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Low Society
Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | INDIE
Memphis, Tennessee, United States | INDIE
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""Crammed & Jammed" Teaser Video"
Screaming blues band Low Society have pushed back the release date for their new album You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down on Icehouse Records. New street date: October 7. They have posted a teaser video for Crammed & Jammed, the first single.
You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down was mixed at American Recording in Memphis by Will Danger and the band's guitar ace Sturgis Nikides. Guest players include sax axe Herman Green (BB King, Rufus Thomas, Count Basie, John Coltrane) and Rick Steff (Lucero, Dexys Midnight Runners) on keys. The album was mastered at Ardent studios by Larry and Kevin Nix, who got the equipment and the ears to get it right for a vinyl release.
Low Society:
Mandy Lemons: vocals
Sturgis Nikides: electric slide & National Steel guitars, vocals
Nick Dodson: bass
Mike Munn: drums
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"Max's Reunion Pt. 2"
"...A real eye(and ear) opener for me was Low Society, a rumbling blues rock based band with a powerhouse female front person worthy of the late 60s glory days, but contemporary enough to sell lots of CDs and downloads right now.If they aren't signed by the time you read this, I want to know why!" - Jimi LaLumia Good Times Magazine
"Here Comes The Flood"
Seriously lacking in stage fright, Miss Lemons is able to scare the shit out of Joss Stone.
- Hans Werkman
"Blues is the glue..."
With Sturgis, blues is the glue that holds everything together... - Fairfield County Weekly
"The Man of Steel"
By: Faetra Petillo
Sturgis Nikides is taking blues to a whole new level. It's a level that makes the average Joe want to become Joe the Rebel. It's a level that makes you want to rent a convertible, light a Marlboro, and drive off into the sunset thinking only about all the merciless women (or men) who have made you who you are today. Okay, maybe that is a little extreme. But in all seriousness, Nikides is one extremely talented man who knows a thing or two about singing the blues in a modern fashion. His album, Man of Steel, is fierce and intense, but still handles its tough emotions with delicacy and elegance.
From the first few beats of "Lower the Boom," the listener is hooked. The songs have a way of starting off with one simple instrument or a vocal solo that is built upon as the song goes on. Every track uses a wide range of instruments: with bongos, acoustic guitar, keyboard, banjo, and more (this list just touches the surface), nothing is off limits for Nikides. Straight-up, old-fashioned country tracks like "Heartbreak Lost and Found" and "Dusted" take the listener back to the days of Johnny Cash and early Neil Young. Other tracks, like "She Got a Gun" and "Room 204," have a more modern pop-folk rhythm and a more traditional use of acoustic guitar/drums/bass.
Nikides's voice is his selling point: sad and sexy, but strong and confident. Most importantly, Nikides is able to use music to tell a story; his lyrics drive each song rather than acting as mere background to the instruments. His stories are of love, loss, heartbreak and, in many cases, the essence of New York City. As he croons in one song, "I'm not easily impressed/Lonely street is my permanent address."
Man of Steel is an album with tons of wisdom, both in terms of its lyrics and the way it navigates its various emotions. That alone could sell a record; in this case, the musical talent of Sturgis Nikides puts its quality over the top. - Knocks From The Underground
"Sturgis Nikides is a superman on his steel guitar"
Sturgis Nikides is a superman on his steel guitar
Preview by Dave Richards
He may not be Superman, but he's definitely a man of steel.
New York City's Sturgis Nikides proved that in 2004 with his belated but superb debut "Man of Steel," a do-it-yourself project on which he played all instruments, including National steel guitar.
The haunting, richly atmospheric CD casts a spell with vivid songwriting that's steeped in the Delta with dark, dusty strains of folk and lonesome highway country-blues peeking through.
Nikides was a vital part of New York City's underground scene in the '70s and '80s. He played guitar with former Velvet Underground member John Cale for six years. He's also backed Chris Spedding, the Soft Machine's Kevin Ayers, and singer Nico, another Velvet alumnus.
"Man of Steel" marked his emergence as a vocalist and frontman, though most the spotlight shines on his stunning National steel.
"They are such unique-sounding instruments," said Nikides, who plays Friday in Findley Lake, N.Y., and Saturday at Bobby's Place. "You start playing it, and songs pour out of it -- well, for me, anyway. Something else happens. It has such a haunting, beautiful sound.
"In 2003, when I did this CD, I was really immersed in that guitar and doing obviously a lot of writing with it. So I decided to base the entire album upon that influence."
Nikides has played guitar since he was a youngster.
"I started playing with John Cale when I was 19. I was a very motivated young man," he said. "I left home when I was 15, and struck out to be a rock and roll star. I've been playing since age 6.
"Even today, I still practice a minimum of two hours per day. I just play. I wake up with my coffee in the morning, and it's the first thing I do. I wouldn't be able to go on with my day otherwise. But when I was young, I practiced eight hours a day. That's how I landed a gig at 19."
He played with Cale from 1979 to 1984, which he described as a "lifetime."
"He goes through a lot of musicians. I don't know if that's cheapness or the fact that he keeps things fresh, but he moves on quickly."
They still communicate. In fact, on the morning of 9/11, Nikides began sending urgent e-mails to Cale, who lived near the World Trade Center. Those e-mails are included in "Sedition and Alchemy," a Cale bio published in 2002.
Nikides played a few Velvet Underground songs while with Cale, including "I'll Be Your Mirror" and "Waiting for the Man."
"He wouldn't do much, mainly because of the feud between him and Lou [Reed]," Nikides said. "No one was more surprised than I when that [1993 Velvet Underground] reunion took place."
Still, that fizzled before the tour reached the U.S., which bummed out Nikides. At least he got a chance to jam once with Sterling Morrison, the Velvets' guitarist, who died in 1995. At the time, Morrison had quit music and was teaching in Austin, Texas.
"It was a proud moment for me. I couldn't have been more in awe, playing with him," Nikides said.
Nikides didn't cover any Velvets on "Man of Steel," but did offer a raw, bluesy version of the Stones' "Play with Fire." In Erie, he'll play with a band that includes longtime musical partner Rowdy Bodine on bass, Rick Lopez on drums, and Lance Elbaum on percussion. He'll open solo, on National guitar.
"You're going to hear a lot of slide guitar, real American roots music. That's the bottom line," he said. "I don't want to call it blues because it's not just blues. It has elements of '50s rock and roll, rockabilly, country, English '60s, English blues revivals -- a heavy Jimmy Page-Jeff Beck influence.
"I say roots, but we don't really fit in with that roots crowd. It's a little harder-edged than that."
Burny -- as in Burny White, formerly of X-Whites -- and Claude will open both shows. Saturday's gig will close with a blues jam with Nikides, White, Lance Elbaum, former Dogs' guitarist Tom Weber, and more guests. - ERIE-TIMES NEWS 4/16/2009
"Velvet Underground Sideman Set To Play Findley Lake"
Having made his name as a sideman for members of the Velvet Underground, Sturgis Nikides has in recent years been at the center of his own band - a group which he says blends blues, rock and the jam band genre into one powerful amalgamation.
Described as one of the world's finest steel guitar players by promoter Kipp Elbaum, who booked him at Pine Junction in Findley Lake for this Friday night, Nikides recalled previous shows in Western New York, gigs in Buffalo and Rochester with John Cale, as having happened a lifetime ago.
''This particular version of me is, well, I don't know quite how to put it,'' Nikides said of his music these days. ''I'm really not comfortable putting a descriptive term on it. It's not that it's undefinable, but it doesn't easily fit into any slot. While there's a major blues influence, it's not a blues band. And though there is a major hard rock influence, it's definitely not a hard rock band. If you listen to my last CD, that's got Nashville stamped all over it. The songs on it are very dynamic, but my life show doesn't really go there. While I play those songs, they're much harder versions of those.''
A power trio, Nikides said his band is steeped in the styles of rock 'n' roll he has been playing for decades - which includes everything from bottleneck slide guitar to the steel guitar playing he's now best known for.
''The idea that I'm playing a different kind of music now is not really true,'' Sturgis said Wednesday, ''outside of the fact that I was a sideman playing strictly, obviously, John Cale's music. That said, I'm still the same guitar player. I was playing slide guitar with John.''
Following Friday's Findley Lake show, Nikides will play Bobby's Place in Erie. According to Nikides, shows consist mainly of his own original music, mostly new songs with a handful of tracks from his 2004 CD ''Man of Steel.'' Additionally, Nikides said he's been known to throw Velvet Underground songs into the mix and regularly performs ''Pablo Picasso'' - a John Cale staple which Nikides said he has been playing since his days on the road with the Velvet Underground member.
''His sets start with national steel guitar, but mid-set he's a monster, monster guitar player,'' Elbaum said of Nikides' shows. ''He's Stevie Ray Vaughan if Vaughan had come from the East Village. It's a blues sound, but it's heavier, louder, faster and more driving.''
Located in Findley Lake, Pine Junction is known to many as the ''Tavern in the Pines.'' A combination bar and restaurant built by Lonnie and Shirlee Pound, Pine Junction is located at 9757 Bailey Hill Road in Sherman and can be reached by calling 769-7854.
- Jamestown NY Post Journal
"John Cale (and Friends) Reviewed"
John Cale HoboSapiens (Or Music)
Sturgis Nikides Man of Steel (rezonate records)
Deerfrance: Extra Virgin Mary Blest (Moon Caravan)
When considering John Cale's storied career, remember he came into rock & roll through the backstage door, via the Velvet Underground. The classical music background developed in his native Wales, the one that met with the New York avant-garde in the Sixties, was stunningly reintroduced on the recent Sun Blindness Music. With its pre-natal "Sister Ray" prototype, "Summer Heat," Sun Blindness suggested that the Velvets were a mere (albeit profound) stepping stone for his lengthy oeuvre. On HoboSapiens, Cale reasserts his position in the pantheon of musicians who matter. At 61, he's as creative and subversive as ever, sure of his craft and comfortable in his art. The music is a brilliant mixture of sounds and lyrical concepts to surround and immerse yourself in. It complements the life of the listener much as I'm sure it complements Cale's own. Witness the bright "Things" and doppelgänger "Things X," where he deconstructs his own work, not to mention "Magritte," which echoes the viola elegance of Paris 1919. Cale has also created one of his loveliest compositions in the ethereal "Over Her Head." Hobo's beauty lies in its organic cross-pollination of electronic wizardry and instrumentation, an aurally stunning tour de force in a lifetime blessed with many. Cale's influence on generations of musicians is understood, but nowhere is it more apparent than with guitarist Sturgis Nikides and vocalist Deerfrance, both of whom released their first solo albums this year. Nikides played guitar for the latter half of Cale's '79-'80 Sabotage tour, but those searing leads bear little resemblance to the fine and moody National Steel performances on Man of Steel. With a voice cured in the smoke of countless nightclubs, Nikides travels a contemporary road of nine captivating, melancholy compositions and a fine rendering of the Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire." "I'm not easily impressed," he sings on "Heartbreak Lost & Found," but he pays homage to the Delta bluesmen on "Dusted." Deerfrance was the honey-voiced, 6-foot, pink-haired punk rock darling of CBGBs in the late-Seventies when Cale tapped her for the band. The dreamy pop of Blest is her impressive debut, a delightful collection of 15 originals (save for Cale's "Only Time Will Tell") that lure with her china-doll vocals. "Operation," "Cher O' Bowlies," and "Tramp" are outstanding, while "Dark (Nico)" invokes the Velvet's Teutonic vocalist. The choice of "Only Time Will Tell" to end the disc is indeed telling. The song was Deerfrance's spotlight moment during the heady days of Cale's tour and it's as sweet and tender 25 years later, delivered as it is with the patina of wisdom and age.
- Austin Chronicle
Low Society - You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down - CD (Oct 2014)
Low Society - High Time - CD (August 2011)
Mandy Lemons and Low Society are blazing new trails on the stomping grounds of Blues and Americana music. Texas Blues, Memphis Rock 'N Soul and a healthy dose of New York attitude help define the sound and spirit of their second album, "You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down". It's a diverse collection of original songs that inject new life into, while remaining firmly rooted in, the traditional music that they live and breathe. Among the albums guest appearances are two of Memphis' best known musicians, B.B. King and Lionel Hampton alumni Dr Herman Green on the saxophone and Lucero's Rick Steff on keys and accordion. The album was recorded at the historic Memphis landmark, American Recording Studio, and mastered by Stax legend, Larry Nix.
Low Society is the brainchild of blues belter Mandy Lemons, and her partner in crime, guitarist and producer Sturgis Nikides, former sideman with John Cale, of the Velvet Underground. The pair has codified their shared love of Texas and Delta Blues, soul music and rock 'n roll into their own subconscious language. Mandy sings the blues with an emotionally charged powerhouse voice that mixes original southern fried soul and northern attitude. Woven together with Sturgis Nikides blistering slide guitar they blaze their way through a veritable map of the South. Holding down the rock solid rhythm section are Memphis native sons, Mike "Drummerlife" Munn and Nick Dodson on the bass guitar. Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine said "these hipsters have taken southern country blues and super-charged it to a white-hot intensity". The band has traveled extensively, playing hundreds of shows on festival, juke joint and club stages everywhere from Eastern Europe to NYC, from Mississippi to Texas, to Memphis, to Arkansas and Missouri, to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Montana, Florida and points beyond. They have appeared at Clarksdale Mississippi's Juke Joint Festival for the last 4 consecutive years, the 2012 Bluesalive Festival in the Czech Republic and Poland, as well as NYC's Howl Festival for 3 consecutive years. They also participated in the 30th International Blues Challenge. #rootsrockrebellion
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Q: C# - Can't access public function from different class I'm starting with C# and I got a problem.
I created a "Windows Form Application" project.
I have a form class named form1 and I added a UserControl class named usercontrol1. In usercontrol1, I have a public function named test which returns 123.
For some reason I can't do this:
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
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}

