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GLOW Season 3's Best Moments Isn't Vegas But Its Focus On Great Minority Characters
The wait for GLOW to give its large cast of characters some attention was worth it.
Spoilers for GLOW season 3!
You've been warned!
A big part of what made the first two seasons of GLOW work so well was the intertwining of its character's arcs with their hardship of trying to get their women's wrestling TV show, G.L.O.W, off the ground.
Season three quickly makes it clear that while G.L.O.W is now a Las Vegas stage show, all the hard work has paid off as everyone is finally tasting the success they've worked so hard for. But with success comes a discernible lack of dramatic tension. With their goals reached, there are no longer any stakes for the ensemble.
Recognising this little problem, the writers for GLOW made the inspired decision to bench G.L.O.W in favour of focusing on its large roster of characters and the result is several of our favourite supporting characters finally getting their long-awaited time in the spotlight, as well as deeper explorations into established relationships.
We see Tammé (Kia Stevens) go through the physical toll of performing G.L.O.W every night and subsequently figuring out a new, less painful career path; There's Sheila (Gayle Rankin) becoming more comfortable in her own skin as she gradually sheds the wolf skin she wears (literally and metaphorically); and we see conflicts between Cherry (Sydelle Noel) and Keith (Bashir Salahuddin) as the couple butt heads over starting a family.
Season three also digs much deeper into LGBTQI angle than previous seasons as we see how Bash (Chris Lowell) and Arthie (Sunita Mani) gradually come to terms with their sexuality in the face of external and internal pressures.
But perhaps the storyline that resonated the most for me personally was Jenny (Ellen Wong) and Melanie (Jackie Tohn)'s arc. Jenny is the only Asian character on the show and she was barely more than the quirky token Asian who weathers a bunch of race jokes – both with her character and in-show wrestling character – from Melanie during the first two seasons of GLOW.
After two seasons of building, GLOW finally addresses the whole race thing with an emotional – if slightly clumsy – heart to heart between the Jenny and Melanie. We finally get to see a bit more of what makes those two tick and it was worth the wait.
The fact that I haven't even mentioned the great work by the likes of Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Marc Maron, Britney Young, Britt Baron and guest star Geena Davis speaks volumes about the size and talent of the cast more than anything else.
GLOW has certainly had problems in the past with properly servicing all its characters but has always got away with it thanks to the great work from the actors. Season three goes some ways into fixing that problem but hasn't quite nailed it just yet.
The increased focus on the characters has had a trickle-down effect on the narrative's pacing, which is perhaps the most uneven one yet. Season three's storyline doesn't quite coherently gel as a whole and its parts feel greater than the sum of the whole.
But despite some cracks appearing, GLOW continues to chug along due to the brilliant work of its cast, the layered characters and the show's exploration into heady themes like feminism, the patriarchy and the pitfalls of showbusiness.
Season three is messy, painful and fun, not unlike the G.L.O.W Las Vegas stage show, and that's why it remains compelling.
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Gal Gadot Is Going To Play The Real Life Wonder Woman Who Invented Your WiFi
We asked for more Gal Godot as Wonder Woman and we got something even better.
Having inspired people everywhere as the fictional Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot is now trading in the superhero spandex to play a real life Wonder Woman.
According to Deadline, Gal will be starring and executive producing a limited TV series for Showtime about 1930s Hollywood icon Hedy Lamarr, who was an acclaimed actress during the day and an inventor in her down time.
Talk about being multi-talented.
So how important was Hedy's work? Well her acting has been forgotten a little these days but her inventions are some of the most important things ever made. Her work on radio guidance systems and frequency-hopping technology ultimately led to the creation of your wifi and the Bluetooth in your headphones.
A real life Wonder Woman indeed.
The still-untitled limited series will be written by Sarah Treem (The Affair) and reportedly focus on Hedy's life when she immigrated from Europe to the U.S. in 1938, her acting career during which she became Hollywood royalty and was bestowed the title of 'The Most Beautiful Woman In The World', and her time as an inventor during WWII when she helped invent technology that helped the U.S. army decode enemy messages.
According to Showtime:
"[The] series will explore the rise and fall of feminism in the American landscape during Golden Age of Hollywood and World War II, aiming to find, in Lamarr's life and legacy, clues for who we are now."
As for when we'll see this amazing sounding TV series on our screens, no window has been announced but it'll likely be a while before we hear anything because Gal has got a bunch of other projects in the pipeline, including a big budget action thriller alongside The Rock and Deadpool.
But hey, if we were willing to wait three years for a new Wonder Woman movie, we can definitely wait as long as needed in order to see Gal Gadot play a real life Wonder Woman.
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Netflix's The Witcher And Henry Cavill's Arms Will Wipe The Bitter Taste Of Game Of Thrones From Your Mouth
This is gonna be good. Hopefully.
Now that Game of Thrones is over, we're all going to need a big-budget replacement show to fill that fantasy void and to wipe away the bitter taste of GoT's polarising final season.
Well folks, it appears we have a frontrunner and it comes courtesy of Netflix.
The streaming giant dropped the long-awaited first teaser trailer for its upcoming live-action adaptation of The Witcher and its got everything Thrones fans will love and a bit more on top of that.
You've got a fantastical setting filled with sorcerers, elves, CGI monsters, magic and the usual fantasy smorgasbord of tropes.
No strings needed for this little magic trick.
There's a diverse cast of supporting players with differing and interesting motivations, some intriguing and important characters like Ciri and Yennefer, clashing ideologies and political wrangling, a dash of thirst and sexy times, big budget action scenes that actually bothered to use proper lighting, and enough stunning cinematography to make Peter Jackson envious.
You can see everything that's going on!
But the biggest tick for The Witcher is Henry Cavill as the monster hunting protagonist, Geralt of Rivia.
Not only can he swing a a sword like an actual witcher super convincingly (apparently he did all his own stunts), he got super jacked for the role. If his fighting ability or smouldering stares don't convince you, his arms certainly will.
And as a bonus cherry on top, it seems like the show is remaining faithful to the book series by going into fine details, like Geralt's creepy black eyes and bulging veins after consuming one too many potions.
The look you get after one too many at the tavern.
There's still no date on when the show drops on Netflix other than a "fall" premiere date but The Witcher is shaping up to be a damn good ride that incorporates everything we want in a high fantasy series.
Check out the trailer right here and get ready for a ride. Just don't expect any Geralt and Yennefer getting freaky on a unicorn or Geralt manspreading while taking a bath. Gotta save some gems for the actual show.
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The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most challenging in the world. Just ask any pharma or biotech executive the costs and time involved in critical research & development tasks. But when a large pharmaceutical firm started to experience a slower pricing engine and delayed inventory status, the company's leaders knew that these were issues they could address proactively with Information Technology.
The pharma firm worked with Infosys to implement SAP HANA. Ramesh J. Chougule, AVP - Partner - Business Consulting, Infosys, told the packed crowd at the SAPPHIRE NOW 2016 break-out session that implementing SAP HANA was a way to turn around what was a growing customer dissatisfaction. But there was something different about this session than any of the others at the conference. Mr. Chougule of Infosys said that he would be discussing a proof-of-concept case; in other words, Infosys had not yet completed the implementation.
Discussing a proof-of-concept case study is fairly rare at conferences in which the client tends not to want to discuss details of the issues the company faced until the implementation is signed, sealed, and delivered. But the pharma firm was so pleased with what Infosys proposed that they decided to talk about it in this fascinating break-out session. That's because the proposed implementation showed that SAP HANA would help stem the loss of revenue from inefficiencies and improve annual performance to 5,000 percent from 50 percent.
Where to start is the question of a large multi-national corporation when it realizes it needs a new e-commerce platform. In this particular case, Infosys performed the case study for the American operations of the firm and, more specifically, its vaccine business. The business has three types of commerce: a direct-to-consumer channel, which happens to be hospitals; wholesale; and e-commerce. "A pain point was that there was no dynamic pricing. What if you want to buy 10 different vaccines? You have to do it separately. That's a loss of the e-commerce experience," said Mr. Chougule.
Think about Amazon. When a customer goes online to buy more than one item, there are enticing discounts and the company is focused on the value of the whole online experience. The firm wanted to move to SAP HANA and see if that would help its e-commerce issues. It needed to establish an SAP HANA infrastructure - but what kind?
In its proof-of-concept approach, Infosys looked at how pricing and promotions were being applied and how goods were shipped to customers. The firm wanted a solution that could be addressed within six months. What they saw in the plan was an improvement in basic e-commerce processes of up to 200 times. That meant more transactions at faster speeds, simplified business processes, real-time sales order confirmations, and mobile-enabled business transactions.
So what's the secret in creating a business case? Mr. Chougule said that there is business value in each HANA adoption. So Infosys uses its Value Compass tool to demonstrate how better visibility means better control. Tangible discussions are also necessary to determine what approaches to use regarding HANA. The firm was particularly pleased when a 12-second app turned into 0.3 seconds running on HANA.
The client speaker said that although the company has yet to go live, Infosys helped show the robust effectiveness of SAP HANA and Fiori. When the pharma firm showed that it had different softwares, they found that any system can be connected to HANA, whether it's reporting tables or anything else in real-time. The architecture plan was a side-car approach.
Now, according to the Infosys plan, the pharma firm's customer can create a sales order, get custom messages, and receive pricing determinations. High impact areas included material quantity conversion, matrix promotion logic, and the aforementioned pricing determination. Needless to say, the firm is excited to move forward with the plan that Infosys developed and, in turn, showed how their e-commerce platform will be transformed.
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GV Health is exhibiting at Arab Health 2018, the largest gathering of healthcare professionals in the MENA region. The company will be showing visitors its new end-to-end, integrated environmental hygiene, waste management and patient safety solutions, a first in the Middle East region.
GV Health integrated, end-to-end hygiene and safety solutions have been engineered to transform safety and hygiene. They enable healthcare professionals to deliver consistently higher hygiene and safety standards for healthcare, public health and social care, and to achieve best practice across multiple locations and in all areas of activity.
Arab Health 2018 takes place from January 29th - February 1st, 2018 with over 100,000 trade and professional visitors and 4,200 exhibitors expected to attend. Accompanying the exhibition are 19 business, leadership and Continuing Medical Education (CME) conferences providing updates and insights into the latest procedures, techniques and skills. View the list of Arab Health conferences for 2018.
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We sat together at a coffee shop in Pasadena. Me, a bit nervous. He, warm and kind.
He had committed to fund the spiritual formation work I will be doing at Fuller Theological Seminary for the next three years. I wanted to buy him a cup of coffee as a tiny gesture of thanks.
And then he said something that has become as important to me as his financial support. In fact, it was really the moment when I knew for sure that God was in this huge vision to transform theological education.
It wasn't the first time he had said this line, but this was when it sunk in.
My new mentor is an extremely capable, successful man. His business spans the globe and his philanthropy is as widely reaching. He loves Jesus and he wants to see the church flourish for the sake of the Kingdom of God. His passion is discipleship. He feels called to personally invest his life and resources in the spiritual formation of Christian leaders who can then disciple and spiritually form others.
The minutes flew by as we talked and strategized. I found myself taking mental notes, learning about how to lead a new venture from a man who spent a lifetime leading new ventures. When our President and Provost dropped in to greet him, he was polite and kind—but he really wanted to get back to the subject of discipleship. When a call came in from a very important public figure, he sent the call to voice mail. He was more interested in talking about the nuts-and-bolts of how a seminary really creates a culture of leadership spiritual formation than he was anything else.
He wants in—really in—on the experiments, in on the learning, in even on the failure of our best laid plans that will be necessary to find "God's Plan A" for discipleship and spiritual formation of the Christian leaders of the future.
My new mentor not only gave us the funds for this experiment in leadership and discipleship, he gave us personal partnership in failing; he signed on to be a partner in the learning that will lead us beyond our best intentions to what God really wants us to discover.
That's when I knew--really knew—that God is in this venture and that even our failures will be a success.
Clergy Burnout: What's really causing it?
It was the whisper that made me leave my church.
It was the one line that I heard over and over again in the five years that I traveled across the country first in leading a commission for my denomination and then as a consultant in organizational change.
I would hear that line echoed in my mind long after each conversation was over. I had a sense that it was going to be shaping my future call. I even wrote a blog post about it in December 2012.
Businesses, universities, and organizations are being forced to adapt as the old rules and expectations are being cast aside. And now the Church realizes the same. For generations, would-be pastors and Christian leaders were all prepared for ministry in the same way, with the same set of expectations. Seminaries gave you the "tools" and you would quickly find a "calling" in which to use them. And for decades there were more positions to fill than qualified people to fill them.
Not today. Today churches are closing, ministries are down-sizing, Christian organizations and denominations are looking to the seminary to produce leaders that can integrate their academic learning with wisdom, resilience and deep spiritual maturity. The Christian leaders of today and tomorrow must be more than theologically educated, but personally, spiritually, academically and globally formed with the leadership creativity and missional savvy to develop ministry in arenas that are increasingly resistant to the Gospel. Often bi-vocational, increasingly working in churches that are in need of a "turn around," the pastor of today is more like a missionary than a chaplain, more like an entrepreneur than a shopkeeper. And the mission of God needs equipped leaders that go far beyond pulpits and pastor's studies into a myriad of places and settings.
Unfortunately most seminaries are still equipping students for the church of a generation ago.
But while sitting in the Newark Airport last fall, newly appointed Fuller Theological Seminary President Mark Labberton told me of a significant change taking place at his school. It's the kind of change that most people say never happens.
The Fuller Faculty changed the curriculum.
Mark told me how the faculty commissioned a team to do an in-depth study, including listening to their students and alumni. And they heard them loud and clear. The students told them that they loved the Seminary but feared the future. The Alumni told the study team that for the church to be relevant in the world, the seminaries must be willing to change the way they prepare Christian leaders for that world.
This team listened and got to work. And when their report came back. The Faculty—that tenured group of highly regarded experts who have everything to lose and little to gain—set aside their well-earned privilege and security to re-tool the entire project of theological education.
In the fall of 2014, Fuller Seminary will inaugurate a new day in theological education. After listening deeply, doing extensive research and conducting their own experiments in the integration of theological education and Christian spiritual formation, they concluded that for the unchanging grace and love of God to be made manifest in this rapidly changing world, then the Church needs leaders capable of serving with wisdom, deep spirituality, and creative, agile leadership.
To do that the study team revised the entire curriculum to be—from start to finish—as formational as educational; as committed to the vocational development and spiritual formation of their students as they are to their academic and theological education. And today, Fuller Seminary is in the midst of a whole-scale reorganization that puts the formation of Kingdom vocations at the center of the entire institutional life.
And this is where my life got interrupted. This is where the whisper of my pastor friends and clients became the call of God on my life.
In January, I was appointed to this new position. Since March I have been working part-time at Fuller while I finish up at my beloved congregation. In the days ahead I will be learning and writing and collaborating with a team of people to reshape the entire process of theological formation.
When Size Really Doesn't Matter.... OR... Why a discussion of either "Wee Kirks" or "Tall Steeples" completely misses the moment.


