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Cell References and Using the Dollar Sign
Cell References in Google Sheets and Using the Dollar Sign
A formula in a cell in Google Sheets often contains references to other cells in the sheet. A reference to a single cell is a combination of a letter and a number. For example, A1, C5, and E9 are all references to a single cell. The letter indicates the column and the number indicates the row.
A range is referenced by using two cell references separated by a colon. Ranges can span multiple rows and/or columns. For example, A1:A6 means all the cells in column A from row 1 to row 6, C1:E1 means all the cells in row 1 from column C to column E, and C3:D6 means all the cells in columns C and D from row 3 to row 6. These ranges are shown in the figure below.
When a cell containing a formula is copied and pasted into another cell, or if the cell is used to autofill a range of cells, the references in the formula are updated automatically in each of the new cells. Each reference is updated so that the cell it points to is located the same number of rows and columns away from the cell containing the formula as in the original case. So if the formula "=2*A1" is entered into cell B1 and copied into cells B2, B3, and B4, the formula will be changed as shown in the figure below. Each formula refers to the cell immediately to its left.
A dollar sign ($) can be used before the column and/or row part of a reference to control how the reference will be updated. The dollar sign causes the corresponding part of the reference to remain unchanged. As an example, if the formula "=A$1+$B1" is entered into cell C1 and then copied into the rest of the cells in C1:D4, the resulting formulas will be as shown in the figure below.


Finding a correct color combination is one of the most important steps in designing a stylish and holistic look. This is why we're offering you this cheat sheet, so you'll always hit the bullseye when choosing clothes and interior decor.
Complementary (also known as supplementary or contrasting) colors are colors that sit opposite of each other on the Itten color circle. The combination of such colors creates a vivid and energizing effect, especially at maximum saturation.
A Triad is a combination of 3 colors that are equidistant from each other on the color circle. It produces a high contrast effect while preserving 'harmony.' Such a composition looks vibrant even when you use pale and unsaturated colours.
This is a combination of 2 to 5 (ideally 2 to 3) colors that are ajacent to each other on the color circle. It creates a calming, likeable impression. Here's an example of combining analogous muted colors: yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green.
A variation on the complementary color combination. In this case, you take one primary color and two complementary ones (the colors that lie on both sides of the primary color's antipode on the color circle). The effect created by such a scheme is just as contrasting as the one before but slightly less intense. If you feel unconfident about using the complementary scheme, use the split complementary instead.
This is a scheme that includes one primary and two complementary colors, plus an additional color that highlights the accents. An example: blue-green, blue-violet, orange-red, orange-yellow.
A combination of 4 colors that are equidistant from each other on the color circle. In this case, the colors differ from each other in tone, but are also complementary. This creates a dynamic, vivid, and playful effect. An example: violet, orange-red, yellow, blue-green.
White: combines with everything, especially blue, red and black.
Beige: combines with blue, brown, emerald, black, red, white.
Gray: combines with fuchsia, red, violet, pink, blue.
Pink: combines with brown, white, mint green, olive, gray, turquoise, light blue.
Fuchsia (dark pink): combines with gray, yellow-brown, lime, mint green, brown.
Red: combines with yellow, white, fulvous, green, blue, black.
Tomato-red: combines with cyan, mint green, sand, creamy-white, gray.
Cherry-red: combines with azure, gray, light-orange, sandy, pale-yellow, beige.
Raspberry-red: combines with white, black, damask rose.
Brown: combines with bright-cyan, cream, pink, fawn, green, beige.
Light-brown: combines with pale-yellow, cream-white, blue, green, purple, red.
Dark-brown: combines with lime-yellow, cyan, mint green, purple-pink, lime.
Reddish-brown: combines with pink, dark-brown, blue, green, purple.
Orange: combines with cyan, blue, lilac, violet, white, black.
Light-orange: combines with gray, brown, olive.
Dark-orange: combines with pale-yellow, olive, brown, cherry.
Yellow: combines with blue, lilac, light-cyan, violet, gray, black.
Lemon-yellow: combines with cherry-red, brown, blue, gray.
Pale-yellow: combines with fuchsia, gray, brown, shades of red, yellowish brown, blue, purple.
Golden yellow: combines with gray, brown, azure, red, black.
Olive: combines with orange, light-brown, brown.
Green: combines with golden-brown, orange, salad green, yellow, brown, gray, cream, black, creamy-white.
Salad green: combines with brown, yellowish-brown, fawn, gray, dark-blue, red, gray.
Turquoise: combines with fuchsia, cherry-red, yellow, brown, cream, dark-violet.
Electric colors: combines with golden-yellow, brown, light brown, gray, or silver.
Cyan: combines with red, gray, brown, orange, pink, white, yellow.
Dark-blue: combines with light-lilac, cyan, yellowish-green, brown, gray, pale-yellow, orange, green, red, white.
Lilac: combines with orange, pink, dark-violet, olive, gray, yellow, white.
Dark-violet: combines with golden-brown, pale-yellow, gray, turquoise, mint green, light-orange.
Black is a universal colour — it looks elegant in any combination, especially with orange, pink, salad green, white, red, mauvish, or yellow.


The Alpha Centauri company from the UK has built this unqiue 27' hull dubbed as a luxury hydroplane which they report was designed using cutting edge computational fluid dynamics software. Despite only having a top speed of almost 70 mph with 2000hp pushing the hull via jet drives the boat is said to be extremely stable with great acceleration. The cockpit canopy opens completely to allow passengers access well providing protection from the elements and a cool look well the interior is done in high end styling with digital gauges and full sound system, its even includes air conditions or heat features. The boat is available with several different power packages from 500hp to 2000hp providing some options were hoping that the company might be able to get a bit more speed out of the hull after more testing and design updates but the future could be promising for this design.


The town of Shawinigan is currently taking possession of Resolute's closed Laurentide paper mill to prepare it for its new tenant, Nemaska Lithium.
Lithium is used to makes batteries for almost every rechargeable electronic device and portable tool as well as for electric car batteries. And it is the electronics market that is driving the global demand for lithium. A mining company, Nemaska Lithium, estimates the market for battery-grade lithium is predicted to grow 30% from 2012 to 2020.
Once Resolute finishes the remediation work on the site, the company and the town of Shawinigan have agreed on the terms of a transaction that allows the town to acquire the site, buildings and the Harmony landfill. The town will then enter into an agreement with Nemaska Lithium to give it ownership over part of the land and infrastructures.
Nemaska intends to build a demonstration plant to start and then later construct a commercial plant that will convert the mineral it mines at the Whabouchi property, near James Bay, into high purity lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate.
With the federal government recently approving the development of the Whabouchi mine, Nemaska owns the world's second largest lithium deposit. Its new facility in Shawinigan is expected to create initial employment for 100 people.
The reduced construction time for both the demonstration and commercial plants because of the high quality and state of the existing buildings (which reduces its capital costs).
The site has existing and ready-to-use infrastructure that is required for the operation, including natural gas, electric power station and railway.
Shawinigan is closer to the Whabouchi property than other options the company was exploring. And that will reduce transportation costs.


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Ofer - Stone Throwing, Students
Vivi Sury, Nitza Aminov (reporting)
Jul-15-2018
What happens when the victim is fed up (cont.)
Today we heard the concluding arguments of the prosecution and the defense in the evidentiary hearing of
Ibtihal Abriush
Here's a short recap:
Ibtihal is a student at the Kadouri Agricultural College, situated near Al-Aroub Refugee Camp.
On 25.4.18, Ofer Ohana, a hyper active Kiryat Arba settler, was driving on Rte. 60. He stopped at the entrance to Al-Aroub, entered the college and alleging that his car had been pelted with rocks, demanded to photograph the event.
He was armed, and when he began to film the students, Ibtihal asked him to stop.
In the film presented to the court he is seen holding his phone almost to her face. You could also hear curses. Soldiers arrived, Ibtihal complained to the commander. An unidentified Palestinian was also filming the scene.
Ohana then entered the lecture halls. Ibtihal, having distanced herself from the scene, now came back, picked up a rock and threw it in his direction. It missed.
Ohana lodged a complaint (thus in the protocol he is referred to as the complainant) and Ibtiham was arrested.
She has been held at Sharon Prison since then.
The closing arguments were heard today before Judge Lieut.Col. Sebastian Osovsky.
We cite a part of the prosecution's long summation:
The judge asked the prosecutor about Ohana's entry into the college: did he have authority to do so.
The prosecutor replied: "The question whether the complainant had authority to be there or not is irrelevant."
Another argument the prosecution advanced: "the accused and her counsel called Ohana "setter". Ohana claims that this is a pejorative term among Palestinians in the region, regardless of the fact that he himself is proud of being one."
In response to the judge's question, she added, 'We admit that there was some measure of provocation from the complainant, and that harsh words were uttered and that he focused his camera on the accused…"
Atty. Akram Samarra pointed out that no legal proceedings were opened against the complainant and that he was interrogated by the police only on 26.4.18 and was asked only one question: "What's your response?" His answer: "I did not touch her, although I was repeatedly attacked."
(In a video published on social media you see Ibtihal lying on the floor, after Ohana shoved her shoulder and pushed her to the ground). She was treated by medics and spent a day at Hadassah Hospital.)
The defense stressed that Ibtihal had complained to the soldiers on several occasions that Ohana was harassing her; she asked them to remove him and to order him to stop filming.
Needless to say, she was ignored.
In one of the videos shown in court you see Ohana, shoving his phone in Ibtihal's face, calling her "Bitch" and saying "I'll take care of these bastards!"
The defense quoted Ibtihal saying at her interrogation: "I did not mean it," implying that the "psychological component" (namely pre-meditation, which would increase the severity of the indictment) was not present.
The defense conceded that at one point Ibtihal had had enough, she was fed up with the curses, the harassment, the soldiers' indifference, so she picked up a rock and threw it. He argued that she felt threatened, and her action should be construed self-defense. He brought up again Ohana's size and the fact that he was armed.
Decision: the case will be submitted to examination and decision. The sides will be notified of the date.
Ibtihal's parents were in court. The mother told us that she could not follow the proceedings, because of the translation. This is a perennial painful problem: The interpreter translated it for Ibtihal, but his words could not be heard in the court.

