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The Protocols Stripped Bare by its Historians Even
"Pointing at the mulberry to revile the ash."[1]
Norman Cohn wrote that Nilus, the publisher of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, had "paved the way for the greatest massacre in world history."[2] Thus the elucidation of this book's procedures and goals, just like the identification of the authors of and the propagandists for this murderous fable, is not without interest, and sometimes possesses a burning topicality, because this "world-wide fake"[3] continues to be widely distributed in many parts of the world.
Pierre-Andre Taguieff has recently published an article entitled "Who fabricated the most celebrated of the anti-Jewish texts?"[4] In it, he expounds upon a "new hypothesis" about the origins of the Protocols that was recently advanced by the historian Cesare De Michelis and supported by his colleague Michael Hagemeister. According to them, it was at the cost of "certain improbabilities in the historical reconstruction" that Rollin and Cohn "happened to explain the origin of the fake in a political-police conspiracy at the heart of the imperial court and to orient the historiography of the Protocols towards the customs of properly conspiratorial [sic] thinking, privileging intrigues and the imputation of secret aims to the actors." The Czar's political police "had nothing to do with the fabrication of the fake." Instead, it is fitting to attribute the Protocols to "anti-Semitic and reactionary writers" who had "the purpose of discrediting the Zionist movement, which was beginning to take on importance." Fabrication by the police, which one believed to have been well established, is thus reduced by Taguieff to the rank of "hypothesis." The partisans of this "new hypothesis" have, moreover, responded to all possible objections. What about the French manuscript of the Protocols?[5] It has never been found. Thus, it never existed. What about the references in it to then-current political and economic events? A deception intended to lead the reader astray along a fake trail, the Parisian trail. What about the testimony of Princess Radziwill and the Count of Chayla? Disinformation, pure and simple. Only evil spirits will note that such suppositions are reminiscent of "the customs of properly conspiratorial thinking, privileging intrigues and the imputation of secret aims to the actors," which Taguieff believes he detects in Rollin and Cohn.
Taguieff's surprising article is intriguing as much for what it doesn't say as for what it does say. To appreciate the exact value of his remarks, one must address oneself to what he wrote about the origins of the fake [mystification] in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Fakes and Uses of a Fake.[6] In it, one can still read affirmations of a slightly different tone and, in any case, less circumspect: "It is important to mention that the question of the identity of the publisher of the Protocols has received a response that, based upon the discovery of new archives in Russia, appears to be unquestionable: the Russian historian Mikhail Lepekhin -- after having discovered and analyzed a body of documents assembled by an agent of the Okhrana in Paris, Henri Bint (a close collaborator with Ratchkovski) -- has established that the author of the fake was none other than Matthieu Golovinski, who had already been identified as such by then-contemporary testimonies." Errors in the dates by Henriette Hurblut and Catherine Radziwill, whom Hagemeister believes are a mythomaniac and a forger,[7] can be easily explained: "these two witnesses have grosso modo confused the date of the fake's fabrication with that of its publication by Serge A. Nilus." As for the goals of the fake, Taguieff quotes Bourtsev, who is decribed as "an expert on the Russian police and secret services": "The goal is clear: to attribute the worst possible crimes to the Jews, and to justify, in this fashion, pogroms against the Jews." Taguieff adds: "throughout this fake, a strategy of diversion is especially put to work; it consists in imputing all of Russia's problems to an ethnically defined band of conspirators."
How did the identity of the forger, just "established" yesterday by Lepekhin, suddenly become a simple "hypothesis"? Taguieff evades this interesting question. Furthermore, we observe that the Russian historian isn't mentioned a single time in the article he published in Marianne. He only speaks, in vague (embarrassed?) terms, of "recent Russian works" made by some researcher. Hagemeister -- a "recognized expert in the celebrated fake," according to Taguieff -- is more articulate on the subject of his Russian colleague: "As Lepekhin's sensational discovery of the Protocols' author showed, in this realm of 'faction,'[8] no one asks for evidence -- there is none. It can also make careers; the previously unknown Lepekhin became a 'leading Russian historian' overnight."[9] In short, Lepekhin -- the former curator of the archives at the Institute for Russian Literature, a researcher into the history of the printed matter at the library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, and the publishing director of the Russian Biographical Dictionary in 33 volumes[10] -- is in reality merely the author (avid for publicity) of a scoop, if not a fake ("no one asks for proof: there isn't any"). Although it is formulated in disguised terms, this accusation has gone far. What then is really in the archives consulted by Lepekhin? Was he the only one to have access to them? And, if so, why?
Whatever it is, Hagemeister's dismissive remark can be easily explained by motivations of a more general order. One knows that, according to this German historian, Lepekhin, like so many others before him, got lost in the elaboration of a counter-myth (the police conspiracy) that is opposed to the myth itself (the Jewish conspiracy). Furthermore, New German Critique, which published Hagemeister, is obviously centered around the refusal of "conspiracy theories." And one guesses that, for Taguieff, the conspiratorial element constitutes the hidden flaw in the classical conception of the origins of the Protocols ("the customs of properly conspiratorial thinking"). It is fitting here to mention that the police conception of history and its denunciation appear to be related. They are merely the two sides of a single medal: an a priori totalizing -- even totalitarian -- conception of history. For some, there is always a conspiracy behind every event; for others there never is one. Those who not not automatically adhere to the police conception of history can only be disinformed or be the victims of a disinformer; those who denounce a conspiracy can only be the paranoid holders of the aforementioned police conception. Nevertheless, it is the paranoid aspect inherent in their respective systematizations that strikes us. He who doesn't believe is necessarily harmful or crazy.
Orthodox Marxism and psychoanalysm have already illustrated this pretense to irrefutability (and anyone subjected to the psittacism of militant activists or the solipsisms of the analyzed/analyst will understand this all too easily).[11]
Opposed to this theoretical fetishism, which is shared by the partisans of the police conception of history and a number of its adversaries, we adopt the attitude of the mathematician Edouard Kouznetsov: "He was visibly jubilant -- despite the presence of the KGB's prison guards, with their brutish assurance, their cast-iron certitudes and their police-mastiff dogmatism -- to have remembered that Godel had demonstrated that, even in an arithmetical formula, 'if a system is consistent, it isn't complete.' And the prisoner, far from his books and faculties, summarized in four lines -- with perfect elegance and clarity -- the complex demonstration that Godel had made in thirty dense pages in his Philosophy of Mathematics: 'Any conceptual set that is sufficiently extensive,' Kouznetsov wrote, 'necessarily includes questions to which one can only respond by enlarging this set, which by definition excludes the existence of an absolutely logical closed system'."[12]
One will say to us that all this distances us from the Protocols and that the utilization of Godel's theorem outside of its scientific context is only an analogy. But if it is indeed a question of an image, it is, we believe, an image that helps us to see clearly. Except that the "anti-conspiracy" hypothesis concerning the Protocols is a "conceptual system" that "necessarily excludes questions to which one can only respond by enlarging the set." To understand the Protocols, one must not a priori exclude the police explanation because it pertains to a "counter-myth," and one must enlarge the entirety of the history of this "global fake" to its historical future to understand the truth. In this case, the debate upon the origins of the Protocols, re-opened by diverse historians in order to tear into pieces what appears to them as "harmful conspiratorial customs," is merely a smokescreen that hides the essential. Whatever the identity of the original authors of the Protocols was, whatever their primary intentions were, this verifiable fact remains: the global and continuing distribution of the Protocols cannot be solely explained by the delirious fantasies of a few anti-Semitic sects.[13] As Rollin has demonstrated, the Protocols is the centerpiece of a governmental, industrial and mediatic[14] war machine. The role played by the established powers in the distribution of the Protocols seems to us to have been completely demonstrated. Michel Bounan has summarized the heart of the question in these terms: one must recall that the Protocols "weren't initially distributed by public rumors, but by the hands of the Bishop of Moscow and two policeman-publishers; that the German National Socialist Party that was inspired by it was not brought to power by crazy riots but by German industrialists who financed it; that Henri Rollin's work, which revealed the origin of the Protocols, was not destroyed by 'collective paranoia,' but seized and destroyed by a police state; that the Protocols was not propagated in the United States by a crazy rumor, but by the industrialist Henry Ford, who knew how to make other invalids work to his profit; and that, finally, the book was not a 'crude, miserable fake,' nor a 'collective neurosis in the middle of the 20th century,' but a rational police maneuver, the iron lance in a counter-revolutionary war."[15]
One can easily believe that such an explication of the Protocols will be completely unacceptable to the historians who believe that the anti-Semitism of the fake is a manifestation of anti-Zionism and that explications that refer to "counter-revolutionary war" are symptoms of "conspiracism" (these historians have abandoned the history of class struggle and social revolution in the trash can of history). These historians are also the sons of their times. Guy Debord observed shortly after the consensual celebrations of the Bicentennial of the French Revolution: "The history of any passed era is obviously tied to the knowledge, experience and discoveries of the present. There is also a continual dialectic between one and the other of these terms, which often favors their reconsideration and enrichment. But, nevertheless, at certain moments of regression and brutalization, one can quite easily organize the forgetting of the past, its reductive re-writing, so as to obtain the cumulative augmentation -- not of discoveries of the real facts -- but, on the contrary, of ridiculous legends that are useful to the dominant interests, deliberate ignorance, etc. Our society has made progress in decadence; and it re-reads all of its past with the eyes and techniques of its most recent progress."[16]. In this regard, there is no doubt that the history of the Protocols, as it is re-read by a fringe of current historiography, owes much to the conception of anti-Zionism as a simple variation of anti-Semitism[17] and to the denunciation of several contemporary conspiracies as [simple] manifestations of paranoia.
[1] "An old Chinese proverb, still in use, describing the 'indirect cultural' method of approaching burning questions. The Chinese call it the art of 'pointing at the mulberry to revile the ash' (one knows that the miniscule mulberry tree often clings and snuggles up to the shadow of the great ash)." Claude Roy, Sur la Chine, "Mort du poete Mao," Idees/Gallimard, 1979.
[2] Norman Cohn, Warrant for Genocide: The Myth of the Jewish World Conspiracy and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Serif, 1967; published in French as Histoire d'un mythe. La 'Conspiration' juive et les Protocoles des sages de Sion, Gallimard, 1967.
[3] This is the title of a chapter in Henri Rollin's book, L'Apocalypse de notre temps (Editions Allia).
[4] "Qui a fabrique le plus celebre des textes antijuifs?" Marianne, 19 December 2009 - 1 January 2010.
[5] According to several historians of the period, such as the historian Lepekhin, Golovinski drafted the Protocols in Paris on behalf of Ratchkovski, the head of the Okhrana.
[6] New edition, Berg and Fayard, 2004.
[7] Michael Hagemeister, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Between History and Fiction," New German Critique, vol. 35, # 1, Summer 2008.
[8] A neologistic combination of fact and fiction.
[9] Translator's note: rather than translating the French here, we have simply quoted from the original text, which was originally published in English. See New German Critique.
[10] Eric Conan, "Les secrets d'une manipulation antisemite," L'Express, 16 Novembre 1999. [Translator's note: Conan's text has been translated into English here.]
[11] It is indispensable to recall here that Marx himself was the first adversary of this dogmatism. "In 1877, he hastened to disavow the so-called Russian 'Marxists' who had transfigured his method into a 'philosophical-historical theory' and a 'universal passkey' " (Kostas Papaioannou, L'Ideologie froide, Pauvert, 1977). As for Freud, he rejected in advance the so-called "Freudians," armed with their "universal passkey," when he observed with respect to Breuer's research into hysteria: "No doubt you, too, and for good reason, have the impression that Breuer's research can only provide an incomplete theory and an insufficient explanation of the observed facts. But perfect theories do not fall from the sky, and with very good reason you are wary of men who, right from the start of their observations, present to you a theory without any lacunae and completely finished. Such a theory can only be a product of speculation and not the fruit of a study of reality without preconceptions." (Freud, Five Lessons on Psychoanalysis, Payot, 1981.)
[12] Claude Roy, Permis de sejour (1977-1982), Gallimard, 1984.
[13] In the same way, a terrorist group, initially formed by authentic militants, can, after being infiltrated, become an organization that is controlled and used profitably by the police -- as shown by the history of the Red Brigades.
[14] Translator's note: there is no adequate expression in English for the French word mediatique, which not only means "the media," but "the spectacular," as well.
[15] Michel Bounan, L'Etat retors, Allia, 1997. [Translator's note: for a translation of the entire text, click The Crafty State.]
[16] Letter to Pascal Dumontier, 24 Octobre 1989 (Guy Debord, Correspondance, volume VII, Fayard, 2008). [Translator's note: for a translation of the entire text, click here.]
[17] Even if anti-Zionism, especially in its Islamo-Leftist version, sometimes reveals a pure and simple anti-Semitism and thus, in this perspective, must be critiqued pitilessly.
(Written by Jules Bonnot de la Bande and posted on-line on 10 February 2010. Translated from the French by NOT BORED! 14 February 2010. All footnotes by Jules Bonnot, except where noted.)


