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Wally Lock
DOB: 22 January 1917
Debut: Round 10, 1936 against Essendon at MCG
Last Game: Round 19, 1949 against Hawthorn at Glenferrie Oval
From: Maryborough High School/Maryborough
Premiership Player - 1941
Grand Final team - 1946
Life Member - 1946
Best and Fairest - 1947
150 Heroes selection
MFC Hall of Fame - 2013
Team of the Century selection
Goals: 14
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A solid defender who was used in various positions around the backline and quickly became a vital member of the Melbourne backline. He was restricted to 13 games in his second season by a series of ankle injuries, as well as being bitten by a horse while at work. In the 1939 pre-season he needed a tetanus injection after the nails of a boot stop punctured his skin.
Lock missed the 1939 premiership after being reported in the Semi Final, then injured himself in the 1940 Preliminary Final. He finally won a flag at full back in 1941 before enlisting in the army during 1942 and stepping out of VFL football while he served with the 15 Field Ambulance.
Returning to the club in 1946, Lock moved to a half-back flank and played 15 games for the season. In 1947 he played 18 matches and was named in the Sporting Life "Team of the Year". That year he won the Best and Fairest.
Lock managed another 18 games in 1948, but missed his third premiership after suffering an injured knee in the 1948 Semi Final loss to Essendon. Though it was initially feared that his career was over, and Lock announced he would be retiring, he returned late in 1949 for four games. He retired for good after the injury failed to respond to treatment in the 1950 pre-season.
Lock was named on the interchange bench of the MFC team of the century.
He was also a talented all-round cricketer.
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Semi Final 1939 Jostling, pushing and tripping 4 matches
Shown as in Air Force in 1944.
Herald - 02/06/1937
Sporting Globe - 27/04/1940
The Australasian - 24/06/1944
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Sidney Salkow(1909-2000)
Sidney Salkow was born on 16 June 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. Sidney was a director and writer, known for Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953), This Is Alice (1958) and The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940). Sidney was previously married to Patricia Salkow and Katherine Ottesen. Sidney died on 18 October 2000 in Valley Village, California, USA.
BornJune 16, 1909
DiedOctober 18, 2000(91)
Raiders of the Seven Seas
This Is Alice
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Director87
Writer21
Additional Crew3
Second Unit or Assistant Director2
The Murder Game
The Great Sioux Massacre
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
Blood on the Arrow
Director (U.S. prints)
The Quick Gun
Twice-Told Tales
The Comedy Spot
Surfside 6
original story and teleplay
Robbers' Roost
General Electric Theater
Your Jeweler's Showcase
The Admiral Was a Lady
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Simon Lash: The Black Book
Sword of the Avenger
Sid Salkow
New York City, New York, USA
Valley Village, California, USA(natural causes)
Patricia Salkow June 6, 1954 - October 18, 2000 (his death)
Unsold pilot: Produced / directed a pilot for a private-detective series set in Phoenix called "Simon Lash".
Educated at the City College of New York, Columbia University and Harvard Law School.

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MathCanvas is a class that gives programmers an easy way to display Mathematica graphics or typeset expressions. This class can be used in either Mathematica programs or Java programs. MathCanvas is the AWT counterpart to the Swing-based MathGraphicsJPanel (MathCanvas would have been better named MathGraphicsCanvas). Use a MathCanvas if you are writing an AWT program and a MathGraphicsJPanel if you are writing a Swing program.
A typical use is in a Mathematica program where you want to display a window that contains a Mathematica graphic or typeset expression. To do this, you would create a MathCanvas, create a Frame to hold it (perhaps a MathFrame), then use the setMathCommand() method to specify a plotting command that will be used by the MathCanvas to create the image to display. One of the sample programs included with J/Link, and described in detail in the User Guide, demonstrates this.
MathCanvas operates in one of two modes: it either evaluates a command in Mathematica to produce the image to display, or it displays a Java Image that you set directly with the setImage() method. In the latter case, the Mathematica command is ignored and no computations are performed.
This class is a JavaBean.
Value to be used in setImageType() to specify that the image to be displayed is the graphics output of a plotting command, rather than the typeset result of an arbitrary computation.
Value to be used in setImageType() to specify that the image to be displayed is the typeset result of an arbitrary computation, rather than the graphics output of a plotting command.
You typically use this constructor when using this class in a Java program, because you need to specify the KernelLink that will be used.
Returns the image that is currently being displayed.
Gives the image type this MathCanvas is currently set to display, either GRAPHICS or TYPESET.
Returns the Mathematica command that is used to generate the image to display.
Indicates whether this MathCanvas is currently set to use the notebook front end to assist in graphics rendering.
Indicates whether this MathCanvas is currently set to return typeset results in TraditionalForm (vs. the default StandardForm).
If a mathCommand is being used to create the image to display, this method causes it to be recomputed to produce a new image.
Forces an immediate repainting of the image.
Allows you to directly specify an Image to display, rather than evaluating the mathCommand.
Specifies whether the canvas should display an image produced from a graphics function, or the typeset result of a computation.
Sets the link that will be used for computations.
Specifies the Mathematica command that is used to generate the image to display.
Specifies whether to use the services of the Mathematica front end in rendering the image to display.
Specifies whether typeset output is to be rendered in TraditionalForm or StandardForm.
You typically use this constructor when using this class in a Java program, because you need to specify the KernelLink that will be used. Alternatively, you can use the no-arg constructor and later call setLink() to specify the link.
ml - The link to which computations will be sent.
Sets the link that will be used for computations. This method is only called in Java programs (the correct link back to the kernel is automatically established for you when using this class from Mathematica).
Specifies whether the canvas should display an image produced from a graphics function, or the typeset result of a computation. The possible values are GRAPHICS and TYPESET. The default is GRAPHICS. This method does not trigger an update of the image--you must call setMathCommand() or recompute() to see the effects of the new setting.
section on Mathematica graphics in Part 2 of the User Guide.
If you use setImageType() to specify TYPESET, then the front end will always be used, no matter what you specify in setUsesFE(). This method does not trigger an update of the image--you must call setMathCommand() or recompute() to see the effects of the new setting.
Specifies whether typeset output is to be rendered in TraditionalForm or StandardForm. The default is false (uses StandardForm). This is only relevant when setImageType() is used to specify typeset output (as opposed to graphics output). This method does not trigger an update of the image--you must call setMathCommand() or recompute() to see the effects of the new setting.
Indicates whether this MathCanvas is currently set to return typeset results in TraditionalForm (vs. the default StandardForm). This is only relevant when setImageType() has been used to specify typeset output (as opposed to graphics output).
Allows you to directly specify an Image to display, rather than evaluating the mathCommand. Once setImage() is called, the mathCommand is ignored and no computations are performed until the next call to setMathCommand().
Use setImage() when you have created an Image in Mathematica or Java yourself. An example of this is if you manually create a Java bitmap image from a Mathematica array. This is demonstrated in the User Guide.
If a mathCommand is being used to create the image to display, this method causes it to be recomputed to produce a new image. Call recompute() if your mathCommand depends on values in Mathematica that have changed since the last time you called setMathCommand() or recompute().
Forces an immediate repainting of the image. Similar to the standard repaint() method, except that with repaint(), the painting may be delayed if the user-interface thread is very busy. This method is intended to be called from Mathematica code, most likely after setMathCommand(), setImage(), or recompute(). Because several calls between Mathematica and Java are typically required to establish a new image to display, and these calls are comparatively time-consuming, on slower machines it may be the case that calls to repaint() do not trigger painting to occur often enough to provide smooth visual feedback (for example, when the image is being recomputed as the mouse is being dragged). The repaintNow() method is provided for such circumstances.