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Q: Is it possible to have multiple stacks of Screens in Blackberry? I am trying to implement a tab-style navigation system in my app (similar to the iOS UITabBarController). The functionality I am trying to create is that each tab holds it's own stack of screens, so that if one switches tabs the user changes to a different stack and can navigate back and forth independently of the other tabs, all the while showing a single tab bar at the top or bottom of the screen.
I have seen this functionality in apps such as Dropbox, but I am not sure if its possible to have multiple stacks or the behaviour is simply clever management of a single stack.
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.

A: No, there is only one stack of screens and RIM OS does not support multiple screen stacks.
And you should follow some rules to work with this single stack. For instance, to show previous screen, you need to pop (close) topmost one.
If you do not pop screens, but create more and more new ones, without closing old screens, then you will get OutOfMemoryException.
You will need to redesign your app, use custom Manager class instances and compose your own interface to implement the way of appearance you need.
EDIT: You can have as many in-memory lists of screen objects as you wish, or until they fit to the device memory. But RIM OS allows only one stack of visible screens.

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L'impasse des Anglais est une voie publique du XIX arrondissement de Paris.

Situation et accès

Origine du nom
L'origine du nom n'est indiquée dans aucun des ouvrages consultés.

Historique
Cette voie est une très vieille ruelle qui existait déjà au  et qui porte son nom actuel depuis environ 1550.

Ne pas confondre cette impasse avec l'ancienne « impasse des Anglais » devenue « impasse Beaubourg », située dans le  arrondissement de Paris.

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Voir aussi

Articles connexes

 Liste des voies de Paris
 Liste des voies du 19e arrondissement de Paris

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Cyclist dies following collision near Skibbereen
GARDAÍ have confirmed that a female cyclist in her late 40s has died following a collision with a car at approximately 1pm today on the N71 in the townland of Aghills, Skibbereen.
A female pedal cyclist was involved in a collision with a car. The driver of the car, a woman in her late 50s was uninjured. The body of the deceased was removed to CUH where a post mortem will take place. The deceased has not been named until all family members have been contacted.
Gardaí forensic collision investigators are at the scene and the road remains closed to facilitate the examination of the scene and local traffic diversions are in place.
Gardaí in Skibbereen are appealing to any persons who may have travelled the road this afternoon or who can assist Garda in the investigation to contact them at Clonakilty Garda Station on 023-8821570


Forth year OCAD University Jewellery and Metalsmith student.
My goal is to be constantly learning and refining my skill as a maker.
Welcome! Great to see your class is so interested in getting involved in the community!


