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was a daimyō during early-Edo period Japan. His courtesy title was Settsu-no-kami.

Biography
Ōta Suketsugu was the second son of Ōta Sukemune, the daimyō of Hamamatsu Domain. His elder brother Ōta Sukemasa entered the service of Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu at an early age, but was disinherited in 1651 by order of Iemitsu. Sukesugu was confirmed as head of the Ōta clan on his father's retirement in 1671. On December 18, 1671, he became daimyō of Hamamatsu. He entered the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate under Shōgun Tokugawa Ietsugu in 1673 as a Sōshaban (Master of Ceremonies) at Edo Castle and on July 26, 1676, he was appointed a Jisha-bugyō (Commissioner of Shrine and Temples). On June 19, 1678, he received the post of Osaka jōdai (Castellan of Osaka). In order to take up his posting to Osaka, he surrendered Hamamatsu Domain back to the shogunate, in exchange for 20,000 koku  of additional territories scattered in Settsu, Kawachi and Shimōsa provinces.

Suketsugu was married to a daughter of Honda Tadatoshi, daimyō of Okazaki Domain. His son, Ōta Sukenao, later became daimyō of Tanaka Domain in Suruga Province.

References
 Papinot, Edmund. (1906) Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 Nobiliaire du japon (2003)
 The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.

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1630 births
1685 deaths


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The number of private jet departures from the UK fell significantly since last months
by Kenneth Booker
Brexit uncertainly keeps rising and affects business all around Europe.
Reports show that the demand for business jets had reduced significantly since last month. The registration for private jets throughout the Europe has reduced. The numbers say, there is a downward fall of approximately 4.1 percent in the UK and 3.1 percent in the whole of Europe.
According to Colibri Aircraft, a London-based manufacturing company, which specializes in marketing and sales of private jets, stated that all over Europe, there has been a 4.6 percent drop of private jets registrations since January 2018-2019 which also accounts for the registrations in the UK to drop by 2 percent. To this downfall, the managing director of Colibri stated that, the main reason for this downfall is the increased demand for private jets in USA which proves to be a larger market compared to Europe, thus reducing the overall fleet and ultimately reducing the number of fleet occurrence.
This is also due to the fact that Britain is leaving the European Union, or the Brexit process. Reports say that around 5.5 percent downfall in the London's aviation business is due to the Brexit process. This is because customers don't want to travel in and around the capital as it is under the process of leaving EU soon, but a fixed date or process is yet to be announced. This uncertainty is also affecting the business sector as people don't want to come to Europe if UK leaves. As UK served as the business hub for most of them.
Reports from the city stated that during a time like Brexit, London needed to be 'more competitive' in the business sector or it will lose the stand it has on the rest of the world. It has to find new ways to invest to ensure the uninterrupted supply of goods in and across, and thus attract global trade to itself.
London Biggin Hill Airport has been trying its best on conserving the aviation industry. It has been quite successful in attracting over 70 aerospace companies to settle on site. Due to its efforts, it actually succeeded in increasing 9 percent activity on aircraft. They did it by picking up traffic from other London airports whose capacity were getting overwhelmed. This move also attracted aircraft giants like Bombardier and Textron Aviation last year.
Biggin Hill Airport also renounced the aviation charges and simplified it for customers. The fess underwent a significant slash and is affordable to almost every section of the population. These changes are said to be announced this April. The new system that will be announced will reduce Landing, handling and parking fees to a greater extent. It has also said that it will also remove shoulder hour charges and cost reduction for short turnarounds.
These measures showed that there had been an increasement of double-digits in the aviation activity backed by London's Biggin Hill and Farnborough. Thought he uncertainty around Brexit keeps rising, but the increased activity of the aircraft business seems to be blooming significantly.
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Oscar Impact: Sinatra
February 2, 2007 by EmanuelLevy
In the late 1940s, Frank (The Voice) Sinatra enjoyed success on stage, radio, and in musical films.
However, in 1952, Sinatra was dropped by RCA when his vocal cords abruptly hemorrhaged. Sinatra's career seemed finished. He didn't give up. Fighting back to get on track, Sinatra literally begged Columbia to cast him as Angelo Maggio in Zinnemann's high-profile drama "From Here to Eternity," for which he was paid as little as $8,000.
Nontheless, the Supporting Oscar for this performance, and the huge success of the whole movie, salvaged Sinatra's career, establishing him as a leading dramatic actor with a wider range. This led to a second, this time Best Actor, nomination for Otto Preminger's "The Man With the Golden Arm," in 1955.


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Described by filmmaker and artist James Benning as "a farm field in Oregon on a very special day," L. COHEN is the latest masterwork by this grand figure of the American avant-garde.
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"The light came through the window straight from the sun above. And so inside my little room there plunged the rays of love."
– Leonard Cohen
Legendary avant-garde filmmaker and visual artist James Benning returns to the Festival with L. COHEN, one of the year's most awe-inspiring and transcendent experiences. Benning has described the landscape as "a function of time" and this fi lm elegantly invites us to savour the relationship. Shot in a barren Oregon field, the film's fixed camera presents us with the deceptively simple: canary-coloured jerry can, twin tires, some rusty barrels, abandoned agricultural machinery, a plain of green grass and overgrown hay, and faint, portentous details in the distance.
Winner of the Grand Prize at this year's Cinéma du Réel festival, L. COHEN is essential at a time when time itself (and time with oneself) seems to elude under a constant barrage of distractions. Regenerative, contemplative, profoundly moving, and as challenging as it is soothing, Benning's minimalist tour de force should be compulsory viewing for fidgety, restless minds. A long-time proponent of "looking and listening," Benning captures the ordinary in nature and reveals the extraordinary within, while paying homage to one of Canada's most beloved artists. L. COHEN is a search for totality, as much as it is a meditation on the beauty and brevity of existence.


