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Jesper Blicher (født 4. oktober 1988) er en dansk fodboldspiller, der spiller for FC Roskilde.

Karriere
Blicher begyndte med at spille fodbold i Kolt-Hasselager IF, hvorfra han blev hentet til AGF, hvor han fik sin øvrige fodboldmæssige opdragelse. Han var en del af årgang '88, der vandt DM i juniorliga, ligesom Michael Lumb, Frederik Krabbe, Michael Vester, Niels Kristensen, Morten Beck Andersen og Anders Syberg, som alle har haft debut på AGF's 1.hold.

I efteråret 2009 var han udlejet til Næstved Boldklub, og lige inden vintertransfervinduets afslutning skiftede han permanent til klubben. .

I 2010 skiftede han til FC Fredericia, hvor han spillede indtil 2012, hvor han fik Vendsyssel FF som ny klub.

I januar 2015 fik han efter eget ønske ophævet sin kontrakt med Vendsyssel FF  og skrev den 6 februar 2015 under på 2-årige kontrakt med Lyngby Boldklub

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

 Jesper Blicher ny mand i Fredericia (Vejle Amt Folkeblad)
 Fredericia-duo rykker til Hjørring (Bold.dk)

Fodboldspillere fra Danmark
Personer fra Aarhus
Fodboldspillere fra Næstved BK
Fodboldspillere fra AGF
Fodboldspillere fra FC Hjørring
Fodboldspillere fra Lyngby Boldklub
Fodboldspillere fra FC Roskilde

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Please see early reviews below
Book two of "The Hipster Chronicles," titled "The Hipster," is now being written.
"WASTED"
A epic new novel / thriller by Steven A. Finly (120,000 words)
Book One of the "Hipster Chronicles."
Steven's current novel '"WASTED '" is a twisted tale of murder, music, love and revenge in the Motor City during its late 1960's rock and roll heyday. Loosely based around real events, the story is designed to be the first installment of a trilogy following the lives of three Detroit families (one rich, one blue-collar, and one of a police detective) as they journey through the social, political and sexual revolutions of the psychedelic drug-fueled 1960's through to the cocaine-crazed 1980's.
... and Steve should know because he was a rock & roll guitarist during those years.
Logline: "When a young auto-heiress overdoses on LSD, and accidentaly kills herself, her vengeful father secretly hires an assassin to hunt down the dealer that gave her the drugs."
Story capsulation: Set against Detroit's turbulent 60's, "A Wasted Life" follows the bittersweet life of 23-year-old Jesse Adams as he falls in love with a beautiful young auto heiress named Claudia Wexler.
Jesse longs for a chance to escape his family's working-class drudgery,
so he turns to dealing psychedelic drugs to make some fast cash. However, his hopes for a better life come crashing down when Claudia dies after overdosing on the very drug he's selling. Although Jesse is innocent of the crime, he soon becomes the key suspect in the police investigation -- but was Claudia's death accidental, a suicide, or murder?
Jesse's life is in shambles when an unexpected loophole in the drug laws allows him to walk away from any pending charges. However, as he searches for the killer, Claudia's rich and powerful father, Frank Wexler, decides to initiate his own brand of justice. Frank's a man that knows no limits when it comes to revenge, even if it means breaking the law -- or even murder. It's now a case "guilty until proven innocent" as they all search for the truth and someone to blame for Claudia's death.
Novel release info -- COMING SOON!
"Author Steven Finly takes us on a magic carpet ride into the psychedelic 60s when world views were shifting and new worlds were spinning into existence. As in any time when culture clashes disrupt our realities, the characters in 'Wasted,' though definitely rich in those bygone times, reflect the challenges we all face even in today's fractured world. Remember, reminisce, reflect, be glad you weren't there, wish you were there… this story offers something for everyone of every age and inclination. Plus amidst the trials and tragedies, it's also colorful and fun."
Pamela Jaye Smith, award-winning screenwriter, novelist and educator; MYTHWORKS.
"A great read. Steven's novel really captured the highs and lows of the 1960's era."
Sean Cunningham, producer, director of the "Friday The 13th" / "Jason" movie series.
"'Wasted' took me back -- and blew my mind -- as much as when I came to the US in 1968 as a reserved Englishman and stumbled into the LSD counter-culture. It's an edge-of-your-seat read and reeks of authenticity. There was a civil war at the time between the long hairs and the rednecks, and reading this book reminds me of which side I was on and why."
Bruce Logan, Emmy-winning director, screenwriter and producer.
"Wasted" was not only a great murder-mystery but a captivating expose about the 1960s psychedelic drug revolution, explaining how and why people took it, but more importantly, why they shouldn't. A real page-turner."
Richard O Lowry, Emmy-winning producer and writer.
"Wasted is an illustration of the enduring command that drugs and money wield over the best and the worst of us. We can't look away as we watch the characters in this story come under the influence of LSD, dollars and sheer peer power, and witness their lives disintegrate in various ways. It's a gripping, engrossing story that, although fictional, rings all too true. Wasted is hard to put down, and leaves the reader hungry for more.
Leslie White, story editor.
"Wow, what a book! Its visuals were so strong that it was like I had actually taken LSD - and loved every minute of it. "Wasted is a powerful, very REAL story that makes you feel like you were actually there (in the late 1960s). You won't know when to stop!"
Denyc Poole, awarding-winning actress, producer and screenwriter.
"In hindsight, I don't know whether to thank God for all the sex, drugs and rock & roll -- or condemn him (or her) for it --
but one thing's for sure, the 60s were a hell of a ride -- and the novel 'A Wasted Life' proves it."
Kevin LaCava, writer, director, producer, Fledgling Productions..
"Like an acid flashback to the hippie heyday of 1960s Detroit, Steven Finly's 'Wasted' is a trip in itself. Can't remember the last time I read a book in one sitting. It's part love story with all the lustful urgency that goes along with youth; part culture clash between the motor city's working class and it's wealthy upper crust, and a cautionary tale revolving around get rich quick drug dealing schemes. It brought back memories of those rock'n'roll days at the Detroit's Grande Ballroom and the Fillmore West in San Francisco. Oh, and there's murder... ...bloody murder! Looking forward to the next two in the trilogy! "
Susan Eisenstadt, writer.
"This novel captures the spirit of the drug culture of the 60s and 70s. Hold on to your seat this is a wild ride. The experience may cause flashbacks!!!"
Gary A. Finly, former musician, investment counselor. Kevin LaCava, writer, director, producer; Founder of Fledgling Productions.
"A great read, which really took me straight back to the 1960's -- only this time I can remember it."
Greg Sheppard, lawyer - legal consultant for the band 'Sheppar.d.'
"God bless the Baby Boomers… for they have sinned. Read the book and find out how and why."
Mike A. Finly, musician, artist., baby-boomer.
"Reading 'Wasted' was the best trip I've taken since the 1970's. Some habits die hard, and like the true-life characters living and dying in this story, if you don't experience immediate flashbacks you may find yourself on a deeper journey to discover what you've been missing lo these many years..."
John Hetherington, composer, author.
"Wasted' is a great read! Once I started it, I couldn't stop. Having grown up during the 60s, the story and characters felt very true to the time period. The dialogue and musical references were spot on. Can't wait for the sequel to see what happens next!"
Ingrid Butler, educator, writer.

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Behind the scenes our teams are working in sometimes dangerous conditions doing often miraculous rescues. There are dogs with histories so horrifying or stories so uplifting that the public needs to know about them. Read some of the articles the media has released about our work below.
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World's largest clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments expands internationally
Clinical Trials Coronavirus COVID-19 General
The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) Trial, the world's largest clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments, has now expanded internationally with Indonesia and Nepal among the first countries to join. The first patients have been recruited to RECOVERY International.
Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and Joint Chief Investigator for the trial, says, 'The RECOVERY trial has been an enormous success, enrolling over 37,000 patients and delivering clear results on six treatments already. By building on this success through international partnership we can speed up the assessment of novel treatments, increase the global relevance of the trial results, build capacity, and reduce wasted efforts on small uninformative studies.'
'It is particularly important to find readily available and affordable treatments for COVID-19 that can be used worldwide. RECOVERY International will help us to identify effective treatments that can be used in less well-resourced settings' he added.
The RECOVERY trial was launched rapidly in the UK in March 2020 to investigate if any existing treatments were effective against COVID-19. It is open to all patients admitted to NHS hospitals with COVID-19, with more than 36,000 patients recruited so far. The trial has already delivered results that have changed clinical care, including the findings that the inexpensive steroid, dexamethasone, and the anti-inflammatory treatment, tocilizumab, significantly reduce the risk of death when given to hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19.
Read the full story on the University of Oxford website
New book expands the horizons of brain research
A pioneering book from Professor Zoltán Molnár and Yale Professors Tamas Horvath and Joy Hirsch to be released on 1 February 2022 addresses the fundamental relationship between the body, brain and behaviour.
New research sheds light on how ultrasound could be used to treat psychiatric disorders
A new study in macaque monkeys has shed light on which parts of the brain support credit assignment processes (how the brain links outcomes with its decisions) and, for the first time, how low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) can modulate both brain activity and behaviours related to these decision-making and learning processes.
Dramatic fall in hospital admissions for child infections since start of Covid-19 pandemic
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been dramatic reductions in hospital admissions for common and severe childhood infections in England, most likely due to social distancing measures, school and workplace closures, and travel restrictions, finds a study published by The BMJ today.
Rosalind Franklin Institute and Pharmacology announce strategic partnership in Next Generation Chemistry
The Rosalind Franklin Institute and the University of Oxford's Department of Pharmacology have entered into a strategic partnership for Next Generation Chemistry.
Christoph Treiber awarded ERC Starting Grant to investigate the origins of behavioural diversity
Congratulations are in order for postdoctoral research scientist Dr Christoph Treiber who has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. His funded project will investigate the genetic components that may contribute to diversity of brain function and behaviour.
New blood-based test is the first ever to simultaneously identify if a patient has cancer and if it has spread
A publication by University of Oxford researchers describes a new minimally invasive and inexpensive blood test that can identify cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms. The early success of this technology makes it the first blood-based test that not only detects cancer in this population but can simultaneously identify if a cancer has spread.


