stability. She brought out a pair of size 9.5 mizuno alchemy (1), a pair of asics GT 2160 (2), and a pair of brooks adrenaline (3).
There is a lot of pink in women's running shoes these days and I'm not a huge fan. But it's about the feel, not the look, right? Right. The mizunos felt way too hard and were a no-go right off the bat. But I had a really hard time deciding between the brooks and asics. I've never worn anything but asics but the brooks felt very soft each time my foot struck the ground. They are designed with more arch support than most shoes, however, so the insole felt a little uncomfortable on my very flat feet. I was also between sizes. So forty-five minutes after I got there, and fifteen minutes after the store closed, I made a final decision to carry on my bond with asics.
I decided that I'd save the new kicks until after my race on Sunday. But when I got dressed tonight for my first run since the half, I couldn't resist giving them a chance to prove their worthiness. I laced 'em up and hit the road. They felt good, and, they carried me 4.55 miles at an average pace of 8:32 minutes per mile.
I do think my legs, and my heart, deserve some credit for the speed but it was a good way to begin the journey with my new Asic GT 2160s. I just wish they had a cooler name- like adrenaline or alchemy. I'll have to give them one...
I was decked out in new gear tonight, with the shoes and one of the many pairs of shorts I brought home with my from Friday's expo. These were black, no-frills, saucony shorts, and they were ridiculously comfortable. The material is so soft and thin that I barely knew they were there.
I also ran in long sleeves for the first time this season. It was too early and I was lookin real good with all this salty sweat for the world to see. Note to self: wear something under my dark gray cotton shirt when I plan to sweat in it.
What kind of running shoes do you wear? Do you care what they look like or is it all about comfort?


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Full of optimism. With its joyful golden yellow hue, the Elysia coat will lift your spirits as well as your outfits this season. Masterfully cut in a sleek, minimal silhouette with turned-up notch lapels, thoughtfully placed darting and jet pockets, it's exemplary of our tailoring expertise. Single button fastening. Fully lined. Model is 175cm/5'9'' and is wearing a size UK 8.


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Wednesday's Sports in Brief
PHOENIX (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals struck gold in their search for a big hitter, acquiring slugging first baseman Paul Goldschmidt in a blockbuster trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Eager to push for the playoffs after a three-year absence, St. Louis sent pitcher Luke Weaver, catcher Carson Kelly, minor league infielder Andy Young and a 2019 draft pick to Arizona.
A six-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner at 31, Goldschmidt was among the top players available in the trade market. He hit .290 with 33 home runs and 83 RBIs last season.
Goldschmidt has a $14.5 million salary next year, receives a $1 million assignment bonus for the trade and will be eligible for free agency after next season. The Cardinals have a history of acquiring top hitters and then signing them to long-term deals, including Mark McGwire and Matt Holliday.
St. Louis went 88-74 last season and felt it needed a boost in the middle of a lineup that includes Matt Carpenter, Marcell Ozuna and Yadier Molina to compete with the likes of Milwaukee and the Chicago Cubs in the NL Central. The Cardinals' postseason drought is their longest since 1997-99.
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players are concerned the Seattle Mariners have become yet another rebuilding team and may be joined by others following a season of steep attendance drops among clubs that faded early and never contended for the playoffs.
Union head Tony Clark and new collective bargaining director Bruce Meyer said Wednesday their members also are concerned about rapid change in the way games are played, such as the increased use of relief pitchers, and are willing to speak with management this offseason about whether counteracting changes are needed.
Altering the amateur draft to include an NBA-style lottery for the top picks, the 10-day disabled list and the 10-day minimum for the recall of players optioned to the minors are among the topics the union is prepared to talk about as part of a wider discussion. So are possible rules to counter offense-suffocating defensive shifts.
And the union maintains its agreement is necessary for any changes in anti-gambling rules in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision that allows more widespread legal betting.
USA Gymnastics is turning to bankruptcy in an attempt to ensure its survival.
