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Manchester will host the UK's largest international yoga festival in June, bringing together experts in yoga, spiritualism, and food to teach about holistic living.
The HOLISTIC: International Festival of Yoga, will take place at MediaCity UK on 16th and 17th June. It is a two-day celebration promoting anything involved in holistic living and will focus on; the Mind, to calm and focus, the Body, to cleanse and nourish, and the Spirit, to renew and awaken. Leaving participants with a fresh and positive outlook on life.
The event has three aims; 'Reunite', 'Rejoice' and 'Reflect', and will bring together artists, musicians, coaches, yoga gurus and chefs to reflect upon technique, music, food, healing and living in truly a holistic manner.
The focal point of the weekend will be 'Reunite', which will feature two mass outdoor yoga flow classes bringing together 800 yogis to practice on the Piazza at Media City UK. The classes will be led by internationally renowned yoga gurus including an ex-Bollywood star and a Chinese opera singer.
India's top yoga guru Swami Jyothirmayah will represent the Art of Living Foundation, former Bollywood actor turned yoga expert Bijay Anand, and Yoga specialist and teacher Wayne Yeh from China will conduct special sessions on the Piazza.
HOLISTIC is created and managed by Media City UK-based events company Go Live Global. Mayur Mirwani, director of Go Live Global said, "We believe that HOLISTIC will be the largest celebration of yoga in Manchester so far. Our aim is to bring together leading thinkers from around the world, from India, Europe, Asia, and the USA to MediaCity UK.
"The time spent on the mats will offer yogis the ultimate opportunity to enjoy yoga with 799 other people whilst focusing inwards on their own practice. Visitors can also explore our market and tap into our programme of classes inviting them to be more curious about who they are."
The festival takes place in the same week as the International Day of Yoga on 21 June. This day was founded by the Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, and adopted by the UN, and is celebrated by 192 nations worldwide.
Also in attendance will be Michelin Star chef Alfred Prasad, who will discuss the secrets to a successful holistic diet. Chef Prasad, the ambassador for Akshay Patra, the event's charity partner will demonstrate how to combine Michelin-level cooking with a holistic lifestyle.
Swami Jyothirmayah is a highly regarded international teacher and lecturer on yoga and meditation. He regularly travels across the world to packed audiences to share his knowledge and wisdom. He is a living example of how to be successful, stress free and happy through the power of yoga and meditation.
Bijay Anand was a successful Bollywood actor before he decided to focus on spiritualism. He has an holistic approach to health, as well as to the elusive word "Happiness". The principle philosophy behind Bijay's teachings is love and its connection with the fourth chakra in our body, the Anāhata Chakra.
Wayne Yeh is a Taiwanese-New Zealander and an exponent of Sri Sri yoga. He received his training in Hong Kong, Montreal, India and Germany, and has shared his yoga and mindfulness all over the world.
Chef Alfred Prasad held a Michelin star at the restaurant Tamarind, in London's Mayfair for 13 years, and is widely credited with elevating the reputation of British Indian food by his delicate use of fresh, seasonal produce.
The event will run from 4pm on Friday 16 June to 3pm on Saturday 17 June 2017. For more information about HOLISTIC visit: https://www.holisticmanchester.com/
Tickets available at: http://www.ticketline.co.uk/holistic-manchester#bio


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SCOTLAND'S Eilidh Doyle has won her third successive Commonwealth Games silver medal in the 400m hurdles.
The Perth athlete, who became the first female flag-bearer for Team Scotland at the Gold Coast opening ceremony, was in third place heading into the final metres but managed to out-sprint South Africa's Wenda Nel to finish second.
Flying the flag and flying onto the podium! ???????
It's a third successive Commonwealth Games silver for @EilidhDoyle in the 400m hurdles ?#GC2018 pic.twitter.com/KDmRojYiDp
— Team GB (@TeamGB) April 12, 2018
Doyle's medal is Scotland's 34th of the 2018 Games.
Also picking up a medal today was Seonaid McIntosh, winning bronze in women's 50m rifle prone.
She's the third member of her family to win a Games shooting medal.
BRONZE! Sharp shooting from Seonaid McIntosh to win her first Commonwealth Games medal in the 50m Rifle Prone!
Following in the family footsteps with mother Shirley and elder sister Jen both multiple medallists! #TeamScot2018 pic.twitter.com/Un8YpwpBwq
— Team Scotland (@Team_Scotland) April 12, 2018
There was defeat in the Women's Triples final for Scotland's bowlers, but it meant that Kay Moran, Stacey McDougall and Caroline Brown became Scotland's first ever medallists in the event.

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Tomorrow could be a rare good day for Amy Winehouse. The nominees for this year's Grammys will be announced on Thursday, and Winehouse is all but certain to be a multiple nominee. In a time in which albums that are both critically-acclaimed and commercially successful are few and far-between, Amy's Back to Black stands out. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and boasts a score of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic. Her appeal is vast – she gets airplay on adult contemporary, pop, R&B, and alternative stations, which is nearly unheard of in these niche-driven days. Grammy voters have surely taken notice.
But could Amy even challenge Michael Jackson's long-standing Grammy records? The Gloved One famously steamrolled the 1984 ceremony, garnering 12 nominations and 8 wins. It would be a stretch certainly, but Winehouse has the top four categories – Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Song of the Year – seemingly sewn up. If Grammy voters have trouble deciding if she's a pop or an R&B artist, she could find herself up for awards in both genres.
It will be interesting for her. While the Grammys are notoriously tin-eared and easily the worst of the major entertainment awards, they certainly have an impact on an artist's sales. Can Winehouse follow in the footsteps of Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, and Norah Jones, all of whom saw their fortunes rise after big wins? Only if the Grammy gods are smiling.
In other news:
- Amy Winehouse can't even go to the store for some Lucozade and ice lollies without being photographed.(Daily Mail)
- You can watch Amy's video for "Love Is a Losing Game" – which features her now-jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil – over at NME.
- Have Mark Ronson and Lily Allen fallen out? Ronson says Lil's not returning his calls.(The Sun)
- Meanwhile, Lily has been spotted with James Blunt's manager.(Mirror)
- The Daily Mail's Fay Weldon chides The Spice Girls for their ill effects on British society: "Their singable, suggestive lyrics took away the innocence of the playground – or at least what was left of it. And it's never coming back.They turned difficult love into temporary sex and reduced female aspiration to a series of consumer choices. They turned little girls into paedophile bait (!), and in doing so they helped destroy our concept of childhood."
- The Spice Girls have tear-soaked reunions with their young children.(The Sun)
- Did Mel B.'s husband storm out of the Spice Girls concert in Vancouver after Mel "picked a guy from the crowd and began to writhe all over him"?(Mirror)
- It's expensive for me to say I'm sorry: Robbie Williams apologizes to hisformer Take That manager – and agrees to pay damages.(BBC)
- Leona Lewis: "Americans love her clean image and big ballad vocals."(The Sun)
- Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, and 400 other artists want part of the profits made from re-selling tickets online.(Guardian)
- Last year, Morrissey was rumored to be doing it. Now word is that Jarvis Cocker wants to write Britain's next Eurovision entry?(Contact Music)
- The Guardian's Steven Wells harshly criticizes Morrissey's comments about immigration.
- The English city of Brighton has banned all music that "incites hatred on religious, racial, or sexuality grounds" in public venues.(Gigwise)


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Iceberg by Clive Cussler
My rating: 1.5 of 5 stars
A missing luxury yacht is found encased in an iceberg by a Coast Guard air patrol, but within a week of the discovery that bizarre sight won't be the only thing that isn't what it seems. Iceberg is the second published book of Clive Cussler's series featuring Dirk Pitt, taking the U.S.A.F Major to the north Atlantic and Iceland then to Disneyland.