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The "Rio" of Jaffna extinguished the embers of burning Point Pedro! He is now an adult!
The destination of this trip is Putur via Point Pedro. 15 kilometers from Jaffna town, as far as I remember, it is a distance of twenty to thirty rupees. Puttur is an area in the eastern part of Jaffna called Vadamarach, with a very quiet rural environment. The harsh rays of the scorching sun is felt by all equally. However, Jaffna Penisula is is a collection of five parts with high and low caste divisions, which are not unified. That is Valikammam, Thenmarachi, Yalpanam, Vadamarachi and a group of islands. The brain of Jaffna was Vadamarachchi, or the city of dreams, the birthplace of the communal crisis. One should only ask someone from Vadamarachchi about it is known as the mastermind.
We who started the journey to Putur after boarding a bus at five o'clock is going to see the Sanghabhishekaya ceremony of his Tamil friend in the village temple. As is the custom, this guest wears jeans and a long-sleeved shirt while traveling in Jaffna. When looking at the guest's Tamil colleagues, three or four of them are wonderfully dressed in sarees, with pots on their foreheads and garlands of flowers decorating their hair.
There are not many people on the bus going to Putur that day. All four of us sat in the back seat. As soon as the bus came out of the town and went forward along the Palali Road, the International Naga Vihara Shrine with a Buddhist Stupa appeared on the side. Then turn to the main road of Pontpedro. The visitor looking around sees the magnificent Nallur temple surrounded by majestic walls. Passing the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil surrounded by high walls painted with red and white stripes, the famous Rio Ice Cream Factory is visible on the side.
With a unique flavor that is popular in Sri Lanka as well as abroad, north has many features that it can be proud of. Thousands flock to this city to enjoy not only the cultural identity unique to the north, but also the people and their excellent cuisine. Among them, the Rio Ice Cream brand has been serving the people for forty years. When this ice cream shop opened, no one would have dreamed of such growth. The small outlet has reached far and wide to the extent that visitors to Jaffna have made it a ritual to experience what they believe is one of the best ice cream shops in the country.
Despite being in business for over four decades, Rio was unheard of outside the peninsula. Rio Ice Cream' has become so popular in a very short time that it has become synonymous with Jaffna. The unique taste of these ice creams has become a huge hit among all age groups visiting the peninsula. Although a little sweeter than one might like, the mix and variety of flavors attracts hundreds to its outlet.
There are four types of ice cream at Rio Special. It is vanilla, mango, fruit and milk flavored ice cream. Milk flavored ice cream is unique to Rio. It has an unusual taste. This unique flavor blends with the rest of the added flavors to make it a heavenly experience. The package doesn't end there. Beneath the ice cream is a mixture of jelly and fruit. There are different flavors like blueberry, mango, chocolate, vanilla, cashew mixed. To experience these, you must come to Jaffna.
Then a few kilometers after the Rio ice cream shop, the statue of King Sankili at Chemmani junction. Next is the mansion called 'Mantri Manei' of the minister of King Sankili. As soon as there are many tourist spots etc., the earlier slowness of the bus is reduced and it moves faster.
Ting…….. Ting……..
That is the bus bell. Palm groves on both sides of the road, herds of cattle and goat herds, fertile potato, onion, carrot and okra plantations. No matter how hot the sun is, the curiosity of the visitor is the best. speed of the bus, reduced and cyclists look at the bus stop them by the side of he bus by now About an hour has passed.
Ting………Ting……….
That is the destination. Disappearing from the dust is the nearest bus. So we started walking to the temple. No doubt it will be an amazing experience. Side roads bathed in dust. Cultivated land on both sides of the road. They said that the land of Jaffna has never belonged to them.
The temple was near a big banyan tree. On the side is a big tamarind tree. A cow with a bell running restlessly. I don't know if it is because of the arrival of this new guests.
It is said that Sanghabhisheka or Kumbhabigasegam or the annual anniversary of the temple is performed using one thousand and eight Valampuri or cockles. A small pile of fire in front of an idol of Shiva. A flutist on the side. A drummer. The pooja started with the rhythm of both of them harmonizing the tones. The priest throws various things into the fire and mutters texts. They are burnt up by the flames like the ashes. The purpose of the sacrifice is the same. Beliefs are wonderful.
Another bathes the idol of Shiva with great devotion in yellow liquid, cow's milk, orange, herbs and fruit juice. Four persons dressed in topless with vetti carry an idol of Ganadev around the temple sitting on an asana, holding it on their shoulders and saying something. On the side was a kolam pattern. That is another question for me.
Yellow, red and green kolam patterns are made using rice (rice), rice ma (rice flour) and thengai poo (coconut). Mostly dark color. That is their choice. Often the pattern drawn using rice is dyed with pigments, but is an excellent meal for insects and ants. Traditionally set up on the threshold of a house or during 'Brahma Muhurtam' (the time of the descent of the gods), kolams are often seen all over Jaffna as hand-painted designs using rice. They are experts in wearing kolams.
The color combination is perfect. First draw the pattern with a chalk stick. Then the kolam starts. They say that every dot, line, curve, circle, triangle and square are symbols representing the fundamental energies of the universe. Next to the kolam pattern is a pongal rice. It is a delicious concoction of sugarcane, mung nuts, succulents, cow's oil, cashews, coconut milk and new rice.
Pongalo…….. Pongal……
Hindus used to apply cow dung to start a religious ceremony. Then rice was sprinkled at the entrance. They believe that eventually the process of threshing rice transformed into kolam. Kolams are worn to welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, into the home and ward off evil spirits. Another purpose is to add aesthetic value to the home.
Another interesting aspect of the stunning kolam is the science and math foundation on which these designs are built. The design is built on a grid of dots. It is based on series, algebraic and numerical principles. Columns illustrate the geometric properties of symmetry, periodicity, repetition and rhythm. It's amazing that all those who don't have an understanding of the math and concepts are dealing with it.
Padi kolam is a design made on Fridays. Especially designed to welcome Goddess Lakshmi, who represents wealth. Chikku or Sikku Kolam is made in an intricate pattern of curved lines around the dots. It is difficult to find the starting and ending points of the pattern in this model. The pattern is made around the dots with a grid of dots called pulli kolam. Kolams are made to welcome friends and relatives on special occasions using elements like 'welcome', lotus, swan and lamp.
Rangoli kolam, rice kolam, pookkal kolam are unique to Jaffna.
Many questions have been answered. Two hours have passed. Calm me turning restless gradually. The people of the temple are also increasing one by one. Their eyes were fixed on this stranger rather than the sacrifice.
By the time the pooja was over, the sun had already risen.
Now comes the most interesting part of the journey. Lunch at the temple. All are seated in the temple itself. While one carries the banana leaves, the others share the curry. A rather large red rice called 'Mottakarumpan' rice. A fried chilli pod with some curries and papadam. Not to mention the taste. Even getting back up is difficult. After the meal it is time for palaharam i.e. sweetmeats. Grains are motagam with coconut nectar. It is said to be the favorite food of Ganadev. Dates are another dessert with bananas. Name unknown. Its taste still excites my taste buds.
So, after a gap of one year, the Sangabhishek festival in Putur ended like this.
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Moving very slowly. That's really an understatement. I can't get cards written or e-mails answered for the life of me. Addictive computer games (thanks Seth!) and hot cocoa, yes. More than that, not so much. The clock is tormenting me. This is the only winter down time I'm going to get and what do I do with it? Apparently, very little.
Thinking of all the twins (and triplets) in my family and John's. Twins are so special. Can't remember where I read it but something to the effect that a twin can never do anything more spectacular that just being a twin. (certain exceptions!) It's that magical.
I still don't have nurses out of my system. Or lifesavers. You can't see the sign in the school photo but it was taken at Lehi School in Arizona; actually the students are my age now but I am not in the picture. Lehi has connotations for several religions - I won't go into the variables but the multifaceted and paradoxical nature of the reference was perfect for where my brain is. My brain. If you see it, could you notify me?
We all need the down time, darlin'. Breathe with it. Your brain is taking a little nap in the corner and will return refreshed and full of exciting new ideas and enthusiasm.
Trust me. It happens to me all the time.
Oh no, step away from that game!
I went there, started playing & knew that I had to leave right away!
Does somebody need a belly rub?
I don't know when you did all this awesome art, but it looks like being productive to me.
I've been slowed down artistically and been making order instead.
Neater than I was...Can't wait to create the next mess though!
Well some art if crocheting and knitting scarves and hats five in a week count!
Your brain is out with mine; I think they are having fun because I have not heard a peep out of either one.
The soup will keep, the snow is lovely if we don't think about it too much. Love to you both.
Judy, the first image is fabulous!
I would be amazed if you didn't require rest periods for refueling. You produced so many heart grown pieces this year along with the teaching trips that it stuns a plodder like me. Love these works.
It is no doubt tucked under a fluffy blanket, hiding from the frigid weather, thinking of sugarplums and the sweet smell of beeswax. It's there... just taking a nap so it can dream of new adventures. So blessings and happy solstice!
I, like Jeane am in love with that first image!
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El Campionat d'Europa de natació de 1981 va ser la quinzena edició del Campionat d'Europa de natació. La competició es va disputar entre el 5 i el 12 de setembre de 1981 a Split, Iugoslàvia.