The error I get is "user control does not contain a definition for"

A: This is because you've declared your variable to be of type UserControl. That means the compiler will only let you use members declared in UserControl and the classes it inherits from. The actual object is still of type usercontrol1 at execution time, but the compiler only cares about the compile-time type of the variable you're trying to use to call the method.
You need to change the declaration to use your specific class:
usercontrol1 usercontroltest = new usercontrol1();

Or you could use an implicitly typed local variable, which would have exactly the same effect:
var usercontroltest = new usercontrol1();

That will fix the immediate problem, but:

*

*Are you sure you really want to create a new instance here, rather than using one which is already on your form?

*You should get into the habit of following .NET naming conventions as soon as possible

A: UserControl usercontroltest = new usercontrol1();

While this allocates a new usercontrol1, it assigns it to its base class, UserControl. UserControl has no test() method.
You probably want:
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instead.

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How Little Big Town's Kids Inspired Songs on 'Nightfall'
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Little Big Town's kids show up on their new Nightfall in unconventional ways. No, they're not physically on the album (even if the Little Big Kids think they're ready to perform), but they inform some of the important emotions on songs "Problem Child" and "Bluebird."
Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook have a son, Phillip Sweet and his wife have a daughter, and Kimberly Schlapman and her husband have two daughters. Even if they wanted to, they couldn't avoid the influence parenting has on their songwriting. The group wrote "Problem Child" with Sean McConnell and Tofer Brown and focused on what it's like to grow up in 2020 America, with social media adding more pressures than they knew as children.
"Our young people are so inundated with negativity on social media and you start feeling like, as a kid, an outsider," Westbrook tells Taste of Country Nights, as his bandmates nod in approval. "That's what that song is about. And it's about being hopeful and knowing everybody feels like that sometimes."
"Bluebird" packs a similar message of hope, Sweet points out. Fairchild wrote the peaceful penultimate song with Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, and she takes lead singing:
"Nothing's take my love away / Keep it in your heart for a rainy day / Close your eyes and it finds its way to you / And if the highway gets to dark / Call my name, let it catch a spark / I'll be there for you / Call me honey, I'll come runnin'."
"It can relate to anyone, whether you're a child or not," Sweet shares. "You are special, your journey is important and there is always someone looking out for you."
WATCH: Little Big Town Reveal Their Favorite Songs From Nightfall
Mothers and fathers support you, but they'll also tell it like it is. A humorous aside came when the Little Big Town gang were asked about their kids' music collective, known as Little Big Kids.
"Our kids, they don't practice," the forever sunny Schlapman says. "They'll have a 30 second conversation and then they've 'practiced.'"
"I think they see us at soundcheck, they don't see the hours that we put in, or the years," Fairchild adds. "So they check their instruments for 10 minutes and they're done."
"We make it look too easy," Westbrook cracks.
So, don't look for the mini-version of Little Big Town to turn up on stage at any upcoming Nightfall Tour stops, even if they'll be traveling with the band via bus. The tour begins on Jan. 16 in New York City, one night before the release of Nightfall, the band's ninth studio album and first since The Breaker in 2017.
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Q: Wifi error when using a modified galaxy tab kernel I know that xda-developers forum may be the ideal place to ask such questions, but I haven't had a chance to find the answer there or by extensive searching around the web.
Preliminaries: I'm doing a research on the Android kernel. So I have installed a rooted rom on Galaxy Tab 10 wifi and used a modified Samsung kernel source code to implement my modifications of the kernel. I successfully installed and tested the kernel but...
Problem: The tab works with no problems. The only issue is "wifi error"; it can't communicate with the wireless card. Definitely a driver issue. I have not touched any parts of the kernel regarding wireless communications.
My thoughts: I think I'll only need to install the wifi device driver. My problem is that I cannot find the driver. Where should I look for it? Is it going to be part of the build kernel?
Any help is really appreciated.
Thanks!