The embattled organization filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in an effort to reach settlements in the dozens of sex-abuse lawsuits it faces and to avoid its potential demise at the hands of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
USA Gymnastics filed the petition in Indianapolis, where it is based. It faces 100 lawsuits representing over 350 athletes in various courts across the country who blame the group for failing to supervise Larry Nassar, a team doctor accused of molesting them. Nassar, 55, worked at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University for decades. He is serving effective life sentences for child porn possession and molesting young women and girls under the guise of medical treatment.
Kathryn Carson, the recently elected chairwoman of USA Gymnastics' board of directors, said the organization's goal is to speed things up after mediation attempts failed to gain traction.
SEATTLE (AP) — The celebration outside the building Seattle's NHL team will eventually call home came with all the formality of a groundbreaking event with the principals taking turns giving remarks and ceremonially shoveling dirt.
It also came with a new price tag even higher than what was stated a day earlier when Seattle was awarded the NHL's 32nd franchise.
The cost now is $850 million for the new arena at Seattle Center, according to Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke, with construction expected to get started almost immediately. That's an increase of $200 million from the initial projections for the privately financed project, but the principals involved believe the increased investment is part of making the new building one of the top arenas in the country.
The ceremonial event — complete with heavy construction equipment sitting nearby the stage waiting — concluded a whirlwind 36 hours for hockey fans in the region. While it seemed a foregone conclusion, the unanimous vote from the NHL Board of Governors on Tuesday ended a lengthy dance between the league and the city and solved Seattle's winter sports void created when the SuperSonics departed in 2008.
The NFL Referees Association is questioning why the league isn't focusing more attention on Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes for threatening umpire Roy Ellison following Buffalo's game at Miami last weekend.
Ellison has been placed on administrative leave while the NFL investigates Hughes' accusation that Ellison called him a vulgar name during the game.
In a statement released Wednesday, NFLRA executive director Scott Green says the association expects the NFL's investigation to clear Ellison while turning the focus on Hughes.
Green says Hughes has a history of being flagged for personal misconduct and arguing with officials.
"While we are disappointed that the NFL has yet to address that aspect of the incident, we look forward to working with the league during its review, and will ensure that Roy's rights are protected during this process," Green said.


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Our season continues with the music of Mahler! We perform Gustav Mahler's The Song of the Earth, alongside a world premiere by featured composer Natalie Draper. Taylor Hillary Boykins and Joshua Diaz make their Symphony Number One debut.
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On Friday, March 1, an explosion from a suicide bomber rocked the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, killing both a security guard and the bomber. Responsibility for the terrorist attack was claimed not by an Islamic terror group but rather by a self-described Marxist-Leninist group known as the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front.
Known in its native language as the Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi (DHKP-C), it was officially founded in 1994 after splitting from the Marxist Turkish terror group Devrimci Sol, which translates into Karatas Faction. This faction itself was a splinter from Devrimci Yol, which too splintered from the original Turkish People's Liberation Party-Front (THKP-C) of the 1970s.
The DHKP-C, like its ancestor the THKP-C, is an ideologically Marxist-Leninist, anti-Western group. Its flag (shown above) displays the communist hammer & sickle inside the red star. It advocates Turkey's withdrawal from NATO and has branded its own country's government as a Fascist regime. The U.S. State Department originally designated the group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) in 1997, and it remains on the Department's list of FTOs. The DHKP-C is believed to have fewer than 1,000 members.
In a statement from the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, they described their attack on the U.S. embassy as an "act of self-sacrifice" designed to target the United States, which they branded the "murderer of the people of the world," according to the International Business Times.
In an interview with the International Business Times, Dr. Dilshod Achilov, assistant professor of political science at East Tennessee State University, explained that "the DHKP-C's mentality, for instance, is still trapped in the Cold War. For them, the Cold War apparently never ended."
While most mainstream academics and Western media outlets point to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the geopolitical fragmentation of the Soviet Union as evidence for the purported end of the Cold War and the alleged collapse of communism, Russian contemporaries see things differently. Does this mean that the Cold War is back?
