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Project Accessible Oral Health Holds Annual Summit
June 27, 2019 by Mike Caprara
Event honors champions for the care of the disability community.
Project Accessible Oral Health at The Viscardi Center, a global public-private partnership that aims to improve access to oral health care and improve the overall health of the disability community, recently held its annual summit and "First Steps" awards ceremony as it continues to advance the conversation around fostering culturally competent oral health care for people with disabilities.
The summit, "Champions for Oral Healthcare in the Disability Community," took place June 17-18 in Philadelphia, bringing together dental and medical professionals, educators, policymakers, people with disabilities, caregivers, and other stakeholders. The event kicked off with an awards ceremony at The Study at University City highlighting the groundbreaking work of four honorees:
AmeriHealth Caritas/Keystone First were recognized for creating a new dental insurance plan specifically to address the needs of people with disabilities, and for committing to train its providers to competently and confidently treat its plan members. The honorees were inspired to create the plan by the inaugural Project Accessible Oral Health conference in 2017.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and Temple University's Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry were each honored for their commitment to treating people with disabilities, and ensuring that future generations of dentists are taught how to address the oral health needs of the disability community.
The ADA Foundation was honored for its recent ADA Foundation Challenge, which raised awareness of the oral health access issues facing people with disabilities among thousands of American Dental Association members.
Throughout the rest of the event, which took place at the The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, attendees discussed progress that has been made since Project Accessible Oral Health's inception in 2017 and celebrated individuals who have led efforts to improve access to care around the world. Panel discussions explored ongoing oral health challenges facing the disability community, and keynote speaker Neil Romano, Chairman of the National Council on Disability, spoke to attendees about the responsibility each of them must take to ensure that dental practices are accessible and oral health professionals are trained to meet the unique needs of people with disabilities.
For a closer look at the issues discussed during the event, please watch this video interview featuring Steve Kess, Vice President of Global Professional Relations at Henry Schein, Inc., and Dr. Larry Paul, Vice President of Corporate Dental for AmeriHealth Caritas, as they discuss "A New Approach to Oral Health Care for People with Special Needs." The interview is part of #scheinchats, Henry Schein's signature social media series.
"We have made tremendous progress in just two short years, and it is rewarding to be joined by colleagues who want to continue driving change that improves the oral health, and overall health, of this most deserving community," said Barbie Vartanian, Executive Director, Project Accessible Oral Health at The Viscardi Center. "Throughout this year's event, colleagues exchanged best practices, shared challenges, and embraced the opportunity to build on our successes. We thank the attendees for their enthusiasm and we look forward to next year's event."
About Project Accessible Oral Health
Under The Viscardi Center's network of 501(c)(3) organizations, Project Accessible Oral Health is a global public-private partnership and the first to nationally assemble and connect a consortium of dental and medical professionals, corporations, organizations, policymakers, educators, people with disabilities, caregivers, and other stakeholders in pursuit of equal access to culturally competent oral healthcare. The Project's mission is to act as a collective catalyst for change that will not only improve access to oral healthcare, but also ultimately improve the overall health of the disability community. Project Accessible Oral Health's founders include John D. Kemp, President and CEO of The Viscardi Center, Steve W. Kess, Vice President of Global Professional Relations, Henry Schein, Inc. and Co-Founder of Henry Schein Cares and Dr. Mark Wolff, Morton Amsterdam Dean at Penn Dental Medicine. Learn more at ProjectAccessibleOralHealth.org.
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CM writes letter to PM for leaseholder farmers
June 12, 2019	0	By Rajesh Agrawal
Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking beneficiaries of leaseholder under the Forest Rights Act to benefit from the Prime Minister's Kisan Adhyayan Nidhi Yojna, like small and marginal farmers. Keeping in view the weak socio-economic condition of such leaseholder farmers, the Chief Minister has requested to supply 12 thousand rupees per year to the place of six thousand Rupees per year from the Prime Minister Kisan Adhyayan Nidhi Yojana.
The CM has written in his letter that the beneficiaries of this scheme have not included the leaseholders received under the Forest Rights Act, which are farming on lease land and are below the poverty line. The first priority is to get benefits from such a farmer's scheme. The Chief Minister has also mentioned that nearly 4 lakh families of Chhattisgarh State have been granted lease under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 and still the process of granting forest rights lease is being done.
Chief Minister has mentioned that 'Forest Rights Act 2006' has been implemented with the aim of providing traditional rights of living to the people of tribal and tribal communities. This law provides personal and community rights to the forest dwellers. With the implementation of this law a new hope was reached in the lives of millions of forest dwellers. After giving the lease to these families, the provisions have also been made to benefit them through various schemes so that their quality of life improves and they can get rid of the clutches of poverty.
In his letter, Shri Baghel said that in order to benefit the small and marginal farmers of the country by the Central Government in February 2019, Prime Minister Kisan Adhash Nidhi Yojana has been started, in which the financial assistance of six thousand rupees per year for the marked family Has been provided.
The CM has requested the Prime Minister to look into the interests of the millions of forest dwellers in the country and to make the leaseholder farmers benefit from the start date of the scheme, to ensure proper release of proper instructions to the concerned department.
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On This Day…15 years ago, I went to lunch and spent the day with a really nice guy. 15 years ago, my life was forever changed. 15 years ago, I (re)connected with my other half…..it took us years to find each other, but find each other we did. We made each other whole, again. Though I know and feel he is with me always, we are once again separated by time and space….
What helps me to go on is my belief that we will be reconnected and whole again…….
Today I'll remember. Today I will cry. Today I will laugh. That's what my memories do.
While waiting for the sun….I tried putting my writers cap back on…….
When the grief and the pain start to overwhelm me, my Soul Strolls these days, take me to the trees………where in the past, I was comforted by the song of the sea, I now find refuge sitting amongst the 'old ones'.
Sitting beneath this beautiful Oak Tree, I found some quietude…I found some much needed peace….and a little bit of my voice.
Under this big Oak Tree.
I have found my new home.
Friday. My nemesis. Friday. The day he left. Today is 29 weeks, 203 days since Jim gained his wings. I've been working very hard at learning to celebrate my Friday's and not dread them. I'd say I'm 70-30 there.
This made me smile as I remember out first 'date'. We were two married people who knew each other from working in the same store, acquaintances, nothing more. I left the store and didn't see Jim for almost 5 months. When we unexpectedly bumped into each other, turns out both our lives had changed. We were both separated. He said let's go out for a burger and a beer sometime. That wouldn't happen for another 2 months. When it did, we bought sandwiches and Rolling Rock Beer and went and sat on his friends boat. The conversation flowed easily, as we talked about out lives, our families. It was a beautiful late May Day. The sun was sparkling off the lake. We found ourselves just sitting, quietly, staring at the water as the boat gently rocked. I remember thinking in my head…This is so nice. The silence is comfortable. At some point, I had leaned into him and we just continued to sit in that beautiful quietude.
2 people came together that day as friends looking for nothing more then conversation…we left that boat connected by something neither of us had ever experienced before.
We would come to enjoy many many more of those silent comfortable moments………………..I have no doubt y'all know what I'm talking about. Today, I hope you'll join me in finding and stealing some special quiet time to sit with the memory of your beloved.


It is highly likely one day you will need the services of a professional painting contractor to help with your home's painting needs. Working with the best service provider ensures you have a durable and safe paint job that stands the test of time. But do you know what defines the best painting contractor? You start by calling at least three to five different painting contractors. Get the references and recommendations from family and friends about their preferred service providers and then create a shortlist.
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Never hesitate to air your expectations based on the task at hand. There is a lot that determines how much you end up paying for a painting project and of course the quality of work to expect. It is important to tell your contractor all that you need so they can factor that in when giving you an estimate. Speaking of estimates, it is important that each painting contractor provides a written estimate. Look out for a detailed description of the cost of labor and materials, model and brand of painting supplies, what amount of prep work is needed and the layers of primer and coat to expect. Here is more info about Image Line Painting.
The next step is about verifying their competence, skill, and experience by asking for, and contacting their past clients. Better yet is if you can spare some time and visit one of their old painting projects that have been there for a couple of years. This way, you get to experience firsthand how durable, or not, their painting work is after a couple of years. You might also want to know the skill and competence of their current crews by visiting a recently completed painting project. Visit this site to learn more.
Last but not least, it is important that you consider the credentials of a painting contractor. Just because they are a member of a local or trade business group does not guarantee quality work. But then again that shows a very high level of commitment and reliability on the part of the service provider. While at it, you might want to verify the service provider has the necessary license and valid certification for their trade. Read more here : https://www.ehow.com/how_7932547_paint-commercial-buildings.html.


