The Waste360 40 Under 40 award recipient discusses how he got to where he is, making smart CNG investment decisions and working with his team.
When Loren Franklin began his career as a certified public accountant, he had no inkling he'd enter the solid waste industry, much less that he'd get in as deep as he has. But within a few years, Franklin joined Allied Waste Industries' tax department, and he stayed on through the company's merger with Republic Services.
On the way to his current position as Republic's director of procurement and supply chain management, he would lead procurement and strategic sourcing for $350 million in spending around compressed natural gas (CNG), fueling infrastructure and construction, among other areas.
Today, Franklin oversees a team of field managers who support procurement and strategic sourcing to the corporation's facilities and hauling divisions across the country.
Michael Hindman, vice president of procurement for Republic Services, describes Franklin as a passionate person who puts his team members first. "Loren is constantly looking for ways to significantly improve himself, his function and Republic as a whole," he adds.
Earlier this year, Franklin received a Waste360 40 Under 40 award. He recently sat down with us to discuss how he got to where he is now, the key to making smart investment decisions around CNG and how he works with his team.
Waste360: What were you doing when Allied Waste merged with Republic, and what career path have you followed since?
Loren Franklin: For some time before the merger, I was a senior tax analyst and supporting all aspects of the corporate tax function. After a few years, I had the opportunity to transition to the finance department as a finance manager, and it was shortly after this transition that Allied Waste Industries merged with Republic Services.
As a finance manager, I had the opportunity to work directly with the operations, fleet, procurement and recycling departments, helping them develop and implement new organizational strategies.
I then moved laterally to the procurement department, and then ultimately moved up from manager to senior manager. Most recently, I became procurement director. In total, I have been with Allied, then Republic, for 14 years.
Waste360: What led you into your current position? What skills and knowledge did you pick up along the way?
Loren Franklin: As I was supporting the procurement department as finance manager, I started to see procurement as a good career path to explore, which would entail getting into areas like supplier negotiations and strategy development. In discussing the possibility with some of the existing leadership, we decided that this would be a great transition, and many of the skills I had learned over the years would be a good fit in what became my next role: procurement manager.
In my support role [in finance], I had learned to develop and maintain relationships across many different functional groups, and that relationship management experience has been very useful in working with suppliers. Finance develops strong analytical skills and skills in process improvement, as well as in financial modeling—all of which play a key role when negotiating with suppliers and developing the right solutions.
Waste360: What financial decisions have you made around CNG and fueling infrastructure? What have been your considerations in making these decisions?
Loren Franklin: In my new role as a director, I don't support the CNG and fueling infrastructure directly, but in my prior roles, I partnered with the corporate and field teams and worked closely with our CNG supplier to evaluate different fueling infrastructure opportunities for all fueling modes and then recommend the best solution for implementation. When evaluating these fueling modes, we look at the market fit, financial impact and environmental impact. Then, we use a balanced scorecard approach to make a decision for that market.
Waste360: What has changed over the years in the CNG/renewable natural gas (RNG) market? How have you seen that affect Republic's business decisions?
Loren Franklin: The CNG and RNG markets have seen a significant number of changes, but one of the biggest changes relates to RNG. In the early years, RNG was a very small portion of the available fuel supply for CNG vehicles, which limited its ability to be scaled across the fleet. Over the last few years, changes in regulation and improvements in the supply and demand balance have allowed Republic to significantly increase our utilization of RNG in our CNG trucks. Without those changes and the development of a few strategic partnerships, I wouldn't have been able to recommend the current RNG programs we have been able to roll out.
Over the last four years, Republic has increased its CNG utilization by 8 million gallons, going from 18 million CNG gallons in 2014 to 26 million gallons in 2017. During that same period, Republic also expanded its use of RNG in its CNG fleet, so now 93 percent of our natural gas trucks in California run on RNG.
Waste360: What is your management style?