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15 Gift Ideas For A Music Fan
With Cyber Monday just right around the corner, the Holiday Season of 2018 is now underway. In turn, many readers of The Hype Magazine are now in gift-seeking mode for friends, family and co-workers. In turn, here are 15 new-ish, music-themed gift ideas for a music fan in your life.
James Brown's Black Caesar Soundtrack
Multiple generations of music fans known James Brown as "The Godfather Of Soul." But Brown did have plenty of deep cuts in his catalog, and his original soundtrack albums for the early 1970s blaxploitation films Black Caesar falls into that category. This titles was reissued last month on 150-gram vinyl LPs by UMG with a tip-on jacket and faithfully-replicated artwork.
Originally released in February 1973, Black Caesar is a gangster drama set in Harlem, written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, D'Urville Martin, and Julius Harris. The film's script was originally commissioned by Sammy Davis Jr., who was ultimately unavailable to participate in the production, and its original score was James Brown's first foray into writing music for the screen. Pieces of Brown's soundtrack, which also features the J.B.'s and Lyn Collins, have since been notably sampled in tracks by top rap artists, including "The Boss," sampled by Ice-T in "You Played Yourself," by Trick Daddy in "Take It To Da House," and by Nas in "Get Down."
In addition to this reissue, Universal Music Enterprises has also re-issued Brown's soundtrack for Slaughter's Big Rip-Off and various James Brown-produced albums from members of his revue, as now available for the first time for streaming and download purchasing. From Bobby Byrd, Brown's longtime right-hand man, is his debut album I Need Help, featuring the title song and "You Got To Have A Job (If You Don't Work You Can't Eat)." From Brown's backing band led by Fred Wesley< — credited to "Fred & The New J.B.'s" — is the 1974 album Breakin' Bread, highlighted by the title song and "Rockin' Funky Watergate," and Maceo Parker's solo debut album, Us, led by the hit "Soul Power '74." In addition, there is Marva Whitney's It's My Thing, as originally released late 1969, Lyn Collins with two albums, 1972's Think (About It) and 1975's Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me By Now, and"Sweet" Charles Sherrell's For Sweet People From Sweet Charles from 1974. Fingers are crossed for even more rare and unreleased gems from the JB catalog emerging in the coming years.
Frank Sinatra's Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
As released last month, Frank Sinatra's intimate 1958 opus Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely was newly mixed in stereo for an expanded 60th Anniversary Edition. In turn, Only The Lonely (60th Anniversary Edition) was released in a Deluxe 2CD package, in 180-gram 2LP vinyl, a 1CD configuration, and in two digital album versions. The Only The Lonely (60th Anniversary Edition)'s 2CD Deluxe edition pairs the album's remastered original 1958 mono mix with a new 2018 stereo mix by Larry Walsh. 4 bonus tracks from the mono session recordings are also featured, including studio takes that are making their release debuts. The album's original mono mix makes its digital release debut in an expanded digital collection pairing the remastered album mix with the four bonus session recordings, while the 1CD, 2LP vinyl, and standard digital album configurations feature the album's 2018 stereo mix. The new edition's audio was mastered by Ron McMaster at Capitol Studios.
Only The Lonely itself was recorded as both a mono and stereo presentation. The mono was the focus as that was the chief format of the day. The stereo was recorded with two microphones suspended high over the studio orchestra. Frank Sinatra's voice was recorded onto a third track. With the stereo recording being mid-side decoded, the depth of the studio is revealed. Only The Lonely reached #1 on Billboard's albums chart and remained on the charts for 120 weeks. At 1959's inaugural GRAMMY® Awards ceremony, the album won the award for "Best Recording Package." As with the earlier-mentioned James Brown reissue from Universal, fingers are crossed that this means more is to come from the vaults (e.g. live recordings, outtakes) of Frank Sinatra Enterprises.
The Beatles' The White Album
50 years ago in November 1968, millions of double-LPs were shipped to record stores worldwide ahead of that year's most anticipated music event: the November 22nd release of The Beatles (soon to be better known as The White Album). In turn, with their ninth studio album, The Beatles took the world on a whole new trip, sonically and philosophically.
Earlier this month on November 9th, via UME, The Beatles released a suite of lavishly-presented White Album packages. The title's original recordings were newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio, as joined by 27 early acoustic demos and 50 session takes, most of which are previously-unreleased in any form. Simply put, this is the first time the White Album has been remixed and presented with additional demos and session recordings; Martin's new mix is guided by the album's original stereo mix produced by his father George Martin. And on top of that, the thick box for the collection will look really cool on your vinyl shelf.
The Bee Gees' Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits
Via the 20-something studio albums recorded (and numerous soundtrack contributions made), The Bee Gees infused popular culture with dozens of worldwide hit singles which featured their singular and highly influential three-part harmonies. They achieved 9 #1 singles and 23 Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — including "How Deep Is Your Love," "Night Fever," and "Stayin' Alive" from Saturday Night Fever — and graced charts around the world with many other classics.
Last month on October 26th, UMG released the Bee Gees' Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits in a 2LP vinyl edition. Already available on CD and digitally, the career-spanning collection of hits by one of music's most legendary and acclaimed groups features 21 tracks personally selected by Bee Gees co-founder Barry Gibb. Sequenced in chronological order, Timeless spans decades of Bee Gees smash hits. Hopefully it is a sign of more to come from the Bee Gees camp.
Urban Legends Re-Issue Series
Urban Legends — the urban catalog platform of the aforementioned Universal Music Enterprises — and Marvel Comics recently collaborated to bring together the mighty, epic worlds of comics and hip-hop with an on-going exclusive album series. This series features variant album covers for select collector's editions of some of the record label's most legendary hip-hop releases. The first three releases in this joint series, all of which due for a December 7th street date, are:
– Iron Man standing behind cracked glass for 50 Cent's incendiary 2003 debut Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
– The Punisher replicating LL Cool J's 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out
– Iron Man dueling Maestro, mirroring the cover of GZA's second studio album, Liquid Swords.
Each album release will boast a pair of collectible options, the first one being a double color vinyl Variant Cover Collector's Edition that replaces the album's original image with Marvel's variant hip-hop cover art. Second, a Deluxe Variant Cover Collector's Edition will sport the featured album itself housed in a gatefold LP with the variant cover printed directly on the front. The deluxe collector's edition will include double-color vinyl, along with a copy of the limited-edition corresponding Marvel comic book that ties in with the artwork. The deluxe version will also include a 3D lenticular print of Marvel's variant cover artwork. Each initial Collector's Edition will be capped at 3,000 units. Almost needless to say, it will be interesting to see which other UME titles are given this treatment.
Kalapana's The Original Album Collection
Next week, on November 30, Manifesto Records and Kalapana Music will release Kalapana: The Original Album Collection, a definitive 9-CD boxed set containing the influential Hawaiian pop/rock group's first seven albums. This set includes three albums — Many Classic Moments Original Soundtrack, In Concert, and Northbound — which were previously unreleased in the U.S., as well as a 40-page booklet offering detailed liner notes and archival photos to take fans through every stage of their incredible journey.
While most music fans have a preset notion of "Hawaiian" music — generally falling into the traditional Hawaiian genre — Kalapana's legacy uniquely stands as a groundbreaking modern pop and soft rock band representing the 50th state. As the local success of Kalapana's eponymous 1975 debut album regionally-outsold albums by America, Chicago, and Earth, Wind & Fire, the group's regional status and rich songwriting history would lead them to be called "The Beatles of Hawaii."
For those seeking a more concise introduction to the band, Manifesto also offers the single-disc release Black Sand: The Best Of Kalapana, which collects 20 of the group's favorites spanning their most definitive period, 1975 through 1983. The songs have been remastered from the original tapes, and this album is accompanied by a 20-page booklet providing an overview of Kalapana's career.
Lee Michaels' Nice Day For Something
Also released by Manifesto this month are two albums from FM radio staple Lee Michaels. The two titles — 1973's Nice Day For Something and 1974's Tailface — were originally put out by Columbia Records, yet this Manifesto re-issuing will mark the first time that either of these albums have ever been available on compact disc. In addition, both titles have been digitally re-mastered from their original tapes and both come in high-quality gatefold packaging.
All seven A&M titles by Michaels — beyond a 20-song hits package, Heighty Hi: The Best Of Lee Michaels — were released on Manifesto Records in 2015. The addition of these two titles put nearly all of Lee Michaels releases under one roof. The only exception is the rare album Absolute Lee, which Michaels released in 1982 on his own short lived Squish record label.
Local H's Pack Up The Cats
Local H's Pack Up The Cats was originally released on September 1, 1998 via Island Records. The album was the followup to 1996's As Good As Dead, which featured the still-great-sounding singles "Bound For The Floor," "High-Fiving MF" and "Eddie Vedder." While Dead prided itself in being a very lo-fi release, Pack Up The Cats featured production from Roy Thomas Baker, who notably produced top-selling albums by Queen and The Cars. While Island Records was not behind Pack Up The Cats, the album did wind up on "best albums of 1998" lists from Spin, Robert Christgau and Greg Kot.