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An Irish court has again refused to extradite former journalist Ian Bailey to France for questioning over the murder of a filmmaker 21 years ago.
The French authorities want to question him over the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who was murdered in the Republic of Ireland in 1996.
It is the second time extradition has been refused - with the first refused by the Supreme Court in Dublin in 2012.
Mr Bailey denies any involvement in the murder near Schull, west Cork.
Ms Toscan du Plantier, 39, was beaten to death two days before Christmas in 1996.
Under French law, authorities can investigate the suspicious death of a citizen abroad but cannot compel witnesses to go to Paris for questioning.
A European arrest warrant was issued for Mr Bailey last year.
An Irish judge refused the extradition application, describing it as an "abuse of process".
Manchester-born Mr Bailey worked as a journalist in Gloucester and Cheltenham before moving to Ireland in 1991.
He was arrested twice in the Republic of Ireland in connection with the murder but was never charged.
Leaving court on Monday, Mr Bailey said : "It's not the end of it - The state will almost certainly appeal.
He also expressed sympathy for Ms Toscan du Plantier's family.
"I know they believe, for whatever reasons, that I had something to do with the death of their daughter and I'm very sympathetic. But I had nothing to do with it," he said.


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This was stated by Iran foreign minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif during a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference – Istanbul Process --- in Amritsar, India.
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During the spring semester, I acquired a clay whisky jug from the Phoenix Lab, which contains artifacts recovered from the excavation of MARTA lines in the 1970s. Dr. Robin Wharton has worked with students in her multimodel composition course to scan and model objects from the collection, and discussed the process in Atlanta Studies. In this case, the purpose was to experiment with photogrammetry for larger objects, testing the equipment and software that the Library has acquired. The jug is roughly 8 inches high and 6 inches in diameter, with a circumference of 19 inches.
The jug wears the story of its life. The outside is worn and pitted, and carries a few kiln drips, where the kiln bricks melted and dripped on to the jug as it was fired. These drips show as dark splotches on the outside of the jug. Stamped on the top shoulder of the jug are two names: T.W. Cofield and E.C. Brown.
To capture the entire jug in detail, I took images of the jug at 15 degree intervals on three elevations. I used Agisoft Photoscan to assembled the images into point clouds, meshes, and then textured models. I then pinned the three partial sections together, which resulted in a full model of the jug.
In the finished 3D model, you can manipulate the jug to see its details and textures, including the stamped inscription with the two potters' names.
Thomas William Cofield and Edward C. Brown were cousins who lived in the Howell's Mills area in northwest Atlanta, near present-day Buckhead. Edward's father was Bowling P. Brown, a potter. His grandfather was Bowling Brown, also a potter, who had moved the family from Jugtown (an unofficial name) on borders of Upson and Pike counties.
In his history of Georgia's folk pottery, John A. Burrison suggests that Thomas and Edward worked together no later than 1911, after which Edward "became a gardener (and later foreman) at Grant Park." Based on this suggestion, we can infer that the whisky jug is at least 106 years old. The jug is in remarkable shape for its age, but I still wouldn't recommend drinking from it.
John A. Burrison, Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk Pottery (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2008), pp. 71, 168, 191, 195, 199.
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I appreciate how this project (and your post) drew from the wealth of GSU resources. Fantastic article, Spencer, and a genuinely entertaining read!