Loren Franklin: Whether it is leading a team of one or two, or now a team of 10, I have always strived to empower and encourage my employees to take ownership of their projects. I don't want to micromanage them, but I will offer my knowledge and expertise to help them accomplish their projects, when needed.
Given my finance background, I am not afraid to jump in and help my team with a detailed analysis, but, ultimately, I want each of them to be successful, and if doing some of those detailed tasks helps them, then I'm all for it. In general, I want to help set a clear strategy and vision on how to accomplish goals and give each member the confidence to achieve those goals.
Waste360: How do you include employees in decision making? How does including them benefit you and your department overall?
Loren Franklin: I try to include my employees in key decisions whenever possible and often run my proposed solutions by them before making a final recommendation. Working with them this way looks different for each project and team. In some cases, they might provide a unique expertise or experience, but in others, they are just great sounding boards to help think through the right solution prior to execution. One of many examples that comes to mind is when we were experiencing inventory and stock-out issues with a supplier and I leveraged my employees' expertise and experience to develop a better overall solution for the company.
Waste360: What do you most like about your job and why?
Loren Franklin: I love having the flexibility and being empowered to create meaningful programs for my company and employees. The ability to understand the employee need, develop the solution and see it implemented is one of the best work experiences you can have.
Waste360: What's hardest for you in your work?
Loren Franklin: It's hard to wait for the changes you've implemented to start generating the positive outcomes that were expected. During that period of uncertainty, you don't know if you made the right decision or if you need to make adjustments to the program going forward, which makes it hard to work through.
Waste360: Where did you see yourself going when you began your career?
Loren Franklin: When I started my career in public accounting, I envisioned being a partner at a large CPA [certified public accountant] firm. After two years in public accounting with BDO Seidman, I decided to explore other career options, which is when I landed in Allied's corporate tax department. I certainly didn't think I would be in procurement, but that is what makes this so much fun for me—seeing where your career journey might take you.


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7/14/15: This Little Light of Mine
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Several years ago, a horror film emerged from the ether (so to speak) and gave me a righteous thumping upside my head: the film was Stitches (2012), the filmmaker was an Irish writer/director/editor named Conor McMahon and it became, hands down, one of my favorite films of the entire year. By turns horrifying, hilarious and almost ludicrously splatterific, Stitches was a glorious return to the good old days of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and introduced the world to one of the greatest, new horror icons of the 2000s: Stitches, the homicidal, undead clown. Death by ice cream cone? Two scoops, please!
After a few years of silence, McMahon's newest opus, From the Dark (2014), has been unleashed upon a largely unsuspecting populace. As someone who not only liked but positively loved McMahon's previous film, I found myself greedily seeking more of the same: after all, horror-comedy is never an easy sub-genre to pull off but the writer-director made it seem so easy-breezy the first time around, who can fault me for pulling an Oliver Twist? Proving he's anything but a one-trick pony, however, McMahon's newest film is the furthest thing from his previous one: From the Dark is an ultra-serious, low-budget and very modest production (the entire cast appears to consist of four actors, including the costumed creature) that involves a bickering couple stumbling upon ancient evil in the picturesque Irish countryside. While the film never approaches the sublime heights of Stitches, it handily showcases another side of an extremely exciting new(ish) filmmaker and points the way towards an interesting future.
Sarah (Niamh Algar) and Mark (Stephen Cromwell) are a young couple who set off for a romantic getaway but end up running into the usual raft of horror movie problems: their car gets stuck in the mud, in the middle of nowhere, and Mark is forced to set off and find help, as Sarah waits with the vehicle. Characterization is light but we get a few basics: the couple aren't married, yet, although Mark's dim view of the institution of wedlock doesn't bespeak of a particularly rosy future. They bicker a little, although we can tell there's a lot of love here. We also get the notion that Sarah is the stronger of the two, both mentally and emotionally: again, never bad qualities to have in a horror movie heroine.