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When riding on dogs, monkeys are respectful and do not try to control them with reins. Bulldogs, however, can be quite difficult to ride. Their stumpy limbs give them an uneven stride, making it quite challenging for the monkeys to stay mounted. Not wanting to hurt the bulldogs' feelings, monkeys secretly hone their riding skills on mechanical bulldogs so that it seems effortless when they ride the real ones. This way, the bulldogs aren't left feeling awkward and ungraceful.
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How long is the trail to Rainbow Falls NC?
Where is Rainbow Falls NC located?
How long is Moore Cove falls trail?
Is Clingmans Dome an easy hike?
Where can you See Rainbows in North Carolina?
Where does the Rainbow Falls Trail cross the gorges?
Rainbow Falls Hike. Rainbow Falls is one of the biggest and most scenic falls in the region. An excellent 3-mile round trip hike takes you there, accessible from the newly expanded Gorges State Park access area.
Pisgah National Forest
Located in the Pisgah National Forest, adjacent to Gorges State Park, Rainbow Falls is just one of a series of cascades and waterfalls on a two-mile stretch of the river. The park is in the Sapphire community, near Lake Toxaway, and about 55 miles from downtown Asheville.
Is Rainbow Falls hike hard?
This moderately difficult hike is 5.4 miles roundtrip and includes 1685 feet of elevation gain.
How long is the trail to Clingmans Dome?
It's seven miles to the end of Clingmans Dome Road and there are scenic pullouts with endless views of ridges and valleys along the way. The road ends in a large parking area from which a 0.5 mile trail leads to the summit. The trail is paved but steep, and leads to an observation tower on top.
Walk behind a magical waterfall on this family-friendly hike. This enchanting trail in Pisgah National Forest is an ideal introduction to hiking for families with younger kids. An easy . 7 mile trail with wooden bridges, steps and boardwalks ends in a 50-foot plunge waterfall over a dramatic rock ledge.
The trail to reach the park's highest point is paved and only measures one-half mile. However, the trail can be moderate to difficult because of its steep incline. The half-mile trail to the summit of Clingmans Dome is paved, but very steep.
How big is Rainbow Falls in North Carolina?
Hike to the towering 150-foot Rainbow Falls, Turtleback Falls and Drift Falls through a wildflower-filled forest in North Carolina's Gorges State Park.? Your mileage may vary!
Can You camp on the Rainbow Falls Trail?
The marked trail ends at Rainbow Falls, however hikers can continue upstream about 1/4 mile to Turtleback Falls. Once the trail leaves Gorges State Park and enters the National Forest, camping is allowed anywhere along the trail.
And when the sun is angled right, the waterfall creates colorful rainbows below the falls. This adventure begins in North Carolina's Gorges State Park, following a moderate 1.7-mile route through a waterfall-filled valley. The route continues upriver to two additional waterfalls on the Horsepasture River, Turtleback Falls and Drift Falls.
Just past this crossing, the trail passes off of Gorges State Park property and onto National Forest property. It's still called the Rainbow Falls trail (#499). Once it it crosses onto the National Forest – and into the Horsepasture Wild and Scenic River corridor – the trail is no longer gravel-surfaced and blazed; however, it is easy to follow.
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Bread & Butter for the Curious
Corned Beef: smuggled aboard Gemini III & other oddities
On March 19, 2017 March 25, 2017 By Maggie BriaIn Hungry History
Corned beef might just have a more illustrious history than many famous figures. The earliest noted reference to the meat dates to the 12th century, when it was called the "demon of gluttony" in an Irish poem about a king who gorges himself on corned beef. The personified "demon" beef goes so far to say it would ruin Ireland if the king could not rein in his insatiable taste for the dish.
Why was this so particularly "gluttonous" of the king? Salt, as well as beef, were precious commodities at that time. To eat corned beef would be a luxury, and perhaps a slap in the face to Ireland's dairy industry, as the cattle were more valuable as sources of continual nourishment through milking. 12th century Ireland or 18th century France, gluttony is worse than greed when people are starving.
Speaking of which, corned beef may have contributed to the Great Potato Famine. The Anglo-Irish landlords exported the greatly un-luxurious luxury as a principal product of their cattle farms in the industrial age, and expanded the cattle's grazing land as the import population–namely the English across the way–grew. They overtook the poor Irish tenant farmers' areas for growing their main subsistence crop, further limiting potato production during an already tough time for the starch that kept Ireland alive.
Politically charged Irish Potato Famine mural in Belfast. From Wikipedia.
So who ate the non-Irish, but Irish, food? Answer: non-Irish people, and most especially British sailors and French slaves, in the beginning. "Higher grade" beef made its way to the British and their men on the high seas, while "lesser grades" made it to French colonies to feed enslaved populations there. So corned beef has gone from the king's dish to the lowest rungs of the social order–slaves and sailors (often petty criminals and impressed lower classes).
The tradition of feeding the military with corned beef continues today. Beef in cans became good enough for the boots on the ground, as well as sailors, in the Boer War and the wars following. And it was not solely for the British, the Americans and others used (and continue to use) the meat, too.
Soldiers surrounded by corned beef boxes. Date and source unknown.
American mess kit with corned beef. Source unknown.
In fact, corned beef gave the oldest USAF airlift squadron its nickname–"Bully Beef Express." The doughboys' British compatriots called tinned corned beef "bully beef," from the French "bouillé boeuf" (boiled beef). The 6th delivered literal tons of the "bully beef" to the allied forces in Australia and New Guinea. Thus the men of the 6th earned the moniker.
Official patch of the 6th. Credit: USAF.
C-47s like those flown by the 6th. Here, C-47s at Tehmpelhof Airport as part of the Berlin Airlift. Credit: USAF.
The last and probably greatest of all corned beef facts is the story of the corned beef sandwich that made it to space. NASA created "space food" to keep the astronauts full and healthy, meaning it was not so tasty. The men of Gemini 3 were tasked with testing out some new food fresh from the lab, and astronaut John Young seemed to not find this prospect very appetizing. So, before boarding the Gemini craft, he got a corned beef sandwich to go from a hotel restaurant in Cocoa Beach and tucked the contraband in a pocket of his spacesuit.
A corned beef sandwich from Wolfie's in Cocoa Beach–the same place Young ordered his infamous grub. Coated in acrylic and on display at the Grissom Memorial Museum in Indiana.
John Young prepped to board the Gemini 3 craft. Credit: NASA.
Upon finding out about the sandwich, congressmen supporting the mission became angry and had NASA put it on the books that such an event would never occur again. The fear was that floating crumbs could damage equipment or the astronauts (if inhaled). When Young commanded the first space shuttle mission years later in April 1981, he made it the first flight with corned beef as a meal option. Be sure to watch Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield make a sandwich on board the ISS back in 2013. Oh, how times have changed.
Corned beef continues its Irish and simultaneously not Irish legacy today, with most of the canned corned beef coming no longer from Ireland, but from Brazil. Some may contest eating corned beef on Saint Patrick's Day, since the Irish do not really eat it nor celebrate Saint Paddy's with the same zeal as those of us across the Atlantic. But this celebration and the famed meal of choice are about Irish symbolism and the greatest Irish export of them all–the people. Irish-American immigrants forged their own identity in the New World and that included a "luxury" so long denied them–corned beef, best shared with a Jewish-American neighbor who most likely provided the brisket.
Sources: Corned Beef – Wikipedia, Smithsonian, 6th Airlift Squadron – Wikipedia
Great links are always found to other sources at the bottom of any Wikipedia article, if you're looking for more information.
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Offshore Business Update: Guernsey
This page provides a rolling overview of how the authorities in Guernsey are continuing to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. You can access information on Filings; Conducting searches; Obtaining certificates of good standing; Other relevant searches; Court sessions; Travel restrictions; the implications for Economic Substance compliance and residency and any other temporary regulatory measures including the co-funding payroll scheme in place that might affect any 'business as usual' processes.
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Within Bailiwick of Guernsey (including the islands of Alderney, Sark and Herm) there are no longer any social distancing requirements or restrictions. For full details of the islands release from its second lockdown, please see the Bailiwick Blueprint.
Non-essential travel is allowed out of the Bailiwick but anyone returning or entering the Bailiwick will be subject to stringent self-isolation restrictions for the time being. Travel restrictions were relaxed on 14 May 2021 and are set to change again on 1 July 2021.
Additional testing requirements were issued on 23 June in relation to under-18s who have not been fully vaccinated and who are travelling with parents who have been fully vaccinated under the proposed travel rules which are due to come into effect from 1 July 2021.
1. FILINGS - NORMAL SERVICE
The courts are operating as usual. New processes that had been adopted during the first lockdown and which were deemed to be more efficient have in the most part been continued. The intervening Covid‐19 pandemic showed beyond doubt the value in digital filing and managed to keep the Royal Court running throughout the first lockdown. Moving forward, the Courts have decided that it would be beneficial to keep the digital filing of papers for the Friday Court in place and to extend it to other Courts in due course.
The Guernsey Companies Registry (Registry) filings, regulatory filings to the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) and Court filings were not affected by lockdown and continue to be filed digitally in accordance with normal practice rules using their respective online portals.
The Courts relaxed some of their rules relating to the filing of hard copy documents during the first lockdown and as mentioned above such practices have continued. The GFSC also issued a statement offering to extend certain filing deadlines and simplifying some filing procedures and requirements. Many of these extensions are also still in place.
The GFSC has issued guidance on how to use electronic verification to verify the identity of a natural person through a video call on a smart phone, webcam or similar device, which remains in place. Irrespective of the guidance, a firm must apply a risk based approach when dealing with situations like this and must be satisfied as to the validity and veracity of the identification data used to verify the identity of an individual. The guidance offers six practical steps which must be adhered to, in order to enable firms to comply with the handbook.
These rules include the need to have simultaneous visual and verbal contact over a device which provides a sufficient good quality connection to enable the firm to clearly see the face of the individual and also to be able to see their identity data within the identity document (i.e. the photo and details on the identity details page in a passport) when it is shown to the screen and firms must be able to review this page on the call. The individual being identified must have their original identity document with them during the call (not a copy). The firm must be able to undertake checks on the authenticity of the document during the call by reviewing the security features in the original identification document. This can also be automated if the software being used for the video call itself has the capability to carry out authentication checks or by using separate software solutions such as those that check the algorithms used to generate passport numbers. The firm must also keep accurate records relating to the customer due diligence and be able to explain when and how the document was verified and by whom. Electronic copies of the document including screen shots from the call also need to be retained as part of the records.
The GFSC also issued two FAQs on the provision of "wet" signatures on applications. Where a printer but no scanner is available, the paperwork should be printed, the signature box signed and the individual take a picture of the document and email the image to the GFSC. Where no printer is available, the individual should copy out the signature box statement on a blank piece of paper, sign and date the statement, then photograph it and email it to the GFSC together with a PDF copy of the unsigned final version of the document.
All officers working from home should be registered with the GFSC's online portals to enable them to make online submissions and returns. The GFSC recently issued some guidance for regulated firms to take into consideration where such licensees are continuing some form of working from home model on a permanent basis.
The guidance may found here: Guidance.
2. CAN SEARCHES BE CONDUCTED? – NORMAL SERVICE
The Registry has been closed to visitors since the first lockdown and its staff is continuing to work remotely. We would however ordinarily conduct a company search online and as such all searches can be done online and documents can be requested and paid for remotely in the usual way. Indeed the Registry has advised that its telephone lines are unmanned and that its post is being held at the post office so if you wish to contact the Registry for any reason, please use the following email address at this time: [email protected].
3. CERTIFICATES OF GOOD STANDING – NORMAL SERVICE