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The albums have been graded on the most common grading system used in Finnish schools. Where 4 is the worst, and 10 is the best. The final score for the album is most of the times the average for all of the tracks, though it can also change if the reviewer wishes so. The Super Eurobeat Non-Stop albums will be reviewed as full collections, and the individual songs won't be reviewed, unless they are completely new. Though Euromach and JGTC albums for example will have complete song by song reviews.
The grading system simply goes as ie. 4- (3,75), 4 (4), 4+ (4,25) and 4½ (4,5) and the next one again would be 5-. A simple system we have over here in Finland.
Super Eurobeat 145
1.Christine - Me, Myself & I (SCP)
Christine has performed quite a load of great tracks during her career, but it all comes down to this ballad, which is immensely catchy and beautiful at the same time. Great vocals by Christine and soothing lyrics. Overall an impressive display of how beautiful Eurobeat can be.
Rating : 10-
2.Jean Love - Fool For Your Loving (Delta)
A typical Eurobeat track pretty much on all levels. The song has nice sounds used thorough, though the vocals don't really leave an impression and the song sort of goes in from the other ear and exists the next second from the other. Definitely not bad, but could've been better.
Rating : 7+
3.Dave & Domino - Sunshine In Your Eyes (A-Beat C)
Dave & Domino both have a wide array of great songs up their sleeves (Domino in particular). But somehow with this song they don't manage to do their best. The song has a nice positive vibe to it, but unfortunately Domino only performs her amazing vocals in the chorus which is the best part of the track.
4.Regina - Harmony (Vibration)
Regina had an amazing song called Let The People Say on Euromach 9, and she's had a track here and there every now and then, but since Let The People Say she hasn't really had any high peaks unfortunately. With Harmony she though manages do a great performance and the song easily sticks in your head. Nice song, nothing phenomenal, but one of the better songs on the album.
5.King & Queen - Wake Me Up (A-Beat C)
King & Queen have been one of my favorite for a long time now. So I was quite eagarly waiting for this song, and as I thought they did it again. Wake Me Up is a song with a really happy mood and nice vocals. Not the best King & Queen track out there, but definitely a good song.
Rating : 9-
6.Symbol - Forever Young (Time)
Sometimes you just get tired of the same titles repeated over and over again. This time though I kept on thinking about Alphaville's version of the same title. Symbol hasn't so far impressed me with any of their songs and this is no exception. A standard eurobeat song, with standard eurobeat soungs and standard eurobeat vocals.
7.Niko - Livin' On A Prayer (Delta)
I honestly don't know what's up with Niko, no other eurobeat artist has annoyed me in the way that he does. The voice probably has a thing or two to do with it. And now that he's fallen in love with Bon Jovi songs it's just even worse. The previous cover was decent, but this one is just plain horse hooey. It's a carbonate copy of every other Niko song anyways.
8.Baby Gold - I'll Be Live (HI-NRG Attack)
Well, me being a huge HI-NRG Attack fan I'm always looking forward to new songs by the awesome label. Baby Gold's history is decently long and she's done some marvellous songs, this time she does also a good job, though the song sort of lacks the final punch to make it a smash hit. Now it just features nice sounds here and there, and of course the vocals are good.
Rating : 8½
9.Ace - Fightin' Over Freedom (SCP)
Ace has been an interesting artist whose tracks have varied from awesome to pretty lousy. I'm not a huge fan of male vocals in general, but Ace does a great job every time and that's what really separates him from the rest of the eurobeat male vocalists (oh I almost forgot Fastway...). The song is pretty typical on many levels, but still it sounds refreshingly new.
10.Helena - Lovely Tango (Time)
Helena has been around for quite a while and not before this track have I liked her that much, with the exception of Tell Me. This time she does a great song, which although brings a whole lot of deja vu feelings and a certain Shakira in mind (must be the accordions). Not too shabby, but still lacks more edge to it.
11.Mega NRG Man - Raising Love (A-Beat C)
Mega NRG Man like most of the male eurobeat performers haven't really struck me as too interesting. Raising Love sounds like a dozen other eurobeat songs and the best part about it is definitely the intro which has a cool sound to it. Mega NRG Man needs to find himself a new sound.
12.Pizza Girl - Bye Bye Baby (Delta)
Pizza Girl, hmm she's been a fun one to follow through the times. She seems to do better on her every song. Bang was an awesome display or art and quite frankly I thought it couldn't be beaten, but alas I was wrong. Bye Bye Baby (again a song title that brings back memories from other songs with the same tite...) sounds refreshing, and it's packed full of energy. The definite hit of this album.
Rating : 10
13.Chris T. - I Wanna Be The Night (A-Beat C)
What I don't really like about the newer Super Eurobeats is that the amount of male vocalists seems to be increasing rapidly. Again a new name, with a decent song, though the vocals are quite horrific. I can hope for more of Matt Land in the future, hopefully Chris T. won't be featured on any of the future SEBs.
14.Alexis - Don't You Forget My Love (Time)
Alexis is one of those eurobeat artists that have had a long list of songs thorough the Super Eurobeat history, but for some reason they never leave an impression. She continues on the same path as before, a song that sounds nice, but you forget it the second it ends.
15.Baby Bazooka - Cocoa Bill (HI-NRG Attack)
This song has spawned a whole load of criticism and praise at the same time. I fall on the latter crowd, I'm a fan of extremely happy and catchy music, and if this song isn't catchy I don't know what is. The song features lots of nice sounds, but also a lot of annoying ones as well. The vocals are great for an 8-year-old girl, may we hope for a long career for this new offspring.
16.Kevin Johnson - Never Give Up (In The Name Of Love) (Delta)
I look back longing to the duet Happy Phantom where Cherry backed up Kevin Johnson it worked really well when a female vocalist backed him up, but as a solo artist his voice doesn't really strike to me as very appealing. Though what I gotta give for this song is that it has a very very catchy melody and the sounds work really well. Still better than Mega NRG Man or Chris T..
17.Susy Wender - I Can Feel You (A-Beat C)
Susy Wender has gained a lot of popularity with her recent songs, and it's all true that the songs she has performed have been catchy and beautiful. This time she follows on the lines of her previous song Runaway, which has it's advantages and disadvantages. These two songs are pretty similar and the resemblance is sometimes a bit too much, as a song this one works, but I just wish they hadn't cloned the previous song as much as they did.
18.Digital Planet - We'll See Heaven (A-Beat C)
Digital Planet with two songs out have done quite well. The previous track West End Guy was catchy and this time it goes even better. We'll See Heaven works like a charm and ends the album with very positive vibes.
Final Words :
Super Eurobeat 145 was a pretty varying album, it had a couple of amazing tracks, but over all it wasn't definitely one of the better SEBs out there to date. Though what is cheering in particular is that nowa days they have all of the labels in the mix. Nice album for Super Eurobeat fans, but for occasional SEB listeners I'd recommend to check out an another album.
Final Score : 8
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John Possingham was born at Barmera,South Australia on 28 October 1929 to Albert Victor and Hilda Dora Possingham. He grew up on a small fruit growing property at Berri in rural South Australia that produced raisin grapes and oranges. His primary education was in a 2 teacher school in the hamlet of Winkie, South Australia followed by secondary education at Glossop High School and then Adelaide High School.
He obtained his BAgSc (Hons) from the University of Adelaide in 1952, and his MSc in 1955 also from the University of Adelaide, He was awarded a D.Phil from Oxford University in 1957 and a DSc from Oxford University in 1979.
In 1952 Possingham joined the Division of Plant Industry in Canberra as a Research Scientist. Over the period 1952 to 1954 he worked in plant nutrition on a basic project concerned with looking at the function that some of the micronurients played in the metabolism of plants. He studied the influence of various mineral deficiencies on the amino acid levels of plants seeking a diagnostic tool to recognise mineral deficiencies. It was the era when CSIRO had shown that the growth of pastures could be vastly improved by applying low rates of copper, zinc, manganese and molybdenum.
He received a CSIRO Fellowship to study in Oxford where his D.Phil thesis was concerned with the role that iron plays in controlling cell division in pea root tips. On completion of his D.Phil in 1957, he was assigned to the British Government's Biological Response Team for 3 months to attend the Maralinga Atomic Bomb Trials as an Australian participant and observerver. It was thought desirable to have an Australian attend these trials and he has a major publication on the retention of atomic fall-out particles on plant leaves.
On his return to the Division of Plant Industry he worked on the role of manganese in the photosynthetic reactions of plants. He was able to show, using radioactive manganese, that this element was essential for the initial steps of photosynthesis and was required to maintain the integrity of chloroplasts. This work was the beginning of his continuing interest in the structure, function and factors controlling the replication of higher plant chloroplasts which continued with the assistance of Post Docs during his entire career with CSIRO. This work formed the basis of his D.Sc thesis to Oxford Univerity, awarded in 1979.
In 1962, at the time Otto Frankel was replaced by John Falk as Chief of Plant Industry, Possingham was asked to go to the station at Merbein in the north-west of Victoria, as Officer-in-Charge of the newly renamed Horticultural Research Section. The Section, formerly the Commonwealth Research Station, Murray Irrigation Area, was established in 1927, when the previously existing research facilities came under the control of CSIR. At times Possingham wondered whether it was wise to accept assignment to this facility, west of Mildura on the River Murray which at that time was an isolated post where a handful of researchers were trying to improve grape-drying processes for sultanas. Working on raisin grapes was seen by Possingham to be both boring and illogical and he began looking for something more challenging. To Australia's incalculable economic and social gain, he became obsessed with reviving the area's wine-grape industry and subsequently laid the foundations for what has become one of the country's greatest success stories.
Although at the time of his transfer to Merbein he had negotiated a verbal deal whereby the CSIRO would allow him to establish a small group at the University of Adelaide's Waite Institute, aggressive negotiation was required to make this a reality. Initially staff were located within the Australian Wine Research Institute laboratory and subsequently a modest laboratory was built on University of Adealide land. It was eventually agreed by the CSIRO Executive that the expertise of the Merbein staff about raisin grapes and that of new appointees could be directed to wine grapes.
By 1967, five years after his arrival, the research he was doing had become so significant that the section was upgraded to divisional status as the Division of Horticultural Research with Possingham as its Foundation Chief. He subsequently pushed the Executive to establish small horticultural groups in the Northern Territory at Darwin and at Brisbane, Queensland to expand the work of the Division into tropical fruits. The work at Darwin contributed greatly to the expansion of the mango industry in that territory. Finally, with the re-organisation of the Division of Food Research, their Fruit and Vegetable Post Harvest Group was attached to the Division Of Horticultural Research. Possingham remained Chief for the next 24 years, towards the end of which the division was renamed the Division of Horticulture (in 1988). In 1991 he stepped down as Chief but remained as a Chief Research Scientist until his retirement from CSIRO in 1994.
During his outstanding career John Possingham spent sabbatical periods at Edinburgh, Scotland (1969), Dusseldorf, Germany (1979), Bangalore, India (1983) and Okazaki, Japan (1985). The sabbatical at Edinburg was used to develop a knowledge of the infant science of nucleic acid metabolism (DNA &RNA) in plants, while the periods at both Dusseldorf 1979 and Okazaki 1985 were to participate in joint studies of the factors controlling the division of higher plant chloroplasts. The sabbatical in Bangalore India was to learn about, and contribute to, the science of growing grape vines in tropical environments, Additionally many shorter trips were made to the grape growing areas of the world to make sure that knowledge about the technological aspects of grape growing was available in Australia. Many overseas experts were guests of the Division and shared their knowledge with CSIRO's scientists.
John Possingham was Vice-President of the International Society for Horticultural Science Leuven, a member of a number of the Expert Committees of the International Vine Office Paris and has served on the editorial boards of a number of international horticultural journals.
He is the author of some 250 published articles in grape growing, general horticulture and plant nutrition. He is a member of the advisory board of a number of scientific journals.
Mechanical harvesting and pruning – In the early 1970s, Possingham arranged for the introduction to Australia of the fledgling American technology of grape mechanical harvesting. Initially this was seen as a way to overcome the high cost and shortage of hand-picking labour; in the long-term it completely altered the structure of the Australian wine industry. About 70% of our grape crop is now mechanically harvested using Australian adaptations to the technology.
A number of companies were interested in reviving the table wine industry that had been wiped out in the 1890s by the fungus, phylloxera, but the high cost of manually pruning and harvesting the high-flavour/small-bunch premium grape varieties put a tight limit on production. Possingham realised that mechanisation held the answer and using the prototypes shipped from the US (one of which was mysteriously spirited to Australia in an RAAF Hercules transport plane), he threw himself into researching the trellising and vineyard management the machines needed.
Following the adoption of this innovation, Possingham directed the research of his group into mechanical methods of pruning grapevines. Mechanical hedging and minimal pruning are two techniques CSIRO developed in collaboration with other researchers that are now in use for 50% of our vines. The introduction of mechanical harvesting and pruning of grapevines, changed the face of the Australian wine industry saving it over $200 million a year, compared to the costs of full hand picking.
Introduction of improved vine stocks from Europe – This came about when Possingham's pioneering research caught the attention of French viticulturalists. In a carefully nurtured relationship, which saw leading French viticulturalists working at Merbein during the European winter, Possingham shared his progress on mechanical harvesting in return for the latest knowledge and vine cuttings from France. Significantly, these included the premium grape varieties that have since become the backbone of the Australian industry: cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, shiraz, sauvignon blanc, cabernet franc, pinot noir and semillon. In the early '70s, Yalumba, Tolleys and Orlando began planting 200- to 400-hectare vineyards of premium wine grape varieties which, for the first time, could be pruned and picked by machine. It was the beginning of an agricultural revolution which some have predicted will, by the middle of the 21st century, make Australia the world's largest supplier of quality table wines.
Hickinbotham's plain message was that if Possingham hadn't been given the creative space in which to stretch his science to its unpredictable limits, Australia may not now have a wine industry.
1991 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement ' for developing production systems to mecghanise Australian vineyards.