Audi of America launched the new Audi Sport brand at the 2017 New York International Auto Show. Representing the best in track-tested performance available from the four rings, Audi Sport models offer the perfect balance of driving dynamics, innovation and quality. Over the next 24 months, eight new Audi Sport models are scheduled to launch in the U.S. market.
In 2016, Audi developed the new R8 production car in parallel with the GT3 race car, the Audi R8 LMS. Both the R8 and the R8 LMS made significant performance gains, thanks to the close cooperation between race car engineers, motorsports specialists and production car developers. The result is a race car that shares approximately half of the same parts with its production counterpart including the V10 engine and ASF® lightweight multi-material construction.
The RS 5 Coupe will launch in the first six months of 2018. Featuring an all-new 2.9-liter TFSI® V6-biturbo engine with 450 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque, the RS 5 accelerates from 0-62 mph in 3.9 seconds.


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Carmen Giannattasio (née à Avellino, en Italie, le ) est une chanteuse soprano italienne .

Biographie

Formation et premières expériences
Née à Avellino et élevée à Solofra, elle a terminé ses études de chant au Conservatoire Domenico Cimarosa d' Avellino, diplômée en même temps en Langues et Littératures Étrangères (littératures russe et anglaise) à l'Université de Salerne. Puis, de 1999 à 2001, elle a fréquenté l'Accademia di Perfezionamento du Teatro alla Scala de Milan.

Carrière internationale
Giannattasio a travaillé avec de nombreux chefs d'orchestre internationaux de renom dont Maurizio Benini , Semyon Bychkov , Roland Boer, Sir Colin Davis , Plácido Domingo , Dan Ettingerá, Asher Fisch , Riccardo Frizza , Daniele Gatti , Michel Plasson , René Jacobs , Riccardo Muti , Daniel Oren , Zubin Mehta , Myung-whun Chung , Antonio Pappano , Michele Mariotti et David Parry .

En 2012, elle fait ses débuts au Royal Opera House , à Covent Garden en tant que Mimi dans la production de John Copley de La boheme  et à son Metropolitan Opera, New York, en tant que Leonora dans la production de David McVicar de Il trovatore.  La même année, elle a également fait ses débuts à l'Arena di Verona dans la production de Zeffirelli de Don Giovanni de Mozart avec Ildebrando D'Arcangelo. En décembre 2012, elle est acclamée à Naples dans le rôle de Violetta dans La Traviata sous la direction du chef d'orchestre turc Ferzan Ozpetek.

Distinction
En 2002, elle remporte le premier prix du public au concours Operalia à Paris.

Le 28 février 2017, elle a reçu l'honneur de Chevalier de l' Ordre de l'Étoile de la République italienne.

Répertoire

Enregistrements

Enregistrements remarqués

Autres enregistrements
 2009 : Verdi: Requiem - Carmen Giannattasio / Veronica Simeoni / Alxander Timchenko / Carlo Colombara / St. Orchestre philharmonique de Pétersbourg / Yuri Temirkanov , Signum
 2011 : Rossini de La donna del lago et Ermione (qui a remporté 2011 Le Gramophone Award);  Donizetti « s Parisina d'Este ; et Bellini de Il Pirata, Opera Rara
 2013 : Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable - Bryan Hymel / Martial Defontaine / Carmen Giannattasio / Patrizia Ciofi / Alastair Miles / Carlo Striuli / Francesco Pittari / Chœur du Teatro dell'Opera di Salerno / Luigi Petrozziello / Orchestre Symphonique du Teatro Verdi, Salerno / Daniel Oren, Brillant (Elle interprète le rôle d'Alice)

Vidéographie
 2005 : Gran Teatro La Fenice performance Maometto Secondo  de Rossini sorti en DVD de Dynamic .
 2010 : Spectacle du Teatro Comunale di Bologna de 2008  Simon Boccanegra  de Verdi sorti en Blu-ray de Arthaus Musik
 2012-2015 : La traviata mis en scène par Ferzan Özpetek au Teatro di San Carlo est sorti en PAL DVD de CG Entertainment

Autres projets

 Wikimedia Commons contient des images ou d'autres fichiers sur Carmen Giannattasio

Notes et références
Page issue tout ou partie des pages wikipédia anglophone et italophone sur le sujet

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Chanteuse italienne du XXe siècle
Chanteuse italienne du XXIe siècle
Soprano italienne
Naissance en avril 1975
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Taylor University Requirements for Admission
What are Taylor University's admission requirements? While there are a lot of pieces that go into a college application, you should focus on only a few critical things:
In this guide we'll cover what you need to get into Taylor University and build a strong application.
School location: Upland, IN
The acceptance rate at Taylor University is 77.6%. For every 100 applicants, 78 are admitted.
This means the school is lightly selective. The school will have their expected requirements for GPA and SAT/ACT scores. If you meet their requirements, you're almost certain to get an offer of admission. But if you don't meet Taylor University's requirements, you'll be one of the unlucky few people who gets rejected.
Taylor University GPA Requirements
The average GPA at Taylor University is 3.74.
With a GPA of 3.74, Taylor University requires you to be above average in your high school class. You'll need at least a mix of A's and B's, with more A's than B's. You can compensate for a lower GPA with harder classes, like AP or IB classes. This will show that you're able to handle more difficult academics than the average high school student.
You must take either the SAT or ACT to submit an application to Taylor University. More importantly, you need to do well to have a strong application.
Taylor University SAT Requirements
The average SAT score composite at Taylor University is a 1188 on the 1600 SAT scale.
This score makes Taylor University Competitive for SAT test scores.
Taylor University SAT Score Analysis (New 1600 SAT)
The 25th percentile SAT score is 1080, and the 75th percentile SAT score is 1300. In other words, a 1080 on the SAT places you below average, while a 1300 will move you up to above average.
Composite 1188 1080 1300
Taylor University ACT Requirements
Just like for the SAT, Taylor University likely doesn't have a hard ACT cutoff, but if you score too low, your application will get tossed in the trash.
The average ACT score at Taylor University is 25. This score makes Taylor University Moderately Competitive for ACT scores.
Even though Taylor University likely says they have no minimum ACT requirement, if you apply with a 22 or below, you'll have a harder time getting in, unless you have something else impressive in your application.
We weren't able to find the school's exact ACT policy, which most likely means that it does not Superscore. Regardless, you can choose your single best ACT score to send in to Taylor University, so you should prep until you reach our recommended target ACT score of 22.
Taylor University recommends that you take the SAT Essay/ACT Writing section. If you do well, they'll consider your application to be stronger.
We did not find information that Taylor University requires SAT subject tests, and so most likely it does not. At least 6 months before applying, you should still doublecheck just to make sure, so you have enough time to take the test.
Because this school is lightly selective, you have a great shot at getting in, as long as you don't fall well below average. Aim for a 1080 SAT or a 22 ACT or higher, and you'll almost certainly get an offer of admission. As long as you meet the rest of the application requirements below, you'll be a shoo-in.
But if you score below our recommended target score, you may be one of the very few unlucky people to get rejected.
What are your chances of admission at Taylor University?
Every school requires an application with the bare essentials - high school transcript and GPA, application form, and other core information. Many schools, as explained above, also require SAT and ACT scores, as well as letters of recommendation, application essays, and interviews. We'll cover the exact requirements of Taylor University here.
Common Application Not accepted
Essay or Personal Statement Required for all freshmen
Letters of Recommendation 2
SAT Essay or ACT Writing Recommended
Scores Due in Office June 1
Electives 3
Yes October 15, December 1 20
Upland, IN 46989-1001
If you're interested in Taylor University, you'll probably be interested in these schools as well. We've divided them into 3 categories depending on how hard they are to get into, relative to Taylor University.
These schools are have higher average SAT scores than Taylor University. If you improve your SAT score, you'll be competitive for these schools.
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 1300 30
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 1275 28
United States Military Academy West Point, NY 1270 28
Penn State University Park University Park, PA 1265 28
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 1265 27
Temple University Philadelphia, PA 1238 27
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ 1231 26
If you're competitive for Taylor University, these schools will offer you a similar chance of admission.
Florida International University Miami, FL 1195 26
University of Oregon Eugene, OR 1185 25
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 1180 26
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 1180 26
Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT 1175 26
If you're currently competitive for Taylor University, you should have no problem getting into these schools. If Taylor University is currently out of your reach, you might already be competitive for these schools.
San Jose State University San Jose, CA 1145 23
University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 1125 22
Texas State University San Marcos, TX 1095 23


GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Consumers Energy is reporting that more than 24,000 customers are without power after tornadoes ripped through the area.
Firefighters and police in several communities continued to respond to reports of downed wires as of 6 p.m., about four hours after the storm went through.
There have been reports of hundreds, perhaps thousands of trees down in Grand Rapids and Wyoming.
In Allegan County, about 1,700 customers are without power.
Residents in the Wyoming area, in particular, were cleaning up after a tornado hit West Michigan.