Mark ends up stumbling upon a seemingly deserted farmhouse, although an intriguing opening scene has already set the scene for this, as well: our first image is of a grizzled old farmer digging up some sort of "body" in a peat bog, a body which seems to move of its own volition after the farmer leaves. We witness "something" attack and drag the farmer into a nearby pond, which makes Mark's discovery of him standing in the dark farmhouse, zombie-like, somewhat disconcerting. After bringing Sarah back to the farmhouse, in order to help the seemingly wounded farmer, he suddenly turns on the couple, attacking viciously.
To make matters worse, the "thing" that the farmer initially dug up is roaming around the countryside, looking like a rather terrifying combination of the troglodytes in The Descent (2005), James Sizemore's creations in The Demon's Rook (2013) and Max Schreck's take on Nosferatu. It's big, monstrous, vaguely humanoid and seems to be very hungry (or angry…it's a little hard to tell). There is a bright spot, however (quite literally): the creature can't stand light, similar to the monsters in David Twohy's under-rated Pitch Black (2000). Thus, Sarah and Mark retreat to the "safety" of the farmhouse and make a desperate stand, utilizing flashlights, lamps, candelabrum, makeshift torches and anything else they can get their hands on. If they can only make it to the morning, perhaps the healing, warm rays of the sun will wash away the evil. It's going to be a long, dark night, however…a very long one, indeed.
Were I not such a huge fan of McMahon's previous film, From the Dark would, most likely, have hit me a lot harder than it did: as it stands, however, I can't help but feel a tad disappointed, even though there's nothing particularly wrong with the finished product. It is a bit familiar, true: if I've seen one recent indie horror about a couple stranded out in the wilderness, I've probably seen at least five (to be fair, maybe four). It's not like McMahon and crew drop the ball on this facet of the film: despite the familiarity, Algar and Cromwell are a likable enough pair and everything moves forward at a fairly fast clip. The cinematography, courtesy of Michael Lavelle, is plenty evocative and atmospheric, even if the occasional camera shake feels woefully out-of-place. The creature looks great from farther away and pretty good from up close (the closer we get, the more it looks like one of the aforementioned Descent critters) and there's a really intuitive use of light and shadow to help build suspense and tension, both of which also tie into the basic mechanics of the film.
Pretty much everything is in place, yet From the Dark still feels a touch under-cooked, just a shade less developed than it needs to be. For one thing, there's absolutely no mythos attached to the monster whatsoever: while I found the recent Horsehead (2014) to be cagier than necessary with its titular creature, From the Dark vaults straight past "mysterious" right into "unnecessarily vague." The creature acts and looks sort of vampiric (the Nosferatu nod, being buried with a stake in its chest), infects people like a zombie, has night-vision (hence the light resistance, I'm assuming), has human-like hands and feet and, at times, seems to be able to fly around (or, at the least, run really quickly and silently). I definitely didn't need an awkward exposition scene where an old townie holds a flashlight under his chin and tells us a ghost story but I also needed more than what we're given. As it stands, we don't even get the vague insinuations of age-old mutations hinted at in The Descent: we pretty much get a monster, which chases our protagonists around for a while.
This sense of vagueness also points towards another major difference between From the Dark and its predecessor: From the Dark is a markedly less clever, inventive film than Stitches. While this might have a little to do with the differences in tone (Stitches, after all, was an extremely dark comedy featuring a motor-mouthed comic in the lead sociopath role), some of the cleverest, most outrageous aspects of Stitches were the incredibly inventive death setpieces, not the hilarious dialogue. In these moments, Stitches was not only one of the smartest, wackiest modern films, it was one of the smartest to come down the pike since the glory days of the '80s.