Taken away from his California vacation and dispatched by NUMA Director Admiral Sandecker to the titular iceberg in the North Atlantic, Dirk Pitt takes Dr. Bill Hunnewell to search for the ship before heading to Iceland. The two commandeer a U.S. Coast Guard cutter as a base of operations along the way, which proves fortuitous as the helicopter is low on fuel after a wild goose chase for the iceberg. Finding a way into the ship, they find it burned along with the crew as well as the owner, Kristjan Fyrie who is identified by Hunnewell who worked with him. As they head for Iceland, the two are attacked by a black jet and Hunnewell is mortally wounded while Pitt uses the helicopter to take out the jet before crash landing just off shore. Pitt survives an attempt on his life by two thugs disguised as local Icelandic police before eventually getting to the American consulate in Reykjavik. Sandecker offers to send Pitt back on his vacation, but as he suspects Pitt wants to find who killed him. The Admiral then orders Pitt to get close to Kristjan Fyrie's twin sister who is now Iceland's wealthiest person and who has shied away from the working with the U.S. government on a state-of-the-art probe, but Kirsti is engaged to fishing magnate Oskar Rondheim and Pitt decides to play a homosexual so as not to pose a threat to the man. After several escapes with Sandecker and a National Intelligence Agent respectfully, Pitt and Sandecker's secretary are invited to party at Rondheim's home which is a trap for several wealthy and politically important men from around the globe so they can die while a cabal of wealth businessmen that include Rondheim and Fyrie play to take over all of Central and South America. Rondheim beats the presumably gay Pitt and leaves him and the others to die in a remote part of Iceland. Pitt is able to find help and save nearly everyone, while in the hospital the head of the National Intelligence Agency swindles Pitt from NUMA to Disneyland so stop a duel assassination of Latin American leaders. Pitt gets revenge on Rondheim and then makes a deal with Fyrie, who had been Rondheim's puppet after he learned Kirsti was actually Kristjan after a sex change.
Like The Mediterranean Caper this was a quick paced book, but this time there was a larger cast of characters instead of a tiny one that was present in both Pacific Vortex and Caper. Iceberg improved in narrative flow over its predecessor as well as making the characters a little more rounded, but still the one-dimensional characters were still prevent. While Dirk Pitt wasn't as big of a…"jerk" as in Caper, he still wasn't the same character that appears later in the series and what bad qualities he loses from Caper are negated from the over-the-top homosexual clichés that he displays as part of his act. Besides Pitt's gay act, the transsexual-sex change angle and the misogynistic comments by numerous male characters could be called typical clichés of the mid-1970s but age really badly over the last 40 years. However the biggest hole in the book is the missing of Pitt's best friend, Al Giordino, a mistake that Cussler never made again.
Iceberg shows improvement in narrative and characters to an extent, but some of the choices Cussler made negated them. Overall I can't give this a lesser or better rating that the first Dirk Pitt book, but if there is anyone interested in getting into this series I don't recommend starting with some of these early books. Read books later in the series and then come back to these early ones.


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This is my third story in the 12 short stories in 12 months facebook group
Prompt — New Life.
Word count 1000 words
Prompt — New Life.
Word count 1000 words
© Hazel Campbell 2017
genre sci-fi
Ingrid walked through all four rooms of the apartment taking a last look at the primeval furniture she loathed. But, in the front room, she opened the piano and rippled the keys. This was the only item which was exclusively hers; a family heirloom, five generations old. It was so old she had had to learn how to tune it herself. She knew every ivory note as if it had been specially carved for her fingers. None of the new instruments had the clean, pure sound of the old pianos. She would miss it.
That other time, when she was planning to run away from home, she was only eight. On the pavement outside her house, she started to panic when she realized that she didn't know where to go. It was the sound of her grandmother playing 'Starscape' on this piano that had lured her back inside their home.
Today, there was no music to prevent her leaving, and she had no regrets about leaving without telling Simon. Living with him had become so frustrating. She wanted to move to New Sity where life was exciting with every modern convenience and constant entertainment. But, in New Sity, crowded with all the people displaced by the third phase of global warming, every aspect of life was controlled by the Sity Council.Simon valued the freedoms of freelance work and living in the Old Quarters. Doomed for demolition sometime in the future, Old Quarters was not subject to New Sity, or any rules.
But a single person could hardly survive in New Sity, so she had continued living with him in this rundown area. With his superior coding skills, he could have got a great job with all the perks but refused to consider New Sity Corporation's invitation for a permanent job. He would have to move when demolition time came, but she was tired of waiting. So, when the adverts for volunteers to populate the first undersea housing project started, she had immediately applied, and, having passed all the medicals, this was her departure day.
Her thoughts drifted to that morning's scene with Simon.
"I'll be working on the other side of New Sity for a few days," he said. "Will you be all right?"
She had raised her brows. "Of course," she replied. When was the last time he had shown any concern for her?
When he was leaving he had kissed her cheek. Even more unusual, but she didn't spend any time wondering about his strange behavior. Her thoughts were all on the new life awaiting her.
Looking around the room, she noticed a folded page on the floor beside the piano. She picked it up and saw that it was a printout of early information about the City beneath the Ocean project.
"Oh, God," she exclaimed. "I hope he didn't see this." She didn't want him to know where she was going. She was taking this chance for a clean break, a new life, new adventures, new faces, new challenges. And, perhaps, a new romance.
The pip- pip- pipping of her phone warned that the carrier drone was approaching. She slammed the front door for the last time and, without looking back, attached herself to the drone and took off.
The large, floating way station was crowded with a stream of migrants, men and women in separate areas. For perhaps the thousandth time, Ingrid tried to imagine what living under the ocean would be like, and couldn't. The adverts said it was just like living on land; just a big city with different boundaries.
A soft, eerie mechanical voice issued orders from time to time.
"Please take off all clothing and accessories and enter the decontamination chambers to your right when you see your name."
And, after what felt like a freezing dry 'bath' – "Press the button on the wall before you for new clothing, and then exit."
The new clothing was sky blue overalls, soft and warm. Her name tag read Dirgni. This alarmed her. Nothing had been said about such a fundamental change.
A warning growl from her stomach made her look for the cafeteria sign. She pushed the button beneath the sign and a tray appeared with a small crusty pie and a large, weird, multi-colored fruit.
The taste of the pie was strange; its green filling a bit spicy but not unpleasant. "Added vitamins," her neighbor said, pointing to the rainbow streaks on the oval fruit. "Information is on your new phone." The woman smiled. The fruit's juicy, slightly lemony-tasting flesh satisfied her thirst. She had never wondered about things like food. How did they grow it? The only thing she really knew was that when they arrived at First Cificap City, thousands of feet under the ocean, they would be housed and then be free to help develop their new life. She needed to study the information on her phone.
Time passed as she sat with her sister migrants on rows of benches. Nobody spoke much. Despite the soft, swishing, meant-to-calm sound of waves filling the room, a feeling of fear fluttered in her stomach. Had she made a mistake? Was there a panic button she could press to escape?
When it was time to enter the submarine, she stumbled in the line with the other women as they descended into a compartment with seating like an old-time bus. Arrows directed the women to sit on one side. When the men entered, she looked at them with uninterested eyes, wishing they would hurry so the trip could get underway. But, a man entering the compartment caught her attention. As he made his way to the seat opposite her, she choked. It could not be!
But, it was. Nomis dropped into his seat and stared at Dirgni, his face a mirror of the surprise and horror on hers. Neither spoke nor acknowledged the other. It was, after all, going to be a new life for both of them.


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Time for a new Flash episode. And in a very badly missed opportunity, it seems we have a Prison Break episode but none of the cast from that show. Let's react!
Episode Info: After hearing that Amunet has struck a deal to buy all of the metahumans in Iron Heights, Barry must decide if he should expose his powers in order to save his cellmates. After a visit from an old friend, Ralph is reminded of his shady past and wonders if he's really a changed man.


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Hey folks,
My band, formerly known as the Black Pearls, split up. But I'm getting ahead of myself…
We took a break over Superbowl Sunday and Valentine's day, but something didn't feel right.
