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Cranberry Area School Board Updated on Paving Project
Franklin News Herald, November 19, 2019
Burrell School Board to Reconsider Artificial Turf when it seeks Contract Bids Next Week
Pittsburgh Trib Live, November 11, 2019
Superintendent Committed to Shenango SD Athletic Complex
New Castle News, November 5, 2019
Erie Vets Stadium turns colorful as project Nears End
Go Erie.com, September 19, 2019
Hermitage City Athletic Complex Project Moves Forward
The Sharon Herald, September 30, 2019
Brentwood Hopes Pool Renovations will be Finished in time for 2020 Opening
Pittsburgh Trib Live, August 30, 2019
Date Picked to Celebrate Renovated Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium
Go Erie.com, August 30, 2019
Shenango Takes First Steps Toward Sports Complex
New Castle News, August 26, 2019
Pickleball Powers forward with Construction of New Courts at Buhl Park
The Sharon Herald, August 25, 2019
Allegheny Township $2.4 Bond Issue to Pay for Building Renovations and Equipment
Pittsburgh Trib Live, August 15, 2019
Bon Air Elementary School Softball Field Work Expected to be Completed this Month
Pittsburgh Trib Live, August 15, 2019
Shenango Municipal Building Work to Begin
The Sharon Herald, August 19, 2019
Brentwood Ground Breaking
IN Magazine, August 9, 2019
Baldwin-Whitehall to Build New Elementary School with $48 million Price Tag
Pittsburgh Trib Live, August 5, 2019
Moe's Way Getting Closer to Construction
The Sharon Herald, July 29, 2019
Shenango Twp. to get New Offices
The Sharon Herald, July 24, 2019
Multiple Construction Projects Slated to begin at Brentwood Schools
Pittsburgh Trib Live, July 9, 2019
Cannon's Chophouse Grove City sets July Opening
Allied News, June 22, 2019
Erie Schools Start Renovations
Erie Times News, June 21, 2019
Buhl Park works on Securing Funds for Pickleball Courts
The Sharon Herald, June 17, 2019
Allegheny Township moves Ahead with Municipal Building Renovations
Pittsburgh Trib Live, June 12, 2019
Erie School District Coal Bunkers get Overdue Goodbye
Erie Times News, June 8, 2019
Ellwood City Area School Board Awards Secure Vestibule Contract for Hartman, Perry Schools
Ellwood City Ledger, May 13, 2019
Brentwood Officials Break Ground on New Borough Building Project
Pittsburgh Trib Live, May 3, 2019
Career Center will Soon have More Room for Programs
Warren Times Observer, April 22, 2019
Ringgold Gearing up for Construction of Baseball Field
Washington Observer-Reporter, April 20, 2019
Public Survey Starts on Erie Veterans Stadium Logos
Go Erie.com, April 10, 2019
Park Partnership, Public works & Sanitary Authority join Forces to Save City $25K at Wengler Park
The Sharon Herald, April 6, 2019
An Eye For Design - Meet HHSDR's newest Interior Designer
Views and Voices, April, 2019
Brentwood School Officials Anticipate spending $21 Million in Facilities Upgrades
Pittsburgh Trib Live, March 29, 2019
Shenango Twp Officials Receive Bids for New Building
The Sharon Herald, March 25, 2019
Sharon Ready to Develop site of former Wengler School
The Sharon Herald, March 11, 2019
Municipal Building set for Remodel in Shenango Township
The Sharon Herald, February 25, 2019
Shaler Area's Financial Future Looks Bright
Pittsburgh Trib Live, January 29, 2019
New Turf to be Installed at Erie Veterans Stadium
GoErie.com, January 23, 2019
Clarion Elementary Renovations Nearly Finished
Franklin News Herald, January 17, 2019
Plum Council Approves more Spending for Safety Improvements
Pittsburgh Trib Live, January 16, 2019
Marion Center Area School Board Weighs Renovation Project
The Indiana Gazette, December 11, 2018
Jamestown Area SD Building Decisions Near for New Board
Greenville Record Argus, December 4, 2018
Brentwood Schools prepare for Improvements
Pittsburgh Trib Live, November 26, 2018
Burrell mulls New Field, Track at the High School
Pittsburgh Trib Live, November 21, 2018
Allegheny Township Community Building Addition Planned
Pittsburgh Trib Live, November 14, 2018
Erie Schools Unveil $80.8 Million Buildings Plan
GoErie.com, November 8, 2018
Parents and Students get First Look at Shaler's Scott Primary
Pittsburgh Tribune Live, October 22, 2018
Farrell Schools Renovation Progressing
The Sharon Herald, October 15, 2018
Ringgold School Board approves Plans to Fix Stadium Runoff Problem
Washington Observer-Reporter, October 15, 2018
Burrell School District grappling with Capital Improvement Needs
TribLive, October 10, 2018
Erie School District Renovation Plan Starts at $60 M
Erie Times News, October 5, 2018
Officials Blame Shell plant for North Side School Work Cost Doubling
Ellwood City Ledger, September 11, 2018
Buhl Day Honoree Joe McLaughlin
Sharon Herald, August 25, 2018
Brentwood to Spend $3M on Pool Renovations
TribLive, August 3, 2018
Warren County Career Center Upgrades
Warren, PA Times Observer, July 23, 2018
Psychiatric Rehab Program gets New Kitchen
Sharon Herald, July 9, 2018
Deer Lakes Replacing Two Roofs, Upgrading Swimming Pool this Summer
TribLive, July 6, 2018
Jim Landino, Man with a Vision for Sharon
Sharon Herald, May 27, 2018
Farrell Awards School Contracts
Sharon Herald, May 1, 2018
Farrell Area Schools Renovation Project Update
Sharon Herald, April 23, 2018
Brookville Area School District Hears Report
Courier Express.com / Jeffersonian Democrat, April 19, 2018
Warren County Career Center renovations included in plans
Warren Times-Observer , February 28, 2018
Valley Grove School District Looks at Security Upgrades
Franklin News Herald, March 14, 2018
Blairsville-Saltsburg Board of School Directors Discuss Facility Plan
Indiana Gazette, February 28, 2018
Shenango Municipal Building to get Upgrade
Sharon Herald, February 14, 2018
Work on Farrell schools to Start this Summer
Sharon Herald, February 7, 2018
Greenville Elementary - On-time and On-Budget
Sharon Herald, January 18, 2018
Brentwood Borough moves Forward with New Municipal Building
TribLive, January 24, 2018
Baldwin-Whitehall leaders consider partnership with Brentwood
TribLive, January 11, 2018
Successful Hempfield Elementary improvements recognized
Greenville Record-Argus, January 11, 2018
Greenville (formerly Hempfield) Elementary is opened to the Community
Greenville Record-Argus, January 10, 2018
Ringgold Completes New Middle School Under Budget
Washington Observer-Reporter, December 21, 2017
Franklin Area SD Approves District Office Relocation Project
Franklin News-Herald, December 19, 2017
State Funds will Improve Buhl Community Recreation Center
The Sharon Herald, November 21, 2017
Franklin Area School District Considers Option for Adminisatrative Offices
Franklin News-Herald, November 21, 2017
Could East house a Pool? Hempfield Elementary School Construction Update
Greenville Record-Argus, November 16, 2017
Brentwood proceeds with Borough Building design plans
TribLive, October 27, 2017
South Park Stadium Update
South Park News, October 6, 2017
Brentwood hires HHSDR for new borough building design
TribLive, September 26, 2017
Buhl Day Care Almost Ready
Sharon Herald, September 26, 2017
Franklin Area School District to Study District Offices
Oil City Derrick, September 19, 2017
New Playground a Hit at Buhl Park
Sharon Herald, September 10, 2017
Applegate Building to house Actionable Insights
Youngstown-Warren Business Journal, September 7, 2017
More Discounts Realized in Cochranton Stadium Renovation
Meadville Tribune, September 1, 2017
Brentwood to decide in September on Snee Property Purchase
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, August 30, 2017
Ringold Middle School on Track for Early 2018
Washington Observer-Reporter, August 24, 2017
Hempfield Elementary School Renovation Update
Sharon Herald, August 9, 2017
More Parking planned for Canonsburg Memorial Stadium
Washington Observer-Reporter, August 2, 2017
HHSDR assists downtown Sharon Developer
Sharon Herald, Originally Printed Novemver 2016
Richland District plans to demolish Rachel Hill School
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, June 27, 2017
Study Baldwin-Whitehall facilities upgrades could cost $39 million
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, June 16, 2017
Shenango Valley Chamber Presents Phoenix Awards
Youngstown-Warren Business Journal, May 19, 2017
Shaler Area Officials Share Plans for New Building at Town Hall Meeting
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, May 9, 2017
Canon-McMillan Expanding High School, Improving Stadium
Washington Observer-Reporter, April 20, 2017
Punxsutawney Area School District Feasibility Study Options Presented
Punxsutawney Spirit, April 19, 2017
HHSDR retained to assist Brentwood Borough School District with Study
Pittsburgh Tribune-Chronicle, April 17, 2017
Buhl Opens Doors for New Child Care Center
Sharon Herald, April 16, 2017
HHSDR partnering with Thomas Construction on New Restaurant
Sharon Herald, April 1, 2017
Union Schools Weigh Options
Oil City Derrick, March 16, 2017
HHSDR Participates in the 4th Annual Mercer County Business and Industry Career Fair
HHSDR Information, March 9, 2017
Cranberry Area OKs Capital Repairs
Franklin News-Herald, February 28, 2017
School Board approved HHSDR for Feasibility Study
The Punxsutawney Spirit News, February 14, 2017
Baldwin-Whitehall to approve Facility Study
TribLive.com, February 6, 2017
Cranberry High School Repair Needs
Franklin News Herald, January 24, 2017
Brentwood Gets Look at Borough Building Plan
TribLive.com, January 3, 2017
Brentwood Poised to Replace Century Old Municipal Building
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 28, 2016
Oil City Board eyes Project Options
The Derrick, October 25, 2016
Learning Business From the Ground Up
Greenville Record Argus, October 22, 2016
Towns Reanimate Animal Board
Sharon Herald, October 7, 2016
SRU dedicates Physician Assistant Building
Butler Eagle, September 23, 2016
Hempfield Elementary Construction, Cost Savings Underway
Sharon Herald, September 21, 2016
Extensive Project Benefits Ringgold Students and Teachers
Washington Observer-Reporter, September 9, 2016
Fun for Every Child
Sharon Herald, September 7, 2016
Buhl Park Bids favorable for Project