Since 1995, there have been nine major national consultations with Canadians dealing in whole or in part with hospice palliative and end-of-life care. The nine final reports from these studies contain a total of 85 recommendations for improving care for the dying and their families. The 85 recommendations can be grouped into five broad policy categories: access to care; supports for family caregivers; quality of care; advance care planning and public awareness; and federal responsibility. This discussion paper summarizes the 85 recommendations from the nine national reports, examines the continued relevance of these recommendations and identifies recommendations that are still important to implement as potential priority areas for The Way Forward initiative.
Although progress has been made on implementing many of the 85 recommendations from the nine national reports issued between 1995 and 2000, there are still recommendations from all the reports that remain relevant and can help inform the work of The Way Forward initiative.
What do you think, for example, of these recommendations?
- Establish a refundable tax credit for family caregivers.
- Ensure palliative care services are covered under all federal, provincial, and territorial health insurance plans, perhaps by including them as an insured service under theCanada Health Act, thereby recognizing a right to home care, long term care and palliative care for all Canadians.
Are there other recommendations you feel are of greater importance?
What gap most needs to be addressed to create an integrated palliative approach to care?


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2) Volunteer to help "work" the auction.
3) Select one of the food items you will prepare for lunch.
The auction starts at 9am, so be there at 8:30am to register for your "bid paddle".
Plastic chairs are available, but bring your own favorite beach chair if you will be more comfortable.
As always the bar will be open, and lunch will be served, so come early and make a day of it.


Successful showrooms take time to develop and need the professional expertise of an organisation that understands the difficulty of the task. Interior design is an artistic process the goal of which is to capture attention and imbue potential buyers with the imagination to conceive of a lifestyle choice that pertains to the development being viewed – this is the aim of the showroom, to make potential buyers feel that they belong to the concept elicited by the home. Showroom interior design has a proven track record in maximising sales appeal, and thus can -make-or-break' a developer's dreams.