I made the decision to leave the band.
This might seem ridiculous on the surface. After the money, time and effort and the fact that I still had a singer and keyboardist, why quit now?
The short answer is it was just becoming too hard to hold it together. There needs to be a chemistry between people, things should come together somewhat naturally and I just wasn't feeling it any more. I didn't feel like going back and re-inventing the band, and that's what was needed.
As I look back on it, I was too easy going with the personal selection. Regardless of talent, I should have kept looking for a drummer who was a better fit for our band, not one that was always going to be on the fence.
The huge mistake was letting the bassist back in the band. What was I thinking? I allowed myself to be influenced by a personal endorsement. The singer's attitude of her past band mate colored all other opinions about other bassists and singers. I could see that, but I didn't address it. And for my trust and generosity, I was rewarded by the bassist talking smack about me behind my back. I thought we were all adults here, but he criticized my leadership, my playing, my tone, my singing – just about everything. This guy is older than I am and acting like a spoiled kid. He didn't address any of this to me directly, I found out after he quit.
I would caution all my students that the music community is a small one and close knit. I have no problems about telling anybody else about this guy and what he did. His behavior was unprofessional and immature and I'd never work with this person ever again.
The real damage done to the band was the change in musical direction. Too many people were unhappy with the song choices. Of the 27 songs we have, we would probably have to throw out about half of them and start over. Our keyboardist, who is a pretty sharp guy, noted that in terms of time to find, audition, and hire a new rhythm section and re-vamp the song list, this adds up to about a 9 month delay before we'd be ready to play out. That means 2011. That's a long time.
So my lessons learned up by this experience would be this:
1) Like any other business, try to establish early on the direction you want the band to be in. Is it Rock? Metal? Country? Top 40? Classic Rock? In doing this, you need to assess your talent needs. The Black Pearls always lacked a strong male singer and for me, that was disappointing since I couldn't do a lot of the songs I'd wanted to do.
Discuss the material and where you'd want to play. Clubs? Parties? Weddings? Are you willing to travel? If so, how far? It's better to establish this as early on as possible and set expectations for others. This also lets potential band members determine if you're a good fit for them.
Determine the strengths and weaknesses of the band. If you're happy with the people themselves, pick material that showcases their strengths and minimize the weaknesses. I enjoy playing "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin but if the singer can't do it, then that song should be scrapped. Conversely, if you're looking to play some Led Zeppelin in your band, make sure the singer (probably female, given Robert Plant's voice) can handle it.
2) Once you have the compass set on your direction, make it clear to any auditioning players. Remember too much democracy paralyzes a band. I had final say on any decision in the band, but I still tried to allow for players to have their say. This is fine if you picked the right people from the beginning. Look for people who like the music you're doing and suggest things they can sing that fit with your set list.
3) Be willing to make the hard call. The bassist stayed late after 2 practices to trash me to the singer. I should have been told that at once after the first time. That's poison to a band. It's one thing to joke about the guy who's always late, quite another to question their reason for that person being in the band.
4) Along with #3, consider new members to be on a probationary period. A lot of people talk the talk to get a job. Once in, how do they behave? Are they coming prepared? Are they starting to argue about the song list and want to throw songs out? Are they being as flexible as possible with practice times? Are they coming up with more problems than solutions? Be on the lookout for chronic complaining. Some people see a need and just fill it. Our Keyboardist just went out one day on his own and bought some recording equipment so we could record our practices. He didn't complain about it, he just addressed the need. Our PA was underpowered so I spent $300 on a new power amplifier. What did our drummer do? He complained about the song list and the PA and how far he had to travel, and how this was the only day he could practice.
Bottom line: anybody can be replaced. Yes, that's a harsh statement. I used to work for a CEO that ended every meeting with that statement. And it's true. Hopefully it doesn't come down to that.
I'll be in another musical project at some point, but for now, I'm taking the time to try to define exactly what direction I want to go in.
I'll let you know 🙂


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Not on display
- Artist
- John Skeaping 1901–1980
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- Object: 692 × 746 × 356 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1944
- Reference
Catalogue entry
White pinewood on original oak base, 692 x 746 x 356 mm (27 1/4 x 29 1/2 x 14 in)
Incised by the artist 'JRS | 29 | SKEAPING' on underside of horse's neck
Purchased from the estate of Sir Michael Sadler through the Leicester Galleries, London (Knapping Fund) 1944
Purchased from the artist by Sydney Burney, from whom bought by Sir Michael Sadler, 1932; his estate, 1944
First Exhibition of the Young Painters Society, New Burlington Galleries, London, March-Apr. 1930 (329)
London Sculpture by John Skeaping and Barbara Hepworth, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, Oct.-Nov. 1930 (31, as 'lent by Sydney Burney, Esq.')
Selected Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of the late Sir Michael Sadler, Leicester Galleries, London, Jan.-Feb. 1944, 2nd ed. (151)
Decade 1920-30, Arts Council tour, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Feb.-March 1970, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March-April, Doncaster, Museum and Art Gallery, April-May, Manchester City Art Gallery, May-June, Bristol City Art Gallery, June-July, Camden Arts Centre, Aug. 1970 (31)
The Thirties: British Art and Design before the War, Hayward Gallery, London, Oct. 1979-Jan. 1980 (6.40)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, May-Aug. 1980 (1182)
British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Sept. 1981-Jan. 1982 (part 1, 144)
John Grierson, 'The New Generation in Sculpture', Apollo, vol.12, no.71, Nov. 1930, p.349 (repr.)
Michael Sadleir, Michael Ernest Sadler, London 1949, pp.388-9
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, Tate Gallery: The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, II, London 1965, p.645
Nicholas Hely-Hutchinson, 'The Reluctant Modernist: John R. Skeaping, R.A. 1901-1980', unpublished MA Dissertation, University of St Andrews 1982, p.27, pl.13
Penelope Curtis, Modern British Sculpture from the Collection, Tate Gallery Liverpool, 1988, p.41 (repr.)
Un siècle de sculpture anglaise, exh. cat., Jeu de Paume, Paris 1996, p.485 (repr.)
Stanley Casson, 'The Role of Sculpture in Contemporary Life', Studio, vol.115, June 1938, p.311
Stanley Casson, Sculpture of Today, London 1939, p.119
Frances Spalding, British Art Since 1900, London 1986, p.101, pl.84
Antonio Maraini, Scultori oggi: 1930, Francesco Bardazzi (ed.), Florence 1986, pl.71
The subject of the horse was of primary interest to John Skeaping, in his capacities as sportsman and as sculptor. In the period around 1930, it was rivalled only by the human figure as a focus for his exploration of form, and may be contrasted with his often more naturalistic treatment of other animal subjects. He had worked with farm horses as a boy but, according to his memoirs, it was around 1929 that he learned to ride 'really well',[1] a passion that he was able to indulge more actively after the collapse of his marriage to Hepworth. It is characteristic, therefore, that he used a breeding term for the title: a 'blood horse' is a thoroughbred, descended from the Arabian horses imported for racing in the eighteenth century.
In contrast to most of his contemporary pieces, Blood Horse was carved in a soft pine, the light colour of which was enhanced by staining and waxing. The form of the flat sawn half log remained visible both in the strong grain and in the straight cut of the neck. Radial splitting in the end grain at the back of the head was filled at an early date. Apart from some minor scratches and splinters on the left ear and lip, the sculpture is in a sound condition although its oak stem required consolidation in 1988.[2] Gouge marks are evident at the neck and lower jaw. As the pine was easily carved, it may be that Skeaping chose it in order to complete the work in a short period of time. The sculpture was amongst the illustrations in an article by John Grierson, a colleague of Skeaping's at Armstrong College in Newcastle during the latter's preparation for the Prix de Rome (1923-4) and identified by Penelope Curtis as the 'wood carver' from whom Skeaping said he learned his craft.[3] Listing stones and woods (ending with pine) used by Skeaping and Hepworth, Grierson stressed that their variety was impressive: 'Kept in their place - that is to say, carved not only for their surface qualities but for their individual contribution to the power and impressiveness of the design - these woods and stones give scope to the carver's hand'.[4]
The characteristics of the pine emboldened the design of Blood Horse. The knot on the left side of the head provides a point of focus, relating to the stylised curve of the jaw and determining the jagged splitting which haloes the eye. The head is nearly life-size, but the flatness of the sides of the block has been emphasised and the features reduced. The size anticipated that of The Horse (Tate N06129) where the dramatic open mouth and nostrils recur. Though derived from direct experience, this detail recalls the horses of the Parthenon frieze with which the artist would have been familiar - both in the original and through casts - as a student. Blood Horse may be seen to be a remaking of this classical theme in a modern sensibility.