Sonja Farak, a forensic chemist in the State Crime Lab in Amherst who stole from narcotics samples to feed her addiction, stood during her arraignment in 2013.
A Springfield judge has vacated several drug cases connected to a former state chemist after finding that two former state prosecutors committed misconduct.
Carey dismissed the convictions of seven defendants and allowed another to withdraw his guilty plea.
The dismissals stem from evidence tested by Sonja Farak, a former state chemist at the Amherst drug laboratory who was arrested in early 2013 after a colleague noticed samples were missing. She pleaded guilty in 2014 to stealing from narcotics evidence and was sentenced to eighteen months in jail.
At the time of her arrest, State Police seized drugs and paraphernalia from Farak's car, as well as work sheets she completed as part of substance abuse therapy. The work sheets showed that her tampering with evidence began earlier than was revealed at trial or in subsequent proceedings.
Judge Carey determined that two former assistant attorneys general — Anne Kaczmarek and Kris Foster — compounded the damage done by Farak, and that their actions were "in many ways more damning." The prosecutors took steps to conceal these work sheets from the court and local prosecutors, as well as from defendants challenging Farak's analysis in their cases, he found.
Kaczmarek left the attorney general's office in 2014 and is now an assistant clerk magistrate in Suffolk County.
"I am proud of my 16 years of working for the people of Massachusetts. I disagree with the Court's decision and the characterization of my conduct in this case," said Kaczmarek.
Foster is now general counsel at the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. She did not respond to a request for comment.
Kaczmarek, who led Farak's prosecution and also prosecuted former state chemist Annie Dookhan, cited these work sheets in memos to her supervisors. She also provided copies to Farak's defense attorney, but not to the Hampden District Attorney's Office, which was responsible for passing along pertinent evidence to defendants.
In response to motions from defense attorneys, Foster told a judge that all relevant materials had already been turned over, characterizing such motions as a "fishing expedition." Foster later testified that she never actually reviewed the evidence files to determine what had not been turned over, and that she intentionally wrote a "vague" letter to the judge to avoid representing that she had.
In March, the state attorney general's office acknowledged that both prosecutors made mistakes, but argued that they were not severe enough to warrant throwing out convictions. But Carey determined that the circumstances demanded that the cases be dismissed in order to deter misconduct by prosecutors in the future.
Attorneys for the defendants welcomed the ruling.
"In not turning over this vital evidence, the attorney general ensured that a scandal would devolve into a travesty of justice," said Springfield-based lawyer Jared Olanoff.
"Judge Carey did brilliant, fearless work concerning the misconduct committed by the prosecutors who intentionally withheld exculpatory evidence," said attorney James McKenna.
The attorney general's office is reviewing the decision, according to spokeswoman Emalie Gainey.
Shawn Musgrave can be reached at shawnmusgrave@gmail.com. Reporting for this story was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.


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Dwayne Johnson hints at an end to Vin Diesel feud
Actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has hinted that his feud with Vin Diesel is over.
The pair allegedly fell out on the set of The Fate of the Furious in 2016, and their feud spilled on to social media, when Dwayne accused "a male co-star" of being a "candy-a**" and claimed that the anger had affected his performance.
He wrote on Instagram at the time: "When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I'm not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling – you're right."
Actor Vin Diesel (Photo: imdb.com)
And since then, the pair have often made comments which allude to a feud between the pair, with Vin once saying things were "blown out of proportion".
But now, it seems they have finally buried the hatchet, as Dwayne has thanked Vin for his "support" in the wake of the release of Hobbs and Shaw, the Fast and Furious spin-off that stars Dwayne and Jason Statham.
Dwayne, 47, said in an Instagram video: "I want to thank brother Vin for your support of Hobbs and Shaw."
The star also hinted that Vin, 52, has reached out to congratulate Dwayne and his wife, Lauren Hashian, on their recent wedding.
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Courts Optical Jamaica is set to gift 200 students with full sets of glasses, to improve their general learning experience. The Brighter View initiative will launc…
There has been a 10 per cent increase in road fatalities in Jamaica in 2021. With just hours left before the New Year, data from the Traffic and Road Safety branch s…
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The Great Hammerhead sharks of Bimini really are very special… There is literally nowhere else in the world where you can come face-to-face with these incredible animals so reliably. Large, increasingly rare and generally solitary animals – Great Hammerheads are really difficult to see underwater.
When underwater encounters do happen they are typically fleeting at best, but not in Bimini! Where every winter a healthy population of Great Hammerheads gathers just off the coast of the island.
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini – Discovery
The annual aggregation of Great Hammerheads was discovered by the staff of Dr Samuel Gruber's Bimini Shark Lab back in 2002… But the lab managed to keep the whole thing to themselves for over 10 years. However word eventually got out and South Bimini is now firmly established as Great Hammerhead Central!
So unique is the situation that trips get booked up very quickly… Personally it took me two attempts and a one-year advance booking to do mine.
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini – Why There?
The Bahamas are said to take their name from Baja Mar – the Spanish term for "shallow seas". That's because the archipelago resides on top of two main limestone carbonate platforms called the Bahama Banks.
Great Bahama Bank covers the southern part of the archipelago. While Little Bahama Bank covers the northern part. With incredible channels as deep as 4000m separating the two.
The small islands of North and South Bimini sit at the north-western tip of the Great Bahama Bank. Isolated from the rest of the archipelago and physically closer to Miami than the nearest Bahamian city of Freeport.
Map of the Bahamas
The Bimini Islands
Their location means that to the north, south and east is the shallow water of the Great Bahama Bank.
Which is typically some 10 to 15 meters in depth – hence the "shallow seas"…
While to the west is shallow water that slopes down to about 50m. And then plunges down in to the 2000m deep channel between Miami and Bimini.
Through that channel flows the rich waters of the Gulf Stream as it heads north towards the Atlantic Ocean.
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini – The Gulf Stream
The Gulf Stream is a profoundly important force of nature. Conceptually it can be thought of as almost a conveyor belt of warm, fertile and nutrient-laden water. And, as it flows up from the Gulf of Mexico, it sweeps up eggs and larvae along the way.
Those eggs and larvae thrive in the rich current, before being deposited at landfalls along the way. With the islands of Bimini being the first major way-point.
Bimini is uniquely placed to benefit from that life-flow because of its large areas of mangroves and sea-grass. Which provide the eggs and larvae the nursery they need to grow into crabs, lobsters and conch. In turn providing a source of food for the animals higher in the marine food chain such as stingrays and sharks.
Image Courtesy of Kristine Stump
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini – Marine Parks
The Bahamas has never really been at the leading edge of the conservation movement. And it has to be said that the country has suffered from over-exploitation of fish stocks plus periodic over-development of tourist resorts in ecologically sensitive areas.
But, on the other hand… it was the first country in the Caribbean to create a marine protected area. The 112,640 acre Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park. Established in 1959 under the newly-formed Bahamas National Trust. Which, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, was truly an incredible piece of foresight!
The Bahamas have since added another 26 national parks covering over 1 million acres of land and sea. Together with enacting substantial supporting environmental legislation, including making Exuma Cays a no-take marine reserve.
Then in 2011 the government went one step further. Becoming the 4th country in the world to establish a shark sanctuary by formally protected all sharks in Bahamian waters. All of which has created an incredibly important sanctuary for animals like the Great Hammerhead, Tiger Sharks and Oceanic Whitetips!
Exuma Cays
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini – Face to Face…
Hammerheads are regarded as aggressive hunters that feed on smaller fish, octopus, squid and crustaceans. But they are not known to attack humans unless provoked. In Bimini they are tempted in close by feeding them. And the whole thing is carefully organized to give the participants maximum exposure to the animals.
Which is done by limiting the number of people in the water at any time to six participants. Plus one "feeder" and a safety diver watching your backs.
The feeder is in the middle with an aluminum bait box (to keep the sharks from getting over excited…). There are three participants on either side who rotate positions after 15 minutes. So that everybody gets a turn next to the bait box where it can get very exciting!
There are usually 12 people on a trip, so after 45 minutes you get a tap on the shoulder. Which means it's time to give up your place and return to the boat. The safety diver is there not because of the hammerheads that often roam around behind you. But because of the Bull Sharks that are also quite common in Bimini…
A patrolling Bull Shark
All this is in about 12m of water, so air consumption is minimal and deco is not really an issue. Basically the show goes on all day… But interestingly the first hammerheads only show up about ten in the morning – so it's a leisurely start every day.
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini – Feeding Time!
The job of distributing the pieces of fish on any shark feed is clearly somewhat of a fairly high-risk endeavor. But with the Great Hammerheads it takes on quite another dimension!
As the shark approaches the feeder it can see the offered bait. Then, at the last minute, the feeder flicks the bait slightly to the left or the right. So that the participant at that side will get an up-close and very personal photo-opportunity.
The shark sees where the bait goes and turns… But at that point the bait usually disappears under its mallet-shaped head. So it instinctively chomps away till it bites on the bait.
Nine times out of ten the feeder flicks the bait upwards and the shark gets it with the first chomp. But things can get a bit hectic around the bait box and when they don't!
After the first couple of days the initial excitement tends to dissipate somewhat. The Great Hammerheads turn up on time and sashay in to the feeder. Take their snacks and the exit stage right or left.
As impressive an animal as they are it all becomes quite predictable and seems a bit like a petting zoo. And then you do the night dive!
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini – After Dark…
The night dive with the hammerheads is one of those things you just have to do. It starts as a late afternoon dive and as the light fades turns in to a dusk and then a night dive. And instead of half the divers in the water, all 12 participants enter the water together. But with two feeders – so it is the same basic routine of rotating positions and everybody getting a turn next to the bait box.
You could say that the Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini behave somewhat differently at night… As nocturnal feeders they are much more active and far more aggressive. Forget of the slow sashay along the bottom towards the bait box. After dark they come in fast and at chest height.
Its an interesting experience. To see the change in the behavior of the Great Hammerheads was for me quite fascinating. I did not feel in any real danger, but it did reinforce the basic fact that these are wild animals and we were in their domain!
Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini X-Ray Article
I documented my whole experience in Bimini in a comprehensive 8 page article that was published recently in the global dive magazine X-Ray.
You can use this link to download the Great Hammerhead Sharks of Bimini article.
The Great Hammerhead sharks of Bimini X-Ray Article
Don Silcock
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An elderly fisherman had the fight of his life when he managed to haul an 8ft monster catfish that was heavier than he is. Pensioner Trevor Hart was on a special 'lad and dad' fishing trip with his son Nick, when he made the incredible catch.
The 70-year-old wrestled with the 14 stone fish for 45 minutes but he finally managed to bring his "dream" catch ashore.
"My dad has been fishing all his life but the biggest fish he caught before this was a 16-pound pike. "He usually fishes in Chesterfield in the local pond.
"The fish was bigger than my dad. He's 6 foot and weighs about 60kg but this fish is 90kg. It was very comical really. "He was looking at the fish as if he'd won the lottery. It was a dream come true.
"It was really exhausting and he was knackered for the rest of the day. He needed a big sit down and a beer."