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White Star (Canada), een dorp in Saskatchewan
 White Star Line, een historische rederij uit Engeland

White Star (witte ster) is een naam van enkele sportclubs. De clubs dragen meestal ook een witte ster in hun logo
 White Star AC (stamnummer 47), later ook White Star Woluwe AC of Royal White Star AC, een voetbalclub uit het Brusselse, die later zou fuseren in Racing White en later RWDM
 White Star Lauwe (stamnummer 535), een voetbalclub uit Lauwe
 White Star Oudenburg (stamnummer 1784), een voetbalclub uit Oudenburg
 KSV White Star Adinkerke (stamnummer 2521), een voetbalclub uit Adinkerke
 White Star Sombeke (stamnummer 3693), een voetbalclub uit Sombeke
 White Star SC Sint-Amandsberg (stamnummer 4084), een voetbalclub uit Sint-Amandsberg
 White Star Bruxelles (stamnummer 5750), een voetbalclub uit Woluwe, die na de fusie van White Star AC in 1963 de witte ster van die club overnam
 White Star Bellegem (stamnummer 6114) uit Bellegem
 White Star Schorvoort Turnhout (stamnummer 7025) uit Turnhout

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We usually find around 8 direct trains on the route from Sheffield to Wellingborough every weekday.
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The Sheffield to Wellingborough train travel time is normally about 1 hour and 33 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
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When to book Sheffield to Wellingborough train tickets?
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Home News & Features Features Keeping Pace with the King Price Xtreme Race Team
Keeping Pace with the King Price Xtreme Race Team
Wes Reyneke
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It's a tough time for motorcycle racing worldwide right now. The WorldSBK and MotoGP calendars are in a constant state of flux, with daily postponements and cancellations now the norm.
With all the attention on the world racing stage, it's easy to forget that our local racers are suffering too. What should have been a cracking start to the South African race season, has now become a waiting game instead, as teams eagerly await the day they can take to the track again.
One of those teams is the King Price Xtreme superbike race squad. The team's led by veteran racer and defending SA Superbike champion, Clint Seller, and filled out by Dino Iozzo and Sfiso Themba.
Clint has almost two decades of racing under his belt, along with one 600 cc and five SA Superbike championship titles. He's also won an American national endurance title in the past, and races in the World Endurance Championship for a French team.
Dino came into 2020 with a fresh win at the final round of the 2019 SSP600 series at Red Star Raceway. He got into motorcycle racing after an injury ruined his dreams of becoming a professional footballer, then honed his skills in the US at the California Superbike School.
Sfiso's kicking off his first season with King Price this year, competing in the Kawasaki ZX-10R Masters Cup. Growing up in a small village in Mpumalanga, he dreamt of becoming a race car driver. Then, when he started riding motorcycles just seven years ago, the chairman at the track he frequented nudged him to start racing.
With a blend of experience, talent and raw passion (and a killer race livery), King Price Xtreme sure have a dynamic team on their hands. But how much of a damper has the extended lockdown and delayed race season put on their spirits? And how are they staying sharp and motivated during this weird time? We hit up Clint, Dino and Sfiso to find out.
What impact has COVID-19 and lockdown had on your race program, beyond the obvious side effect of not being able to race.
Clint Seller: It's extremely tough, as we were starting to build momentum for the team and our sponsors and now it seems like a distant memory. We as a team also started to work with Sfiso this year and understand what he needs, and had tests planned around his needs, but all testing and R and D has stopped. Not to mention the Honda shift in the team having to be paused, which is a tough one to swallow. But we know that we will pick up and push as a team once we are back in action.
Photo credit: Bjorn Moreira / ZA Bikers
How do you see the motorsport industry in South Africa, and internationally, after COVID-19?
CS: It is going to be a tough year. As we all know motorsport is massively expensive and people's income is already going to be stretched. I think we are going to have to see the organizing bodies really working closely with competitors and fans to give the best bang for everyone's buck.
What are you doing, as a team, to stay motivated while the industry is in hiatus?
CS: As riders, we are training harder than ever, as a team we are planning and focusing on coming back bigger and better
Do you think the motorcycle industry will bounce back, and if so, what will be the key to its future success?
CS: I think people will appreciate the freedom a motorcycle gives even more now, I truly believe people are going to start living for the now, and we will see motorcycle sales and insurance sales jump.
Without being able to head out to the track, how are you keeping your skills sharp and staying fit during this time?
CS: I have been training hard on my stationary trainer, however, I am really missing being on a bike and taking it to the very edge of traction.
I pedal for an hour a day and hit some skipping, but I have a beautiful one-and-half-year-old daughter who is super-fast and has more energy than I thought was possible so chasing her around the house feels like a stint at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Dino Iozzo: Although we are not able to ride, which can definitely impact your riding skills, I am fortunate enough to be able to train at home, and to be able to keep strong and fit.
My home-based workout would normally be weights for an hour, and then I would do a cycle towards the end of the day on the stationary bicycle. I also do a lot of core and balance exercises to keep my body in control.
Sfiso Themba: Thanks to level 4, now a person can run. So it's a morning jog, then it's indoor training in the afternoon, that includes push-ups, skipping and spinning.
What are your hobbies outside of motorcycle racing, and are you able to pursue some of these now? If not, what are you doing to stay sane?
CS: I really love riding my bicycle, however, I have a normal job as well which is considered essential services—so that has been a huge portion of my lockdown.
DI: Outside the racing world I do enjoy other sports and activities such as soccer, downhill mountain biking, and, of course, the usual: playing PlayStation. I always wanted to be a soccer player but unfortunately, injuries happened. I've always loved PlayStation ever since I was small, and golf is the best therapeutic support for me, probably because the racing is so fast compared to slow and steady.
ST: Following social media and trends, and watching Formula 1 and MotoGP races.
What's your biggest challenge right now?
CS: I think for me I just look at what's in front of me and get on with it. So we can't race for a while, so I just attack the next challenge. Which right now is my day job.
DI: My biggest challenge now is to try and keep as fit and as strong as possible. Even though there is no racing at the moment, being a professional athlete takes huge dedication and sacrifice. So we always need to be mentally and physically prepared.
ST: Mentally, to be competitive when we start racing and to try out new tricks learned over watching videos… and pushing the limits on track.
What are you looking forward to most, once lockdown is lifted?
CS: Probably riding my practice bike at a go-kart circuit. I have no pressure when I ride that bike so it feels really pure.
DI: As soon as lockdown is over I would probably load my bikes and head straight for the racetrack because at this point I'm itching to ride.
ST: Riding, lots of racing, and pushing the 63Nation brand.
What's going to be your biggest challenge, when you get back on the track?
CS: Race fitness. All the cycling in the world doesn't prepare you for that fire breathing 1,000 cc race bike that wants to pull your arms off. But man, I can't wait.
DI: Honestly my biggest challenge, when I get back to the track, will probably be seat time! Meaning that I haven't ridden in a while and that is going to take a few sessions to get on the pace.
ST: To keep up with the competition and deliver a thrilling race!
Wes Reyneke is a writer, photographer and all-round motothusiast based in Cape Town. When he's not on two wheels or scrolling through Instagram, he spends his time driving his own personal tribe of children around in his dad-wagon. He also has a well-curated mustache, wears skinny jeans and enjoys fine bourbon—just don't call him a hipster.
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Review: Marguerite
March 26, 2016 by Julian Lytle Leave a Comment
This review was originally posted on Punch Drunk Critics
So I watched this French Film Marguerite, written & directed by Xavier Giannoli about a woman who loves singing but isn't good at it and no one tells her the truth. So now I'm sitting here watching what I think is supposed to be a comedy but for me it's not at all. To me it's a very sad little drama about a person's dreams and how different people are exploiting it for their own gain. Now follow me here, the title character is a married woman who has a rich husband that lets her do whatever she wants to be happy; and that is music and singing.Continue Reading …
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Review: The Taking of Tiger Mountain
January 6, 2015 by Julian Lytle Leave a Comment
The Taking of Tiger Mountain. Doesn't that sound like pure fire? You see that trailer and it just sounds and looks like some extra gully Hong Kong experience. See, The Taking of Tiger Mountain is an adaptation of the novel 'Tracks' in the Snowy Mountain. It's the story of People's Liberation Army versus a Bandit Gang during the Chinese Revolution. The director is Tsui Hark, a director with a great legacy in Hong Kong action cinema. If you haven't seen classics like Once Upon A Time In China or Legend of Zu you need to fix that.
Here's the thing with this film though. It's long, like LONG. It felt like watching a whole war. The pacing is totally off. This felt like they took what should've been some miniseries or two movies and crammed it in a really long movie. Some of that caused me to lose track of some of the characters, or really just their names. The characters are pretty amazingly costumed into these really cool and distinct looks. At times it's like watching a cool Tekken movie.
Now I don't want to seem like a Debbie Downer because the one thing that is cool to see in this is the action. For those not up on Hark's work he is like a god of what's called wire-fu in martial arts flicks. He's been doing this for close to 4 decades so now with technology out here his set pieces go pretty far insano. Take all that cool stuff from his kung fu with flying into trees and punching so hard the wind hurts and what not and apply that to soldiers fighting battles. You have tanks and planes and machines guns, you have hero soldiers bouncing bullets off of helmets to take guys out and stopping grenades with other grenades, complete insanity. If this movie was shorter it would've been worth every penny.
I can't really say if the performances were great or not. They are kind of generic to be honest. Like there is a dude named Hawk and he has a hawk, I don't know what truth there is to pull from that. No lie, the whole thing feels like I was watching some fairly average anime but all with real people instead of animation. Like it was some super form of cosplay. Now I know this sounds very harsh, I have to say I've seen better from Hark and I was really excited to see this but was profoundly disappointed. So The Taking of Tiger Mountain is something you should really not go out of your way to see, it's probably worth looking for the English translation of the novel or if you can read mandarin read it that way.
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Review: The Blue Room
October 22, 2014 by Julian Lytle Leave a Comment
The Blue Room is an interesting and tense little film. It's a film that really has a main character that is really quite standard now. A middle-aged man named Julien is in an adulterous relationship with another woman; living this double life. The film starts in the middle of the story, not in the beginning; and in a moment of passion a conversation happens, that leads to our protagonist in police custody. The film then goes back and forth as Julien is trying to figure out how he got to this point while talking to the police. The thing that sets this film apart that makes it interesting to watch is the direction from Mathieu Amalric, who also is one of the writers and stars as Julien along with Christophe Beaucarne and Francois Gedigier (the Cinematographer and Editor respectively) together through shots and editing that has the intent of putting the viewer in Julien's mind frame. I must say they are pretty successful since it the film had me confused and questioning the situation just like Julien must have been feeling.
All the performances are really good and not to use a blanket statement but that's about par for the course for me with French films this year. The run time is really short at 76 minutes and while that brisk pace works for me it may feel a little incomplete for some. Things are not nicely tied up like they are in most Hollywood films. While I thought the film was good and worth watching I can't help but feeling a bit tired of the middle-aged man bored with his life or lying about his true nature and basically gets in too deep with a troubled woman who ruins both their lives. As I spoke of earlier this is getting to be a tired trope but I'm guessing it's balanced enough so that your eye and mind can focus more on how it's told, much like flipping a fairy tale in a new way.
I shouldn't ignore the acting but being that I'm not that familiar with many of the actors in this film it's like watching a cast of unknowns. All the acting is great. Amalric holds the film together with his performance never being unbelievable on screen as Julien, with his relatable performance drawing you in as his situation goes from bad to worse. Lea Drucker and Stephanie Cleau both play off Amalric well as the two main women in his life. Both are on par with Amalric in holding their own on screen with him. He was able to do well with getting great performances out of them while still having to act with them. The Blue Room is very engaging and concise thriller something that works great for the fall season. While it might not be for those who just want to be entertained by movies it is a film I would tell people to take a leap on because it is truly a well-made movie.
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The View Halloa – The Engineer's Thumb
Now let's see if I've got this straight… you take the 11:15 train from Paddington to the non-existent village of Eyford, then drive about seven or maybe twelve miles to a weird, dark house that is just around the corner from the station you just left. Confused? So was Victor Hatherley, but who can blame him? Lured to a strange house, nearly crushed into the shape of a half-crown, and maimed by a cleaver, the poor thumbless hydraulic engineer had a strange and disjointed tale to tell. Next up: the call for the Hounds to get going like a house afire to explain what happened to the engineer's thumb.
The German people: Dr. Becher wasn't German, though he had a German name. He had two supposedly German friends, Fritz and Elise, but were they really German? They left a couple of German books around the place, and they apparently spoke some German, at least in front of their "guest" Victor Hatherley. Elise spoke broken English, and Fritz spoke English with a German accent. But in the excitement over Hatherley's escape, they lapsed into English. Don't people tend to gravitate to their native language in moments of stress?
The man we later know as Fritz initially introduced himself to Victor Hatherley as "Colonel Lysander Stark." This sounds strangely like another phony name in a later story, doesn't it? Good old Doctor Lysander Starr, the revered mayor of Topeka, who was the invention of Killer Evans. And with what kind of criminal activity do we associate Killer Evans? That's right: counterfeiting! Coincidence? Or is there some connection here?
Elise is a nice German-sounding name, but it has the same letters as "Elsie." Remember Elsie Patrick, later Elsie Cubitt, of "The Dancing Men?" She had some criminal associations from her past, but she had done "nothing that she need be personally ashamed of." That description certainly applied to "Elise," who saved Hatherley's life and clearly had no taste for crime or violence herself. We generally assume that all of Elsie's Patrick's criminal past centered around Chicago, but is that necessarily true? Is it possible that Elsie was Elise?
Victor in Victoria Street: Watson says that Victor Hatherley was not more than five-and-twenty, but he had been in business (so to speak) on his own for two years after serving an apprenticeship of seven years with another firm. Was he really apprenticed at age sixteen? Didn't he have to go to school somewhere for at least part of that time?
Victor Hatherley has to be one of the dimmer bulbs ever to consult Sherlock Holmes for advice. He kept himself in an office for two years without doing much work, but he couldn't resist the lure of fifty guineas for one night's work even though he was suspicious of "Lysander Stark" from the very beginning. Would you have gone on the trip to Eyford if you had been in Hatherley's shoes? What precautions might Hatherley have taken to minimize his risks? Do you believe any of this story? Was Hatherley lying, or was he just so upset that he couldn't get the facts straight? Do you think that any of Sherlock Holmes's comments might lead us to believe that he doubted at least some parts of the story?