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ME4080A-01: Residencial Atlas, S. de R.L. de C.V.
The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) approved a loan of up to MX$52 million to Residencial Atlas S. de R.L. de C.V. (Casas Atlas) to acquire a land bank to build a housing development in Mexico and the basic public services infrastructure for the development.
Project Name: Residencial Atlas, S. de R.L. de C.V.
The proceeds of the IIC loan will be used to purchase land for the construction of a housing development project in Mexico and for the initial construction of utilities infrastructure for this development.
Residential Atlas is a company that develops middle-income housing projects in Mexico. It was established in 2002 in Torreón, Coahuila, in northern Mexico, and is currently developing 18 projects in the states of Querétaro, Aguascalientes, Nuevo León, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, and Chihuahua.
Environmental and Labor Issues: This is a category B project according to the IIC's Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy because it could produce certain moderate social and environmental risks and impacts in the short term, largely in close proximity to project sites. Such risks and impacts are commonplace in an infrastructure project of this nature and may be avoided or mitigated by following generally recognized performance standards, guidelines, good practices, and design criteria—all of which are well-known, easy to implement industry standards.
The main environmental and labor issues related to the project are land purchases and permitting; assessment and management of environmental and social risks and impacts; occupational health and safety; workplace and labor conditions; efficient resource management and pollution prevention; and community health and safety. During the project assessment, visits were made to a number of Casas Atlas' housing developments in the city of Querétaro where the construction work is managed by local contractors.
Land Purchases and Permitting: Casas Atlas ensures that it only purchases land with the appropriate land titling in areas zoned for urban infrastructure development; that the development does not require involuntary resettlements; that the land is not located in a critical natural habitat or a protected natural area; that it is not within indigenous communities or territories; and that it complies with all applicable Mexican law. As to licensing and permitting for land purchases, Casas Atlas uses a checklist system to ensure compliance with all requisite procedures to acquire this documentation. This checklist system enables the company to verify that all permits and licenses are acquired and renewed on time and comply with local regulations. However, it is important that certain aspects related to land purchases be strengthened. In this regard, at the behest of the IIC, Casas Atlas will implement a thorough procedure to identify and deal with any cases of involuntary resettlement of people or involuntary economic displacement. This mechanism should be in line with policies and standards such as the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Performance Standard 5 on land purchasing and involuntary resettlement and the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Operational Policy on involuntary resettlement (OP-710). These actions as well as others addressed in this summary will form part of an Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) that Casas Atlas will prepare jointly with the IIC and that the company will carry out during the project.
Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts: One of the most important requirements in terms of compliance with local environmental regulations for the approval of this kind of housing development project is the approval of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) by the environmental management unit of the corresponding municipality. Under this environmental assessment, a detailed review is carried out into the baseline social and environmental conditions; the requirements of Mexican law and regulations; the sustainable use of natural resources; the evaluation of soil use; the availability of basic services such as electricity, drinking water, and sewer systems; access roads; and the availability of social services infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, and shopping centers. In addition, the EIS includes a section on preventive measures and mitigation of identified environmental impacts, for both the construction and operation phases. These actions are recommended to prevent and mitigate identified adverse effects that have been categorized according to magnitude and significance.
However, some missing aspects must be incorporated into the EIS in order to complement and improve current methods of managing potential negative risks and impacts during the construction and operation phases. In this regard, at the behest of the IIC, Casas Atlas will prepare a written procedure for dealing with chance finds of archeological remains, in accordance with the international best practices established in the IFC's Performance Standard 8 on the protection of cultural heritage. The company will take steps to ensure that this procedure is implemented at its project sites during the construction phase in those instances where the land is located within a cultural heritage zone identified as such in urban development plans or wherever archeological remains have been discovered.
Labor and Working Conditions: Casas Atlas provides all its employees with the benefits provided for under Mexican labor regulations. Workers involved in the construction phase are hired and managed by the construction contractors with which Casas Atlas works. Therefore, these contractors are responsible for providing all the services required by Mexican law as regards labor obligations between the employer and the employee. During visits to different projects where Casas Atlas is currently building housing developments, it was possible to verify that the company conducts ongoing monitoring and checks to ensure that construction contractors provide site workers with suitable personal protection gear and comply with occupation safety procedures to avoid any accidents or impact upon the health of workers and the community. Casas Atlas has a site coordinator who oversees occupational health and safety. This individual is professionally trained and continually checks that occupational health and safety issues are appropriately dealt with by contractors. However, some inconsistencies were identified that could be improved. Therefore, the IIC will request that Casas Atlas take corrective measures to improve its performance as regards certain occupational health and safety issues in order to comply with IIC requirements as per the IFC's Performance Standard 2. These corrective measures include: a) developing a plan to improve housing conditions of construction workers living at accommodation provided by the construction companies. This plan will enable Casas Atlas to ensure that bedrooms have sufficient ventilation and lighting and comfortable beds so that construction workers are able to get appropriate rest at the end of their daily shift; this plan also ensures all workers' accommodation has drinking water and that workers have access to bathroom facilities and an appropriately stocked first aid kit; b) Casas Atlas will review and make the pertinent changes to its current model agreement to ensure that it obliges its contractors to abide by these requirements and other occupational health and safety requirements under Mexican law; c) Casas Atlas will also include in its current model agreement a section specifying that the hiring process for project staff will create job opportunities for women and other vulnerable groups of individuals, thus avoiding any discrimination. Women currently represent approximately 50 percent of Casas Atlas' direct employees (sales and administrative).
Efficient Use of Resources and Pollution Prevention: The homes are equipped with devices designed to reduce consumption of electricity, gas, and water, such as energy-efficient light bulbs, energy-efficient gas heaters, and water-saving toilet and shower designs. The design of the housing developments includes separate drains for domestic wastewater and rainwater. Domestic wastewater is discharged into the municipal sewer system for subsequent treatment by the municipality. Low-rise housing developments include built-in rainwater catchment systems that channel rainwater to replenish the water table, in keeping with local regulations.
Water-based paint (free of lead and solvents) is used in all the housing developments. In housing development common areas, such as parks, recreational facilities, and schools, trash cans are provided to facilitate the separation of organic and inorganic solid waste. Scrap brick, plastic, cardboard, wood, and metal are recycled at the construction site by licensed operators. The final disposal of solid waste generated during the construction and operational phases is carried out by licensed operators or the municipal waste management service in accordance with local regulations.
Community Health and Safety: Casas Atlas ensures that all its projects are built in compliance with the quality standards required by Mexico's building code. Access to the housing developments is restricted. The company has a procedures manual governing the delivery of housing to its customers and management after the sale. This manual includes the procedure for addressing customer warranty claims and potential latent defects. Casas Atlas also operates a customer care center at its developments. However, Casas Atlas does not have well-structured procedures to effectively deal with complaints lodged by communities affected by the project during the construction phase. Therefore, the IIC has requested that Casas Atlas introduce a mechanism to follow up on and provide solutions for such complaints concerning inconveniences during the construction phase of housing developments.
Environmental and Social Management System: Casas Atlas has a number of elements that make up an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS); however, it lacks a structure to integrate all these elements as well as other elements that are currently not included such as a corporate environmental and social policy; emergency preparedness and response; stakeholder engagement; and follow-up and evaluation. In addition, it is important that Casas Atlas introduce an environmental and social management unit at a corporate level to enhance the monitoring of compliance with all the environmental requirements stipulated under Mexican law. Finally, we recommend hiring a socio-environmental professional to act as an environmental coordinator to efficiently manage the ESMS proposed by the IIC for Casas Atlas.
Monitoring and Reporting: Casas Atlas will comply with the ESAP that was mutually agreed upon with the IIC. The ESAP will include a schedule of targets for its implementation. The company will present annual reports to the IIC on progress achieved in the implementation of the ESAP. During the project life, the IIC will oversee compliance with the provisions of the ESAP and evaluate the annual social and environmental compliance reports and any other documentation that Casas Atlas is required to submit to the IIC, and conduct regular visits to Casas Atlas' premises as part of project supervision.