So, Paul and I spent only one night up at the Riverhouse last week but I did get some photos of the inside. It is nothing fancy and has sort of become a catch all for everyone's left over stuff. Also, when Paul and I stay alone we sort of jsut leave out stuff everywhere and sleep in the livingroom in front of the fire. There are two small bedrooms, but why sleep there when you have a view like this right next to you.
Paul played his beat up old accoustic guitar and tries to make me sing with him.
Today I think I'm going to Stumptown Comic's fest to see if maybe someone wants to buy copies of Stolen Sharpie Revolution and check out the comic-y goodness. I'm also hungry and thinking of going to the Food cart fest too. Where else but Portland is there a festival of food carts? I love this city!


The overview shows the main services of asset management. The percentage indicates the frequency with which the specified service is provided as a basic service, and thus specifies what is covered by the basic fee. If it is not a basic service, the service is ordered as a customised/special service and is either provided via partner companies or not at all. Source: Asset Management Report 2016 of BMC.
Although there is no entirely uniform definition on the market, asset management can be described as everything which is needed to ensure comprehensive management of real estate in the entire investment cycle. This essentially involves strategic and monitoring tasks, and in certain areas also of course includesexecutive tasks. The transitions and interfaces to the related functions such as investment management and property management are not clearly defined. Individual elements of the overall range of services are deployed selectively depending on the specific requirement. The asset manager should consider that his role and responsibility is to be a type of "chief administrator" of the property.
The various functions involved in asset management can be broken down into those functions which relate to the property and those functions which relate to management aspects.
Property-related services (e.g. property and facility management) are necessary in order to ensure permanently smooth operation of the properties, and such engagements are normally placed and monitored by the asset manager.
On the other hand, management services tend to relate to unlocking the revenue potential of properties. These include in particular the revitalisation and letting functions as well as purchasing and sales, as they determine the period during which funds are allocated in the course of an investment, and also determine the extent of the funds which are deployed and the amount of the generated returns. These two functions have a major impact on success in meeting the investment targets.


And then accidentally setting himself on fire? That's a fairly accurate representation of my relationship with fire: glee followed quickly by injury or burnt hair. And yet I never learned my lesson.
I love fire. Not in a, hey let's burn down this random building way (I'm not a psychopath) but I will take any legitimate opportunity to burn anything. Which I suppose is why my family's yearly Christmas bonfire fills me with giddy excitement.
Every year, my aunts and uncles and cousins gather at the family property a few days after Christmas and light fire to a huge pile of cleared brush and detritus. Under the cover of darkness, by the light of the fire, my mother and her siblings rehash the stories of their shared childhood and we cousins search for the best s'more-making sticks. Slowly the fire builds and dies while we inch ever closer until the embers burn too dull to heat the air.
Then, slowly, we rise and wander back to the house and then to our cars and retreat into the night.


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Child Care and the Working Woman; Report and Recommendations of the Secretary's Advisory Commitee on the Rights and Responsibilities of Women 1975
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975. First Edition. Staplebound. 54 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Follows the 1975 report of the subcommittee on social services and welfare, the SACRRW conference on child care and the working woman, and recommendations for changes in light of these. Advocates for better child..... More
[MANUSCRIPT] [SEWING] [STUDENT WORK] Couture
1946-1947. Paperback. Unpaginated. 20.5 x 27 cm. A French sewing student's portfolio of notes, drawings, and samples. The assignments have been completed and graded, written neatly and thoroughly but with some grammar issues. There are fabric samples in the book that appear to have been stitching assignments, showcasing different kinds..... More
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[GERMAN COOKBOOK] Neues Bürgerlides Kochbuch
Dresden: Max Fisher's Berlagsbuchhandlung, 1898. Hardcover. 333 pages. 18.5 x 14 cm. Translation: New Home Cookbook Recipes and remedies from Eastern Central Germany. Noted recipes for special occasions and holidays. Featuring a year-long menu, broken down by month. Home apothecary cures contain three to four different options for each ailment..... More
Dishing It Out; Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Hardcover. 327 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. The author skillfully combines oral interviews and extensive archival records to show how waitresses adopted the basic tenets of male-dominated craft unions but rejected other aspects of male union culture. Dishing It Out contends that the..... More
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Milky Way Recipes; Delicious and Wholesome Dishes
Toronto, Canada: Nestlé Food Company of Canada, Limited, 1927. New Edition. Staplebound wraps. 32 pages, 17 x 13 cm. This Nestlé cookbook contains recipes for their Sweetended Condensed and Evaporated Milk products. It has two full pages of color illustrations of the prepared foods in the center of the book..... More
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[COOKERY-MANUSCRIPT] ALICE WILLIAMS COOK BOOK; "Gilt Edge" loose leaf price book N.Y., No. 32
c. 1920's. Spiral_bound. Unpaginated. 19 .5 x 14 cm. Unique handmade cook book fashioned from a lined, tabbed, loose leaf binder, covered with heavy waxed wallpaper or waxed cloth. Alice has both typed the various recipes along with her hand written recipes. It appears Alice may have gone back and..... More
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[WOMEN] Budget for a Single Working Woman; Items, Quantities, and Costs as of October 1950
San Francisco: Industrial Welfare Commission, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 23 [1] pages. 23 x 15 cm. This is the first official budget of the Industrial Welfare Commission of California. Many important economic changes had taken place since the California minimum age for women and minors was fixed in 1947. Includes..... More
San Francisco Chapter Wives of U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II
[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Wives of U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II; San Francisco Chapter
San Francisco: Self Published, April, 1969. Second Edition. Cloth. Unpaginated. A perfect depiction of cooking in the late 1960's - many of the salads are JELL-O based, casseroles come on heavy and canned soup rules the day. The original cookbook made in July 1968 was such a huge success, with..... More


Jean is founder of 'Wur Bradford' ("Wur' means 'our or 'we are') a responsive grassroots arts project begun in 2015, which explores the connections between imagination, community and social change with people. Jean was joined in 2016 by fellow artists Chemaine Cooke and Uzma Kazi, who together make up the core team behind the project.
Wur Bradford has worked extensively with many individuals, communities and organisations in the city, from open projects with people in public spaces to focussed projects with particular groups.
Wur regularly work in partnership with and for other organisations around Bradford and have delivered projects with Bradford Council, Impressions Gallery, South Square Gallery, The Brick Box, and University of Bradford. Wur regularly participate in major Bradford events such as Bradford Refugee Week, WOW Bradford (Spirit of 2012) and were part of University of Bradford's Gallery II 'Full Scale: Art's Use in the Real World' – an international exhibition in 2017 around socially engaged practices.
Their work has gained national interest resulting in invitations to speak at conferences and events such as Counter Art Book Fair, Plymouth; Engage conference, Ruthin, North Wales among others and have been featured in the Guardian Culture Professional.
Open weekly sessions in Bradford's Kirkgate Market 2015-2018: collaboratively doing everything from creative workshops to skills sharing, discussion events, art parties, self- publishing fairs as well as helping to creating campaign materials and organising actions.
Power Up Creative Resistance: (2017) a year-long action research project in partnership with University of Bradford Peace Hub and funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, exploring the connections between art and activism with people in the city.
Free Our Streets: a commission to work with community groups to co-produce visual campaign materials for a multi agency campaign combatting sexual harassment with partners Bradford Council, Restorative Solutions, West Yorkshire Police, Bradford College, the University of Bradford and the Bradford Hate Crime Alliance.
WE ARE HERE: 2018: a project documenting the stories and communities of the city's Oastler Market via a programme of guided walks and events in collaboration with market traders, funded by Arts Council England. A concurrent exhibition of the project was presented at Kala Sangam April – June 2018.
Asking questions of ourselves and others in our Kirkgate Market space.


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Črtasti pedic (znanstveno ime Costaconvexa polygrammata) je metulj iz družine pedicev, ki je razširjen po Evropi in Severni Afriki, tudi v Sloveniji.

Opis in biologija
Odrasli metulji imajo premer kril okoli 26 mm. V Sloveniji se pojavljajo v treh generacijah, in sicer od marca do aprila, v juniju in juliju, ter ponovno v avgustu in septembru.