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Dr Arlene Ditchfield
Microbial Biogeochemist
A microbial biogeochemist interested in how microbial communities cycle carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. I have particular interest in methane production in the upper oceans.
I have published 15 peer reviewed papers and two book chapters.
I am also the Deputy Programme leader for the BSc (Hons) Marine Science degree at SAMS UHI.
arlene.ditchfield@sams.ac.uk
My research interests include understanding the processes and microorganisms involved in carbon, nitrogen and sulphur cycling in natural and engineered environments with a particular focus on anaerobic processes and the associated microbial communities.
Macrofuels
Utilisation of organic residues for biogas production. Colleagues associated are Dr Michele Stanley and Professor Angela Hatton (now NOC).
Funded by EU H2020 research and innovation programme.
Past highlight projects
1. Understanding methanogenesis in sedimenting material (MISM)
Focused on understanding the processes and microorganisms (particularly methanogenic Archaea) involved in methane production in the upper oceans.
Professor Angela Hatton, Dr Kevin Purdy and Dr Mark Hart. Funded by NERC 2010-15
2. Unravelling the ocean methane paradox
Colleagues associated were Drs Angela D Hatton, David Green, Kevin Purdy & Mark Hart. Funded by NERC 2007-10.
3. BioMara
Investigating the microbial populations involved in anaerobic digestion of seaweed. Funded by EU Interreg 2010
4. Microbiological analysis of deep subsurface petroleum reservoirs (University of Newcastle). Funded by the Bacchus consortium 2002-06
Sherry, A, Gray ND, Ditchfield AK, Aitken CM, Jones DM, Roling WFM, Hallmann, C, Larter SR, Bowler BFJ, and Head IM. 2013 Anaerobic biodegradation of crude oil under sulphate-reducing conditions leads to only modest enrichment of sulphate-reducing taxa. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 81:105-113.
Aitken CM, Jones DM, Maguire MJ, Gray ND, Sherry, A, Bowler BFJ, Ditchfield AK, Larter SR, and Head IM. 2013 Evidence that crude oil alkane activation proceeds by different mechanisms under sulphate-reducing and methanogenic conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 109:162-174.
Ditchfield (nee Rowan), A.K, Wilson , ST, Hart, MC, Purdy, KJ, Green, D H, and Hatton, AD. 2012 Identification of putative methylotrophic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens within sedimenting material and copepod faecal pellets. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 67:151-160.
Hubert CRJ, Oldenburg TBP, Fustic M, Gray ND, Larter SR, Penn K, Rowan AK, Seshadri R, Sherry A, Swainsbury R, Voordouw G, Voordouw JK, and Head IM. 2012 Massive dominance of Epsilonproteobacteria in formation waters from a Canadian oil sands reservoir containing severely biodegraded oil. Environmental Microbiology. 2:387-404.
Gray ND, Sherry A, Grant RJ, Rowan AK, Hubert CRJ, Callbeck CM, Aitken CM, Jones DM, Adams JJ, Larter SR, and Head IM. 2011 The quantitative significance of Syntrophaceae and syntrophic partnerships in methanogenic degradation of crude oil alkanes. Environmental Microbiology. 13(11):2957-2975.
Oldenburg, T.B.P, Larter S.R., Adams J.J., Rowan A.K., Brown A., Head I.M., Grigoriyan, A.A., Voordouw G., Fustic M. and Hubert C. 2009 Methods for recovery of microorganisms and intact microbial polar lipids (IPLs) from oil-water mixtures lab experiments and natural well-head fluids. Analytical Chemistry, 81(10), 4130-4136.
*D.M. Jones, I. M. Head, N. D. Gray, J.J. Adams, A. K. Rowan, C.M. Aitken, B. Bennett, H. Huang, A. Brown, B.F.J. Bowler, and S.R. Larter. 2008. Crude oil biodegradation via methanogenesis in subsurface petroleum reservoirs. Nature, 451, 176-180.
*Organic Geochemistry Division Best Paper Award for 2008 Gray, N.D., Brown, A, Nelson, D.R., Pickup, R.W., Rowan, A.K. and I.M. Head. 2007. The biogeographical distribution of closely related freshwater sediment bacteria is determined by environmental selection. The ISME Journal. 1(7):596-606.
Demspsey, M.J., Porto, I., Mustafa, M., Rowan A.K., Brown, A., and I.M. Head. 2006. The expanded bed biofilter: combined nitrification, solids destruction, and removal of bacteria. Water Science and Technology. 54(8): 37-46.
Rowan, A.K., Snape, J.R., Fearnside, D., Curtis, T.P., Barer, M.R. and I.M. Head. 2005. Development of a rapid assay for quantification of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in wastewater treatment plants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 8481-8490.
Rowan, A.K., Snape, J.R., Fearnside, D., Curtis, T.P., Barer, M.R. and I.M. Head. 2005. Changes in AOB community structure in full-scale wastewater treatment reactors following a change in wastewater composition. In: Proceedings of the Third Chartered Institute for Water and Environmental Management National Conference 2005. Not peer reviewed.
Rowan, A.K., Snape, J.R., Fearnside, D., Curtis, T.P., Barer, M.R. and I.M. Head. 2003. Composition and diversity of ammonia-oxidising bacterial communities in wastewater treatment reactors of different design treating identical wastewater. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 43: 195-206.
Rowan, A.K., Moser, G., Gray, N., Snape, J.R., Fearnside, D., Curtis, T.P., Barer, M.R. and I.M. Head. 2003. A comparative study of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in lab-scale industrial wastewater treatment reactors. Water Science and Technology. 48 (3): 17-24.
Rowan, A.K., Snape, J.R., Fearnside, D., Curtis, T.P., Barer, M.R. and I.M. Head. 2002. A comparison of autotrophic ammonia-oxidising bacteria in full-and laboratory-scale wastewater treatment reactors. Water Science and Technology. 46 (1-2): 319-322.
Gray, N.D., Howarth, R., Rowan, A., Pickup, R.W., Jones, J.G. and Head, I.M. 1999. Natural communities of Achromatium oxaliferum comprise genetically, morphologically and ecologically distinct sub-populations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65 (11): 5089-5099
Head, I.M., Larter, S.R., Gray, N.D., Brown, A. , Adams, J.J., Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Rowan, A.K., Huang, H., and Röling, W.F.M. 2010. Hydrocarbon Degradation in Petroleum Reservoirs. In: Timmis, K.N, ed. Microbiology of Hydrocarbons, Oils, Lipids. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. pp. 3097-3109.
A M. López-Contreras, P. F. H. Harmsen, X Hou, W.J.J. Huijgen, A. K. Ditchfield, B. Bjornsdottir4, O. O. Obata, G. O. Hreggvidsson, J. W. van Hal and A-B. Bjerre. Biorefinery Approach to the Use of Macroalgae as Feedstock for Biofuels in Algal biofuels in press (CRC press)
Marine Science BSc: Module leader for year 3 'Marine Biogeochemical Cycling'
Marine Science BSc: Supervisor for year 3 'Literature Review'
Marine Science BSc: Supervisor for year 4 'Dissertation'
Other teaching responsiblities
Deputy Programme Leader: Marine Science BSc
Year 1 Leader
Personal Academic Tutor
Supervisor for Carnegie Trust summer project (Hanna Ewen, 2016)
Current research students
Susan Evans: Dimethylsulphoxide loss pathways in the oceans: The next big question in DMS biogeochemistry. PhD 2012-17. University of the Highlands and Islands
Ellen Vidin: Microbial epibiota of cultivated seaweed: from hatchery to farm to table? MSc 2016-17. University of St Andrews
Alumni research students
Oluwatosin Obata: Anaerobic Digestion from Marine Materials (European Science Foundation). PhD 2012-15. University of the Highlands and Islands and University of Aberdeen
Neil Clark (NERC Tied studentship): Exploring the Oceanic Methane Paradox. PhD 2010-14. University of the Highlands and Islands and University of Aberdeen
Ashleigh Currie (NERC): Ocean acidification and benthic biogeochemistry. PhD 2011-14. University of the Highlands and Islands and University of Aberdeen
Susan Evans: The impact of Atlantic salmon aquaculture on methane production and mcrA gene expression in marine surface sediment. MSc 2012-13. University of St Andrews
Jo Gosling: Investigating the impacts of Salmon (Salmo salar) fish farming on the methane production and methanogenic community in surrounding sediments. MSc 2013-14. University of St Andrews
Adam Bates: Investigating the impacts of Salmon (Salmo salar) fish farming on inter-annual diversity of bacterial, archaeal and methanogen communities in surrounding sediments. MSc 2013-14. University of St Andrews
Prizes / awards
Prize for Best Scientific Poster at the 1st International Symposium on Applied Molecular Microbiology in Oil Systems (ISMOS) (2007)
Selected to present a poster of my research at Westminster (Annual reception for Britain's young scientists, engineers and technologists, 2006)
Selected from participants of UK water conference to present at international conference
Awarded the Lebour MSc Prize for the best performance on the MSc Environmental biogeochemistry.
Public engagement / outreach
STEM ambassador (promoting science to young people)
Involvement in Sharing Science event at Our Dynamic Earth (public engagement event showcasing Arctic research), March 2009. The hands on display also formed part of polar oceans activities for 2009 (International Polar Year 07-08)
Invited speaker: Oban and Lorn Environment Week 2008 (series of public lectures about exciting environmental research coordinated by the Argyll and Bute Regional Environmental Education Forum (ABREEF)
Speaker at local primary schools (Rockfield, Oban & Achaleven, Connel) & Lochaber's University of the 3rd Age group. Title: What do polar bears eat?
Involvement in open days (2008, 2009, 2010), local science fun days (2007) & SAMS Festival of the Sea.
Participation in Ocean Science on Tall Ship initiative: collaboration between the Future Ship project, the jubilee sailing trust (charity that enables participants whatever their physical ability to challenge themselves through the adventure of tall ship sailing) and the Challenger society and aimed to conduct marine research on a low carbon footprint tall ship, and integrate and educate the non-scientists onboard and promote marine science to the general public.
Research expeditions
JCR210-Arctic ice chaser cruise
Ice chaser coverage
Reviewer for two scientific journals: Canadian Journal of Microbiology & Microbial Ecology
Since 2016 Deputy Programme Leader for Marine Science BSc. SAMS UHI
Since 2007 Senior Research Associate. SAMS
Since Jan 2016 Macrofuels project
Since May 2013 Risk Assessing Harmful Algal Generated Biotoxin Events
2010-2015 Understanding methanogenesis in sedimenting material
2010 Biomara: Investigating the microbial populations involved in anaerobic digestion of seaweed
2007 – 2010 Unravelling the ocean methane paradox
2002 - 2006 Research Associate. University of Newcastle upon Tyne: Microbiological analysis of deep subsurface petroleum reservoirs. Supervisors: Prof. I. M. Head and Prof. S. R. Larter
2014 An introduction to phytoplankton and harmful algal blooms course. SAMS
2013 Workshop on masters level teaching & learning. SAMS
2013 & 2014 CGR metagenomics course. CGR Liverpool, UK
2011 NERC Science to Policy workshop. London, UK
2011 Standing up for Science - media workshop. University of Glasgow, UK
2011 Mesozooplankton identification course. Marine Biological Association, Plymouth
1999 - 2004 PhD Bio-treatment of wastes, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Ecology of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in wastewater treatment reactors. Supervisors Prof. I M Head, Prof. T P Curtis and Prof. M Barer; Sponsors: AstraZeneca (J Snape) and Yorkshire Water (D Fearnside)
1997 - 1998 MSc Environmental Biogeochemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1993 - 1997 BSc (Hons) Environmental biogeochemistry 2.1, University of Glasgow