"I don't agree that the Cold War is back. It never ended," said Andrei Lugovoi, a representative in the Russian Duma (parliament), in 2000. In 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated the continuation of the Cold War by threatened the West with a "new spiral in the arms race." In the eyes of the Russian government, the Cold War never ended; they are still fighting.
In an interview with FOX News in 2009, Russian KGB/FSB defector Sergei Tretyakov said, "Who told you that the Cold War was ever over? It transforms; it is like a virus." In 2012, during a speech at a conference hosted by Cliff Kincaid at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., KGB/FSB defector Konstantin Preobrazhensky said, "Still, Russia is a Marxist country, that's why Marxists don't need to destroy Russian society."
These are relevant points to bring up when asking questions such as, "Who is financing and arming the DHKP-C?" and "From where are they receiving their orders?" Conventional wisdom would suggest that Marxist-Leninist terrorism no longer originates out of Moscow, but history, as well as current-day defectors, augmented by clues from within, suggest that Russia remains an integral part, if not the head itself, of the international terror network.
In her book The Terror Network, published by Reader's Digest in 1980, Claire Sterling documented and outlined how the Soviet Union oversaw and directed a vast international terrorist network.
Is it logical to deduce that the alleged demise of the Communist Party's monopoly of power in Moscow resulted in the magical disappearance of communism as a menace against the West overnight?
The DHKP-C is affiliated with the Italian-based Armed Cells for International Solidarity (Solidarieta Internazionale). International Solidarity is an umbrella organization for radical far-left Marxist militant groups throughout Europe, including the Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA) in Spain, the July 20th Brigade in Italy, and also the New Red Brigades/Communist Combatant Party (BR/PCC) in Italy.
The New Red Brigades/Communist Combatant Party maintains its ideological solidarity with Russia. In a secret U.S. State Department cable dated January 26, 2009, then-U.S. Ambassador to Italy Ronald Spogli observed that although "Putin's Russia bears little resemblance to Communist ideals, this fact has not deterred Italian communists and other radical left politicians from being openly pro-Russia on the basis of ideological solidarity."
Despite headlines, such as that of the International Business Times which reads "Turkish Communists: Still Waging A Cold War That No Longer Exists," the fact is if the communists are still fighting, then the fighting is not over. The DHKP-C's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara serves as yet more evidence for the ever-mounting case that Marxism-Leninism is not dead but remains a force of international instability.
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Nicky Bomba
Nicholas Caruana aka Nicky Bomba (born 7 September 1963, Malta) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He is the leader of the ARIA Award-winning Melbourne Ska Orchestra, frontman of his band, Bomba, as well as the former drummer and percussionist of John Butler Trio (2003–04, 2009–13). He has performed in other acts and as a solo artist.[1] His youngest sister, Danielle Caruana, (who performs as Mama Kin), is married to his former band mate, John Butler. His older brother, Michael Caruana, is a member of Bomba and of Mama Kin's backing band.
Nicky Bomba
Nicky Bomba, as a member of John Butler Trio, at the 2012 Southbound Festival
|Background information
|Birth name
|Nicholas Caruana
|7 September 1963
|Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
|Reggae, funk, roots, jazz, ska, mento
|Drums, percussion, guitar, vocals
|Years active
|Associated acts
Nicholas Caruana was born on 7 September 1963 in Malta, he later performed under the name Nicky Bomba.[2] His father, Nicholas "Nicol" Caruana (born 4 June 1933) and mother, Iris (born 8 October 1934) had four children, Josephine, Michael, Carmen and Nicholas, in Malta.[3] The family migrated to Australia in late 1964 and lived in the Melbourne suburb of Newport. They had two more children, including their youngest daughter, Danielle (who later performed as Mama Kin).[4] Bomba started learning drums when he was six years old.