In time for its 20th Anniversary, SRCVinyl has given Pack Up The Cats a proper vinyl re-release. The vinyl record itself comes in transparent red coloring, while the music was properly remastered for vinyl via lacquers created by Kevin Gray of Cohearant Audio. The SRCVinyl release includes a gatefold jacket and 11×11 insert. Meanwhile, Local H continues to tour and record, and its upcoming dates include December 30th (Highland, Indiana) and 31st (Chicago, Illinois) headlining shows.
Alvin & The Chipmunks' Christmas With The Chipmunks Vol. 2
Statisticallyproven to be one of the most successful animated franchises in history, Alvin & The Chipmunks have also become the most successful children's artists of all time. Among the act's successes are 2 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, 5 Grammy Awards, 4 Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, and 3 platinum albums. Meanwhile, the song "The Chipmunk Song" remains one of best-selling singles of all time with over 5 million copies sold.
Christmas with The Chipmunks Vol. 2 was released in 1963 as the follow-up to the Chipmunks' first Christmas album, released the previous year. Reissued on limited-edition white vinyl, this album features 11 traditional holiday songs and one original composition by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. While there is definitely more to re-issue from the Chipmunks' catalog, my hopes remain very high for a Chipmunk Punk — as first released on June 15, 1980 — re-issue on vinyl.
Dennis Quaid & The Sharks' Out Of The Box
While Dennis Quaid & The Sharks have been doing live shows for 18 years, Out Of The Box is the group's first proper studio album. With Quaid credited as the in-studio producer, Out Of The Box is a mix of originals and covers. Quaid's musical heroes have been cited as Buddy Holly, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The Doors, and James Brown, and Out Of The Box is proof of that, given some of his choices in covers.
So who are those Sharks, you ask? Sharks members Tom Mancillas, Ken Stange, and Tom Walsh have worked over the years with artists as varied as Harry Dean Stanton, Roger Miller, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Supertramp, Jose Feliciano, and America. Expect Quaid, Mancillas, Stange and Walsh to be on the road for at least 50 concerts in 2019, per my recent interview with the award-winning actor.
New Wave: Dare To Be Different
New Wave: Dare To Be Different is the story of what many industry insiders feel to have been the most influential radio station in America. That would be Long Island, New York's WLIR, which was arguably the American station that launched U2, The Police, Depeche Mode and many other now-classic artists.
Even if you know the story of WLIR — which this writer was fortunate to have grown up listening to — the participating artists within this documentary are an interesting "who's who" of entertainment industry staples. These include Joan Jett, Blondie's Debbie Harry, Billy Idol, Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes, Depeche Mode's Vince Clarke, Tears For Fears' Curt Smith, The B-52s' Fred Schneider, Thomas Dolby, Midge Ure, Gary "Baba Booey" Dell' Abate, record executive Seymour Stein, former U2 manager Paul McGuinness, The English Beat's Dave Wakeling, Bow Wow Wow's Annabella Lwin, and IRS Records' Miles Copeland. Fortunately, the on-air talent of WLIR also gets their time to shine.
Creator, director and producer Ellen Goldfarb started Jomyra Productions to house New Wave: Dare To Be Different and other entertainment projects, so it will be interesting to see what else is coming from Goldfarb. New Wave comes out on VOD and DVD on December 7th.
Sheryl Crow's Live At The Capitol Theatre
Sheryl Crow is a nine-time GRAMMY® Award winner, first becoming a worldwide sensation with 1993's Tuesday Night Music Club. With 25 years (and counting) of acclaim to her credit, a Sheryl Crow concert is full of hits and classics. In turn, when Rock Fuel Media captured a November 2017 concert of Crow's at the historic Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, 90 minutes of audiovisual fun was directed by Mark Ritchie (Madonna, Beyonce, Kanye West), as produced by Rock Fuel Media's Barry Summers (Guns N' Roses, Foreigner, Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction).
Noted by Crow herself of the aforementioned Capitol Theatre in Westchester: "Very rarely, you walk into a venue and deeply feel the musical history of the place… With so many legendary shows by artists like The Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers… Their imprint resonates. The vibe really elevated our performance. My band goes out and kills every night, but this set was on another level entirely. I'm so glad we were able to capture this show on film, it was one of those really special nights." As a great-quality home video release from a top-tier artist, I am looking forward to seeing what else Rock Fuel Media has planned in terms of live releases.
Gillian G. Gaar's World Domination: The Sub Pop Records Story
From Seattle grunge to swamp blues and all points in between, BMG Books' new RPM series gives fans an inside look at the independent record labels that made their mark on music history. The series debuted on November 20, 2018 with the first two volumes: World Domination: The Sub Pop Records Story — as penned by Gillian G. Gaar — and Shake Your Hips: The Excello Records Story. Both titles are sized at 7″x7″ to mimic the dimensions of a 45 RPM record, and each features a photo insert that helps brings the story to life with rare and unseen photographs.
Author Gillian G. Gaar, a longtime Seattle-based writer, draws on firsthand interviews, deep research, and her years of covering that city's scene as a music journalist to bring together the first in-depth historical narrative of one of America's most influential independent record labels. Gaar is the author of more than 15 books, including Return Of The King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback and Entertain Us: The Rise Of Nirvana. She was a senior editor at the Seattle music paper The Rocket and has also written for Mojo, Rolling Stone, Goldmine, and Seattle's Museum Of Popular Culture. Gaar served as a project consultant on Nirvana's With The Lights Out box set. In turn, who better to write a book about the history of the very-influential, Seattle-based record label Sub Pop Records than GaaR?
Future volumes of BMG Books' RPM series will cover Chrysalis Records (Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Billy Idol) and the Cold Chillin' label (Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie).
The Chief Herbal Vaporizer by Chuck Billy & Lord Vaper Pens
Are you a fan of the influential metal band Testament? Do you have an interest in vaping? Well, Testament frontman Chuck Billy is here to help you kill those 2 birds with 1 stone. In early 2015, iconic Testament vocalist Chuck Billy introduced his Signature Herbal Vaporizer pen, "The Chief," in collaboration with Lord Vaper Pens. Recently, Billy and Lord Vaper Pens introduced "The Chief" Signature Series, which includes a pipe ("Tomahawk"), an Oil Cartridge Battery ("Dream Catcher") and a 2-in-1 Vaporizer ("War Drum").
Recently, Billy also recently unveiled "The Chief of Thrash!" merchandise line, which includes unique t-shirts, drawstring bags, mousepads, dog tags, phone cases, coasters and more. Swag aside, almost 35 years since forming in the early 1980s, Testament is still going strong, having released Brotherhood Of The Snake in 2016. Highlights from my phone interview with Mr. Billy will be airing on a future edition of the Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz, as produced with PureGrainAudio.com.
Danny Fields' My Ramones
A legendary manager, publicist, journalist and record label executive, Danny Fields was at the heart of every significant movement in rock music for two decades. Fields has also been credited with introducing punk to America. He was a significant player in launching the careers of The Doors, The Ramones, The MC5 and The Stooges, among other influential recording artists.
Danny first saw The Ramones play a 15-minute set at CBGBs in New York in 1974, and he instantly offered to manage them, also setting them up with a record deal. Originally published in a rare limited edition, My Ramones features over 225 photographs from Danny's personal collection of one of the most loved and well-known bands from the last four decades. Danny managed the band from the ground up, accompanying them across Europe and America, while also photographing them at work, with fans and during more informal moments. Taken between 1975 and 1977, Danny's photographs offer a rare insight into the lives of the band on-tour, backstage and recording their first album.
The book's publisher, Reel Art Press, also has amazing — and I don't use the word "amazing" lightly — new books on Johnny Cash and Led Zeppelin. When I see that Reel Art Press is producing a title about an artist that I am fond of, I know to check it out. In turn, thanks to Reel Art for its streak of excellence.
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Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident (and Long Island native) with over 15 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. In the years following, he worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer.Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Format Magazine, Businessweek, The Improper, the L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. He has been a member of the SATW and the IFWTWA organizations as a food and travel writer.Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host the recently-launched "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" podcast, as co-produced with PureGrainAudio.
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This can be confusing, so I am posting this explanation and illustration to show the way we will set up the bow pulling rack and shooting machine at WTT4.
All classes of bows will be pulled to 28" AMO, which is 26-1/4" from the deepest point of the grip.
On the bow weighing rack, on bows in the "Open" class (with a 6" brace height), the string will appear at brace at 7-3/4" on the ruler on the bow pulling rack.
For all other classes (with a 6-3/4" brace height), the string will appear at brace at 8-1/2" on the ruler on the bow pulling rack.
All classes of bows will pull to 26-1/4" from brace height, which will appear at 28" on the ruler on the bow pulling rack.
The illustration below should illustrate this.
Of course it is...otherwise this event wouldn't be repeatable! I think Jim is just making sure the new guys understand it!