Bialek Park is located at 17 Linebrook Rd. This beautiful park has many reasons to come visit.
There are 4 athletic fields within the park, a 90' baseball diamond, 60' skinned softball field, Hopping field a 60' softball/little league field and Bowen field a 60' little league field.
Basketball court with pickle ball lines painted on the court. You may contact the office to reserve usage of the lights so you can light up your game.
A multi age playground for the kids.
Seasonal porta potties located in front of the field house.


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The Black Gold
ppagani• 3 April 2014
Its juice, characterized by a tonic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant action, with beneficial effects for throat, respiratory and digestive systems, has been well known since ancient times, as its properties were already known in the first century to Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
One, in particular, is considered by the authoritative 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' as the best in the world, thanks to a sweetness which is even forty times higher than the 'competitors' of Greece, Iran, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. We are talking about the 'Princess of Calabria', which boasts the well deserved DOP seal of the European Union: the liquorice! This is the most valuable one, which finds its habitat in the soils impregnated with calcareous clay of Alto Ionio Cosentino, whose processing and marketing dates back to the late medieval period.
The long story of 'Giorgio Amarelli' - as well as, since 1997, the Liquorice Museum, which is visited by 40,000 people every year and which the family wanted in order to tell its story – is characterized by passion, culture, business, and tradition, which has its roots at Rossano in Calabria, where ancient documents attest that already around 1500 Amarelli family marketed the underground branches of the liquorice plant. In 1731, in order to enhance in the best possible way the use of this product, typical of the Ionian coast, Amarellis founded a proto-industrial plant, the so-called 'Concio', for extracting juice from the roots of this beneficial plant. So liquorices were born. Amarelli boasts both ISO 9001 quality certification and ISO 14000 environmental certification.
An alliance between craftsmanship and technology
Fortunato Amarelli, owner of the company which came to its 14th generation, explains: «All the processing stages, from raw material to finished product, still take place in the ancient 'Concio', dating back to Eighteenth Century». It is a kind of furnace, where the root, after being cleaned, was placed in baskets within large cylinders in masonry, under which the fire was fed, water boiled for days, until a soft and blackish paste was created and worked by hand when it was still hot.
The ancient 'Concio'
In skilfully restored departments, perfectly adapted to all the latest regulations, the selection processes of the roots, juice extraction, cooking, and concentration take place. All these stages are computerized and automatically controlled, but the final touch is still up to «the 'mastro liquiriziaio', the only one who has the title to determine the right 'cooking point', the suitable degree of solidification of the product during the processing of paste» as Amarelli continues to explain. From now on, the thick, black, shiny, and very scented paste takes the desired shapes through a series of prototype machinery, result of the centuries-old experience of the company. In the packaging department, liquorices are finally placed in the refined tin boxes which depict ancient images drawn from the archives of the Company and «tell its ancient story, proposing logos, advertising, unpublished sketches. Many of them were realized in the Thirties and Fifties of 20th century, while other ones are more recent».
Different shapes and tastes around the world
Amarelli liquorice takes different shapes and tastes: 'spezzata', 'spezzatina', 'favette', 'rombetti', 'morette', 'senatori', 'assabesi', 'bianconeri', 'sassolini', sugar free. They are obtained from the stick of raw liquorice root. The company also proposes either pure liquorice or with mint and anise, gummy liquorice with orange and violet, lightly coloured sugared almonds. Amarelli liquorice is ready to begin its journey to the 21 Countries in which it is appreciated: the whole Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, United Arab Emirates. It is possible to produce every sort of products with its root, processed with «creativity and innovation, without changing its taste and quality, in order to invent and experiment with tempting, unusual, always refined products, characterized by original names», as Amarelli tells. In his company, in addition to pure liquorice, grappa, sambuca, liquor, beer, liquorice powder, liquorice and chocolate beans and even eau de cologne, salt, shower shampoo, paste are produced. All these products are rigorously liquorice-based, even 'Marvis Amarelli' toothpaste with liquorice and mint. This production has always been environmentally friendly: the boiler is fuelled with olive residues, the remains from the processing of olives, so removing the problem of disposal. The residue of the extraction of juice from the liquorice plants is placed on the soils – such as peat – in order to ensure certain moisture even in the driest periods.
Art Nouveau boxes
« valuable packaging for a valuable liquorice. It has always been one of the keys to the success of the brand», states the holder. Now as in the past, the nice art nouveau box, characterized by its old-retro vintage taste, is the symbol of Amarelli liquorice, 'custodian' and bearer in the world of fragrance and flavour of Calabria. A recent packaging has been created for the last centenary of the company: small metal boxes which imitate the colours of anise and mint.
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The Jackson Five, également appelé J5, Jackson Five ou The Jacksons, est  un groupe américain de soul originaire de Gary dans l'Indiana près de Chicago (Illinois), et composé au départ de cinq membres d'une même fratrie : Jackie, Toriano dit « Tito », Jermaine, Marlon, et Michael.