These can currently still be ordered online in the usual way.
4. OTHER SEARCHES – NORMAL SERVICE
LITIGATION SEARCHES
The Greffe has resumed normal business hours and litigation searches can be undertaken in the usual way.
5. COURT POSITION – normal service
All social distancing restrictions ceased on Monday 22 March 2021. Non-essential travel has also recommenced however, anyone entering the island is still subject to self-isolation requirements so attendance in person is still limited for persons who are currently outside of the jurisdiction. This may change in July for people coming from the UK, The Republic of Ireland, Jersey or the Isle of Man (Common Travel Area).
The Greffe has resumed full pre-lockdown activities. The legalisation service will take 24 hours or can be achieved within 15 minutes via a premium service at an additional cost in normal business hours.
6. ANY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS – OPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS
Guernsey has (at the time of writing this article) one active cases of coronavirus on the island, this was identified through the passive follow up procedures.
Guidance for Stage 3 of the exit from lockdown may be found here.
There has been a return to a normal level of activity within the Bailiwick, with social, recreation and business activity able to take place.
There is no legal requirement for social distancing or face coverings however these precautions are recommended for vulnerable individuals.
Travel is permissible within the Bailiwick without any restrictions. Non-essential travel is allowed to and from the Bailiwick, subject to certain testing and self-isolation protocols.
There are now four classifications of countries which depend upon the prevalence of Covid-19 in such countries. The testing requirements for each category are also different. The States have introduced enhanced passive follow-up procedures. For more information on this please see here.
On Friday 16 April 2021, the CCA announced a phased reopening of the Bailiwick borders. As part of this phased reopening, all arrivals into the Bailiwick are currently classified as 'Category 4' or 'Category 3'.
Category 1 includes countries in which we have formed Air Bridges with, equivalent to Group C.
Category 2 countries and regions will be implemented in the near future, with a prevalence rate of less than 30 per 100,000 for 7 consecutive days.
Category 3 includes countries and regions which have a prevalence rate between 30 to 100 per 100,000 for 7 consecutive days, which is equivalent to Group B.
Category 4 includes countries and regions which have a prevalence rate of more than 100 per 100,000 for 7 consecutive days.
The full definitions and testing requirements of Categories 1-4 can be found here.
Public Health Services Guernsey use 14 day total cases prevalence rates (in line with ECDC guidelines) rather than Public Health England which uses 7 day total cases prevalence rates.
Travellers will be required to self-declare the countries or regions that have travelled to (or through) for the 14 days prior to their travel, information has been provided online to help passengers determine regions using a detailed map of UK towns.
From 14 May 2021, Guernsey is introducing Category 2 countries and regions as part of the Bailiwick's travel rules. Category 2 destinations will include destinations with a prevalence of below 30 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 as listed on the gov.gg website, which also satisfy other Public Health criteria.
Category 2 travellers will be tested twice, on arrival and on day 7, but they will only need to self-isolate until their first result comes back negative (this may take up to 48 hours). They can then leave their self-isolation and observe 'passive follow-up' rules until 14 days after their arrival, but they must be tested again on day 7. If travelling as a family or group, everyone in the party MUST receive a negative test result before anyone leaves self-isolation. Category 2 visitors who depart from Guernsey before completing 7 days will be asked to take a test on departure at the airport or harbour (instead of a test on day 7). An indicative map will be maintained to show what countries and regions are likely to meet the criteria for Category 2. This will be available here.
It has been confirmed by the government that transit through Southampton Airport, Portsmouth and Poole ports will not change your self-isolation requirements provided all other self-isolation requirements have been met. So if you coming from a Category 2 area but travelling through one of these travel ports, provided all other self-isolation requirements have been met, you will only have to self-isolate until the first negative test result, with passive follow up thereafter. It will be interesting to see how this is monitored in practice.
From the 14 May 2021, a GBP25 charge will be applied for each test required as part of your arrival in the Bailiwick. This includes your test on arrival, and your test on either day 7 or day 14 (depending on which Category you have travelled from).
Fees will not be charged for persons;
under-the age of 12
travelling for medical reasons
accompanying someone who is travelling for medical reasons
travelling for compassionate reasons
Further safety measures have been introduced by Condor Ferries, including the need for a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of travel.
In addition to these new requirements, the States have recommended that people travelling out of the jurisdiction should sign up to any official track and trace app used in the countries of travel. This may be a consideration for local businesses to include in their own internal policies.
Travel advice for the Bailiwick is as follows:
Face masks are now required on all commercial aircraft landing in the Bailiwick;
Where you are required to self-isolate for 14 – 21 days, you must not leave your accommodation and you must not leave the Island.
For more information on these current restrictions please see this link.
The Civil Contingencies Authority (CCA) have recently set out the changes it expects to introduce to travel rules from 1 July. Please note that the CCA will continue to monitor global developments that may impact both the rules and timing of their introduction (such as variants of concern).
The CCA announced that to travel around the common travel area (UK, Jersey, IOM, Ireland) – you must have had both Covid vaccines and have let 14 days pass from the second one. If you are not fully vaccinated with 14 days post vaccination, you will have to self-isolate in accordance with the countries and regions classifications.
The borders will not be fully opened as previously envisaged on 1 July and this is due to the worldwide increase in the delta variant.
The CCA had initially indicated it would not require any testing or self-isolating for under-18s travelling with fully vaccinated adults, but after further careful consideration of the advice from Public Health and STAC has changed this aspect of the policy.
Now from 1 July, when arriving from the Common Travel Area the following rules will apply:
Children 11 years and under travelling with fully vaccinated adults:
No testing or isolation requirements
Children and young people aged 12 to 17 travelling with fully vaccinated adults:
Self-taken swab on Day of Arrival
Isolation until the result of the Day of Arrival test
Day 7 test through scheduling
Passive follow-up between result of Day of Arrival test and result of Day 7 test
For children who are travelling with adults who are not fully vaccinated (or where at least one of the adults in the travelling group is not fully vaccinated), the rules for the child are the same as they are currently, and will depend entirely on which category country or region they have travelled from.
Similarly, for children who are travelling from outside the Common Travel Area, the current categorisation of regions and countries and the associated testing and self-isolation requirements will continue to apply (in the same way that they apply for all travellers).
Unaccompanied minors travelling to the Bailiwick are very few, but they or their parents/guardians should contact Public Health to discuss the specific circumstances of their journey.
All children who travel into the Bailiwick and wish to enter an educational setting within 14 days of their arrival will need a to have a swab taken, and a negative Covid-19 test on this swab, 48 or less before they enter that educational setting. This will also be a requirement for any staff returning to education settings in the 14 days after arriving in the Bailiwick
For more information on the latest travel restrictions please see here or here.
7. IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE COMPLIANCE AND RESIDENCY
Following discussions with the EU Code of Conduct Group, the Guernsey Revenue Service have now published temporary guidance on the impact of Covid-19 on the Economic Substance Regulations (ESR). The Guernsey Revenue Service has recognised that public health measures restricting travel have caused concern for companies trying to ensure they meet the ESR and have confirmed that they will take a pragmatic approach when assessing whether companies have met the ESR.
Key points noted in the guidance are as follows:
It is expected that Covid-19 will only impact companies' ability to comply with the directed and managed part of the ESR.
Companies should maintain records in respect of their own internal policies around travel and associated restrictions.
Where Covid-19 measures have contributed in a failure to meet the ESR, a Revenue Service inspector will undertake a review on a case-by-case basis.
Where a failure to meet the ESR has resulted in exchange of information with the UK or EU Member States, the company will be required to include information on the impact of Covid-19.
The temporary guidance shows that the Guernsey Revenue Service do not believe that the pandemic and travel restrictions should impact a company's ability to meet the core income generating abilities (CIGA) part of the ESR.
The temporary framework will remain in place as the pandemic evolves and whilst travel restrictions continue but will be withdrawn once circumstances permit.
To see the Guernsey Revenue Service guidance click here.
A note "Board Meetings and Economic Substance Requirements Guidance" was circulated by Guernsey International Business Association (GIBA) in relation to what local companies need to do to operate in light of the restrictions on travel, reductions in numbers of face to face meetings and the possibility of persons needing to self-isolate and yet still comply with their obligations under the economic substance rules. GIBA consulted with the GSCCA and the Guernsey Revenue Service to create this guidance (GIBA Guidance) but as such that guidance was not official.
The GIBA Guidance stated that companies should maintain and retain relevant records that show what their policy was in respect of the restrictions on travel for company officers and the period of time for which that policy was in place. This will ensure that such companies can demonstrate where Covid- 19 restriction measures prohibited the company from holding an adequate number of board meetings in the island or required meetings to be temporarily be held virtually, such as via conference call, video conferencing, Skype or something similar. It should be noted that the normal protocols for such meetings should be observed as far as possible, and revert back to normal as soon as the threat from the outbreak recedes.
The GIBA Guidance also noted that businesses should give consideration to the ability to appoint alternative directors on island who can attend meetings and thereby address any short – term practical difficulties arising from Covid-19.
The Guernsey Revenue Service has stressed that documentation is key so, for example, the minutes of each board meeting where directors cannot attend in person due to travel restrictions should state the exact reasons, and copies of business travel policies should be kept with the minutes. The Guernsey Revenue Service fully expects that the EU Code Group will raise queries about what happened during the pandemic, and so document retention is key.
The Revenue Service has recently sent out a briefing advising people who have chosen to temporarily work for their UK employer from Guernsey during the pandemic that basing themselves in the Island may have implications for their personal tax situation. It may be found here.
8. CO-FUNDING PAYROLL SCHEME
The Policy & Resources Committee has agreed to reinstate the payroll co-funding scheme to support businesses not able to work or trade during the second lockdown, and the hardship fund for individuals facing financial difficulties as a result of the lockdown.
The States of Guernsey launched a loan guarantee scheme to provide additional financial support to local businesses facing disruption as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The scheme has also been agreed in coordination with the Governments of Jersey and the Isle of Man. The scheme is operating through clearing banks who lend to local businesses in Guernsey.
The States of Guernsey are now actively reviewing the financial support offering in place for the self-employed and sole traders to ensure that the economic measures cover all parts of the local economy.
The Policy & Resources Committee has reviewed and agreed the business support measures it will provide going forward. For further details please see here.
Businesses eligible for support from the Visitor Attraction Support Scheme are being asked to register their interest ahead of the launch of the Scheme early next month.
The full details of the new Visitor Attraction Support Scheme, which was announced last month, are available here.
To be eligible for support from this scheme, businesses need to:
Operate from bricks and mortar premises which host and attract visitors;
Derive their primary income from the visitor economy;
Have a business model that cannot be feasibly re-purposed to adapt to the current trading situation due to COVID restrictions; and
Have material overheads with little income to cover these. Businesses within the tourism industry that do not meet all the above criteria but are faced with significant overheads which the business is unable to sustain, can be considered for support on a case by case basis.
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Biografia
Nata nel 1956 a Boston, vive e lavora a Londra.