The first owner of Blood Horse was Sydney Burney, in whose gallery Skeaping had shown another horse in 1928 in the Exhibition of Modern and African Sculpture.[5] Such cross-cultural comparisons were in tune with the interests of the 'new movement' in sculpture in which Skeaping was a major figure alongside Hepworth and Moore. Burney's instructively entitled Sculpture Considered Apart from Time and Place (November 1932) typified this approach. Blood Horse was not exhibited, as Sir Michael Sadler had already acquired it in February,[6] during a campaign of purchasing in 1932-3.[7] In the process Sadler demonstrated his awareness of contemporary sculpture in a lecture on the revolutionary nature of art in July 1932; choosing seven names representative of those causing alarm amongst the conservative he cited 'Epstein, Dobson, Skeaping and Henry Moore ... Matisse, Picasso and Braque'.[8] His lecture was accompanied by a display of his collection and reflected its contents at that date.
Matthew Gale
December 1996
[1] John Skeaping, Drawn from Life: An Autobiography, London 1977, p.90.
[2] Tate conservation files.
[3] Penelope Curtis, 'Barbara Hepworth and the Avant Garde of the 1920s', Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective, exh. cat., Tate Gallery Liverpool 1994, p.13; Skeaping 1977, p.72.
[4] John Grierson, 'The New Generation in Sculpture', Apollo, vol.12, no.71, Nov. 1930, p.349.
[5] Exhibition of Modern and African Sculpture, Nov.-Dec. 1928.
[6] Burney invoice, 11 Feb. 1932 as 'Horse's Head', Sadler papers, Tate Archive TGA 8221.1.3.
[7] Michael Sadleir, Michael Ernest Sadler, London 1949, pp.388-9.
[8] Modern Art and Revolution, London 1932, p.5.


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There's been a bit of speculation about whether or not Halle Berry's genetically gifted plus one, actor Olivier Martinez, is simply peddling a pet-project with his celebrity status, or creating a restaurant that will have more than a pretty face in front of it. Villa Azur (309 23rd Street, Miami Beach) is set to open on Miami Beach in March, with a theme reminiscent of a lounge in Cannes or Saint-Tropez. Now anyone who has traveled extensively in the South of France knows that restaurants are either small spots familiar only to locals that serve amazing food, or big players for tourists that charge fifty Euros for steak frites (although there are a few Michelin 2 and 3 star restaurants thrown in, so they do have that on us.) Which do we think Villa Azur is going to be?
The French actor has surrounded himself with a local team of partners that should help to temper any unrealistic expectations about the Miami market. Nightlife arbiter Michael Martin Miami (Opium Group, Mondrian, LIV, Wall at the W) and restaurateur Jean-Philippe Bernard are combining forces to create a Riviera villa mystique, complete with crystal chandeliers and a François Frossard designed interior in his signature glam-meets-modern style.
The renderings certainly make the place look pretty, but naturally, before making mention of the restaurant, we needed to see a preview of the food. The menu is nowhere near set in stone, so we can't confirm pricing as of now, but we will say that the offerings stay true to Mediterranean roots, with Executive Chef Mickael Bensa offering a range of plates that cross at the intersection of Italian and French.
Something tells us this hot spot will most definitely be about the après
dinner scene, and if you are more interested in celeb-hunting, you'll
probably need to sneak into the private dining room known as "La Cave
d'Azur," outfitted as a wine cellar to house the approximately 200
labels ranging from boutique French, Italian and Spanish wineries, to
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They plan to be open for dinner everyday starting at 7 p.m., and for brunch every Saturday starting at noon.
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The second release on Tiago's Outerzona project has been out and about for a while now, but because our records tend to come in batches (we're working on a neat article explaining exactly why that is) we had to wait a few weeks to get our hands on a copy. While the first Outerzona release by 'Black' offered up some killer percussive afro-grooves, this second outing takes things back to the heyday of Salsoul, with a pair of edits that would do Justin Vandervolgen proud.
On the A, Double Exposure's 'Everyman' gets re-arranged, stripping the track of most of its vocals, which puts a whole new spin on an old classic. Combined with some mental one-bar looped up peaks and breakdowns, this is a deadly hands-in-the air disco nugget indeed. File under 'party sureshot' and stick it in the 'get of of jail for free' section of your record bag.
On the B, another slice of swirly, piano-driven 70s disco with funky horns gets flipped on its back, dissected and reconstructed with just the right amount of added oomph without stepping into the compression trap. Both tracks are absolute beasts, hard to pick a favourite here. If you're into edits like they do 'em in New York (think Golf Channel, NYEdits, Eric Duncan) you should be all over these. Best pair of edits we've heard so far in 2015, essential peaktime party fodder.
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Student Sports Therapist, Ellie, decided to make the exciting move to London between 1st and 2nd year of university, as she was accepted onto two fantastic Internships.
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So here's just a little bit of information on how she got on…
How did you find out about the internship/how did you get involved?
I found out about the Internship and work experience (with Isokinetic and Oaksey house) through pure chance. I must have sent off a minimum of 50 emails contacting various clubs and clinics, enquiring if they take students for work experience and/or placements. I remember thinking there wasn't any point messaging them (due to one of them being a FIFA accredited medical centre and the other working with professional jockeys) as I didn't think they would offer me anything at this point.
How did you feel at the time?
I remember getting confirmation that I got accepted for the two positions in the same week – I was elated! After sending so many emails and not getting any response back, I was starting to feel like there was no point trying. But it shows how perseverance is key.
What you have been up to over the past year?
In the last 12 months I have lived in in Lambourn to work with Oaksey House and in the centre of London to work in Harley Street at Isokinetic. During my time there I was working with some of the best and most iconic athletes in current and past times. I was also given the opportunity to travel to Bologna to visit centres over there and I've been lucky enough to be a part of the Macclesfield Town U21's set up as well.


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So far, the musicians and I have enjoyed preparing the Celebrating Shakespeare program for this Saturday's concert. Though it is a piece I know well, I have waited a long time to finally have this opportunity to conduct the blazing hot masterpiece, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet. On the other hand, it's also been exciting to study William Walton's film score to Henry V, a piece that was not familiar to me. Part of my preparatory "homework" included watching the film. After this, it was a treat to hear the rich live sound of the score in rehearsal (without the 1944 sound quality, but with the 1944 warmth of course!).
Tomorrow night we will work with our readers, Tom Rooney and Sarah Farb.
I had a new experience this past July as a first-time member of the faculty at Music At Port Milford Chamber Music Festival and Summer School. It was great to work, play, and live alongside my colleagues the Afiara Quartet and Angela Park, and I was charmed by the unique set of traditions and daily music making that the camp held dear.
Perhaps foolishly, I packed plenty of composing and related projects for those periods of the day when I would not be occupied by conducting the orchestra or coaching chamber ensembles. Yet, despite really needing to work on my projects, I could not help investigating what the choir and madrigal rehearsals were all about, …. and, once there, … I was hooked. How could I miss a daily rehearsal when there is something so great about singing songs from the 60's and 70's with lots of harmony? And madrigals?