D'abord sous la férule de la Motown, la fratrie quitte la maison de disques de Détroit en signant en 1975 chez CBS Records, et le plus jeune frère, Randy, entre dans le groupe au départ de Jermaine, qui préfère rester au sein de la Motown. Le groupe devient alors The Jacksons.

Les ventes de disques du groupe sont estimées à 100 millions, ce qui en fait l'un des meilleurs vendeurs au monde. Suscitant une grande attention de la part des médias et du public à leur époque, la formation est intronisée au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 1997 et au Vocal Group Hall of Fame en 1999.

La fratrie est le premier groupe à faire ses débuts aux États-Unis avec quatre succès consécutifs n°1 au Billboard Hot 100 avec les titres I Want You Back (1969), ABC, The Love You Save et I'll Be There (1970).

En 1984, à la suite de la tournée Victory Tour qui réunit les six frères, Marlon et Michael quittent le groupe. En 1989, celui-ci enregistre un dernier album, 2300 Jackson Street, avant de se dissoudre l'année suivante. En 2001, le groupe se reforme lors de deux concerts exceptionnels organisés au Madison Square Garden de New York pour fêter les 30 ans de la carrière solo de Michael. En 2012, les quatre frères aînés (Jackie, Tito, Jermaine et Marlon) entament une nouvelle tournée d'un an et continuent depuis à se produire un peu partout dans le monde. Après le départ de Jermaine en 2020, le groupe continue en trio.

Historique

Les premières années

Nés et élevés à Gary, dans l'Indiana, les frères Jackson sont guidés au début de leur carrière par leur père Joseph Jackson, opérateur grutier dans une aciérie à East Chicago et passionné de musique (joueur de guitare dans un groupe local appelé The Falcons), tandis que leur mère Katherine Jackson s'occupait des enfants.

Dans son livre Michael for ever..., paru en 2010, Laurent Lavige explique que Tito, troisième de la fratrie, prend souvent la guitare de son père pendant que celui-ci est absent. En 1962, lors d'une nuit, Joseph découvre que Tito a joué avec sa guitare et en a cassé une corde, ce qui le met en colère. Lavige ajoute que Tito lui-même et ses frères avaient créé une chanson pour lui faire plaisir ; le père aurait accepté de l'écouter, mais avertissant que si la prestation était mauvaise, ils auraient tous droit à une punition très dure. Finalement, le père est étonné et émerveillé par les talents de ses fils : il répare sa guitare et l'offre à Tito, puis s'emploie ensuite lui-même à prendre en main leur formation musicale. La même année, Joseph Jackson constitue un groupe avec les trois frères les plus âgés, Jackie (né le ), Tito (né le ) et Jermaine (né le ), plus deux cousins.

En 1963, le groupe, nommé « The Jackson Brothers », subit quelques changements : les deux cousins sont remplacés par Marlon (né le ) au tambourin et Michael (né le ), qui joue d'abord des congas, auxquels sont adjoints deux amis d'enfance, Reynaud Jones et Milford Hite (l'un jouant des claviers et l'autre de la batterie). Ces deux derniers sont remplacés en 1966 par des musiciens expérimentés : Johnny Jackson (aucun lien familial) à la batterie et Ronnie Rancifer aux claviers. Le groupe donne son premier concert professionnel en 1963 dans une boîte de nuit de Gary pour un cachet de 8$.

Le groupe continue par la suite de se produire à un niveau local et remporte quelques concours de jeunes talents. Un jour, l'organisatrice Evelyn LaHaie propose au groupe de jouer à l'occasion d'un défilé de mode pour jeunes dans un centre commercial de Glenpark à Chicago. Sur sa suggestion, le groupe opte désormais pour le nom « The Jackson Five ».

Le leader du groupe est au départ Jermaine mais Joe Jackson change d'avis après avoir écouté Michael chanter. Ce dernier se révèle en effet le plus charismatique et le plus doué du groupe et va assurer, malgré son jeune âge, la majorité des solos. Dans une interview réalisée par Martin Bashir diffusée en 2003, Michael Jackson raconte :

Tous les soirs, en rentrant de l'école, Michael chante désormais avec ses frères Jermaine, Tito, Jackie et Marlon. Cependant, lors des répétitions, Joe est très dur avec eux et il ne leur laisse aucun répit. Michael racontera plus tard que Joe était souvent assis sur une chaise avec une ceinture à la main pendant que lui et ses frères répétaient, prêt à punir physiquement toute erreur à la moindre fausse note.

En 1966, le groupe remporte un spectacle de talents à la Theodore Roosevelt High School de Gary. Jermaine interprète plusieurs titres de Motown, y compris My Girl des Temptations, et Michael interprète Barefootin de . Fort de ce succès, le groupe se produit en 1967 lors de deux concours plus prestigieux, un ayant lieu au Regal Theater de Chicago et l'autre à l'Apollo Theater de Harlem (New York). Le groupe remporte les deux concours ce qui lui permet de réaliser les premières parties des Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips ou encore de James Brown. Après leur victoire à Harlem le , Gladys Knight envoie un enregistrement des Jackson 5 à la compagnie de disques Motown, dans l'espoir de les faire signer, mais sa cassette est rejetée et renvoyée.

Carrière

Débuts chez Steeltown Records
En , le groupe signe un contrat avec One-derful Records, un petit label de Chicago. Il enregistre un titre composé par Eddie Silvers intitulé I Am A Big Boy Now, mais le patron du label ne sortira pas la chanson car le label était sur le point de fermer. Le contrat du groupe est alors cédé à un autre label situé à Gary : Steeltown Records.

Un producteur de Steeltown Records, Gordon Keith, veut alors rencontrer la famille Jackson afin de s'entretenir avec Joe Jackson. Keith a déjà été intrigué par des pancartes faisant la promotion à Gary d'un groupe local nommé « The Jackson Five Plus Johnny ». Il obtient le numéro de téléphone de la famille auprès de musiciens locaux, les Sherl Brothers, qui, comme les Jackson, suivent les cours de Shirley Cartman, une professeur de musique. Gordon Keith appelle donc Joe Jackson et est invité à se rendre au domicile des Jackson, situé au 2300 Jackson Street (d'après le président Andrew Jackson) pour voir les garçons se produire.

Gordon Keith dira plus tard : .

En , Keith signe un contrat de gestion et d'enregistrement avec les Jackson Five. Les titres du quintette sont enregistrés à Chicago et publiés en  par Steeltown Records. Trois chansons sont commercialisées : Big Boy (chantée par Michael Jackson), You have Changed et We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (to Fall in Love). Le titre Big Boy est joué sur les stations de radio de la région de Gary-Chicago et connait un certain succès. Au mois de mars, Keith signe un contrat avec Atlantic Records pour la fabrication et la distribution au niveau national de Big Boy. Atco Records, une division d'Atlantic Records à New York, distribue ainsi plusieurs milliers d'exemplaires du titre sous le label Atlantic-Atco.

Arrivée chez Motown
En 1968, les Jackson 5 sont une tête d'affiche pour le All Star Floor Show et The Guys' and Gals' Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant à Chicago. Comme Gladys Knight avant lui, Bobby Taylor (leader du groupe Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers) est également très impressionné par le talent de ces jeunes garçons, et s'engage à les amener à Détroit pour les présenter à Motown Records, maison de disques spécialisée dans la musique soul. Joseph et ses enfants séjournent à Detroit dans l'appartement de Bobby Taylor dans la nuit du , afin d'attendre les auditions pour entrer dans le label de Berry Gordy, lequel, après audition, accepte de signer un contrat avec le nouveau groupe. Gordy fait déplacer les Jackson 5 et leur père Joseph en Californie, tandis que le reste de la famille reste à Gary. Cependant, en attendant de leur trouver une maison en Californie, Joseph et ses fils Jermaine, Tito, Jackie sont hébergés provisoirement chez Berry Gordy, tandis que Marlon et Michael sont hébergés chez Diana Ross.