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Periscope (October 31, 2019)
by Brett Stevens on October 31, 2019
Survey: US businesses added slight 125,000 jobs in October
Impeachment as a threat destroys the ability of businesses to plan for the future, so they stop growing. This shows us that the Leftist long plan has nothing to do with actually impeaching Trump, but that they hope to sabotage the economy and therefore make Trump unpopular in 2020. As usual, the Left sabotages things so that others are blamed and throws a tantrum so that it can be bought off with appeasement and subsidies.
Pompeo says U.S. must confront China's Communist Party
In the meantime, the Cold War is back… or never went away… except that this time we are targeting the puppetmaster and not the puppets. America should never have allied with Communists in WW2, since by doing so we sent signals of de facto acceptance of Communism, which not surprisingly led to us becoming more Communist by the day. Now that China has been identified, it will engage in overt attacks, which defeats the typical Asiatic strategy of remaining hidden while manipulating proxies. They tend to squeal and melt when exposed to sunlight, just as the empire of Genghis Khan melted away when it had to sustain itself instead of simply conquering others.
Trump tweet, political divisions fuel rising discourse about new U.S. civil war
It used to be the coast versus the south, but now it is the coasts versus the center. Plato explains how societies decay from the real and natural into exclusively social orders, meaning based on what the other monkeys think of a particular monkey and in response, how that particular monkey modifies himself and his opinions so that he can "fit in." You either have social structure, or you have a human swarm, and like most swarms, it is massively effective — think of Asian human wave warfare — at first, but then breaks down over time. This presents a trap in that what seems like the way to success becomes a sudden drop-off to total failure, which is a way of destroying all who are not intelligent enough to think farther ahead. The British were this during the Revolutionary war, the revolutionaries were this during the French Revolution, the North was this in the Civil War, the Allies were it during the world wars, the Communists it during the Cold War, and now, the coasts where people work make-work jobs created by law and public relations are it. Society has created a huge centralized mass of people dependent on each other — this is the opposite of the "liberty" the founding fathers envisioned, which has both a positive and a negative dimension, being that no one is forced to depend on you and that you are not forced to help anyone, respectively — who want to crush the remaining independents. We are headed toward balkanization, fragmentation, and civil war or possibly all three. This is what happens when you let Leftism into your society, and adopting democracy or any other Enlightenment™-style values opens the door to the vampire of Leftism. We either go full trad or we fade away.
Majority of students want PUNISHMENT for 'offensive' costumes
Most people do not understand that ideology is a replacement for morality, culture, and individual common sense. It specializes in symbolic victories, or getting everyone to agree that one symbol is good and all others are bad. This seems to create unity, but the "unity" achieved is unstable because the crowd can turn on anyone at any time, so instead it creates a need to constantly sacrifice people to destruction so that everyone else in the crowd feels safe because the Eye of Wrath is directed elsewhere. For this reason, Leftists constantly want to find someone who has done the "bad" thing and crush them, which both makes their ideological mob stronger and saves them, as individuals, from the wrath of the (bad) side that they have chosen. Also, Generation X wisdom is that Halloween is for people under age 13.
Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar Rally Moves to Bigger Arena Due to High Demand
People — especially moronic white people, who are "clever" but not intelligent because they are oblivious to reality — want to dream the impossible dream: having civilization without the burden of supporting it; having free stuff without the burden of creating it; having peace without war, quality without evolution, and being "good" without a need to do anything but make snarky comments through a blue checked Twitter account. Those dreamers want to play John Lennon's "Imagine," a crypto-Communist anthem, while voting for people who tell them pleasant lies like Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar. It is the equivalent of making sure the bath is warm enough to be comfortable before getting in and slitting your wrists. You're going to die, who cares about the last few moments?
Study says climate impact from loss of intact tropical forests grossly underreported
This may be why you are hearing more about climate change lately. From 2000-2013, humanity cut down a lot of forests and replaced it with fields of weeds or worse, concrete-heavy human settlements. Now it turns out that those forests were absorbing a lot of pollution. Cynics like myself reject climate change because what we are really seeing is that everywhere humanity goes, it does the same thing, and this wrecks the local environment. We cut down forests, make concrete cities and industrial farms, and then wonder why it is suddenly hotter there and everywhere affected by air currents that once flew over the place. The solution is the National Socialist plan: set aside 35-50% of land to be intact nature, meaning with no human intervention.
Iran Suspends 'Aryan' Style Marriage Ceremonies, Calling It 'Un-Islamic'
"Aryan" means "noble" or the order which rose above the meanness of ordinary (human) life and instead aspired to order, beauty, discipline, harmony, excellence, balance, and a militant drive to apply these instead of sitting back and watching the world fail while bemoaning one's own state. This is what our ancestors meant by aggression: an affirmative interaction with the world. Instead, in the modern time we get passive-aggression, which means waiting for others to act and then blaming them for our own failures; Islam and other Abrahamic faiths, with their extensive scapegoating, seem to be part of this latter model. In the meantime, you now have an excuse to have an "Aryan-style marriage ceremony" in your hometown.
Men are funnier than women, study claims
Man-humor is based on absurdism in order to see what is real, or breaking rules, where woman humor is based on calling out those who break rules because social rules are more immediately and tangibly "real" than anything else in a social setting. Is one funnier than the other? Dunno, but men and women are not the same, nor "equal," nor can "equal" be applied to anything but algebra. It is symbolism taking the place of a more complex reality and, while that makes all the humans involved feel more powerful, it is an illusion because the only real power comes from successful acts once completed. What we think of as "power" is in fact its opposite, which means that it is a pre-emptive defensive use of force but not an assertion of what power truly means, which is ability.
Twitter bans all political advertising
Our society is so divided that we cannot even have a conversation. Twitter plays to the Left on this one, in that they can continue their barrage of Communist propaganda about social and cultural issues without claiming it as political advertising, since it does not advertise a candidate but an ideology. Social media has failed because its utility is bringing everyone together in the same place — like diversity and equality — but once you do that, they cannot get along, and the resulting bickering and censorship drives away the interesting people and leaves the human gunch (a neologism formed of "gunk" and "bunch"). Something similar happened to Myspace: once "everyone" got on it, the quality went down, so anyone important fled, leaving only the daytime television watchers calling each other names.
North Texas Teacher Claims He's Being Fired for Being Gay
"The world owes me a job despite my dubious personal decisions" seems to be a popular entitlement theme in late stage democracy. In reality, communities need to set standards, and that means rejecting people for certain behaviors. They rarely fire people for being gay per se, but for acting so flamboyantly in dubious ways that they threaten the ability for the group to set standards of behavior. Some guy who is quietly effeminate and lisping (or big burly bearded and spends his weekends Turkish Oil Wrestling) might get mocked, as we all do for whatever exaggerated characteristics we have, but a teacher who mentions his gayness and implies a desire to recruit others is a no-no. The best comparison for gayness is polyamory and swinging; if someone wandered around school talking about his eight wives or how great the gang-bang at the bowling alley last Tuesday was, they would probably be fired too.
China's auto market could shrink about 8% this year: industry official
Trade wars have the greatest impact on whoever sells the most stuff. Trump cut Chinese exports to America which cut Chinese spending, in turn cutting their purchases of European goods and Europeans buying Chinese goods, all of which came back to China, who is at the end of the chain. This means that Chinese have less money to throw around and consequently, the government will have to tax them more, further choking the life out of its dying Paper Tiger economy.
Munich study confirms severe decline in insect populations in Germany
It took some decades to manifest, but the stuff that environmentalists warned about years ago turns out to be right. Our only solution here is to set aside lots of land for nature that is not used by humanity, so that these species can get away from our pollution and have places to thrive and reproduce. In the meantime, immigration and entitlements make this all worse by swelling the ranks of humans with the people least likely to have care for nature, and some who — feeling like strangers in a strange land — will actively vandalize it.
Hong Kong government gets power to stop online users from publishing any material deemed to be promoting or inciting violence
Hong Kong is basically a vassal of China at this point, so these new rules follow the policy that China, the EU, the US, and the Antipodes have adopted of censoring the internet in order to stop people from politically organizing against the regime-in-power. Not only does this legitimize the complaints of protesters, but it also shows that late stage liberal democracy is collapsing more rapidly than expected.
Democrats hoped they'd win over Republicans on impeachment. But it's not looking that way so far
Until Trump, Democrats were able to bully cowed Republicans into "doing the right thing" for "the optics." Slowly they have realized that this always means losing ground and destroying their own hopes of getting anything done. It has taken Conservatism, Inc., fifty years to recognize the tactics used by the Left and to begin to resist them. Their mistake was assuming that we all wanted the nation to succeed, and therefore (beware this magic word which often means "an assumption made by one party not shared by all") the Left would not cynically use tactics which were destructive to America. Now we see that Leftism is destructive because it is based on a lie, the lie that equality ever existed and is a good thing, and that their goal is worldwide Leftism, to which the United States is just a means-to-an-end, which means they have no problem destroying it. Impeachment will be hilarious as the Democrats are forced to inherit their own dogma, which means that they have to "be the bigger man" and "do what's right instead of partisanship," which in this case would mean backing away from the impeachment inquiry.
China Pledges $29 Billion to Ditch US Semiconductors
Decoupling intensifies. China hoped to play the Asiatic gambit of hiding their hand behind the Democrats. When that failed, China realized that the US could act in its own interests, and that will destroy China and its fragile balance between Communism and consumerism. Instead, China will attempt to make itself relatively self-sufficient, but this will require that it depend more heavily on its allies, and this will in turn push it toward future conquest which will over-extend its reach and cause it collapse yet again.
Your "V for Vendetta" protest mask was likely made in authoritarian China
Reminder: in Clown World, everything is fake; the symbols became detached from their meaning. Expect anything at the surface or on the mainstream to be deceptive, since it is inverted, and to work against what it claims to. Popular revolutions always result in more centralized power and greater concentration of wealth, despite claiming to do the opposite. How can anyone be Leftist, knowing that?
Await The Great Purge | Running Away