Sharon Herald, September 5, 2016
Oil City Board backs Property Survey
Franklin News Herald, August 24, 2016
Greenville Breaks Ground for Elementary Project
Sharon Herald, August 23, 2016
Brentwood Council Nixes two options for Borough Building
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 27, 2016
Shenango Valley River Watchers to Unveil Fishing Pier
Youngstown Business Journal, July 27, 2016
Sharon awarded $175000 Grant to Develop Waterfront Park
Sharon Herald, July 7, 2016
Slippery Rock University shows off Physician Assistant facility in Harrisville
VenangoExtra, June 12, 2016
Shaler Area opens bids for new Rogers Primary School
Pittsburgh Tribune-Chronicle, June 8, 2016
Brentwood Council Presented Multiple Options for Housing Borough Offices
Pittsburgh Tribune Chronicle, May 10, 2016
Buhl Farm Park gets Greenlight for Upgrades
Sharon Herald, May 6, 2016
Clarion Area reviews potential school renovation projects
Clarion News, May, 2016
Ringgold celebrates the start of middle school construction
Washington PA Observer-Reporter, April 20, 2016
Costs, Plans Unveiled for Hempfield Elementary
Sharon Herald, April 14, 2016
East Elementary to close, students to move to Hempfields
Herald, Sharon, April 5, 2016
Life on the Farm – proposed new office/education building discussed
Sharon Herald, Febrauary 7, 2016
Greenville board delays project, eyes $600,000 in additions
Greenville Record Argus, February 2, 2016
Plan for New Shaler Area Rogers Primary will be Explored at Hearing
Pittsburgh Tribune Live, January 26, 2016
Clarion Area School District considers $15 Million Renovation of Elementary School
Clarion News, January 26, 2016
Brentwood Officials Seek Options for Moving Borough Operations
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, December 9, 2015
Local Manufacturers get glimpse of production future at Fab Lab
Washington Observer-Reporter, November 6, 2015
IKS Highlander Lab at Harrison Middle School Baldwin-Whitehall School District 2015 Annual Report
October 8, 2015
Shenango Residents Presented Plans for Proposed School Project
New Castle News, September 30, 2015
Groundbreaking at Elementary School in Muse
Washington Observer-Reporter, September 19, 2015
Shaler Area Weighing Pros and Cons of Stadium Artificial Turf
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, September 4, 2015
Shenango Area Elementary School Project to go before Voters
New Castle News, August 26, 2015
Shaler Area School Board votes to rebuild Rogers Primary School
Pittsburgh Tribune-Cronicle, August 20, 2015
McGuffey Board Presented with Options for Facilities Upgrades
Washington Observer-Reporter, August 10, 2015
Ringgold will Save $1.4 Million on New School
Pittsburgh Tribune Revue, July 17, 2015
Alliance Continues Downs Building Restoration
Oil City Derrick, July 16, 2015
All Inclusive Playground at Buhl Farm Park
Sharon Herald, April 17, 2015
Refurbished BCRC Pool Makes Big Splash
Sharon Herald, February 22, 2015
Ringgold Approves New Middle School
Washington Observer-Reporter, February 16, 2015
Lenape Tech's New NexTier Adult Learning Center
Connections Magazine, Winter 2015
South Park Middle School Project will Require Student Relocation
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, January 28, 2015
Canon-McMillan Lays Out Details on new Elementary School
Washington County Observer-Reporter, January 17, 2015
Public Input Requested on Muse Elementary Plan
Washington County Observer-Reporter, December 2014
PA Association Honors Penn-Northwest, eCenter
Business Journal, Youngstown, OH, October 2014
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania lays out plans for Porreco College
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Brentwood Council looks at Police, EMS Facility Options
Pittsburgh Tribune Review,March 2014
Baldwin High School Accreditation
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, December 2013
Avonworth School Annex Taking Shape
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 2013
Barbara Matejka reviews "Specifying Duplex Systems"
The Construction Specifier, a publication of the Construction Specifications Institute, Alexandra, Virginia, August 2013
Cost Effective Roofing Solutions
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Regional LEED Registration for Linden Pointe
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eCenter at LindenPointe to Celebrate LEED Rating
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eCenter @ LindenPointe Earns Leed Silver Certification
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AW Beattie Career Center wins National Notice for Green Renovation
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Green Building Alliance Acknowledges AW Beattie Career Center
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Baldwin High School Outstanding Design Award
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|Central High School
|Lee Academy
At Mallett Gym in Lee , the Pandas scored the last seven points of the second quarter to turn a 22-17 lead into 29-17 at the half en route to the win.
Those points were a three by Nathanael Thurlow and two steals and layups by Julian Diggs. Diggs scored 16, Thurlow 13 and Brad Kong contributed 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Pandas.
Central was led by freshman Kyle Ham's 10 points. Lee also won the JV game 49-48 on Russell Lola's 65-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Central (4-7) 4 17 23 30
Lee Acad. (7-3) 14 29 55 69

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Homemade Sweet and Sour Bangus
You might wonder why my sweet and sour is so plain, no carrots and bell pepper , it's because I cooked this when my friends visited me and one of them requested not to put those veggies so that she can eat because of health reasons, you can put some veggies if you will cook this recipe.
1 kilo Bangus ( fried)
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
thumb size ginger ( strips)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
3 cloves garlic
1 small size onion
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water
1. Saute ginger and garlic then put the onion and continue sauteeing.
2. Put vinegar, soy sauce and sugar, let simmer, then add the water and let it boil, then add the fried fish and simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Add the cornstarch mixture, stirring well until it boils then simmer for a minute, add salt and pepper to taste, simmer for a minute and turn off the heat.
4. Serve it hot with rice :)
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Canadian governments should not "rush" to duplicate Mexico's one-stop shopping investment agency that has been credited for luring automotive jobs and plants into that country, a new study said Thursday.
Canada should not "rush" to copy Mexico's auto investment agency, says study
Canadian governments should not "rush" to duplicate Mexico's one-stop shopping investment agency that has been credited for luring automotive jobs and plants into that country, a new
Instead federal and Ontario governments should set up a pilot project that borrows from the ProMexico model but reflects the "complexities" of the province's auto sector, said the report by Automotive Policy Research Centre at Hamilton's McMaster University.
"There's no question, ProMexico fulfills its mandate very well," report co-author Greig Mordue said. "Before Canada or Ontario rush headlong into recreating the single-window Mexico template we need to reflect upon what we are ultimately trying to achieve because the dynamics in Canada are quite different from those being experienced in Mexico."
The report suggests that a pilot project be established in Ontario that focuses on attracting automotive investment. It recommends:
• A more comprehensive website that includes site selection tools and jurisdiction-specific economic data;
• All steps of the investment attraction process should be examined to truncate the process;
• Ontario should continue its efforts to certify specific sites and industrial parks — including those capable of accommodating vehicle assembly plants — as ready for immediate development.
The report comes amid growing pressure on government to reverse a trend that has seen Canada lose out to lower-cost jurisdictions for new capacity investment.
Since the 2008-09 recession, automakers have announced eight new assembly plants in Mexico with investments of almost US$10 billion that will create tens of thousands of jobs. Canada has not landed a single new assembly plant. Meanwhile, Canada's share of North American production has fallen to 14.2 per cent from a high of 17.6 per cent.
Vehicle production in Mexico has increased from 1.2 million units in 2007 to 3.4 million units in 2015, with some forecasts predicting that more than five million vehicles will be built annually in Mexico by 2020.
Last year, amid growing worries about the future of Canada's industry, Ottawa and Ontario appointed former Toyota Canada executive Ray Tanguay to the post of auto industry adviser. At last month's Toronto auto show, Tanguay urged the federal and provincial governments to ensure their industry incentive programs are competitive with the southern U.S. and Mexico.
Tanguay will be in Windsor May 11 to hear suggestions from auto industry stakeholders as he prepares his final recommendations on how to attract auto investment to Canada.


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By Muhammad Muhaimin Suzaini
Scarlet Avenue, a music group formed by two brothers, was the opening act for Ngee Ann Polytechnic's (NP) very own talent show, Staged
The brothers, Amos Ang, 24 and Adam Ang, 20, decided to form the duet while they were living in France 10 years ago. Amos said, "When I was 14 and he was 10… we figured that we wanted to pick up [the] guitar. We had a dream of writing our own songs and being artists."
Now in its third year, Staged redefined the conventional talent show. Held on May 13 at the Music Box, the three-hour long concert featured NP's very own talents and for the first time, combined external local acts to complement the show.
