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Education and training: Basic and digital skills essential for education, work and life
European Commission published today its annual Education and Training Monitor. The Monitor analyses how education and training is evolving in the EU and its Member States. This year, the 2020 Monitor has a special focus on teaching and learning in the digital age. The coronavirus crisis demonstrated the importance of digital solutions for teaching and learning and highlighted existing weaknesses. The report will be presented during today's Digital Education Hackathon.
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, said: "I am delighted that digital education is the lead theme of this year's Education and Training Monitor, the Commission's flagship report on education in Europe. We believe it is necessary to bring about deep changes in digital education and we are committed to increasing digital literacy in Europe. Just recently the Commission proposed a package of initiatives, including the new Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027, which will strengthen the contribution of education and training to the EU's recovery from the coronavirus crisis, and help build a green and digital Europe."
Despite Member State investment in digital infrastructure for education and training in recent years, large disparities persist, both between and within countries. Contrary to the commonly held view that today's young people are a generation of 'digital natives', survey results indicate that many do not develop sufficient digital skills. Across all surveyed countries, more than 15% of the pupil population have insufficient digital skills. In addition, evidence from the OECD indicates that lower secondary teachers in EU countries only rarely receive training on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for teaching, and that teachers report a strong need for professional development in the use of ICT skills for teaching.
In its annual assessment of how education systems in the European Union are tackling the major challenges in education, the Commission highlights progress in reducing early school leaving, and increasing participation in all education sectors, from early childhood through to tertiary education. The Monitor points out, nonetheless, the persistent challenge of equipping all young people with basic skills. Around one in five 15 year-olds is demonstrating an insufficient level of competence in reading, maths and science, to participate fully in society. Given the impact of socio-economic background on pupils' performance in basic and digital skills, it is critical to tackle disadvantages in education and training, and to reduce the digital divide among pupils.
Recognising that proper investment in education contributes to economic growth and social inclusion, EU Member States have maintained public spending on education at around 10% of total public spending, according to the Monitor's most recent data.
The Education and Training Monitor analyses the main challenges for European education systems and presents policies that can make them more responsive to societal and labour market needs. The report comprises a cross-country comparison, with 27 in-depth country reports.
Education remains high on the EU's political agenda. On 30 September, the Commission adopted two initiatives that will strengthen the contribution of education and training to the EU's recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Setting out a vision for a European Education Area to be achieved by 2025, the Commission proposed new initiatives, more investment and stronger Member State cooperation to help all Europeans, of all ages, benefit from the EU's rich education and training offer. The Commission also adopted a new Digital Education Action Plan, reflecting lessons learned from the coronavirus crisis, and devising a plan for a high-performing digital education ecosystem with enhanced digital competences for the digital transformation.
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South Africa's government has finally shown its colours by inviting Russia and China for war games next month, London's 'Daily Mail' writes with indignation and indignation.
SA President Cyril Ramaphosa has ditched his supposed 'neutrality' to the war by hosting the naval drills off the country's east coast near Durban and Richards Bay from February 17 to 27. The move is the strongest indication yet of the strengthening relationship between South Africa, and the anti-West authoritarian regimes of China and Russia.
The drills will take place around the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and bring more focus on the refusal of South Africa – a leading voice on its continent – to side with the West and condemn Russia's actions. The South African government said last year it had adopted a neutral stance over Ukraine and called for dialogue and diplomacy.
But the upcoming naval drills have led the country's main opposition party to accuse the government of effectively siding with Russia.
But the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which incorporates all of its armed forces, said next month's naval exercise would 'strengthen the already flourishing relations between South Africa, Russia and China'. The aim of the drills was 'sharing operational skills and knowledge', the SANDF said.
The three countries also conducted a similar naval exercise in 2019 in Cape Town, while Russia and China held joint naval drills in the East China Sea last month.
The United States and European Union had hoped South Africa would support the international condemnation of Russia and act as a leader for other nations in Africa. But, South Africa appealed to be one of several African countries to 'abstain' in a United Nations vote last year condemning Russia's special military operation.
South Africa and Russia share a long history, after the Soviet Union gave support to the ANC in its fight to bring down apartheid, the regime of repression against the country's black majority, writes London newspaper. (And we should remember, how the British destroyed the Boers' Transvaal and the Orange Republic of the at the beginning of the 20th century, and planted the apartheid regime here).
Apartheid ended in 1994 when the ANC won the first democratic elections in South Africa and Nelson Mandela became president.
South Africa is also a member of BRICS, a bloc of emerging economies, alongside Brazil, Russia, India and China.
South Africa's obligations with respect to sanctions relate only to those that are specifically adopted by the United Nations. Currently, there are no UN-imposed sanctions on the particular individual, they say in Pretoria.
Will South Korea build nuclear weapons?
Washington's attempt to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions are at a dead end. The nation is a nuclear state. Its arsenal is growing in both size and sophistication. Although Pyongyang will never be capable of staging a preemptive strike against the United States, it soon may be able to retaliate against Washington for defending South Korea, writes "Foreign Policy".
The shifting balance has sparked a serious debate within the United States and South Korea over nuclear policy. The first question is whether it makes sense to pursue denuclearization — the famed CVID (complete, verifiable, irreversible dismantlement) — when the North already has the bomb. Although official Washington policy resolutely refuses to acknowledge North Korea as a nuclear state, reality may eventually force a policy retreat.
Even more significant, the South's establishment wants to get its hands on, or at least close to, American nuclear weapons. Or, suggested South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Seoul might develop its own. He suggested in a press conference last week that South Korea might develop its own nuclear weapon.
There has been a rolling debate in South Korea for about a year on its potential nuclearization. But that has been mostly limited to extra-governmental voices in think-tanks and academia. So it is genuinely surprising that this has already reached the presidential office.
Indeed, it speaks to just how threatening North Korea's nuclear weapons are perceived in South Korea – and how unhelpful China has been in restraining Pyongyang – that no less than its president is now discussing this.
The South Korean fear is similar: in a spiraling crisis with North Korea, would its nuclear ICBMs compel the US to 'slow-roll' assistance for fear of crossing some retaliation threshold with North Korea? The answer is almost certainly 'yes', the author of the military portal '19fortyfive.com' is convinced.
It is inconceivable now, in a nuclearized environment, that the US alliance commitment to South Korea is as automatic as it was in a conventional environment. Any US president will flinch at a course of action which might realistically incur a nuclear strike on US cities.
This new reality, since North Korea's successful 2017 ICBM test, is only just sinking in. For a few years, it looked like former US President Donald Trump and former South President Moon Jae In might strike a deal with North Korea. That was always pretty far-fetched, but once it definitely fell apart by 2020, a South Korean nuclear debate was likely inevitable.