WordPress as a platform is pretty effective when it comes to SEO. And, while there are a couple of really well-known plugins to help optimize your site (I'm pointing at you and you), there are many more under-the-radar options to choose from.
Some plugins may focus on overall SEO, while others home in on just one aspect. Whatever the target, there are some legitimately useful choices worth considering. With that, here are 10 lesser-known WordPress plugins that can help fine-tune your SEO efforts.
Rich Snippets are such an overlooked part of SEO (this post convinced me of it). They provide search engines with extra bits of useful info like reviews, company details (business hours, address, etc.) and a whole lot more.
All In One Schema.org Rich Snippets provides fields within the WordPress post editor that will let you customize the rich snippets in your content. Such a simple thing, but it can make your search listings more noticeable.
The SEO Framework is focused on automating much of the process of optimizing your site. With a little initial guidance, the plugin will change titles, add descriptions (with anti-spam warnings), canonical URLS, Open Graph tags and structured data.
It will also notify Google, Bing and Yandex if you've enabled their sitemap feature. There's also a color-coded "SEO Bar" that will show you what areas look good and what needs further tweaking.
SEO Squirrly takes a different approach to optimizing content. First, you start by entering the topic you plan to write about in a field provided by the plugin. It then ranks keywords in that topic with a color-coded system (green is what you're hoping for). You'll also receive "advice" while in the process of writing your post.
The plugin also displays a listing of related, copyright-free images you can use. This is definitely a more handheld approach for those who aren't well-versed in SEO. One thing to note is that the free version of the plugin only supports up to 5 posts per month. Paid plans are available for sites that publish more content.
Ok, I cheated. ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO is meant for those using the ubiquitous Yoast plugin. But hear me out. If your site is publishing content via custom fields – the standard Yoast SEO plugin isn't counting that in its assessment of your post.
Installing this plugin will ensure that you're getting accurate SEO grades while using Yoast and Advanced Custom Fields.
WP Meta SEO enables you to edit post and image metadata in bulk – saving you the trouble of clicking into each and every item. Beyond meta, you're also able to bulk edit image sizes and SEO link titles.
The plugin also features on-page optimization, breadcrumb navigation, social media sharing elements, XML sitemap generation and a broken link checker. This one is an up-and-coming SEO solution.
WPSSO will take your existing content and create appropriate meta tags and Schema.org markup. Descriptions for various providers such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest are included. Your site's media is also optimized in the deal.
WPSSO is also able to work alongside other SEO plugins and can fill in some functionality gaps.
Images are often forgotten when it comes to SEO – but they matter. Using SEO Image Toolbox will help to ensure that your image data is optimized by dynamically generating ALT tags as you upload them. Images can also be edited in bulk.
And, not only is this great for SEO, you'll also improve the accessibility of your site as well.
With over 100k installs, SEO Ultimate isn't quite as niche as some other plugins in this roundup. But that still pales in comparison to the millions of installs the two "big names" can boast.
Still, with over 20 included modules, this plugin can do some heavy lifting. The package includes title optimization, meta description editing for posts, media and more, deeplinking tools, Open Graph optimization and rich snippet creation. There's an awful lot here, and even more in the available premium version.
WP SEO Keyword Optimizer has two main functions. The first is to connect with Google Search Console and provide you with a customizable dashboard.
You'll be able to view GSC data right from within WordPress with some nifty bonuses like seeing up to 5,000 of your most popular keywords (as opposed to 1,000 within GSC itself). The other function is optional on-page content optimization. There's a built-in field for finding long tail keywords via Google and you can tweak various settings to see how it affects optimization.
While many plugins try to tempt you with endless features, Sewn In Simple SEO goes the other way. They offer a very simple interface that cuts out the "cruft" and focuses on the basics instead.
It's great for theme developers because some setup is done through filters in the functions.php file. What's nice for clients is an uncluttered tabbed interface that doesn't look so intimidating.
The plugins above prove there are indeed lots of great tools when it comes to SEO beyond the big names. In some ways, they're like searching the web in that sometimes you may have to dig a little deeper to find some gold.
Take a closer look and see which ones will help you further optimize your WordPress website.