In 1978 Bomba formed a cover band with his brother, Michael, called Fugitive Flight. In 1982 they began playing original music with Peter Miller on lead vocals, Steve Morgan on bass guitar (later of Icehouse), and Peter Weeda on guitar. They soon changed their name to Guided Tour. After working in a variety of lesser known bands, Bomba formed The Truth in 1991 in Melbourne as a funk group.[5] Initially Bomba was on drums with Michael on keyboards, Tony Kopa on lead vocals and Geoff Wells on guitars.[5] Their debut single, "Secrets", was recorded in December 1992 and was followed by "My Heavy Friend" (1993).[5] The Truth released a self-titled album in 1995, and in 1997 added a bass player, Mick Girasole, for the release of their second album, Headspace with the band re-branded as Truth. The Truth broke up in late 1997.
Back in September 1996 Bomba had supplied drums for The Ross Hannaford Trio, with Hannaford on lead vocals and guitar and Howard Cairns on bass guitar.[6] The trio issued a self-titled album on Mushroom Records before Hannaford disbanded the group.[6][7] By 1998 Bomba had formed a jazz band, Banana Oil, with Andy Baylor on guitar, Tim Neal on keyboards and David Williamson on saxophone. They released an album, Guavo Lampo. At the APRA Music Awards of 1998 Banana Oil members, Bomba (as Nicholas Caruana), Chris Tabone and Trevor Wright, won Most Performed Jazz Work for their composition, "My Family".[8] The group were also nominated in the same category for ""Baylorology" by Baylor and "Neal Shuffle" by Neal.[9]
In 1999 he formed Bomba as a reggae-funk group with himself on guitar, percussion and lead vocals; Simon Bourke on keyboards; Phil Bywater on alto and tenor saxophones and clarinet; Paul Coyle on trumpet and trombone; Barry Deenick on bass guitar and vocals; George Servanis on drums, percussion and vocals; and Mal Webb on trombone and vocals. In 2003 his brother, Michael, replaced Bourke on keyboards. By 2006 the group had released four albums, Population (April 2000), Solar Plexus (February 2002), Learn to Breathe (March 2005) and Bomba Vs. Laroz (September 2006).
In 2000 Bomba together with fellow musician, Joe Camilleri, founded Transmitter Records. In March 2003 Bomba founded the Melbourne Ska Orchestra with an ensemble of between 27 and 32 musicians.[10][11] His "idea was to get as many horn players as possible on stage at the same time playing ska skank, the accented upbeat that is typical of ska, the genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s."[10] In November that year Bomba joined John Butler (his brother-in-law),[12] together with Shannon Birchall on upright bass, as part of the John Butler Trio to record that group's third studio album, Sunrise Over Sea. In March 2004, after the release of the album, he resumed his association with Bomba and with Melbourne Ska Orchestra.
During 2006 Bomba and Camilleri released, Limestone, an album of covers and original music. In 2007 he recorded an album of Maltese songs, Nicol Caruana, with his father, Nicol. This was followed in 2008 by his first solo release an extended play, Jah in the Moment, which he then toured with a trio around Australia. In 2009 he released, Planet Juice, his first solo album, on which he played drums, guitar, ukulele and marimba.
By July 2009 he had re-joined John Butler Trio, now with Byron Luiters on bass guitar alongside Butler. They recorded the group's fifth studio album, April Uprising (March 2010).[12] Bomba and Butler co-wrote the track, "Take Me".[12] The trio's sixth album, Flesh & Blood, was released in February 2014.[13] On 31 August 2013, Butler announced that Bomba had left John Butler Trio.[14] Bomba appears on ten of its eleven tracks and co-wrote material with Butler and Luiters.[13]
During 2012 Bomba focussed on a side-project, Bustamento, to perform mento music with a line-up of Bomba band members, Michael, Coyle, Deenick and Servanis, and new collaborators, Lennox Jordan on steelpans and Peter Mitchell on saxophone.[15] They recorded Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands over a week-end and released it on 14 May 2012; they followed with a tour in June and July.[16][17]
Bustamento issued their second album, Intercontinental Journey 7, on 28 November 2014.[18] Lukas Murphy of Issuu magazine felt the album was "to be taken with a healthy dose of carefreeness" as exemplified by lyrics where "nonsense is rarely utilised in such a juxtapositional way, matched with both expertise and musical frivolity."[19] From September 2014 Bomba worked with Melbourne Ska Orchestra to provide a musical accompaniment to the fireworks display for Melbourne's New Year's Eve celebrations.[20]
Personal lifeEdit
Bomba's sister, Danielle Caruana, performs as Mama Kin, and is married to John Butler. His brother Michael Caruana also plays in Mama Kin and Bomba.