Dopo la laurea all'Università di Harvard, si è trasferita a Londra dove ha frequentato la Saint Martin's School of Art ed in seguito è tornata negli Stati Uniti per completare gli studi, stabilendosi a New York dove ha lavorato come giornalista e pubblicitaria.

Stabilitasi a Londra e dopo avere perso a causa del cancro la madre e la sorella, ha esordito nel 2004 a 48 anni nella narrativa con il romanzo Come vivo ora (trasposto in pellicola nel 2013) al quale hanno fatto seguito altri sette romanzi young adult e uno per adulti oltre a 5 libri illustrati.

Nel corso della sua carriera ha ottenuto numerosi riconoscimenti tra i quali spiccano la Carnegie Medal nel 2007 per Just in Case e il premio più ricco dedicato alla narrativa d'infanzia, l'Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, nel 2016.

Opere principali

Romanzi
 Come vivo ora (How I Live Now, 2004), Milano, Feltrinelli, 2005 traduzione di Cristina Volpi ISBN 88-07-49044-7.
 Justin (Just in Case, 2006), Roma, Fanucci, 2010 traduzione di Alessia Donin ISBN 978-88-347-1659-5.
 What I Was (2007)
 The Bride's Farewell (2009)
 Moose Baby (originally Vamoose) (2010)
 Se fossi Dio (There Is No Dog, 2011), Roma, Fanucci, 2012 traduzione di Carlo Milani ISBN 978-88-347-1841-4.
 Fai finta che io non ci sia (Picture Me Gone, 2013), Milano, Rizzoli, 2015 traduzione di Stefania Di Mella ISBN 978-88-17-08124-5.
 Jonathan Unleashed (2016)
 Un attimo perfetto (The Great Godden), Milano, Rizzoli, 2020 traduzione di Claudia Manzolelli ISBN 978-88-17-14829-0.

Libri illustrati
 Meet Wild Boars illustrato da Sophie Blackall (2005)
 Jumpy Jack and Googily illustrato da Sophie Blackall (2008)
 Wild Boars Cook illustrato da Sophie Blackall (2010)
 Che bravo cane! (Good Dog, McTavish, 2017), Milano, Rizzoli, 2020 illustrazioni di Grace Easton traduzione di Stefania Di Mella ISBN 978-88-17-11896-5.
 McTavish Goes Wild illustrato da Grace Easton (2018)

Filmografia
 Come vivo ora (How I Live Now) (2013) regia di Kevin Macdonald (soggetto)

Premi e riconoscimenti
 Branford Boase Award: 2005 per Come vivo ora
 Michael L. Printz Award: 2005 per Come vivo ora
 Carnegie Medal: 2007 per Just in Case
 Premio Alex: 2010 per The Bride's Farewell
 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award: 2016 alla carriera
 Premio Cento: 2020 per Che bravo cane!