Townsquare Media Market President David Dubose (L) with Tide 99.1 host Ryan Fowler (R).
Tide 99.1 was honored with three ABBY Awards during the annual 'Best in Broadcasting Awards' dinner on Saturday, March 19th at the Hyatt Regency in Hoover.
Tuscaloosa radio host Ryan Fowler won two 'Best in Broadcasting' awards for his daily sports show The Game and veteran sportscaster Gary Harris took home a 'Judges Award of Merit' for his morning show.
The Alabama Broadcasters Association named Fowler best for a Medium Market Sportscaster and Medium Market Sports Show/Sports Talk Show. The Game is the longest-running sports talk show in Tuscaloosa and airs every afternoon from 2 - 6 PM on Tide 99.1.
Harris earned his award of merit from the ABA in the category of Medium Market Morning Show. His daily morning show, which airs from 9 - 11 AM, began last August when the radio station expanded the programming lineup to be live and local nearly 12 hours every weekday.
Tide 99.1, the home of Alabama sports, can be heard on 99.1 FM in Tuscaloosa, online via Tide991.com, and through the radioPup app.
The full list of 2016 ABBY Award winners can be found here.


The practice of environmental law covers a wide variety of areas – contract law, regulatory practice, administrative practice, real estate, municipal law and zoning, and federal, state and local laws that relate to the environment and health. To meet a client's goals, an environmental lawyer must have broad knowledge and experience. Part of that skill and experience should be interpersonal: an environmental lawyer must be able to work with all levels of government officials, from a municipal building inspector all the way up to a commissioner of a state agency.
When a parcel may have problems and impediments, such as contamination, it is critical to use a team approach. A good environmental law firm works closely with knowledgeable scientists and engineers, to identify potential issues as early as possible in the process. When this approach is used effectively, a positive and cost-effective outcome is more likely to take place.
For example, when a bank wanted to purchase a lot that had held a gas station, there were many areas that needed review before the sale could go forward. These included existing soil and groundwater reports, records from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment Protection, legal title and prior leases.
Cramer & Anderson has succeeded in completing many transactions involving the transfer of contaminated property in the state of Connecticut. These properties are now being used productively in many types of businesses.


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Miguel Sicart
Miguel Sicart is Associate Professor at the Center for Computer Game Research at IT University Copenhagen. He is the author of The Ethics of Computer Games and Beyond Choices: The Design of Ethical Gameplay, both published by the MIT Press.
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/10042.001.0001
Why play is a productive, expressive way of being, a form of understanding, and a fundamental part of our well-being.
What do we think about when we think about play? A pastime? Games? Childish activities? The opposite of work? Think again: If we are happy and well rested, we may approach even our daily tasks in a playful way, taking the attitude of play without the activity of play. So what, then, is play? In Play Matters, Miguel Sicart argues that to play is to be in the world; playing is a form of understanding what surrounds us and a way of engaging with others. Play goes beyond games; it is a mode of being human.
We play games, but we also play with toys, on playgrounds, with technologies and design. Sicart proposes a theory of play that doesn't derive from a particular object or activity but is a portable tool for being—not tied to objects but brought by people to the complex interactions that form their daily lives. It is not separated from reality; it is part of it. It is pleasurable, but not necessarily fun. Play can be dangerous, addictive, and destructive.
Along the way, Sicart considers playfulness, the capacity to use play outside the context of play; toys, the materialization of play—instruments but also play pals; playgrounds, play spaces that enable all kinds of play; beauty, the aesthetics of play through action; political play—from Maradona's goal against England in the 1986 World Cup to the hactivist activities of Anonymous; the political, aesthetic, and moral activity of game design; and why play and computers get along so well.
By: Miguel Sicart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/10042.001.0001
ISBN (electronic): 9780262325950
Publisher: The MIT Press
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Macroinvertebrate surveys were carried out by NRA biologists nationwide to assess the water quality of rivers. In the Thames Region this includes monitoring the impact of effluent from major sewage treatment works. A protocol exists for the collecting of invertebrate samples from most river sites. This involves an active 3 minute kick/sweep sample with a 400mm deep, 1mm mesh-size sampling net, followed by a search of one minute in all other habitats. This method is employed when looking at the impact of most sewage works. Samples are taken upstream and downstream of where the effluent discharges into the watercourse. The situation is rather more complex where the effluent enters a canal or canalised river. Not only is the sampling itself more complex (requiring a dredge or grab) but also the lack of diverse habitats reduces the number of niches available for colonisation by macroinvertebrates. Developing projects for students gave us the opportunity to study the impact of two such STWs in more detail. Both projects were designed to identify the impact of the sewage effluent on the macroinvertebrate fauna of the canal and to investigate the distribution of the macroinvertebrates within the various habitats of the canal. Due to the different nature of the GUC at the two locations the sampling strategy varied. For this reason the two studies have been reported separately within this report with a overall discussion comparing the findings.