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In southern California Redfin's for-sale signs are often knocked down, stolen or smashed. In Seattle a traditional Realtor posted Kelman's address online, and a sturdy Redfin yard sign at his house was soon hacked down. In a national forest near Yosemite National Park someone affixed fake Redfin bumper stickers to signs, trees and rocks to make the company look like a shameless promoter and defiler of the environment. After Redfin staffers removed the stickers, which they have never used to pitch the Seattle company, the trickster started tossing the signs, attached to weights, into branches of sequoias. "I never considered how violent the reaction to us would be and what that would mean to our customers," says Kelman.
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|Gaius Marius (?), Munich Glyptoteck
Attempts at Land Reform: In 133 BCE, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was elected tribune and pushed through an agrarian bill that proposed breaking up some large landholdings of the nobles and redistributing the land to the poorer classes; he also undermined the Senate's role in finances by attempting to allocate funds for this purpose. When he unconstitutionally sought re-election as tribune, he was murdered by a mob led by a prominent senator. In 123 and again in 122 BCE, his younger brother Gaius was elected tribune and promoted more radical economic reforms. He also transferred control of the lawcourts from the Senate to the equestrians. When Gaius was not re-elected in 121, riots erupted in Rome. The Senate declared an emergency, passing the first recorded senatus consultum ultimum, and Gaius and many of his followers were killed in the subsequent violence. Although Cornelia, the mother of Tiberius and Gaius, was the daughter of Scipio Africanus, and their father was a senator, the brothers were plebeians and therefore eligible for the office of tribune; they both chose to support popular rather than senatorial causes.
Army Influences Politics: Gaius Marius, of the equestrian class, rose to prominence because of his military leadership; he was elected consul in 107 BCE in the midst of a difficult war with Numidia, and thereafter conducted several successful military campaigns. Marius consolidated many reforms in the army that opened it to the poorest citizens as a career. He celebrated a triumph in 104 BCE and then unconstitutionally held the consulship for 5 consecutive years from 104-100 BCE. When in office, he worked closely with tribunes who promoted popular causes and used intimidation to pass legislation. After 100, his influence declined as that of Sulla rose; with the help of a popular leader named Cinna, he seized power and the consulship in 86 BCE, initiated a bloodbath to wipe out his enemies, but died soon afterwards.
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The Catholic position on praying for the dead stands on two other doctrines: the teachings on purgatory and the communion of saints. First, purgatory. It's best described as a condition—not a place—between death and heaven. Notice that it's not between heaven and hell, as many folks presume. There's no chance that a person in need of preliminary purification can ever be lost. If a person were lost, they'd already be in hell.
The church teaches that remarkably few people are so holy that they can attain heaven in one leap or so irreconcilably evil that they wind up straight in hell. The deliberate choice to turn from God and grace and not to look back is rarely made, and in any case it's not for us to judge. So what's left for us is to pray for all who go before us in death, especially those known to us personally.
Our belief in the communion of saints is an acknowledgment that death doesn't break the bonds of our relationship to one another. The holy ones are praying for us, and we are praying for the less-than-holy-ones still working out the details of their journey to total union with God. Because God is love, anything unloving has to be left behind for that union to take place. In the "economy of salvation," the currency we use to assist our friends is prayer.
Praying for the dead means more than only saying prayers for them. It can include offering a Mass for their sake, giving alms in their name, or any good work performed for their intention. And should we do these things for bad people, even really bad ones who may have hurt us? Those folks more than any others need our help! Jesus tells us to love our enemies and to bless those who injure us. Certainly we can bless others in death as well as in life.
Praying for the dead is an ancient practice. The Jewish community was doing it two centuries before Christ, as evidenced in the Second Book of Maccabees. Inscriptions in the catacombs of the first five centuries, not to mention ancient liturgies of the church, testify that early Christians fervently followed this practice. Those who have gone before us need our prayers. And someday we will likely need prayers ourselves.
2 Maccabees 12:38-46; Luke 6:27-36, 37-42
Online resource
Father Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I. on "Praying for the Dead"
Praying for the Dead: A Holy and Pious Thought by Michael Miller (Our Sunday Visitor: 1994)
Praying for the Dead (Catholic Truth Society, 2008)
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Stu says: Five observations following Ipswich Town's 4-0 defeat at Preston North End
PUBLISHED: 18:18 19 April 2019 | UPDATED: 18:53 19 April 2019
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Ipswich Town suffered their heaviest defeat of a miserable campaign this afternoon – 4-0 at Preston North End. STUART WATSON gives his thoughts.
With relegation finally confirmed, Town owner Marcus Evans started the week by declaring that 'the fightback starts now'. Senior duo Luke Chambers and Cole Skuse insisted players would not be 'on the beach' during their four end-of-season dead rubbers. They said they had to repay their loud and loyal support.
After all the talk, the Blues simply did not turn up at Deepdale.
MORE: 'That's the worst we've played, really poor... it won't happen again' - Lambert's frank assessment of Preston thumping
For the third successive game, Town were outclassed by mid-table opposition. Against Brentford and Birmingham they at least produced gutsy second half responses. Here they were second best in all departments from start to finish.
This was the 24th league defeat of a tortuous season. Remarkably, given the gap to safety, it was the first time they have lost by four clear goals. The margin could easily have been bigger.
And the timing couldn't have been worse, coming just two days after season ticket prices were announced.
This perverse feelgood factor Lambert has generated is built on fragile foundations. It's vital the Blues don't play like this again when Swansea visit on Easter Monday.
Preston came into the match off the back of a four-game losing streak. They took charge from the get go. Time and time again their passing and movement left the Blues chasing shadows.
The deadlock was broken in the sixth minute. Ryan Ledson zipped a pass into the feet of Callum Robinson and he turned on a sixpence before rifling into the top corner from 20 yards out.
Alex Neil's men doubled their lead in the 22nd minute. It was another super strike from Robinson, a touch on the thigh and emphatic volley into the same top corner as before, but Town did not help themselves.
Not enough pressure on Joe Rafferty's deep cross from the right, Toto Nsiala's stretching header only diverted the ball into danger, Luke Chambers was out of position and Josh Emmanuel's clearing header landed straight at the unmarked forward's feet. A culmination of small errors ultimately punished. That's been the tale of Town's sorry season.
MORE: 'Seems like the only people who want this season to end more than the fans are the players. Pathetic' - Town fans react to Preston humbling
Ben Davies had thumped a header against the base of a post in between those goals. Manchester City loan striker Lukas Nmecha almost sprung the offside trap om several occasions. The half ended with Bartosz Bialkowski making an excellent double stop from another rasping Robinson effort and Nmecha's follow-up header.
For the third, Bialkowski should have done better when spilling Robinson's effort. Nmecha gobbled up the rebound.
The fourth arrived with 15 minutes to go. Robinson had bags of time and space to deliver a low cross from the left, the ball travelling all the way through the area before Nmecha produced another poacher's finish.
There was still time for Bialkowski to deny sub Jayden Stockley with his legs.
Preston were potent, Town were profligate.
Paul Lambert's men actually produced more efforts on goal over the 90 minutes – 18 compared to 17.
Yet you never really felt like they would carve something open.
Chambers had a couple of headed attempts at corners, while Teddy Bishop saw a good long-range effort fly just wide in the first half.
MORE: Preston North End 4-0 Ipswich Town: Blues suffer their worst defeat of the season at Deepdale
The moment which just about summed things up came on the hour mark when defender Jordan Storey collided with keeper Declan Rudd on the edge of the box. Kayden Jackson cut inside, shot at the unguarded net only to see the ball come back off the underside of the bar.
Town's number one priority this summer will be to sign a proven goalscorer.
Until then, Jackson is not a lone striker. After linking up nicely with Collin Quaner in the second half against Birmingham he was back to having little impact up top alone.
Evans and Lambert have made it clear that the plan is to trust in the homegrown youngsters and, with the support of the crowd, stick with them through the inevitable ups and downs.