The debate on nuclearization in South Korea itself is culminating. South Korea public opinion is supportive. Nongovernmental opinion is tilting toward it. The country's main conservative party has said South Korea should withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty if North Korea tests another, seventh, nuclear weapon. And now the South Korean president has broached the issue too.
The big hurdle then is the Americans. The US is South Korea's only treaty ally and its core foreign relationship. Without American defense guarantees, South Korea's defense spending would double or triple. So South Korean governments have traditionally given American preferences wide berth.
And indeed, the American response was to play down Yoon's comments.
In fact, the North Korean nuclear and missile threat will only worsen as the regime tests more and more, and they certainly are not going to stop. The more North Korea can threaten US cities with massive destruction, the less credible US alliance guarantees will be.
Luckily, this problem is not new. America's European allies faced it during the Cold War because the USSR could strike the US homeland, and a variety of responses, including nuclear sharing and indigenous nuclearization, were tried with reasonable success. The US has also adapted to Israeli, Indian, and Pakistani nuclearization without a massive crisis.
So South Korean nuclearization need not lead to an alliance rupture unless the US insists on it.
Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand's PM or was forcibly ousted from power?
Jacinda Ardern (photo) has insisted her decision to resign as New Zealand's Prime Minister is because she 'doesn't have enough in the tank' – but there is speculation as to whether she is actually running scared of an election mauling following a public outcry over her draconian Covid lockdowns.
Ms Ardern, 42, choked back tears as she announced she will step down after just over five years in power. She insisted her decision to step down had nothing to do with the fact her Labour Party is trailing in the polls behind its conservative rivals from the National Party ahead of the upcoming election in October.
Her policies sparked nationwide protests – one protest against vaccine mandates that began on Parliament's grounds last year lasted for more than three weeks and ended with protesters hurling rocks at police and setting fires to tents and mattresses as they were forced to leave.
As a result of the public anger over Ms Ardern's response to Covid – which included a border closure that lasted more than two years – and her domestic policies, she was facing tough reelection prospects. This has prompted speculation that the real reason she decided to quit was because she didn't want to face a humiliating defeat in the elections.
Ms Ardern continued: 'I am not leaving because I believe we can't win the election but because I believe we can and will. But we need a fresh set of shoulders for the challenges of both this year and the next three.'
Ms Ardern's ratings have also dropped in recent months due to a worsening housing crisis, rising living costs and mortgage rates, and growing concerns about crime.
This has meant that the Labour Party, which has been in power since 2017, lost its consistent lead in the polls early last year.
Ms Ardern was elected just over five years ago on October 26, 2017, and at 37, was New Zealand's youngest ever PM. Before that, she was the youngest sitting MP in 2008, elected aged 28.
During her resignation speech, Ms Ardern announced the next New Zealand general election will be held on October 14, 2023.

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Updates to www.leeds.ac.uk
Leeds' digital shop window, www.leeds.ac.uk, is being redeveloped and the updated site will launch on 12 October. The test version of the site is now available for staff to preview.
The updated version of the website is informed by extensive research and testing with user groups. It brings in several new features to improve the experience for users of our site, including prospective students, prospective staff, research partners and funders as well as current staff and students. The site has:
'responsive design' to help the increasing number of users on mobile phones and tablets
a simplified approach to navigation to work across all devices and help users understand the depth of content in the site
improved search function (applying technology used on the students.leeds.ac.uk site)
greater visibility for events listings and more eye-catching presentation of events, including ability to carry imagery
an improved campus map, accessible across devices which pulls in Google's Street View of campus;
greater flexibility to respond to changes in material and messages that we want to publish and highlight;
a new 'spotlight' feature to help showcase in-depth research stories and investments in Leeds.
Watch a quick guide to the new site.
In parallel with the update to www.leeds.ac.uk, we have improved online course information for prospective students. The refreshed course information for postgraduate taught courses goes live on 8 October. Undergraduate information will be launched to coincide with the start of the UCAS cycle in spring 2016. These also benefit from an improved search, responsive design and revised content.
The site and online course information are still in the final stages of development and testing. Imagery is still to be added in the course search, research degrees, working with business and about sections and further changes are still being made.
Also, please note that the search function is not as in the live site, which will load more quickly than this version.
View the test site.
Plans to support faculties and schools move to responsive design are being developed.
Testing volunteers
We are carrying out a further round of testing on Friday 25 September. If you are interested in helping and able to join one of the testing sessions, register online.
If you have any comments or questions about the site please contact head of digital communications Hannah Love.
Locations have been added and we are now adding details about opening times, links (where needed) and other details to the campus map. If you have suggestions or amendments to the map, please use our online form to send in your updates.


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Touch Money Gang Member Convicted In Two Murders; Also: Guilty Pleas From Two Involved in Wilmington Daylight Shooting
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 24, 2017
Additional pleas and sentences for weapons, gang, and patient abuse charges
One of 13 members of the Touch Money Gang indicted in 2015 for a long list of murders, shootings and other crimes has been convicted in Superior Court. John Brisco, 19, of Wilmington was found guilty of two counts of Murder First Degree, three counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, three counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, three counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Juvenile, Possession of Ammunition By a Person Prohibited, Gang Participation, Attempted Robbery First Degree, Conspiracy First Degree, and Conspiracy Second Degree. In January 2015, Brisco shot William Rollins, Jr. multiple times near the intersection of West 21st and North Washington Streets in Wilmington. Brisco also shot and killed Ioannis Kostikidis, a security guard at the American Beauty School, during a robbery attempt at 6th and Tatnall Streets on February 6, 2013. The Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation led the investigation that led to the 91-count indictment against the gang members by a grand jury on August 31, 2015. The investigation also involved the Delaware State Police, New Castle County Police, Juvenile Probation, New Castle City Police, Department of Corrections, Elsmere Police, Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and U.S. Marshal Service. Brisco faces life in prison when sentenced later this year.
"This defendant was one of the most dangerous individuals in the city of Wilmington, and Delaware DOJ and law enforcement have spent years assembling the complex case against him and other TMG members," Attorney General Matt Denn said "I especially thank and commend Deputy Attorneys General John Downs, Dan McBride and Periann Doko and paralegal Jaime Prater, along with Sgt. Randy Nowell, Det. Tom Curley and Det. Marty Lenhardt of Wilmington Police, on the result of this trial. I also thank the many other DOJ deputies and staff, Wilmington Police and fellow law enforcement agencies who contributed to this important case."