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Protecting the Heritage of Romania Through Sustainable Development
Romania's struggle for democracy is encapsulated in a village
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Article written by Claudia Ciobanu on www.theguardian.com.
Opposition to proposals for a gold mine around Rosia Montana is at the heart of pro-democracy protests.
Fifteen years ago, Canadian company Gabriel Resources came to Romania with a plan to build Europe's largest gold mine around the village of Rosia Montana, in the Apuseni mountains. The exploration would involve digging up Rosia Montana and two nearby villages, destroying four mountains and placing a giant cyanide pool in the area.
To date, the corporation does not have full authorisation to begin construction. Permits have been granted by state authorities only to be later annulled by courts and then reissued. The environmental impact assessment procedure started in 2004 but has not yet been finalised by the Ministry of Environment.
In Rosia Montana, Gabriel Resources has been buying up property from locals but could only get so far: more than 100 villagers whose homes are on the envisaged perimeter of the mine are determined to stay. Supported by environmentalists, architects and lawyers, the villagers' NGO has been battling the corporation and state authorities in courts. Despite the mainstream media showing unflinching support for Gabriel Resources and politicians including President Traian Basescu singing the praises of gold-mining, the campaign gained public sympathy.
Over time, Rosia Montana supporters have been resorting to advocacy, legal actions, small protests, petition writing. They have been promoting an alternative future for Rosia Montana involving cultural tourism and biological farming. In the last two years, however, the movement has been re-energised. In 2011, at a time when Romania's educated youth had already been exposed to the global Occupy movement, Romanian authorities proposed a mining law which would allow private companies to conduct expropriations.
Understood by most as serving Gabriel Resources' interests, the law met with public opposition. In the western city Cluj (a centre of progressive politics) and in the capital, Bucharest, people organised Occupy-style protests. The best known example is the occupation of the Intercontinental Hotel in Cluj – "Occupy Conti".
Then, in January 2012, protests erupted across Romania in response to a proposal to privatise the medical system. Tens of thousands took to the streets to complain not only about plans for the health sector but also against the perceived corruption and arrogance of politicians. Occupy-style tactics were used again this time around: people returned to the streets day after day called for participatory democracy; they formed working groups and drafted policy proposals. Saving Rosia Montana, this country's symbol of defending the commons, was included in all manifestoes.
The January protests have been criticised for their lack of impact, but they did constitute a school of activism in a society in which the public have been relatively quiet since the early 1990s. And it is precisely because of this recent history that activists were well prepared when the government of the Socialist prime minister, Victor Ponta, took decisive action on Rosia Montana.
The Ponta government proposed last week a law that would give Gabriel Resources extraordinary powers, including the right to conduct expropriations in Rosia Montana. The text mandates authorities to give the company all necessary permits for construction and exploration by set terms (15 days, 30 days, 60 days, etc) regardless of national legislation, court rulings or public participation requirements. If the parliament approves this law (a vote could take place as early as this month), Romanian citizens will no longer have a say over Rosia Montana. Outrage was compounded by the fact that, while in opposition, Ponta's Social Democrats had declared themselves against the project. This turnabout reinforced the perception that the political class is corrupted and unworthy of trust.
Thousands protested peacefully in Bucharest and dozens of other cities on 1 September against the legislative proposal, in a day of mobilisation called for on social media. They had slick slogans and banners, loudspeakers and tents, drums and video cameras. They announced that "the revolution begins with Rosia Montana".
What was planned as one day of protest proved to be insufficient: protesters were on the streets again over the next days, with another bigger action called for 8 September. On 3 September, they commemorated the dead of the 1989 revolution, implying perhaps both that Romanians are constructing a memory of protest and that they are ready to start once again working towards real democracy – even without the politicians.
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Jessica Norrie on writing, books and language – in her own words.
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Inspiring Reading for Pleasure March 20, 2021
Plotting with Sophie Hannah March 12, 2021
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Review: "Good Grief" by Catherine Mayer and Anne Mayer Bird January 15, 2021
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Dragging my plot uphill like Sisyphus
Novel Number Two, The Magic Carpet, has been well received at the publishers – the rejections are very kind and positive. Here's a typical one from last month:
I thought the ensemble characters were great and all clearly had their own well thought out narratives, and it was really interesting to see a novel not sit in a typical middle class setting. Unfortunately however, that being said, I am going to pass on it for the moment, purely as I feel it doesn't quite sit in a specific genre, and as such it might make for a tricky sell in the commercial fiction market.
Do I care? I'm pretending I don't. I read Camus as a student, and took his retelling of the Sisyphus lesson to heart. (In brief: Sisyphus annoyed the Greek gods. He was punished by being made to roll a boulder uphill for the rest of his life. Every time he got it to the top, it rolled straight down again.) My agent will just have to go on bowling The Magic Carpet uphill at the publishers and catching it when it rolls down again. KDP/Amazon can have it in the New Year if we've had no joy by then.
I'm concentrating on Novel Number Three (NN3). I'm at that stage of a first draft when I have 90k words of material (picture Sisyphus aka me heaving my boulder optimistically uphill). I know I'm going to cut at least 20k words and add some other bits as yet unknown (boulder rolls about a third of the way down). I know what the end is – in fact I have several possible endings – up we climb, Sisyphus! But I can't decide which scene should form the beginning (watch out below, boulder coming down). Different characters keep pushing to the fore and shouting "I'm important too!" (Broadly speaking, this is good news, so up goes Sisyphus with a boulder that seems lighter today.) But watch out for the many others who meekly admit: "I know I've taken up a a lot of your time and energy over the last few months, but actually I'm really, er, boring. Why not delete me?" Crash! Boulder hits base camp. Injuries reported.
Notes weighted down by basket of random oddments that arrive on my desk from places unknown. But look! There's a small boulder of fools' gold. How apt.
Although all I'm actually doing is copying, pasting, cutting, repasting, rewriting chunks of prose on a keyboard, I do feel as though I were pulling a boulder up hill. My ms has a weighty quality, just as it would if it were a paper copy. I'm tempted to print out the whole lot and move it around physically. I'm sure it would reveal both structural weaknesses and restructuring answers. The only reason I don't is my moody printer, which bears a grudge against me worthy of any Greek god. It rattles out union rules if I so much as change the settings and 350 pages would end our negotiations for good.
I joined a writing course, currently throwing up more questions. Professional wisdom advised NN3 wouldn't sell with the subject I'd got and a man narrating in first person. So I changed the narrator to an omniscient female, in third. (For some reading platforms, there follows an unchosen paragraph break imposed by WordPress, whose editing quirks are a known blogger problem. Please excuse the interruption to your service. )
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Changing narrator involved lots of cumbersome changing of tenses and pronouns, and rewriting chunks of plot that really wouldn't work in a female voice (see below). Once I'd beaten the POV confusion into order, it seemed to work. Then someone I respect said: "I'd like to hear more from the men. Have you considered a male narrator?" I think, as of last night, we're agreed on which narration works best, meaning there are only about 40K words to cut and replace, now. Sisyphus can take a breather, half way up, or down, depending how you look at it.
Then there's the content. Since I've been working on NN3, I've happened to read The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst, The North Water by Ian McGuire, and John Boyne's wonderful The Heart's Invisible Furies. In the evenings I watched A Very English Scandal, an excellent BBC drama about homosexual Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe. Suddenly I found myself writing scenes of male gay sex, mostly consensual. They do say you should write about what you know, but I have form in the art of bluffing. Years ago in the midst of a World Cup, I went to a party given by a policeman, and managed to convince his colleagues I was an expert pundit on the strength of three football related remarks I'd learned off pat.* I wonder if my male gay sex scenes will be as convincing. But then any sex scene is hell to write, ripe for ridicule and reliant on a finite set of possible moves – (more than three? Discuss.) It does pose problems for a female narrator, though, omniscient or not. Maybe she should transition – again.
I do have the theme, which is unarguably resonant at present. But I'm fighting a rearguard action to defend my style against the gods of marketing. Words are like wild flowers in an endangered ecosystem. We need to recognise and protect them or they'll disappear. I don't mean deliberately shoving in obscure vocabulary in cleverdick Will Self style. But I do mean active, precise verbs that mean exactly what they say: "clamour/ suggest/ yell/ murmur" as required, in preference to "said" (not every time, obvs). And sentences that just occasionally have the subject at the end and the passive voice permitted once per chapter if the author's been good.
Perhaps I should give up and just plug away with sales for NN1 – the good old Infinity Pool, a manual of carefree optimistic mistakes of the sort made by a debut novelist who'd barely heard the term "creative writing". Did I tell you it's on offer on Amazon.uk until the end of this month? Jump in, but please be kind.
Update – The Magic Carpet was published in July 2019. See below.
*I still know the three gems of football punditry but they're no longer convincing. If I mention Paul Gascoigne those of you over a certain age will know why.
©Jessica Norrie 2018
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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Literary Column with Jessica Norrie – Coasting with spies and criminals, 1903 – 2018
I'm back in the blogosphere after a long break – hope you enjoy this post for Sally.
A welcome back to Jessica Norrie who by the sounds of it has had a productive summer. To kick off her new season of posts, Jessica is exploring books that are set on the coastline in various places around the world. I love the sea and hope that when we buy our final house it has a view of the ocean and all its changing moods.
There's always a "new term" feeling about Autumn. You'd think less heat would make it easier to read. Yet it's often a time when new projects take a lot of our energy, and we need to read plots that carry us forward in settings we can enjoy. What better than a thriller set by the sea? It's a sub genre all its own and surprisingly hasn't changed all that much between the first of these books appearing, and the most recent.
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EBC Policy Documents
Brain Health in Europe: Fostering Innovation, Improving Outcomes
Policy Roadmap
A European brain health strategy and implementation plan is critical to foster innovation to address the high disease burden and to improve the lives of those affected by brain disorders. It is essential to have a joint approach for all brain disorders. The roadmap highlights the need to create an enabling environment which promotes brain health in Europe.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Brain Health
EBC Statement
As stressed in many scientific articles and in most of the health authority reports, the impact of COVID-19 on brain health during the last months has been a major and dramatic one, with severe mental and neurological consequences.
EBC Response to Horizon Europe Consultation
Horizon Europe should support robust measures for accelerating brain health research and decreasing the burden of diseases still ailing European citizens, without many effective cures at hand. For example, the global population is ageing and with this comes the steady increased risk and incidence of brain, i.e. neurological and psychiatric, conditions. Addressing health—in particular, brain health—must be a priority for Europe & an example for the rest of the world in addressing the biggest global challenges.
EBC Horizon Europe Statement – "Counting down to zero"
We, as representatives of the undersigned organisations, welcome the current European Commission's proposal for a new Framework Programme for Research & Innovation, "Horizon Europe". We acknowledge the budget increase — in spite of the currently challenging financial context — and applaud the many important imp
Election Manifesto
The human brain is complex. As the control centre of our body, this organ directly affects every function, ranging from rational thinking, emotions, heartbeat, breathing, food and fluid intake, sleep and sexual functions. A healthy brain is the ultimate prerequisite for quality of life and sustainable well-being: yet, in Europe alone, 179 million citizens of all ages with brain disorders, neurological and mental alike, with these numbers increasing steadily. For a continent and Union that strives to build and maintain healthy and prosperous lives for all citizens, disorders of the brain lack the awareness
and recognition they are due. Europeans are growing older and with
Brain Mission
The brain is the most complex human organ. It provides and controls virtually every function of the body, ranging from rational thinking, emotions, heart beat, breathing, food and fluid intake, sleep or sex. In a vision of high quality of life and wellbeing, keeping our brain functioning and healthy is a clear prerequisite. Disorders of the brain are extremely complicated to analyse, diagnose and treat in comparison to other diseases. These brain disorders – to name just the
most common ones: depression, Alzheimer's/dementia, schizophrenia, stroke, migraine, sleep disorders, Parkinson's disease, pain syndromes (back pain, in particular), addiction to alcohol and other substances- give rise to a far higher level of disability, including admissions to hospitals and nursing homes, than is widely recognised. Health economists have calculated that brain disorders amount to ca. 45% of the annual health budget of Europe, totaling around €800
billion every year.
In 2006 EBC published a Consensus Document on European Brain Research, describing needs and achievements of research in Europe and presenting proposals for future research programs. The document underwent a major revision in 2011 and another one in 2015. The present document represents an update elaborated to reflect changes in research priorities and advances in brain research that have taken place since 2006.
Consensus Document on European Brain Research 2015
The human brain is the most complex living structure known in the universe. This single organ controls every aspect of our bodies, ranging from heart rate to emotion, learning and memory. The brain has enabled humans to achieve breathtaking milestones: walking on the moon, mapping the human genome, or composing masterpieces of literature, art and music. It is the home of our personalities, thoughts, feelings and other human characteristics. It is the ability of the brain to perform all of these functions that makes us human. The brain is a true wonder that needs to be nurtured, protected and cared for.
EBC position on animal research in neuroscience (2017)
Though recognizing the limits of animal research, animal models often provide unique insights in the functioning of the human nervous system. Fully stopping animal research would therefore harm the efforts of neuroscientists to develop medicines for people living with brain disorders. The EBC thus supports Directive 2010/63/EU that provides a robust and solid framework for animal research.
Suicide in Europe: Facts and Recommendations
EBC contribution to the Green Paper: from challenges to opportunities, towards a common strategic framework for EU Research and Innovation funding
There are many potential benefits from the incorporation of the various EU research and innovation funding initiatives into a single programme. EBC believes that the establishment of the framework would help to ensure that the EU supports high quality research across its Member States, of which Brain disorders plays a major part, but that there should be Green Paper – "From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding" greater clarity regarding the prioritisation of the research agenda, which should reflect the needs of society and the citizens from across all of Europe and its' changing demographics.
EBC Position Paper on its relationship with its member organisations and National Brain Councils
When the European Brain Council was being formed, one of the primary concerns was how such an organisation would maintain its focus and governing principles. As a coalition of other organisations with their own membership, rules and objectives, there were several issues to be considered. The first of these was to decide which of the many European organisations whose aims are compatible with those of the EBC should become members.
EBC position paper on counterfeit and substandard medicines
The 2008 data from the European Commission showed that 34 million fake medicines were found by European customs authorities in just 8 weeks during 2008. This demonstrates the explosion in counterfeiting when compared to the 2.7 million fake medicines seized during 2006. The European Brain Council believes that counterfeit and substandard medicines represent a serious threat to European Public health and that action is needed to ensure that the legitimate supply chain is secure.
EBC position paper on the protection and use of animals in research (2008)
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In neuroscience, the term 'Stress' has a negative connotation because of its potential to trigger or exacerbate psychopathologies. Yet in the face of exposure to stress, the more common reaction to stress is resilience, indicating that resilience is the rule and stress-related pathology the exception. This is critical because neural mechanisms associated with stress-related psychopathology are expected to differ significantly from those associated with resilience.
The contribution of invertebrates to the understanding of the vertebrate 1 nervous system, its mechanisms, functions and pathological dysfunctions (2019)
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The 2nd European Brain Policy Forum, entitled "Depression and the European Society" took place in Brussels over 25-26 February 2009.
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The first of a series of annual, multidisciplinary forums launched by the European Brain Council (EBC) to bring stakeholders together to discuss a major brain disease took Parkinson's disease (PD) as its theme. The goal of the forum was to highlight the imbalance between the societal and individual costs of brain disease, and the resources allocated to dealing with the problem, and to help build a coordinated European research strategy to tackle it better in future. Each forum will open with an analysis of the burden and cost of the disease in question, and will then allow patients, policymakers, scientists, doctors and industry representatives—all those with a stake in disease-related research—to have their say.