It was perhaps surprising, therefore, to see Josh Emmanuel hauled off at the break. Lambert said he felt the young right-back 'struggled'. That statement could have applied to several.
His replacement, James Bree, was spun on the halfway line by Sean Maguire ahead of the third goal.
Lambert has said the club will be taking the one-year extension option in Emmanuel's deal, a player who has gained League One experience at Rotherham and Shrewsbury, but it's clear he'll be shopping for a right-back this summer. Let's hope this afternoon's substitution motivates rather than demoralises.
Meanwhile, in a starting XI that contained not a single loan player, Idris El Mizouni made his full debut. The French-born 18-year-old was operating out of position on the right and really struggled to get any sort of foothold in the game. This was not a day to judge his true potential.
The sooner this season finishes the better.
The potential to damage confidence – both in the stands and on the pitch – outweighs the benefits of developing individuals.
Swansea are at Portman Road on Monday. Then Town face automatic promotion vying duo Sheffield United (a) and Leeds (h). Three tough games. Some more chastening defeats would see anxiety begin to compete with anticipation as Town head off to lick their wounds.
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Whitman Hanson Boys basketball outscored Marshfield 42-21 in the second half and 11 players scored to lift the Panthers to a 65-49 win. Ben Rice was the high man with 17 while Cole Levangie added 14 for WH which improves to 3-1. Cole Lewis hit three huge three pointers in the second half.
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US Trump Card Strategy of Chaos: Finance Capital's desperate attempt to salvage and reconstruct its doomed world order
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On August 6, 1945, the U.S. drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city Hiroshima. An estimated 140,000 people are killed in the first use of a nuclear weapon in war. U.S. President Truman authorized the bombing – and another three days later on the city of Nagasaki – to force Japan, the last remaining Axis power during World War II, to surrender quickly and avoid an invasion of the island country.On August 6, 1945, the U.S. drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city Hiroshima. An estimated 140,000 people are killed in the first use of a nuclear weapon in war. U.S. President Truman authorized the bombing – and another three days later on the city of Nagasaki – to force Japan, the last remaining Axis power during World War II, to surrender quickly and avoid an invasion of the island country.
US Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki: 73 years more lies and global terror
Digest note: HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI REVEALED U.S. CAPITALISM'S INHERENTLY FASCIST POLITICAL NATURE AND OBJECTIVES
The Soviet Union, then a revolutionary socialist beacon, and existential rival enemy U.S. global domination must defeat to secure its port WW2 'order'
Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds
6/8/10 by Jacques R. Pauwels http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20478
The unspoken objective of the atomic bomb was US Hegemony in Asia and the Pacific
Jacques R. Pauwels, author of The Myth of the Good War: America in the Second World War, James Lorimer, Toronto, 2002
...War Department study 'Use of Atomic Bomb on Japan' written in 1946 .declassified in the Seventies, found "the Japanese leaders had decided to surrender and were merely looking for sufficient pretext to convince the die-hard Army Group that Japan had lost the war and must capitulate to the Allies."...Eisenhower recorded telling Stimson "Japan was already defeated and dropping the bombs was completely unnecessary" and by Admiral William D Leahy "the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender."...as soon as the bomb was proven to work at the Alamagordo base in New Mexico on 16 July 1945 - the US military and civilian leadership no longer needed Russia. In fact, the bomb was a weapon against Russia. As Secretary of State-designate Byrnes explained, "our possessing and demonstrating the bomb would make Russia more manageable in Europe"... limiting its claims on a postwar set-up in the Far East.
Nagasaki voices protest "new" type U.S.nuclear test
9/25/12 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/25/c_131872548.htm
OSAKA, Sept. 25 -- Japan's city of Nagasaki expressed outrage and protest against a new type of U.S. nuclear test conducted for the sixth time in August. US conducted the nuclear test, which simulated a nuclear blast using intense X-ray beams and how plutonium would react, at Sandia National Laboratories,New Mexico August 27. Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue sent a letter of protest, dated September 24, to U.S. President Barack Obama....
Obama's Nuclear Weapns $1 Trillion 'upgrade' project
National Level Engagement Strategy: A Framework for Action
Obama's 2010 National Security Strategy...he pushed a sweeping $700 billion bailout package through Congress
The myths of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, LA Times 8/05/05
...Americans were told the use of the bombs "led to the immediate surrender of Japan and made unnecessary the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. "The truth is that the atomic bombings were unnecessary. A million lives were not saved. Indeed, McGeorge Bundy, the man who first popularized this figure, later confessed he had pulled it out of thin air to justify the bombings in a 1947 Harper's magazine essay he had ghostwritten for Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.
The bomb was dropped, as J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project, said in November 1945, on "an essentially defeated enemy." President Truman and his closest advisor, Secretary of State James Byrnes, plainly used it primarily to prevent the Soviets from sharing in Asian influence and the occupation of Japan. They used it on Aug. 6 even though they had agreed among themselves as they returned from the Potsdam Conference Aug. 3 that the Japanese were suing for peace...
Today, in the 9/11 era, it is critically important to face the truth about the atomic bomb. For one thing, the myths surrounding Hiroshima have made it possible for our defense establishment to argue nuclear bombs are legitimate weapons belonging in a democracy's arsenal....as Oppenheimer said, "they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror," ...Hiroshima narrative myths have given rise to the American exceptionalist myth...
The Lies Of Hiroshima Are The Lies Of Today
6/8/8 By John Pilger
When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, one hand by her side as she sat waiting... At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite... I met Yukio, whose chest was still etched with the pattern of the shirt he was wearing when the atomic bomb was dropped. He and his family still lived in a shack thrown up in the dust of an atomic desert. He described a huge flash over the city, "a bluish light, something like an electrical short", after which wind blew like a tornado and black rain fell. "I was thrown on the ground and noticed only the stalks of my flowers were left. Everything was still and quiet, and when I got up, there were people naked, not saying anything. Some of them had no skin or hair. I was certain I was dead." Nine years later, when I returned to look for him, he was dead from leukaemia.
In the immediate aftermath of the bomb, the allied occupation authorities banned all mention of radiation poisoning and insisted people had been killed or injured only by the bomb's blast. The first big lie. "No radioactivity in Hiroshima ruin" said the front page of the New York Times...which the Australian reporter Wilfred Burchett put right with his scoop of the century. "I write this as a warning to the world," he reported in the Daily Express, having reached Hiroshima after a perilous journey, the first correspondent to dare. He described hospital wards filled with people who had no visible injuries dying from "an atomic plague". For telling this truth, his press accreditation was withdrawn, he was pilloried, smeared --- and vindicated...
The U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a criminal act on an epic scale.... premeditated mass murder...refuged in the mythology of the "good war", whose "ethical bath", as Richard Drayton said allowed the it... to promote 60 years of rapacious war, beneath the shadow of The Bomb.
The National Archives in Washington contain US government documents that chart Japanese peace overtures as early as 1943. None were pursued. A cable sent on May 5, 1945 by the German ambassador in Tokyo and intercepted by the US dispels any doubt the Japanese were desperate to sue for peace, including "capitulation even if the terms were hard". Instead, US secretary of war Henry Stimson, told President Truman he was "fearful" the US air force would have Japan so "bombed out" the new weapon would not be able "to show its strength"... eager "to browbeat the Russians with the bomb held rather ostentatiously on our hip". General Leslie Groves, director of the Manhattan Project that made the bomb, testified: "There was never any illusion on my part that Russia was our enemy, and that the project was conducted on that basis." ...
In waging their bogus "war on terror", the governments in Washington and London have declared they are prepared to make "pre-emptive" nuclear strikes against non-nuclear states. With each stroke toward the midnight of a nuclear Armageddon, the lies of justification grow more outrageous.... just as the lies about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction originated with the US created Iraqi National Congress...The question begs: will we be bystanders, claiming like 'good' Germans that "we did not know"?