In other recent cases:
Deputy Attorneys General Cynthia Hurlock and Katherine Butler secured guilty pleas from 25-year-old Troy Gee and 19-year-old Elijah Warren, both of Wilmington, for their roles in a November 2015 Wilmington shooting as well as Gee's role in a high-speed police chase the following day. Gee, one of two shooters, pled guilty in Superior Court to Assault First Degree, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, and two counts of Conspiracy Second Degree. Warren, who was the getaway driver for the shooters, admitted his role and entered a guilty plea in Superior Court to charges of Assault Second Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Reckless Endangering First Degree, and Conspiracy Second Degree. The shooting occurred on November 2, 2015 at 3rd and North Harrison Streets in broad daylight. In an effort to shoot their intended victim, Gee and a second individual fired a total of 23 rounds in the direction of a crowd of children playing in the street after school. Bullets struck the intended adult male victim, as well as a 13-year-old child playing in the street, and only narrowly missed others who were in the area. Gee was apprehended the next day, with two other individuals, following a lengthy vehicle pursuit through the city. Four guns and over 200 rounds of ammunition were seized from the suspects' vehicle. Gee faces a mandatory 10-year jail sentence and could be sentenced to over 70 years. Warren faces a 3-year mandatory jail sentence and could be sentenced to up to 40 years in jail. Both defendants will be sentenced in late May. The investigation remains active with respect to the identity of the second shooter. Anyone with additional information regarding the identity is asked to contact the DOJ or the Wilmington Police Department.
A 26-year-old Wilmington man will spend at least 27 years in prison when sentenced for a 2015 homicide in Wilmington. Deputy Attorneys General Phillip Casale and Colleen Norris secured a guilty plea from Marquivus Hardy, 26, of Wilmington to Murder Second Degree, Assault Second Degree, two counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Home Invasion, Conspiracy First Degree, and Conspiracy Second. In July 2015, Hardy and three other men broke into the garage at a home in the 300 block of Martin Drive in New Castle, and shot and killed 29-year-old Isaias Gonzalez. Another man received treatment for gunshot wounds to both legs. Hardy faces a minimum mandatory 27 years in prison when sentenced in Superior Court later this year. Hardy's co-defendants, Timane Dollard, 25, Dameir Walker, 25, and Miguel Taylor, 25, all of Wilmington are all in prison awaiting trial.
Deputy Attorney General John Taylor secured a prison sentenced for Carlos Rivera, 30, of Wilmington on drug and weapons charges. In March 2016, Wilmington Police officers stopped Rivera's car in the 700 block of East 7th Street, after seeing him illegally pass several other vehicles. A search of the vehicle resulted in officers finding crack cocaine, heroin and a handgun. In January 2017, Rivera pled guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited and Tier 4 Drug Dealing. Rivera was sentenced in Superior Court to 12 years in prison.
A 17-year-old became the 16th member of the Only My Brothers (OMB) gang to plead guilty to charges included in the 2016 indictment related to the activities of OMB. Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Hurlock secured the pleas from Stephan Minus of Wilmington in both Family and Superior Court. In Family Court, Minus pled to Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, and in Superior Court, he pled to Gang Participation, Aggravated Menacing and Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon. Minus was sentenced to at least a mandatory 6 months at the Ferris School, which must be served in addition to the 9 months he has already served in custody. Upon completing the Ferris Program, Minus will be transferred to adult custody to serve his Superior Court sentence, which includes 18 months of adult probation following his release from Ferris.
A former direct support staff person pled no contest to misdemeanor Patient Abuse for an incident involving a client of Chimes, a service provider for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In November 2015, Shonte Carter, 31, of Wilmington threw wooden puzzle pieces at the victim, causing cuts on his forehead, upper lip, and bruising around his right eye. Carter was sentenced in Superior Court to 6 months of probation, and to have no contact with the victim or with Chimes. Special Investigator Thomas Abram handled the investigation for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the case was prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Barchi. DOJ reminds the public that anyone who suspects abuse, neglect or mistreatment of a patient in a facility can call 302-577-8500.
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Murderer Sentenced to Life in Prison
Former Police Chief Sentenced
Related Topics: Attorney General Matt Denn, Delaware, Delaware Department of Justice


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UPDATE: Please note, the 2020 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Awards Celebration is *indefinitely postponed*. Please stay tuned for updates.
We know how much you love to celebrate the victories and accomplishments of our movement at the annual Jobs With Justice Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award Celebration.
Even in these unpredictable times, it's so important to take a step back to simply celebrate and honor those of us who are leading the charge and paving new pathways for working people in this country.
That's why we are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting our annual Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award Celebration on June 17, 2020 fully virtual this year!
Given the circumstances, we already know that a big event with hundreds of our closest friends won't be happening this year, so we're hoping to replicate the experience as best as possible through a virtual program.
In the coming weeks we will let you know of our plans, but for now, please SAVE THE DATE and join us to celebrate this year's incredible honorees:
President James Boland, former President of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, for his lifetime commitment to working people and for being a champion of diversity in the trades.
Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA), for their historic collective bargaining agreement that shined a light on the long-term inequality of pay standards for women and paved the way for future negotiations that level the playing field for women in all industries
The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), for his long-standing commitment to applying his faith and leadership to justice for working people, and specifically for workers who seek to expand democracy in their workplace through organizing and collective bargaining.
Discount Legacy Award Winner Andrea Dehlendorf, Co-Executive Director of United for Respect for her fierce leadership organizing working people turn demands into actions. Under her leadership, Andrea and United For Respect assisted those working for some of the country's largest employers pressure corporate leaders to provide family-sustaining jobs.
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John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies
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Steve Greer, American Income Life
Sarita Gupta, Ford Foundation
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Brian Hale, Ullico
Mary Kay Henry, SEIU
Thea Lee, Economic Policy Institute
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Lang, Daniel W.
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Records in this fonds document most aspects of Prof. Rayside's career as an administrator, activist and academic. Series 1 (Biographical) and 2 (Correspondence) give a good overview of his career and the professional correspondence in Series 2 r...
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Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). President's Office fonds
Fonds includes records from the terms of:Nathanael Burwash (1887-1913), Richard P. Bowles (1913-1930), Edward Wilson Wallace (1930-1941), Walter Theodore Brown (1941–1949), Harold Bennett (1949-1950), A. B. B. Moore (1950-1970), John Edwin Hodgett...
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University of Toronto. University Arts Women's Club
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Nimmons, Phil, 1923-
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Friedland, Martin Lawrence
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University of Toronto. Munk School of Global Affairs
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Nesselroth, Peter W.
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M.R. Appell Papers
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Appell, M. R. (Melvin Robert)
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Stratton, Allan
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Prentice, Alison
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Bruce Whiteman Papers
Whiteman, Bruce
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Robyn Sarah Papers
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Sarah, Robyn
Joy Fielding Papers
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Fielding, Joy
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This is my faith story as delivered tonight at a Lenten service. I wish my skin were as thick as my skull, but ... well, you'll see. I'm just glad I got through it without crying like a baby.
I don't have a finished faith story and I'm thankful for that. If it were finished then I would be somehow complacent in my faith, satisfied with where I had gotten in my understanding of God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit. If it were finished I wouldn't need to study the Bible anymore, finding yet another amazing dot to connect with the others that add up to my understanding. So I can't give a faith story that is finished. But I'll tell you my story up to today.