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Visitation and Prayer - The church will be open for visitation and prayer from 9:00am to 5:00pm during the week. Cameras have been installed in the church which will be monitored from the parish office. Also, an alarm system has been installed to prevent persons from entering the sanctuary of the church. An alarm will sound if a person enters the restricted area. Please obey the signs in church to prevent sounding the alarm.
Homebound - If someone in your home is sick and can no longer leave the house, please call the parish office. Our Eucharistic Ministers will be glad to visit with them and take them Communion. The priest will also visit and anoint those who can't leave their homes. Also, if you have someone who is ill and wishes to put their name on the sick list, please call the office. We will keep them on the list for a couple of weeks.
Offering Envelopes - We thank you for your contributions which make it possible for the ministries of our parish. Please use your offering envelopes whenever making any donation to our parish regardless of the amount. If you forget your envelope, please use the temporary ones located by the entrances of the church.
Over 18 and Not Confirmed? - If you are 18 years of age or older and you know for certain that you have never been confirmed, please call Deacon Michael Illerbrun or Francesca at 898-5253 x 1. We will be happy to assist you in being confirmed.
Not a Roman Catholic Church - Recently a new church named St. Peter and Paul has been opened on the west side (Ouray NW). Although they call themselves "Catholic" THEY ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE AND THEREFORE IT IS NOT ROMAN CATHOLIC. Their services are all in Latin. Most of you know that San Ignacio Church does have a Mass in Latin at noon on Sundays and is part of the services of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe for Catholics who wish to attend a Latin Mass.