The theme for this year's concert was Wayback Wednesday. It was meant to evoke old sentiments and "bring back those songs… so people could remember them," Jason explained.
Local songwriters also played their original pieces for the 500-seater strong crowd.
Jason Ong, 21, Social Secretary of Ngee Ann Polytechnic Students Union (NPSU) and committee head for Staged, said, "One of our reasons for having external acts is that we want our audience to experience what it is like outside of school and for the music industry in Singapore."
"I think any platform is an opportunity for local talents to shine and to gain the exposure needed. I feel that NP is doing such an amazing job with this."
– Adam Ang
Truth to Be Told, comprising Hazel Tan Su Qing and Faith Wang Yishan, both 20, have been performing in Staged since it first started. They added, "They [the committee] brought in so many groups [and] external acts as well, so it's pretty amazing."
This year's edition was not spared from challenges. A calendar event in NP that is usually held in January, Staged was postponed two times. When it was postponed the first time, it was because of things like settling the administrative matters, venue and finding enough people to help out in the technical aspects.
The second postponement was due to the passing of Singapore's founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Moving forward, Jason was optimistic that the postponements were a blessing in disguise. He said, "All of us knew what to do on the spot. In a way, it (the postponement), helped us to ensure that the event was a success and it wasn't much of a struggle for us."
Despite the challenges faced this time round, students can definitely anticipate what Staged by NPSU has to show and dazzle the audience with in their next edition.


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a group of hackers that successfully broke through several of the sdmi (secure digital music initiative) watermarking schemes are being asked not to make information about the hacks public, and are being threatened with legal action under the digital millennium copyright act (dmca) by the sdmi foundation if they choose to make the information public. sdmi issued a challenge to hackers to break through six different watermarking schemes last year, and a group of hackers including professor edward felton from princeton university were able to break through at least four of them.
cnn covers the issue, and the register has posted a copy of the letter sent to felton. thanks to god� for that link.
in other recent music tech news, napster licensed acoustic fingerprinting technology from relatable. the technology will be used in an effort to identify and help filter songs that are not legally supposed to be listed on the napster service. read more at yahoo.
the ifpi (international federation of phonographic industry) reported that sales of music worldwide have decreased by 1.3% to us$36.9 billion in 2000 from 1999 totals. the ifpi blamed the decreases on free online music and unauthorized cd copying. read more at yahoo.
the riaa won a decision that states that radio broadcasters must pay licensing royalties when they simulcast their programming over the internet. the ruling could affect millions of dollars in licensing fees, and rates are not yet determined. read more at cnet.
rob's opinion
whew. that's a lot of stuff to comment on. let me go down one by one.
as for sdmi, are there any doubts left that it is an inherently breakable copy protection scheme? soon after sdmi starts being used in a meaningful way (if that ever happens), programs will proliferate that will strip clean the sdmi fingerprint. it looks like this is already doable, and sdmi wants to suppress the information by legal means. i generally think suppression of information is a bad thing, except, perhaps, when national security really is involved.
napster's fingerprinting scheme may be able to help filter out some tracks, but how is it really going to recognize a track like, say, metallica's seek and destroy, when it's ripped from a cd and compressed into mp3 in about 10 different bit rates using about 10 different encoders and possibly with variable bit rates? that's a tall order, and i'd be curious to see if the new technology napster plans to use will actually work reliably, or is just there as a legal shelter for napster. what is napster going to do, scan your hard drive and look for snippets from each of your mp3 files to see if they should or should not be allowed on the service? that's a cpu- and hard drive-intensive process that will take a long time on a client machine.
the ifpi seems like the national version of the riaa–full of hot air. perhaps it should tell us what it expected record sales to do during a worldwide economic downturn. i think a 1.3% decrease isn't that bad given what is happening to some industries. is free online music to blame? well, put the music online and charge for it in a reasonable manner.
the webcasting vs. radio broadcasting decision was actually applauded by some webcasters. will a radio station that puts its music online have to pay double fees? that gives the advantage on the web to the strict web-only plays.
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|fingerprinting… (4:50pm est wed apr 25 2001)
it can't work… for it to work, they'd have to download everyone's shares and process each file (as rob mentioned, it would just take too darn long). just cuz napster lists the titles, doesn't mean they have instant access to the files…
just more time buying on napster's part… – by god�
|napster (7:24pm est wed apr 25 2001)
napster needs to just give up and die. i am sick of hearing about napster. it is done for. it brought the world of mp3 to the idiots of the world and now it's everywhere. once something gets popular it always goes down hill. thanks so much napster. – by amorphous187
|reminds me of the nazi's. (7:36pm est wed apr 25 2001)
in the mid/late 1930's, nazi germany required everyone that possessed a firearm to register it with the government. the next year, the nazi's went to all the registered gun owners' houses and took those guns.
look guys – we only made sales go down 1.3%. come on – there's 98.7% left until corporate music goes ka-put.
btw, riaa, here's the first 1000th of a second of a metalica song:
you gonna sue me?
– by reality
|ok (8:13pm est wed apr 25 2001)
what the f*@( happened to the comments again. i had the first post this morning. now i am really upset – yeah, this new system is really better! yeah, linux rulez… yeah-right. – by yeah-right.
|what i really want to know is… (8:18pm est wed apr 25 2001)
who has the trademark on "god"??
dunno if that trademark logo/disclaimer was always on your posts god, but i'm just picking up on it if so.
so… would that trademark be on the term "god" (as in 'the god, anubis"), or on the individual god (aka jesus's dad).
or… now that i think about it (well.. as much as i am going to dwell on it at least), does it stand for "god, the male", just in case you run across any feminists that might question whether god's a male or female?
8)= – by mr. cancelled
|1.3% decrease (10:41pm est wed apr 25 2001)
i think that the decrease is due to napster blocking the songs. users are now finding it more difficult to download songs and see if they like them so they are buying the cds and more. – by could be that…
|liscensing simulcast….. (1:49am est thu apr 26 2001)
that really doesnt make a whole lot of sense…its much easier to record from the radio directly through your sounboard and encode into mp3 and destibute than it is to try to record a simulcast > – by goober
|trouble getting songs? (1:51am est thu apr 26 2001)
ok, so napster is nearly useless for modern stuff. there are plenty of other variations that really aren't that much more difficult to use. i think my mp3 download rate has actually increased since napster started filtering. of course i don't just use napster either. i use winmx and imesh, also have sharebear ready to install if the others stop providing the goods. – by kestrel
|yeah (8:08am est thu apr 26 2001)
i've recently heard that a local station is going to be killing their webcast. i guess its because of these stupid fees and the riaa forcing them to pay more to play the song twice…
bite me riaa, long live mirc – by dredly
|decrease in sales. (11:06am est thu apr 26 2001)
i know i bought less cd's because i knew which ones were pure crap after listening to them online. i guess the goal is not to satisfy the customer, but get their money at any cost. the music industry puts out a lot of crap, especially lately. i am sure the decline of sales has more to do with them pumping pop princess and boy-bands down our throat. the sales were stronger in the 90's because the "alternative", industrial, and electronic music scenes put out compelling records for young music lovers who happily spent our minimum wage spending money to build up collections. now, we have a choice of rap, pop, and heavy metal. sorry, but music advanced in the 90's and has now regressed back to the crappy 80's. why did electronic and industrial music die? uggg, i am becoming one of those annoying old men who reminisce about how good music was when they were teenagers. please put me out of my misery. lock me in a room with pop music playing until i swallow my tongue!!!!!!!! – by steven
|jello biafra sang it in the 80's…….. (11:35am est thu apr 26 2001)
…….and it's still true today:
"…sales have been slumping, and no one will say why. could it be they put out one too many lousy records?"
…. or maybe it's just that now that we can preview music before buying it, we buy less music because we realize how much of it is crap before we buy it. and note that this previewing isn't just in the form of mp3s, it's also in the form of music stores that allow you to listen before you buy as well.
to the riaa: put out more decent music, and sales will go up. keep putting out crap, and people will continue to grab the one or two decent tracks using napster and others like it, and leave their cash in their wallets.
|audio fingerprinting… (12:48pm est thu apr 26 2001)
…use the example above of metallica's seek and destroy, in 10 bit rates using 10 encoders. first, check the rhythm. and this algorithm might have to be able to allow for differences in tempo to a certain degree, or varying the tempo will beat it. then check a portion of the spectrum – in the lower mid-range. that should develop the beginning of a signature, right. truthly, i lack the skills to refine this further, but i believe, it might work. somewhat. – by urgeek
|urgeek – that won't work. (1:06pm est thu apr 26 2001)
flip the signal – inverse the wave, multiple the tempo by pi*(a mac address)/(seconds since midnight 1900). tada!!! new fingerprint! all the end user needs is a private key (which would be widely, widely available) to "open" the song.
my fictious example above is just to prove a point. it took me 5 seconds to come up with a work-around to your proposed fingerprint. truly, the speed of thought in the internet community is much faster than the speed of law, regulation or (here's a good one) anti-information.
they'll always be free…. – by reality
|where is felten's paper (11:40pm est thu apr 26 2001)
i heard that one of felten's teammates decided to release the paper to the net anyway… anyone got a link or a copy? – by feed me info!
|the paper's at: (12:03am est fri apr 27 2001)
– by enjoy
|mofo's! (12:19pm est wed may 02 2001)
this recording industry is just one bloated ball of crap – they are complaining for 1.3% lower sales (due to their shitty releases, and all these crappy albums, where 2-3 songs are really worth something and the other 13-14 are plain bull)!!