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Green manufacturing plant to accelerate Vancouver Island's transition towards a clean economy
Nexii's new manufacturing facility will create more than 200 green jobs in the south of Vancouver Island and represents an investment of approximately $50 million
March 29, 2021 11:00 ET | Source: Nexii Building Solutions Inc. Nexii Building Solutions Inc.
Vancouver / Traditional Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, March 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canadian green construction technology company, Nexii Building Solutions Inc. (Nexii) today announced that a new green manufacturing plant will be developed on the southern end of Vancouver Island. The plant – which represents an investment of approximately $50 million – will create more than 200 local, green jobs in the area, and will accelerate Vancouver Island's transition towards a cleaner economy.
Vancouver-based company Nexii is rapidly scaling the deployment of its breakthrough green building products in response to escalating customer demand. Through its Nexii Certified Manufacturing program, Nexii provides independent local manufacturing businesses with access to its operating systems and protocols to produce Nexii building products in their regions. The new Vancouver Island facility – known as Alexzi Building Solutions Inc. – will be developed under Nexii's Certified Manufacturing program.
Stephen Sidwell, CEO of Nexii Building Solutions, commented: "We're excited to enter into a new Nexii Certified Manufacturing agreement with our partners on Vancouver Island, which will see Alexzi Building Solutions Inc. use Nexii's breakthrough green technology to produce our sustainable building products in the region. Vancouver Island is home to some of the fastest-growing cities in the Province, and it's essential to ensure that all new construction on the Island is also green construction."
"Green technology innovation in our manufacturing sector is essential as we continue to move toward a low-carbon economy," said Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation. "In addition to being a tremendous job creator, this partnership advances our government's CleanBC goals by encouraging the construction of buildings with smaller carbon footprints."
Alexzi Building Solutions Inc. will be operated by a qualified group of professionals with deep experience in manufacturing and real estate, and will be led by local business women Amber Simpson and Elizabeth Liu, QC. Alexzi is currently in the process of identifying possible sites for the new 150,000 sq ft facility, and the plant is expected to be operational in late 2021 or early 2022.
Amber Simpson, CEO of Alexzi Building Solutions Inc, said: "The construction industry is entering a period of substantial adjustment. The environmental concerns from traditional construction methods and the need for innovations that can enhance efficiencies make the Nexii product a perfect solution.
"Born and raised in Victoria I understand that I am living on one of the most beautiful Islands in the world. We have old-growth forests, beautiful beaches and extensive wild life. The opportunity to bring a sustainable building product to our Island is incredibly exciting. A green alternative to concrete, how awesome is that!"
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The Breast Center at Carondelet St. Mary's Receives the 2017 Women's Choice Award® as one of America's Best Breast Centers
Tucson, Ariz. – October 10, 2017 – The Breast Center at Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital has been named one of America's Best Breast Centers by the Women's Choice Award®, America's trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The award signifies that St. Mary's Hospital is in the top 7% of 4,789 U.S. hospitals offering breast care services.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 in 8 women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime, and it is the second leading cause of cancer death in women.
"As a breast cancer survivor, I learned the hard way that where you choose to have your mammogram can have a profound impact on your outcome and experience," said Delia Passi, founder and CEO of the Women's Choice Award.
Passi was the victim of poor imaging and misdiagnosis. Doctors eventually discovered her breast cancer after a surgical biopsy and two lumpectomies at the age of 42. Her experience was the inspiration behind creating the Women's Choice Award following her career as former publisher of Working Woman and Working Mother magazines.
"We empower women to make educated, confident decisions about their health," said Passi. "By identifying America's Best Breast Centers, we're helping women find the top accredited centers in their communities."
The methodology used to select St. Mary's Hospital as one of America's Best Breast Centers is unique in that it evaluates Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey results along with primary research about women's healthcare preferences.
The list of 352 award winners, including Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital, represents breast centers that have met the highest standards of breast care in the nation as set by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and carry the Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) seal from the American College of Radiology.
"We are proud to receive this award which affirms our dedication to the highest quality, compassionate cancer care for our patients," said Amy Beiter, MD, CEO of St. Mary's Hospital. "Every woman deserves to benefit from the kind of advanced technology and innovative treatment options we offer at St. Mary's, all in a setting that addresses both their physical and emotional needs."
For more information about the 2017 America's Best Breast Centers, please visit https://www.womenschoiceaward.com/awarded/healthcare/
ABOUT THE CARONDELET HEALTH NETWORK
For more than 100 years, the Carondelet Health Network has been a leader in providing medical care to communities throughout Southern Arizona. Today, the Carondelet Health Network is one of the largest and most integrated regional healthcare systems serving Tucson, Green Valley and Nogales and remains the community's only Catholic healthcare system.
The Network's recent growth, innovation, and technological advances have both honored our heritage and furthered our commitment to deliver the right care, with dedicated teams of professionals, utilizing progressive healthcare resources. The Carondelet Health Network provides an extensive spectrum of healthcare, providing our communities with access high quality healthcare, innovative treatment options, some of the latest medical technologies, and the highest level of reliability – all part of the Carondelet Health Network, recognized leaders in healthcare.
Carondelet's expansive network includes St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Hospitals in Tucson, Holy Cross Hospital in Nogales, Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute at St. Mary's Hospital, Carondelet Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital, primary and specialty care clinics, imaging centers, ambulatory surgery centers and a clinically integrated organization. Jointly owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Dignity Health and Ascension, Carondelet is operated by majority partner Tenet, a leading diversified healthcare services company.