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Is Brexit indecision enough to prove that a recession is on its way?
Brexit is causing 'a loss of confidence' in the UK's financial sector. But are sentiments about indecision and delay enough to declare that a recession bound disaster is on its way?
During an interview with London's Evening Standard earlier this year, the notorious former stockbroker and real-life 'Wolf of Wall Street', Jordan Belfort, told the paper that we shouldn't be worrying about London bankers moving in their droves to Europe's financial centres post-Brexit.
Jordan Belfort says Brexit Britain will be ok
Jordan Belfort says Brexit won't affect the City as much as people think. Source: hollywoodreporter.com
His reasons for his optimism included the fact that the City is a centuries-old banking stalwart, with its legacy making it a trusted centre for investment. Furthermore, it's a financial legend that carries the university of the English language, before adding with some relish that no banker "wants to go to Frankfurt," anyway.
Does he have a point?
Call his comments nothing more than mere arrogance of Churchillian proportions, but Belfort isn't even British, he has no agenda.
He's electively wading into the debate based upon his industry experience. So do his comments carry any credence? Moreover, are we, with all our collective scaremongering about Brexit, underestimating the City's capability for resilience?
A new report spells out falling optimism
A new study concludes that confidence levels in the UK's financial sector are at an all-time low.
A new study assessing confidence levels in the UK banking community would fundamentally disagree with him.
The report, fresh off the shelves from PwC and CBI, (the Confederation of British Industry), suggest that confidence in Britain's financial services, (that makes up 7% of the country's GDP), is at its lowest rate for a decade.
Does wavering optimism = disaster?
What's more, they say that banks are bearing the brunt of this loss of market optimism. – So should London's financial elite start packing their bags and booking that Frankfurt bound flight, despite what Belfort says?
Any forces that cause stalling or stagnation or indecision in an economy are never great. But this proverbial 'waiting game' over Brexit hasn't led to a recession since the outcome of the vote in 2016. So why would it now?
There's little doubt that Brexit related delays have created a cloud of indecision that's been hanging over the UK economy and causing declines in output, and yes, says the CBI, Brexit may have contributed to an economic slowdown, but does that necessarily mean the UK will enter next recession as a result?
'Crying wolf' over a recession
There have been commentators who've predicted Brexit-related recessions before. Most notably around the time of the Brexit vote in 2016, when Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, warned that a 'leave' vote would trigger a "technical recession," but as we know, that didn't happen.
Neither did the 500,000 to 800,000 job losses the treasury predicted would happen as a direct result of the vote manifest either.
But then, is on-going indecision about the carrying out the people's vote more serious in terms of its capacity to trigger a real recession than a mere vote on the matter?
More Brexit related 'hot air'?
It's the lack of transparency, clarity and decision making on the Brexit issue that's making financial firms stall, and for the economy to slow, not Brexit in and of itself.
Then there's the stalling car economy. While Brexit could cause it some operational damage, (cue* port delays and high trade tariffs on trade in the EU), there are other factors that are causing the sector to suffer.
This is compounded by the carefully chosen words of the CBI's chief economist, who said the results of their survey showed that a possible no-deal outcome "is hitting confidence." – Not necessarily leading to a definite recession then?
Where is the banker exodus?
General 'confidence' in the sector may have been affected since the UK electorate made the decision, (albeit narrowly), to leave the EU, but 'confidence' is still rooted in human sentiment – and not facts.
For example, Sky News has recently reported that predicted Brexit-related disasters such as a 'banker exodus' from London to European hotspots has "failed to materialise."
The UK and European car economy are battling with changes in consumer appetites.
Could there also be other, (non-Brexit) factors that are affecting the health of the UK's financial services sector?
Well, yes. And the escalating US-China trade war is one of them. Moreover, if this unresolved geopolitical issue between two of the world's superpowers isn't hurting City finances – then I'll eat my hat.
Industries are undergoing change
The car industry is at an economic and innovation cross-roads across Europe with emission scandals, the advent of electric cars, and consumer shifts towards shared mobility services.
Lack of optimism or stagnation does not mean a recession – yet
What can come out of all this 'back and forth' debate about Brexit? – That any forces causing stalling stagnation or indecision aren't great for an economy, granted.
But this proverbial 'waiting game' hasn't led to a recession since the outcome of the Brexit vote in 2016. So why would it happen now?
And while there are factors other than Brexit that are affecting the health of the financial services sector and the UK economy at large, there's still scope for a fundamental lack of leadership at the highest levels, (namely PM, Boris Johnson), who could spin the nation into a recession if the Brexit button is never pushed.
Brexit Economy Financial Services


Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's two appointees, will have a chance to shift the law to the right on two charged issues -- abortion and race -- during the Supreme Court term that starts today.
The court will decide whether doctors can be prosecuted for using a mid-term abortion procedure that critics have labeled "partial-birth abortion." And it will rule on whether school boards can maintain integrated schools by assigning some students based on their race.