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O cacaueiro (Theobroma cacao) é a árvore perenifólia que dá origem ao fruto chamado cacau.

Pertencente à família Malvaceae, o cacaueiro é originário do Brasil dentre a chuvosa Bacia do rio Amazonas, localizada na América do Sul. Em ambientes sombreados de floresta e sem poda humana, sua altura pode chegar a 20 metros, contudo, em condições de cultivo usualmente sua altura varia de 3 a 5 metros.

O cacau é a principal matéria-prima do chocolate, feito por meio da torra e moagem das suas amêndoas secas em processo industrial ou caseiro. Outros subprodutos do cacau incluem sua polpa, suco, geleia, destilados finos e sorvete. Do cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), espécie da mesma família do cacau, produz-se o cupulate, doce bastante similar ao chocolate.

Origem do nome
A civilização Maia e mexicana (principalmente a Asteca), de mesma raiz, possuía dois vocábulos (kab e kaj) que, numa mesma palavra, formavam a expressão suco amargo picante (kabkaj) um sabor bastante apimentado. Segundo historiadores e desenvolvedores da geografia como o foi Américo Vespúcio, do Novo Continente, o nome atual foi praticamente dado por Cristóvão Colombo, apreciador do chocolate com gosto apimentado, e foi um dos primeiros a levar o conhecimento ao Velho Mundo, espalhando a planta, por onde andava. Assim, a bebida originada deste suco era nomeada de kabkajatl (segundo Cristóvão Colombo, onde as três últimas letras desta palavra significavam "líquido"). Os espanhóis colonizadores tinham dificuldades de pronunciar a palavra e sempre colocavam um hu nas palavras dos índios mexicanos. Desta maneira, a palavra acabou transformando-se em kabkajuatl e, futuramente, pela ação popular, em cacauatl.

A cacauatl foi modificada pelos espanhóis, passando a ser tomada quente e com leite e açúcar, basicamente, uma vez que se juntou muitos outros produtos para retirar o gosto apimentado, que nem sempre é apreciado pelo consumidor comum. Recebeu, então, um novo nome: chacauhaa (chacau = quente; haa = bebida). Depois, houve confusão entre as palavras, das bebidas quente e fria, dando origem a palavra chocolate.

História

O cacau é originário da bacia hidrográfica do rio Amazonas, tendo sido dispersado para as regiões tropicais da América Central e Norte.

Para as civilizações mesoamericanas pré-colombianas, as sementes do cacau constituíam uma bebida ritual e uma moeda de troca de alta importância. Recipientes de cerâmica com resíduos da preparação do cacau foram descobertos em sítios arqueológicos datados do Período Formativo (1900-900 a.C.). Por exemplo, um achado desse tipo em um sítio arqueológico Olmeca na costa de Veracruz, no México, indica que povos pré-olmecas já preparavam o cacau em 1750 a.C.

O chocolate (chocolatl, em língua náuatle) era uma bebida de sabor amargo, preparada a partir das sementes torradas e moídas misturadas com água. Registros relatam a bebida como sendo muito consumida pela nobreza do Império Asteca, que requisitava sementes de cacau como parte do tributo cobrado de populações subjugadas. Como a bebida nessa forma toma um sabor amargo, era comum que se misturasse outros ingredientes durante o preparo, incluindo flores, mel, pimenta, e baunilha, mascarando o amargor e mudando a cor do líquido de branca para laranja, vermelha ou amarronzada.

No Brasil, ele foi cultivado primeiramente na Amazônia, onde já existia em estado natural, próximo ao clima do México, devido ao rio Amazonas. Depois, pelo rio Amazonas, passou para o Pará e pelo mar chegou finalmente à Bahia, onde melhor se adaptou ao solo e ao ambiente marinho, e causou o chamado "boom" da época de 1930.

Reprodução

O cacaueiro é uma planta de clima quente e úmido que prefere o solo argilo-arenoso. Esta árvore possui duas fases de produção de frutos: temporão (março a agosto) e safra (setembro a fevereiro). Sua propagação se dá por sementes (seminal/sexuada) e de forma vegetativa (assexuada). Por ser uma planta tolerante à sombra, vegeta bem em sub-bosques e matas raleadas sendo, portanto, uma cultura extremamente conservacionista de solos, fauna e flora. Pouco mecanizada, é uma cultura que proporciona um alto grau de geração de emprego. Encontrou no sul da Bahia um dos melhores solos e clima para a sua expansão.

Cultivo econômico

Em 2016, cacau foi cultivado em cerca de 11 milhões de hectares em todo o mundo. De acordo com a FAO, os dez maiores produtores mundiais em 2017 foram:

Em 2018, o cultivo global de grãos de cacau movimentou uma economia de 9,94 bilhões de dólares. Neste mercado, foi estimado um crescimento composto de 7,3% ao ano de 2019 até 2025.

Patógenos
Entre os patógenos da planta do cacau se encontram as espécies Moniliophthora perniciosa (causador da vassoura-de-bruxa), Phytophthora palmivora, P. capsici, P. citrophthora, P. heveae, Ceratocystis cacaofunesta, C. paradoxa, e C. fimbriata.

Cacau e conservação

Cacau cabruca

Por ser plantado por mais de 200 anos, no Estado da Bahia, à sombra da floresta, o cultivo do cacaueiro foi responsável pela conservação de grandes corredores de Mata Atlântica. Este sistema de cultivo é conhecido como "cacau cabruca", corruptela do termo "brocar" (ralear). Nele, o sub-bosque da mata é "brocado" (removido) e substituído por mudas de cacaueiro, tradicionalmente plantadas aleatoriamente. As mudas crescem e passam a produzir seus frutos sob a proteção do vento e sombra das árvores da Mata Atlântica.

Em um levantamento realizado em cabrucas por Lobão, em 2007 no sul baiano, foram encontradas integradas ao sistema cacau-cabruca espécies de árvore consideradas raras, como o jequitibá-rosa (Cariniana legalis), o pau-brasil (Caesalpinea echinata), que é uma espécie ameaçada de extinção e a gameleira (Ficus gomelleira), que é uma espécie de importância sócio-ecológica, já que seus ramos jovens servem de alimento à preguiças e práticas religiosas afro-brasileiras estão associadas a ela. É digno de nota o fato de que maior jequitibá-rosa de que se tem notícia atualmente foi encontrado em um sistema cacau cabruca na região cacaueira da Bahia.