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Pressurized walls also known as room dividers have grown significantly in terms of popularity. The increased rental prices and mortgage rates have made many people to seriously start considering living with others and sharing apartments and rooms with an aim of spending less on accommodation.
Even though there are many different ways people can enjoy their privacy while living with others, pressurized apartment walls are some of the most popular methods today. Pressurized walls are quickly becoming the norm in apartments in large cities such as New York , Los Angeles, and others.
If you are wondering why so many people are opting for these, here are some of the benefits you should know about.
One of the main reasons why you should consider using pressurized walls is that they are incredibly cheap. If you choose these apartment dividers, you won't have to set aside a massive budget since they are relatively inexpensive. This is great news to the ears of bachelors and those that don't have families or aren't in the best of financial conditions. In fact, some people still use this option even when they have a large enough budget so that they can have the money to use for other things.
Whether you are sharing a room or apartment with complete strangers, classmates, or colleagues, pressurized walls give you the opportunity to enjoy your personal space. You no longer have to worry about getting in the way of others because the walls help separate what's yours from what's theirs. In many cases, roommates are disturbed by one another since they observe different wake and sleep patterns and schedules. The temporary walls ensure that your space remains yours and you can do as you please without having to worry about how your roommates will feel.
Pressurized walls have also grown in popularity due to the fact that they are a quick and easy solution to accommodation problems. They don't require any screws or nails and installation can be done in a matter of hours. The right kind of installer starts with examining the property or room you would like to install the walls and guides you through the process to help you understand how everything works. However, simply because the walls are not secured using screws and nails it does not mean that it isn't long lasting or sturdy because they appear as any other regular wall.
The pressurized apartment walls are some of the best ways to keep both your landlord and your landlord happy. The reason for this being that they are a temporary solution and don't require any drilling and thus you won't be damaging property at all. If you decide to move out and would like the walls removed you will discover that no traces are left behind that a wall once stood there.
If you would like to have pressurized apartment walls installed in a property that you plan to rent you will enjoy the 4 benefits discussed in this article. However, before getting them installed it is important that you first ensure that municipal building codes and your landlord permits their installation.


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May 13, 2014 8:05PM ET
Dan Auerbach: 10 Records I Wish I'd Produced
From the Allmans live to an Elvis cover, the Black Keys guitarist on tracks so good, they make him jealous
Daniel Auerbach of The Black Keys performs in Milan, Italy.
Stefania D'Alessandro/Getty Images
The Black Keys frontman owns a Nashville studio and won the Producer of the Year Grammy last year for his work with the Keys, Hacienda and Dr. John. Auerbach says he aims for recordings that are "warts and all, where there's mistakes and time shifts that all add to an organic feeling, like it's alive."
The Black Keys Photos: A Decade of Hard Work Pays Off
1. Duffy Power, "Where Am I?" He was a British singer, this is an Abbey Road recording. I love the harmonies at the beginning. But then it goes into a terrible fucking chorus, just real cheesy and real Tom Jones-y. It's like, oh, come on! If I had been there I would have stopped them from doing the chorus. I usually just put the intro on repeat.
2. Duster Bennett, "I'm Gonna End Up Winding Up With You" He's a blues guy. Peter Green and early Fleetwood Mac covered him, but he got real out-there pretty quickly. He plays every instrument on this song. It reminds me of early Seventies Dylan. I love how it seems to draw from all these different kinds of music that I like.
3. Billy Swan, "Don't Be Cruel." It's the best Elvis cover. He was a Seventies country guy, but this sounds like Timber Timbre.
4. Dave Rich, "Your Pretty Blue Eyes" This guy's voice is incredible. Old school, classic Fifties country.
5. The Allman Brothers, Live at the Fillmore The best sounding live album ever. It has real dynamics that don't smash you in the face. You can tell their stage volume wasn't very loud it was just fuckin awesome. You can tell they're a great studio band.
6. Van Morrison, "He Ain't Give You None" He got into a record deal with Bang Records, one of the ultimate ripoff deals of all time. He realized how fucking awful a deal it was, and he had to record like 30 songs to get out of it. So he went into the studio and recorded 30 songs in one day. It's really soulful, and he's just improvising lyrics. It's fearless and great – amazing soul music.
7. Rigo Tovar, "Besando La Cruz" I Shazamed this at a taco truck the other day and it blew my fucking mind. He's like a megastar in Mexico. What did they record this shit on? Amazing sonics on every song. Mexican music is a lot like Jamaican music – I'll be like, "When did they record that, the Sixties?" And it's the late Eighties or something.
8. Pusha T, "Numbers on the Board"
This is a Kanye beat. It's minimal but propulsive. I love it.
9. Metronomy, "We Broke Free"
This is off their album The English Riviera, which is probably my favorite modern "rock" album in years.
10. Troy Ave, "Knocks"
A throwback, sample-based beat – but done really well.
In This Article: Dan Auerbach,	The Black Keys