what a hell? if my sales went down only 1.3% i'd be fucken celebrating! at this time, this state of the economy, whooo, that would be great!
plus the music industry is just bull, charging radio stations to play their songs, charging clubs/caffes/restaruants to play the music… goddamn! now they wanna charge us online too, but again, the albums offered at are plain bull too (old, unknown artists)! and why are their sales down you might ask yourself? 'cuz of all these boy bands (like someone above noticed) – who the hell wants to see a new boy-band every couple of months of so emerge with the same type of shitty songs the boy-band before them had?! come on people, it looks like music industry doesn't respect the damn music itself anymore, allowing everyone to make it and publish it! hell, if a fraction of electronic/dance music offered over in europe was available here in canada too, well goddamn, the riaa wouldn't be complaining about low sales, since every album i've bought online from european stores is just plain amazing! viva la trance!
and napster? the program that gave access to mp3s to every joe blow in this country…but now it is gone! they can have any kind of filtering technology implemented, but unless i can find the songs i want (there is a 99% chance that it has been filtered already) – i won't be using the damn thing! i'll stick to the good old methods of irc trading (hell, i used to be getting the albums before they hit the stores, and now napster had to ruin it all). plus there are 20+ napster-like programs out there these days, with new ones popping out every month (if anyone wants the complete list, let me know, i have it somewhere around here). – by firestarter
|what da fuck is yo problem? (12:19pm est fri jun 08 2001)
ahh, fuck it!! – by sm
|mp3's (12:56am est tue jun 12 2001)
i need a good place to download free, popular music from, something as close to napster as possible. if anyone knows of a good program for easy downloading, please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com
and does anyone know how to download sharebear? i keep going to the site but i can't find what i need to download!
|hi (6:45pm est fri jul 27 2001)
it's driving me f*@%ing crazy,i lost napster, imesh sucks.. what else is there to offer us? iam trying to get something called sharebear.. but i don't know how in the hell to do it…
someone help me please!!
– by annoyed in canada!
|down loading music (7:20pm est thu aug 02 2001)
if anybody knows how to download rap or r/b songs also tha site that it came from please advise thanks… – by email@example.com
|download music (5:34pm est sun sep 16 2001)
i don't know where to go to download music anymore don't know if you can anyone know where? thank you for your time – by jim
|get mp3's and other music files in the irc dalnet network! (12:30pm est tue sep 18 2001)
i used to get music from napster community until i found out that it was also possible to get mp3's and other music files in the irc network! all you need is to download & install an irc client, such as mirc and join mp3 channels. one mp3 channel i frequently visit is #mp3collection. people share their mp3 music files ranging from old to new music, all genre. – by zinder
|downloadmusic (5:24pm est sat dec 29 2001)
i like downloading music because its fun and you lurn more – by webber
|sharebear (4:19pm est sat feb 02 2002)
how in the fu@ hell dose it work – by mr x
|sharebear (8:50pm est sat dec 14 2002)
does n e 1 know how to down load it? or the link? – by zhasan
|mp3 trading/sharing (9:01am est thu may 15 2003)
what most of you guys don't understand is, napster, kazaa, sharebear, edonkey they all suck. every last one of them. if they aren't sharing your files and wasting bandwidth they are popping up stupid f*ckin ad's all over the place.
there has never been a good quality sharing program. and i hope there never is.
as firestarter said stick or irc trading, and if you don't know how go buy the cd ya freakin n00b's.
webber? you learn more? how do you learn, ya freakin leech. – by crik911
|down loading (12:22pm est thu mar 04 2004)
it is wrong for any one to talk any thing that has a price on it and not pay for it – by ladyredd
|music downloader… (4:18pm est tue jan 17 2006)
have a look at shareaza it's not all that bad i find, and half descent for getting music and shit… have fun ya'll! *^_^* dios! – by junioranimdrawer


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Over the years, a number of fashion designers have tried their hand at enhancing the look of an existing automobile. Recently joining their ranks with a rather strong effort, Detroit native John Varvatos is the latest member of the profession to do so. For 2013, Chrysler is offering a limited edition version of its venerable 300C sedan with styling elements prescribed by Varvatos. Over the next 12 months, we'll have one at our disposal to enable us to provide you with ongoing reports about life with the handsome sedan.
2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition Long Term Review
2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition Long Term Review: Exterior Design
The color scheme comes from the black and Satin Titanium John Varvatos cologne bottle. Those elements—when applied to a car with the presence of the Chrysler 300C take on an aggressively sinister—yet polished and sophisticated—air. Clothed confidently in its Phantom Black tri-coat pearlescent metallic paint, our new long-term 2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition (number 55 of a total run of 2000 cars) looks bodyguard tough.
Up front, the Varvatos Chrysler features a Satin Titanium-finished grille surround, a Satin Titanium Chrome Chrysler "wing" badge, and Black Chrome grille blades. Flaunting an aura of sophisticated capability, the uber-aggressive countenance of the front fascia is characterized by large air inlets, Black Chrome grille blades, and Satin Titanium-finished accents.
The finish of the cap of the Varvatos cologne bottle is reflected in the 20-inch cast-aluminum wheels, as well as the window trim and exterior rearview mirror caps—all of which are finished in Satin Titanium. Going away, the 300C's LED taillamps flaunt blackened details for a decidedly masculine look. Rounding out the exterior Varvatos design elements are the dual-exhaust tips finished in Satin Titanium, along with John Varvatos and winged Chrysler deck-lid badges—both finished in Satin Titanium Chrome.
Calculated specifically to perfectly complement the basic lines of the 2013 Chrysler 300C, the overall effect is a singularly powerful and determined—yet wholly sophisticated appearance. Rather than shine, the trim bits glow confidently, while the spectacular pearlescent paint enticingly draws the eye.
2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition Long Term Review: Interior Design
Interior design elements fitted to our long termer are Pewter Metallic leather seats debossed with John Varvatos' logos and trimmed with the Diesel Gray and black patterned Varvatos stitching—elements reminiscent of his fitted-jacket collection. Evocative of another Varvatos product are the gauge cluster and clock. Their Pearlescent White faces and Charcoal Black Metallic bezels are suggestive of the Varvatos watch collection done for the high-end watchmaker Ernst Benz.
Poltrona Frau black leather with Diesel Gray accent stitching defines the overall tone of the customized environment, while the heated, hand-stitched steering wheel is finished with Diesel Gray thread and Satin Titanium Chrome accents. Culminating the look with just the right elements, are our long term Chrysler 300C Varvatos Limited Edition's interior Satin Titanium trim pieces, along with Charcoal Hydrographic Wood and Gloss Black finished secondary accents.
As you can see from the accompanying photography, it all comes together quite nicely.
This is one exceptionally handsome piece.
2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition Long Term Review: Engine & Fuel Economy
It's powerful too; rocking Chrysler's 363-horsepower, 5.7-liter HEMI V8. Routing power to the rear wheels through a five-speed automatic transmission, the HEMI barks authoritatively on startup, then propels the car with a great deal of confidence and verve.
Best of all, it'll do this on regular unleaded gasoline.
Fuel economy is enhanced by the V8's four-cylinder Fuel Saver Technology mode, which allows the V8 to operate on half its cylinders in steady state situations such as at speed on the highway. The EPA says we can expect 19 MPG in the city, 25 on the highway and 19 overall. So far, we've been averaging 16.1 miles per gallon in our admittedly city-biased driving. Having just hit 1,325 miles, we expect that mileage figure to improve as the engine loosens up as it broken in further.
All-wheel drive, a 300-horsepower V6 engine, and an eight-speed automatic transmission—while not fitted to our long-term test car—are available as options.
2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition Long Term Review: Features and Equipment
Mainstream Chrysler 300C options that are fitted to our test car include a Beats by Dr. Dre audio system based around a 525-watt amplifier with 10 speakers and a subwoofer. A set of adaptive bi-xenon HID headlamps with automatic high beam control and an automatic leveling system are also on board, in addition to a dual pane panoramic sunroof.
Standard equipment on every Chrysler 300C includes keyless entry and start, heated and ventilated power adjustable front seats, along with heated second row seats. Bluetooth streaming audio and hands-free telephone operation, a remote start system, plus satellite radio and traffic information are also featured. Dual-zone automatic climate control, steering wheel mounted paddle shifters, and a rear backup camera round out the basic package.
Our 300C Limited's kit of safety tech includes blind spot and cross path detection, radar-based park assistance, smart cruise control, forward collision warning, and smart windshield wipers. You'll also find a full complement of airbags, coupled with antilock brakes, traction control, blind spot monitoring, brake assist, electronic brake force distribution, automatic door locks, stability control, an engine immobilizer, and an intelligent battery sensor.
2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition Long Term Review: Driving Impressions
Out of deference to its newness, we have yet to "give 'er the beans and see how she goes". However, we can already tell acceleration, braking, and handling are going to be very inspiring when the car is suitably run-in and driven vigorously. The near relentless pull of the HEMI is already demonstrative of the Chrysler's exceptional performance potential.
One of the things we really appreciate about the character the car has exhibited so far is even with its promise of outstanding performance; the luxurious qualities of the car are shining through to deliver exceptional comfort as well. We're really looking forward to some long highway trips, as the 300C feels very solidly planted at speed on the highway. Further, it rides very smoothly, is appropriately quiet, and absorbs pavement irregularities with considerable dignity.