A: You are using the wrong WiFi Kernel modules for your installed kernel.
If you built the kernel from source, then you should be able to build the kernel modules too and install them into the ROM.
The modules must be built by the same system and from the same source tree else the kernel will not load them.

A: OK. I found it after lots of searching! I wish these things could be documented better. I had to include the built Wi-Fi driver module in my update.zip file and apply the update and finally restart. The driver was built under
drivers/net/wireless/bcm4330/dhd.ko

Now it works fine.


"I probably wasn't swinging unbelievably but I kept it under control and kept the ball in play all the time which is hard to do here". "My game is not really where I want it to be, but I've got two more opportunities this week to try and put a couple of good rounds together and then go to Dubai and try to finish the season on a high".
"You have to just trust your shot and sometimes it goes wrong, but I was fortunate to get it right a lot of the time - to be bogey-free was really nice". I wanted to shoot something below 70 and I felt like I had a chance of doing it, unfortunately it didn't work out but we're still in the lead.
But after birdieing the par-four 13th, the four-time major victor twice drove into the bushes, leading to sixes at the par-five 14th and the par-four 17th.
"I haven't been giving myself good positions off the tee to give me chances with irons and get close enough to have a good look at birdies", McIlroy said.
He was by no means the only player to struggle on the 15th though as 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel (78) needed nine shots to complete the hole. "I can make adjustments to it", Spieth said.
"So I feel confident, but transferring that to playing well is a different thing".
"I managed to guess some of the winds here right and that is very, very hard".
"It was very hard this morning, the wind was blowing a lot and the first few holes were straight into it".


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Located in the Anissaras district of Agios Ioannis, Villa A & A Villa has accommodations with a private pool and free WiFi. The villa has garden views and is 15 miles from Heraklio. Providing access to a terrace, the air-conditioned villa consists of 2 bedrooms and a fully equipped kitchen. The villa also provides a bathroom with a bath. Guests can also relax in the garden. Hersonissos is 2.1 miles from the villa, while Agios Nikolaos is 26 miles away. Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is 13 miles from the property.


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Cambridge Analytica To Shut Down, But is it a Shutdown or A Rebrand as Emerdata?
Yasmeen Rasidi May 3, 2018
Cambridge Analytica, the consultant company accused of manipulating millions of Facebook users' data for political purposes, announced on Wednesday it will shut down. But is Cambridge Analytica really shutting down or just rebranding as Emerdata?
The announcement came from Cambridge Analytica's parent company, SCL Group, which said Cambridge Analytica would file for bankruptcy.
Cambridge Analytica originally admitted to harvesting tens of thousands of Facebook users' data for political purposes in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. However, former Director of Cambridge Analytica Brittany Kaiser revealed during a hearing with the U.K. parliament that the number of Facebook users who were affected may be 86 million or more.
The company was also allegedly involved in influencing users to vote in favor of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) in the U.K. Brexit referendum a few months before the U.S. election.
The closure will not stop the investigation process
Despite the shutdown, the investigation into the data breach scandal will continue, as stated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Damian Collins, Chairman of the Commons Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) stated in a tweet that "Cambridge Analytica and (parent company) SCL Group cannot be allowed to delete their data history by closing."
Collins also told BBC that the committee would have to ensure that Cambridge Analytica could not avoid investigation by closing. In response to the closure, British politician Mary Creagh sarcastically tweeted "Outrageous. Insolvency used to cover up illegality."
Former Cambridge Analytica employees, whose names were not disclosed, cast doubt that their former employer would actually shut down. During an interview with Financial Times, former employees stated that Cambridge Analytica would simply reappear in a different form or some type of cover-up.
According to a report by The Guardian, the team behind Cambridge Analytica has established another firm called Emerdata. Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix is listed as a director along with other high-ranking executives from SCL, including the billionaire Mercer family that was behind Cambridge Analytica.
Cambridge Analytica also stole Twitter users' data
Cambridge Analytica is also known to have obtained data from Twitter's users. The microblogging platform revealed that it had sold public data access "just for one day" in 2015 to Aleksander Kogan, then a psychologist at the University of Cambridge, and his company the Global Science Research (GSR). Kogan created tools for Cambridge Analytica that helped the political consulting firm to strategically psychologically influence target voters.
Kogan and his company created quizzes such as "This is Your Digital Life" that gathered data from Facebook's millions of users without their knowledge in 2014 and 2015. The data was then passed to Cambridge Analytica.
A spokesperson from the company denied any wrongdoing, saying it used the Twitter data only for political advertising.
Facebook has since suspended third-party apps such as Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ following the data scandal. The social network is struggling to fix its security problem after the fiasco, and many of its users have abandoned the platform in fear of future breaches.
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Cambridge Analytica To Shut Down, But is it a Shutdown or A Rebrand as Emerdata?

by Yasmeen Rasidi, Citizen Truth
May 3, 2018

	Cambridge Analytica, the consultant company accused of manipulating millions of Facebook users' data for political purposes, announced on Wednesday it will shut down. But is Cambridge Analytica really shutting down or just rebranding as Emerdata?

The announcement came from Cambridge Analytica's parent company, SCL Group, which said Cambridge Analytica would file for bankruptcy.

Cambridge Analytica originally admitted to harvesting tens of thousands of Facebook users' data for political purposes in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. However, former Director of Cambridge Analytica Brittany Kaiser revealed during a hearing with the U.K. parliament that the number of Facebook users who were affected may be 86 million or more.

The company was also allegedly involved in influencing users to vote in favor of Britain leaving the European Union (EU) in the U.K. Brexit referendum a few months before the U.S. election.

The closure will not stop the investigation process

Despite the shutdown, the investigation into the data breach scandal will continue, as stated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Damian Collins, Chairman of the Commons Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) stated in a tweet that "Cambridge Analytica and (parent company) SCL Group cannot be allowed to delete their data history by closing."

Collins also told BBC that the committee would have to ensure that Cambridge Analytica could not avoid investigation by closing. In response to the closure, British politician Mary Creagh sarcastically tweeted "Outrageous. Insolvency used to cover up illegality."

Former Cambridge Analytica employees, whose names were not disclosed, cast doubt that their former employer would actually shut down. During an interview with Financial Times, former employees stated that Cambridge Analytica would simply reappear in a different form or some type of cover-up.

According to a report by The Guardian, the team behind Cambridge Analytica has established another firm called Emerdata. Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix is listed as a director along with other high-ranking executives from SCL, including the billionaire Mercer family that was behind Cambridge Analytica.

Cambridge Analytica also stole Twitter users' data

Cambridge Analytica is also known to have obtained data from Twitter's users. The microblogging platform revealed that it had sold public data access "just for one day" in 2015 to Aleksander Kogan, then a psychologist at the University of Cambridge, and his company the Global Science Research (GSR). Kogan created tools for Cambridge Analytica that helped the political consulting firm to strategically psychologically influence target voters.

Kogan and his company created quizzes such as "This is Your Digital Life" that gathered data from Facebook's millions of users without their knowledge in 2014 and 2015. The data was then passed to Cambridge Analytica.

A spokesperson from the company denied any wrongdoing, saying it used the Twitter data only for political advertising.