Recentemente, foi criado o Instituto Cabruca que, junto com outras instituições ambientalistas, vem desenvolvendo projetos de pesquisas e extensão sobre o tema, estudando formas de manter essa vegetação nativa associada ao cacau.

Fermentação do cacau
As sementes do cacau são os ingredientes fundamentais para a produção da manteiga de cacau, do liquor de cacau e do chocolate, alimentos cuja qualidade depende principalmente dos fatores genéticos e ambientais do cacau, como também do pré-processamento do fruto, que compreende a colheita e abertura do mesmo, a retirada das sementes, a extração da polpa, a fermentação das sementes e a secagem e o armazenamento das amêndoas, etapas que ocorrem ainda na fazenda.

Após a realização das etapas de pré-processamento do cacau, as amêndoas seguem para as indústrias produtoras de chocolate, onde vão ser torradas e utilizadas para a obtenção do liquor, manteiga e pó de cacau, bem como dos produtos achocolatados.

A etapa de fermentação do cacau é de vital importância para a redução do amargor e da adstringência do fruto, bem como para o desenvolvimento dos precursores do sabor, aroma e cor do chocolate, sendo que nenhuma outra etapa posterior é capaz de corrigir as falhas nessa etapa ou melhorar a qualidade do chocolate. Durante essa fase, iniciam-se importantes transformações físicas, bioquímicas e estruturais das sementes do cacau, por meio de uma série de reações químicas mediadas por microrganismos.

No interior do cacau praticamente não existem microrganismos. Esses seres vivos são inoculados no fruto quando o mesmo tem a sua casca quebrada para a retirada da polpa, que entra em contato com o facão utilizado para a quebra, com as mãos dos trabalhadores, com o ar e com os equipamentos e materiais utilizados no transporte e na fermentação das sementes, que não são estéreis. A polpa do cacau é rica em açúcares fermentáveis, como glicose e frutose, água, pectina e ácido cítrico, e constitui um substrato favorável para a proliferação dos microrganismos inoculados. Entretanto, nem todos os microrganismos que entram em contato com a polpa se desenvolvem, já que as condições de fermentação selecionam os microrganismos dominantes do processo fermentativo, que são as leveduras e bactérias láticas e acéticas.

Após a quebra do fruto e a remoção de sua polpa contendo as sementes, as mesmas devem ser transferidas para recipientes limpos que irão transportar o cacau para os locais de fermentação. A fermentação geralmente é realizada em caixas de madeira, conhecidas como cochos de fermentação, que contém orifícios no seu interior de 0,6 a 1 cm de diâmetro para a drenagem dos líquidos liberados durante o processo fermentativo. Folhas de bananeira podem ser inseridas dentro das caixas de madeira para que ocorra uma inoculação natural de leveduras, os microrganismos iniciais da fermentação. Isso porque o alto teor de açúcares (sacarose, glicose e frutose) e o baixo teor de oxigênio na polpa favorecem o crescimento dos mesmos, que fermentam a glicose e a frutose em etanol, metabólito que atinge a sua concentração máxima após as primeiras 24 horas do processo fermentativo. A principal espécie de levedura atuante no processo fermentativo é o microrganismo Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae), embora dez outras espécies de leveduras também estejam presentes na polpa.

S. cerevisiae também hidrolisa a pectina que recobre as sementes, o que permite a difusão do oxigênio do ar dentro da polpa. O aumento da concentração de oxigênio juntamente com o aumento da temperatura ocasionada pela reação de formação do etanol favorece o crescimento de bactérias láticas, principalmente as do gênero Streptococcus e Lactobacillus, após as primeiras 48 horas do início da fermentação pelas leveduras, que passam a ter morte celular significativa devido a toxicidade do etanol sobre o seu metabolismo. A partir desse período, ácido lático começa a ser produzido pelas bactérias láticas, uma reação exotérmica que aumenta ainda mais a temperatura da caixa de fermentação.

As sementes devem sofrer revolvimentos constantes a cada 24 horas, para que ocorra a aeração da polpa, o que contribui para a sucessão ecológica dos microrganismos atuantes do processo fermentativo.

Após 24 horas do início da colonização da polpa do cacau pelas bactérias láticas, a concentração de ácido lático faz com que o pH da polpa decresça, e esse efeito juntamente com o aumento da concentração de oxigênio e temperatura da caixa de fermentação - que varia de 40º a 50 °C - favorece o crescimento de bactérias acéticas, principalmente as do gênero Acetobacter e Gluconobacter. Esses microrganismos oxidam o etanol anteriormente produzido pelas leveduras em ácido ácetico, e por volta do 5º dia do processo fermentativo já é possível sentir o cheiro de vinagre na caixa de fermentação.

Os ácidos produzidos pelos microrganismos durante a fermentação se difundem pro interior da semente, ocasionando a morte do gérmen, e com a perda do poder germinativo a semente do cacau se torna uma amêndoa. A morte do gérmen é acompanhada da degradação da parede celular que o recobre, o que faz com que os compostos fenólicos ali presentes (responsáveis pelo amargor e adstringência do cacau) se difundam por toda a amêndoa, onde encontram enzimas como a polifenoloxidade e a peroxidase, que os oxidam. Os produtos formados possuem coloração vermelho-castanho e podem sofrer reações de complexação com os peptídeos presentes na amêndoa, o que diminui a solubilidade dos compostos fenólicos e, consequentemente, o amargor e a adstringência do cacau. Os açúcares redutores formados pela hidrólise da sacarose pelos microrganismos, bem como os aminoácidos livres hidrofóbicos liberados após a morte do gérmen, também contribuem para o desenvolvimento do sabor e aroma do chocolate.

O término da fermentação é definido pela coloração vermelho-castanho das amêndoas e pela estabilização da temperatura na caixa de fermentação, e o processo fermentativo geralmente dura até 7 dias. Após a fermentação, as amêndoas são transportadas para os locais de secagem, para reduzir a umidade proveniente dos ácidos formados pelos microrganismos. Posteriormente, as mesmas são transportadas até as indústrias produtoras de chocolate, onde vão ser processadas e dar origem aos alimentos derivados do cacau.

Cacau na mídia
 A telenovela Renascer, da Rede Globo mostrou com destaque a cultura do cacau na Bahia.
 A telenovela Gabriela também mostra a cultura do cacau.

Ver também
 Mel de cacau

Ligações externas

 CEPLAC

 Preços do cacao

Frutos do Brasil
Cacau
Flora da Amazônia

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When I was looking for what to write for the alphabet 'L', EVERYONE I asked had only one answer, 'LIC Building'.
These lines were the ones that accompanied the LIC Building suggestion.
Truth be told, I had driven past the LIC Building so many times (it's on the way to our favourite movie theatres , Escape and Sathyam) , and it had been pointed out to me too, but I had no recollection of it.
So I drove by once again, and frankly I was unimpressed. (I had lived on the 33rd floor, post marriage, in Mumbai! ) Till, I started reading about it.
The LIC building houses the Southern Regional Headquarters of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. I'm not sure if you can pop in simply for a look-see (it is a government office after all) , but nothing stops you from having a look at it from the outside.
Mind your step though, as it stands on an iconic and very busy road with traffic whizzing by. It stands on Anna Salai, which is more than 400 years old and is known as the most important road in Chennai. Yes, there is a lot of history here, alright!
Some more interesting facts about the LIC Building.
It marked the transition from Lime-and-brick construction to concrete columns in the region.
It was the tallest building in India, till the iconic Usha Kiran in Mumbai beat it's record two years later, in 1961, by 80 meters.
For a building built in 1959, the design is very aesthetically pleasing and it is extremely well maintained.
Mayuri, From 1966 to 1975 and later from 1990 to 2005 I lived in Chennai. We used to be in awe of the LIC building though just like you I have never been inside the building. And it is a major landmark in Chennai. After all these years, as you say it looks pretty unimpressive. A 15 storey building is no big deal these days right? But I have seen it in its glory days and it used to be a thrill.
This is interesting. It might look like any other building today but the history associated with it definitely makes it stand out.
Such a tall building in those days must be a center of attraction for the crowd for sure.
That's magnificent. Has to be a landmark.
The building certainly does not look like it was made in 1959. Has it been renovated over time? 15 floors isn't much but the history attached to it certainly makes it a must-watch if only from outside.
True dear for a 1959 construction it truly looks like a marvel. It is such a pleasure knowing about it and I see a very special ebook in chennai attractions shaping up my dear.
That's some really cool facts about the LIC building. Good to know about it.
What a landmark! Tell me one thing..why are LIC buildings so huge? Where do they get the money from?? LOL..our insurance money of course!!
15 storeyed building in 1959!! Now, that's truly SOMETHING!! And it really looks modern! Will look out for it on my next trip to Chennai!
For a Mumbaikar that's not a big deal I agree but for many others, it is definitely an iconic building. This reminds me of when I first stepped on an escalator in Delhi I was mesmerized, being a small town it was a big deal for me. Love the way you are showcasing Chennai M.
I knowwww! That's exactly what I was thinking while looking at its picture. That it doesn't look so old, the way it's been designed!