As compared to Stitches, From the Dark is as bare-bones, meat-and-potatoes as it gets. The only setpiece in the film that really stands out (aside from the beautifully Gothic final confrontation) is the one where Sarah maneuvers from the upstairs of the farmhouse to the ground floor, moving a lamp, as necessary, to provide meager protection from the rampaging creature. It's a gloriously tense scene, exquisitely blocked and genuinely thrilling: too bad that so many other scenes devolve into your basic "run and get chased" formula. Stitches was a film where you never had any sense of what's coming next: from clown sex to death by ice cream scooper, McMahon seemed to pull twists and outrage seemingly out of thin air. Here, McMahon seems to be following a pre-established recipe, giving us all of the required beats and moments for this type of thing but with a decided lack of "seasoning": even the creature's aversion to light hearkens back to Pitch Black, which managed to make much better use of that particular "gimmick."
Despite my disappointment, however, I still enjoyed From the Dark. While Stephen Cromwell's Mark got a little tedious and whiny by the film's conclusion, Niamh Algar's Sarah was always a sturdy protagonist and a more than suitable "final girl" to move the proceedings into their logical conclusion. In fact, I was so impressed with her organic progression from "scared" to "ass-kicking" that I'm going to make a point to follow her more in the future: I'm hoping that more filmmakers take McMahon's lead and start making Algar the focus of their fright flicks.
I also really liked the film's look and atmosphere, for the most part, and totally dug the idea of the monster, even if the actual execution was a little too vague and anonymous for my taste: I found myself thinking about it for some time after, trying to fill in the missing pieces. This, of course, is pretty high praise for any film, least of all a low-budget horror film: if I find myself thinking about any of it afterwards, that's always a big plus, in my book.
There's no doubt that Conor McMahon is one seriously talented dude: irregardless of its numerous issues, From the Dark is still vastly superior to many similar films. It's also great to see that he's not a one-trick-pony: anyone who can create something as giddy and uproarious as Stitches, yet follow it up with something as serious and glum as From the Dark seems poised to avoid pigeon-holing at all costs. At the end of the day, however, I'm nothing if not a greedy bastard: for that reason, I'm gonna be holding out for another Stitches. Serious or funny…flip a coin. As long as McMahon's next film displays the same delirious level of invention and imagination as his killer clown opus, I'll be that proverbial kid in that proverbial candy store.

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Hogan Center awarded Green Building Certification
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PUBLISHED: June 14, 2011 at 10:51 a.m. | UPDATED: June 17, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.
The Hogan Center, home of the maroon and cream, is certified green.
Alma College's renovated Hogan Center and new Art Smith Arena have been awarded LEED certification at the Silver level by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute. LEED is the nation's preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
"From the very beginning of the Hogan project, we committed to designing the facility to be our first LEED-certified building for sustainable construction," says Alma College President Jeff Abernathy.
"I'm pleased that the building models environmental commitments that match the values of Alma College."
The Hogan Center is the first LEED-certified building in Alma and Gratiot County, says Dave Buhl, vice president for business affairs.
"Several contractors worked with us on the project who deserve recognition for helping us achieve LEED Silver certification," said Buhl.
"The Collaborative Inc., the architectural firm that designed the facility, and MacMillan Associates, the engineering firm, incorporated the sustainable components into the design of the facility, and Wolgast Corporation, our construction firm, adhered to a strict set of guidelines to achieve the Silver certification. Numerous subcontractors also assisted with the construction."
The Hogan project achieved LEED certification for energy use, lighting, water and material use as well as incorporating a variety of other sustainable strategies.
Sustainable components include use of recycled content in ceiling panels, carpet, floor tiles, bleacher construction and sub-floor, along with maximized energy performance, water use reduction measures, and Energy Star-compliant roof system.
In addition, the GreenPlay hardwood basketball floor, one of the first in the country, meets enhanced standards for sustainable construction.
By using less energy and water, the Hogan Center reduces greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to a healthier environment for residents, workers and the larger community, says Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the USGBC.
"The Hogan Center's LEED certification demonstrates tremendous green building leadership," says Fedrizzi. "The urgency of USGBC 's mission has challenged the industry to move faster and reach further than ever before, and the Hogan Center serves as a prime example with just how much we can accomplish."