Facebook has since suspended third-party apps such as Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ following the data scandal. The social network is struggling to fix its security problem after the fiasco, and many of its users have abandoned the platform in fear of future breaches.

https://citizentruth.org/cambridge-analytica-facebook-kaiser/

This article first appeared on Citizen Truth and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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On Wednesday I introduced the concept of Desert Island Discs, sharing one of the songs I'd take with me should I have the misfortune of being marooned on a deserted island (and somehow have with me a handful of songs). Every day at PSCS this week I have interviewed a member of the staff, having them share the 5 songs they'd take with them.
Today at PSCS it was my turn. I was interviewed by a student and shared my 5 songs, getting to play each one and tell stories about them. Considering this from the standpoint of being stranded with only 5 songs, I picked songs that I connect very specifically with Melinda, Chloe and Ella.
If you are interested in my choices (plus 3 "bonus" choices – the BBC program allows 8), even getting to listen to them, go here.
Today's Prompt: Here's another chance to share YOUR 5 (or 8) desert island discs.
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Within the turmoil that my professional life is going through right now, the one sliver of excitement and promise has been Bamboo Lota. It makes me excited to see the progress and to connect with more people around the world. Even if we don't win or the venture doesn't get off the ground, I will always be happy knowing that I worked hard on something I actually care about.
That said, WE'RE NUMBER 9!! Through hard work and dogged determination, Kyson, Stephanie, and I were able to convince enough people to endorse us so that we are now in the top 10!
Last week we were not even in the contest. Now, we are in the top 10. It may not seem like much to some people but I am so darn proud of us. It's not easy asking people to do something for you (no matter how altruistic it may be) and you have to really believe in not only the idea, but the realistic possibility, the team, etc. to sum up the courage to put yourself out there. I am enough of a realist to know that this venture is not possible just with the three of us. But I do believe that we can make it happen. We can initiate the process, gain momentum, and pass it on to those who have the expertise. I also plan to learn everything I can along the way.
Please, ask any questions you need to be convinced. Even if you think it's the worst idea in the world, tell me so we can address those concerns. Just to give you a behind the scenes look at what we're working on, we're planning to enter another contest soon and are working on revamping our business plan. Along the way we have had several MBA holders, professors, Malawians, and people who work in development and social enterprise take a look at our business plan and give us valuable feedback. We plan to incorporate as much of those comments as possible in the final product and many of them have generously offered to look at Version 2.0.
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Grand Country Music Hall adds Droopy Drawers, Jr. (Tim Mabe) to 2 shows
Grand County Music Hall
Posted: Wed 11:18 AM, Jan 15, 2020
BRANSON, Mo. -- Branson's Grand Country Music Hall announced the hiring of Tim Mabe, or as we know him Droopy Drawers, Jr.
The character will join sisters, Tammy & Tonya Bilyeu on stage at the Grand Country Music Hall for two shows, "Ozarks Country" and "Ozarks Gospel." The Baldknobbers let Mabe go earlier this month after several decades with that show.
"We're excited to have our cousin, Tim Mabe, in the shows this year," said Tammy Bilyeu. "Having traditional Ozarks' comedy that Droopy Drawers Jr. brings to the stage is just one more way we can provide a unique entertainment experience for our visitors. Droopy Drawers Jr. is truly a beloved character."
Mabe began with The Baldknobbers as a guitarist in 1985. He later became Droopy Drawers, following in the footsteps of his father in the show. Tammy & Tonya Bilyeu also grew up performing with their family, The Baldknobbers, and then spent 16 years performing as the "Stutterettes" with Country Music Legend, Mel Tillis.
"We'd like to thank Glenn Robinson, Mike Patrick, and Andy Holloway for believing in the importance of keeping the laughter rolling and encouraging us all to reunite on stage." Tammy says, "I believe our uncles and parents would approve of us cousins carrying on the family tradition of comedy and music!"
Both shows are on Sundays. The "Ozarks Gospel Show" begins at 2 p.m. The "Ozarks County Show" begins at 7 p.m. beginning March 1. Both shows are a the Grand Country Music Hall on 76 Country Music Boulevard.
Read the original version of this article at www.ky3.com.
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Crepe and pancake are food items that bring a sparkle in the eyes of the people as they are not just tasty but also easy to prepare. There are many who feel they are one and the same as the ingredients that make up the batter are indeed the same in the case of crepe as well as pancake. However, there are differences in preparation that can be seen in the differences, in the appearance of the two food items. This article attempts to find out if indeed there are differences between crepe and pancake or crepe just a regional variation of pancake that is a term used in most countries of the world.
Crepes are very thin pancake like food items originating from France. These are generally treated as snacks that can be consumed at all times in a day and importantly, they can be prepared with great ease. They can be sweet or filled with meat or cheese as per the taste of the person. There are some who like to eat crepes plain. Crepes are made with the wheat flour, and in Brittany, a region of northwestern France where they originated, they are served along with cider, an alcoholic beverage. There are many variations of crepes as it is today loved by people in many parts of the world. The main ingredients of crepes are wheat flour, milk, and eggs though there can be many different items used as filling. These include cheese, eggs, ham, mushrooms, and many different meats.
Pancakes are quick breads made on hot frying pans with a batter made from wheat flour using a leavening agent to make the bread fluffy. The leavening agent may be yeast or baking soda. The bread is cooked on the griddle from one side though it may be flipped and cooked from the other side too. Pancake is very common in all parts of the world with many different types of fillings and toppings used to eat this bread. There are lots of variations of pancakes with nearly every country having something like a pancake as a snack or food item. In India, there are many variations of this pancake such as Cheeela, Dosa, Uttapam, Pooda etc. that are made from different ingredients with south Indian variations making use of rice flour, black gram flour, and coconut milk. Pancake popular in Indonesia is known as Serabi and is made with rice flour. In UK, pancakes are made with flour, milk, and eggs. Pancakes are also called flapjacks and hotcakes.
What is the difference between Crepe and Pancake?
• While pancake is a food item made from wheat flour and leavening agent such as yeast or baking powder, crepe is a delicious food item that is more popular in France and Quebec regions and is made with a batter that has the same ingredients as the batter for pancake.
• Pancakes are thicker than crepes.
• The batter of crepes is thinner than the batter of pancakes as it contains more milk.
• Leavening agent is used to make pancake while there is no leavening agent in the batter of crepes.