2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition Long Term Review: Pricing & Initial Thoughts
In this, the 2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition sedan, Chrysler has crafted a "designer" automobile with outstanding style, high performance potential, and a broad array of luxury features. It really is the best of both worlds. On top of all of that, when you fold in the Varvatos styling elements, you come away with something singularly unique, stylishly handsome, and decidedly bold—yet simultaneously understated.
We like it.
A lot.
It's shaping up to be a pretty good year.
Base price of our test car comes in at $40,845.
Fully optioned out, its MSRP as tested is $52,580—including a $995 destination charge.


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We've all heard horror stories about scary bosses and the fallout from their behaviour. The old adage that people don't leave organisations they leave bad managers is true – it's the number one reason why people move on to new pastures. When leadership is toxic it demotivates employees, costing business time, money and an exodus of talent. But how do you know if you're a scary boss? Here are three signs that you might be causing your staff nightmares this halloween.
1. Lack of Engagement
The latest Gallup research suggests that approximately 70% of employees are disengaged. That's a chilling figure if you're the one leading them. Bekker, Demerouti, & Sanz-Vergel, 2014, experts in employee burnout define engagement as 'a positive, fulfilling work-related state of mind that is characterised as vigor, dedication and absorption. The kind of state that you'd expect to see employees in if they were in 'flow' or working at optimum performance. That's what we're all aiming for but it's hard to get into flow or any other state of engagement with someone breathing down your neck. The old command and control style of leadership is widely recognised as defunct and out of date, it's not something you need to resurrect, not even at Halloween. It's worth investing in engagement by;
- Allowing your staff to use their strengths
- Increasing their level of autonomy and decision making
- Listening to their ideas – and allowing them to implement some of them
Still not convinced? Even if you're old school when it comes to leadership and believe in the stick rather than the carrot, it's worth remembering this. The higher an employees level of engagement, the higher their financial returns (Bakker, 2011).
2. Zero Trust
If your people can't trust you, you're on a hiding to nowhere. If your staff don't trust you and they're frightened of how you'll react you'll stunt innovation creating a dysfunctional culture of blame instead. If you recognise a lack of openness or unwillingness of people to come to you with issues or ideas, building trust should be number one on your Halloween 'To Do' list. Gretchen Pisano states that trust is founded on these four traits.
- Common ground. This is about similar values and objectives. They know what you stand for and believe in the same vision.
- Predictability. They know that you mean what you say and will behave in a way that they predict. You have consistency and can be relied on to to the right thing and do things right as Warren Bennis famously espoused as a trait of decent leaders we want to follow.
- Consideration. You will think about them, their needs, their role and position in the company before you act. In short, you've got their back.
- Forewarning. You will tell them if something is going to happen that will affect them – positively or negatively.
Remember, trust is important and key as a leader. Nobody likes things that suddenly go 'bump!' in the night…..
3. You Blame your Employees for Failing
Let's be honest, nobody enjoys failing, but the truth is, we all make mistakes. When you operate a blame culture as a leader it's hard for your employees to learn from failure (they're always too busy looking for someone else to pin it on). You're not alone if you find it tough to tolerate mistakes, it's a rare organisation that truly embraces failure as a way of learning, but it's the only way to improve future performance. Failure isn't always a bad thing, sometimes it improves systems, teams and overall performance. How can you shift your organisational culture to one that examines and learns from errors?
- Make it safe to admit (and report) failure
- Think about creating a checklist to identify causes and solutions. Atul Gawande's 'The Checklist Manifesto' is a thorough guide to the 'checklist' and details how it has been embraced successfully by the World Health Organisation (WHO) significantly reducing the rate of error during surgery.
- Think like Toyota. The Toyota Production System harnesses continual learning by learning from small mistakes and building that learning into their production processes and systems. Toyota even have a rope for employees to pull when they spot a mistake, initiating a process of diagnostics and problem solving.
- Build a culture of learning. Positive psychologist Martin Seligman's research recognises that individuals and organisations learn by failure. Some of them even build it into induction procedures, allowing new employees to fail (in a safe way) as part of their learning. Failure builds resilience and resilient employees are more engaged which takes us right back to where we started on our spooky journey.
So if you recognise yourself as something of a spooky boss make a committment to incorporate some of these techniques into your leadership style. Surprise your employees this Halloween by putting these strategies into practice, placing your broomstick to one side and watching as you strengthen your team and their performance.


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Billy Bragg Working Class Hero
Published Apr 23, 2008"Im mean as hell, and I want to change the world. These arent the words of Billy Bragg circa 1984 during the depths of the Thatcher regime, but Billy Bragg speaking in 2008, about to tour North America on the heels of his first album in six years, Mr. Love & Justice. The title pretty much sums up Braggs three-decade standing as Britains punk rock troubadour; throughout that time his songs became modern day rallying cries for labour movements, anti-racism campaigns and the basic human rights espoused by his spiritual forebear Woody Guthrie. Along the way he also wrote his fair share of timeless pop songs, all while keeping himself unapologetically rooted in an East End London aesthetic that nevertheless endeared him to fans all over the world. As times have changed, Braggs political and musical scope have both expanded, but the fire hardly diminished, as evidenced by his attitude toward this crucial election year in America. "Im hungry for change, he says. "Im hungry for Americans to make a generational leap to Obama. Im hungry for the war to end. Im hungry for people to get engaged in politics again, to get up off their asses and do something meaningful.
1957 to 1976
Stephen William Bragg is born Dec. 20, 1957 in the London borough of Barking & Dagenham. At school he gravitates toward history and woodworking, while listening mainly to folk rock. Paul Simon has a particular impact on Bragg, with songs like "America and "Mrs. Robinson creating an awareness of how aspects of a wider culture can be incorporated into pop music. As a confessed class clown and perpetual outsider, he leaves school at 16 for a succession of odd jobs and learns how to play guitar from his friend Wiggy.
1977 to 1980
Fired up by the rise of the Clash, the Jam and Elvis Costello, Bragg and Wiggy form Riff Raff, and begin playing pubs around London. The band sign with Chiswick Records in 1978, which releases the four-song EP I Wanna Be A Cosmonaut in June. The band members live together in a squalid country house for the next two years, playing infrequent gigs and recording eight more songs that are released as four separate seven-inch singles on their own Geezer label all on the same day, Oct. 27 1980. Bragg will compile and self-release them as Riff Raff: The Singles 1977-1980 in 2002.
1981 to 1982
Three months after the bands break-up in February, Bragg enlists in the British Army but buys his way out after only 90 days of training. "Id given up on the whole thing and joined the army really as a way of killing that notion that I could ever be a musician, he says. "But once in there I just started writing more songs and I realised that this devil wasnt going to go away. So I had to hatch a plot whereby I could get out and give music one more go. Going solo was the most kamikaze way I could think of the death or glory approach. I was up against a lot of Spandau Ballet kinds of stuff, so it did make sense to zig while everyone else was zagging. A job in a record store fuels a love for American blues and R&B, as well as the songs of Bob Dylan, which ultimately leads him to Woody Guthrie. Bragg starts performing original material with an electric guitar and small amplifier on the streets and at pub talent shows under the name Spy Vs Spy, lifted from the Mad magazine cartoon. His distinct image as a "punk folkie gains attention in the London underground, although labels roundly reject his first demo tape. Feeling desperate, on Nov. 2 1982 Bragg bluffs his way into the offices of Charisma Records and gets his tape in the hands of A&R head Peter Jenner. The one-time co-manager of Pink Floyd is impressed and agrees to work with Bragg even though the dying label no longer has the resources to pay for a recording session.
Bragg gets a publishing offer from Chappell Music and undertakes a three-day session to lay down his best material. Jenner takes seven of these raw recordings and releases them on his own Utility label as the "mini-album Lifes A Riot With Spy Vs Spy. The first limited pressing quickly sells out at the much-trumpeted bargain price of 2.99 pounds, pushing it to the top of the British indie chart. Audiences are particularly moved by the sharp social commentary of songs like "A New England and "To Have And Have Not that perfectly capture the countrys mood. In November the album is re-released on the new Virgin imprint Go! Discs in time for Braggs first major national tour of clubs and universities. "Ive always tried to write songs that I believe in, and if you stay true to yourself, youll find that those songs resonate, he says today. "I just sang A New England in New York with Kate Nash playing tin whistle and singing on the choruses. I realise now that the song is strong enough that I can afford to mess around with it a little bit, mainly because my audience knows it so well.
Bragg keeps up a busy performing schedule around the UK, sometimes using a "Portastack a small P.A. carried in a backpack that allows him to play anywhere. His rising profile brings countless requests to appear at benefit events. On May 20 he plays the Festival For A Socialist Europe in Manchester, his first public show of allegiance to the Labour Party. The next week he plays a trade union day of action in Cheltenham, foreshadowing the national miners strike later that summer, a crucial battle with the Thatcher government that bitterly divides national opinion. In between, Bragg makes his North American debut in New York, the start of a six-week trek across the continent opening for Echo And the Bunnymen. On Oct. 4, Brewing Up With Billy Bragg is released. This full-length album largely sticks to the stripped-down format of its predecessor, but is marked by a more even balance between politically charged material and relationship-based songs.