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This week our sentence prompt, provided by last week's winner, EA Wicklund, must be used as the FIRST line in your piece. And the media prompt is a painting.
Pass the basil, would you?
The painting this week is Isabella by John Everett Millais. It's the first painting he did in the Pre-Raphaelite style and it was inspired by John Keat's poem Isabella, or the Pot of Basil. Be sure to click on the image to see this painting in its large format because there is a lot going on in it.
Incidentally, to read some damn fine Sci-Fi, check out Wicklund's Fairy Tales.
Suzanne Purkis runs the speakeasy, and can be found at Apoplectic Apostrophes.
The Detroit Auto Show was always a basin of opportunity.
But, the myopic choice of a name by Mister Ford failed to dazzle.
Both for the new model line-up and the child.
Here are the instructions from the editors: This weekend we're asking you to add thirty of your own words to the following three words for a total of thirty-three. Good luck!
UlaG & Me… on the ferry, after picking her up at SeaTac Airport, coming home from Myanmar last year.
Some gifts cannot be bought… this is one of those. I have been encouraging my granddaughter to write some stories for TedBook. She is taking a creative writing class at school and I think is a clever writer. She is a lucky girl, as she has traveled the globe with her parents since she was a baby… every year. They always take a trip in January and get home in February… It is cold here and they go to warm places. I pick them up at the airport, quite a sight in their shorts and flip-flops, and return them to Friday Harbor. Last year they trekked through Myanmar for six weeks. She promised to write a story about the children there, complete with photos she took… I'm holding her to it. Hopefully this will be a start to more stories from the pen of UlaG.
"Oh Nooooo it's… THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES!!!
I promised a full report… I boarded the MV Chelan as requested shortly before 8 a.m.
This is actually not the real ferry-boat (I forgot to take a photo), but a stand in. The model can be seen at Seatown in Seattle.
I settled into a booth and my daughters showed up with a delicious breakfast of quiche and fresh fruit… after arriving on the mainland we readied to depart the ferry… After a stop at the first of many Starbuck's we had an exciting car wash… and upon reaching Seattle, my Birthday got off to an exciting start in the make-up department at Nordstrom… somehow this was a familiar theme throughout the day. We stopped to admire the Christmas windows at Tiffany's (designed by my friend Christopher Young in NYC)… After a delicious lunch at PF Chang's, we boarded the famous Monorail… and headed for the Seattle Repertory Theater to see a matinée performance of… It was an excellent production and lots of fun… Checked out the Space Needle on the way back to the Monorail… We went back to the Mayflower Hotel… in the heart of downtown Seattle and got ready to go out to dinner at one my favorite Tom Douglas restaurants … A fabulous meal of Pork Chop and Garlic Sausage followed with a nice birthday dessert… A restful sleep at The Mayflower and a day of shopping finished off the Birthday Bash.
This week's Friday Fictioneer's photo prompt is courtesy of Randy Mazie. Rochelle-Wisoff Fields chose it to be this week's inspiration for some 100 Word Flash Fiction.
The bowl lay overturned on the floor, a rough crack running down one side.
"Grandma's going to kill me! First her marble slab, now her favorite mixing bowl. HELP ME!!!!!!
Twisted up in a sheet and drenched in a cold sweat, I fight to get back into reality, trying to explain the delicious pinks and reds.
"You've been playing way too much Candy Crush on facebook!" my friend says.
This story kind of came to me in a dream. I had gone to sleep thinking of the prompt line, and I had bought some homemade caramels from a friend at a craft fair, who sells them under the name GrandmaFreysCaramels. And, I have a friend on facebook who plays Candy Crush all the time, it's one of those games like FarmVille that have people hooked. She's always trying to get me to play. I'm not sure it was me in the dream, I think I was writing the story in the dream. Those might be clues to how the dream came about… so, I thought I'd use it for my story.
p.s. If you like good caramel candy, order some from Paul. He's a good guy and coach of the Friday Harbor High School Girls Soccer Team… Division Champs this year… my granddaughter Isabel is a star midfielder.


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module xp.mdposteditor.controllers
{
	import IMediaResource 		= xp.mdposteditor.services.IMediaResource;
	import FileService 			= xp.mdposteditor.services.FileService;
	import MediaService 		= xp.mdposteditor.services.MediaService;
	import MessageBusService 	= xp.mdposteditor.services.MessageBusService;
	import GalleryPickerService = xp.mdposteditor.services.GalleryPickerService;
	import GalleryPickerEvent	= xp.mdposteditor.services.GalleryPickerEvent;
	import StaticEvent 			= io.xperiments.angularjs.StaticEvent;

	export interface IGalleryDropObject
	{
		file?:File;
		textDrop?:string;
	}
	export class GalleryPickerController
	{
		static $inject =
		[
			 DI.$scope
			,DI.$timeout
			,DI.MediaService
			,DI.MessageBusService
			,DI.FileService
			,DI.GalleryPickerService
		];

		public visible:boolean = false;
		public imageNode:IMediaResource[];
		public imageParentNode:IMediaResource[];
		public rootPath:string;
		public folderDepth:IMediaResource[][] =[];
		public folderPath:string[] =['root'];
		public uploadImage:string;
		public uploadImageName:string;
		public onSelect:(name:string)=>void;
		public lastFolder:IMediaResource;
		constructor(
			 private $scope:ng.IScope
			,private $timeout:ng.ITimeoutService
			,private mediaService:MediaService
			,private messageBusService:MessageBusService
			,private fileService:FileService
			,private galleryPickerService:GalleryPickerService
		)
		{
			this.messageBusService.on(GalleryPickerEvent.PICK, ( )=>{

				this.toggleGalleryPicker( );

			}, $scope );
		}
		public toggleGalleryPicker( )
		{

			this.visible = !this.visible;
			this.folderPath = ['root'];
			if( this.visible )
			{
				this.updateMedia();
			}
		}
		public close()
		{
			this.galleryPickerService.reject();
		}
		public showFolder( file:IMediaResource )
		{
			this.lastFolder = file;
			this.folderPath.push( file.name );
			this.folderDepth.push( this.imageNode );
			this.imageNode = file.children;
		}
		public selectImage( image:string )
		{
			this.toggleGalleryPicker();
			this.galleryPickerService.resolve( image );
		}

		public folderUp()
		{
			this.folderPath.pop();
			this.imageNode = this.folderDepth.pop()
		}
		public isMediaFile( file:IMediaResource )
		{
			return ['.jpg','.png','.gif'].indexOf( file.ext )!=-1;
		}
		public onDrop( dropObject:IGalleryDropObject = null  )
		{
			if( dropObject.textDrop )
			{
				this.fileService.downloadFile(dropObject.textDrop, './src/images/' + this.getRelativeUploadPath()+ this.hashCode( dropObject.textDrop ) )
					.then((data)=>
					{
						this.$timeout( ()=>{ this.toggleGalleryPicker(); this.galleryPickerService.resolve(data.downloadedImage);},1000);
					});
			}
			else
			{
				this.fileService.uploadFilesToUrl('/upload', [{ contents: dropObject.file, name: dropObject.file.name }], './src/images/' + this.getRelativeUploadPath())
					.then((data)=>
					{
						this.toggleGalleryPicker();
						this.galleryPickerService.resolve(data.uploadedFiles[0].path);
					});
			}
		}

		private updateMedia( ):ng.IPromise<any>
		{
			return this.mediaService.listMedia().then( ( data:IMediaResource )=>this.initFolder(data) );
		}

		private initFolder( data:IMediaResource )
		{
			this.rootPath = data.path;
			this.imageNode = data.children;
			this.lastFolder = data;
		}

		private getRelativeUploadPath()
		{
			var path:string[] = this.folderPath.slice(0); // clone array;
			path.push('');
			path.shift();
			console.log(path.join('/'));
			return path.join('/');
		}
		private hashCode( str:string ):number
		{
			var hash:number = 0;
			if (str.length == 0) return hash;
			for (var i:number = 0, total:number=str.length, char:number ; i < total; i++)
			{
				char = str.charCodeAt(i);
				hash = ((hash<<5)-hash)+char;
				hash = hash & hash; // Convert to 32bit integer
			}
			return hash;
		}

	}

}

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