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Critical Comparison: iCo Therapeutics (OTCMKTS:ICOTF) & Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE:RDY)
Posted by Joseph McCarthy on Jan 15th, 2022
iCo Therapeutics (OTCMKTS:ICOTF) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE:RDY) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Earnings & Valuation
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This table compares iCo Therapeutics and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
iCo Therapeutics N/A N/A -$1.11 million ($0.40) -1.50
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories $2.59 billion 4.02 $236.00 million $1.74 36.00
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than iCo Therapeutics. iCo Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
This is a summary of current ratings for iCo Therapeutics and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
iCo Therapeutics 0 0 0 0 N/A
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories 0 1 2 0 2.67
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a consensus target price of $71.71, suggesting a potential upside of 14.47%. Given Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is more favorable than iCo Therapeutics.
This table compares iCo Therapeutics and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
iCo Therapeutics N/A N/A -288.85%
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories 10.51% 14.84% 9.73%
Insider and Institutional Ownership
10.2% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
iCo Therapeutics has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories beats iCo Therapeutics on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
iCo Therapeutics Company Profile
Satellos Bioscience, Inc. is a regenerative medicine company, which engages in developing novel therapeutics. It operates through a proprietary technology platform, MyoReGenX™ and Leveraging MyoReGenX™, which identify stem cell based regeneration deficits in muscle diseases and develop therapeutic solutions. The company was founded by Frank Gleeson and Michael Rudnicki in 2018 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Company Profile
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. engages in the manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical products. It operates through the following segments: Global Generics, Pharmaceutical Services & Active Ingredients, Proprietary Products, and Others. The Global Generics segment consists of manufacturing and marketing of prescription and over-the-counter finished pharmaceutical products ready for consumption by the patient, marketed under a brand name or as generic finished dosages with therapeutic equivalence to branded formulations. The Pharmaceutical Services & Active Ingredients segment is comprised of manufacturing and marketing of active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates, also known as API, which are the principal ingredients for finished pharmaceutical products. The Proprietary Products segment focuses on research and development of differentiated formulations. The Others segment includes the operations of the subsidiary of the company. The company was founded by Kallam Anji Reddy on February 24, 1984 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, India.
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Can Recep the Magnificent Sort Out Libya?
Strangely since Turkey is a NATO member and relies on the United States for trade, Mr Erdogan seems to be emulating Saddam Hussein instead of Suleiman the Magnificent.
by Steve Brown December 18, 2019 350 Views 7 Votes 1 Comment
Submitted by Steve Brown…
This title is not intended to trivialize the very serious nature of the deadly conflict in Libya; the situation is an ever-escalating humanitarian disaster, and has been since US State and NATO destroyed the country in 2011.
On December 14th an air cargo transport of Belgian FN arms from Ostend was supplied to Misrata rebels by a United Arab Emirates contractor. Whether the UAE weapons shipment was contracted to undertake an uprising in Misrata prior to Erdogan's clash with Tobruk (Haftar) and Greece over Misrata and the proposed Turkish energy corridor is unclear. Misrata rebels have supplied cheap oil to Turkey and acted somewhat autonomously. Now, the potential for a major new catastrophe in Libya cannot be ignored.
Turkish leader Erdogan is coming from a perceived victory in northeast Syria, where Turk forces established a significant neutral zone which has largely held despite major condemnation by the west, and a large dose of help from Russian forces. Whether Erdogan can return over one million Syrian refugees in Turkey to this swathe of (mostly) unpopulated Syrian desert is unknown and also highly unlikely.
Now Erdogan has turned again to Libya (Turkey imports oil from Libya) but Libya is a far different prospect than Syria. In Syria, only the terror enclave of Idlib province remains and the legitimate government of Syria is well established, while Libya is far more fractured.
Erdogan likely feels emboldened by the military pact for a rapid response force he signed with Libya's Government of National Accord in November of 2019. Upon signing the pact* a key statement from Erdogan reads:
The eastern Mediterranean region harbors huge hydrocarbon reserves and we have received information about some firms discovering the substance in that area. We might cooperate with some global companies in that regard.
Recall that on October 17th Erdogan boasted about tearing up a letter from Donald Trump exhorting Erdogan to act responsibly. Then on November 29th Erdogan undiplomatically called France's Macron brain dead just prior to the December NATO summit. The slights are obviously intended to appeal to Erdogan's domestic political base. But now, apparently in a wish to surpass Suleiman the Magnificent, Erdogan has declared a vast swathe of the eastern Mediterranean to be under Turkish control, including an energy resource-rich region around Crete.
As if this were not enough, Erdogan has also threatened to close two US bases in Turkey in response to US sanctions, saying, "If necessary, we'll close Incirlik and also Kurecik". Erdogan seems to sense a power vacuum in Washington, and the continued fade of US influence to leverage power in the region — where the US is relying on the weaponization of the US dollar in lieu of military force.
Erdogan must also appreciate a certain malaise in the European Union, where the EU is losing a key member, Britain, which will certainly weaken the European Union overall and shift the EU's focus at least temporarily.
Also emboldening Erdogan could be a rather blown election in Algeria. Algeria is another oil power and could be a progressive and stabilizing influence in Northern Africa. Unfortunately, Algeria continues to be ruled by a quasi-militarist regime that is in no position to inspire progressive new ideals in Libya, or to oppose the Turk agenda there.
What is tragically lost in this narrative is the plight of Libya's people, and the crisis they have been forced to endure since US State's failed-state war on Libya began in 2011. Further consideration for Libya's people, for Libya's strategic location as a hub for emigration to Europe, and gateway to the Sahel region, is hopelessly lost in this narrative as well.
Of course reality on the ground is of little importance to Empire where only geo-political equations regarding energy resources, gold, diamonds, and uranium seem to matter. But this must not overlook the waning influence of US power, which creates failed states for short-term gain and does little to consider the long-term tragic effect of its imperial action on people. Perhaps Erdogan looks upon the United States as being a failed state, too.
In Libya one misunderstood factor is the split among Warfalla, some of whom support the Tripoli Government of National Accord and some of whom support Haftar's Libyan National Army, but where nearly all Warfalla support Saif al Islam Gaddafi as the only politician who might re-unite the country.
Since Ghaddafi has been forced into hiding, some Warfalla factions support Haftar's Libyan National Army and others support Sarraj's Government of National Accord. However the people of Bani Walid still maintain their hope for the concept of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (or Libyan 'State of the Masses') being Gaddafi's interpretation for socialism in Libya, which did not die with Muammar Gaddafi.
Support for Libyan Arab Jamahiriya potentially lives on in the people of Bani Walid and many of the Warfalla who support Saif al Islam Gaddafi, who is favoured among many Libyan people. The idea that Saif al Islam Gaddafi could stand for election has been proposed as far afield as the Russian leadership**, and by popular political voice in Libya.
But Saif al-islam Gaddafi faces two major hurdles to being an electoral candidate. The first and foremost hurdle is that Khalifa Belqasim Haftar has threatened to execute him at-sight. The second hurdle for Gaddafi is the International Criminal Court which hopes to try Gaddafi for humanitarian offenses, as alleged during the US State-sponsored Libyan revolution of 2011. [Note: the United States is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court treaty and does not recognise the United Nations Declaration Of Human Rights, 1948]
Due to such circumstances, Brigade 93 (or Yahtrib Brigade Libya) — and other Gaddafi loyalists such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya — have provisionally aligned with Haftar's Libyan National Army instead of Gaddafi. (al Qaeda and ISIS in Libya were largely routed and defeated in northern Libya by these brigades.) Meanwhile Gaddafi loyalists have softened their opposition to the Government of National Accord, since the GNA refused to hand over Seif al Islam to the ICC, and since the GNA has renounced its former ties to takfiri terror.
Somewhat surprisingly, the Government of National Accord has recently questioned the bonafide's of the International Criminal Court and will not 'surrender' Saif al-Islam to their jurisdiction.
[Link: Will Libya back away from allowing Gaddafi to stand trial at the ICC? https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191121-will-libya-back-away-from-allowing-gaddafi-to-stand-trial-at-the-icc/]
Evidently Saif al-islam's former captors the Zintan appreciate Gaddafi's intellectual capacity and appreciation for Libya's potential future too, but al Sarraj and Haftar consider Gaddafi to be a major threat, and that is why elections in Libya have been postponed. Whether the Zintan can continue to protect Gaddafi or Gaddafi can secure major backing – for example from the Russian leadership – is unclear, but at this point the prospect seems unlikely.
While Libya vacillates between the GNA's weak ruler Sarraj, and the ruthless Haftar (and populist leader Saif al-Islam Gaddafi remains in hiding) Libya is experiencing renewed violence and major clashes especially in Misrata and Tripoli, relatively unreported in the west. The Belgian arms received in Misurata were in consequence with Haftar's announcement of a renewed western offensive; whether the arms were intended to provoke a Misrata uprising is unclear but according to sources Misrata has not fallen to Haftar's LNA despite attacks and bombings there. (Haftar's western offensive was originally undertaken in April of this year, but quickly stalled.)
Interestingly, Gaddafi loyalists have denounced the civil war in Libya as being a Turkish-Qatari conspiracy. Due to the success of this 'Turk-Qatar conspiracy' (Qatar hosts a Turkish military base and cooperates closely with Turkey in Muslim brotherhood causes) and Erdogan's sense of a power vacuum in Washington and Europe, Erdogan has been emboldened in Libya and the eastern Mediterranean.
In tandem with Turkey's strategic re-positioning with regard to Russia, and latent challenge to NATO hegemony, Erdogan has defacto revived an old conflict with Greece over Cyprus as well. Erdogan's posturing begs the question as to what happens when a false construct like NATO gets too large with too many inflated members, and one member is perhaps willing to go to war with another. Since the purpose of NATO is not to protect the west from a non-existent USSR, perhaps NATO's purpose should be to protect itself from itself.
Meanwhile Erdogan the Hopeful and Magnificent has acted cleverly as a domestic and international figure, and is possibly headed to brinksmanship — but with who or whom brinksmanship will play out, is hard to say. Here is why.
The Tripoli Government of National Accord is aligned with Turkey, Qatar, the European Union, and Ukraine since the full collapse of the Libyan National Salvation government in 2016. The GNA is endorsed by the United Nations and its leader, al Sarraj, has ideological links to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Opposing Tripoli is the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (or Libyan Interim Government which was declared unconstitutional) under CIA asset Haftar as backed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and France. (Note France's double role as EU component.)
Now Erdogan's magnificent bluster about seizing Libya for Turkey — and a portion of the eastern Mediterranean — has expanded opposition to the GNA, with Greece now entering the fray to protect its interests from potential Turkish seizure. Erdogan's move will thus force the government of Greece more prominently into the realm of US and Israeli influence.
Strangely since Turkey is a NATO member and relies on the United States for trade, Mr Erdogan seems to be emulating Saddam Hussein instead of Suleiman the Magnificent. However, one source has stated that Turkish military boots will be on the ground in Libya by the 15th of January, 2020. (NB: the foregoing has not been independently confirmed.)
At the expense of repetition, what's tragically lost in this narrative is the plight of the Libyan people and the warfare, violence, death, destruction, and horror that they have been forced to endure. They have been forced to endure that destruction by Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton, with scheming by the European Union and NATO tossed in.
Further consideration for Libya's people, for Libya's strategic location as a hub for emigration to Europe, and gateway to the Sahel region, has been hopelessly lost in this narrative, while the morally bankrupt major powers scramble for advantage and Recep the Magnificent struts and frets about the stage. How many more will die due to his neo-Ottoman obsession and the moral bankruptcy of the west, is anyone's guess.
*The pact has yet to be approved by the Turkish parliament
**In the western press Russia is said to back dictator Haftar, however there is some dispute regarding the accuracy of this allegation. Russian interest is extended to its largely economic interest in stabilizing the Sahel region to indeed develop resources there, in mutual aid of the people of the Sahel and in a peaceful and productive manner.
Steve Brown is the author of "Iraq: the Road to War" (Sourcewatch) editor of "Bush Administration War Crimes in Iraq" (Sourcewatch) "Trump's Limited Hangout" and "Federal Reserve: Out-sourcing the Monetary System to the Money Trust Oligarchs Since 1913"; Steve is an antiwar activist, a published scholar on the US monetary system, and has appeared as guest contributor to The Duran, Fort Russ News, Herland Report, Lew Rockwell Report, The Ron Paul Institute, and Strategika51.
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Of all the "de-stabilizations" (nicer word for international crimes) committed by the US, I have always thought the rape and murder of Gaddafi/de-stabilization of Syria is going to have the most dire long-term consequences for the west. That's starting to play out now.
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Erdogan enters Libya war, risking conflict with Greece, France, Egypt & Israel (Video)
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Victims of former prison guard paid
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CONCORD — The state will pay $1.9 million to 30 female inmates and a corrections department employee who accused a former prison sergeant of raping or harassing them.
Douglas Tower was convicted last year of six counts of rape and sexual assault against a female inmate he supervised at the Shea Farm halfway house in Concord, and of grabbing another inmate by the neck. Along with the department, he faced eight civil lawsuits filed by a group of inmates and a corrections department worker alleging misconduct ranging from inappropriate comments to rape, Assistant Attorney General Michael Brown said Friday.
When mediation began, the plaintiffs were seeking about $4.5 million, Brown said. The individual payments range from $6,000 to $228,000.
The state did not admit liability, Brown said. But a spokesman for the department said the state has stepped up its training and changed policies because of the Tower case.
Because Tower was convicted of assaulting an inmate in a prison van, the state now allows only female employees to transport female inmates, said spokesman Jeff Lyons. Drivers must check in when they leave a facility and when they arrive at their destination.
Because assaults happened in rooms with no windows, more rooms at the halfway house have windows, and surveillance cameras, Lyons said. Pat-down searches of female offenders now only will be conducted by female employees, he said, a practice preferred in the past but not always possible. A female employee will be on duty at all times in female facilities.
"Sometimes in past, a single male officer might have been the only officer on duty, particularly on the overnight shift," Lyons said.
With a $1 million grant, the state also has hired an investigator specifically for sexual misconduct cases, and a victim advocate.
A new administrator works on developing and improving programs for women and monitors how their cases are handled.
All new corrections employees now must pass a polygraph test, Lyons said, which the department hopes will screen out anyone who might not have a criminal record but might have tendencies that would make the person unfit to supervise female offenders.
"We hope these will be the right steps to prevent these kinds of things from happening again," Lyons said.
Lawyer Richard Lehmann would not comment on details because he said the settlement had not been finalized. But he spoke in general terms about what his clients endured.
"What a lot of them had to go through is something that's very difficult to compensate with money, but money's the only thing we have to deal with," he said. "I think being forced to live in a situation where they were being sexually harassed and sexually assaulted and were not able to walk away from it ... made it extremely difficult for them and some of them are having a very hard time coping with some of the things that happened to them. It's an extremely traumatic event to be a prisoner unable to escape your abuser."
Tower is serving a 20- to 40-year prison sentence. His lawyer, Mark Sisti, could not be reached for comment Friday evening.