The Between The Wars EP is released in the UK on Feb. 28, an overt tribute to the struggling working class. Bragg startles many by performing the title track on the ultra-mainstream Top Of The Pops the following month in the middle of his highly publicised Jobs For Youth tour. In May he embarks on a North American tour opening for the Smiths, then his first trip to Japan soon after. Upon returning home, he sets about strengthening his ties to the Labour Party by organizing Red Wedge with fellow musicians Paul Weller and Jimmy Somerville of the Communards. The intent is to rally young voters through concerts and other media events in order to defeat the Conservatives in the 1987 election. Although the group does build momentum throughout the coming year, Labours ultimate defeat effectively puts an end to the movement. "I never felt comfortable being compared to Dylan or anybody like that, Bragg says. "I always wanted to reflect the times, not be ahead of them. I never wanted to lead anybody anywhere; I respond to things as I see them.
Bragg breaks convention with a tour of East Germany in February, and later a gig in Leningrad. "I was as curious as anybody else about what socialism meant there, he says. "It was pretty dispiriting, but the people themselves were an inspiration. It was great to see the human spirit surviving under totalitarianism. The ensuing attention leads into the release of the single "Levi Stubbs Tears in June, followed by his next album Talking With The Taxman About Poetry. Both show the first signs of true pop craftsmanship, mostly through the tentative introduction of overdubs and the obvious influence of classic soul music. Johnny Marr adds guitar on "Greetings To The New Brunette while Kirsty MacColl sings back-ups; the year before she scored a hit with a cover of "A New England. Bragg subverts expected criticism by calling it his "difficult third album right on the cover, although his politics remain front and centre on the anthemic "There Is Power In A Union, and "Ideology, which borrows its melody from Dylans "Chimes Of Freedom. "There were always misconceptions that the only music I ever listened to was punk, Bragg says. "The first time Paul Weller heard me play Levi Stubbs Tears, he said, Is that Levi Stubbs from the Four Tops? I thought you were supposed to be a folk singer? But I always considered myself soul-folk, which is a great tradition in American music going back to artists like the Staple Singers.
In between Red Wedge concerts, Bragg also joins other recording artists in the growing anti-apartheid movement, leading him to place second behind Morrissey in the "Most Wonderful Human Being category of the NMEs Readers Poll (Nelson Mandela comes in seventh). On June 1, Lifes A Riot and Brewing Up are re-released in a single package entitled Back To Basics, and at that years Glastonbury Festival, Bragg performs a 17-song covers set, from Hank Williams "You Win Again to the soul nugget "Dark End Of The Street and the Rolling Stones "Wild Horses. In November he takes an extended trip to the Soviet Union, playing ten concerts in Tallinn, Moscow and Leningrad. The tour is filmed for the documentary Mr. Bragg Goes To Moscow, later released on video along with Which Side Are You On, a film of his 1989 concerts in support of a United Mine Workers strike in Virginia.
The Help Save The Youth Of America live EP is released on April 15 to mark the start of Braggs latest North American tour. At its conclusion, he finds himself on the top of the British singles chart with his cover of the Beatles "Shes Leaving Home, recorded in aid of a childrens charity. This mainstream crossover builds excitement for Braggs next album, Workers Playtime, released in September. Although it once again bears a pointed message on the cover "Capitalism Is Killing Music the album is his most fully realised production yet, helmed by folk-rock veteran Joe Boyd and featuring musical contributions from several notable names, among them his old pal Wiggy. Bragg admits that he was seeking to do something more musically expansive in order to distance himself from the political turmoil of the previous year. The album in turn contains some of Braggs best love songs, such as "Must I Paint You A Picture, and "The Price I Pay (also his first recording to feature drums). Closing song "Waiting For The Great Leap Forward becomes an instant fan favourite.
1989 to 1990
Bragg tours East Germany again in February, but in the middle of a show in Leipzig he is taken offstage and promptly expelled from the country for remarks pertaining to the imminent collapse of the Communist regime. "I wear that as a badge of honour, he says. "I wasnt thrown out for trashing hotel rooms. It was because I said on live TV that you couldnt have perestroika and the Berlin Wall it had to be one or the other and that put me in a difficult situation. Bragg presses on, spending the remainder of the year touring the rest of the world. A six-night stand at Torontos Premier Dance Theatre in August is one of the notable highlights. On April 16, 1990 he takes part in the massive Nelson Mandela tribute concert at Wembley Stadium, and a month later he revives the Utility label in order to release The Internationale, a seven-song EP of highly politicised songs, kicking off with the Marxist anthem title track, and including "I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night, a tribute to the 60s cult hero protest singer. The mood of the record likewise reflects his growing disdain for the Labour Party and what will be its tacit support for the first Gulf War. "I did that record precisely because of the fall of Communism, he says. "Im the first one to accept that the language of Marxism is dead, but the issues that Marx was trying to address have not been resolved, and I think poets have a role to play in finding a new language needed to resolves those issues.
1991 to 1992
Bragg joins R.E.M. for two surprise club shows at Londons Borderline in March to mark the release of the latters Out Of Time album (for which they are billed as Bingo Hand Job). The friendship leads to Michael Stipe and Peter Buck playing a major part in Braggs next album, Dont Try This At Home, released in September. In the preceding months, the singles "Sexuality and "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood usher in a further exploration of a full-band folk-rock approach and both subsequently make a strong impact on the British charts. "Sexuality in particular surprises many with its frankness, and the proclamation in its opening line that "Ive had relations with girls from many nations. Bragg tours with a band, the Red Stars, for the first time, but dates are cut short and the group is disbanded in August 1992 when hes hit with an attack of appendicitis.
1993 to 1995
Bragg takes much of the next two years off to settle into domestic life with his partner Juliet and tend to their first child Jack, born Dec. 27, 1993. He returns to full-time performing in the summer of 1995 with a North American tour supporting the Barenaked Ladies. He states, "When people arent waiting with bated breath for your new record, when you can keep doing gigs and people will still come, its definitely better than dealing with the pressure of having to put something out every year like you have to when the first flash of fame comes. A lot of bands I had respect for were shattered by the pressure to make hit singles and videos constantly. I managed to dodge all that, and I wouldnt want to go back to it.
1996 to 1997
William Bloke is released in early September. It is his most sonically varied album to date, while lyrically it reflects changing social attitudes over the passage of time, as heard in "From Red To Blue and "The Space Race Is Over. Bragg credits much of this to fatherhood, but also to observing many of his left-wing friends losing faith in the political system after John Major assumed the Thatcher legacy in 1992. As part of his North American tour that fall, Bragg performs at a massive rally at Queens Park in Toronto as part of the "Days Of Action protests against the provincial Tories. A few days later, he donates proceeds of his Detroit gig to striking local newspaper workers. By spring, 1997 Bragg is swept up by the wave of enthusiasm for Tony Blairs "New Labour campaign, and on May 1, Bragg stops his gig at the Mean Fiddler in London to celebrate Blairs election victory with those in attendance. The following month he releases the Bloke On Bloke EP containing the recent poppy single "The Boy Done Good as well as remixes from the album. During a trip to New York later that summer Bragg finalises plans with Woody Guthries daughter Nora who had first heard him at an 80th birthday concert for Guthrie in 1992 to write music for a collection of her fathers unpublished lyrics. Seeking American input on the project, Bragg taps Wilco to participate on the strength of their Being There album, and they begin writing and rehearsing together in Chicago in December.
Sessions move to Dublin in January but as recording begins in earnest, Bragg and Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy begin butting heads over a musical direction. However, the two persevere and Mermaid Avenue is released on June 29 to universal acclaim. Bragg and Wilco play a handful of festival dates together that week, but he continues touring on his own for the rest of the summer. "Any problems that we had were nothing that we couldnt deal with when we were together, Bragg says. "It was only after we went our separate ways that we started looking at the project slightly differently. The only real difference was who was going to produce which tracks. We had an agreement that whoever wrote the track would produce it, and thats pretty much what we did. In September, his official biography, Still Suitable For Miners by Andrew Collins, is published.
1999 to 2001
In between stints as a guest presenter on BBC Radio, Bragg builds upon the momentum of Mermaid Avenue by assembling a new band, the Blokes, featuring former Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan. In August comes Reaching To The Converted, an odds and sods compilation highlighted by a jangly full-band version of "Greetings To The New Brunette (re-titled "Shirley), a cover of Anna McGarrigles "Heart Like A Wheel, and the Canadian fan favourite "Ontario, Quebec, And Me. On May 30, 2000 Mermaid Avenue Vol. II is released, although Braggs contributions are mainly leftovers from the initial sessions. That doesnt prevent him from continuing to put on periodic "Talking Woody shows in major cities consisting entirely of Guthrie material. "Wilco went in and recorded five new tracks on their own, so I look at that one as more of their album, he says. "But there are still about a dozen songs that nobodys heard, so hopefully one day all of it will come out. The strange result of those records was that they connected me to a younger generation that didnt know what Id done in the 80s, and also people of the Pete Seeger generation who were fans of Woody and early Dylan. Woody touches everyone eventually. At the start of 2001, Bragg sets up a "tactical voting website for Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters in order to unseat Tory MPs in several key ridings. Despite losing faith in the Blair government, his distaste of the Conservatives still runs deep. By the end of the year he also publishes a pamphlet on reforming the House of Lords.
2002 to 2003
England, Half English, with the Blokes receiving co-credit, is released March 4. A ragged folk-rock record still much in the Mermaid Avenue style, the predominant theme of the songs is Braggs notion of British identity in the 21st century. Much of this is condensed within the scathing "Take Down The Union Jack, which is released as a single to coincide with the Queens Golden Jubilee at the end of June. The song enters the Top 20, competing with a remix of the Sex Pistols "God Save The Queen, which in its original form had been a response to the Silver Jubilee. Bragg finds himself sparring in the press with John Lydon when the Pistols singer states that he was never for or against the monarchy and considers them "good earners. Bragg spends much of the next year on tour, both solo and with the Blokes, taking every opportunity to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Oct. 6, 2003 Must I Paint You A Picture: The Essential Billy Bragg is released, and that month he joins Steve Earle, Tom Morello and other left-leaning performers on the Tell Us The Truth Tour in America.