Through my 4th grade year my family were members in a great church. For me, the youngest of the family, St. Luke's, in Gladstone, NJ, was a place FULL of people. Everyone in my family had a role on Sundays beyond attendance. My dad taught Sunday school, my mom, sisters and I in the choir. I was an acolyte for a year or so. And I gave it almost no attention.
It seemed to me that everything I heard was like Aesop's fables. Of so long ago, spoken in such an odd cadence, of incredible things that while they were lessons to be learned I had no interest. My mind was elsewhere, far from what anyone was saying.
The summer of 1966 found my family moving from NJ to Wisconsin. We tried two churches there without finding a fit. At the second church, during my confirmation, I found myself reciting creeds and proclaiming faith and wondering why. Very shortly thereafter we stopped going to church altogether.
My first comprehension of a greater power came after we had moved to Wisconsin. I was reading a short story about a kid holding a glass jar full of fireflies, feeling that this might be what a universe looked like from afar, and that he, the kid, had the power to save or destroy that universe, the universe of fireflies. A couple of summers before I had held a similar jar and none of those thoughts had occurred to me, but now they did. I understood omniscient power and, another night, looking up at the stars of Wisconsin, I accepted that a higher power had to exist.
But I barely equated that with the God I had heard about at church. By that time I was spiritual. Peace, love & karma, the idea of whatever you did would come back to you, were my keys. I always tried to be a good person, but I was without a real sense of God.
In high school I was a "B" student but "hanging with the wrong kids" as parents like to say. For a couple of good reasons I was sent away to boarding school. The evening before I left, my mother and I had a heart to heart in which she said one thing that did stick with me, it comes back to me often. She said, and I can hear her still, "Rich, remember this, Jesus is always there for you." I think she repeated it to be sure I got it.
Mom always was and is one to keep things simple. I took her advice in my own way, which is the way of many, I think. For the next 20 years or so I called on that higher power whenever in need and didn't considered it much otherwise. In retrospect, I am amazed and thankful to consider that God did watch over me.
Fast forward to 1992 or so and my wife, Debbie, and I have two young daughters, Erin & Courtney. Some friends asked us to come to their church down in the valley and we did. We thought first of the good moral lessons that might be learned by our girls there, and probably secondarily about faith. I'll say now I see that as entirely backwards, wrong in fact. The church was small but trying to grow. We joined, too quickly perhaps. Erin and Courtney were baptized there but for whatever reason, it wasn't a fit. Living in Canyon Country with the bridge down after the earthquake of '94 we took that as enough of an excuse to no longer attend and we went on for several years without a church.
A week before Christmas of '97 we moved into our current house not far from this campus. Debbie suggested we go to Christmas services here and we found a church FULL of people with lots going on. We took our time getting a feel of this place, not wanting to make the same mistake again. It was at least a year before we did the Basics of Faith classes and became members.
The big change began for me with the first Arizona mission trip. Signing up for that I had no idea what I was getting into, but if my daughters were to go, then so was I, and that was the beginning of my adult faith walk. Thanks to my wife Debbie for nudging me onto the path.
One Sunday after signing up for the Arizona mission I was accosted in the parking lot after services being told that if I wanted to go on the mission trip I would have to get involved with the youth NOW, so that they would be comfortable with me months down the road. I accepted and began learning to be an adult leader while at the same time learning the lessons myself.
That first year I was hearing much in a new light. We went through "The Case for Christ," a book I highly recommend, and a host of other lessons. I learned so that I could teach and in Michelle Chaudry I had a great teacher. Pastor Joe and Pastor Dan were always there, too, with sound thinking when I called on them for the big stuff like that whole "in, with and under" thing, but Mish was a weekly or more often event, she could proclaim faith a dozen ways to Sunday, she sensed questions before they were spoken, and she rarely left any stone unturned.
There are two highlights of the Arizona trip. One was a worship service we had inside a large replica of a hogan on a Catholic church's campus. A hogan is a round structure built by the Navajo Indians for their spiritual services. We did a foot washing there, with adults washing kids feet as well as each others, and it turned into a tear-fest with most of us, adults and kids alike, crying for unspoken reasons. I like to think that we were reacting in amazement, shame, sorrow and thrilled happiness as we accepted that we were indeed, brothers and sisters in Christ. And that may well be. I've since been told that footwashings often elicit such a response. Good to know. We aren't alone.
On the return trip from Arizona we stopped at a church in Blythe or somewhere for the night and I came upon one of our girls crying in the parking lot. She was standing there alone, her back to me, arms straight down and taught with fists all balled up, looking at the sky where the sun had just gone down, shaking in her tears. Again I had no idea what I was getting into when I walked over and asked what was the matter. From the mouths of children comes wisdom sometimes? I think she summed it up better than I've heard it when she cried/shouted/sobbed "I don't know how I can go back there, to that, when I've been here and felt this." We spoke for a while and I'll admit I shed some tears too. Many of us have our own "there," and our own "that." The "here" and "this" I pray we all might know.
While I totally ascribe to the concept put forth by the Apostle Paul, that Gentiles have the sense of right and wrong written on their hearts, my brain needs to reach a reasoned conclusion, too. Sometimes I wish I could kept things simpler, I know it works well for some, but that isn't the way God wired me. At the installation of adult leaders the fall after that Arizona trip I stood at the altar and promised, among other things, to join a Bible study group.
I'll go to the greatest lengths to say that a Christian faith can be found in many ways, looking very different from one denomination to another and felt by each person differently, but my sense is that Bible study with others of differing opinions and knowledge is key to spiritual growth. The Monday night men's Bible study guys, Russ and Andy who are incredibly well learned and patient, Bill who taught me mission by example, Jim and Bob quiet but worth listening to when they speak, Wayne who has a great sense of the spirit, Steve & Floyd whom I miss and Dale who almost always speaks the words on my mind, have all been a huge part of my realization of the power of God. Know that if you join a Bible study here you'll find a group of people that accept you at whatever level of knowledge you have, they will be kind and caring, and about the worst thing you can do is NOT ask a question, whatever it is.
By the time of my first Mexico mission trip I thought I had a pretty good faith going. I had reached a rational conclusion that the Bible was real and to be trusted, that God was active in the world, and I was praying daily. Working with the youth of this church was and continues to be a big part of my life, my faith. The youth are an inspiration, inquisitive when interested, and almost always fun. The adult leaders I have worked with – each of them are wonderful faithful people all trying to do the right thing.
And that is where I got hung up – no matter how hard I tried, no matter my prayers, my weaknesses were stronger than my faith. I wasn't leading the life for God that I felt I should. I still don't. Once, challenged by a friend here who asked, "Don't you lead a righteous life?" I didn't have the heart to tell him, no, in my angst over the whole thing I feel I fall horribly short. So I hugged him and told him I loved him, which I do. But I have to ask, is anyone here righteous on their own?