L'équipe marketing de Motown prépare des dossiers de presse et autres matériels promotionnels pour commencer l'introduction des Jackson 5 dans l'industrie de la musique auprès du grand public. La publicité de la Motown modifie l'histoire du groupe, notamment l'âge de la plupart des membres du groupe – en particulier, l'âge de Michael, plus jeune membre, est modifié de onze à neuf ans pour le faire paraître plus « mignon » – ainsi que le lien de parenté fictif des musiciens ne faisant pas partie de la fratrie : Johnny Jackson et Ronnie Rancifer sont ainsi présentés comme des cousins des frères Jackson. Pour susciter la curiosité du public et accroître encore l'impact marketing, Gordy et Motown décident de faire parrainer le groupe par une star établie : c'est ainsi qu'il sera prétendu dans les premiers dossiers de presse que le groupe a été découvert par Diana Ross.

Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 : le début de plusieurs succès
Les Jackson 5 répètent sans interruption de la fin de l'été au début de l'automne 1969. Par la suite, Diana Ross présente officiellement le groupe au public le , à Beverly Hills, en Californie au club appelé « The Daisy ».

Vers la fin du mois d'août, le groupe fait sa première apparition à la télévision, en chantant un titre des Isley Brothers, intitulé It's Your Thing, à Miss Black America Pageant et au Madison Square Garden, à New York.

La plupart des premiers singles des Jackson 5 sont écrits et produits par les auteurs et compositeurs de la compagnie, concevant pour le groupe un son qui mélange le traditionnel  avec des paroles axées sur des thématiques d'adolescents. Le groupe impose son style vite baptisé Bubblegum Soul par Berry Gordy (en référence au genre bubblegum pop alors en vogue, généralement associé à de jeunes musiciens blancs). Le groupe sort son premier album studio le , Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, suivi dès le  par ABC, et enchaîne les singles classés numéro 1 au Billboard : I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save, et I'll Be There. Ces quatre singles seront successivement propulsés en tête des charts américains (aussi bien le Billboard Hot 100 que le Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles chart), ce qui ne s'est plus reproduit depuis pour aucun autre groupe. Les Jackson 5 sont devenus une sensation instantanée, et le groupe devient alors l'un des fleurons de la Motown.

Seul single issu du premier album du groupe, I Want You Back atteint la première place en . La chanson The Love You Save reste au sommet du Billboard Hot 100 pendant deux semaines, et I'll Be There (issue du troisième album) reste à la plus haute position du tableau pendant quatre semaines ; c'est avec I Want You Back le plus grand succès du groupe aux États-Unis. Ces trois singles ont aussi eu un succès commercial international. D'autres singles classés dans le Top 5 américain incluent notamment Mama's Pearl et Never Can Say Goodbye.

Grâce au grand succès du groupe, Joseph peut enfin prendre des dispositions pour faire venir sa femme Katherine et le reste de la famille en Californie en 1970. La famille vit d'abord dans une résidence de deux étages au 1616, chemin Queens à Los Angeles, puis s'installe en 1971 dans une grande maison, dite « fermée » (plus ou moins sécurisée, afin que le groupe soit préservé du harcèlement des médias et surtout des fans), que la famille nomme Hayvenhurst, et qui a été achetée par Joseph en mars de la même année.

La « Jacksonmania » gagne rapidement le pays. Il y aura même un dessin animé consacré au groupe : Les Jackson Five (The Jackson 5ive) (1971-1972 ; 24 épisodes au total). On y voit les cinq frères héros de leurs propres aventures (en partie romancées) illustrées par leurs plus grands tubes (deux par épisode). Les dessins des personnages ont été réalisés par Jack Davis, d'après des bandes vidéo. Les voix de chacun des héros étaient interprétées par des acteurs professionnels et non par les frères Jackson eux-mêmes. Le scénario du tout premier épisode raconte leur rencontre avec Berry Gordy, la signature de leur contrat, la présentation médiatique des Jackson 5 par Diana Ross et leurs débuts chez Motown.

Toujours en 1971, Michael, âgé de treize ans, commence une carrière solo au sein de la Motown, avec son premier single, Got to Be There, qui devient un tube classé au Top 5, tandis qu'en janvier 1972 sort son premier album homonyme. Il sort ensuite d'autres singles qui connaissent un succès remarquable comme Rockin' Robin et I Wanna Be Where You Are (tous deux sortis en 1972). Michael a aussi chanté en 1972 la chanson Ben, figurant sur la bande originale du film homonyme Ben, sorti la même année, ainsi que sur son deuxième album solo du même nom.

Jermaine, alors âgé de dix-sept ans, a lui aussi commencé une carrière solo chez Motown en 1972 : son premier album Jermaine, et connaît un petit succès avec sa reprise d'un titre de Shep and the Limelites, Dady's Home.

Jackie, déjà majeur, a pareillement enregistré un album solo en 1973, mais avec un piètre succès. Malgré une rumeur répandue parmi les fans comme quoi Michael, Jermaine et Jackie pourraient quitter le groupe puisque travaillant désormais également en solo (en particulier Michael dont la carrière solo est très reconnue), les trois frères restent au sein du groupe, ce qui permet à la Motown d'étendre le succès et les ventes d'albums des Jackson 5 partout dans le pays.

Pendant la Guerre du Viêt Nam, le groupe rejoint fréquemment lors de tournées nationales le comédien Bob Hope, qui se produit pour l'USO (United Service Organizations), afin de soutenir les troupes militaires.

Transfert chez Epic Records : The Jacksons
En 1975, Joseph négocie un nouveau contrat d'enregistrement avec Epic Records (une subdivision de CBS Records), sous le label Philadelphia International Records, accordant un taux de redevance très avantageux de 20 % par enregistrement, par rapport à la norme de 2,8 % à la Motown, permettant en outre aux frères Jackson d'écrire et produire leurs propres œuvres et de jouer de leurs propres instruments. Après avoir tenté en vain de convaincre le groupe de rester sur le label Motown, Berry Gordy le poursuit en justice pour rupture de contrat.

En 1976, la fratrie quitte définitivement Motown pour Epic. Jermaine, préférant rester au sein de la Motown, quitte le groupe ; des rumeurs au sujet de cette décision laissent entendre qu'elle serait due à de fortes tensions entre Jermaine et son père à cause de son mariage avec la fille de Berry Gordy, Hazel. Il est rapidement remplacé par son plus jeune frère Randy (né le ), qui a en fait déjà intégré le groupe en tant que joueur de bongo.

Le nom « Jackson Five » étant la propriété de Motown, le groupe se fait désormais appeler « The Jacksons » et se produit entre autres à Las Vegas. Leur premier succès chez Epic Records est Enjoy Yourself, extrait de l'album éponyme The Jacksons, sorti en 1976. Un second single en est extrait, Show You the Way to Go, puis en 1977 sort l'album .

Les Jacksons connaissent un grand succès en 1978 avec l'album Destiny, principalement connu pour les chansons Blame It on the Boogie et Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground). Le groupe part ensuite en tournée, le Destiny Tour.

Pour la promotion de cet album, ils font étape en Suisse, dans la station de ski de Leysin, sur invitation de la BBC. A cette occasion, ils chantent plusieurs titres de leur nouvel album au pied des pistes de ski, ainsi que dans un restaurant de la station.

Les Jacksons connaissent un autre grand succès en 1980 avec l'album Triumph, dont quatre singles sont extraits : Lovely One, This Place Hotel, Can You Feel It et Walk Right Now. Puis ils partent à nouveau en tournée en 1981 avec le Triumph Tour ; l'album The Jacksons Live!, sorti en 1981, est extrait de cette tournée. Jermaine rejoint à nouveau le groupe en 1984. Dès la fin des années 1970, les garçons mûrissent et s'essayent progressivement à des carrières solo plus poussées ; celle de Michael sera triomphale.

En 1984, le groupe des six frères sort l'album Victory, avec en  single la chanson State of Shock, sur laquelle chante Mick Jagger. Cette même année, les Jacksons font leur dernière tournée, le Victory Tour ; c'est lors de la fin du dernier concert de cette tournée que Michael Jackson annonce son départ du groupe ; peu de temps après c'est Marlon qui quittera le groupe. Toutefois, en 1985, tous les membres du groupe, y compris Michael et Marlon, rejoignent le collectif d'artistes USA for Africa pour interpréter la chanson We Are The World (co-écrite par Michael Jackson).

Jackie, Jermaine, Randy et Tito Jackson sortent en 1989 l'album 2300 Jackson Street. Michael, Marlon, Janet et Rebbie Jackson participent à l'enregistrement du morceau titre ainsi que de nombreux enfants des frères Jackson. Par la suite, le groupe cesse toute activité.

Reformations
Les 7 et , le groupe se reforme brièvement pour interpréter un medley à l'occasion du spectacle Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special organisé au Madison Square Garden de New York, pour fêter les 30 ans de carrière de Michael Jackson. Malgré les rumeurs persistantes et les annonces publiques de Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson déclare en  qu'il n'a pas l'intention de réintégrer le groupe.

En 2009, après la mort de Michael Jackson, ses frères se réunissent en studio pour enregistrer les chœurs d'une chanson inédite, This Is It (figurant sur la bande originale du film homonyme), qui était à l'origine une maquette. Le single sort en . Ils engagent des pourparlers afin de reformer le groupe et partir en tournée durant l'année 2010 pour rendre hommage à leur frère. Ils projettent également de travailler sur un nouvel album, le premier depuis vingt ans. Aucun de ces projets ne se concrétise. La tentative de reformation est filmée dans une émission de télé-réalité diffusée par A&E Network, intitulée The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty.

Toutefois, une tournée mondiale des Jacksons a lieu en 2012 et 2013 : à l'occasion du Unity Tour, Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon et Tito Jackson tournent pour la première fois depuis le Victory Tour de 1984.