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Since flipping over into 2020 I've been on a bit of simplify kick. My goal is to either upgrade, give away or throw away one thing, each day this year.
So far Izumi and I donated several bags of old clothes, upgraded the alarm and thermostat systems (allowing me to rip out aging control boxes and yards of wires) and also upgrade this ol' blog to run SSL (finally) on some new hardware.
everwas.com is still hosted with Laughing Squid (going on 13 years!) but on their new Managed WordPress partner, Pressable which allows them to offer a sweet deal for $12/month.
Jetpack Premium (with video hosting)
The site is much faster now and I'm happy to finally join the https world.
To celebrate, here's a video of the Bay Area's very own Space Lady performing Imagine on a tram in Helsinki.
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It can happen again
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A couple of weeks ago, I took the family to see Then They Came for Me, an exhibit about the incarceration of Japanese-Americans on the West Coast during the Second World War. The exhibit, at San Francisco's Presidio, has been extended through August and I highly recommend it. The use of the courts to remove civil liberties and justify racism (let's call it what it was) is an ugly chapter in American history. Lessons learned then are more relevant than ever in today's political environment of bombastic pronouncements and unnecessary walls.
Most know about the forced removal of 120,000 Americans from California, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington during World War II but did you also know,
Most families were given only a few days to clear out or give away everything they owned. Lifelong businesses were shutdown and sold off for pennies on the dollar. Houses were sold off, basically repossessed. You were only allowed a single suitcase and it wasn't clear where you were going.
Until the actual camps were built, families had to make do in the horse stalls at local racetracks. Of course it stunk, was cold, and there was no privacy.
The "Internment" camps were a nice way of putting it. They were basically concentration camps, surrounded by razor wire and machine gun towers. The shacks were simple tar-paper sheds which provided almost no insulation from the freezing temperature in the Winter and baked in the desert sun during the Summer.
There were many acts of passive resistance in the face of extreme institutional injustice. This was 20 years before the civil rights movement.
Award-winning photographers Ansel Adams and Dorthea Lange were hired by the War Department to document the round-up and show it in a favorable light. Photos that depicted machine gun towers or protests were censored. It didn't go as planned and we have them to thank for their record of this time.
Jap "hunting licenses" and a page for Life Magazine on how to identify a Jap
Our guide, Don Tamaki
We were lucky to have a guide the day we visited. Not just any guide but Donald Tamaki, one of the lawyers who worked on the team that cleared Fred Korematsu from the landmark Korematsu v. United States case.
In the video clip above, Don talks about how his team uncovered evidence of a cover-up. There was no evidence of any shore-to-ship radio messages, the threat of Japanese spies was unfounded, made up. 120,000 people were ripped out of their communities for no reason. Farms, businesses, and homes were sold off and people were told to suspect their neighbors for no reason.
In the end, the Supreme Court took the military & intelligence at their word and went along with their demand for an exclusion zone and incarceration of all those of Japanese decent within it. Once the courts stop questioning the other branches of government, in this case Congress and the President, the balance that keeps dictators and tyrants in check is lost.
While the current Chief Justice Roberts has said Korematsu v United States 'has no place in law under the Constitution' the law still exists, The Supreme Court has not reversed its original decision so the law that gives the president power to round up people based on race in times of national security is still on the books. As the dissenting justice in the original ruling writes, such a flawed law "lies about like a loaded weapon."
A military order, however unconstitutional, is not apt to last longer than the military emergency. Even during that period, a succeeding commander may revoke it all. But once a judicial opinion rationalizes such an order to show that it conforms to the Constitution, or rather rationalizes the Constitution to show that the Constitution sanctions such an order, the Court for all time has validated the principle of racial discrimination in criminal procedure and of transplanting American citizens. The principle then lies about like a loaded weapon, ready for the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of an urgent need. Every repetition imbeds that principle more deeply in our law and thinking and expands it to new purposes.
Korematsu v. United States, Dissent, Justice Jackson
It can happen again.
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Izumi and I have told this story countless times so it's ironic that I have never posted anything about it here, this place where I post stories to share. When people ask either of us, "So how did you two meet?" This is that story.
When I was living in Tokyo I worked at a Japanese company, Kyodo. My division was with a joint-venture Kyodo had with Dow Jones called Kyodo Tsushin. We sold financial news and market data to banks and financial firms. I was with a group that served Western financial firms so in our group there were some native English speakers as well as Japanese that spoke excellent English.
One evening our group went out for drinks and I struck up a conversation with Izumi who had recently joined our team. I was struck with how she had no trace of an accent and asked her where she learned English.
"Oh, I was born in Brooklyn and went to Montessori school there. English was actually my first language but my parents moved back to Japan when I was seven so I grew up in Japan."
Thinking that was quite specific but also surprised because her experience matched my circumstances. I mentioned that I too was born in Brooklyn and I too went to Montessori school. We also discovered we were both discovered that we were both about the same age but left it at that.
The next day Izumi came in to tell me that there was a good chance we went to the same nursery school in Brooklyn. She told me that she went home and told her mother that she had "met a Mr. Kennedy who also went to Montessori school in Brooklyn" and her mom immediately asked, "Do you mean Ian? Did he have curly hair?" Izumi's mom remembered my name, after all those years!
A couple of days later Izumi brought in an old, faded photo of me at her house for her birthday party.
Check out the clip-on ties!
Floored to see this old photo, I then went to visit my parents who live in Japan now and went thru the shoe box that is our family photo album and found this photo of Izumi, at the same birthday party, from a different camera.
White stockings were all the rage in the 70s.
Our two parents knew each other in Brooklyn.
The Japanese have a phrase called "the red thread" ( 赤い糸) which is like this invisible thread that was strung between us, over all these years since we've been apart. Within a year of the photos taken above Izumi and her parents moved back to Japan where she grew up and I stayed on the East Coast and grew up there. It was only after 25 years that we came together again, halfway around the world from Brooklyn.
I went back to the photo box at my parent's house and later found this, our class photo from that Montessori school in Brooklyn. Can you spot us below?
Try now.
We discovered later that there were several other connections between our two families. My father, a restaurant critic, was a huge fan of Izumi's aunt's restaurant Marie Claude and had included one of his reviews of her restaurants in his book, Good Tokyo Restaurants.
Good Tokyo Restaurants
Marie Claude review, 1989
Furthermore, my parents were eating at an izakaya in Jiyugaoka and sat next to Izumi's parents. When they struck up a conversation, they made the connection that Izumi's mom was the sister of Kazuko, the chef behind Marie Claude. While they celebrated making that connection, they did not realize the deeper connection, that they knew each other from Brooklyn at the time.
One final note of symmetry. My father was born on the longest day of the year, Izumi's on the shortest. I have a younger sister and am the oldest of two siblings. Izumi has a younger brother and is the oldest of two siblings. Both our younger siblings are the same number of years apart from us.
I guess you could say the connection is strong 💪 Happy Mother's Day everyone!
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Tommy Lee Jones in Japan
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The actor Tommy Lee Jones has been the celebrity spokesperson for Suntory's Boss canned coffee since 2006. Many Western celebrities do commercials in Japan, it's a quick way to make a buck. But TLJ has been doing it for so long he has become synonymous with Boss coffee and his face firmly part of Japanese popular culture.
In all his commercials he is cast as an outsider, watching Japanese society as a melancholy observer. Over time, we discover he is an alien, sent to investigate the Japanese. He takes a series of odd jobs to get closer to his subjects but he is always removed, watching, alone, with his can of coffee. Stoic.
Last week the Emperor of Japan voluntarily stepped down and a younger generation took his place. It was the end of the Heisei era and the beginning of the next. Everyone in Japan was given 10 days off to reflect and, while I'm not there, I can imagine it must be a time of great retrospection as people look back on the past 30 years and how the country has changed.
The Tommy Lee Jones character is no different so in celebration, Suntory ran this 2 minute super cut of TLJ's greatest hits as a nostalgia piece.
For a detailed explanation of what's going on in the video above, read this.
Here's a collection of several of Tommy Lee Jones' other Suntory Boss commercials
A huge list of other "celebrity sellout" commercials I've collected over the years.
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Mr. Jimmy
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One of the highlights of SXSW 2019 that I want to expand on a bit was seeing the premier of Mr. Jimmy, a documentary film about the Jimmy Page tribute artist, Akio Sakurai.
The film is a loving appreciation of Japanese attention to detail and craft. In much the same way that Jiro Dreams of Sushi introduced the world to the lengthy apprenticeship and dedication of the world's best sushi chefs, Mr. Jimmy dives into Sakurai's singular 35-year devotion to replicating the lead guitarist of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page.
Sakurai's intimate knowledge of all phases of Led Zeppelin's musicology allows him to recreate any song from any era exactly matching the phrasing, pace and tone. He can even play entire solos from specific concerts that he has collected in the bootleg CD shops of Tokyo's Shinjuku 7-chome neighborhood.
If you want to hear the famous 30-minute version of No Quarter played on June 21, 1977 in Los Angeles, Sakurai can play it for you, note-for-note. In order to capture the exact sound, Sakurai insists on using the same (now vintage) equipment that Jimmy Page used. The same guitars, amps, cables and even pick-ups. He plays the acoustic portions of Stairway to Heaven on the same guitar used by Mr. Page. The exact same one. He spares no expense in his pursuit.
Before the screening of the film, the director (Peter Michael Dowd) told a story of when he first heard Sakurai play. As a Led Zeppelin fan himself, he understood the time it must have taken to get the sound just right. Sakurai told him it took him 30-years to learn that particular song to his satisfaction. Dowd could tell from the look in Sakurai's eyes that this was not just a term of expression. It really did take Sakurai thirty years.
There are wonderful snippets of dialog with the constellation of craftspeople who support Sakurai's quest for perfection. They each have a gleam in their eyes as they know they are working for someone who notices every detail they put into their work. From Shinji Kishimoto makes Sakurai's pickups to Rie Nakahara, the costume designer, who pours over concert footage with Sakurai in order to capture and recreate the stitching and creasing of the custom shirts worn by Jimmy Page.
It's this pursuit of the pure experience that has attracted a devoted fanbase in Japan that is equally obsessed with the church of Zeppelin. His fans in Japan study his every move as if they are experiencing the band for the first time. Most of them have never seen the original band so a Mr. Jimmy concert is their only experience of a live Led Zeppelin show. It all comes full circle when Jimmy Page attends one of Sakurai's concerts while visiting Japan. After the show, Page compliments Sakurai and they exchange a moment when Page recognizes a telltale lick that reveals which era's style he was playing. The master giving an approving nod to the apprentice.
The film follows Sakurai as he leaves his family and steady job (at a kimono maker) in Japan for the United States to follow his dream. We see him struggle with his Western bandmates who are more realistic about playing the hits, selling tickets, and having fun. "No one wants to hear an 8-minute guitar solo, even if it is faithful to the time period." they say to Sakurai. They are not used to getting post-show pages of feedback on their performances – criticisms about how they sang or placed their hands. Sakurai and Led Zeppagain eventually went their separate ways and Sakurai seems happy to leave the "jukebox band" behind.
But true artists eventually find each other and we see Sakurai form another band, joining together with Jason Bonham, the son of the late-John Bonham (drummer for Led Zeppelin) for a world tour. It's a dream come true.
Please see this movie. It was a labor of love (the director sold his car to make a second trip to Japan) that investigates Japanese otaku culture through one person's journey, a hero journey but with a twist. Sakurai can never truly become Jimmy Page but instead the audience has internalized a bit of Sakurai's obsession. I have been listening to old Led Zeppelin bootlegs for the past week.
After the movie, we were treated to a few songs played by Sakurai himself who was in the audiences. Here's a clip I filmed of him playing The Rain Song which we were told was written on a dare by George Harrison who complained that Led Zeppelin never wrote any ballads!
Jimmy Sakurai plays for the audience after the premiere of Mr. Jimmy
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octopus!
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Feeling a bit overwhelmed from the events of the day? At SmartNews we try very hard to keep the number of times we interrupt users of our app to only the "whoa!" type news events but today those types of stories just kept breaking. Here's a rundown of the day's events:
New Kavanaugh accuser details parties where girls were drugged and raped
Trump accuses China of election 'meddling' against him
Kavanaugh denies new sexual misconduct charges, says they're from the 'Twilight Zone'
Fed raises interest rates, flags end of 'accommodative' policy
Trump says 'my preference would be to keep' Rosenstein
Christine Blasey Ford testimony: 'I believed he was going to rape me'
Senate probing yet another misconduct claim against Kavanaugh
Just when we thought we were done for the day – another tidbit would cross the wire. There were other stories too that would have normally qualified but we were getting numb. Tomorrow's Kavanaugh hearing is bound to bring more fireworks.
In preparation, I've remixed a video posted by Taiyo Masuda, a kayaker in New Zealand, that basically summarizes how I felt today and share it here for all to use when you feel it just can't get any stranger.
Yes, that's a seal slapping someone in the face with an octopus. Enjoy!
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Alameda and the Egg Spoon Wars
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My island home plays a bit part in this lovely story of the "spoon wars" in the Times earlier this week. Read the story, appreciate the spoon, and smile when you learn it was hand-forged in Alameda.
The 16-inch iron spoon is hand-forged to Ms. Waters's specifications by Shawn Lovell, whom Ms. Singer described in an email as "an incredible female blacksmith in Alameda, CA.
From the catalog entry on Permanent Collection.
'Alice's Egg Spoon' is a hand-forged iron spoon perfectly calibrated for frying an egg in the fireplace or over a gas flame. In 2004, when Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters (Permanent Collection co-founder, Fanny's mother) read William Rubel's The Magic of Fire: Hearth Cooking, she asked a blacksmith friend named Angelo Garro to make a spoon to cook an egg in the coals. The iconic spoon quickly became one of the items most identified with Alice's kitchen and cuisine.
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Alameda and the Tsunami
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A large earthquake off the coast of Alaska last night set off tsunami warnings (that were later cancelled) up and down the West Coast of the United States. Residents on Alameda, the island in the San Francisco Bay where I live, were all curious why we never got any warning waking us out of our beds. The answer was that there never was enough of a threat but I was curious enough to do a little research and found that others had asked in the past so I'd thought I'd summarize and post what I found for future reference.
As you can see in the simulation of a 16 foot tsunami in the video above, most of the energy of the of the wave is absorbed by the Pacific coastline and dissipates as it tries to squeeze through the Golden Gate. A more detailed video can be found here.
By the time the wave reaches Alameda, most of the energy is gone but there is still some danger from flooding. California has posted a full set of Tsunami Inundation Maps that are a useful resource. I pulled together the relevant section for Alameda.
Alameda Tsunami Inundation Map (2009)
Luckily, there's a lengthy study published in 2016 on tsunami evacuations that used Alameda as case study. The study looks at three types of tsunami events with the most severe being one in which the waters would cover the island as in the illustration above. While the advance does cover much of the island, the study concludes,
One mitigating factor is that potential sources associated with a Zone 3 evacuation are likely distant earthquakes only and expected tsunami arrival times of 4 h or more should provide sufficient time to implement a successful evacuation before wave arrival.
This has to do with the geologic faults that are off the coast of California. Back again to the Bay Curious post linked at the top.
Tsunamis are caused when one tectonic plate slides underneath another — a process called subduction. This slow movement is happening all the time, but sometimes a plate will get stuck and pressure starts to build. When it finally lets go, there's an underwater earthquake that can move the seafloor up and down, sending a wave to the surface of the ocean.
But the San Andreas Fault is different. It's called a slip-strike fault because the two plates slide past each other horizontally. Of course, whenever plates move, the ground shakes. But here, there is no subduction and little displaced ocean.
Meaning no killer tsunamis. Even San Francisco's infamous 1906 earthquake generated only a 4-inch wave at the Presidio gauge station.
So there you have it. If you get a tsunami warning that is something to worry about, you'll have a couple of hours to make your way to Park Street or the Alameda Theatre parking structure where you can get a view and watch the wave come in.
Intra-community implications of implementing multiple tsunami-evacuation zones in Alameda, California
City of Alameda Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (pdf)
What Would Really Happen if a Tsunami Hit the Bay Area?
Wired put out a story on March 7th about a new study that used LIDAR to conclude that some areas of the SF Bay are sinking. Alameda main island seems ok but areas of Harbor Bay are in danger.
Global climate change and local land subsidence exacerbate inundation risk to the San Francisco Bay Area
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Tyler's first day of school
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Indulge me in a bit of wistful sappiness on the day of Tyler's graduation from high school. Two photos, one taken on the first day of kindergarten and another graduating from high school. In between, the Surly you Know letter his 7th grade teacher had each parent write (thx, Ms. Moody !) for safekeeping.
Surely You Know
for Tyler Kennedy
Surely you know what it's like to be the parent of a seventh grader. It means cajoling, prodding, poking, tickling, then finally pleading to wake the boy from his slumber. Each morning.
It's the sudden realization that the young boy with the easy smile and laugh is growing into a man. It means that the clock is ticking and that, before long, he will be out the door, asking for the car keys.
Surely you know that the questions that he asks no longer have black or white answers, that you now need to teach nuance, perspective, and circumstance.
Surely you know that seventh grade has lots and lots of homework. That you can no longer be spontaneous with family events and must first check with the your busy scholar.
Surely you know that homework these days is now done on a computer and that resources such as the internet are required to complete assignments. This being the case, you would then know that one of the hardest things to teach your seventh grader is how to focus on their assignments, that Minecraft, YouTube, or the latest distraction of the month needs to stay off the screen until they are done.
Surely you know it means backing off and trusting that he'll manage his own schedule, his own free time, and his own free will. It means that you need to take your hand off the stick and trust that the lessons you've taught him will guide him. As you did when teaching him to walk, it means letting him stumble, and sometimes fall. But always looking from afar.
Surely you know that being the parent of a seventh grader means that it's time to begin to let go. That you can no longer tell him what to do, that he needs to start telling that to himself.
You know, surely.
Tyler's last day of school
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I've already shared this multiple times today but am adding it here so I can refer back when needed.
This BBC interview is amazing. Just wait until the mum rushes in… 😂 pic.twitter.com/LGw1ACR9rg
— JOE.co.uk (@JOE_co_uk) March 10, 2017
Media coverage was thick and fast as it was a slow news day in Trumpland and everyone was looking for a bit of comic relief on a Friday after a busy week. Taiwan-based expat Ben Thompson has the best scene-by-scene breakdown.
It had me in tears.
UPDATE: Here's an interview with the analyst Robert Kelly and his wife Kim Jung-A on the chaos that lead to the "comedy of errors" and how their life changed when the video received 84 million views
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Many people are unaware of the potential wildfire risk that at times exists in local communities. To increase public understanding of wildfires, experts in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences compiled "Wildfire," a new publication in Penn State Extension's popular From the Woods series.
"Wildfire" -- which focuses on fire in forests of the East -- presents an overview of fires, how to protect your home and property, and the benefits of controlled fires.
"In the coming years invasive insects and disease are expected to attack and kill oak, hemlock and ash trees, which can lead to increased wildfire risk as dead trees and branches build up in wooded areas," said author Laurie Schoonhoven, a project associate in the college's School of Forest Resources.
"The expansion of communities into natural areas adds to the risk of fires spreading from homes to neighboring forested areas or of forest fires endangering people and their homes -- which is when they most often make headlines," she said. "News reports of intense wildfires in the West only add to the confusion and misperceptions about wildfires in the East. Doing your part to understand and prevent wildfires is essential to reducing the risk of damage to your home."
A four-page booklet, "Wildfire" covers the differences between Eastern and Western wildfires -- including the time of year they are mostly likely to occur -- types of wildfires and causes.
"For example, lightning is a common cause of wildfires in Western states but accounts for only 1 percent of fires in Pennsylvania," Schoonhoven said. "The majority -- 98 percent -- of Eastern wildfires are caused by humans, with debris-burning and arson as the leading culprits."
In the East, it's important to remember that not all fires are harmful, Schoonhoven explained. Trained professionals conduct controlled burns as a tool to restore native landscapes and manage vegetation.
"Some trees need or benefit from wildfires," she said. "For example, oaks have been shown to respond favorably after fires. Purposely set, controlled burns are a tool of forest management. The publication gives an overview of their use."
Additional information on wildfire prevention, safe debris-burning and alternatives to debris-burning are available through your local Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry office. To find your local Bureau of Forestry office, visit this website.
Single copies of "Wildfires" can be obtained free of charge by Pennsylvania residents through county Penn State Extension offices, or by contacting the College of Agricultural Sciences Publications Distribution Center at 814-865-6713 or by email at AgPubsDist@psu.edu. For cost information on out-of-state or bulk orders, contact the Publications Distribution Center.
The Pennsylvania Forest Stewardship Program provides publications on a variety of topics related to woodland management. For a list of free publications, call toll-free 800-234-9473, send an email to RNRext@psu.edu, or write to Forest Stewardship Program, Forest Resources Extension, The Pennsylvania State University, 416 Forest Resources Building, University Park, PA 16802.
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry and USDA Forest Service, in Partnership with Penn State's Forest Resources Extension, sponsor the Forest Stewardship Program in Pennsylvania.
The publication 'Wildfire' explains the differences between Eastern and Western wildfires.