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People Who Want to Control Their Capital Buy Bitcoin, Says Circle CEO
Jeremy Allaire, CEO at cryptocurrency financial services company Circle, expressed his optimism in regards to Bitcoin (BTC) being a safe haven for investors despite recent market volatility.
On Aug. 19, Allaire voiced his sentiment during the CNBC's Squawk Box. He explained:
"Clearly, a non-sovereign digital asset like bitcoin is attractive to people who are interested in moving capital into a place where they can control it themselves. That underscores a lot of interest that's been there over time. It's the digital gold thesis, and I think a lot of both institutional accumulators of bitcoin, individuals, very specifically individuals in jurisdictions or environments where the intense concern about capital controls are there. That's an underlying thesis that I think has had an impact on it for the last eight years."
Bitcoin price surge over $10K causing volatility
According to Allaire, recent market volatility might have been caused by people trying to make a profit following the month of growth. He notes that the "last week was a significant risk-off week for equities," whereas before there were a lot of holders of digital assets whose broader portfolios were taking a hit.
Meanwhile, some profit taking is expected given Bitcoin's impressive year thus far, according to Allaire, who notes:
"Obviously, Bitcoin is up over 100%, almost 200% over the past 9 months or so, that's a place to take some gains as well. Depending on the type of holder, so to speak, you're going to see slightly different behaviors during these market moves."
Cryptos continue to draw the world's attention
The Circle CEO also noted that "crypto as an agenda item is absolutely on the docket." According to him, digital assets are becoming a major global topic, and not only because of the continued growth of major coins like Bitcoin "but also the growth in stablecoins like USD Coin and Libra."
As reported previously, senior analyst at market strategy and sector research company Fundstrat Global Advisors, Tom Lee, is also confident that BTC already became a genuine safe haven for investors.
On Aug. 8, Cointelergaph published a report about the three main reasons why investors are increasingly considering taking shelter in Bitcoin.
Ousting the Greenback: USD Still King as BTC and CBDCs Mount Challenge
Kirill Bryanov
Crypto VC Firm Digital Currency Group Invests In Pro-Crypto Silvergate Bank
Molly Jane Zuckerman
Circle Raises $110 Mln In Investment Round, Plans To Release Fiat-Based Stable Coin
Circle Looks to Raise $100M for Its Equity Platform SeedInvest
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Bright open-concept space gets classic details with energetic pops of colour.
A version of this article originally appeared in the Winter 2016/2017 issue of OUR HOMES Hamilton and Area, p.22. Find local businesses in our Hamilton directory.
Armed with a binder full of home design ideas she had collected since her teenage years, a Hamilton-area homeowner and her husband set about renovating a 15-year-old home.
The house was lacking the open-concept floor plan they both wanted, yet it had two features they were reluctant to give up: a terrific spot for their grand piano and a two-storey window in the family room.
Nearly all of the rest of the house, however, underwent a transformation overseen by Rob Vanderbrugghen of Ridgeline Renovations. The size and scale of the renovation led Rob to recommend designer Mary Cath Altobelli of Alto Interiors to the team.
At the heart of the reno: ditching the walled-in formal dining room in the centre of the space and creating an open-concept kitchen, dining and living area. A new table by Expressions in Wood in reclaimed elm with a double pedestal grounds the dining area. Four cane-backed, hand-me-down dining chairs from the owner's grandmother were recovered in a rich green fabric.
The couple commissioned local artist Marina Randazzo to create the focal piece of the new open space – an impressionistic take on a photo of the London Mall at Buckingham Palace (snapped by a cell phone during a recent trip). The colours in the stunning painting are echoed in the living room with turquoise custom-made accent pillows, a raspberry ottoman, and more muted shades in the rug, all sourced through Alto Interiors.
The new kitchen is a hub; its eight-and-a-half-foot island is topped with white and grey quartz. White cabinetry by Silverbirch Woodworks is accented by a backsplash of elongated white subway tile and a monochromatic Moroccan-patterned motif over the stove, both by Centura Tile. A tall, open-shelf display cabinet offers a visual distinction between the dining area and the kitchen area.
Another big change to the main floor was the sweeping spiral staircase leading to the second level. While the footprint for the staircase remained the same, Trinity Rail & Trim replaced all the spindles and railings. Wainscoting runs up the stairs.
In the conservatory, a wrought-iron and crystal chandelier lowers the ceiling to make the space feel more connected.
The conservatory offers a beautiful space to play and listen to the grand piano. It's also a brightly lit showcase of artworks: a chinoiserie detailed cabinet, blue velvet chairs and locally inspired paintings by artist Marina Randazzo.
Mary Cath Altobelli of Alto Interiors (left) was integral in designing the highly functional open floor plan. Rob Vanderbrugghen of Ridgeline Renovations (right) is particularly proud of the millwork and wainscoting they incorporated into the renovated staircase.
The owners looked at new homes, but opted to renovate their existing home into what they wanted – an open-concept kitchen and more windows. The bright space has a coffered ceiling and beautiful mouldings throughout. Touches like vertical shelf between kitchen and dining area distinguish the spaces.
Bright pops of colour lend a youthful energy to the classic furnishings in the living room area.
Cloud White cabinetry coordinated with the similarly toned backsplash creates a classic look that won't date.
The owner didn't want any blinds or shutters, only drapes, leading to the pooling drapes in the master bedroom.
To create the spacious and spa-like master en suite, the couple gave up two large walk-in closets.
In the guest bedroom, framing the bed with the windows and drapes makes for a stunning focal point.


An Evening with Emily Writes may be the upcoming event you're looking for.
Slap on some lippy (or Old Spice if that's your thing) and join Harriet Moir (Entertainer/MC) and the popular author and blogger Emily Writes for a crack up night reflecting on parenting with book readings, a Q & A, delicious treats and live music from Cloudie.
All tickets include a glass of bubbles on arrival, delicious nibbles and a goodie bag chocka with treats. If you go all out on the fancy schmancy VIP ticket (you deserve it) you will receive a copy of Emily's latest book "Is it bedtime yet?" (RRP $35).
Doors open at 6:30pm and the formalities (if you can call them that) begin at 7:30pm. There'll be a cash bar available.
You can also support a couple of local charities with some amazing raffle prize draws.
Oh and hey, it goes without saying that this is not exclusive to the ladies.
Everyone is welcome! Especially hot single 40 something year old blokes because I just know this will be right up their alley.


We're looking for an International Stock Control and Logistics Assistant to join our team.
To support the International Stock Control, logistics and Admin function across the Jigsaw Group under the direction of the Group Supply Chain and Procurement Manager. The main focus is to administer the Australian and USA business and ensure there is an accuracy of stock and flow of information.
Monitoring warehouse and store inventory, making adjustments where necessary.
Monitoring all store deliveries for discrepancies or late/missing cartons.
Requesting and monitoring ad hoc stock checks and processing and reporting on the results.
Set up USA styles and purchase orders.
Check all standard costs and selling values are correct in Master item card and relevant sales orders.
Create Australia and USA purchase Orders in the relevant company database.
Booking in stock against purchase orders when received.
Manage all Allocations and Despatch Notes for Australia and USA as advised by the International Merchandising Team.
Chase up Deliveries in the US and Australia to ensure stock is being despatched in a timely manner and report on performance.
Communicate Transfer Requests and chase up those not actioned.
Action all stock movements from the UK company into the US/Australian database.
Monitor International Order Sheet changes closely with the International Branch Merchandiser.
Manage the clearing down of sales orders for all international partners which are cancelled.
Creating sales order picks for the warehouse.
Create INT-WH replenishment orders requested by the Int Merch team.
Updating and maintaining various shipping schedules and trackers.
Organising shipments of store consumables.


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Alvin ISD board of trustees OKs academic calendar for 2022-23 school year
The Alvin ISD board of trustees at its Jan. 11 board meeting approved the academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year. (Colleen Ferguson/Community Impact Newspaper)
By Andy Yanez | 8:20 PM Jan 11, 2022 CST | Updated 8:20 PM Jan 11, 2022 CST
While teachers, students and staff are right in the middle of the 2021-22 school year, Alvin ISD leaders are already preparing for the next school year.
The AISD board of trustees at its Jan. 11 board meeting approved the academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year, which is highlighted by 173 student instructional days and 187 teacher working days, according to agenda documents.
The first day of school for most students will be Aug. 18 except for those beginning prekindergarten, kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade in the 2022-23 school year, who will have their first day of class Aug. 17 instead, which the district is calling a transition day, according to agenda documents.
"I really appreciate the transition days that have been built into the calendar," trustee Cheryl Harris said. "I think it is very helpful, and I just think it is a good thing we are doing for the kiddos."
Other highlights for AISD students include extended breaks from class Nov. 21-25; Dec. 19-Jan. 2, 2023; and March 13-17.
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, testing will occur Dec. 6-15; April 4-6 and May 2-12, 2023, for high school students. For elementary and junior high school students, STAAR testing will occur May 4-19, 2023, according to agenda documents. For the full 2022-23 academic calendar, go to Page 64 on the board of trustees' Jan. 11 agenda packet.
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By Andy Yanez
Reporter, Pearland/Friendswood
Andy joined Community Impact Newspaper as a reporter in June 2021 after graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Houston. He started off as the South Houston Metro Reporter where he helped each different edition in the South Houston market before transitioning to the Pearland/Friendswood market in August 2021. Andy covers education, local government, transportation, business, real estate development and nonprofits in these communities. Prior to CI, Andy served as the sports editor of The Cougar, UH's student newspaper, where he covered the university's athletics beat for two years and got to cover the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four in Indianapolis.


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Peder Christian Andersen, often shortened to P. Chr. Andersen (5 April 1892 – 12 March 1964) was a Norwegian sports official and journalist.