Postérité et influence

En 1992, Suzanne de Passe et Jermaine Jackson travaillent avec Motown pour produire The Jacksons: An American Dream, une mini-série télévisée d'une durée totale de 240 minutes basée sur l'histoire de la famille Jackson, diffusée en deux épisodes par ABC. Le script commence par la rencontre entre Katherine et Joseph Jackson au milieu des années 1940, et se termine sur le Victory Tour en 1984.

Un hommage est rendu au groupe lors de son intronisation au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 1997 et au Vocal Group Hall of Fame en 1999. Deux des enregistrements du groupe (ABC et I Want You Back) figurent sur la liste des 500 plus grandes chansons rock 'n' roll incluses au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, et sont également incluses au Grammy Hall of Fame. Le , les Jacksons sont honorés en tant que grande icône de la musique (BMI Icons) aux BMI Urban Awards.

Les Jackson 5 sont influencés par les artistes mythiques de la Motown comme The Temptations, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Miracles, Martha and the Vandellas ou d'autres artistes célèbres comme The Famous Flames, Little Richard, Ray Charles, The Cadillacs, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, voire Jackie Wilson.

À leur tour, ils sont une source d'inspiration pour de futures générations de boys band comme New Edition, Menudo, New Kids on the Block, NSYNC, les Jonas Brothers, Backstreet Boys, et bien d'autres.

Le succès des Jackson 5 dans les années 1960 et 1970 coïncide avec celui d'un autre groupe au style très similaire, pareillement constitué d'une fratrie, les Osmond Brothers. Cependant, les Osmond Brothers, qui sont blancs, sont décrits comme une « pâle » imitation des Jackson 5.

Membres
La formation des Jackson 5 connaitra plusieurs changements au cours de ses années actives.

The Jackson Brothers (1963-1964)
 Jackie Jackson : chant principal, tambourin, danse
 Tito Jackson : chant, guitare, danse
 Jermaine Jackson : chant principal, guitare, basse, danse

The Jackson Five (1964-1975)
 Jackie Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, tambourin, danse
 Tito Jackson : chœurs, guitare, basse, danse
 Jermaine Jackson : chant secondaire, guitare, basse, danse
 Marlon Jackson : chœurs, percussions, danse
 Michael Jackson : chant principal, percussions, danse

Membres additionnels
Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson : danse, chœurs

The Jacksons (1976-1984)
 Jackie Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, tambourin, danse, parolier, arrangements vocaux
 Tito Jackson : chœurs, guitare, basse, danse, arrangements vocaux
 Marlon Jackson : chœurs, percussions, danse, parolier, arrangements vocaux
 Michael Jackson : chant principal, percussions, danse, boite à rythmes, parolier, arrangements vocaux
 Randy Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, percussions, piano, synthétiseur, danse, arrangements vocaux

The Jacksons (Victory, 1984)
 Jackie Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, danse, arrangements, arrangements des cuivres
 Tito Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, guitare, basse, synthétiseur, boite à rythmes, danse, arrangements
 Jermaine Jackson : chant principal, guitare, basse
 Marlon Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, percussions, synthétiseur, boite à rythmes, danse, arrangements
 Michael Jackson : chant principal, percussions, clapping, boite à rythmes, danse, arrangements
 Randy Jackson : chant secondaire, percussions, synthétiseur, danse

The Jacksons (2300 Jackson Street, 1989)
 Jackie Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, percussions, claquement de doigts, parolier
 Tito Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, guitare, basse, effets sonores
 Jermaine Jackson : chant principal, chœurs, percussions, claquement de doigts
 Randy Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, percussions

Membres additionnels

 Janet Jackson , Marlon Jackson, Michael Jackson, Rebbie Jackson : chant
Autumn Joi Jackson, Jaimy Jackson, Jermaine Jackson Jr, Jeremy Jackson, Jourdynn Jackson (enfants de Jermaine) : chœurs
 Brandi Jackson, Siggy Jackson (enfants de Jackie) : chœurs
 Brittny Jackson, Marlon Jackson Jr, Valencia Jackson (enfants de Marlon) : chœurs
 Taj Jackson, Taryll Jackson, TJ Jackson (enfants de Tito) : chœurs

The Jacksons (Unity Tour, 2012-2013)
 Jackie Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, danse
 Tito Jackson : chant principal, chœurs, guitare, basse
 Jermaine Jackson : chant principal, guitare, basse, danse
 Marlon Jackson : chant secondaire, chœurs, percussions, danse

Membre additionnel

 La Toya Jackson : chant, danse

The Jacksons (depuis 2020)

 Jackie Jackson : chant, chœurs, danse
 Tito Jackson : chant, chœurs, guitare
 Marlon Jackson : chant, chœurs, percussions, danse

Chronologie du groupe
Tableau de formation du groupe, par membre, incluant les années et les albums.

Discographie

Jackson Five

Albums studio
  : Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
  : ABC
  : Third Album
  : Maybe Tomorrow
  : Lookin' Through the Windows
  : Skywriter
  : Get It Together
  : Dancing Machine
  : Moving Violation

Album spécial
  : The Jackson 5 Christmas Album

Album Live
  : In Japan!

Compilations
  : Goin' Back to Indiana
  : Joyful Jukebox Music
 1979 : Boogie

The Jacksons

Albums studio
  : The Jacksons
  :
  : Destiny
  : Triumph
  : Victory
  : 2300 Jackson Street

Album live
  : The Jacksons Live!

Compilations et autres albums
 1967 (featuring : lost recordings)
 Greatest Hits (1971)
 Anthology (1976)
 Soulsation! (1995)
 Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection (1995)
 The Essential Jacksons (2004) (version américaine)
 The Very Best of The Jacksons (2004) (version internationale)
 I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters (2009)
 Live at the Forum (2010)
 Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls (2012)

Singles
Classement des singles aux Billboard Hot 100 et Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs américains ainsi qu'au UK Singles Chart britannique.

Vidéographie

Vidéo-Clips

VHS, DVD et Blu-ray
 1980: The Jackson 5 In Concert (Live In Mexico 1975) (VHS)
 1992: The Jacksons: An American Dream (The Complete Miniseries) (VHS & DVD)
 2004: America's First Family Of Music Vol 1 (DVD)
 2010: The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty (DVD)
 2013: Jackson Five: The Completed Animated Series (DVD & Blu-ray)

Tournées et concerts
 1970: The Jackson 5 First National Tour
 1971: The Jackson 5 Second National Tour
 1971-1972: The Jackson 5 US Tour
 1972: The Jackson 5 European Tour
 1973-1975: The Jackson 5 World Tour
 1976: The Jackson 5 Final Tour
 1977: The Jacksons Tour
 1978: Goin' Places Tour
 1979: Destiny Tour
 1981: Triumph Tour
 1984: Victory Tour
 2001: Michael Jackson - 30th Anniversary Celebration (Concert)
 2012: Unity Tour

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Jackson 5 France (site de référence, en français)
  Motown Records (site officiel de leur ancienne maison de disques, Motown)
 Elusive Shadow (discographie du groupe avec anecdotes, Biographie et Concerts)
 The Jacksons 5 Fan Site

Boys band américain
Groupe américain de disco
Artiste de Motown
Famille Jackson
Groupe de musique d'enfants
Groupe musical américain des années 1960
Groupe américain de soul
Groupe musical américain des années 1970
Groupe musical américain des années 1980
Groupe musical de l'Indiana
Groupe américain de pop
Groupe américain de funk
Groupe musical formé en 1963
Groupe musical formé en 1964
Groupe musical composé de frères et sœurs
Musicien afro-américain
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Membre du Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Artiste d'Epic Records
Artiste de Philadelphia International Records
Groupe musical ayant au moins cinquante ans de carrière
Quintette américain
Sextuor américain
Quatuor américain


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I've got some Ricky Ray stories and they're just like everyone else's
By Drew Edwards
Photo courtesy: Drew Edwards
Do me a favour and try to find someone with a single bad thing to say about Ricky Ray. Go ahead, I'll wait.
You can't. Teammates loved him, opponents respected him and even the media – we jackals determined to find the slightest imperfection and drive a truck through it – speak of Ray in near-reverential tones. He was great at football and an even better person by all accounts.
Like everyone who's been around this league a while, I've got stories that illustrate both.
I covered two of Ray's championship wins, in 2012 and 2017 and they were memorable in different ways. The first happened in front of a packed house at the Rogers Centre, 60,000 strong in town for the 100th Grey Cup. Despite throwing a pick on Toronto's first play from scrimmage, Ray recovered to throw two touchdowns in a 35-22 win.
It was his first season as an Argo and it drove home what everyone suspected at the time: his trade from Edmonton will go down as one of the worst of all-time. I enjoyed this Tweet today:
Congrats to Ricky. Not going to lie, it was a huge burden originally to be attached to the dumbest trade in @cfl history. But at the end of the day I got to play for my home town @EdmontonEsks and get very involved in the community. #2xDavidBoone #2015GreyCupChamp
— Grant Shaw (@grantshaw11) May 8, 2019
The second Grey Cup win came in the snow in Ottawa and the signature play was a 100-yard touchdown pass to DeVier Posey, a throw that Ray dropped right in the bucket behind one of the best cover corners in the league in Tommie Campbell. Ray's skills were diminishing by then but that beautiful touch was always there. He was MOP of that game.
And yet the Ray game I remember most is a September 2017 contest against the Ticats at Tim Hortons Field. Hamilton, who started 0-8 before clawing back into playoff contention under new head coach June Jones, had won three of four and desperately needed a victory against the Argos to take the season series. They were up 35-21 with just over 12 minutes to play in the game.
Then Ray tore their hearts out.
A field goal cuts the lead to eight with just under four minutes left. The Ticats go two-and-out. Then Ray gets picked by Courtney Stephen and we all think, 'that's it, the Ticats have it in the bag.' The Argos get the ball back and Ray gets sacked and it really looks like it's over: 3rd-and-18 from their own 54.
Ray to Posey for 31 yards. First down. Two plays later, Ray to Posey for 25 yards and a touchdown. James Wilder Jr. for the two-point conversion, tie game. In overtime, Ray to Armanti Edwards for 22 yards, Ray to Posey for another touchdown. Ball game.
That was Ray at his absolute best: relentless, fearless, tough, pinpoint accurate and, most of all, unflappable. And he did things like that, had games like that, his entire career. It was amazing to watch and I'll miss it.
The people story is just a small thing but one that spoke volumes, to me, about how the man saw himself and his teammates.
It was after the Argos exhibition game in Guelph last season, a contest in which Ray did not see the field. James Franklin got the start and played well, going 9 of 14 for 72 yards and a score in limited action. The media was crowded around his locker after the game and Franklin was chatty. It took awhile.
Ray's locker was right next to Franklin's. Coming back from his shower, Ray saw the throng and instead of pushing through, politely, he just stood off to the side and waited until Franklin was done with every single question. It was a teeny-tiny example of humility and leadership that, to me, made Ray great.
Ray deserved to go out on his own terms and to be absolutely sure he was at peace with his decision. Like a lot of people, I was hoping he'd retire if only because last season's injury was so scary and I didn't think he had anything left to prove. But when football has been your life and the locker room your family, it's hard to give that up knowing once it's over, it's over for good. I get that.
I enjoyed Ricky Ray's quiet brilliance, his taciturn confidence, the one that could fool you into believing that the guy who looked and acted like a mid-level accountant was anything less than a stone-cold killer on the field. That he seems like good people made me enjoy it just a little bit more.