The 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (French: 2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie, 2e REI) is an infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion. The regiment is one of two mechanized infantry regiments of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade.
Since the regiment's arrival from Bonifacio in 1983, it has been stationed at Quartier Colonel de Chabrières; named in honor of Colonel de Chabrières who was shot in the chest while leading a charge of the regiment. Quartier Colonel Chabrières is situated in Nimes, a historical Roman city, in the south of France.
An armored infantry regiment, equipment includes more than 135 Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé (VAB) and Véhicule Blindé Léger (VBL), to provide armoured protection of personnel during combat. The regiment also has the Véhicule blindé de combat d'infanterie (VBCI). The Regiment has responsibility for field testing new equipment for the French Army as a whole.
The regiment benefits from a long tradition of conflicts and interventions. Recent engagements, from the Balkans to Afghanistan while passing by the Ivory Coast and the Central African Republic added additional experiences for the regiment.
Under the first restoration, the Bourbons only retained the Swiss, in souvenir to their loyal service rendered to France during four centuries, and with them also, four foreign regiments out of which one colonial, formed of Spanish and Portuguese. The eight reorganized foreign regiments by Napoleon at the hundred days formed in 1815 the Royal Foreign Legion (French: « Légion Royale Etrangère »), which became the Hohenlohe Legion (French: « La Légion de Hohenlohe »), then in 1821 the Hohenlohe Regiment. Licensed in 1830, the latter contributed to form the Twenty First Light, then the French Foreign Legion (French: La Légion Étrangère). The Swiss regiments of the restoration disappeared in 1830, nevertheless, the Swiss joined the French Army again from 1855 to 1859 under the successive denomination of 2nd Foreign Legion (French: « La Deuxième Légion Etrangère ») and 1st Foreign Regiment (French: 1er Régiment Etranger).
On March 10, 1831; the French Foreign Legion was created.
On April 1 1841, the Legion was split in two formations. The 2nd Regiment was organized at Bône, on April 13 1841, provisionary at two battalions of the 1st Foreign Regiment; the 4th battalion was sent to Algiers and the 5th battalion was garrisoned at Bône. The regiment consisted, just like the other Line infantry regiments of the époque, a formation of 3000 men. The 3rd battalion was formed in the following month of May.
The regiment was quartered at Constantine in Algeria, with garrisons held at Bône, Bougie, and Djidjelli. Colonel Senilhes was the first regimental commander. The first regimental flag was received in 1848 by colonel Jean-Luc Carbuccia.
In 1854, Napoleon III decided to create a 2nd Legion, composed uniquely of Swiss. However, with a reduced form of recruitment, the two units, which were engaged in Crimea, were dismissed at the end of the conflict and regrouped to form the 2nd Foreign Regiment, which re-departed to Algeria in 1856.
On January 1 1862, the two foreign regiments merged under the title of the Foreign Regiment.
As part of a reorganisation of the Armee d'Afrique, the regiment was retitled the Foreign Legion (« Légion étrangère ») on March 13 1875. It numbered 3018 men. On January 1, 1885, the 2nd Foreign Regiment was reformed. The 1st and 2nd battalion remained in Algeria. The 3rd battalion was assigned to Tonkin and the 4th battalion was sent to Formosa in 1884, then returned to Tonkin.
On April 3, 1841; the 2nd Regiment of the Foreign Legion (2ème R.L.E) was created at Bône and commanded by Colonel Sinelhes, constituted of 2240 legionnaires and organized in 3 battalions stationed in Bone, Bougie and Djidjelli respectively starting from 1842.
From 1841 to 1857 : the 2nd Regiment (2ème R.L.E) participated at the conquest and campaigns of Algeria.
From 1854 to 1855 : the 2nd Regiment (2ème R.L.E) took part in the Crimean War in the Battle of Alma and the Siege of Sevastopol.
In 1856, the 2nd Regiment became the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2èmeR.E).
In 1859, the 2nd Foreign Regiment took part in the Second Italian War of Independence.
On June 4, 1859; Colonel de Chabrière, the regimental commander, was killed in action leading the charge during the Battle of Magenta.
In 1862, the 2nd Foreign Regiment became the Foreign Regiment (R.E).
From 1863 to 1867 : the Foreign Regiment took part in the French intervention in Mexico.
On April 30, 1863; the Foreign Regiment (R.E) took part in the legendary Battle of Camarón where legion officers, Captain Jean Danjou, Sous-Lieutenant Jean Vilain, Sous-Lieutenant Clément Maudet led 62 legionnaires against 800 Mexican cavalry and 2200 Mexican infantry. When only six of the French-led soldiers remained, and were out of ammunition, a bayonet assault was launched in which three of the legionnaires were killed.
Each year, the French Foreign Legion commemorates and celebrates Camarón in its headquarters in Aubagne and Bastille Day military parade in Paris; featuring the Pionniers leading and opening the way.
From 1864 to 1907 : the Foreign Regiment took part in the South-Oranese Campaign.
From 1870 to 1871 : the Foreign Regiment took part in the Franco-Prussian War. Three battalions of the regiment (two battalions from Algeria and one formed in France) participated in the Battles of Orleans, the Battle of Coulmiers and the Battle of Saint Suzanne. Immediately following the war, the Foreign Regiment was amongst those troops used to suppress the rising of the Paris Commune (May 1871).
On April 10, 1875; the 2nd Foreign Regiment became the Foreign Legion (L.E).
In 1883, the Foreign Legion took part in the Far East in the Sino-French War, notably during the Capture of Sontay, the Bắc Ninh Campaign, the Siege of Tuyên Quang and the disembarking of Formosa.
On January 1, 1885; the Foreign Legion became the 2nd Foreign Regiment.
From 1892 to 1894, the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2ème R.E) took part in the Sudan Campaign and the Second Franco-Dahomean War.
In 1903, the 2nd Foreign Regiment took part in the Battle of El-Moungar.
From 1895 to 1905 : the 2nd Foreign Regiment took part in the Campaigns of Madagascar.
From 1907 to 1918 : the 2nd Foreign Regiment took part in the French conquest of Morocco; during which combat units of the regiment received 7 citations at the orders of the armed forces.
On August 29, 1907 a regiment de marche was created from the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2 RE) in Morocco.
From 1841–1907 legionnaires from the 2nd Regiment were deployed in Algeria. In the early twentieth century, France faced numerous incidents, attacks and looting by uncontrolled armed groups, in the newly occupied areas in the south of Oran (Algeria). Under the command of General Lyautey, the French army's mission was to protect these areas newly seized in the west of Algeria, near the poorly defined Moroccan boundaries.
On 17 August 1903, the first battle of the South-Oranese campaign took place in Taghit, where French Foreign legionnaires were assailed by a contingent of more than 1,000 well-equipped Berbers. For 3 days, the legionnaires repelled repeated attacks of an enemy more than 10 times higher in number, and inflicted huge losses on the attackers, forcing them finally into a hasty retreat.
A few months after the Battle of Taghit, 148 legionnaires of the 22nd mounted company, from the 2ème REI, commanded by Captain Vauchez and Lieutenant Selchauhansen, 20 Spahis and two Mokhaznis were escorting a supply convoy, when they were ambushed at 9:30 am on 2 September by 3,000 Moroccans marauders. The half-company had halted to eat, no sentries had been posted and only a few cavalry pickets had been placed.
The first volleys wounded or killed half of the detachment. Both officers and most of the non-commissioned officers were killed in the first stage of the fight. At 10:30 am, Quartermaster Sergeant (sergent-fourrier) Tisserand, who commanded the survivors, sent two spahi cavalrymen to Taghit for reinforcements. They immediately left.
About forty survivors of the French force gathered on a nearby hill and under a scorching sun, on hot sand and without water, fought off the enemy for more than eight hours. Near the end of the battle, Tisserand, wounded, gave over command to Corporal Detz; the highest ranked man still able. At 5 pm, they were relieved by Captain de Sulbielle, who rode from Taghit with his Spahis. At the sight of the approaching French cavalry, the Moroccans retreated in small groups.
On November 1908; the Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment (R.M.2èmeR.E) was dissolved .
Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion.
On August 7, 1914, following the outbreak of World War I; the 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment (1er R.M.2èmeR.E) remained in Morocco with the formed combat company and the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2èmeR.M.2èmeR.E) took arms at the fronts in mainland France; receiving 5 citations at the orders of the armed forces. In September 1915, the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment was dissolved and the components were merged with the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment to form the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (R.M.L.E) created November 11, 1915. During the interwar period, combat in Morocco persevered from 1919-1934 and the regiment received 7 citations at the orders of the armed forces.
In 1922, the 2nd Foreign Regiment (2èmeR.E) became the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2èmeR.E.I).
On April 1, 1943, during World War II; the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment was dissolved and its components were transferred to the Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion, (R.M.L.E) from 1943-1945.
On August 1, 1945; the Far East Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion (or R.M.L.E/E.O. for Régiment de marche de la Légion Etrangère d'Extrême-Orient) was formed.
On January 1, 1946; the regiment was renamed the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2èmeR.E.I).
From 1946 to 1955 : the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment took part in the First Indochina War and receives 9 citations at the orders of the armed forces.
From 1955 to 1956 : the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment rejoined Tunisia, then Morocco.
From 1956 to 1962 : the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment participated in combat operations during the Algerian War.
From 1962 to 1967 : the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment was placed at the disposition of central command of military sites in the Sahara.
On January 1, 1968; the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment was dissolved.
On September 1, 1972; the recreation of the 2nd Foreign Regiment took place in Corsica. While in Corsica the regiment was garrisoned in Corte (basic training unit) and Bonifacio.
On July 1, 1980; the 2nd Foreign Regiment became the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment.
From 1982 to 1984 : the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment filled the ranks of the Multinational Force in Lebanon. During the deployment of the regiment to Lebanon in 1983; the men took part in several training and combat peacekeeping missions while also finding out that they will not be seeing Corsica again and will return to Nîmes, the new garrison of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment as of November 11, 1983, while the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP), moved to Calvi.
In 1986, elements of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment were deployed to Chad as part of Operation Sparrowhawk (Opération Epervier).
The regiment has also participated in several recent conflicts, most notably in the Gulf War (1991), in Bosnia, Chad and other parts of Africa.
Since 2001, the regiment took part in the global War on Terror. In 2006, the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment deployed as part of the French contingent of the ISAF.
The regiment is composed of around 1230 men organized into 10 companies, making it the largest regiment of the Foreign Legion and one of the largest infantry regiments in the French Army.
Regimental Colors of the 2nd REI with Honneur et Fidélité.
Und uns im Kreise drehen.
Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Extérieures with 3 palms ( First Indochina War 1945 to 1954 and Gulf War 1990 to 1991).
Cross for Military Valour with palm Afghanistan.
Gold Medal of the City of Milan in recognition for the victors in the battles Magenta and Solférino.
The standard and regimental colors of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment is heir to 28 citations at the orders of the armed forces.
Personnels of the regiment are authorized to wear the fourragère with colors of the Croix de guerre des Théâtres d'Opérations Extérieurs.
The annual celebration of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment is the second Campaign of Madagascar, which took place on September 2, 1903. The regiment honors that day with a parade commemorating and presenting hommage to the old combatants and anciens.
Regimental Colors of the 2ème Étranger on the best preserved Roman temple, the Maison Carrée.
Général Servranckx at Les Invalides in 2007.
Général Dary served in the 2nd Foreign Regiment; 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment in 1980; in Haute-Corse from 1975 to 1977 prior serving in the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment in Haute-Crose.
A Legion honour guard of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment stands at attention as they await the arrival of Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. during Operation Desert Shield.
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1 in Operation Desert Shield.
Snipers of the 2REI with PGM Hecate II and FR-F2 in Afghanistan (2005).
VBL of the 2e REI in Afghanistan.
Lt. Col. Henri Gaston Louis Victor Grosdidier (1895-1923), Knight of the Légion d'Honneur with Palmes. Croix de Guerre.
René Lennuyeux, Lt. Col. 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1946-1949.
Général Charles Alexis Vandenberg, Colonel in 1912, in Morocco.
Captain Marie Louis Joseph Vauchez.
Général Félix de Vial (as Lieutenant in 1905 at Tiaret, Laghouat).
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Overcoming the Bail Act's 'Show Cause' Test