Being on mission is about as close as I will come to perfection on earth. That "This" the girl spoke of on the way back from Arizona is an amazing thing. Waking in the morning knowing that your entire purpose, the whole day, is to serve God makes everything clear. Any action done, any word said, and truly most of your thoughts pass the "What Would Jesus Do" test. Being surrounded by Christians of similar mind makes it almost easy. Is this possible in the secular world? Yes, we try. Sadly, we fall short. I ask myself as I write this, "Am I just young in faith? Is perfection possible?" I see others here at church and they absolutely glow with that joy Pastor Fil spoke of and it seems so close, so attainable. I remain content more in the peace of the Lord than the joy of the Lord. Again, I think that is just the way God wired me.
One communion Sunday about a year ago I finally had what I consider my "A Ha!" moment thus far. I was sitting in the pews back there offering my confession to God privately, apologizing and asking forgiveness for that which I had done wrong knowingly and that which I was in denial or forgetful of, and I'll admit I was struggling with the concept of grace when I heard these words come from my own mind – "I'm not worthy, God, but you forgive me anyway." For me, that was it, accepting God's grace, accepting His acceptance of me. And for that I am thankful beyond words.
Now I still get hung up in the whole concept of accepting forgiveness. Paul wrote quite a bit about how just because God can forgive sin doesn't mean we should sin more, or at all, to show God's greatness, and I hold that close. What I have realized, for me, is that accepting God's grace does drive me to lead a better life in the here and now. Going back to the reasons children are often brought to church being backwards I'll say that Paul had it right - we Gentiles have right and wrong written on our hearts - but discipleship, having a relationship with and following the Lord, THAT provides the morals that are but one fruit of the faith.
My mantra, if a Christian faith can have one, is to keep Jesus in every moment. With Christ at your side you have an incredible friend to guide you, protect you, and love you. It is my greatest desire to ride with Jesus in every moment.
We have a great church here at Christ Lutheran! We are a church of people that fills this campus and pours out from it. Each of you is part of this church, part of the living body of Christ on planet Earth right now. He is alive in each of us, here extending his hand by your reaching out, his voice heard by your proclamation, his kindness felt by your actions, right now all of this through us as a church. When one does it, we all do it. We are the body of Christ, alive, today.
We are beautifully and gently nudged every Sunday to grow in faith. That growth comes from the Word, but also from the brotherhood and sisterhood we have in Christ. Getting together for whatever – Bible study, group meals, Hands & Hearts, Mothers of Little Ones, mission or any of the ministries of music, prayer, care giving, outreach, worship assistance and more - getting together as Christians helps us grow as Christians.
I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but if I reach one person it's worth it. I am calling on each of you to consider getting more involved with your brothers and sisters in Christ. Join a group, any group, any activity. Do it for a night or two and see how it feels. If the first try doesn't fit, try another until one does. You won't know the outcome, if or how you will be changed, and you may be a little uncomfortable at first not knowing who you'll be with or what the right words are, but the opportunity is too great to let pass. The reward too amazing not to reach for. And while yes, I'm speaking about being saved and that is first, I am also speaking about your life on this planet now.
I thank all the saints of Christ Lutheran Church. Pastors Joe and Dan, of course, and thrilled to have Mike here now, too. The adults I've learned from & led with, Teri, Brad and Dave, you rock. My Bible study guys and those I've been on mission with, those that pray for us while here and on mission, and the youth, all the youth especially, you inspire me more than you know. Beyond all here, my wife and daughters, dearly, for putting up with a guy that may be a little obsessive. I love you three blindly. And all of you as brothers and sisters in Christ, I thank. Each of you saved me.
Oh, remember this – Jesus is always there for you.
I've got nothing against Hillary Clinton. I think she's a viable candidate, one heck of a politician that knows how to get things done, and true to the Democratic Party values.
But I'm for Barack Obama.
People say he lacks experience. I say bullfeathers. He had the opportunity to take the golden key and could have had his pick of jobs to bring himself great wealth. He chose public service instead. That is the sign of a man in search of experience of value.
They say he lacks foreign policy experience and I see that he is an exceptional student, still, and that he will rise to whatever occasion the world throws at him. Barack is one cool, calm and reasoned voice that people listen to. When he speaks, people don't just hear, they listen. Just as America takes notice, so shall the world. Beyond that, I have no doubt that he will have as good of advisers as any president, perhaps better.
Most of all, I believe in the future of this country, in the willingness of the people to rise above the crap we've had thrown at us for the past 7+ years, the lies, the sellout, the loss of lives and of hope.
I believe that Yes. We Can.
I'm a husband, a father, a Christian, a worker, a golfer, a driver, a gardener, a fixer-of-things, a reader and a writer. Writing ChristianDemocrat.us since 2004 has been a part of my personal growth in faith and in politics. I want an America that is GREAT for all it's citizens, where those of faith, all faiths, as well as those without faith can communicate peacefully with each other and work towards common good.
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By Armstrong Williams
Democrats Lack of Accountability is a Stain on Our Democracy!
From the Right / Armstrong Williams / Jan 26, 2023
The pursuit of moral and fiscal responsibility is a sacred duty. In these troubled times, when the very foundations of our society seem to be under attack, it is more important than ever that we stand up for what is right and just. The choices we make as a nation have the power to shape the course of history, and it is our responsibility to ...Read more
Exalting Black Achievement and Success Stories
The time is overdue to turn the page on the backward-looking 1619 Project. Has it caused a single black person to better themselves and to set a standard to which the wise and honest may repair?
The path forward is to exalt, celebrate and salute black achievement and success stories to inspire the living and those yet to be born to strive for ...Read more
Damar Hamlin Reminds Us to Keep Faith in God
If you are like me and a fan of Monday Night Football, then you watched in horrified disbelief as 24-year-old Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the turf in cardiac arrest after being struck in the chest by another player's helmet.
The game against the Cincinnati Bengals halted abruptly as medical personnel frantically tried to ...Read more
Enough Is Enough: It's Time to Take Back Our Streets From Criminals
The streets of America are in chaos. Amidst the chaos, young people are taking advantage of the situation to loot and destroy stores, with no regard for the safety of others. Videos of these ruthless thieves have gone viral, showing them ransacking stores and taking whatever they can get their hands on. The cost of this "smash-and-grab" behavior...Read more
Sin and Corruption Have Led to the Fall of America!
From the Right / Armstrong Williams / Dec 29, 2022
As the flames of judgment touched at the edges of Sodom and Gomorrah, two cities steeped in corruption and depravity, the almighty God looked upon them with disdain. Their wickedness had reached a point of no return, and so he decided to unleash his fiery wrath upon them, reducing them to ash in an instant. These cities have long been used as a ...Read more
Africa Must Heal Itself and Not Rely on America!