For the past three weeks, the USCIS has provided new enhancements to the EB-5 process in order to increase effective communication during the USCIS adjudication process.
To read EB5 Exclusive's full article, click here.
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It's always good to find a phone case that matches your aesthetic. And, finally, I think I have found mine.
Yep, these phone cases, made by Morgans Mutations, are truly the scariest phone cases we've ever encountered. I mean, wtf?
Morgan has designed a wide variety of deathly freaks to adorn your phone with, including this horrifying zombie case.
Think this guy might need to see a dentist.
Morgan sells cases for iPhone and some android models. They don't come cheap at £148 ($195) each but considering they individually hand-crafted, and they look sick af, we still kinda want one!
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Zero Tolerance For Silence
"Your Silence Will Not Protect You" ~ Audre Lorde
About Zero Tolerance For Silence
Hey! Hook a brotha up, willya?
Hiromi Uehara
Keiko Matsui Takes A "Journey To the Heart"
August 22, 2016 August 22, 2016 / Jeff Winbush	/ 1 Comment
Keiko Matsui (photo: © Jordan Perlman. All Rights Reserved. )
Out of pain comes growth and in 2007, Keiko Matsui, emerged from a divorce, record label troubles, and embraced her new singularity by striking out in a bold new direction as she traveled to South Africa, paired up with trumpeter Hugh Masakela and the results was the adventurous Moyo, one of the brightest and best recordings of a 30-year career.
Fast forward nine years and Matsui's back at it again with Journey To The Heart, a spirited and joyful project that brims with equal parts euphoric passion and unbridled brilliance as Matsui seems invigorated as a player, composer, and bandleader. Paired with a drum-head tight new band, this is her finest album in nearly a decade.
Don't call it world beat. Put a Japanese pianist in the studio with a Cuban bassist and drummer, (Del Puerto and Branley) add a guitarist from Peru (Stagnero) and a percussionist from Venzuela (Quintero) then just for grins invite a dazzling harmonica player from Switzerland (Maret) to join in on the festivities, and what you have is Matsui's 27th album as a leader as she stakes out a bold new direction as she moves into more acoustic music. Intact is her signature precision on the piano and her stately compositions and arrangements.
I don't have any proof, but I wonder if Matsui stripping down her sound to a more acoustic setting has anything to do with another Japanese pianist, Hiromi Uehara unplugging with her Trio Project to positive reviews. It's possible, if not provable…
It takes supreme confidence in yourself and your fellow musicians to reign in and allow them to take the lead and compliment them instead of relegating them to little more than sidemen. Taking few solos here, Matsui has always been willing to unselfishly share the spotlight as her duet with Greigoire Maret on the riveting "Two Harbors" is ample evidence of.
"Moving On" and "Carnival" are two romper stompers featuring guitarist Ramon Stagnero who nimbly navigates his way as Matsui trades leads with him until percussionist Luis Quintero brings it home. It's exciting to follow in a way Matsui's recent outings with studio pros were not.
Too many musicians reach a stage in their careers where they seemingly say, "That's good enough. I've done a few different things. I can just keep making the same old same old with different titles and it will sell." Maybe that's true for a dinosaur rock band content to go on stage and crank out the hits, but for a jazz artist, that is a shortcut to stagnation and musical death.
When jazz musicians play it safe and are content to just make the donuts, it ceases to be jazz and becomes instrumental pop without vocals and who needs that? Keiko Matsui will never get her proper due for remaining true to the spirit of innovators and risk-takers who elevated the idiom, but Journey To The Heart serves as the testimonial she's richly deserving of the accolades.
"We need to find that common bond in our hearts. People are dying with violence, hunger and war. This music is my new journey," explains Matsui. "It is an evolution in many ways. I hope I can make a path and make some noise and leave a positive effect on the world. This is my mission and I am dedicating my music to this cause."
Track Listing: Moving On; Carnival; The Edge of Twilight; Butterfly; Casablanca; Journey To The Heart; Havana Nights; New Beginning; Two Harbors; Blue Rose
Personnel: Keiko Matsui: piano; Carlitos Del Puerto: bass; Jimmy Branley: drums; Ramon Stagnero: guitars; Luis Quintero: percussion; Gregoire Maret: harmonica; JP Mourao; additional guitar (2), Randy Waldman; string arrangement (4, 6, 8); Gary Stockdale: string arrangement (10)
Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Shanachie Records | Style: Modern Jazz
(This review originally appeared in a different form at All About Jazz)
Hiromi and The Piano In the "Spark."
April 4, 2016 April 4, 2016 / Jeff Winbush	/ 2 Comments
If you don't know who Hiromi is yet you're probably reading the wrong article. And listening to the wrong music.
There are three reasons why some people will not enjoy Spark, the fourth album from the Trio Project featuring Hiromi Uehara, the Japanese-born pianist and composer and drummer Simon Phillips and bassist Anthony Jackson:
1. It's too complex.
2. It rocks too hard to be jazz.
3. It's long (72 minutes).
None of these are good reasons. Here are three reasons which are good ones.
1. Simplicity has its place. So does complexity. 2. Jazz is not a hyphenated word. It's just jazz. 3. You can't make and bake a cake in two minutes. Patience is its own reward.
Hiromi continues to be one of the most inventive and awe-inspiring pianists in jazz today. Phillips' drumming is alternatively both dynamic and precise. Jackson is the silent partner of the band, but is the glue which holds it together so it doesn't fly apart into undisciplined soloing.
That's the risk involved in a Hiromi recording. At what point will her dazzling proficiency give way to just spraying notes all around the joint like an Eddie Van Halen freak-out turned up to "11" on the overkill scale? This is an entirely fair comparison. Hiromi can match a guitar god like Van Halen for speed, frenzy and mindless self-indulgence when she goes off.
"Spark" leads off with a gently synth/piano solo that takes off as soon as Phillips comes in and Hiromi engages in dueling leads as they chase each other in musical game of "tag." Good luck with figuring out what the time signature is. The stuttering stop-start of "In A Trance" shows off the favored approach of the Trio Project to jazz: aggressive, inventing and very, very fast and furious.
Even when "In A Trance" slows down to a more traditional approach, it isn't long before it reverts to the highly individualized nature of the players. Phillips launches into a drum solo, shows off some hot licks, and then ends up with some killer fills and cymbals work until Jackson and Hiromi come back in with a vaguely Latin piano riff.
Is "Indulgence" a playful jab at the naysayers who accuse the pianist of being more style than substance? Maybe so and maybe no, but whatever the intent it, along with "What Will Be, Will Be" is a showcase for Jackson's contrabass guitar work and some mighty fine funky grooves and the restrained solo piano piece "Wake Up and Dream" washes over the listener like warm spring rain.
Like it or not (and some jazzheads don't), Hiromi is much more than an programmed automaton who can play really fast. The rollicking closer "All's Well" is funky good fun which connects emotionally on every level. For jazz to resonate beyond its base it has to—repeat—has to develop and promote artists the way rock, pop and country does. It cannot thrive and will not survive unless the new generation is alerted of the new innovators residing among them just beyond their range of hearing. Hiromi is one of those innovators.
Spark is Hiromi's 10th album and it's the 10th album I've dug the hell out. She has to be included on any short or long list of the best pianists in jazz today. It's not a coincidence that Stanley Clarke and Chick Corea have both tapped her to join them on solo projects. She's just that good and with Phillips and Jackson in tow the Trio Project has been blowing it up over four masterful albums in five years.
Oscar Peterson said, "Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. I have no one style. I play as I feel."
Hiromi Uehara is living what Peterson advised. Hers is the piano in the Spark.
Track Listing: Spark; In A Trance; Take Me Away; Wonderland; Indulgence; Dilemma; What Will Be, Will Be; Wake Up And Dream, All's Well
Personnel: Hiromi: piano, keyboards; Anthony Jackson: contrabass guitar; Simon Phillips: drums
The best "power trio" since Cream.
A different version of this review originally appeared at All About Jazz
Hiromi Comes "Alive"
September 14, 2014 / Jeff Winbush	/ 2 Comments
Not the savior of jazz and doesn't want to be.
If jazz has become a niche market in the music industry (and it has), a contributing factor for its slide into cultural irrelevance is a failure to promote and support new artists. No matter what sub-genre of jazz you personally love, across the board there is no sustained effort to develop a roster of first-tier talent in jazz. Every so often along comes a Esperanza Spalding who joins the long list of earlier "saviors" of jazz such as Wynton Marsalis or Robert Glasper and is saddled with the unasked-for responsibility of reviving interest in the incredibly shrinking jazz field.
Writing in The Root, Frank McCoy painted a gloomy picture for the idiom, "It's even harder in jazz today as CD/album sales have plummeted. In 1999 the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said that jazz sales were 3 percent of all recording sales. By 2008 they were 1.1 percent. In 2000 Soundscan reported that 18,416 jazz albums were sold; nine years later, fewer than 12,000 jazz-genre albums were purchased."
For jazz not only to thrive, but survive, it must begin to create its own superstars who can deliver a much-needed shot of adrenalin to the flagging art form, but have skills in social media and marketing, creating a global brand, and finding new forms beyond record sales, radio play and live gigs in fewer clubs and concert halls to reach the new breed of jazz fans.
Hiromi Uehara is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the vanguard of bold creative minds revitalizing jazz. At 35, the pianist from Shizuoka, Japan, has over the span of nine albums as a bandleader and solo artist demonstrated how well she absorbed the tutoring of Ahmad Jamal and bassist Richard Evans when she matriculated at the Berklee College of Music. Hiromi has led two separate bands, Hiromi's Sonicbloom and The Trio Project and stints with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White, as well as a duet with Chick Corea have solidified her credentials as one of the best and brightest young musicians in contemporary jazz.
Matching her inclination for improvisation, drummer Simon Phillips and bassist Anthony Jackson hold down the rhythm responsibilities, freeing up Hiromi to do things with a piano most human beings can't begin to imagine doing. Alive might be the finishing stroke in a trilogy of adventurous albums for the band. Nothing definite has been said by Hiromi that the group has run its course, but there is a sense of finality in the third Trio Project. Always a restless soul, it's an open question how long Hiromi will continue this collaboration.
With Voice (Telarc, 2011) and its sequel, Move! (Telarc, 2012), Hiromi found in Phillips a drummer who could match her high velocity piano playing blow-for-blow. Jackson is the silent partner in the band who rarely takes solos and simply does his job with equal parts efficiency and creativity. He's given opportunities to step out on Alive, but Jackson's temperament leans to deferring to his colleagues when it's time to let it all hang out. Overlength is at times an issue with four tracks going nine minutes in length, two clocking in at eight minutes. "Seeker" and "Firefly" both push past over seven minutes and at 6:49, the closing "Life Goes On" draws the shortest straw. Play strong, play long is the philosophy of The Trio Project, which is not a criticism, but to fully appreciate Alive , completed in only three days with Michael Bishop handling co-producing duties along with Hiromi.
Alive makes no bones about being a deep dive that necessitates several listens to fully grasp the complexity of Hiromi's compositions., but it deserves it. This is not simple music nor a record one pops into the CD player during a pizza run.