The birth of 'mere terror'
Forging the World: Strategic Narratives and International Relations
strategic narratives explain how states seek to shape the world ... role and impact of strategic narratives in critical international processes
STRATEGIC NARRATIVES BLOG: Change the Story. Change the Outcome
In order to combat the strange new global terrorism, the United States attempted a global war centered largely on armed combat. As the events of last week tragically demonstrated, the US did not win. As former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recognized, "over the long term, the United States cannot capture or kill its way to victory." That is not an effective strategy for the terrain of ideas and beliefs on which much of the battle with violent extremism takes place. Application of direct military force to terrorism will be enfolded into the battle of ideas. The US military can kill a combatant, but in his or her place ideas and feelings that inspire others will take root...
We must therefore return to a stronger war of ideas ... no way the same war of ideas...as a bipolar battle with a single "Islamic extremism" ideology... That war of ideas was modeled on the Cold War, with a more clearly bipolar battle between American free market democracy and Soviet communism.. Al Qaeda had no such coherence, especially in derivative forms...
Hillary Clinton: "War declared. We are in an information war and we are losing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyjnEm8DZkIMarch 3, 2011
"During the Cold War we did a great job getting America's message out. After the Berlin Wall fell we said, 'Okay, we are done,' .. we are paying a big price for it. Our private media cannot fill that gap. We are in an information war and we are losing that war. "
"Attitudes toward western democracy and nonviolence are key markers"
US post-9/11 Strategy in the Muslim World: Promote Sunni, Shiite, Arab and non-Arab Divides
Rand Corporation Study Conducted on behalf of the US Air Force
The U.S. Air Force asked RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) to study the trends that are most likely to affect U.S. interests and security in the Muslim world. Researchers developed an analytic framework to identify the major ideological orientations within Islam, to examine critical cleavages between Muslim groups, and to trace the long-term and immediate causes of Islamic radicalism. This framework will help U.S. policymakers understand the political and military strategies available to respond to changing conditions in this critical part of the world. The Muslim world encompasses a band of countries stretching from Western Africa to the Southern Philippines as well as diaspora communities throughout the globe with critical implications for U.S. interests and strategy ...
....The Rand study called for madrassa and mosques reforms in the Muslim world and suggested that US should "support the efforts of governments and moderate Muslim organizations to ensure that mosques and the social services affiliated with them, do not serve as platforms for the spread of radical ideologies."... the Rand Study suggested there should be government appointed and paid professional imams in all mosques to promote "civil Islam". "While only Muslims can effectively challenge the message of radical Islam, there is much the US and like-minded countries can do in this ideological struggle. The struggle in the Muslim world is essentially a war of ideas, the outcome of which will determine the future direction of the Muslim world and profoundly affect vital U.S. security interests" explained Angel Rabas, RAND senior policy analyst and lead author of the report.
"Full spectrum dominance"
"Joint Vision 2020" United States Department of Defense
www.fs.fed.us/ fire/ doctrine/ genesis_and_evolution/ source_materials/ joint_vision_2020.pdf
...US forces are able to conduct prompt, sustained, and synchronised operations with combinations of forces tailored to specific situations, with access to and freedom to operate in all domains - space, sea, land, air and information. Given the global nature of US interests and obligations it must maintain its overseas presence and the ability to rapidly project power worldwide in order to achieve full spectrum dominance....
Posture Statement - US Strategic Command
5/5/13...all domains—air, sea, land, space, cyberspace—threaten U.S. interests, allies, partners and homeland...maintain safe effective nuclear deterrent


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- "Vile was different. He would have used his power to... to change the world..."
- — China telling Vengeous of Vile's powers, Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing With Fire
|Lord Vile
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|Taken Name
|Lord vile
|Human, human subconscious.
|The Three Generals (formerly)
|Lord Vile's armour
|Death Bringer
Lord Vile is an immensely powerful Necromancer and was one of the Three Generals for Mevolent. Lord Vile was also said to be the Death Bringer, the Messiah for the Necromancers, but was stripped of that title after he betrayed the Necromancers to serve under Mevolent. In Death Bringer, it is revealed by Auron Tenebrae that Vile is actually Skulduggery Pleasant, consumed by anger and grief during the war. Vile is the evil part of him, similar to what Darquesse is to Valkyrie Cain.
After being brought back to life, thanks to the trick played on Nefarian Serpine by High Priest Auron Tenebrae, Skulduggery Pleasant, consumed by rage, donned black armor, and started training to become a Necromancer, creating the alias Lord Vile. Skulduggery is "magically ambidextrous", meaning he was able to learn a second discipline of magic. Having shown a natural aptitude for Necromancy before, it took mere months of training until Vile was immensely powerful, thus leading the Necromancers to believe that Lord Vile was their Death Bringer. But before Vile could even learn about The Passage, he betrayed the Necromancers and joined Mevolent's forces as one of The Three Generals, in order to express his rage. During this period, he killed Ghastly Bespoke's Mother. After killing millions, Skulduggery came to his senses, and, deep inside a mountain, he took off the armor of Lord Vile. After hiding it he vowed to redeem himself for his "unspeakably evil" deeds. He also abandoned his family crest until he felt he had earned the right to use it again. After this, Lord Vile was trapped in Skulduggery's subconscious. Tenebrae states that because Skulduggery was trapped in a dimension with the Faceless Ones, he became unhinged, which consequently allowed Lord Vile to surface once more. In The Faceless Ones Ghastly says that he faced Vile in the war, after his mother's death, but Vile didn't kill him, the conversation is interrupted but it can be presumed that this was when Skulduggery came to his senses and Vile "disappeared".
Playing with Fire
In Playing with Fire, Baron Vengeous is broken out of prison to finish his work to bring back the Faceless Ones, using the Grotesquery. One "ingredient", as China Sorrows puts it, to revive the Grotesquery was to use a Necromancer's powers. Since Vengeous was not a Necromancer, he made to search the caves where Lord Vile was said to have disappeared, and his armor had vanished with it. In order to wear the armor, he has special protective clothing made for him, since touching a Necromancer's Inhibited Object without permission would kill him. Upon finding Vile's armor, he uses it to revive the Grotesquery. He continues to wear it, however, since it makes him immensely powerful. The darkness can soak up bullets, wipe away fireballs and other magic waves, and even break Mr. Bliss's knuckles later on. However, when Skulduggery later battles Vengeous and rips the chest plate off, Valkyrie ignites the protective clothing underneath and Vengeous is defeated. After fighting him, the armor was hidden by Thurid Guild, who was Grand Mage at the time, "so nobody could use it again". However, Skulduggery is suspicious of Guild and believes he has his own plans for the armor.
"I believe he will hide it away until he has a use for it." Skulduggery Pleasant
Mortal Coil
When Tesseract flees from Skulduggery after he successfully assassinated the Torment, Vile's armor appears and strikes down Tesseract with relative ease. Skulduggery then also attempts to fight the armor but he too is then defeated. The armor appears to speak to Skulduggery, though the dying Tesseract can only hear Skulduggery's voice. Skulduggery begins to utter in disbelief; "You're dead. You're not real. You're dead." The armor then disappears with a burst of shadows, leaving Tesseract and Skulduggery stunned.
Tesseract, mortally wounded, then has a conversation with Skulduggery where Skulduggery reveals that the man announced himself as Lord Vile and that he has come back to kill the Death Bringer and all Necromancers. Tesseract then questions Skulduggery, asking why Lord Vile would tell Skulduggery about his plans. When Skulduggery doesn't answer, Tesseract goes on and explains how he makes files on anyone he is likely to go up against, implying he has made one on Skulduggery. He says that there is no known account of Skulduggery ever facing Lord Vile, in fact that when Lord Vile came into the War Skulduggery left. Tesseract also said Skulduggery was scared of Lord Vile and he implied that Lord Vile had something to do with the resurrection of Skulduggery.