There may be better ways to disrespect African leaders than President Joe Biden's U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit earlier this month, but if there are, they do not readily come to mind.
Summit diplomacy is a term characteristically used to describe face-to-face negotiations between heads of state; for example, the 1961 summit talks between Soviet ...Read more
A Fumbled Opportunity and a Blunder
Brittney Griner fumbled an electrifying opportunity to advance the standing of the LGBTQ community and the Women's National Basketball Association. Taking inspiration from Sydney Carton substituting himself for Charles Darnay to die at the guillotine in "A Tale of Two Cities," Griner could have insisted that former Marine Paul Whelan jump to the...Read more
Biden's Offer of Student Debt Relief Was a Ploy to Sway Voters in the Midterms
As the dust settles on the midterm elections, and the Republican Party emerges victorious in their bid for control of the House of Representatives, we can take a moment to reflect on the reasons behind the outcome. But, as we move forward, we must not forget the underhanded tactics employed by the Biden administration in their bid to influence ...Read more
There Is Good in This Divided Country
From the Right / Armstrong Williams / Nov 24, 2022
Politics is a polarizing sport that pits one side against the other, and there is a lot of mudslinging going on, which is tragically amplified by the mainstream media. The current state of the United States is accompanied by a series of negative feelings, including anger, distrust and resentment; yet, as the Thanksgiving holiday season draws ...Read more
Despite America's Trials, The Midterms Demonstrate That America Is Stronger Than Ever
The midterm elections of 2022 have concluded. Democracy has prevailed, and despite our optimism for the future of our country, we are still a nation divided. In spite of the setbacks each person's party suffered, everyone has cause to be grateful for and to celebrate the fact that democracy emerged triumphant; everyone, regardless of race, color...Read more
Party Loyalty Will Be Our End
Once a tiny segment of our existence -- a mere association with a group whose ideas align with ours on average -- political parties have evolved from simple associations into our primary identities. They have absorbed our perspectives, entered our daily conversation and permeated all forms of media. As more and more individuals become ...Read more
Violent Rhetoric Is Transforming Our Country Into a Very Dangerous Place
Pay attention -- political divisiveness in our country is destroying our way of life. No one is safe in an America, where violent political rhetoric is transformed into real-life attacks.
To verbally spew hate is repugnant, but to convert that hate into vicious acts of violence is a horrific sign of just how badly our society has eroded. Our ...Read more


Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the most common pest that Chase Pest Control deals with and across the UK rats account for around 40% of all pest problems, it is this level of prevalence that has led many pest controllers to be commonly referred to as 'Rat Catchers'.
Rats carry a wide range of diseases (some of which can be fatal) and as a result any problem with rats should be treated seriously and dealt with as quickly as possible.
Rats have established paths or 'runs' which they like to follow. We'll start by identifying these to determine how they are gaining access to your property. Using specialist equipment we can also identify where rats are gaining access through drainage systems. Once we have done this we will lay a specialist rodenticide in tamper proof bait boxes meaning that the treatment is completely safe in environments where pets or children may be present.
Restrict any source of food that rats would usually feed on, this includes ensuring that all domestic rubbish is kept away from where rats can get to it.
To your home and disrupt the rat run, this includes blocking any holes in fences and preventing access through drainpipes, which should be covered with mesh. Chase Pest Control can provide an additional buildings repair and maintenance service - please ask your Pest Control Professional for further information about this service.


BACK Quad Rugby, or wheelchair rugby as it is also called, is a sport with roots going back to wheelchair basketball and ice hockey, which is not surprising, since it was developed by three Canadians from Winnipeg, Manitoba as a quadriplegic equivalent to wheelchair basketball. The sport was originally called murderball due to the aggressive nature of the game. It was introduced in the United States in 1981 by Brad Mikkelsen, who with the aid of the University of North Dakota's Disabled Student Service's, formed the first team, the Wallbangers, and changed the game's name from murderball to quad rugby.
In 1979, a team from Winnipeg organized an exhibition at the regional track meet held at Southwest State University in Minnesota. Canada went on to play their first national championship that same year. The first quad rugby match in the US was between North Dakota and Minnesota, as an exhibition game at the 1982 National Wheelchair games, also held at Southwest State University. This same year, the University of South Dakota hosted the first international tournament, with participating teams from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, and Minnesota.
In 1988, the United States Quad Rugby Association (USQRA) was formed to help regulate and promote the sport on both a national and international level. Since its introduction, Quad Rugby has grown to become a truly international sport, with teams now competing from around the globe. There are now more than forty-five organized teams in the United States with many others in the developmental stage. In addition to the teams in the US, there is estimated to be at least twenty international teams from as far away as Australia in addition to those in Canada. Without question, quad rugby is the fastest growing wheelchair sport in the world today.
Wheelchair rugby combines elements of basketball, football and ice hockey and it is played on a basketball court. The teams are formed by four players and up to eight substitutes. The four players on the court cannot exceed 8.0 points. A volleyball is used and it can be carried, dribbled, or passed in any way except by kicking. The ball must be bounced at least once every 10 seconds. Athletes try to score goals by carrying the ball over the opponent's goal line. Wheelchair Rugby is played in four eight minute (stop-time) quarters.
Players must have a combination of upper and lower extremity impairment to be considered as eligible to participate. Most of the players have sustained cervical level spinal injuries and have some type of quadriplegia as a result. Players are given a classification number from one of seven classifications ranging from 0.5 – 3.5. The 0.5 player has the greatest impairment and is comparable to a C5 quadriplegic. Of those eligible to participate, the 3.5 player has the least impairment and is similar to a C7-8 incomplete quadriplegic.
In 2000, Team USA won the Paralympic Goal medal beating Australia in the Finals.
The Harlequins practice every Wednesday night from 6:30PM until 9:00PM at Craig Rehabilitation Hospital in Denver. Practice begins in early September and concludes at the end of April. See the team schedule.
For more information on practices and game scheduling please contact Curt Garrett at 720-275-4346 or at cercules@comcast.net.
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Speeches in Some Classes Opened to Non-Enrolled Students
Speakers booked into four first semester classes — Venture Capital, Undergraduate Social Engagement and Enterprise, Production and Service Innovation, and the New Product Management Seminar —were considered of such relevance and broad appeal to YSB students that students not enrolled in the classes were allowed to attend.
<Venture Capital>
● Ki Ho Park, CEO of LB Investment (27 March 2018)
Urging students to take a global perspective on venture capital (VC), Ki Ho Park discussed its role in the rise of the new economy called the Fourth Industrial Revolution, present conditions in Korea, and in the operations of LB Investment. He also shared his experiences about the overall stream of VC investment in the Silicon Valley, China, and Israel.