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La calenda (en ocasiones calinda o caringa) es un baile de origen africano, específicamente de la costa de Guinea, que se extendió por el Caribe como consecuencia del tráfico de esclavos, y formaba parte del conjunto de bailes que los negros de Nueva Orleans ejecutaban en Congo Square, en la primera mitad del , como la . y otras.

Las primeras referencias a esta danza se recogen en Martinica, donde se bailaba los domingos, acompañada de percusión, aunque su mayor popularidad la alcanzó en Luisiana. En la primera mitad del  aún se bailaba en la propia Martinica, en Haití y en Trinidad. En Cuba se llamó caringa, y existen testimonios de observaciones de este mismo baile en lugares tan alejados como Montevideo.

Algunos autores, como William Francis Allen, consideraron a la calenda una contradanza.

Referencias

Bailes afroamericanos
Géneros de danza


* For minutes from the years 1749 to 1825, two indexes (Subject Index and Name Index) are available in searchable PDF format to help researchers identify the date of the meeting as well as the volume and page reference for the information they seek. . For more information regarding the collection of Trustees Minutes in the University of Pennsylvania Archives click here.


Kannywood actress Rahama Sadau, who just graduated from the Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, is being dragged on social media for rocking a monostrap dress.
Check out some comments from some men after she posted the picture.
We don't even want your apology, what for but put it at the back of your mind, u will surely apologize to your maker. He didn't create u to be exposing your body to everyone… No matter how powerful u may be, u will definitely return to him. Repent before it will b too late.


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Young 'spirit moose' spotted in northern Ontario
Published Monday, July 20, 2020 10:52AM EDT Last Updated Monday, July 20, 2020 11:25AM EDT
SUDBURY -- A recent routine drive on a northern Ontario highway became a trip of a lifetime for a woman who encountered a young 'spirit moose.'
Last week, Whitney Jardine was driving on Highway 101 near Foleyet when she saw a white moose on the side of the road.
She said it happened around 1:30 p.m. during a break between thunderstorms and pulled over to look at the animal that was eating near a culvert. Jardine said it looked between one and two years old.
A moose calf usually leaves its mother around the age of one, according to American Expedition. Sometimes a cow, female moose, will have to chase her offspring off.
Growing up near Chapleau she is used to seeing moose and used to travel on Highway 101 to Timmins every weekend for swimming practice when she was a young, competitive swimmer. She had heard stories about the spirit moose and seen pictures, but this was the first time seeing one in person.
"I felt so lucky with the opportunity to see her," Jardine said.
Her six-month-old Golden Retriever was in the car with her at the time and Jardine wasn't sure how she would react, but the puppy remained calm and didn't scare the moose off.
The moose's colouring is due to a condition called leucsim, which causes a partial loss of pigmentation in the hair and skin, and is different from albinism.
It is against the law in Ontario to hunt moose that are predominantly white, 50 per cent white or more, along King's Highway 101 from Chapleau to Timmins.
Having just graduated with a master's degree in manufacturing engineering from McMaster University, Jardine recently returned to the north to spend some time with her parents and has just accepted a part-time teaching job at Northern College.
She is sure to watch for another sighting next time she drives through Foleyet.
Young 'spirit moose' spotted near Foleyet (Whitney Jardine)
White 'spirit moose' seen near Foleyet west of Timmins (Whitney Jardine)
Jardine's puppy checks out the spirit moose. (Whitney Jardine)
Rare white 'spirit moose' captured on video in northern Ontario
Return of the 'spirit moose': Pair of white moose spotted on northern Ontario highway