The $10.6 million project, completed last August, includes renovated locker rooms, athletic training space, natatorium, coaches offices and classrooms in the existing athletics building along with the addition of the 29,000-square-foot Art Smith Arena, which serves as the College's primary venue for commencement, convocations, major events and athletics.
The arena, accented by the college's official colors of maroon and cream, seats 2,430, with additional floor seating of 600 available for non-athletics events. The handicap accessible facility has a ground-level entrance, new elevators and a 6,600-square-foot lobby with concession stand and restrooms. The basketball arena features theatre-style seating on the "home" side of the court.
The Hogan project was funded by a combination of gifts and the sale of bonds.
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This film is about my attempt to reconnect with my community. Specifically to connect with the women of this community. Some people feel shame for what has happened to their Indigenous relations. I can only feel pride and determination. Under the threat of extermination our people have survived. Because of the decisions our ancestors made, we are alive today. In Rapid Lake the language is alive, the culture is alive, and the people continue to walk in the ways of their grand-parents. They know the language of the land. They are fighting to stay alive. They won't give up and sign away their rights and their connection to the land, regardless of what the government does to them. I need to be a part of that. I need my son to know who he is and why these people are so important.
I grew up in Toronto but spent my summers in Rapid Lake. Over the years the connection between me and my community became tenuous at best. My father passed away when I was 18 and since then most of the family in Rapid Lake who I was familiar with also passed away. I was in my early thirties before I came back to the community. By then I was a stranger.
Since then I have returned sporadically, mainly to visit extended family based not on the reserve but located in a small hunting camp they call Kokomville. I have watched from a distance while the federal and provincial governments have undermined the Algonquins rights and forcefully extracted their land, their lumber, and the territory they need to survive.
Keeping and maintaining a connection to the community has always been important to me but, now that I have a son strengthening that connection is vital. My parents, grandparents and ancestors maintained their link to this territory. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have a relationship with this land. I need my son to learn this knowledge and pass it on to his children. The Algonquins of Barriere Lake are an endangered people. If we don't consciously decide to keep the connection to this land, the culture will be lost. The people will eventually be gone, just like the forest is gone.
My name is Liam, I live in Aylmer, I'm 14 years old, I'm Cree-Algonquin. During our trip to rapid lake we participated traditional activities. We went out into the bush near lake Landron, we were all fishing for walleye. The rods were giving us trouble, they kept getting tangled up and the string wasn't working very well, but we finally pulled through and started to fish. I threw my minnow into the water and it took awhile before the rod finally felt like it was alive. I quickly reacted and started to reel it in, I was feeling excited about catching a fish. So I pulled it in, and out came a 4 pound walleye. We cleaned it and ate it, It was good! A couple of days later we heard that a moose had been caught and we went over to film it being cleaned and skinned. The person who caught the moose invited us into have lunch with them. We ate walleye, fried banac, moose meat, rice mixed with soy, plain rice mixed together. My favorite was the walleye. This trip was a very informative and overall fun experience.
My experience here in rapid lake working with Wapikoni has been awesome, i've learned a lot about the women of rapid lake and their views on what has to be done in order to keep our culture alive and strong for the youth of the community.
I've had a great time going to the sites and fishing with the people from rapid lake, and also eating the traditional foods they eat here on a daily basis.
It's 7.30 am. Monique, Liam, Iphi and I are in the kitchen of our lodge where we are staying and living together for the last 5 days (we are a nice little family) and preparing breakfast. Soon Kotina will come and then we all sit all around the table (with Luka, the little dog waiting under the table that hoefully someone drops food), and we discuss the program of today's shooting, we exchange our ideas about the structure of Monique's film, everyone shares his/her ideas for the soundtrack (guess what? we will do a jam session with the metallic structure of the dam building that give us a great metallic sound), we put together our visions for the content of the film ... every day that we work and live together has so many of these moments of mutual inspiration, of mutual creative nourishment. Later on we will set our for the shooting, we meet with strong, inspirational women from the community, we listen to their knowledge, how much they care for their community, how their stand up and defend the land and the culture ... we listen a lot, we learn so much. We share wonderful, precious moments with the families of the community on the land, taking part in traditional activities, participate in sturgeon fishing, walleye fishing, watching skinning the moose and butchering moose meet and sharing traditional food (fried bannick, with walleye and moose meat). The research process for the film, the artistic and creative work together, the training on the camera, the work together on the sound – we enjoy every step of the film process, we live to the fullest every moment, every encounter here. An unforgettable experience. I can't wait to come back … miigwetch, Dankeschön!