Sandwiched between the four albums with her Sonicbloom band and the trio of Trio Projects is Place To Be (Concord, 2010) Hiromi's solo piano exercise where she proved even accompanied only by a piano she is a force to be reckoned with . When David Fiuczynski came aboard for 2007's Time Control (Telarc) Hiromi could finally realize her jazz and rock synthesis with a guitarist as expressive (and equally prone to occasionally lapsing into excursions of stylistic excess) as herself. Phillips fills that role now far more harmonically than Fiuczynski whom occasionally had to struggle to be heard over Hiromi's piano pyrotechnics.
Hiromi 's trust in her bandmates (and herself) free herself to simply play instead of continually dazzle with an onslaught of prodigious speed and technique. "Dreamer" is an example of that restraint with Phillips and Hiromi duking it out on their respective instruments until the 8:04 mark where they both pull back and gracefully close the frenzy with an understated climax. "Seeker" gives Jackson's contrabass a soulful groove for his partners to work around and have some fun.
Ahmad Jamal nailed it when he observed, "Hiromi has discovered her own genre, and continues to pursue it with great sensitivity, energy, and dazzling virtuosity." As time passes and her experience grows, Hiromi has not only become a better player, but a better listener. Compare the tasteful understatement of 2014 version of Hiromi onthe elegant "Firefly" with the frenetic, bug-on-a-hot-stove of 2004's "Kung-Fu World Champion" and the difference is like that of night and day.
Dare we call Alive the dreaded "F" word? Fusion? Yes, and deservedly so even if this is not your daddy's jazz fusion. Even without the electric guitar of a John McLaughlin, or the arsenal of synthesizers employed by Herbie Hancock, The Trio Project is a legitimate inheritor of the legacy left by Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and Jaco Pastorius when Weather Report called it a day.
That's heavy company, but Hiromi's Trio Project is one of the most consistently exciting and accomplished bands making music in any genre of music. Period. End of sentence. That it is also flying under the radar of most consumers is a sad commentary on jazz today, yet still provides hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Track Listing: Alive; Wanderer; Dreamer; Seeker; Player; Warrior; Firefly; Spirit; Life Goes On.
Personnel: Hiromi Uehara: keyboards; Anthony Jackson: contrabass guitar; Simon Phillips: drums.
Record Label: Telarc Records
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April 2, 2013 April 2, 2013 / Jeff Winbush	/ Leave a comment
Don't shoot me. I'm only the piano player.
In a world where the path to commercial success is to play it safe and keep faith in formula, it is only within jazz where being unpredictable is not only a virtue, but an expectation. Hiromi marks her first decade of music-making on her terrific ninth album, Move featuring her Trio Project with bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips.
Reunited with Jackson and Phillips for a second outing after 2011's superb Voice, (Telarc, 2011) the two veteran musicians provide the Japanese pianist with a rhythm section that can not only keep up with her but push her in a way she wasn't by her Sonicbloom band. That is not to disparage the talents of drummer Martin Valihora and bassist Tony Grey, but different players bring different dynamics to a band and in Jackson and Phillips rhythm section, Hiromi's mash-up of post-bop, straight-ahead and rock styles come together in a blistering tour de force.
The majority of Hiromi's recordings are built around a concept and on Move, it's "Time in one day." Think of it not as much of a sequel to Time Control (Telarc, 2007), which focused on a similar theme and featured the ecletic/electric guitar stylings of Dave Fiuczynski, but as an advancement of those themes with the soloing no longer between her piano and Fiuczynski's guitar as it is with Phillips' drums.
Phillips' background is rooted in rock (Toto, The Who, Judas Priest, David Gilmour) and he brings that attitude to his timekeeping, but that doesn't mean he can't swing. Phillips can make it sound pretty when the moment calls for it, but his ferocious approach does take some getting used to. There are traces of Tony Williams and Steve Gadd in the power displays of Phillips as he is given plenty of solo space and he doesn't squander it. Holding down the bass chores, Jackson is more traditional in his role than his partners, but they also serve those who sit back and go about their business with cool professionalism.
"Move" begins with the a note being repeated until Phillips and Jackson jump in and off we go for 8:34 as it twists and turns in a knotty, intricate and difficult composition. It's exhausting, but in the way a thrill ride at an amusement park is. The moments of power and glory are matched by quieter ones that are graceful and subtle such as "Brand New Day." That's what Move is: an audio aerobic work out with moments of kinetic, frenetic movement followed by time to cool down and cool out a bit. At times there wasn't enough of a blend between the two on Voice and Hiromi strikes a happy balance here.
The "Escapism" suite ("Reality," "Fantasy," "In Between") is the centerpiece of a nearly 70-minute recording. Everything that either impresses or infuriates Hiromi's fans and critics can be found here. As an artist with supreme confidence in herself, it's doubtful whether Hiromi herself gives much thought to how her compositions are received. Calling it jazz doesn't quite seem to fit, but calling it rock doesn't do it either.
You want a power trio? Here's a power trio.
One way to look at what Hiromi and company are doing is to equate what they're trying with another band they seemingly have little in common with. Take Rush, the Canadian power rock trio, and swap out Alex Liefson's guitar for Hiromi's piano, sub-in Phillips for drummer Neil Peart and ditch Geddy Lee's vocals but hand the bass duties to Jackson and the fundamentals are pretty much the same except now this is a power jazz trio.
Move operates on an entirely different level from Hiromi's previous releases. It is less exploratory, yet it never plays it safe and retains her highly developed sense of fun. Are there are moments when she needs to throttle back just a bit? Sure, as her synthesizer solos are more about sound effects than saying anything bold or particularly innovating, but carping on that is like griping LeBron James isn't as exciting executing a jump shot as a slam dunk. Even a fan will find moments where the wall of sound approach of Hiromi and co-producer Michael Bishop is a bit loud or showy for the sake of showmanship. That is part of what the Trio Project is about; combining complexity with technical brilliance, but never losing sight of the fun aspect. "One size fits all" doesn't work for socks and it sure doesn't apply here.
For those who've been along for the ride that began with the debut of Another Mind (Telarc, 2003) this represents an another incredibly inspired stop in Uehara's decade-long pursuit of innovation and excellence. Not everyone will understand or enjoy what she is trying to do, but those who punched their tickets a decade ago will likely consider Move an early contender for Album of the Year. It certainly belongs in the conversation of whatever albums are.
Track Listing: Move: Brand New Day; Endeavor; Rainmaker; Suite Escapism: Reality; Suite Escapism: Fantasy; Suite Escapism; In Between; Margarita!; 11:49 PM
Personnel: Hiromi Uehara: piano, keyboards; Anthony Jackson: contrabass guitar; Simon Phillips: drums
This review originally published at All About Jazz
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Hiromi's Slow Burn to Success
March 12, 2013 / Jeff Winbush	/ 4 Comments
There are two things I'll miss when I give up reviewing jazz this year. The first is simple: free CD's? Who could gripe about that? The second is the sublime joy of discovery that comes when a previously unknown musician is introduced to your musical world and eventually takes up permanent residence there.
It was ten years ago when Hiromi Uehara released her debut, Another Mind. I was on my way to Nashville for a journalism workshop and I tossed the album in the bag along with the rest of the music for the road trip. The acoustics of a car are not the optimum listening environment, but traveling for six hours and almost 400 miles gave me plenty of opportunity to thoroughly explore the Japanese born, Berklee College of Music educated pianist.
It's easy to view Another Mind as Hiromi's graduating thesis paper set to music. Among her mentors at Berklee was jazz bassist Richard Evans who taught arranging and orchestration, two skills she has put to fine usage. Evans produced his student's debut along with his friend and colleague, Ahmad Jamal, another stylish and visionary pianist whom Miles Davis name-checks several times in his autobiography as a major influence.
"She is nothing short of amazing," Jamal said, "Her music, together with her overwhelming charm and spirit, causes her to soar to musical heights."
Eight albums, two in-concert details, and collaborations with Chick Corea (Duet) and Stanley Clarke as part of an acoustic trio with drummer Lenny White on the exceptional Jazz in the Garden and again on Clarke's "last" electric album, The Stanley Clarke Band, Hiromi is firmly established as one of the brightest young talents playing today. Esperanza Spalding, her record label mate, gets most of the publicity as the latest "savior" of jazz, but that's too big of a burden for her to carry alone. Spalding should share the load with Hiromi, Robert Glasper, Stefon Harris and Jason Moran to name a few of the young lions holding true to the tradition even as they push it forward.
The opening notes of "Move" from Hiromi's newest album of the same name start off with one note being repeated like water drip-drip-dripping from a faucet until Simon Phillips on drums and Anthony Jackson on contra-bass join together to create what she calls "three-dimensional sound." Clocking in at over eight minutes in length, Hiromi constructs an elaborate pastiche of elaborate soloing, funky grooves and an interplay with Phillips and Jackson that is both exciting to hear and astonishing to see.
There is always an overarching theme to Hiromi's recordings and Move is no different. The nine tracks are focused on living life on a normal day. "You wake up and go to work and then hang out, she says. "The album is like a soundtrack for a day."
If Move is any indication Hiromi's days must be pretty busy. She's a serious person who takes the music seriously but she has always balanced her creative temperament by not taking herself too seriously. Her approach to the music has always been while a song like "Move" is a labor of love, it is labor. "It's one of the most difficult pieces I've ever written," Hiromi says. "I had great musicians with me, and we worked hard on that song. In the studio and rehearsals, we spent a lot of time to play it right. It's very tricky because when a song sounds difficult, it's not fun. It has to groove and it has to go beyond 'this is a difficult song.' It has to make you groove and feel the rhythm. To reach that point really took some time. "
You mean you can't just walk on the stage and just start playing? You have to rehearse and learn how to play the song? No wonder jazz gets treated like an ugly puppy nobody wants to play with. It takes work.
Those that can't do teach and those that can't teach, review those that do. That's what my small little contribution to the health and well-being of jazz has been. It is a source of satisfaction to know I've hipped others to Hiromi such as the music critic from the daily newspaper who sat with me at the annual Jazz and Rib Festival and grooved along to her live performance which is as inventive and energetic as her recordings. It's a good feeling to spread the knowledge about a true talent that actually has paid her dues and is goes about her business without flashing skin, starting beefs, and making a spectacle of herself.
Hiromi's way is a slow burn to success.. Letting the music instead of the hype do the talking . It seems like such an old-fashioned approach to allow the substance to match the style, but this is what is Hiromi is doing and she continues to do it well. Not everything she tries always works, but it never fails to keep me interested in what she's doing next. The anticipation of "what's next?" is what motivated me to follow Miles Davis, Prince and Santana even when they led to creative blind alleys. It hasn't happened to Hiromi yet. Hiromi has held my interest for a decade now and my trust has been rewarded by her continued innovative, adventurous and dazzling originality.
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You mean the 8 games that are very very important? Sure lets experiment with it.
Baller 🔥 please don't rush him into the starting XI. We've already lost many young prospects.
You got a point... because if he doesn't play as we expected we gonna go against him.