2004 to 2005
Upon completing The Essential Billy Bragg Solo Tour in April 2004, he appears live sporadically throughout the rest of the year. In early 05 he once again engages in tactical voting to help Labour win a third straight election. However, his most significant accomplishment that year is the song "We Laughed, part of the Rosetta Requiem Project, consisting of collaborations between artists and terminal disease sufferers. The song is released on Oct. 31 to mark World Hospice and Palliative Care Day.
2006 to 2007
A major career retrospective kicks off with the Volume 1 box set in February that compiles the first three albums along with a slew of rarities. Volume 2 follows in October. Bragg does extensive media promotion for the releases on both sides of the Atlantic, in between his Hope Not Hate Tour, aimed at discouraging Brits from voting for the far-right British National Party. By the summer he is also embroiled with a battle with MySpace over copyright ownership. Bragg claims that once music is posted, the site is under no obligation to pay royalties despite having unlimited broadcast capability. Braggs challenge quickly forces the site to change the wording of its policy in order to clearly state that artists retain full ownership of their material at all times. October sees the publication of his first book, The Progressive Patriot, a more extensive exploration of his ideas concerning British identity. "The problems that we have mostly have to do with resources rather than people, Bragg says. "Belonging should be about where you are rather than where youre from, and I wanted to try to flesh out those ideas with the book. In March 2007, Bragg announces the launch of Jail Guitar Doors, a program intended to provide musical instruments to prison inmates, as well as pay tribute to one of his primary influences, Joe Strummer. On Oct. 9 Bragg is introduced to Queen Elizabeth at a performance of Beethovens Ninth Symphony featuring his own new lyrics for the piece. Braggs reaction? "[She] charmed the pants off me.
Bragg signs with Anti Records and releases Mr. Love & Justice, a rootsy, and generally optimistic collection. Although at 50 his performing style has mellowed almost to the point of a classic country crooner, his trademark wit remains sharp and direct throughout the album. "Ill always feel the need to strike a balance because its so easy for me to be labelled as just a political songwriter, he says. "Writing the book allowed me to get some of my opinions out that I might have otherwise channelled into my music, but its always nice to remind people that I can write love songs. The idea of being Mr. Love & Justice applies both in the bedroom and out of the bedroom.


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There's an app for everything these days. Want to find a good restaurant?—There's an app for that. Need to know what traffic looks like?—There's an app for that. Want to know what you look like with a new haircut?—There's an app for that. One of these novel apps to hit the market includes Washio, an online-app based company that picks up and delivers dry cleaning. The company has a network of drivers, dubbed "Ninjas," that flit about town, covertly collecting your dirty laundry and completing their cleaning missions. But Washio's Ninjas have had enough.
In a class action lawsuit filed last month in San Francisco, Ninja Barry Taranto is alleging the company misclassified him and other Ninjas as independent contractors and subsequently owes them business expense reimbursements.
Ninjas are paid on a per delivery basis and not an hourly wage. They sign an exclusivity agreement which disallows Ninjas from working for any other similar company.
They also drive their own vehicles, but, the company has a set of rules and standards by which the Ninjas must transport its clientele's precious cargo. Ninjas are subject to a code of honor—one must store the clothes in a specific way; one must interact with customers in a specific way; one must abide by a strict schedule of collecting and dropping off cargo. Ninjas are a laundry version of Uber and Lyft drivers, who are alleging similar labor violations.
The lawsuit contends that the entirety of Washio's business relies on the Ninjas—without them Washio would not exist. They are "fully integrated into Washio's business." Washio's control over the Ninjas can possibly point to an employee/employer relationship, which means, the Ninjas should be getting reimbursed for expenses incurred while driving—gas, maintenance, parking fees, etc.
Will the Ninjas emerge victorious? We'll monitor the story closely and report back when the mission is complete.
Source: Taranto v. Washio Inc.


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The first seeds of a sci-fi adventure have been planted over at Variety, where we're told that Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans, The Incredible Hulk) and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura are coming together for an untitled, secretive genre project. Written by fresh-faced scribe Nic Kelman, this new endeavor — only described as "a low-budget, contained sci-fi pic" — is already gaining the attention of a few Hollywood studios.
Which is certainly a nice way to start things off, though Paramount does have a first-look deal with the producer's Di Bonaventura Pictures — this happens when you produce three Transformers movies — and, should there be something worthwhile here, I'd think they take it up themselves. Paramount or no Paramount, though, it's hard to imagine this won't gain proper traction in the near future and, from there, occupy some schedules. Again: This happens when you produce three Transformers movies.
We don't have much else to say at the moment, but, as someone who generally appreciates the low-fi nature of Leterrier's actioners, I'd argue there's enough to generate sufficient interest. When something's this early out, that's all it really takes.
Any first impressions of this project, minor though they may be?
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you may best know michael shur as mose shrute, dwight's cousin on the nbc show, "the office". however, shur is much more than a hilarious bit character on a one-time great show so i'm going to go through some of his notable achievements.
according to wikipedia (so take that for what it's worth), shur wrote for saturday night live from 1998 to 2004 then became a producer and writer for the american version of "the office", writing some the the show's best episodes in season 2 and 3, including "office olympics," "traveling salesman" and "the job." as previously stated shur also played the character, mose shrute, who provided some of the best laughs every time he appeared on screen.
in 2008 he went on to create "parks and recreation" which is arguably the best sitcom on television today. with the best leading funny lady around (ms. amy poehler) and the best ensemble cast (aziz ansari, nick offerman, chris platt, aubrey plaza, rob lowe, adam scott), this show has developed into the most consistently smart, funny and heart-warming show on television (yes, i do watch modern family). the show is continuing to evolve and it's take on small-town politics make it currently relevant.
even with shur's great television credentials, his most influential alter ego might be as ken tremendous, his twitter alias and also his pen name for which he used to write for a blog called "fire joe morgan" and now occasionally writes for SBnation. i used to read and adore firejoemorgan.com because, like most new-school baseball enthusiasts (read: sabermetric nerd), i hated joe morgan and all the old-school analysts that dismissed the stat-head revolution in sports.
morgan was the espn sunday night baseball television analyst alongside jon miller. he was the epitome of the old-school, stubborn and spiteful, and used his national audience each sunday night to ignorantly rant against the use of statistics in baseball. in response, shur, aka ken tremendous, began firejoemorgan.com in 2005 with a few friends, railing against joe morgan and those of his ilk, displaying their knack for irreverent comedy and high intelligence. they won a great following in the "intelligent" baseball community, yet no one had any idea, at the time, that ken tremendous was michael shur. after many years, joe morgan was finally fired late in 2008 as his opinions were finally being recognized as obsolete and the folks at fire joe morgan, realizing they had won, decided to close shop to focus on other interests.
michael shur is a man of many skills and tastes and i, for one, am a big fan of everything he does. just recently, keith law (baseball scout) had him on as a guest for the espn "baseball today" podcast to talk about his blog and parks and recreation while alan sepinwall and dan fienberg (tv critics) had him on their "firewall and iceberg" podcast for an hour to discuss the sopranos and the wire.
for anyone who wants to get exposed to more of michael shur aka ken tremendous, you can follow him on twitter at @kentremendous; read his blog on SBnation; or watch parks and recreation on nbc, thursdays at 8:30pm.


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The UO's theater arts program is serving up another dish of Summer SOUP, a seasonal program that delivers some tasty plays for warm days.
Summer SOUP is "theater by the Seat of Our Pants." It provides theater students a stage to keep their acting skills fresh while also letting them try out different kinds of material. And it offers the community some refreshing, and free, summer theater.
Up next is "Wondrous Strange," a collection of short plays by Meg Miroshnik, Martyna Majok, Jiehae Park and Jen Silverman. Originally commissioned for the 2016 Humana Festival of New American Plays in Kentucky, the plays look at how people reconcile the supernatural with loss and memory.
Performances will be Friday and Saturday, July 20 and 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Hope Theatre on the UO campus. The shows are recommended for those age 13 and older due to content on adult relationships and "otherworldly" scenes.
In August, Summer SOUP will offer a staged reading of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," with music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin and concept by Rebecca Feldman. The script centers on six young people competing for the spelling championship of a lifetime.
Performances will be Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24 and 25, in Hope Theatre.
The series will wrap up in September during the UO's Week of Welcome. UO playwrights Connor French and Meg Schenk will give readings of plays they are developing for the upcoming University Theatre season. French will read from "Just a Shack in the Woods," and Schenk will read from "Smudge."
Dates and times will be announced. The readings are recommended for those age 13 and older due to content about adult relationships and suicide.


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Sagrada Familia School is a host school for other European teachers interested in learning new and innovative methodologies in the Erasmus + K1 project context.
This year we hosted three groups of teachers from the Italian school Ottavo Circolo de Piacenza. They were interested in doing a job-shadowing to observe how we apply CLIL methodology and English as a second language in Infant education.


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It may sound silly, but I am very passionate about the media I consume. Especially the books, shows and movies I watch. I use these as ways not only to relax, but learn and inspire myself. So when it comes to setting goals, I like knowing a general outline of what I would like to get out of my media intake for the year. I am a list maker. Sue me.