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Are The Cracks Showing For Blackwell Once More?
Dan Trelfer October 27, 2009 championship talk blog, Leagues: Championship, Sheffield United, Uncategorized No Comments
Can Kevin Blackwell turn around United's fortunes?
It is probably against all the rules of a blog to direct the reader away in the first paragraph, but I think it's worth it. Before you read this little ramble, have a listen to the BBC interview with Kevin Blackwell, conducted after Sheffield United's 3-0 defeat at Blackpool a week ago last Saturday.
Fun, isn't it? To my mind, that is an interview every bit as shocking and, let's be honest, amusing as Kevin Keegan's famous 'I'd love it' moment or Rafa Benitez's accusations aimed at Manchester United last season. As it's in the Championship, though, the media seemed to have largely ignored it.
To me, that sounds like a manager in meltdown. Poor Seth, the journalist, asks a pretty valid question: "Do you still feel the spirit is strong?" United, who came third last season and possessed an incredibly mean defence, had just lost 3-0 at Blackpool. Moreover, it followed a defeat at Scunthorpe, a last-gasp draw at home to winless Ipswich, a failure to defeat Doncaster and a loss at Swansea. After Saturday's 4-3 home defeat to Cardiff, the Blades have failed to keep a clean sheet since September 12th and have conceded a rotten 21 goals in their last eight games. If anything, Seth was being kind in his phraseology.
Blackwell, however, did not see it that way at all. Seth's question provoked a response so defensive and so visceral that you cannot help but assume the journalist had touched a very raw nerve indeed. Blackwell proceeds to spend three minutes desperately reaching for excuses. Injuries come high up the list, but excuses about injuries rarely wash – all clubs face the same problem.
Apart from injuries, though, Blackwell insists: "That's life… It just happens… It's just not happening for us… Things aren't dropping for us at the moment." Essentially, he seems to be suggesting that it's just bad luck. But when even that doesn't seem to convince anyone, he resorts to insulting the journalist who is calmly trying to do his job: "That's a stupid question," he retorts. "Come on, don't be stupid," he argues. "That's rubbish, Seth," he falters. But what has Seth said? Seth's question is perfectly valid. It is Blackwell's retorts that stink of refuse and panic.
Perhaps this is all a result of a bit of deja vu for the United manager. Back in 2006, he took Leeds all the way to a play-off final, one win away from the Premier League. That season he never spurned an opportunity to bemoan how little he had to spend on his team (usually just before spending over a million on Rob Hulse or Richard Cresswell) but clearly Leeds had better resources than most at that time. Following a transparent attempt to position Leeds as the underdogs against Watford in the final, Blackwell was tactically destroyed by Aidy Boothroyd as the Hornets won 3-0. Leeds' descent the following season was rapid and they finished bottom.
I wonder if that season is now rattling around his brain once more. Only that injury time equaliser against Ipswich stops it from looking like a fully-fledged crisis.
Blackwell is keen to blame injuries, new players and a lack of fit midfielders. Yet this is a side that on Saturday included Matt Kilgallon, Chris Morgan, James Harper, Glen Little, Stephen Quinn, Kyle Walker and £3m-worth of Ched Evans. Henri Camara was only on the bench. Can a manager who can field those players in this league really be moaning about injuries?
Whichever way you look at it this is a dire run and the Blades' defence, the rock on which their season was built last season, appears to be crumbling. Blackwell's outburst against an honest, local journalist after a poor result only serves to highlight the pressure the manager is feeling. Perhaps the Blades' next game, at home to Newcastle on Monday, will galvanise the crowd and shake the team up. Blackwell will hope so, because many more defeats and goals conceded and he might find himself on nodding terms with Gareth Southgate in the dole queue.
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We will begin accepting applications for the 2021-22 school year. Apply here.
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Mid-South Gifted Academy is a school for intellectually gifted children who are highly motivated to learn in a personalized and project-based environment.
We consider a variety of factors to determine a child's fit for MSGA and his or her admission to the program. They include:
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Once you have completed the following steps, your child will be considered for admission. During rolling admissions, families will be notified within two weeks of completing the process. Accepted applicants enroll or decline within two weeks of receipt of the offer. A $350 enrollment fee (credited toward tuition) is due at the time of enrollment.
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Our tuition for the 2021-2022 school year is $13,200. All fees are built into the tuition and cover enrollment, materials, technology, and local field trips. Monthly and bi-annual payment plans are available.
"Since being a part of the community of learners at Mid-South Gifted Academy, our 7-year-old son has experienced tremendous personal and academic growth. MSGA allows and encourages development and exploration of his own interests, as well as collaboration with students across a broad age range. Diving into school projects/journeys with classmates teaches him how he is an integral part of a community. This school allows students the freedom to learn and explore without artificial limits due to grade level standards or teaching to satisfy a test requirement, which is something we were unable to find within the traditional school model. Our son loves school, is excited for each day, and enjoys being a part of something that is truly special at MSGA. With caring, compassionate, and committed adults guiding the way, MSGA students are headed toward a bright, well-rounded, beautiful future that our family is excited and honored to be a part of!"
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"I cannot say enough great things about Mid-South Gifted Academy and the positive effect it has had on my daughter. At last there is an alternative to the "one size fits all" education offered in traditional schools. Daily interaction with students of all ages, Socratic discussions, personalized curriculum, low student/teacher ratios, and a nurturing environment exist at Mid-South Gifted Academy. It is apparent that the dedication and commitment shown by all in this exceptional and unique environment is destined to ensure both academic success and the emotional and social growth of each student."
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"The opening of MSGA could not have been more timely for our son who had been identified in his public elementary school as gifted but was still experiencing frustration arising from the limitations of the typical classroom setting. The passion that the school's founders and staff have for this concept is evident and this helps to foster the love of learning that our son had started to lose. They are addressing his academic as well as his social/emotional needs by allowing him to progress at his pace while fostering his willingness to try new things. MSGA also provides resources and support to parents who are learning what it means to be the parents of a gifted learner and all that encompasses. We are very grateful to have this option for our son and have enjoyed getting to know the other families in this new venture."
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"Enrolling my son, Andrew, in Mid-South Gifted Academy has been the best decision we have made as parents. MSGA has given him the opportunity to explore his creativity and tap into potential in a way that he was unable to do in the typical classroom. Andrew has re-gained his self-confidence and eagerness to learn. MSGA teaches independent learning with the student directing his own path all the while incorporating the fundamentals. My son thrives in this environment where he holds the reins to his own success. MSGA provides an environment that truly nurtures, encourages, and celebrates each student, and this is why I can drop Andrew off at school knowing with certainty that he couldn't be in a better place both academically and socially."
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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI's vision is a world free of hunger and malnutrition. It works to provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition.
IFPRI produces high quality research that can shape policies, investments and programs, contributing to a productive, sustainable and resilient agricultural and food system. Partnerships, communications and capacity strengthening are essential for putting IFPRI's high-quality research into practice.
Founded in 1975, IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR System Organization, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.