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Foster Kids Just Won Some Privacy Rights in Ontario
Toronto, Ontario – On January 01, 2020, the privacy section of the Ontario Child, Youth and Family Services Act, Part X, officially went into effect. Among several key changes, those who have interacted with the foster care system will now be able to request access to their child welfare files and have the requests respected.
How does Part X affect you if you were in care?
Right to request access to file and make corrections
Control over how file is shared among service providers
Right to complain with independent review
Greater transparency including breach notifications
Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services Part X (Personal Information) - http://www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/childrensaid/part-x.aspx
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario CFSA FAQs - https://www.ipc.on.ca/cyfsa-faq/
Child Welfare PAC Privacy Backgrounder - https://42bf8e9c-2414-4457-bac7-f47eccf53bff.filesusr.com/ugd/6548f4_9a21cfcaa0f945e0ac0f2b9ddeb4bf40.pdf
"If you were in foster care, you now have the right to your own history," said Jane Kovarikova, Founder of the Child Welfare PAC and former youth-in-care. "This is a positive step in the right direction, however, much more remains to be done if we are serious about privacy rights."
Currently, Part X does not define an access period to child welfare files. This means files remain searchable and accessible to child welfare staff indefinitely.
"Even with Part X, our private data remains vulnerable for life," said Kovarikova. "For example, we can never feel safe from phishing, hacking, and ransomware attacks, divorce court proceedings, adoption applications, employment and board positions in child welfare, and any malicious access to files long after aging-out."
The rights of youth involved with the criminal justice system are protected by sealing records after a defined access period (age 18), scrubbing names from central database searches, and only allowing third party access to files via the courts after the access period.
"Part X went part of the way by giving us access to our own stories; now it needs to protect our stories, especially after agencies cease providing services".
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Karnataka is famous for festivals. Paryaya Festival is of historic importance and done at Udupi. The present resource describes it in the historical perspective along with rituals performed before and during this famous Festival.
Karnataka has a special place in the cultural history of India. The cultural heritage of classical music and folk dances is an outcome of historical contribution of diverse linguistic and religious ethnicities. Udupi, a town in the south-west of Karnataka, is a notable place for its religious fervour. This city is known for the famous Temple of Lord Krishna called Krishna Mutt which was founded in 13th century. The famous Paryaya Festival is held here with great pump and show every two years. The city has gained the status of a pilgrimage due to this historic temple.
There was a storm at sea at Malpe, which is a natural port about six kms to the west of Udupi. A saint by the name Shri Madhvacharya saw a ship in trouble during this storm. Realising the fate of the ship Vaishnavite saint helped it to reach the shores safely. Pleased with this act of kindness, the sailor of the ship gave Shri Madhvachrya deities of Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama. The saint did the installation ceremonies of both the deities. The deity of Lord Balarama was installed near Malpe and the temple is known as Vadabhandeshwara. The second enchanting deity of Lord Krishna was installed at Udupi and the temple there is known as Krishna Mutt.
The puja and administration of the Krishna Mutt was handed over to 8 disciples by Shri Madhavacharya. Each one of these 8 disciples established their own Mathas around the Krishna Matt. These eight temples are called Ashta Mathas and they are Pejavara, Palimaru, Sodhe, Puttige, Adamaru, Kaniyooru, Shirur and Krishnapura.
Mutt management is done by each of the Ashta Mathas for two years by rotation. During a religious ritual, the Paryaya festival, the puja and Matt management s handed over to head of the next Matha, who is known as Swami. It is done on the early morning of18th January of every alternate year.
The preparation of this handing over starts a day earlier. As per tradition the Swamiji who has to take over, goes to Dandi Thirta to take a dip at the holy pond there and also does puja there. Swamiji enters Udupi around 3 A.M. and he is carried in palanquin along with cultural shows and plays. The procession starts from Jodukatte of the town and reaches Krishna Mutt. The Swamiji then enters the Mutt along with the outgoing Swamiji to take over the charge of the Mutt. This is followed by a formal durbar at Vasanta Mahal.
Rice is stored in Mudi which is made up of hay. On that day nearly 48 Mudis are stored.
In this ritual the fire wood stored is used to cook prasada which is then distributed to devotees continuously.
Batha is stored to meet future requirements inside the Krishna Mutt premises.
It is important that these rituals are done only on days considered to be auspicious.
This year Udupi Prayaya festival will be held on January 18. New Swami Sri Vishwavallabha Thirtha Swamiji of Sode Vadiraja Mutt will take charge of the Krishna Temple and ascend 'Paryaya Peeta'. The present Swamiji Sri Laxmivara Thirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt will hand over to the new Swamiji who will perform his Paryaya for next two years.
This formal system of handing over management of Krishna Temple for over 700 years has slowly taken the shape of a Festival which speaks high about the traditions transcendence in Karnataka State.


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Q: Can't read from .txt file. Try Catch exception ends program I searched a lot of pages and couldn't find a solution to this:
The following code is not my own. I was copying it from a youtube video tutorial to see if I could create a game and execute it. Unfortunately, a try catch exception method says that the java program Game can't read from my data.txt file which is 1kb in size and its in the same directory as my Game and Question classes.
There are two .java files and 1 .txt file comprised in this program. It worked like a charm for the guy doing the tutorial on youtube, maybe because he compiled and ran it from the command line, but not for me (I use drJava.jar as my compiler and to run the program).
When I tried to compile from the command line I got 5 errors saying there were some issues with symbols. It compiles fine with drJava.
Game.java follows:
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Game {
    private static ArrayList<Question> questions = new ArrayList<Question>();

    private static void init() {
        try {
            // This is where the problem occurs, can't read data.txt
            List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get("data.txt"));

            for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i += 5) {
                Question q = new Question(lines.get(i), lines.get(i + 1), lines.get(i + 2), lines.get(i + 3), lines.get(i + 4));
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't read file data.txt. System will now exit");
            System.exit(-1);
        }
    }

    private static void loop() {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);

        while (questions.size() > 0) {
            Question q = questions.remove(0);
            System.out.println(q.text);
            for (int i = 0; i < q.answers.length; i++) {
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            }

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            }

            if (q.rightAnswer.equals(q.answers[input])) {
                System.out.println("Right");
            } else {
                System.out.println("Right");
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        init();
        loop();
    }
}

Question.java follows:
public class Question {
    public String text;
    public String[] answers;
    public String rightAnswer;

    public Question(String text, String... answers) {
        this.text = text;
        this.answers = answers;
        this.rightAnswer = answers[0];

        for (int i = 0; i < answers.length; i++) {
            int randomIndex = (int) (Math.random() * answers.length);
            String tmp = answers[i];
            answers[i] = answers[randomIndex];
            answers[randomIndex] = tmp;
        }
    }
}

data.txt file:

what is 4x4?
  14
  25
  44
  24
  what does R stand for in RGBA?
  red
  rocket
  right
  road

A: I know nothing of drJava, but it looks like you've misspelled the Java.io.File package in your import. It might be that drJava is ignoring this and therefore you don't have proper access to that library's code. See if you can print the actual exception you are getting in the catch with System.out.println(e);
This printed a index out of bounds exception.
So an index out of bounds exception means that you are trying to access something outside the bounds of your list (or array). I suspect that your code is actually successfully reading the file. The error actually occurs when you try to loop through the lines afterwards. Make sure that there are no empty lines in your data file because the loop you are using is quite dangerous. Think about it in English. For as long as i is less than my list length, do stuff. Particularly, "size 11" makes me think you have 1 extra line which allows the loop to run one more time than it is supposed to.

A: Is Data.txt in the same directory as your program is running in? You May be running into a problem of looking in the wrong directory. Thus it's not a case of ot being able to read the file, but finding it.
Alternatively if it is pointing to the correct place, check the permissions on the file and make sure it allowed to be read.

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