The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.
A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.
This vast, pristine wilderness is home to a rare subspecies of black bear.
Legend says this is actually a heartbroken prince waiting for his true love's kiss.
This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for centuries.
The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.
Inside the environmental protest sweeping Wyoming.
This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.
The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.
Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.
A teddy bear sits on a chair watching the sunset from the mountaintop—just as the late Dan Clancy had done since childhood.
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The city of Keene is bringing Pumpkinfest back again after the festival was rekindled in 2017. The festival is geared toward younger children with activities such as pumpkin bowling and the children's costume parade.
Students who sign up to volunteer can choose from four different shifts to work during the festival: The first shift is from seven a.m. to twelve p.m. and involves setting up the display to showcase the pumpkins and receiving the pumpkins. The second shift is from ten a.m. to three p.m. and involves setting up the entertainment stations and organizing the last of the pumpkins. The third shift is from two p.m. to seven p.m. and involves working at the entertainment stations, counting pumpkins and setting up candles to go inside those pumpkins. The fourth shift is from six p.m. to nine-thirty p.m. and involves cleaning up Central Square, helping to break down the displays, removing candles and getting rid of pumpkins. There is also an All Day Superstar shift that allows students who want to work the festival all day to do so. The shift runs from seven a.m. to nine-thirty p.m. and volunteers are given a break when partaking this shift.
Zinn said the gesture from KSC students to help out in any way they can at the festival is greatly appreciated by the board.
"We're working hard to rebuild the festival and the reputation it holds. I feel like it's really cool to see the connection between younger students and the older students, because it really shows the community that these new waves of college students have their best intentions in mind. I think KSC's 'Wisdom to make a difference' motto is really fitting for the situation because the past is the past and new students have learned from mistakes made by past students. It's not a weekend to party, it's a weekend to share the joy and positivity that the Pumpkinfest brings to Keene," Zinn said.
Student volunteer Genevieve Joly helped out at last year's Pumpkinfest, and said she plans to again this year.
"I honestly love helping out and getting to see the difference I am able to make. Hearing how happy everyone was at the festival last year made me happy that I had a hand in creating it," Joly said.
Board member Zinn said he encourages students to volunteer, and Joly said the message the volunteers radiate is definitely positive.
"If definitely sends a good message. Because the college and downtown are so close together, it's important for there to be a good relationship between them. College students helping out at the festival shows that they care about the community and want to give back," Joly said.
Students interested in volunteering can visit www.PumpkinFestival.org to register to volunteer online.