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Hans Friedrich Albrecht Erlenmeyer (born March 20, 1900, in Strasbourg; died May 29, 1967, in Basel) was a German-Swiss chemist and collector of antiquities. He was a professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Basel.

Life and career
Hans Erlenmeyer came from a family of chemists; his grandfather Emil Erlenmeyer and his father Emil Erlenmeyer Jr. were both chemistry professors. Erlenmeyer studied chemistry from 1918 to 1922 at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and the Humboldt University of Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1922 with a thesis entitled "On Asymmetric Synthesis". He worked as an assistant to Bernhard Lepsius. In 1925, he became an assistant to Friedrich Fichter in Basel, and in 1927 he habilitated in inorganic chemistry. He became an associate professor in 1933, and in 1941 he succeeded Fichter as full professor and head of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry.

Erlenmeyer was involved in approximately 500 publications on structural chemistry and immunology, particularly fundamental research for chemotherapy of tuberculosis. He obtained Swiss citizenship in 1934. He helped many victims of Nazism at his institute in Basel. In 1943 he nominated Tadeusz Reichstein, who also lectured in Basel to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, but at the time Reichstein was not elected. But in 1950, Reichstein then was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Together with his second wife Marie-Louise Erlenmeyer (1912-1997), he collected prehistoric and ancient art from Greece and Mesopotamia. The purchases were made between 1943 and the early 1960s. The Erlenmeyers partially loaned their pieces to the Antikenmuseum Basel and to major international exhibitions and also wrote scientific publications in the field of archaeology. In the late 1950s or early 1960s, they bought large parts of the so-called Keros Hoard from an art dealer of Greek descent. The hoard included both the largest known Cycladic idol and over 150 fragments of other idols as well as ceramics and other objects. Greece later claimed restitution of the largest idol because, like the entire hoard, it was illegally smuggled out of the country from a looted site. Since this happened before the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, the collectors' actions were considered in good faith.

In 1981, Marie-Louise Erlenmeyer founded the Erlenmeyer Foundation for the benefit of animal and species protection. To support this foundation, the collection was auctioned off in several sales at Christie's and Sotheby's between 1988 and 1998, with the proceeds going towards the foundation. Kurt Aeschbacher is the president of the foundation board as of 2020.

Hans Erlenmeyer acquired the Kushim Tablet in the 1950s.

Auction catalogs of the Erlenmeyer Collection
 Ancient Near Eastern texts from the Erlenmeyer Collection. 13 December 1988. London, Christie's 1988
 The Erlenmeyer collection of Cretan seals. The property of the Erlenmeyer Stiftung  which will be sold at Christie's Great Rooms on Monday 5 June 1989. Christie's, London 1989
 The Erlenmeyer collection of Ancient Near Eastern stamp seals and amulets. The property of the Erlenmeyer Stiftung which will be sold at Christie's Great Rooms on Tuesday 6 June 1989. Christie's, London 1989
 Cycladic and classical antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection. The property of the Erlenmeyer Stiftung (a foundation for animal welfare). Monday 9th July 1990. Sotheby's, London 1990
 Western Asiatic cylinder seals and antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part I). Thursday 9th July 1992. Sotheby's, London 1992
 Antiquities including Western Asiatic cylinder seals and antiquities from the Erlenmeyer Collection (Part II). Thursday, 12 June 1997. Sotheby's, London 1997
 Antiquities and Islamic art. Including antiquities and Western Asiatic seals from the Erlenmeyer Collection, … June 4, 1998. Sotheby's, New York, 1998

References
 Hubert Bloch: Prof. Dr. phil. Hans Erlenmeyer. 1900–1967. In: Basler Stadtbuch 1969, S. 37–40 Digitalisat
 Wolfram Nagel: Hans Erlenmeyer. In: Archiv für Orientforschung 22, 1968/69, S. 213–214.
 Bernhard Prijs: Chymia Basiliensis. Episoden aus der Basler Chemiegeschichte. S. Karger, Basel u. a. 1983, ISBN 3-8055-3786-7, S. 114–115.
 Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie. Bd. ?, K. G. Saur, München 2006, S. ?.

External links
 Page with a photo of Hans Erlenmeyer

Swiss chemists
1900 births
People associated with the University of Basel
1967 deaths

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From dark mountaintops of shadows and ice to the blood-soaked raging seas below, the horror synth of Spektor Baal's Ancient Serpents release and his follow-up single "Seeds" are both chilling and inviting as they work to create a disturbed landscape of prophetic doom. The mood established here is mesmerizing and intense, slowly creating an atmosphere where no grace can shine through.
Listening to these releases on repeat is not unlike staring straight into Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting The Triumph of Death with its armies of skeletons for long periods of time; you just might lose your mind over all the horror on display. I'm not kidding either.
The album, originally released in February of this past year, opens with a vocal chorus that warns of "camera burns" and "empty shells" before leading us straight into the EPIC shadows of the Garden of Evil where we are encouraged "down the path of lunacy" to bite the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
This biblical spread might not have worked as well for Spektor Baal's debut if the lyrics and his voice filled the entire song cycle. But, no, Spektor Baal has no more words for us until the very end of the release. It is a wise move because his sonic expressions carry a hell of a lot of weight.
Full of dark syncopation – think of Alan Howarth's take on John Carpenter's original Halloween track for Halloween II – and a focused concentration on all things lurking in the shadows of a night thick with the darkest of strokes and you have an atmospheric canvas for which all kinds of unspeakable deeds are done upon.
Doubt me? One listen to "Demons in a Box" with your headphones on will leave you shaking.
But the drilling into the underworld continues with "The Upside Down" as the synths in this track produce a "wet" sound that immediately recalls the cellular slime of The Demogorgon from Stranger Things. With "Shells", we have a slow burn of a track, hinting at dangers to come should we continue down the unlit path that Spektor Baal is leading us down.
"One listen to "Demons in a Box" with your headphones on will leave you shaking."
But, damn it, we can't help ourselves. Especially, when the layering of synths here produces a song that is as moving as this one. Is there a hint of romance in the air or is it just the blood and gristle from a fresh kill?
And then, as if there was any doubt about our proximity to Hell itself, "Night Dwellers" kicks in. Terror walks beside us indeed. We are not finished, though. Ancient Serpents doesn't yet feel complete. That's where "Shadow" comes into play. With this ode to all things horror, the concluding statement is released to float about.
Chilling and densely-layered, his work here is a rich update to the sonic landscape of horror and its many forms. The lyrics return and, with it, a haunting melody that lurks in our skulls. The entirety of Ancient Serpents alone is enough for celebration by any hound of horror; however. . .
. . . his rich expression of terror continues with the single "Seed" and here, Spektor Baal positions himself to be one of the most intriguing horrorsynth artist in the synthwave scene. I am excited to HEAR and SEE what comes next from this New York-based artist.
Walk beneath the blackened moon with Spektor Baal.