19/07/2016 by Sydney Criminal Lawyers
The Bail Amendment Bill 2014 introduced important changes to the existing bail regime in New South Wales. Most significantly, the amendments brought-in what are referred to as the 'show cause' provisions. The amended bail legislation, through the insertion of Section 16A, requires an applicant charged with certain offences to 'show cause' as to why their detention is not justified. Under the amended bail regime, a failure to show cause results in an automatic refusal of bail.
In cases where the show cause provisions do not apply, the focus of a bail application is simply whether there are any 'bail concerns'. A bail concern is where the court fears that an accused person, if released from custody will:
fail to appear at court,
commit a serious offence,
endanger the safety of victims,
individuals or the community, or
interfere with witnesses or evidence.
In most cases where the show cause provisions do not apply, a court can only refuse to release a person if a bail concern/s creates an 'unacceptable risk'.
Essentially, the show cause requirement creates an additional hurdle to overcome before bail can be granted.
In cases where the show cause provisions apply, the focus of a bail application is not just on 'mitigating' (lessening) the relevant bail concern/s, but also to satisfy the court that the show cause requirement has been met. In other words, apart from considering the bail proposal the court must also be satisfied that detention is 'not justified'.
Show Cause Offences
Through section 16B, the amended law provides a complete list of all offences to which the show cause provisions apply, which include all offences punishable by life imprisonment, certain indictable offences involving use of a firearm of military weapon, certain drug supply offences, as well as numerous others.
Showing Cause
Importantly, the Bail Act does not provide any guidance on what amounts to cause being shown.
Absent any explanation from the legislature, the New South Wales Supreme Court, as part of its function in interpreting legislative provisions, has been left to interpret and provide guidance to the lower courts as to what exactly show cause means.
From a practitioner's perspective, I recall some occasions where judicial officers have taken an arguably unnecessarily restricted view of what amounts to showing cause. For example, there can be an overwhelming focus on the strength of the prosecution case and a view that detention is justified unless there is a clear or overwhelming issue with the prosecution case.
Of course, most practitioners would agree that it is often difficult to identify any such weakness in the prosecution case prior to the service of the brief of evidence. Applying a very strict interpretation of the show cause provisions which focuses solely on the strength of the prosecution case could find prisons at beyond capacity in no time.
Thankfully for practitioners, and even more so for people held in custody, the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) has provided significant guidance on the show cause provisions.
Nearly all of the key Supreme Court bail decisions can be distilled down into two basic and very important principles:
The show cause requirement does not mean there must be something special or exceptional about the case; and
A combination of factors can amount to cause being show.
Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) v Tony Mawad [2015] NSWCCA 227
Mr Mawad was charged with several armed robbery and firearms offences to which the show cause provisions applied. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court and the Crown filed a detention application (for him to be refused bail) which was heard in the NSWCCA.
At the hearing, the Crown argued that the matters relied on by Mr Mawad to show cause were 'common features', and should not be considered sufficiently special to overcome the show cause requirement.
In dealing with the Crown's argument, Justice Beech-Jones stated that neither 'special or unusual or particularly special or unusual circumstances must be demonstrated before cause can be shown'.
His Honour continued: 'A test posited in terms as to whether detention is justified or not necessarily defies any judicial attempt to circumscribe the circumstances in which it can be met'.
In effect, the NSWCCA confirmed that each case must turn on its own facts and, most importantly, there is no requirement to show exceptional circumstances in order to satisfy the show cause requirement.
From a practitioner's perspective, it is important to note that there is rarely one sole factor or "smoking gun" which might be used to overcome the show cause requirement. In that regard, it is often best practice to argue that a combination of factors taken together amount to cause being shown. In this way, features which might ordinarily be considered as common such as youth and an being in custody for first time may, taken together, satisfy a court that cause has been shown or, in other words, that detention is not justified.
R v Melmeth [2015] NSWSC 1762
In the case of Melmeth, the applicant had been charged with 'wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm' and also 'detain in company'.
Ms Melmeth had been in custody for about 6 months before her bail application was heard in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The court noted that the applicant 'relied on a number of factors to satisfy the show cause requirements of Section 16A'. Those factors included seriously ill health (type 1 diabetes) as well as the stringent conditions of bail proposed. It was clear that the applicant was experiencing a significant decline in health and, perhaps more importantly, those issues were not being adequately addressed in prison.
In granting bail, the Court found that serious and untreated health issues in combination with very stringent bail conditions can amount to cause being shown, even in circumstances where the applicant is alleged to have committed serious offences of personal violence.
Of course, from a practical perspective it is important to keep in mind that general submissions regarding serious ill health, in the absence of supporting evidence, may be insufficient to satisfy a court that the show cause requirement has been met.
Supporting evidence may come in the form of documents subpoenaed from Justice Health, as well as records from treating doctors in the community.
Where such material is not available, a letter from a family member detailing the particular health issues and confirming that adequate treatment has not been forthcoming in prison may be the next best option.
Of course if resources allow, a custom report from a Doctor detailing the particular health issue or issues and confirming that adequate treatment has either not been forthcoming, or simply is not available in a custodial setting, could provide compelling evidence to help overcome the show cause requirement.
There are several other authorities confirming that various factors, either individually or taken together, can amount to cause being shown. Factors such as delay, a strong personal need to be in the community, and youth, can all overcome the show cause requirement.
But again, rarely is any one factor so compelling that it alone justifies a grant of bail in a matter where the show cause requirement applies. That is why, when faced with a difficult bail application, it is of upmost importance to fall back to the two basic principles: show cause does not mean there must be something exceptional, and furthermore, a combination of common factors taken as a whole can meet the show cause requirement.
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Daily Digest: Line 3 timeline grows more uncertain
Happy Wednesday. Time to catch up on your politics news, so here's your Digest.
1. State says more delays likely for Line 3. Enbridge's proposed Line 3 oil pipeline replacement likely could see more delays, after two state agencies involved in the project said Tuesday that the permitting schedule for the pipeline needs to be revised. Just how long those delays could last remains unclear. But in a joint statement from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, officials said that a recent state Court of Appeals ruling that the pipeline's environmental review was inadequate will have implications for their permitting process. "Both the Minnesota DNR and the PCA have come to a conclusion that the current process is going to slow down a little bit," said MPCA spokesperson Darin Broton. "And while both agencies can continue to move forward with doing some technical work on its permits, there are a few pieces that we have to take a pause on." (MPR News)
2. Klobuchar's presidential to-do list. Were she to become president, Sen. Amy Klobuchar in her first 100 days in the White House would use executive authority to undo much of what President Donald Trump has accomplished. Klobuchar's campaign for the Democratic nomination on Tuesday released a hefty list of plans she'd undertake in the opening months of her potential presidency. From rejoining the Paris Agreement to fight climate change, to immediately suspending all legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, to ending family separations at the U.S. border and the travel ban on certain Muslim countries, to allowing transgender people to serve in the U.S. military, Klobuchar's 18-page plan reads in many parts like a direct repudiation of the current Republican president. Though the list includes the introduction of some major legislative proposals, most of its contents could be undertaken without congressional approval. (Star Tribune)
3. Walz decries DFLer's "murder boat" tweet. Gov. Tim Walz says he was "totally appalled" by a state DFL party official's recent remark on Twitter about the USS Minneapolis-St. Paul. William Davis, the party's deputy communications director, has been facing criticism on social media and elsewhere for calling the newly christened Navy ship a "murder boat." He has since deleted the tweet. Walz, a DFLer who served in the military, told reporters Tuesday that the comment is not acceptable. He said it deserves a full apology and action by the party. "Certainly, the disrespect shown is beyond the pale," Walz said. "I don't know who the communication person is. I would certainly hope over at the DFL they take appropriate response to this because there's no place for that." (MPR News)
4. Keeping expectations low for the Flanagan administration. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has been getting some extra attention this week — and will get extra power, too. "So I have some requests for Thursday," Sen. Karla Bigham, DFL-Cottage Grove, said to Flanagan after a ceremonial bill signing event Tuesday. "Stop it. No," a smiling Flanagan said after a few more playful exchanges about her impending takeover. She's also gotten a bunch of text messages from friends and fellow lawmakers telling her to use the power responsibly. Flanagan will take the state's helm for about two hours Thursday while Gov. Tim Walz is sedated for surgery. Flanagan doesn't plan to make use of his desk or take any official actions. (MPR News)
5. Aid outlook brightens for greater Minnesota. Last winter, as the 2019 legislative session approached, advocates for Minnesota cities and counties, especially those in rural areas, hoped for an increase in the amount of financial aid local governments receive from the state to help them cover their budgets. While cities and counties already receive millions of dollars in state aid every year, they had been looking for more for years, arguing that the amounts they were getting had not kept up with inflation or with the rising cost of public services. This year, they had a crucial advocate in their corner: Gov. Tim Walz, the rural Democrat who won last fall's election after running on a "One Minnesota" campaign theme that included promises to restore funding for the two aid programs dear to cities and counties: Local Government Aid (LGA) and County Program Aid (CPA). Emboldened by Walz's win, the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, in a preview of the 2019 legislative session, put an increase of LGA funding at the very top of its priority list. The Association of Minnesota Counties included a CPA hike on its wish list, too. They got what they'd long wanted as lawmakers and Walz agreed to provide each program with more money over the next biennium than they have received in years. (MinnPost)
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Turns out EZK is the better fanboy.
47:46 – DC Super Pets movie! Who cares about anything else? DC SUPER PETS MOVIE!!!
6:04 PMjordan thompsonbut I didnt study!!!
6:36 PMAndrew EisenHype? Uh oh, we better figure out something interesting to talk about!
6:58 PMmatthew wilsonsquare enix is having yoko taro make a raid for ff14's next expansion.
7:02 PMブランドン브랜든I remember this one guy said they want big chungus and I was like hell no.
7:10 PMmatthew wilsonno co workers qaing with you?
7:16 PMmatthew wilsonwhy watch bad movies?
7:16 PMaddictedtochaosBad movies can be worth watching if they fall into the "so bad it's good" territory.
7:19 PMaddictedtochaosI haven't watch Luke Cage 2, Iron Fist 2, or Punisher 2 yet either.
7:33 PMaddictedtochaosSo disappointed Daredevil got cancelled, season 3 was great and the setup for 4 was great.
7:56 PMjack caymanhere's the way I see it….
7:57 PMaddictedtochaosDc only had Arkham games. The rest are crap.
7:58 PMaddictedtochaosMarvel, Spider-Man, X-Men legends, ultimate alliance, x-men origins wolverine.
8:00 PMaddictedtochaosUltimate alliance was only ported to PS4. The original was a PS2 game.
8:02 PMaddictedtochaosNintendo is the publisher, so will almost certainly stay exclusive.
8:03 PMlugiaeWhat about Superman 64? Do we talk about that one?
8:04 PMaddictedtochaosSuperhero games should lend themselves well to video games, but are often hit and miss.
8:06 PMlugiaeWhy would that be?
8:07 PMlugiaeBoycotts come and go.
8:09 PMlugiaeI really doubt it will get anywhere near Crash level.
8:11 PMlugiaeBad companies losing $ isn't a crash, it's karma.
8:11 PMaddictedtochaosThere needs to be a crash. So companies can learn that nickel and diming consumers is bad and should be punished.
8:14 PMaddictedtochaosHeard it is a timed exclusive.
8:22 PMlugiaeI don't get this convo, but I can still participate!
8:23 PMlugiaeMissingno. doesn't cause crashes.
8:30 PMlugiaeThat's a lot more nebulous.
8:30 PMaddictedtochaosToo subjective for a GOOD game.
8:31 PMlugiaeThey make crappy Art all the time.