Listening. Always listening. After eight years as a trainer-filmmaker, I reinvented my presence in a team. We first evaluate what the needs are. Who are we? Where we are - physically, mentally, spiritually - What are we doing here? The team that we compose is new. We must tame it.
The road was talkative. The projects run off the pace of the changing landscape. We sat at the lodge Cabonga, outfitter located right next to Rapid Lake. When Monique and Liam, her 14 year old son (later I ask him what he would do during the coming week and he will answer without hesitation: "coding"), arrived Wednesday night, Thora and me are already in bed. I get up the next morning, I meet them wearing moccasins. Thursday night, I have the impression that we've known for some time. The ideas shared at lunch inspire us and guide our decisions for the entire workshop. Soon, Monique's quest emerges. It is about strength, women, cohabitation, knowledge of the territory. Monique reconnects with her roots over her encounters with people of the community. She shared all this with Liam, who is very caring with the equipment. Katina and Thora explores the image and the sound. Between the creation of the short film and broader research goals, we seek balance. Slide the big toe in Rapid Lake is to surrender to a branched stories just as endless as exciting. And we are all each others guides.


Northern Sea Route (NSR) attracts more and more attention of shipping companies from all over the world. Additional factor for the interest to NSR is an opportunity to get to the Central Asian region via Russian inland waters.
Most people may argue that there are shorter and more economically effective routes to Central Asia. However, sometimes water transportation is the only way, especially when we are dealing with super heavy oversized cargo, which cannot be delivered by the means of automobile or railroad, because of tunnel and bridge limits.
Thus, in 2016 there were several successful shipments of industrial equipment for oil refineries from Europe and Asia to Kazakhstan and inland Russia through NSR, Ob and Irtysh rivers. Two South Korean companies "SLK KUKBO" and "Pan Ocean" implemented the shipment of petrochemical reactors to Pavlodar (Kazakhstan). The equipment was loaded on chartered in Netherlands ice-class vessel "Happy Dover" in the port of Ulsan (Republic of Korea) on 18th of July and through the NSR it reached the port of Sabetta in the Gulf of Ob (Russian Federation) on 15th of August. This is where the equipment was transhipped on river barges and was shipped to Pavlodar by Russian logistic company "Irtysh Parokhodstvo". Cargo reached the destination point on the 3rd of October. The equipment with the overall weight of more than 1 000 tones sailed 14 000 kilometers in 2.5 months.
Russian companies implemented the same logistic operation by delivering equipment from Saint Petersburg, Volgograd and China for "Gazprom-Neft" oil refinery plant in Omsk (Russian Federation). Petrochemical reactors on the 6th of July were shipped by river barges from the "Volgogradneftemash" plant and reached Saint Petersburg via river Volga, Ribinskoe reservoir, Onezhskoe and Ladozhskoe lakes. There they were joined with the equipment from Saint Petersburg plants and on 23rd of August by ice-class vessels started its way to the Gulf of Ob through the Gulf of Finland, Baltic, Northern and Norwegian seas and NSR. There, near the place "New Port" (Novyi Port, Russian Federation) the cargo was transshipped on six river barges and shipped through Ob and Irtysh rivers to the city of Omsk (Russian Federation). The equipment reached its destination on 19th of October. In a result, the industrial cargo with the overall wait of more than 6 000 tone sailed 9 000 kilometers in 56 days. At the same time, another part of oil refinery equipment made by Sinopec was delivered from Shanghai (PRC) by the same route.