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Impinj Reader Device Sales Reach 2 Million
Air transportation is one area of growth, along with retail installations, health-care systems, logistics and food—all driving the deployment of RFID reader infrastructure.
Tags: Aerospace, Food/Agriculture, Health Care, IT/Infrastructure, Logistics, Supply Chain
RAIN RFID technology company Impinj has shipped its two millionth UHF RFID reading device since it began offering the products, the firm announced this week, reflecting the growth the technology is experiencing in retail, air transportation, supply chain, health care and food. The number of Impinj connectivity devices sold, including RFID readers, gateways, modules and reader chips, follows a pattern that Chris Diorio, the firm's founder and CEO, says he had predicted, as had many in the industry.
"I've always believed you could put a digital identification on every item in the world," Diorio says. "I think we [RFID industry members] all share that vision." The only surprise, he adds, has been the fits and spurts in which the technology has grown in numerous markets.
Impinj's Chris Diorio
The growth in passive UHF RFID technology has followed a path that has taken a few unexpected turns, Diorio notes. Initially, he says, RFID adoption was largely predicted to take off in logistics and supply chain management, with tags attached to pallets and crates, captured via portal readers and handhelds in warehouses or at retailer sites.
The subsequent slowing of logistics installations was due, in part, to restrictions in RF design that made it challenging to identify which portal (and thus which dock door) a pallet or box was passing through. The deployment of shields, walls and light sensors served as limited solutions. That problem, Diorio reports, is now being addressed with a new software-based approach that is bringing RFID deployments back into logistics and distribution centers.
Impinj has been among the companies developing software to detect the locations of tags based on signal strength and other characteristics, making an RFID system no longer dependent upon hardware to filter out stray reads. That change in read data approach means RFID technology can be better adapted to other use cases, such as electronic article surveillance, to identify when retail items leave a store.
For retail, Diorio says, RFID was initially adopted primarily for in-store inventory tracking, as well as for supply chain management in Asia. Now, however, many retailers are exploring the expansion of their existing solutions by installing RFID reader portals at store entrances in order to identify which items pass through the doorway and whether they have been purchased.
The software can detect not only if an item is passing through the doorway, but also the direction in which it is moving, while screening out stray reads of items located near the door but not passing through. "That's the general trend across multiple industries," Diorio says, "doing more and more with software," rather than trying to control the RF transmissions to single out a tag's location.
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2019 is the year of epic Easter holidays rolling into Anzac Day bonanza that has been on every super-organised-planner's calendar since Easter 2018! With school holidays also rolled into the mix, a holiday break is on everyone's mind and heads up – it is going to be a busy time at the airport.
To help you keep your chill while travelling during this busy travel period we've collected a bunch of travel hacks to help you plan ahead.
The week leading up to school holidays: Monday 1 April to Sunday 7 April particularly Thursday, Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday night (Queensland school holidays start Friday 5 April and finish up Monday 22 April 2019).
On Sunday 14 April, there will be a lot of road closures on the south side of Brisbane including the Inner City Bypass for the major cycling event Tour de Brisbane. Check the road closures in advance if you are travelling to or from the airport on this day.
Thursday 18 April and Good Friday 19 April are expected to be the busiest travel days and will see a lot of family and friends picking up passengers.
It will be busy inside the terminals as well as on the roads to and from the terminals. Keep your chill by allowing extra travel time to and from the airport.
If you are looking to book car parking at the airport for your trip or to pick someone up, book online in advance for the best price. It will be a busy time at the airport, so being prepared with your parking in advance is the most convenient option.
Getting out of town for a long weekend? Park after 12pm on Friday and pick up your car before 12pm on Monday with the $39* ParkLong weekend special.
ParkShort is the perfect option if you are picking up family and friends. You can help them with their bags and greet them in the terminal for just $5* for the first hour when you book online.
Start your trip with ease and experience the convenience of ParkValet, just drop your keys with a parking attendants and let your holidays begin.
If you are on pick-up duty and not planning to park, use the waiting areas until your passengers are at the pick-up zone and ready to go. Using the waiting areas will help reduce the traffic on the surrounding roads and your frustration if you are asked to move on and loop around because your passengers are not quite ready to be picked up yet.
Remember to pack your valuables securely including your passports and ID, phones and favourite toys. If you do misplace something in the terminal, get in touch with our lost property team to try and find your items.
Lost passports and other identification documents like drivers licences must be handed into the Australian Federal Police. If you think you lost your item near the boarding gate, on the place or if you are missing your luggage, you'll need to contact your airline's lost property team.
While travelling through the Domestic Terminal this Easter, you might notice some changes. That's because we're investing $40 million to revamp the Qantas and Central terminal areas. Check out the new stores already open including Samonsite, Seeds by Bruno Loubet and [email protected] and keep an eye out for many more changes to come.
Snap a pre-flight photo for the 'gram. Nothing says holidays like a photo of a cocktail or coffee with an plane tail in the background. Pull up a seat at Glasshouse Bar, Fonzie Abbott or Aviation Pier for the best plane spotting.
[email protected] have a beautiful range of locally made, hand crafted chocolate as well as Easter bunnies, chocolate eggs and Easter themed kids books available in store.
Up your seasonal pj game with Peter Alexander's fun range of Easter themed sleep wear.
Keep the little ones occupied with a stuffed toy from Zoodle or a colouring-in book from Watermark Books.
Grab a seat by the window, order a pre-flight coffee or cocktail from Windmill & Co and snap your first holiday photo.
Get your last minute Easter gifts of handcrafted chocolate truffles or your Easter egg favourites from Australian Produce Store.
Treat yourself to a hot cross bun iced frappe or a s'mores hot cross bun (or both, you're on holidays) from Hudson's Coffee.
And if all else fails, smile. Your holiday is about to begin after all!


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Xena Warrior Princess on Vinyl? Sounds Good To Me!
Posted on June 20, 2020 June 22, 2020 by Mark.E
XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS: LYRE LYRE HEARTS ON FIRE
ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
FROM VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS
LP PICTURE DISC AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON AUGUST 7th
PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE TODAY, JUNE 17th
(June 17, 2020—Los Angeles, CA)—Varèse Sarabande Records announces the exciting first-time ever LP release of Xena Warrior Princess: Lyre Lyre Hearts on Fire—Original Television Soundtrack, which will be available on August 7, 2020. The LP packaging includes a double-sided picture disc in a clear sleeve with a full-color folded insert. Pre-order for the LP is available today, June 17, on VareseSarabande.com.
The first-time vinyl release of the original soundtrack to Season 5's beloved musical episode, "Lyre Lyre, Hearts on Fire," includes songs sung by cast members—most notably Lucy Lawless, who plays the lead character of Xena: Warrior Princess. The album includes Lucy Lawless' versions of "People Got to Be Free," "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves," "There's Always Something There to Remind Me" and "War," all of which are regarded as iconic staples by hardcore Xena fans.
The score portion of the soundtrack is attributed to Emmy®-winning composer Joseph LoDuca, who scored the entire Xena series. LoDuca's career credits include two Emmy® Award wins from 11 nominations, as well as a César Nomination for the French film Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001). He's also widely known for creating the music for the Evil Deadfilm series (including Army of Darkness), as well as the soundtracks for the highly rated syndicated TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and more recently, The Librarians.
Xena: Warrior Princess' syndicated rights are currently being exercised by the Syfy network, with blocks of shows running each Thursday, hosted by Lucy Lawless. The series will continue airing until all 134 episodes are complete.
1. "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves" (Performed by Lucy Lawless and Gillian Iliana Waters) (2:47)
2. "Dancing In The Moonlight" (Performed by Ted Raimi) (2:49)
3. "We Can Work It Out" (Performed by Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor) (2:31)
4. "Gettin' Ready" (Performed by Lucy Lawless, Susan Wood, Tony Bishop and Grant Bridger with chorus) (3:01)
5. "No Talent To Find" (Joseph LoDuca) (:57)
6. "Spurned" (Joseph LoDuca) (1:12)
7. "Kick Out The Jams" (Performed by Jay Laga'aia) (3:27)
8. "People Got To Be Free" (Performed by Lucy Lawless, Susan Wood, Ted Raimi, Gillian Iliana Waters and chorus) (3:10)
1. "Throwing Kisses" (Joseph LoDuca) (1:40)
2. "There's Always Something There To Remind Me" (Performed by Jay Laga'aia) (2:58)
3. "Xena Feeds Back" (Joseph LoDuca) (:25)
4. "Xena Rap" (Performed by Lucy Lawless and Jay Laga'aia) (3:05)
5. "At Long Last Lyre" (Joseph LoDuca) (2:07)
6. "War" (Performed by Lucy Lawless, Susan Wood, Ted Raimi and Gillian Iliana Waters) (2:05)
7. "Tara's Dance" (Joseph LoDuca) (3:09)
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