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Exploring the Relation between Technical Debt Principal and Interest: An Empirical Approach
Areti Ampatzoglou; Nikolaos Mittas; Angeliki-Agathi Tsintzira; Apostolos Ampatzoglou; Elvira-Maria Arvanitou; Alexanader Chatzigeorgiou; Paris Avgeriou; Lefteris Angelis
The cornerstones of technical debt (TD) are two concepts borrowed from economics: principal and interest. Although in economics the two terms are related, in TD there is no study on this direction so as to validate the strength of the metaphor.
We study the relation between Principal and Interest, and subsequently dig further into the 'ingredients' of each concept (since they are multi-faceted). In particular, we investigate if artifacts with similar levels of TD Principal exhibit a similar amount of TD Interest, and vice-versa.
To achieve this goal, we performed an empirical study, analyzing the dataset using the Mantel test. Through the Mantel test, we examined the relation between TD Principal and Interest, and identified aspects that are able to denote proximity of artifacts, with respect to TD. Next, through Linear Mixed Effects (LME) modelling we studied the generalizability of the results.
The results of the study suggest that TD Principal and Interest are related, in the sense that classes with similar levels of TD Principal tend to have similar levels of Interest. Additionally, we have reached the conclusion that aggregated measures of TD Principal or Interest are more capable of identifying proximate artifacts, compared to isolated metrics. Finally, we have provided empirical evidence on the fact that improving certain quality properties (e.g., size and coupling) should be prioritized while ranking refactoring opportunities in the sense that high values of these properties are in most of the cases related to artifacts with higher levels of TD Principal.
The findings shed light on the relations between the two concepts, and can be useful for both researchers and practitioners: the former can get a deeper understanding of the concepts, whereas the latter can use our findings to guide their TD management processes such as prioritization and repayment.
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Whether coming over as a flight of insidious beauty or an unrelenting erosive nightmare, a mix of both nearer the mark, Abisso the new album from Italian nose rock experimentalists OvO is an unforgettable intrusion on the senses and psyche. At times a seductive enmity and in other moments a compelling sonic pestilence, the duo's new release is a corrosive rapture which if it bridges a connection makes for a riveting, imagination igniting treat. It is persistently an uncomfortable provocation but one which casts an enthralling spell on thoughts, luring them into making their unique interpretation of the narrative and its intent. The band conjures a listen which makes you work hard for its rewards but gives generously and incisively across its distraught and threatening Gehenna.
Consisting of vocalist/guitarist/bassist Stefania Pedretti and drummer Bruno Dorella, OvO has been a consistent antagonist on the boundaries of noise and sonic manipulation since forming in 2000. With a tempest of albums and singles behind them, as well as a wealth of collaborations and live performances around the world with the likes of Nadja, KK Null, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Rollerball, Thrones, SubArachnoidSpace, Zenigeva, Lightning Bolt, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere and many more, OvO now unleash their seventh studio album via Supernatual Cat, a scorched and scorching tempest which draws on the darkest malevolent shadows from the mind and emotions.
Abisso opens with a peaceful coaxing as first song Harmonia Microcosmica sends cascades of crystalline melodic enchantments down on the ears, their celestial touch inviting yet cast in a caustic breath. Punchy beats offer a little feistiness to the mix as the track settles whilst serpentine vocal scowls lay a portent of the ruinous temptation to come. The danger heightens in degrees as the vocals add greater menace to their scarring tones and the song's ambience, with its industrialised electro skirting of meagre guitars and bass droning, awakens an already certain and eager hunger for what the album is offering.
The absorbing start is taken to another level with the rhythmic and darkly sirenesque lure of Tokoloshi. With beats a rampant juggling dance of invention within a raw sonic storm and wrapped in captivating tormented, or should that be tormenting vocals, the encounter ignites the imagination and its suggested version of the unfolding events. Through its harsh industrial climes I Cannibali is happy to help expand the emerging interpretation, its senses chaffing touch startling before the mentally invasive A Dream Within A Dream steps up to soak the body in its corruptive suasion, both reinforcing the ravaging potency of the album. The second of the two features Alan Dubin of Gnaw and from its initial slowly stalking nastily attentive touch breeds a droning submission forcing sonic smog of intensity and addiction forging persuasiveness. It is not friendly or with mercy but thoroughly satisfying and inflammatory for thoughts and emotions.
The pungent psychotic majesty of Aeneis sends the senses into a cataclysmic lust next before Harmonia Macrocosmica unveils its sweltering beauty upon a sludge evoked canvas of bass fuelled predation, its cauldron of superbly sculpted evocative and equally mordant sonic fascination a hypnotic enslavement. The track brews up a violent intensity and murderous intent the further into its depths the listener immerses but still merges it with a melodic elegance which flickers like a raging beacon within the oppressive darkness of sound and spite.
With every track as individual to each other as you could imagine but uniting for a spellbinding and surreal soundscape which attacks and inspires every aspect of the psyche, Abisso arguably offers its most disturbing and unhinged invention with the title track; the severe vexing and spoiling of the senses a degenerative scourge. This is immediately invigorated to another invidious level by Pandemonio; the confusion of sonic fury conjured a bedlam borne ravishing. Neither are intimately pleasant experiences but both highlights of an unrelentingly exhilarating if damaging journey for both, mind, and soul.
In comparison the offerings of Ab Uno and Fly Little Demon which features Carla Bozulich with her full band Evangelista evolve the listener in less aggressively divisive sonic alchemy but equally as provocative and threateningly impacting, the first an almost shamanic seeded fire of meditative enthrallment and adventure whilst the second from a noir sourced emotive contemplation builds an intensity and virulent compulsion which voraciously spreads under its creative wings.
Completed by the sonic storm of Fame, a piece of noise which scours the surface and depths of the listener until its departure leaves peace a screaming reaction, Abisso is an outstanding violation. It will find a passionate home with only a certain few it is fair to say but for those with a sense of experimentation to their own explorations, OvO and their album provide emotional and mental infringements which work like aural manna.


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Fauna, family themes for new Canadian commemoratives
By Jeff Starck-Coin World Staff
Published: Mar 15, 2011, 8 PM
Three new Specimen coins from Canada feature native wildlife, such as the barn swallow, featured on an oversized 25-cent coin; a baby elk in a special set of Specimen coins; and an orca on a gold-plated silver $3 coin.
Images courtesy of www.mint.ca.
A new Family Scene silver $3 coin featuring selective gold plating, in both pink and gold hues, celebrates the native Inuit people, as a mother and child snuggle inside an amauti, an Inuit parka.
Fauna and family feature on four new coins from the Royal Canadian Mint.
On March 15, the RCM was scheduled to release a colorful, oversized 25-cent coin featuring the barn swallow, a Specimen $2 coin depicting a baby elk and a $3 coin showing the orca or killer whale. Another $3 coin bears a family scene, a native mother and her child.
Birds of Canada take flight
The Barn Swallow 25-cent coin heralds the arrival of spring. It is the third coin since the return of the program one year ago.
The RCM issued two coins per year in the 2007 and 2008 programs, before placing the program on hiatus for 2009. Two coins were issued in the program in 2010.
Arnold Nogy's design of a barn swallow, balanced on the edge of a nest, appears on the reverse of the 35-millimeter coin (Canada's circulating 25-cent coin measures 23.88 millimeters).
The nickel-plated steel coin features color and is struck with a Specimen finish.
Specimen finish is described as a three-fold combination of brilliant and frosted relief on a lined finish background.
Susanna Blunt's effigy of Queen Elizabeth II appears on the obverse, as it does on all the coins mentioned here.
The Barn Swallow coin weighs 11.6 grams, has a mintage limit of 14,000 pieces and costs $25.95, an increase of $1 since the sixth coin was offered in the summer of 2010.
The second annual issue in the Young Wildlife series of Specimen sets contains a specially designed Baby Elk $2 coin.
The set contains Specimen finish examples of each of eight circulating coin denominations, dated 2011.
As with earlier Specimen sets containing special coins, the special $2 coin replaces the standard circulating coin of the same denomination.
The Baby Elk $2 coin is in the standard specifications of the circulating denomination, with an outer ring of nickel and a core of copper, aluminum and nickel.
The coin weighs 7.3 grams and measures 28.03 millimeters in diameter.
Senior Mint engraver Christie Paquet designed the reverse, which shows a young elk standing in a pasture.
The set is limited to a mintage of 15,000 and costs $49.95, the same mintage and price as the inaugural issue, which sold out. It was released April 14, 2010 and features the baby lynx.
Wildilife Conservation coin
The third issue in the Wildlife Conservation series of square gold-plated .925 fine silver $3 coins honors the killer whale or orca (Orcinus orca).
Though it is found in both Atlantic and Pacific waters, the orca is particularly associated with the coast of British Columbia, according to the RCM, "where it is intimately tied to First Nation's tradition, culture, heritage and mythology."
In a Jason Bouwman design, an orca leaps out of the water, a stylized sun and waves in the background, on the reverse.
The Specimen coin weighs 11.8 grams and measures 27 millimeters square. It has a mintage limit of 15,000 pieces and costs $62.95.
The specifications are the same as earlier issues (which honored the barn owl and polar bear in 2010), but the price is $3 more than the earlier issue price.
A black-footed ferret features on the final coin in the program, due for release later in 2011.
Native artwork
One of the coins in the latest launch also is rooted in First Nations' people.
Designed by Inuit Andrew Qappik, the Family Scene $3 coin shows an Inuit mother and child in an amauti, an Inuit parka designed for women to keep their children warm in the harsh climes of the Arctic.
The coin, which is struck from .9999 fine silver, features selective pink- and gold-colored gold plating on the reverse, a pink gold braid surrounding the golden-hued family scene.
The coin weighs 7.96 grams, measures 27 millimeters in diameter and has a mintage limit of 10,000 pieces. It costs $64.95.
Ordering, pricing
Prices are listed in Canadian funds.
United States distributors for the RCM carry the various coins at fixed prices in U.S. dollars.
Gatewest Coin Ltd., Brian Jenner Inc. and Talisman Coins are all official distributors for the RCM.
To contact Gatewest inside the United States, telephone the firm at (204) 489-9112 or visit it online at www.gatewestcoin.com.
Write to Jenner at P.O. Box 2466-a, Pasco, WA 99302, or telephone him at (509) 735-2172.
Visit Talisman at its Web site at www.talismancoins.com, telephone the company at (888) 552-2646 or fax the business at (314) 968-3801. ¦
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