To discharge the equipment special port facilities were built in Omsk and in Pavlodar, which are planned to use further for next logistic operations.
We should mention that for Russia and Kazakhstan this logistic operation wasn't new. 32 years ago in 1984 there were organized such shipments of oil refinery equipment from Volgograd for Omsk and Pavlodar plants. Though, for the Republic of Korea this experience was new and Korean participants of this operation highly evaluated the perspectives of "NSR – Ob – Irtysh" waterway. For instance, executive director of the "SLK KOKBO" logistic company Subot Choy mentioned that the use of NSR as a new commercial route allows empowering the cooperation between South Korea, Russia and Kazakhstan. In its turn, the representative of the Ministry of maritime affairs and fisheries said that, this transportation project is famous for being testing the different ways of cargo shipments and Republic of Korea plans to use this route further.
Of course, these logistic operations were not easy journeys. Most troubles occurred during the process of transshipment from sea vessels to river barges in the Gulf of Ob. The operators had to transship the cargo afloat because of absence of needed port facilities in the Gulf of Ob. And the conditions of Ob and Irtysh river system at the moment didn't allow the navigation of large sea vessels all the way down to Omsk and Pavlodar. But, after the modernization of infrastructure and building new hydro technical facilities on Ob and Irtysh rivers this route will take its place in "North – South" transportation system and will connect NSR and New Silk Road.
Today Russian government already conducts the work on modernization of "Ob – Irtysh" waterway under the federal program "The development of the transport system of Russian Federation till 2020" and the "Strategy of the inner water transport development till 2030". According to this official documents the process of renewing of the "Ob – Irtysh" river fleet is going on, building of Krasnogorskyi water-lifting hydrosystem is conducted, port facilities of Salekhard, Khanti-Mansyisk and Omsk cities are enhancing. In addition, the systems of technological communication, navigation management and information support of boat traffic. Till 2020 the creation of the electronic navigation map system for the whole route will be complete. This measures will allow to increase shipments in Ob-Irtysh basin up to 2.4 times, create an opportunity for some classes of sea vessels to navigate in the river, and will increase the boat traffic safety. Additionally in 2018 the process of inner waterways upkeep in Russia will be fully financed from the federal budget, that will enhance the reliability of navigation provision in the river.
In addition, we should mention the measures for modernization and creation of new port facilities in the Gulf of Ob. Thus, building of the first stage of Sabetta port will be finished in autumn of 2017. Company "Gazprom Neft" plans to build port facilities near the settlement "New Port" (Novyi Port). As a result the cargo transshipment in the Gulf of Ob will become easier and cheaper. And transshipment disadvantages, as it was mentioned before, is one of the main factors which restrains the development of commercial navigation in "NSR – Ob – Irtysh" route.
Today Ob-Irtysh basin is a 14 627 km navigable waterways. The part, which interests us the most, from the outflow of Irtysh river in China to the inflow of Ob river in Kara sea is 5 410 km long and navigable all over to the border with China. Alongside this, the part of the route in the Ob river (around 1 200 km) is naturally deep enough to enable the navigation of sea vessels. The route is under the administration of Federal State Budgetary Institution "Administration of Ob-Irtysh inner waterways basin", which is within the Federal Agency of maritime and river transport. The navigation in the basin is upkept by 1 500 people and 192 special vessels. The average passenger and cargo flow in Ob-Irtysh transport system is 1 million people and 6 million tones. The route is equipped with checkout stations to define the vessel position at any time given.