He was born in Sagene as a son of a weaver. He finished middle school in 1909, and was employed in the magazine Sport. His most notable assignment here was reporting from the 1912 Summer Olympics, the stay at which he paid himself. He was hired in the labour movement newspaper Social-Demokraten as a sports journalist. He left for political reasons in 1919 and was hired in Aftenposten. He was promoted to sub-editor in 1925 and news editor in 1945. He retired in 1963. He is known for recruiting Sverre Mitsem to write the satirical column "SORRY e. Trollhaugens Tass" for Aftenposten. Mitsem did so from 1946 to 1996. Andersen also founded, published and edited the magazine Idrettsliv from 1915 to 1928. In 1945 he contributed to Oslopressen. He wrote several books.

Andersen was active in the sport of association football, and officiated matches at the 1924 Summer Olympics as well as three Norwegian football cup finals and the inauguration match of Ullevaal stadion in 1926. He co-founded and played for SFK Njord from 1912; the club was a predecessor of Skeid. He was a board member of the Football Association of Norway from 1914 to 1918 and 1926 to 1926, and secretary from 1918 to 1925. He also commented football matches in the early age of Norwegian radio. Among the notable tournaments commented by Andersen were Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Andersen received the Narvesen Prize for journalism in 1960, and was decorated with the Order of the Dannebrog. He was married to Mimi Petersen (1893–1975) since 1919, had two daughters, and died in March 1964 in Oslo.

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Marmaronchis vaigiensis is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.

Description

Distribution

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 Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel.

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 Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1826). Zoologie. In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820. iv + 712 pp
 Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel
 Dayrat B., Goulding T.C., Khalil M., Lozouet P. & Tan S.H. (2018). Systematic revision one clade at a time: A new genus of onchidiid slugs from the Indo-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Pulmonata). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 66: 814-837