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Allen, Henry James "Red"
Henry James "Red" Allen (January 7, 1906 – April 17, 1967) was a jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose style has been claimed to be the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong. Henry James "Red" Allen was born in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of bandleader Henry Allen. He took early trumpet lessons from Peter Bocage and Manuel Manetta.Allen's career began in Sidney Desvigne's Southern Syncopators. He was playing professionally by 1924 with the Excelsior Brass Band and the jazz dance bands of Sam Morgan, George Lewis and John Casimir. After playing on riverboats on theMississippi River he went to Chicago in 1927 to join King Oliver's band. Around this time he made recordings on the side in the band of Clarence Williams. After returning briefly to New Orleans, where he worked with the bands of Fate Marable andFats Pichon, he was offered a recording contract with Victor Records and returned to New York City, where he also joined the Luis Russell band, which was later fronted by Louis Armstrong in the late 1930s.In 1929 Allen joined Luis Russell's Orchestra where he was a featured soloist until 1932. Allen took part in recording sessions that year organized by Eddie Condon, some of which featured Fats Waller and/or Tommy Dorsey. He also made a series of recordings in late 1931 with Don Redman, and in 1933 he joined Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra where he stayed until 1934. He played with Lucky Millinder's Mills Blue Rhythm Band from 1934 to 1937, when he returned to Luis Russell for three more years by the time Russell's orchestra was fronted by Louis Armstrong. Allen very seldom received any solo space on recordings with Armstrong, but was prominently featured at the band's personal appearances, even getting billing as a featured attraction. As a bandleader, Allen recorded for Victor from 1929 through 1930. He made a series of recordings as co-leader with Coleman Hawkins in 1933 for ARC (Banner, Melotone, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo, etc.) and continued on as an ARC recording artist through 1935, when he was moved over to ARC's Vocalion label for a popular series of swing records from 1935 through late 1937. A number of these were quite popular at the time. He did a solitary session for Decca in 1940 and two sessions forOKeh in 1941. After World War II, he recorded for Brunswick in 1944, Victor in 1946, and Apollo in 1947. Allen continued making many recordings under his own name, as well as recording with Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton, and accompanying such vocalists as Victoria Spivey and Billie Holiday. After a short stint with Benny Goodman, Allen started leading his own band at The Famous Door in Manhattan. He then toured with the band around the USA into the late 1950s. In December 1957, Red Allen made an appearance on the "Sound Of Jazz" television show. In 1959 Allen made his first tour of Europe when he joined Kid Ory's band. From 1954 until the club ceased its jazz policy in 1965, Allen led the house band at New York's Metropole Cafe. Allen returned to working under his own name making numerous tours of the United States and Europe. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late 1966, and after undergoing surgery, made a final tour of England ending six weeks before his death on April 17, 1967 in New York City. He left behind his widow, Pearly May, and a son, Henry Allen III.
Henry James "Red" Allen: The Henry Allen Collection, Vol. 1, 1932