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New Poetry from Ireland: Paddy Bushe, Vona Groarke & Róisín Kelly
July 11, 2020 UncategorizedThe High Window Review
Paddy Bushe's Second Sight reviewed by David Cooke
Second Sight by Paddy Bushe. £11. Dedalus Press. ISBN: 978-1910251676
Paddy Bushe's To Ring in Silence, New and Selected Poems, published by Dedalus Press in 2008, was a welcome opportunity to catch up with the work of an Irish poet of wide-ranging interests and meditative depth. Since then, he has published two more collections of his poetry in English, the latest of which, Peripheral Vision, is published simultaneously with Second Sight, his selected poems in Irish. This consists of forty-nine Irish-language poems which Bushe has translated himself or, in effect, reworked into his own English poems. Most Irish poets make a decision to write either in English or Irish. One thinks of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill or Cathal Ó Searcaigh, for example, who write exclusively in Irish. Famously, of course, there was the case of Michael Hartnett who agonised over his 'farewell to English' and then ten years later returned to it. Bushe, however, who has published three collections of poetry in Irish seems more relaxed and, like Beckett who wrote in French and English, has found a way of accommodating two languages. So, whether or not one has any competence in Irish, Second Sight is a useful and substantial addition to Bushe's published works.
The book is divided into four sections which seem to be organised thematically rather than in any strict chronological order. In the opening section there are poems dedicated to fellow poets in Irish and its sister language, Scots Gaelic. However, this should not be seen as an indication that Bushe's concerns are parochial, far from it. In 'A Postcard from the Himalaya', we see him engaging with the Buddhist culture of Kathmandu. In 'Fairytale', he hints at similarities between Celtic and Eastern mysticism, when a change in the weather suggests the foul mist of a sly witch, a darkness that has to be dissipated by the forces of good:
The truth will loosen, and dark will turn
Towards the light once more in Kathmandu.
In 'A raucous note to Cathal' he notes the similarity between 'cág' and 'kaag', the words for 'crow' in Irish and Nepalese. Already in this opening section we see the first of several poems informed by ecological cocerns. In 'The Green Goddess of Orsay', the subject of the poem is a tutelary deity of the natural world:
See, poet, she comes towards you,
xxxxYour own woodland deity, moist
xxxxxxxxWith the wood's mossy greenness.
In 'Homage to Sorley MacLean', he emphasises that poet's close connection with landscape and the history associated with it:
Nettles and briars felt a stirring
In the ruins their roots encircled,
As bardic utterance awakened
The spark in dormant embers.
In 'A Quick Trip into Screapadal' he acknowledges the historic reality of the Highland Clearances and then touches upon more recent waves of materialism: 'The swagger of wealth and the pillage of the markets.' In 'Stranded', his bleak vision reminds one of the Derek Mahon, as he warns us that one day we may 'subsist again / On dogfish, scrapings from shells.'
The second section opens with a delightful narrative about a Buddhist Monk who guides a flock of ducks back to water, after they have lost their way. Again, there seems an affinity between Buddhism and the traditions of early Irish monasticism with its hermit poets who celebrated nature and expressed their love for all God's creatures. In the next poem, however, this idyll is set against the nightmare of Mao's 'Great Leap Forward', when the voices of individuals, like 'Thousands of giddy bamboo flutes', were drowned out by 'One enormous brass trumpet'. 'At the Bridge Made in Heaven' is a poem underpinned by the Buddhist's search for wisdom and the importance of transcending artificial barriers: 'There will be no severance. In spite of borders, / Travellers, you have arrived in the realm of bridges.' 'Translating Buddha in der Glorie' is about Bushe's attempts to recreate Rilke's poem in both Irish and in English, the results of which can be found in To Ring in Silence. This is followed by some engaing evocations of the natural world: 'White Egrets', 'A Tale of Horses' and the marvellous 'Actic Hare' until, in 'Out of the Blue', Bushe strikes a more admonitory note:
The new flood will surge, godless, out of the blue
From the northwest, a all our own.
Our treachery will turn on us, late or soon.
The third section opens with 'Easter Proclamation'. As it was for Joyce's Stephen Dedalus, it would seem that history is a nightmare from which our poet, also, is trying to escape: 'In the name of God and the deadly / Dead generations, / Enough is enough;' while 'Badger' is a remarkable anthropomorphic poem which describes a certain kind of self-defensive mentality that cuts itself off from everything that makes life worth living:
Badger likes not those who like wine or poetry
xxxxFor fear an unauthorised torch might illuminate his tunnel.
Subsequently, however, this is balanced by the positive energy and optimistic vision of the poems that follow it. In 'Surprised by Joy on the Isle of Barra, the poet comes up with a lovely Wordsworthian equivalent for 'geit athais' in the title of the original. Evoking a flock of oystercatchers, the poem's conclusion is exhilarating:
I stayed awhile watching them,
Sifting for a word to encompass
The serendipity that infused the air
And land and water. All at once,
My heart piped up, and away it flew.
'Night Prayer' with its tone of unassuming domesticity is a wise and heartening celebration of everyday life: 'I offer up thanks for the miraculous day I have just passed.'
In the final section Bushe returns to Celtic myth and, in particular, the early Irish Book of Invasions. Having adapted the famous litany of Amergin he moves on, in 'Éarannán Speaks', to assume the voice of his brother, who first glimpsed the island of Ireland but was turned into a rock before he made it ashore. The poem is a tour de force in which a mythological figure is brought to life with passion and energy, yet reminding us, notheless, that that natural world will persist long after all trace of us has vanished:
I go back farther than race memories,
Barely here on Carraig Eanna. But listen:
There is mettle in the rock, day after day,
Not found in the longest of long-lasting words.
Equally memorable are his evocations of female presences in the landscape, such as the 'Wailing Woman, Skellig Michael', a grieving women who, like an Irish counterpart of the Greek Niobe, was transformed into a rock. And yet, for all her sorrows, the conclusion, as so often in Bushe's work, is serene and optimistic: 'I value the innocence of morning light / More than the dearly bought knowledge of evening darkness.' In a review directed primarily at the monoglot English reader, there is no space to explore some of the ways in which Bushe has found ways of recreating in English the music of his originals. Nonetheless, Second Sight contains a substantial selection of Bushe's work in English and is a welcome introduction to one of the finest poets writing in Ireland. It is well worth the attention of English readers.
David Cooke's most recent collection of poetry is Staring at a Hoopoe published this year by Dempsey and Windle. He is the editor of The High Window.
Vona Groarke's Double Negative reviewed by Neil Elder
Double Negative by Vona Groarke. £10.50. The Gallery Press. ISBN 978-191133760711
A double negative, intended or not, will produce a positive, and Vona Groarke's collection 'Double Negative' demonstrates this by exploring some bleak parts of life, particularly the feeling of ageing, but somehow finding there is often a softening of the hardships faced if one learns to notice things that can give comfort.
Time is ebbing away in these poems, and Groarke is conscious of the battle against being pushed out of one's own story. Hence, I assume, the number of poems whose title is 'Against …'. Rather than raging against the dying of the light, Vona Goroarke hits out at a spectrum of mindsets and emotional states, from 'Against Anxiety' to 'Against Vanity', via 'Against Darkness'.
The poems meet the notion of growing older with a certain stoicism and defiant humour. A number of the poems seem haunted by thoughts of the past, in particular a mother figure who Groarke seems resigned to almost becoming in old age:
Then I stop coughing
And hearing my heartbeat whooshing
In my right ear,
Stop thinking I'm me
Before I was born
And I am in my mother now
And that's the end of that.
(Poem with My Mother and Frank O'Hara)
It is in the details that the poems work most pleasingly, the way something small becomes the object, and it is this detail that one must cling to. In 'Against Despair', a poem where the past "sets you down" and impinges on the present, as with several others in the collection, there is the realisation that:
The best you can hope for
Is a warm day,
Good news of this or that
(Against Despair)
In a number of the poems days seem fuzzy with the movement between memory and present, but the cumulative effect of the work is a tone of quiet defiance; defiance against whatever age brings, so that the collection is curiously uplifting at points, and perhaps this note is best exemplified in the short poem 'The Lash' in which a grey eyelash becomes emblematic of age and 'this little fucker is the future now / and it knows all about you.'
There are some lovely vignettes in here, and I particularly enjoyed the tale of moving house, putting items into storage, as told in 'Self-Storage'. Opening with 'I send my past to the lock-up' the poem becomes a prompt for us to wonder how we allow ourselves to be defined by belongings so that once the house is empty Groarke is left looking into a room, empty but for a mirror, and 'the mirror / has me in it, or what's left of me.' An interesting train of thought runs through 'Stone Trees' whereby objects that hold memory and meaning are seen to less certain than the absolute certainty that 'Death, for all its pretty names and intricate patterns, holds us to a promise.'
The collection, and it is a densely packed collection, one that might have benefited from being shorter so that the good work is not undermined by a sense of having been in this poem before, ends with 'Aftermath Epigrams' a series of thoughts that are a mix of the whimsical and the weighty. Many, such as 'I inhale the fumes of cars on the bridge. / Who says I live alone?' feel relevant and nearly all feel like neat bows with which to tie together the strands that run through this collection whose opacity is shot through with some lovely observations.
Neil Elder's The Space Between Us won the Cinnamon Press debut prize 2018. Other publications include Codes of Conduct (Cinnamon Press 2015), and Being Present (Black Light Engine Room 2017). His latest work, And The House Watches On has just been published.
Róisín Kelly's Mercy reviewed by Sheila Hamilton
Mercy by Róisín Kelly. £9.95. Bloodaxe Books. ISBN: 978-1780375007
It is always a pleasure to be introduced to a new poet and the advance blurb for this collection in particular had whetted my appetite, what with its mention of the poet reaching through her Catholic background to (implicitly deeper) pagan roots. The opening poem, which gives the book its title, sets this tone from the first stanza:
On the beach, I undress in the dark.
Naked and blind before the gods, below too many stars.
Here is my body, which I was told to never touch.
An Orthodox shrine glows red by the closed coffee truck.
But as the Aegean comes to my hips, rises within me,
my movements stir luminous plankton or algae:
bright opal specks in the water
that drift from my wrists, around my cold breasts.
They glow and swirl and die like shooting stars,
turned on by my nakedness. They are kind.
So, immediately, we have: sensuality and sexuality, the Mediterranean ( locus of several more poems), a first-person voice and, crucially, a collision of life-denying, puritanical, Catholicism with a softer, kinder paganism in the broad sense of that word: .not a specific god but gods, not a constrained set of codified-by-a-hierarchy experiences but a series of experiences personal to the poet as an individual. Straight after the first poem 'Mercy', we find ourselves in Ireland, the poet's home ('June comes to the sky above Leitrim') but then, soon enough, are transported to several locales that are clearly elsewhere. Some are distinctly Mediterranean. 'Pine needles make quiet the old Roman road' we read in 'Dominio Vale do Montego' while in 'Guarda"'there are wrinked plums, church bells, 'a black-shawled widow.' Ireland peeps through again but then we are back to the Mediterranean. There is a longing for gods in 'The Cave of Melassini':
Miniature temple with twenty white pillars,
what can I worship here?
And at least equally important as the longing for gods, there is the love of a specific human beloved who is rooted in such landscapes. In 'Ithaca', surely leaping off Cavafy's poem, Kelly looks toward the future, wherever it may be, with the beloved:
Think of the cast-iron kettle, the small
painted jug filled with flowers;
the tabby cat unlike any other cat
because she will belong to us.
The Irish-ness of the poet and the European-ness of the poet are two strong threads running through the collection. Of course, such identities can never be disparate, with each hermetically sealed off from the other, and so it is here: each identity interweaves with the other. This interweaving is most clearly seen in the poem 'Tropical Ravine House in Belfast Botanic Gardens, a gorgeous poem that works on several levels. It is a love poem to the beloved ('You are as rare as any shrub/or plant here, in which strange land did you grow?') and also a love poem to the Botanic Gardens themselves with their "crystal house"and abundance of rare plants. The lovers themselves become as one with the glasshouse ('We are as rich as the ferns' and 'shining/within our glass home'), become more than the sum of their parts, their everyday selves:
We have left behind the flags of two countries,
the cafes where each couple shares
a pot of tea and a bun, a wee bun.
I am feeding you such sweet crumbs
between the damp plants.
The first-person pronoun is used throughout the book and in a way which is clearly autobiographical: there are no personas here, no dramatic monologues. The poet sometimes speaks directly and without pretension to the reader, and sometimes to us via the beloved , and it is often an intimate voice, yet there is no trace of narcissism in the poems, none of the navel-gazing and self-absorption which characterizes so much English-language poetry at the present time and which is, to my mind at least, very limiting and unsatisfying once you go beyond the superficial tricks. Though many of these poems concern intimate life (the family, the lover, the home), they do not close themselves off from the wider world and the experiences of others.
In the poem 'Tuam' the poet, in Cambodia, is visiting Choeung Ek, one of the notorious 'Killing Fields' in which more than a million people were murdered by the Kymer Rouge during the 1970s. And in the poem, this infamous place, place of almost unimaginable horror ('our guide points out/the sugar palm's serrated leaves-/good for cutting throats.. .') suggests and, up to a point, merges with another infamous place, the mass grave in County Galway which has yielded a large number of as-yet not-identified human remains which almost certainly are those of babies and small children sent to the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home as part of Irish government policy up until very recent times. In times of rain, the Cambodian guide points out, bones and teeth and pathetic scraps of clothing sometimes appear in the mud; much as they might do in Tuam, we infer. There are even coloured bracelets attached to some of the Choeung Ek trees, much like the ones familiar to anyone who has travelled in rural Ireland and other Celtic places. "Our guide/says look, but I do not want to look." Such subject-matter in the wrong hands could feel exploitative, even crass, but the poet here acts as (reluctant) observer and offers (modestly, without fanfare) an elegy for the faceless and the nameless.
This is a fine collection.
Sheila Hamilton graduated from the University of East Anglia in 1989 with a degree in French and German, lived and worked in Hungary for two years, then in Scotland for several more years and currently lives in the North West of England. Her poems have been widely published. Her most recent full collection, The Spirit Vaults, came out from Green Bottle Press in 2017. Her most recent pamphlet, Lotus Moon With Blossom, was published by 4Word in 2019.
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