Nicky Bomba's BustamentoEdit
- Intrepid Adventures To The Lost Riddim Islands - Vitamin Records (14 May 2012)
- Intercontinental Journal 7 - Transmitter Records (28 November 2014)
The Melbourne Ska OrchestraEdit
- Melbourne Ska Orchestra - FOUR FOUR (8 March 2013)
Nicky Bomba & Joe CamilleriEdit
- Limestone - Transmitter Records / MGM (2005)
Nicky Bomba & Nicol CaruanaEdit
- Nicol Caruana (2007)
Nicky Bomba & Laroz HaimEdit
- Bomba vs. Laroz - Mushroom (2 September 2006)
Nicky Bomba & Dereb DesalegnEdit
- Drums and Lions - Transmitter / MGM (4 November 2006)
- ^ Spencer, Chris; Paul McHenry; Zbig Nowara (2007) [1989]. "Bomba, Nicky". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Moonlight Publishing. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2010. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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- ^ ""Wait Until Tomorrow" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "Item details for: A2478, Caruana N". National Archives of Australia. 29 April 1994. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ Collins, Simon (5 March 2010). "Mama Kin Born into Music". The West Australian. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Leedham, Nicole (17 November 1994). "Truth Is Stranger than Fiction". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). National Library of Australia. p. 25. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Ross Hannaford'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ The Ross Hannaford Trio (1996). "The Ross Hannaford Trio". Mushroom Records. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "1998 Winners". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 1998. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Nominations – 1998". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ a b Ross, Annabel (8 March 2013). "Ska orchestra notches up 10 years of skanking fun". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ Pascuzzi, Carmine (1 May 2009). "RockSteady: The Roots of Reggae Concert". Mediasearch. Archived from the original on 4 April 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2015. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ a b c Leahey, Andrew. "April Uprising – John Butler Trio". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ a b McCabe, Kathy (7 February 2014). "The John Butler Trio tell other people's stories on Flesh and Blood". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Butler, John (31 August 2013). "John Butler Trio – Facebook". John Butler Trio. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ Blackley, Graham (June 2012). "Nicky Bomba's Bustamento : Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands". Beat Magazine. Furst Media. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands by Nicky Bomba's Bustamento". Vitamin Records. May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015. Cite uses deprecated parameter
- ^ "Nicky Bomba's Bustamento". Daily Planet – Radio National. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 11 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Bustamento to release new album Intercontinental Journal 7 on November 28". ABC Music. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ Murphy, Lukas (26 November 2014). "Album / EP Reviews: Bustamento Intercontinental Journey 7". Issuu: The Music (66). Street Press Australia Pty Ltd. p. 28. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ Eliezer, Christie (31 December 2014). "Nicky Bomba Soundtracks Melbourne's NYE Spectacular Countdown". Beat Magazine. Furst Media. Retrieved 6 January 2015.


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Maybe you missed my previous eleven thousand, four hundred and ninety-six previous mentions of this, but I have a new book coming out this month. On September the 20th, to be precise.
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It's about trust and friendship and loyalty and a really good egg roll. There is magic. There is Mug, who was great fun to write. Mug has twenty-nine eyes and a profound fear of aphids, and even so he isn't the oddest character in the book.
You probably noticed that the graphic above employs the words 'young adult novel.' And that's true, All the Paths of Shadow is a YA, in much the same way the Harry Potter books are YA. I hope kids will love it, but that doesn't mean you should skip it just because I used the YA tag, It's not a twee book filled with doodling dobbles and dobbling doodles. It's a book about a very talented young person coming to grips with the kind of challenges we grumpy adults face every day.
With magic, of course. And a light blend of steampunk, in the form of dirigibles and electric lights and walking engines trundling down the cobblestone streets.
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