Pace Gallery presents Saul Steinberg at Frieze Masters, 2017. Booth C9, Regent's Park, London. October 5 - 8, 2017. Photography by Damian Griffiths.
Steinberg, Saul Summer Table, 1981. mixed media collage on wood, 57 x 80 x 36" (144.8 x 203.2 x 91.4 cm).
A solo-presentation dedicated to Saul Steinberg (1914 – 1999) featuring over 50 works spanning his entire career. The booth includes installation, watercolours, works on paper, and photographs. It marks the first major public exhibition of Steinberg's work in London since 2009 and the first time many of these pieces have been shown in the U.K.
Steinberg's varied output reflects the defiant curiosity and fiercely modernist attitude of an artist trying to make sense of the chaotic post-war period. His work was widely circulated through prominent publications, most notably The New Yorker, during his lifetime and has been featured in landmark international group exhibitions since the 1940s, including the Venice Biennale (1993), Documenta (1977), and the US Expo at the World's Fair in Brussels (1958). In 1967, Steinberg served as the first and only artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian.
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit Frieze Masters' website.


When you start the PC and it starts the Booting process, many of the back ground processes becomes active with a fraction of second. A majority of those functions are the reason for the slow boot up process of the Windows 10 OS, more over some of these auto starters are so big that they carry on reducing the speed and performance of the OS even after the booting process.
To look for the present situations of the startup process you need to select the Task Bar and then you need to Right Click on it for selecting the Task Manager option. After this you need to select for the Start Up option.
The Start Up option enables you with the list of the Auto Loading Programs which become active during the start up process. You can easily search down the list of programs and select the important once for the list and disable the not useful programs by right clicking on it and selecting disable.
When using a laptop the default configurations of the system are made in such a manner that the OS is less power consuming and better in power saving, resulting slow processing of the OS. This is because some its performance functions are disabled and closed automatically due to the power saving mode. To change this and enhance the processing of the system you need to go to the Start Button and then go for the Power Options. Now the control panel screen will be opened and from there select the High Performance from the Show Additional Plans option. This will surely help the OS to work faster than before.
If you are a speed lover rather than a looks lover then you may need to shut of the fancy graphic options and animations of the Windows 10. You need to right click on the Start Button and select the option Systems. The control panel screen will pop up in front of you now you need to select the Advanced System Settings. A System Dialogue Box will appear you need to select the Advance option and go to the Settings. Just select the basic view for the best performance and see the difference.


Homemade chocolate made with natural sweetener – what could be better? Follow this recipe for homemade chocolates and enjoy a sweet treat without the guilt.
You may also be interested in our chocolate truffle recipe.
The best part? I don't have to purchase expensive chocolates that may still contain ingredients I don't want to eat. You can learn how to make your own with only a few healthful ingredients – and refined sugar is NOT one of them!
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In a small saucepan over low heat, combine coconut oil, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth.
Add remaining ingredients – cocoa powder and sea salt – and blend well with a whisk until creamy.
Place chocolates into the freezer until solid, then pop out of molds.
These homemade chocolates will last in the refrigerator for several weeks. I DARE you to see if you can make them last that long, though!
One of the best parts about these homemade chocolates is that you can make them with any flavor variation you prefer!
Omit the peanut butter if you want plain chocolate.
Add orange zest to the top if you like orange-flavored chocolates.
Increase the peanut butter if you want a more prominent peanut butter flavor.
Add about ½ teaspoon cinnamon for cinnamon chocolates.
I have even put dried lavender flowers into the bottom of my molds before pouring the liquid chocolate for a very mild lavender chocolate.
What would you add to make these homemade chocolates perfect for your taste buds?
I know you use honey or other sweetners in this, but would it taste okay with regular sugar? I love an occasional chocolate and don't mind finding an acceptable type of sugar because I prefer the taste. Would a substitution be possible? I do plan on making a sugar substitute also.
I *think* Hersheys is actually a decent brand when buying cocoa powder, although I haven't researched this extensively. The whole cacao/cocoa issue can be a little confusing, especially since some companies use it as a marketing strategy, when their product is not actually cacao. Cocoa powder & cacao powder both come from the cacao bean. True cacao is supposed to have even more health benefits than cocoa, and is a raw product. (Lots of raw foodies swear by it as a "raw chocolate superfood.") Cocoa powder is actually a heat refined product. We've been wanting to experiment with real cacao powder, but haven't had the chance yet!
That is one cup of coconut oil before it is melted. Expeller pressed coconut oil (the kind without the coconut flavor) is still good for you. It's a little more refined, but still has wonderful health benefits. We use it sometimes (especially in recipes) when we don't want coconut flavor.
these sound delicious. Would you happen have any nutritional info like calories, sugar,carbs, etc.?
AMAZING!!! Instead of the peanut butter I did Coconut and toasted almonds so they are like mini almond joys but a 1000 times better!!!
Oh boy Karen – I'm making them your way today! Can't wait to taste them!
I USUALLY ADD ROASTED COCONUT SHREDS OR COCONUT FLAKES TO MANY OF MY CHOCOLATE CREATIONS, AS I LOOOVE ANYTHING & EVERYTHING W/COCO, BEING FROM A CARIBE ISLAND.
NOW, DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE PEANUTS OR PEANUT BUTTER, AND U DO GIVE THE OPTION OF NOT ADDING IT. BUT I WONDER IF THE COCO OIL AMOUNT SHOULD B LESS.
Yumm! Coconut shreds would be fabulous in these! If you leave out the peanut butter you can decrease the coconut oil by a little bit if you like, but I just use the same amount.
Yay for desserts!!! And breakthroughs!!! 🙂 I'm so glad you found us and are beginning your natural-living transition. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for this recipe!!!! I am going to my kitchen to make it right now. I can't have dairy or sugar and won't tolerate all the other junk in sugar free chocolate. Maltitol???
I make these with a blend of Erythritol and pure Stevia Extract for a sugar free version! Yummy!
I know you like to keep things simple around here but was wondering how melty they get staying out at room temperature and if there is anything you can add to remedy this. A friend of mine would love these (she can't have soy so has to avoid pretty much all chocolate bars), but she is in college and doesn't have a fridge…and having melted chocolate all over the place isn't an appealing idea.
Here's an idea: raspberry flavor! Perhaps you could puree the raspberries and maybe reduce the honey so it's not too sweet.
How timely! We are planning a family camping trip with an older son who eats Paleo style. I'll be making this for him and the rest of us will be trying it too!
Hi, what could u use instead of honey? I have a sensitivity to it. I would love to try with sunflower butter instead of nuts!
Sure! You can also use pure maple syrup (same amount), or any other sweetener you feel comfortable with. You may have to adjust measurements depending on which sweetener you use though.
Yum – great recipe! I've made something similar, so I'm excited to see how this turns out. My favorite addition is some peppermint or spearmint essential oils or extracts. Minty chocolate? Totally my favorite!
Oh, yum! Great idea! That might be the next one I try!
These look great! How many would it make if using the mini muffin pan?
It makes about 15-20 for me, but all depends on how full you fill the muffin compartments.
I wanted to make these SO bad that I couldn't wait for the "how many would it make" reply. I did one mini muffin pan of 12 and had enough for another 12 in mini paper baking cups. These are incredible! They're so easy and taste like they came from a gourmet chocolate shop. This is going to be something I will make for Christmas this year, maybe with a little fancy something on top. I'll figure that out later. Thanks so much for the recipe.
I just made these again but omitted the peanut butter, used one teaspoon vanilla instead of two, and added 1/2 tsp of peppermint extract. They turned out really good also.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL HEALTHY HELPFUL INFORMATION YOU ALL PUT OUT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHATS NEW IN MY INBOX EACH DAY..FROM COOKING TO HOUSEHOLD. PLEASE CONTINUE SHARING ALL THE LOVE, FOR YOU HAVE A GIFT FOR THIS!!!
I'm wondering what other ingredients are in your unsweetened chocolate bars? Sometimes they'll use things like soy lecithin as an emulsifier. (We're not fans of soy – see one of my comments above to another reader.) However, if you're comfortable with the ingredients listed on your bar chocolate than go ahead and use it!
Hi! I LOVE your website. It gives me so many great ideas to get started with! Among other things, I am the proud owner of a homemade worm farm because of you!
I wondered about using silicone. I've avoided plastics, especially for food. Is silicone immune from the criticisms of other plastics?
We don't often use silicone, because I think the verdict is still out. But many people feel very comfortable using them. Deep down I just feel like some issue will surface down the road – just like the whole BPA issue.
I recently toured a chocolate factory and remember how they made it seem like soy lecithin was pretty much a necessity of good chocolate and I thought, oh really, like nothing existed before this additive & I guess we just can't avoid it… I don't know what benefit is gives, but I'm glad to see some chocolate that doesn't have any : ) I'm excited to try this when I can get some extra coconut oil!
Oh, how funny. They didn't happen to mention that soy contains phytoestrogens that are endocrine disruptors, or that soy has high levels of phytates that prevent our bodies from absorbing minerals and vitamins, or that eating soy products leave our bodies needing more Vitamin D? Sorry…small rant. 🙂 Can you tell I hate it when companies act like certain things are wonderful, magical ingredients? LOL.