Onchidiidae
Gastropods described in 1885


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Dancing To The Music Of Time
Stamping Grounds
Vicky And Bert's Big Day
Domesday Books
The Alternative Queen's Speech
The Daily Dose
Delivery Boys Rule
Playing The Card
Politician Lost For Words
Property Gambling And Local Councils
The Past Casts A Shadow
May's Guide To The Galaxy
Wheelie Bin
Bigger Bang
The Future Of Earth
Property Rights And Wrongs
The New Contemptibles
Europe Forward To The Past
Music And Musing For Advent
Royal Nuts And Bolts
Being saved to the box is the 1968 film, "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" made at a time when the Lefties made it fashionable to look down our noses at the military. The USA being in Vietnam had us very worried that we might become involved. Having just scrambled out of nearly all the Empire all we wanted to do was sit back and think of consumerism.
The cartoon characters of the film about the Crimean War of 1854 to 1856 if anything detracted from the reality of the disaster and the failures of government and command that were entailed. In particular one character; Mrs. Duberly, who went to the Crimea with her husband was a travesty of the real Fanny Duberly, see Wikipedia, whose journal is an invaluable part of the history.
Yesterday, I was reading The Bedfordshire Mercury of January 1867, one likes to keep up to date, and came across a major front page story that tells us much about the past of that period. It is a report on the Oakley Hunt Ball, and there are the Duberly's along with others of very high society, headed by the 7th Duke of Manchester.
The ball began at 10.00 p.m. and ended at 4.00 a.m.; today's teenagers and young have nothing on the vitality of their ancestors and a great time was had by all, well all the guests. The poor lot who had to serve and wait on them and all the carriage men outside may not have done, and the band played on with the dances of the time; physically I think a lot more demanding that the twerks and twists of the present.
The list of names is a long one. Perhaps a full scale analysis of who and what they were could be done, but it would take time and be more of an academic research job than a brief blog. But there in a provincial town, which just happened to be close to the Whitbread estate, one of the richest families in Britain, if not the world at the time.
This family in the histories are listed with the Whigs and reformers etc. notably because of the inter marriage with the Grey's of Howick, who had a Prime Minister and private secretaries to Queen Victoria among them, let alone other marriages into the landed aristocracy.
One name on the list of guests at the ball is Mr. T.A. Macan, Turner Arthur Macan, a child of Mrs. Whitbread from her first marriage. The military were well represented at the ball, and he had been one himself before selling his commission on being set up as a local squire, magistrate and Master of the Hunt by William Henry Whitbread. His father, also Turner Macan, had died in Bengal in July 1836.
William Henry Whitbread was a leading figure in the scholarship of Eastern Studies arising from his senior position in the Royal Asiatic Society and Turner Macan the elder had played a crucial role in salvaging the Shah Nameh of Firdausi and The Thousand and One Nights from Middle Eastern literature of the long past, almost wiped out with much else from the ancient cultures there by the rise of strict Islam.
It seems such a minor event, a local hunt ball in a small town, yet there could be much more to it than that. It wasn't many years later when the East India Company was dissolved and Queen Victoria became Empress of India.
Perhaps the ball was one of the last gasps of the old Empire before the new one of the late 19th Century.
The Royal Mail is under the cosh for its D Day Landings anniversary stamp. While being only a month out in terms of dating, the picture is the wrong place with the wrong troops and the wrong type of landing craft.
We know what can happen when you are in a hurry, are not precise enough in the words you put into search and do not check the detail. Many bloggers and journalists no doubt are nodding their head.
It could have been worse, see the picture above of a notable landing and siege during the Crimean War; as Lord Cardigan might have said to Lord Raglan on more than one occasion.
Ah, glad to see you, hope you enjoyed the holiday.
Two of our senior managers would like to have a few minutes with you.
It's about some changes being planned.
When it comes to history there is nothing better than the detail to what was what. It can change perspectives and allow a more critical view of what you might read in books and especially see on screen. As ever it always, well almost always turns out to be more complicated than you think or are supposed to think.
The ninety minute TV item fronted by Lucy Worsley on the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leads us there. It was an engaging and interesting tale of what was involved, why and centred on the actual ceremony.
The implications were that it was not simple. The programme was more about the frocks and occasion than anything but expecting it to do much history would be wrong. It would need months of mega series to do that.
Who were the bridesmaids is an example and could be seen as a simple matter on screen but this link will give a longish and much fuller detail. Quite clearly who they were and what they became was a major matter, as were who were the guests at what in the ceremony.
To think about history. Prince Albert died in 1861 aged only 42 so how great a loss was he? He was certainly an active man in a number of worthy fields and had come to be respected if not entirely liked. Hard working and capable he had views on the world and what it should be. Which asks the what if questions.
In UK politics what might have been had he been granted another thirty or so years of life? One is that Victoria would not have fallen under the spell of Disraeli and he might have been able to ensure that Gladstone was better organised and less voluble. His interest in reform may have driven earlier action in education, local government, housing and health.
He was also a European of high standing and his death was at the beginning of the rise of Bismarck in Germany with all that followed. Could he have stopped or prevented the wars against Denmark and then France? Might Germany itself become a real federation and not a Prussian dominated Empire?
Imagine a France without the Third Republic. Could the Scramble for Africa been avoided? In another place could he have persuaded the Confederacy to abolish slavery?
Further afield there was the bungling in the Middle East that dragged Britain into invading Egypt by accident, there was China and in particular there was the Raj in India. It is possible that he might have had other ideas about the Empire that would have meant a very different kind of interest, intervention and rule.
We shall never know, we shall recall only a young man and girl getting married and having a large family.
And the frocks.
This is an article by Carol Symes of the University of Illinois about another Domesday Book, the Exeter Collection, which sheds light on the more famous one of William The Conqueror in 1066.
Nearly a thousand years ago, a famous king created a famous book, later given the title "Domesday" (pronounced "doomsday"). At least that's been the common story: William the Conqueror, 20 years after his 1066 invasion of England from Normandy, ordered a massive survey of his new realm.
One year later, he got a book with the results—a record of the nation's wealth and resources, everything from property to sheep to servants. The "Great Domesday Book," as it was later named, is perhaps the most famous document in English history after the Magna Carta.
The book's origin story, however, had not been thoroughly investigated until University of Illinois history professor Carol Symes took up the task. "What had never been resolved is how this massive text was really created," Symes said, "and in this incredibly narrow timeframe."
Now, after years of research, Symes makes the case in the journal Speculum that the final "Great Domesday Book" came years and perhaps decades later than the 1087 date to which it's attributed, also the year of William's death.
It also was not the orderly bureaucratic enterprise that's often assumed, but instead "enabled hundreds of thousands of individuals and communities to air grievances and to make their own ideas of law and justice a matter of public record,".
We're watching people pushing back, or at least letting their voices be heard because they're fed up," she said. In one example, the text records townspeople bitterly complaining about the levelling of houses to build a castle.
"We need to rethink what has seemed to be a straightforward, top-down royal project, but is revealed to be the tip of a big, monstrous iceberg that involves the agency of many historical actors and often preserves their voices.
This helps to tell a very different story about one of the landmark events of England—the Norman conquest and its aftermath—that is not just a story about 'the great man."
The universe of the "Domesday Book" is complicated, to say the least. The name is attached to two different bodies of text, "Great Domesday" and "Little Domesday; the first covering all of the country's shires except three in the southeast, the second covering those three, but in more detail, suggesting it was an earlier draft.
There's also "Exeter Domesday," a collection of 103 booklets that appears to be an even earlier draft of survey results, mostly covering three shires in the southwest.
Curiously, London does not appear in any of these records, which likely is a sign its citizens either ignored the inquest or overwhelmed it with grievances, Symes said.The Exeter collection is just one of many "satellite" documents that have some connection with the survey or book but have received little scholarly attention, Symes said.
For many who focus their research on "Great Domesday," the book has been "the sun around which everything else spins." Among Symes' contributions is to suggest ways that the different texts relate to each other, since that hasn't been clear. "I think I have figured out the workings behind how this book ("Great Domesday") was made,"
The Exeter collection and another satellite document, a small fragment of parchment roll, perhaps the oldest in England, from an abbey at Burton-on-Trent in the northwest of the country. In both cases, she examined the original documents.
The Exeter documents provide numerous clues on how "Great Domesday" was assembled, but also serve as a window on the people and the process. A bishop can be seen intervening with the king's advisers when his property is not recorded. Teenage scribes make drinking plans in the marginal notes of manuscripts.
The abbey's parchment fragment, however, is key to Symes' contention that the final book came years and even decades later. She ties its contents to the comings and goings of a man who served at one time as its abbot, who had access to the survey data that went into "Domesday" and may even have been involved in the survey.
"It plugs a huge hole that we had in our evidence. It suggests that the process of creating the thing we call 'Great Domesday' actually took a lot longer than people had thought."Symes said she was attracted to this particular book as part of her interest in medieval manuscripts, especially the complex ways in which they were "mediated—i.e., written, handled, copied, recopied, added to, edited, interpreted and heard by audiences, all in an age before the printing press.
Historians need to take a text's complex mediation into account, she said, even considering the parchment on which it was written, to fully understand and not misinterpret it.
Symes also likes messiness—finding out "how the sausage gets made." She was attracted to Domesday, in part, "because it's a messy document that people pretend is not messy. It's taken to be this pristine, transparent thing when it's not."
Tne value in the Domesday research, she said, is in "realizing that the people of almost a thousand years ago were real people with real human emotions and needs. We're putting on a different set of glasses to look at these sources, and what we see is all those people who were written out of the record. We're getting to see and hear them again."
The "wonderful irony," Symes said, is that we can do that through one of the most famous books created in the Middle Ages, by a king.
This is from 2013, perhaps it still works.
As we come to the end of a difficult and demanding year, my husband and I have begun to consider not our own future but that of all the peoples of the United Kingdom. We have agreed that we should leave a legacy to them which should be the greatest service possible to mark the sixty years since the Coronation.
To that end I will dissolve Parliament on the first day of January and make a Declaration of British Independence. As the existing government has chosen to use the Royal Prerogative to force through change so will I use it to reinstate and repair the essential principles of the British Constitution in a new structure of government and elections.
This will require a period of interim government of brave and devoted people to make the transition and put in place a governance which will be truly democratic, responsive to the real needs and wishes of our peoples and allow the United Kingdom to regain control and authority over its own affairs.
We have learned that there are no less than fourteen thousand treaty and agreement commitments and obligations that have been made, largely during my own reign. I look back on this with a feeling of shame that I have been a party to the careless shedding of sovereignty and loss of responsibility that has occurred on such a scale and with so little thought as to the effects and consequences.
With the Dissolution of Parliament will be a decree to the effect that the end of this form of government equally means an end to the membership of the European Union. For whatever arrangements would be sensible or useful in the future we will look forward with interest to any constructive proposals that might be made from Brussels.
The intention will be that any agreements made for trade or for common aspects of law or regulation neither will Brussels be binding on the United Kingdom nor vice versa. Whether or not any legislation or regulation in Europe applies there, it will apply in the UK only on the full agreement of the new form of Parliament to be elected in the course of the coming year and can be amended or ended by the will of that Parliament.
Equally, we will take a good hard look at the range of United Nations and related organisation commitments that have been entered into in the past. I have no doubt that some are now redundant and some damaging to our economy and polity. We shall attempt to keep the best and rid ourselves of the worst.