Death Bringer
After being captured in the necromancer temple, Auron Tenebrae reveals to Skulduggery that it was by his doing that Skulduggery had survived Serpine's red right-hand, and much to Valkyrie's horror, Tenebrae tells her about Lord Vile really being Skulduggery. Later on, they confront the Necromancer Melancholia St Clair who is the supposed Death Bringer in the caves under Gordon Edgley's house. To defeat her, Skulduggery calls upon Lord Vile but after wounding her, he is consumed by his old persona. Valkyrie and Melancholia escape the caves but are swiftly pursued. Valkyrie calls upon Darquesse, and an epic battle ensues in which they both sustain massive injuries before resuming their true personalities.
Kingdom of the Wicked
In the alternate dimension it is revealed that Skulduggery is still in his angered state and is still Lord Vile. When the resistance tries to break Valkyrie out, Lord Vile attacks, however, they escape. Vile then sends a full -n attack and he captures all the escaping prisoners. Later, back in our dimension, Skulduggery turns into Vile to fight Doran, Kitana and Sean, despite them being stronger, he is more skillful and manages to kill them with Darquesse's help. Vile is able to turn Darquesse back into Valkyrie by tapping a tune he had driven into his subconscious, so as to remember it as Vile, triggering a series of flashes which knocks Darquesse out. He then pulls himself out of Vile's state of mind and being.
Last Stand of Dead Men
Lord Vile is mentioned multiple times during Last Stand of Dead Men. Notably, when the Dead Men tell Valkyrie the story of their battle with Vile and an army of Undead, Skulduggery does not wish the story to be told, though the other members of the Dead Men think this is because Skulduggery isn't in it - although he is, in a form. Lord Vile only makes one brief appearance, when Skulduggery's arm is ripped off by the Black Cleaver, Vile briefly takes over (without donning the armor) and blasts the Black Cleaver, with enough force to break every bone in his body.
The Dying of the Light
Lord Vile fights Darquesse alongside Melancholia St Clair. Skulduggery takes charge again after an explosion took place in Roarhaven.
In the alternate dimension, Lord Vile goes face to face with Skulduggery, and flings him away after Skulduggery claims to be a better man than Vile. Vile later aids in the attack againts Darquesse when she visits Mevolent's dimension, seveerly injuring her. Vile tries to retrieve Mevolent's gun that can briefly drain a user of their magic, but the gun is destroyed and Vile leaves, injured.
Vile is cold and cruel, with an obsession with murder and destruction. He apparently has no sense of remorse, as he "killed whole battlefields" without a second thought. Skulduggery says in the sixth book that Lord Vile doesn't care who his enemy is, as long as he has an enemy.
When Skulduggery is inside Vile's armor, he is an extremely powerful Necromancer (on the same level as someone who has utilised their True Name a few times), possessing the ability to manipulate darkness and shadows to suit his will, and almost unconsciously. However, without Skulduggery inside, Lord Vile's armor is simply a powerful Necromancer, as he is superior to Skulduggery and Tesseract, but not Melancholia as shown when Melancholia easily beat the armor without Skulduggery inside. With him inside, she had no choice but to flee. Lord Vile was undoubtedly the most powerful of Mevolent's three generals. Another testament to his strength was how easily he is able to beat even the most powerful of mages, including Tesseract, Ghastly's mother and thousands more. When Vengeous was wearing the armor, he easily knocked out Tanith, Bliss and a contingent of Cleavers. Skulduggery also stated that when he was Lord Vile, he somewhat hoped the Faceless Ones would break through so he would have a chance to kill an entire race of gods after he'd finished on humans. In Death Bringer, with Skulduggery in Vile's armor, he is able to fight and almost kill Darquesse in battle (though it was stated that he would not be able to again, as Darquesse gets stronger the longer she is out). Argeddion states that Lord Vile may have been able to kill him, due to his ferocity and "natural[ly] given darkness". Vile also managed to take on Kitana and her friends with Darquesse's help despite them having powers from Argeddion himself, though it was said that Kitana alone was superior to Vile in terms of power, Vile's superior skill allowed him to fight the three. In Kingdom of the Wicked, when Darquesse mentions the top three most powerful sorcerors (Argeddion, Darquesse, and Mevolent), she does not include Vile, meaning that Darquesse believed she had surpassed him. It is worth mentioning, however, that Darquesse always had the tendency to over-estimate herself, as seen in the ninth book when she believed she could take on all of the faceless ones just by herself.
- "Lord Vile" was originally the name of Derek Landy's avatar in a Matrix online game.[1][2]
Armageddon Outta Here characters
|The Lost Art Of World Domination
|Gold, Babies And The Brothers Muldoon
|The Slightly Ignominious End To The Legend Of Black Annis
|The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous
|Myosotis Terra
|Trick Or Treat
|The End of the World
|Just Another Friday Night
|The Button
|Across a Dark Plain
|The Horror Writers' Halloween Ball
|Friday Night Fights
|Get Thee Behind Me, Bubba Moon
What Might Have Been is not included as it deals with deleted scenes from the first book that were replaced with other scenes and are thus non-canon.


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Experiments in sound and performance: NYC and beyond hits Pratt Institute
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Brooklyn's Pratt Institute, a private, nonprofit art and design school recently hosted an event on experimental music. Three Black female musicians, authors and scholars, along with Pratt history professor, Cisco Bradley, shared presentations on Black experimental music, avant garde music and jazz from unique angles and perspective of observation and research. Bradley, who curated the panel that followed the presentations, also spoke on "The Politics of Art Space in the Brooklyn Experimental Music Scene."
Rashida K. Braggs, assistant professor of Africana Studies at Williams College and author of "Jazz Diaspora: Race, Music and Migration in Post-World War II Paris," gave a talk on "Experimentations in Jazz Research: The Play of Sidney Bechet." Musician Camae Ayewa, also known as Moor Mother, author of "Fetish Bones," spoke on collective futurism. This writer spoke on the topic "The Responsibility of the Black Woman Critic: Using Mainstream Platforms to Highlight Women of Color in Experimental Music."
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THE eccentric known as The Mole Man, who spent 40 years digging a 60-foot network of tunnels beneath his £1 million Hackney house, has died without repaying the £350,000 of taxpayers' money he owes the council for saving it from collapse. And town hall chiefs, who re-housed William Lyttle in a top-floor flat, have been landed with an even costlier repair bill after it was discovered the oddball pensioner had carried out some of his unorthodox "home improvements" there, too. The 79-year-old had knocked a huge, tunnel-shaped hole in the dividing wall of the living room and kitchen of the flat in St Lawrence Court on the De Beauvoir estate.
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Donate canned goods; Library will waive fines
All Clearwater library branches are offering an amnesty period for overdue materials in exchange for donation of nonperishable foods. The program will run from today through Dec. 21. Anyone who has fines due may bring canned goods or nonperishable food items to any branch and present them at the circulation desk with the overdue materials. Staff will waive any fines due and the donated food will go toward a holiday charity food drive. For further information, call (727) 562-4970 or visit www.myclearwater.com.
City seeks dog park ambassadors
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Police plans SWAT exercise at house
Tarpon Springs police are planning a SWAT team exercise today at an abandoned residence in the 400 block of E Tarpon Avenue. Uniformed officers may be seen carrying weapons, which will not use live ammunition. Police advise residents not to be alarmed if they see or hear the SWAT team in the area. For comments, questions or concerns, call Sgt. Michael Trill at (727) 938-2849.
Holiday Parade entries sought
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Historian to discuss artist
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Blowin' in the Wind (2011) is an inspiring picture book based on the famous Bob Dylan song originally written in the 60s. The lyrics are accompanied by Jon J. Muth's paintings and includes a cd for kids and parents to sing along… and let their imagination drift with the winds that whisper a kinder destination. This book was a gift from my aunt Silvia Prado Mutarelli and her crew of boys. She used to own the bookstore Klaxon with my mom, went on to create an amazing children's store called Fábrica de Brinquedos (Toys Factory), now lives on a beautiful island and continues to be a kids, books, plays, and music enthusiast.
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