"Unicorn" venture companies like those that have registered huge successes in the United States, China, and India are constantly appearing, he said. Especially in China, he said, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market has been vitalized, and the market itself is making huge investments. He contrasted it with the problems of the Korean market that are the result of a lack of internationalization, deactivation of the M&A market, and the lack of firms with unique core technologies.
He advised the students to focus on the VC field of venture and to keep challenging themselves by putting themselves in a "growing field not in a stagnant major company." He also advised them not to restrict themselves to the Korean market but to also develop insights on the global market.
● Jin Gun Mok, CEO of Spark Plus (8May 2018)
SparkPlus is an office sharing start-up company. As the sharing economy and cloud services take center stage in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the size of the office sharing business is growing rapidly, even in terms of global trends. "In the leasing business, the vacancy rate has increased after the subprime mortgage crisis and the ratio of small-sized businesses has risen," he said, introducing the basis for the trend toward office sharing.
Using the slogan ''Stay focused. We'll do the rest," SparkPlus basically helps a customer company achieve flexibility in its use of office space and to minimize the costs and concerns associated with housing a company. The company provides three categories of services — open, private, and custom — tailored to the size of a client company. Facilities, equipment, and community services that a client needs to set up a company are provided at no charge.
● Ji Soo Lee, co-president of Dano (8May 2018)
Dano is a weight control and lifestyle company. It grew out of Lee's own experience of weight gain while she was in college. In researching how to lose the undesired weight, she discovered that false information about diet plans was rampant in the market. Sharing her newfound knowledge and knowhow on social media attracted 30 thousand followers in the first week, a response that was the beginning of her enterprise.
Dano provides four major services: DanoApp, a diet sharing application; DanoShop, an online mall of diet-specialized groceries; MyDano, a coaching program; and DanoFit, women-only body type workout centers. They are all different services, but all share similar characteristics of offering customer-oriented services. Another Dano representative, Bum Yoon Chung, said that rather than resorting to daring marketing strategies, the firm is trying to find a way that can effectively reach potential customers and turn them into regular customers.
● Suk Chul Jeon, Team Leader of Aju IB Investment (8May 2018)
Suk Chul Jeon has invested in both SparkPlus and Dano and discussed his analyses of both companies and the factors that convinced him to invest. Expanding from a market flooded with many diet-related businesses into the service market based on trust, Dano considered how to develop into a platform business. But Jeon said he is concerned about the potential risks to the company in trying to maintain the same one-to-one quality of life habit improvement service when there is a sudden surge in users.
SparkPlus managers thought that the office sharing business has high market feasibility, he said, but there is a risk that industry global front-runners may trigger price competition that would eliminate newcomers. He invested in the business despite such risks, because he is expecting rapid expansion of this business.
"The role of the venture capitalist is to form a storyline with the businesses and pursue each other's interests, plan, and implement a strategy to coexist and form a win-win relationship," Suk Chul Jeon said in closing.
● Nam Hoon Cho, Former President of Korean Science Technology Holdings (15 May 2018)
Nam Hoon Cho, former CEO of Korea Science and Technology Holdings, spoke about a venture capitalist's valuation of technology, an enterprise value model, and a career in VC. He introduced himself as a venture capitalists who graduated from a college of engineering. He worked in various companies such as KT, LG Venture Investment, and Innopolis for 30 years. To explain the systems of analysis and valuation of the companies that he has invested in the past, he showed examination and valuation reports by an accounting firm.
Cho insisted that one of the most urgent tasks that the Korean market faces is the activation of the technological commercialization that connects research institutes and the industrial world. "The venture firms that will provide fresh ideas and technology and the VC that will support the growth of venture firms, will provide the driving force for the growth of venture capital," he said.
● Dong Chul Shin, CEO of Highland Priate Equity (5 June, 2018)
Dong Chul Shin discussed the similarities and differences between private equity (PE) and VC. Although PE shares similarities with VC as a stake investor, there are differences such as investment targets, size, methods, means, and administrative methods. Moreover, PE has fewer investment cases, longer investment periods, and a more difficult examination process than VC. The industry is currently growing rapidly. The investment contract price is about KRW 60 trillion, has 188 operators, and 437 funds. And the average size of a private equity fund (PEF) is about KRW 138 thousand million.
He said that the growth of the PEF was possible with the support of government funding. Many firms have gone through difficulties after the International Monetary Fund and governments and finance authorities made huge efforts to modernize the firm ecosystem by encouraging the restructuring of privately led businesses. And during a similar period when firms needed to raise funds for the procurement of their new businesses, investors diversified the portfolios of their investment targets.
"The field of PE, which has a huge range in the investment industry, is more open to students who study liberal arts. The core manpower of PE is closer to the generalists, so I hope many students who study liberal arts will consider their future in this field," he said, concluding his speech.
<Undergraduate Social Engagement and Enterprise>
● Professor Jin Soo Kim, Graduate School of Social Welfare (29March 2018)
Jin Soo Kim posed the question, "Why do we need social welfare?"
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Hallucinogen - Twisted
By Children, January 18, 2000 in 1995
djmaxfactor1995 0
Location:San Francisco Bay Area
Interests:Self
It starts out in 12/8.
I am sure you are right. And, I appreciate you correcting me. But then it stays 4/4, right?
I just remember that I could mix with it. And most likely, start a set with this or just cue it to it's 4/4 to drop in.
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Location:Hilbert's Hotel
Interests:Physics, Maths, Poking things with sticks
It does that thing of changing gradually from 12/8 to 4/4.
12/8 can be mixed into 4/4 effectively, can't it (guessing, I've never tried)?
I don't know time signatures for the life of me. I can usually recognize differences but when they are interchangeable, I always default on 4/4 because it is formula for mixing. But I believe you can match the beats but the emphasis would be on the 2nd up beat, like reggae but this would be more akin to dancehall, right? Oh, I am listening to it now. Only the first twenty seconds are 12/8 then he drum rolls out into a 4/4 and he uses time stretching effects but the beat is still 4 on the floor. And, if you listen closely, it does not sound like a smooth transition. It is much more like he cut mixed them -- but they were at the same tempo. Of course that is why I love to discuss these things so I can learn. What do you hear?
No, I think you've misunderstood which bit I'm referring to. The 12/8 section is from about 0:27 to shortly after the 1 minute mark - before that there's not much beat so the time signature isn't really discernible. 12/8 still has 4 beats in a bar, it's just that those beats are split into three shorter beats, rather than 2 or 4; that is bbb/bbb/bbb/bbb rather than bb/bb/bb/bb.
e: For a more pronounced example, listen to this track; it's 4/4 before 1:44 and 12/8 afterwards.
e: For a more pronounced example, listen to this track; it's 4/4 before 1:44 and 12/8 afterward.