Further to that it is my intention, after much heart searching and thought to abolish the Commonwealth. I deeply regret that as a young and impressionable monarch I was inveigled by Harold Macmillan into this charade of empire and influence.
On a personal level this has meant welcoming some rulers who have been malign dictators, some corrupt and some evil along with many others who were good men and women in their ways but whose connection to the UK has become increasingly tenuous.
I am bound to say that the Commonwealth has become at best a salesman's convention. To that end our Foreign and Commonwealth Office has become a dishonest and corrupt sales operation. It will disbanded forthwith and replaced by a new department whose duties will be the analysis of real policy and the gathering of hard information to enable us to conduct foreign affairs on a sensible and peaceful basis. The old Foreign Office Library will be restored forthwith.
The Special Relationship with the USA similarly will be declared to be at the end of its useful life. It has decayed already to become an embarrassing and grovelling fiction that serves little purpose other than to involve us in unnecessary and dangerous wars. Clearly we will want to continue sound diplomatic and trading contacts and relationships that are peaceful and serve our common interests but this will be done in a clear sighted manner and not masked by false pretenses.
The new Parliament will be one of two chambers both elected and both involved in legislation, regulation and the examination of administration and related activity. Retaining the former names the House of Commons will have 350 members elected from a number of multi member constituencies to be determined and from a voting system that enables a balanced representation from all the parts of the United Kingdom.
The House of Lords, the word "Lord" has long been an elastic description, will be of either 150 members elected on a different basis or made up of three representatives from each of the counties of the United Kingdom. This will be determined by urgent discussions at an early stage.
For this purpose the ancient counties of the United Kingdom would be reinstated with the intention of a reorganisation of local government in the near future on that basis. This I believe will enable an empowerment of the people at a far more local level than is possible at the moment. It would be up to the individual counties to consider any joint arrangements with others for the running of services on a wider basis.
As far as possible both administration and responsibility will be devolved from many parts of our government to the local entities. The dictatorial centralisation and micro-management that has become a deadening and destructive feature of the recent past will end and communities will be encouraged to revive their mutual support and interests in welfare.
In order to assist this the use of Private Finance Initiatives, PFI, will end and realistic and effective means of dealing with local capital investment will be introduced. Existing PFI contracts will cease forthwith. Those which are deemed excessive or too extractive from essential services will be replaced. Others will be taken in to normal debt facilities.
For the National Health Service, perhaps the one that is of most interest to many the approach will be more gradualist. It is my wish to avoid the expensive and costly series of reorganisations of the past and return to a more balanced and responsive service. This will involve on the one hand a greater role for those in the medical professions to be matched by a more open and sensitive relationship with the public.
A particular field of interest is the Legal Profession and the administration of justice as well as maintaining law and order. It has been disquieting to me to see the manner in which Ministers of the Crown seek to intervene and comment on complex cases in court involving personal acquaintances. It is of more concern that the complicated effect of foreign rulings and obligations have allowed the legal system to be brought into disrepute.
Clearly, police services need to be more local in many respects with a real presence on the ground, notably in districts where crime is now rampant and gangs are in control. Equally, I am aware that there is a need for both regional and national policing for other forms of crime. I will not pretend that there are easy answers here but it is my intention to be rigorous in setting up arrangements which meet the crying needs of our time.
One area in which I will take a personal interest is in the pursuit of financial crime and fraud. There will be a thorough and vigorous approach to this on the basis that much of what has occurred is akin to the vicious piracy of old and deserves to be treated as such. Britain has been captured and colonised by those engaged in global commercial interests whose only ambition is for personal profit, control and the extraction of our wealth, both public and private. This is entailing the enslavery of our peoples to those interests.
There are many other aspects of the Constitution and our lives which need either restoration or a new approach to the different and fast changing world in which we live. Our present sclerotic, corrupt and secretive system is simply too bad and flawed to work and is actively damaging every aspect of our lives. It has to end.
Last but far from least there is the primary function of The Crown, that is the Defence of the Realm. In the new forms of aerial war and its needs the Royal Air Force will need much new equipment and facilities. The Senior Service, the Royal Navy will have to be given wider scope and enabled to both defend and watch our shores.
Then there is the Army. The thoughtless and ill considered serial reorganisations since the 1960's have reduced it past the minimum necessary for it to fulfil its wider duties in many spheres. Moreover, at one time the Army was both local and part of the heart of our communities. To fulfil that role it is my intention to restore the structure of County and other regiments as far as possible and notably enable the Cavalry to become a truly mobile force.
In Scotland the former regiments will be restored to their communities. Among the first decrees I will issue in January will be for the re-mustering of that fine and loyal regiment, The Scottish Rifles, The Cameronians and I shall be proud and pleased to take the salute at their first parade.
My husband and I wish you all a happy Christmas and this time our wish for a New Year that leads to progress and prosperity may become a reality.
If the TV advert's are any guide or other commercials this Christmas many will be giving and getting gifts that smell and pack a bigger punch than any WW1 gas warfare or Porton Down trials. Only you/we are paying for it in more ways than one. This is a long post but becoming a major issue.
In his first documentary film production, Jon Whelan, single dad after his wife died from breast cancer, presents overwhelming evidence that dangerous chemicals are added to products by design. As he discusses in this interview about his documentary "Stink," available on Netflix and YouTube, also see Wikipedia, fragrances and scents are a dangerous, yet purposeful addition to products you use daily.
Your sense of smell is one of the most primal of your five senses. It is a key to survival, is often the first warning of safety or danger and is linked to memory. In fact, a powerful attraction to fragrances is manipulated by advertisers and marketers in order to sell clothing, personal care products and laundry products.
You can recognize up to 10,000 different smells and, according to Dr. Stuart Firestein of Columbia University, this system is very closely connected to the limbic system, said to contain your most basic drives.
A study in 2015 published in Chemosensory Perception investigated how odor-evoked memories influence consumers' perception of a product. Researchers found fragrances evoking stronger personal emotional memories were preferred by the study participants.
It is not surprising scent is powerfully connected to emotion and memory and drives buying decisions. Unfortunately, companies add toxic fragrances to mask the odour of noxious chemicals and as scent branding to acquire new customers and keep customers.
Smelly Pajamas Led to Documentary Film
The documentary film, "Stink," was triggered when Whelan purchased a pair of pajamas from the children's clothing company Justice for his daughter. After opening the package, he found a weird smell. Whelan called the company to be sure the clothing was safe, but was stonewalled by company representatives.
Returning to the store, he found all of the packaged pajamas had the same odour. At this point he decided to tape the conversations he had with Justice and other companies, and began delving into the addition of chemicals to clothing and personal care products.
In a telling conversation with Procter and Gamble, manufacturer of a long list of cleaning and personal care items, including Crest toothpaste, Dawn dish soap, Pampers diapers, Tide laundry detergent and Pantene shampoo, the representative claimed they didn't add a carcinogenic chemical to their products, it was just "there."
Here's a transcript of the conversation Whelan had:
Whelan: "I read an article online yesterday and it said something that if it has a chemical in it called 1-4-dioxane it might cause cancer. I just wanted to be sure that it's not true."
Representative: "It's not something we add to the product, OK, it's something that's in the product."
Whelan: "Can you tell me who adds it then?"
Representative: "Pardon me?"
Whelan: "You said you didn't add it. I was wondering who does add it?"
Representative: "It's in all of the ingredients. You know what I mean?"
Whelan: "No I don't."
Representative: "OK, OK, how can I say this. . . you know if you do 1,200 loads of wash a day, it's still at a safe level."
As with exposure to many different toxins, one exposure at a low level may not trigger an immediate health condition, but what about repetitive or chronic exposure? Imagine smoking one cigarette and claiming the product had no health effects since you didn't immediately get sick.
The effect from toxins is cumulative, and can add up quickly when you're exposed to chemicals in your food, furniture, air and clothing, all at once, and on a daily basis.
Whelan believes if the legislature won't ban a chemical regulators know causes cancer, then it may be nearly impossible to fight for transparency and health protection against a highly-motivated and richly-funded industry destined to forfeit profits if they are forced to stop using cheaper, damaging and dangerous chemicals.
For instance, scientists and regulators know the dangers to consumers from asbestos. This material, used for insulation for decades, is known to trigger the development of mesothelioma. However, despite this knowledge, asbestos is not banned in the U.S. and its use may actually increase, as I discussed in a previous article about crayons and markers.
Dangerous Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals
Whelan uses the example of endocrine disrupting chemicals in his documentary, stating exposure to these has an inverted dose response curve. In other words, the danger is higher with lower level exposure over long periods of time. Your exposure occurs with use of personal care products, food packaging materials and clothing.
Vague arguments and claims have been used to dispute reports showing the use of toxic chemicals may be poisoning adults and children, causing damage beginning even before birth. Following an op-ed piece in The New York Times by Nicholas Kristof, the American Council on Science and Health claimed Kristoff would have flunked eighth grade science, saying:
"Look at all these lethal things: toothpaste, soap, shower curtains. It's amazing we all aren't dead yet. Mr. Kristof's 'research', if you can even call it that, relied heavily on well-known anti-science activists, such as the Environmental Working Group. Mr. Kristof has demonstrated time and again that he is entirely ignorant of the basic principles of chemistry and toxicology."
However, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a group of over 65,000 well-educated and science-based pediatricians in the U.S., agree with Kristoff and are asking parents to limit their children's exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals found in plastic.
They warn these chemicals, such as phthalates, nitrates and bisphenol, may damage children's health for years to come.
Research from the World Health Organization (WHO) has even suggested a ban on endocrine disrupting chemicals may be needed to protect the health of future generations.
Their research is one of the most comprehensive studies on different disrupting chemicals to date. Dr. Leonardo Trasande, an expert in children's environmental health, believes children are more susceptible due to their dose exposure.
And, as noted by Dr. Claire McCarthy, pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital, "Because the exposure is small and gradual we don't even realize it's happening."
Fighting to Keep Chemicals in Your Products
Whelan believes the solution should be mandatory transparency so companies would make better decisions about what they use in their products and consumers could make informed decisions about what they buy.
Instead, companies are operating under the honor system set up by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) while fighting to keep cheap chemicals in their products so they can be made inexpensively, thereby protecting profits.
Unfortunately, the public pays for these cheaper products on the back end by spending thousands treating diseases triggered by overexposure to chemicals, which can build up in your system when you're exposed to multiple products, such as personal care items, new furniture and carpeting and even clothing.
Whelan points out the world knows formaldehyde causes cancer, yet manufacturers are not removing it from their products. In fact, the U.S. was caught using products with heavy levels of formaldehyde in environmentally damaged areas.
For instance, trailer homes deployed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina were found to emit high levels of formaldehyde gas. In testing, 519 trailer and mobile homes were nearly 40 times customary exposure levels, triggering breathing difficulties, nose bleeds and persistent headaches.
California Prop 65 Mandates Labeling Federal Government Doesn't Regulate
California has taken a more proactive approach to the health of their citizens. In a study spearheaded by the Environmental Working Group, researchers found 287 chemicals in the cord blood of newborns. These babies were essentially born pre-polluted before ever consuming a single manufactured product.