Over the past three years I have dedicated my goals post to the books I'd like to read, and movies and shows I feel I'd like to watch. They are posts I come back to regularly, so regardless of my usual content, they are some of my favourite posts.
I did quite well achieving what I set out to do in 2017, so to recap:
Okay, books. I kind of did okay? I only read 4 books in total during the year, one of which was a re-read. This is good (I guess) because I wanted to cut down my reading AND I wanted to re-read some books. However I did not broaden my reading, or get a zero TBR, or read more comics. That's okay, I will work on it in 2018.
Onto movies. I would have been happy, however the one goal I really wanted to achieve was watching more film classics from the 80's and 90's which I didn't do. Although I did watch more films in general, and re-watched some favourites, so as long as I can finally settle in and watch some classics in 2018 I will be a happy camper.
Television is always a hit or miss category with me. This year, in classic libra fashion, I was balanced somewhere in between. I cut back my weekly shows and didn't let myself get stressed over something as mundane as TV, but I also didn't manage to finish as many series as I'd like. My "currently watching" list is still completely out of hand. Oops.
Looking back at 2017 I definitely didn't accomplish as much as I would have hoped, but at the same time I am proud of myself for realising mid-year that these goals are ever-changing and that what I want to get done in January, isn't necessarily what I want to be reading or watching in November.
Alas, my goals for 2018!
Book Goals
Read more often. Pick up your reading game in 2018. It was good to have time off during 2017, but 2018 is all about personal growth. You love reading; start reading again.
Listen to audiobooks. It's so easy! Start using the hours you spend on public transport listening to audiobooks. Harry potter and memoirs are automatic audible go-to's, but maybe try listening to a novel once or twice to see what you think.
Read more non-fiction. Autobiographies, current affairs, self-help books. Take your pick, but please try to read something that will enable you to grow.
Use your kindle more. You. Do. Not. Have. Room. For. More. Physical. Books. You have too many as it is! Unless it's something you know will be a part of your shelf for years to come, please consider ebooks.
Movie Goals
Don't spend too much at the cinema. You've been fine with this for years, you'll do fine again this year.
Watch movies more regularly. You constantly go through phases with this one, but try maintain some sort of consistency in 2018.
Watch more classics. Not all of them, but some of the 'big' movies from each decade. Please do this. Every year you keep ignoring this goal – why?
Re-watch favourites. Just the usual. Back to the Future. Star Wars. Indiana Jones. Harry Potter. High School Musical. You've got this.
Television Goals
Don't get overwhelmed. You don't have to watch every episode the minute it comes out. Decide what shows you want to watch weekly, and what shows you want to save to binge watch.
Don't try to watch too many things at once. There are too many shows out there to be able to commit yourself to everything. Chose wisely, and try not to have multiple 'binge-watch' shows on the go at once.
Finish some series. This hasn't changed much, but the top ones are Buffy, House M.D., Will & Grace.
Start some others. The Office. Jane the Virgin. The Handmaid's Tale. This is Us.
All the love, have an amazing 2018 xo


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Embed and breakfast man: Milk Maid
And you know that Mazes tour? Milk Maid are the support, doing noises like this:
That track, Not Me, is on the just-released album Yucca.
When you write about Milk Maid, you are legally obliged to mention one of them is Martin, now officially ex-Nine Black Alps, although you are free to decide if you believe this is obvious from the music, or not detectable at all.


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You can order merchandise in our Shop. Please note this will be opening in the summer of 2019.
You can order merchandise in our Shop. Please note this will be opening in the summer of 2019.
Unfortunately we do not offer refunds, deferrals or transfers. The full terms & conditions that each of our runners checks at point of registration can be found here: http://www.brightonhalfmarathon.com/race-day/rules/
If you lose your race number and/or your timing chip please come to the help desk on the race day to have another re-issued. The help desk is open from 07:30 AM until the race starts. To have another pack re-issued you must bring proof of entry, this can be a confirmation email or bank statement. PLEASE NOTE WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT PACKS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS
You will be able to pick one up on the Saturday before race day from 2-4pm, or on race day from 7.30am from the race registration marquee (close to Yellowave beach volleyball courts) in the race village on Madeira Drive – please bring proof of entry.
Yes – contact the race team on e-mail email@example.com
Yes but we require separate email addresses and mobile phone numbers
Yes you can enter as a group online
General entries typically close at the beginning-mid autumn. Charity places close at the end of January.
Your T-shirt or hoodie will be sent from November.
Race packs, including your race number with timing chip attached and luggage tag will be sent to you at least 2 weeks before the race.
Yes you amend some personal details. For change of address please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
You should receive an automated email confirmation from The Grand Brighton Half Marathon. Please check your junk folder if this doesn't arrive as they can occasionally end up as spam emails.
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Road closures are detailed on this page: http://www.brightonhalfmarathon.com/race-day/the-course/ and on the Brighton & Hove Council website at: https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/parking-and-travel/journeyon/latest-travel-news
Yes, your friends and family can purchase Park & Ride tickets.
Park & Ride tickets for 2020 are available on the registration page when you sign up for the race. They will also be available in our Shop, opening in the summer.
Marine Parade and Hove Lawns enable you to see the race going both ways
The results will be available online shortly after the race on this website.
Yes but we recommend practising in your costume beforehand.
Yes all the roads used during the race are closed
The sweeper bus will follow runners on a 3.5 hour running schedule. Runners falling behind this schedule will be asked to run on the pavement.
There are toilets at each of the drink stations
There are mile markers at each mile.
The half marathon course is 21.1K or 13.1miles.
There is first aid cover across the course including medics on motorbikes and in ambulances. There are two treatment points at the start /finish area to ensure your safety.
There will be 3 drinks stations on the course at 2.5 miles, 6.0 miles & 9.5 miles. There will also be drinks at the finish line.
There will be 5 pace makers for runners wishing to run -1hr 30mins / 1hr 45mins / 2hrs / 2hrs 15mins / 2hrs 30 mins. Information will be available nearer the race day
No please stick to your colour zone but move to the back or front of the zone depending on your fitness level.
All competitors are issued with a colour coded race number that reflects their estimated finish time. You should only start in the allocated colour/time zone. This will help prevent you going too quickly or slowly at the start. Your time starts when you pass under the gantry so don't worry if it takes a while to get to the start line.
There is no parking on Madeira Drive, and the course route will be closed from 8:15am. There are NCP car parks in the centre of Brighton and there is on-street parking. There are also private car parking spaces available to book at yourparkingspace.co.uk. The race starts at 9:30am. Please note we do not accept late starters, anyone crossing the line after 9:45am will not have their time included in the race results
If you are coming from the station take Queens Road south to the seafront, turn left and head towards Brighton Pier. The start will be clearly visible on the east side of the pier.
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In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.
—Proverbs 12:28
Walking along in the wooded area, I chose to follow the pathways through the trees and thick brush. Although I had seen snakes, large birds, and alligators in the area before, I felt comfortable as long as I was staying on the way marked before me.
Had I decided to go foraging through the mass of trees and bushes, away from the path, I would have been faced with any number of possible dangers.
God has given us a path to follow in life. If we choose to stay on the way He has provided, we will experience life. Now, and for eternity.


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The Loyal Subjects
Joe Ledbetter's Terror and Magnus
Joe Ledbetter and The Loyal Subjects present Terror and Magnus!
Terror stands 8" tall with a 10" wingspan. Magnus, his companion, stands 3" tall and wields a 'skull spear'. As you can see, both figures feature Joe's classic paint style with thick blackout lines.
This initial edition is limited to 515 pieces and will drop the 2nd week of November in dynamic window box.
A special Europe Edition will accompany Joe on his upcoming European tour and will be available at the 5 retailers on the tour, stay tuned for pictures.......
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|Very friendly, food fair, beer good, B&B cosy but no breakfast due to the kitchen being worked on, (we left at 9.30. am but no one was in the kitchen) tea and coffee provided also towels, however!! The water was not hot or even luke warm, barely tepid, that was a real let down. CONCLUSION. Disappointing but could be really good
Bobbyat47 - 21 Jul 2015 19:02
|Called in for an early dinner with four adults and two children. We were the first customers on the Sunday evening. Should have bailed out when we we tried to order, only to find that more than half of the menu items were unavailable, but we were settled with drinks by then.
Elderly Australian(?) guy was running the bar on his own (although he couldn't work the till) and also waiting tables. Food took an hour to arrive, and was fair. Steak was a bit tough, but chips were good. The kids wanted desserts, so we ordered and waited almost another hour, meanwhile our main course plates had not been cleared away.
My patience snapped and so I cleared the plates myself and dumped them on the bar, and demanded the phone number of the owner. Much to my surprise, the barman claims to be the owner! Watch out for this place to be boarded up, as I can't imagine it surviving the winter with this clown in charge.
(Bonus whinge: the WiFi that is boldly advertised outside didn't work either!)
robcheshire - 1 Nov 2012 12:00
|Had a light lunch in here after a five mile walk.
Nice enough place really, food and pints were fine.
I guess it's just that sort of pub though that people drive on past and never really go in.
montie49 - 18 Jan 2012 18:46
|Eaten here a couple of times recently on the way in to Minehead - friendly staff, beers kept OK and good pub food at reasonable prices.
BobOs - 22 Sep 2008 18:33
|Went here with the family last summer. Nice honest food on a pleasant decking area out the back. Good ales served although inside it did appear to be the local hang out for the local "yoof". To be fair, there's probably nowhere else in Carhampton for them to go! They werent causing any bother though.
daz2 - 12 Feb 2007 23:02
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