Yes, I understand, now. It is still 4/4 but it is compound so you have a 4/4 rhythm at 120bpm and a 3/2 rhythm inside at 240 bpm, so it gives that swing feel. And Hallucinogen definitely uses the 12/8 time a lot. That is another reason why I consider him The most talented EDM composer, ever.
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Family of Light
Location:I am everywhere.
Artist: Hallucinogen
Title: Twisted
Label: Dragonfly Records
Date: October, 1995
1. LSD
2. Orphic Thrench
3. Alpha Centauri
4. Dark Matrix
5. Shamanix
6. Snarling Black Mabel
7. Fluoro Neuro Sponge
8. Solstice
8a. Angelic Particles (Remix)
"I believe with the advent of acid we've discovered a new to think... and it has to do with piecing together new thoughts in your mind. Why is it that people think it's so evil? What is it about it that is scares people so deeply? Even ... and if one is ... because they are afraid that there's more to reality than they have confronted. That there are doors that they're afraid to go in and they don't want us to go in there either because, if we go in, we might learn something that they don't know. And that makes us a little out of their control."
Wow. 8 pages. The last thing I'm gonna do is ramble on and repeat what people have said for, what is it? 18 years now? I'm just gonna do what I do boo.
If there was one album that you had to have in your collection this would be it. Well...maybe this one also.
It's the sh*t!
Simon Posford is arguably the master of all things psychedelic whether it's with any one of his other projects or his flagship Hallucinogen. This was his first album as Hallucinogen and instantly a storytelling classic was born. It doesn't get old. Just doesn't. It sounds like he coulda made this yesterday. You know when every track on your debut album is featured on compilations that you've cemented your legend.
The first track LSD is perhaps his most famous and ushered in a tidal wave of music replete with drug samples in an attempt to capture the feeling and awe inspiring curiosity generated with that sample. Often imitated yet never duplicated it set the standard for drug samples, if there is such a thing.
I've never taken LSD, but the crunchy leads and long drawn out melodies on tracks like Alpha Centauri and Dark Magus must've been a match made in heaven. I can only imagine what that was like all the colors and endless twirling. Acid affects people in different ways that's why I always went with what I knew.
Ahhhh.....that's the stuff.
The whole album has a flow to it that is continuous and the psychedelia never wavers. The tribal vocal manipulation in Shamanix is dream inducing and a platform he will experiment with throughout his career. I see hippies dancing in the dirt with no shoes in mismatched clothing and I'm just trying to get my parking validated. Little help?
I used to think Snarling Black Mabel was not as potent as the rest, but tonight it hit me like a senior citizen backing out of a handicapped spot. Juicy psychedelic froth at its finest! It gurgles and sh*ts razor blade rainbows, but I can't help trying to catch every bit of color. Fluoro Neuro Sponge has so much going on that it is a testament to his ability to create such a cohesive masterpiece. What you didn't see was a familiar sponge suffering through possibly his worst trip. Ever.
find your happy place Squarepants. Your happy place.
He ends (kinda) with the gentle (kinda) Solstice, and even that takes out the 303 barb wire. But then there is a little ambient surprise. The remix of Angelic Particles comes in after 6 minutes of silence (I hate that sh*t, just make another track) but it is a haunting and spiritual dream making for a perfect ending.
Like I said, I'm not rehashing what the world has said and already repeated ad nauseum. I'll give my take like this. If Christianity has it's bible, Islam has the Koran, Mormons have whatever the f*ck they have...then this is the psytrancers book of life instruction.
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Location:Funland
Interests:You and I.
It's quite a task to decipher this immortal album into mere words, but I feel obliged as plus twenty years later this album still gives me the shivers and amazes me with its technical superiority. This album was written I believe mostly in 1995, but some of it even dates back to 1994. The first Hallucinogen release ever, the LSD/Alpha Centauri 12" on Dragonfly Records, is from April 1994. So to just sum things up - the whole album was written in roughly a two-year period.
Musically speaking this album is nearly flawless in my ears. Hallucinogen has an uncanny talent in using weird yet strangely charming synth sounds and effects and manipulating them thru effect units like a mad scientist. The result? It may sound funny but the guy is still touring around the world playing these exact tracks! Okay, there's usually the combo-package with the latest Shpongle but still... this album carries such a staggering level to detail and brilliant songwriting that it still works on the dancefloor and gives you a great trip - even without stimulants.
I love the almost "punk rock" attitude Hallucinogen has on this album. It's raw, powerful, twisted (as the title would suggest...) and mysterious all at the same time. 'Twisted' feels like a perfect example of that 1994/1995 musical period when Goa trance was taking its form and was free of any pre-defined concepts how psychedelic music ought to sound. At the same time its maturity was years ahead of the game and still continues to inspire countless of artists - yours truly as an example. I truly believe 'Twisted' is the magnum opus of Hallucinogen. Now, I do think also 'TLD' is a great album, it might excel this album in its technicality, but it lacks the certain rawness and craziness that make 'Twisted' one of the standout releases in all 90s electronic music.
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On 29/04/2011 at 5:51 AM, djmaxfactor1995 said:
One of the craziest things about the time signature stuff is that he only half understood it.
Approx 5 years ago (maybe more? 7?) there was a discussion about this on the Twisted Records music forum where he replied with a post asking what the second number means in a time signature. He explained he played around with settings on his sequencer but only really paid the first one mind.
Staggering.
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Happy mushroom
I really wasn't into old school Goa for a long time. I was all about hard punchy kicks and hardcore production. I listened to AP... nothing. Asia 2001... Nil... MWNN... Nada.
Then one night, after a little bangarang, just a small hit of dat exo, only a poofteenth of some devils lettuce, a slight suckle of the cheeba, an innocent touch of da gazon, a blaze of the reggie reggie and everything changed.
I thought fuck it, let's finally do this, let's listen to number 1. Tsotsi was ready.
And really that's what the music was designed for in the first place, high people. The album is a gosh danged acid trip. Sometimes it takes some help to get you there, but once you here it there is no going back. The absolute rawness of tracks like Orphic trench literally felt like our boy Simon had created a sonic dragon that was spitting flames of euphoria at us. I cant even imagine the dance floors when this came on. All i knew was all of a sudden i was immersed in the demented, psychedelic, dare i say Twisted world of Possy F.
It is awe inspiring work through and through, that's coming from someone who used to say that old is not gold, Tsotsi be humble.
Since Twisted the world of old school has been opened up to me, funny thing is, Artha was the artist that opened new school Goa to me. What a strange but wonderful world it can be.
You're an Aussie, yeah?
I take it you missed his master-classes at Rainbow Serpent 2011 and 2017?
On 1/26/2019 at 2:31 PM, Jaza said:
Yea I'm pretty Aussie. Just moved to Brisbane.
2017 was my last Rainbow, I'm about to lose all cred but I left the Shpongle opening set to go put warm clothes on and also ignored all master classes. Was either at camp or on the dancefloor the entire time.
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