In 1986 California voters approved an initiative best known as Proposition 65, requiring the state to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects. Since it began, it includes nearly 800 chemicals, and manufacturers are required to notify consumers when these chemicals are included in their product.
According to the American Cancer Society,15 the risk of developing cancer was 40 percent in men and nearly 37 percent in women as of 2014. Their global cancer facts and figures suggest this number will grow to 50 percent by 2030.
Europe Practices Precautionary Principles; the US Does Not
In the documentary, Whelan reveals the American Chemistry Council spent $121,000 per congressman to assist election campaigns. The influence pays dividends since it requires legislative action to alter the current status where manufacturers release chemicals under an honor system requiring proof chemicals are safe for consumer use prior to distribution.
Currently, the U.S. does not use precautionary principles, but rather acts under the assumption chemicals are "innocent until proven guilty." The opposite is true in Europe, where if a chemical is suspected dangerous, it's phased out.
However, proving guilt is nearly impossible in the short term as these chemicals often accumulate over years in your body before effects are noticeable. This works to the advantage of the industry. For example, one of the world's most popular chemical weed killers, Roundup, made by Monsanto (now Bayer), has been on the market since 1974.
After 45 years on the market, Monsanto was recently ordered to pay $289 million when a jury found Dwayne Johnson's non-Hodgkin lymphoma was at least partly triggered by glyphosate in Roundup , to which he was exposed as a school groundskeeper. The judge upheld the guilty verdict but later reduced the damages to $78 million.
After the verdict, the presiding judge, Suzanne Ramos Bolanos, commented the company "acted with malice, oppression or fraud and should be punished for its conduct." In the past, Monsanto had sued California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment for adding glyphosate to their Proposition 65 list of cancer causing chemicals, and lost.
In filming the documentary, Whelan did not receive a response to a question he posed to manufacturers: "What are the consumer advantages of buying products with hidden chemicals that cause cancer and birth defects?" He believes a safe compromise is transparency, allowing consumers to decide what exposure they will endure.
Secondhand Fragrances
It isn't only the chemicals in the products you purchase to which you are exposed. Secondhand fragrance contamination is a public health concern as 30.5 percent of the general population find smells irritating and another 19 percent experience adverse health effects from air fresheners.
Thirty years ago the issue was secondhand smoke, but today scent from perfume, air fresheners, scented laundry products and numerous other products on which fragrances are used are triggering health issues. Reactions to these fragrances created in the laboratory may include:
Hay fever symptoms
Muscle aches/spasms
Heart Palpitations
Mucosal symptoms in eyes and airways24
Gastrointestinal problems
Vomiting, Nausea
Asthma attacks
Neurological problems
Contact dermatitis25
Breathing and respiratory difficulties
The chemical cocktails in fragrances are often toxic as they are derived from petroleum and coal tar, and not made from the essential oils of flowers or sweet smelling plants. As soon as you smell an air freshener, scented candle or laundry detergent, you have already absorbed the chemicals into your body as they enter through your lungs.
Even when you no longer smell the fragrance, you're still absorbing the chemicals through your clothing, bedding and towels. Some synthetic fabrics have unpleasant odors, prompting manufacturers to cover them with masking fragrances.
Secondhand fragrances are difficult to avoid as most public places use some type of air freshener, and make available scented hand soaps.
Although the number could potentially be falling, 85 percent of women wear perfume and over 60 percent of men use cologne and aftershave. A small number of schools, colleges, businesses and hospitals have enacted fragrance-free policies.
Are You Releasing Volatile Organic Compounds Into the Neighborhood?
The scent and chemicals manufacturers add to your clothing aren't the only ways toxic chemicals are released. Since fragrances are essentially an unregulated market and manufacturers are working on the "honor system," it's not possible to find information on product labels about exposure to dangerous chemicals.
Fabric softeners and dryer sheets are one such fragrance-laden product. One University of Washington scientist, Anne Steinemann, Ph.D., professor of civil and environmental engineering and public affairs, has done a large amount of research into what chemicals are released by laundry products, Air Fresheners, cleaners, lotions and other fragranced consumer products.
One study focused on chemicals emitted through laundry vents during typical use of fragranced products, and was published in Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health in 2011. Steinemann found the following dryer vent emissions from 25 of the most common brands of scented laundry products:
More than 600 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were emitted, and only two of those compounds were listed on any associated material safety data sheet. None of the chemicals were listed on any of the 25 product labels.
Two of the VOCs (acetaldehyde and benzene) are considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be carcinogenic and unsafe at ANY exposure level.
Seven of the VOCs are classified as "hazardous air pollutants."
The highest concentration of emitted VOCs was acetaldehyde, acetone and ethanol.
Only 25 percent of the VOCs were classified as toxic or hazardous under federal laws.
Virtually none of the VOCs detected in her study were listed on product labels or the product's material data safety sheet. Instead, labels listed only general categories, such as "biodegradable surfactants," "softeners" or "perfume." Even more disturbing, the "greener" products were just as bad, if not worse, than the conventional products.
Tips to Help You Avoid Toxic Chemicals
Whelan hopes his movie will move agencies to focus their efforts in the war on cancer toward prevention first. If you have information showing a product you're purchasing has dangerous chemicals, it could change your buying decisions — which is what manufacturers are trying to avoid.
Considering all the potential sources of toxic chemicals, it's virtually impossible to avoid all of them.
The media today has become a target for our dissatisfaction about the way things are and how they don't work. We have forgotten that it is nothing new and historically is just another bunch who have London and its politics in their grip and under their influence.
It was Stanley Baldwin who used the wonderful line of Kipling's, his cousin, about media control, "Power without responsibility, the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages" in 1931. He was attacking the press barons, Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere and the extent of the influence they enjoyed.
The Harmsworth (Rothermere) family and their adjuncts are still around and have the Daily Mail, whose online success is owed to its free access and extensive celebrity sensation and other scare stories. Its print sales are helped by a series of promotions designed to appeal to the poorer end of Middle England.
The first Harmsworth, Alfred, from the 1890's to the 1920's was said to have a major influence on politicians and who finally went mad before he died relatively young. Whether this streak of megalomania is genetic or environmental is open to debate.
Max Aitken, later Lord Beaverbrook made a sudden decision to try his luck and money in England in 1910 after a scandal in Canada to do with cement and bought his way into influence very quickly. Spotting the main chance he took on the Express newspapers and developed them into a popular and strident sheet.
The Beaver became a Minister of the Crown in both World Wars and is credited with helping to deal with munitions crises. He was certainly close to Churchill who relied on him for good company, cigars and trenchant advice about the capabilities of other politicians. His judgement went badly wrong in the 1950's with Eden whose health was not up to the job of succeeding Churchill.
The elections of 1945 were something of a blow to his reliability and this may be because they had not seen the Daily Mirror coming up on the rails. This paper had captured a good many of the working class and began to wield influence in its turn. By the 1960's it was a force to be reckoned with.
At the helm was Cecil Harmsworth King (yes, his father married a Harmsworth) and it was him in 1968 who was alleged to have tried to organise a putsch in 1968 to rid the UK of Harold Wilson and a crew of Westminster politicians who lacked credibility with the people.
We can go back a long way with this. In the 17th Century there were the leading pamphlet writers most of whose identities are not known, many pieces form the Thomason Collection at the British Library. In the 18th Century there was already a formidable press with many contributors.
One in the Public Advertiser, under the name "Junius" (see Wikipedia) had special influence because he clearly had full access to those who held power. Current opinion suggests that he was Sir Philip Francis but I suspect that others were involved. Looking at the connections it may be that Jeremy Sneyd was a source.
By the middle of the 19th Century The Times had moved to centre stage and was known at "The Thunderer", but it was still part of an extensive press that could move votes and therefore politicians. A high point was the Crimean War when The Times was right about the treatment of the troops.
In 1884-1885 the General Gordon fiasco in Egypt and The Sudan arose because a government with a lot on its plate allowed itself to be pushed into action by a lynch mob media against the better judgement of many of those responsible.
How many of the imperial ventures and how much of the effort involved could be attributed to a gung ho media urged on by City speculators and other interests in the name of glory and circulation is a good matter to debate.
This culminated in the summer of 1914 when The Times under Wickham Steed urged the Empire to make war against the German Empire along with other press support. This was at the height of the "Summer Season" with all its engagements. In London, the politicians bungled until war became the default option.
In retrospect had the dilettante Premier Asquith, along with Grey and perhaps even the King made a rapid journey to Berlin with full scale Foreign Office action designed to halt the mobilisation of the Armies of Europe might war might have been avoided?
But they did not and became involved in a war of incredible destruction of men, material and Empires. By 1918 the world had changed, arguably much of it for the worse. But at least the newspaper circulation and advertising had held up.
The real question is just how much influence it has had in the military and financial ventures of recent years that have done so much damage.
People may say I am nuts, never mind those who assert I am crackers.
But I did like the seasonal message above.
We shall be watching and especially listening.
Snowflakes rule OK.
An elderly bloke who still has to work, Jeremy Corbyn, has the job of sitting for hours and hours on a bench in a hot stuffy room filled with heavy breathers with nothing to do but listen and occasionally add to the hot air with speeches of his own in the House of Commons in Parliament. No wonder he sometimes mutters or thinks to himself causing the lips to move.
But he has been caught out by modern technology. One of the more interesting things about watching football is lip reading the things that footballers say in times of stress and what referees tell them. So anyone anywhere who has a camera on them and thinks a thought should the lips move they can be banged to rights.
Corbyn has been caught napping perhaps having a thought in his head during a speech from the Prime Minister; he has my sympathy, I switch her off after five minutes. If I became Prime Minister I would be tempted to bang her advisers up in a cell where they could be treated to a reading of Burkes Peerage over and over again.
What I wonder is what thoughts Winston Churchill might have had, either as Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition when during a long and wearying debate the handbag of Bessie Braddock had caught the Speaker's Eye to the groans of not only the Tories but most of her Labour Party as well.
Churchill was cavalry, a 4th Hussar and familiar with military language usage. When I played rugby against 4H at the time he was Prime Minister we had Lancers and Dragoons, Light Infantry and even a couple of Engineers. It got very fruity indeed and I have no doubt Churchill could have matched them word for word.
In keeping with our modern sensibilities about what people say and think and what they can be judged to have thought in the past, what might be done? HIs views on Bessie are well known so perhaps Churchill should be removed from the history books.
It is the end of the year and time to be serious. Diane Coyle, the Enlightened Economist has another good post.
It is a review of Brett Christopher's "The New Enclosure: The Appropriation Of Land In Neoliberal Britain" which explains the recent huge shift in UK property ownership from public to private.
The Bureau Of Investigative Journalism has "The Public Services Gamble Councils Borrowing Billions To Play The Property Market" which is long but very worrying if one is your local authority.
This has happened without us knowing what has been going on literally under our feet.
We have had major changes in property owning down the centuries so it is not "new" in that sense. A different century a different way of doing of doing it.
What happened to the peasants; could we be about to join them?


Welcome to sunny California and get ready to be amazed! On a California motorcycle tour, you can enjoy some of America's best roads. Ride through the breath-taking landscapes on the Pacific Coast Highway or make your path through the canyons of the Golden State. Santa Monica, California is also the end point of the legendary Route 66. So, make your bike the star of your vacation and book a motorcycle tour in California today!
Since the 1960's, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the USA has been one of the most talked about bike rallies in the Northern hemisphere. While it would certainly be great to take a motorcycle tour in Spain or the UK, Sturgis was a rally that, for many years, I longed to check out in person and this summer, I finally had my chance!


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