Taking into account that substantial part of Ob-Irtysh system (1 700 km of Irtysh river) is situated in Kazakhstan, its role in feasibility of the route is significant. Thus, river Irtysh has 3 big water storage basins in Kazakhstan (Bukhtarminskoe, Ust-Kamenogorskoe and Shulbinskoe) and the lake Zaisan, which can be effectively used to regulate the water level in the river and, as a result, its navigability. Russian-Kazakhstan cooperation on this issue implements according to "Intergovernmental agreement on joint usage and conservation of transboundary water objects" (signed on 7th of September 2010, instead of analogical agreement of 1992), "Agreement on organization of transportation in Irtysh river" (signed in June 2001) and "Enhancing the development of joined database of water resources research" (signed in 1993). The Russian-Kazakhstan commission on joint usage and conservation of transboundary water objects, and its Irtysh division, was established in 1990-s to enhance the management of the river. In addition, countries since 2000 are implementing joint project "Transboundary management of Irtysh river water recourses". Under this project the building of the second stage of Shulbinskoe water storage basin, modernization of Zaisan lake irrigation system and construction of Krasnogorskyi water-lifting hydrosystem are conducted.
It is needed to mention, that the outflow of Irtysh river, under the name Black Irtysh (Eminhe, Dorbiljin), is situated in Sinqian Uighur Autonomous Region (PRC). Though it doesn't have any big practical meaning in terms of navigation, China has an opportunity to control its flow and, as a result, to influence the water level and navigation in Irtysh river all the way down to Omsk. In this case, it is important to sign a three-side agreement on Irtysh. And China is not eager to do it because of its will do use the waters of Black Irtysh on its own. The existing mutual agreements on usage and conservation of transboundary water objects with Kazakhstan and Russia, which were signed in 2001 and 2008 corresponding, are not meeting the interests of commercial navigation in Irtysh river and are not stopping China from taking away for irrigational needs too much water from Black Irtysh. In its turn, it has significant negative influence on navigation conditions in Ob-Irtysh waterway from Chinese border to the city of Omsk (Russian Federation).
Therefore, "NSR – Ob – Irtysh" waterway has a great potential to become a transport route between Europe, East and South-East Asia on one side and Central Asian Region on the other, especially for the goods, which cannot be or economically ineffective to deliver by railroad or automobile transport. In addition, this route is a good alternative way to deliver hydrocarbon resources from Arctic to Central Asia and energy hungry India. In this context, rivers Ob and Irtysh can become a joint link between NSR and New Silk Road and unite these transport passages into the single transport system.
Partner countries commit to guaranty the transit depth of Ob-Irtysh waterway (presumptive 5 meters). To do so it is needed to build additional hydrotechnical facilities. That is why, the agreement should also define technical and financial cooperation of participants.
Participants commit to pass over the transboundary cross sections of the rivers Irtysh and Black Irtysh (Eminhe, Dorbiljin) water of determined amount and quality in determined time.
Participants shipping companies have a priority to use Ob-Irtysh waterway.
This measures will allow to create continuous deep-water route from China to Arctic Ocean and will provide an opportunity of strait reloading-free water shipments between China, Kazakhstan, East Asia and Northern Europe.
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È stato presentato fuori concorso al Festival di Cannes 2006.

È stato nello stesso tempo il primo documentario e l'ultimo film della carriera del regista Pollack, deceduto nel 2008.

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The Roma Historic District in Roma, Texas preserves an intact example of a border town in the lower Rio Grande valley. The town was an important port and transshipment point on the Rio Grande from 1829 to the 1880s.

The architecture of Roma mirrors its sister city of Ciudad Mier on the Mexican side of the river, as well as Guerrero Viejo upriver. Roma is notable for its buildings of river sandstone, caliche limestone and molded brick, using rejoneado (patterned large and small stones) and sillar (stone laid in an ashlar pattern) masonry techniques. Both methods employ an outer finish of rough lime plaster detailed with bands of smooth colored plaster, characteristic of northern Mexico.

Roma also features innovative use of molded brick, brought to Roma by German immigrant Enrique (Heinrich) Portscheller, who used techniques of flat brick roofing from Monterrey to Mier, then developed a decorative brick used in Roma, Mier, Rio Grande City and Laredo. Portscheller designed buildings with his products and used wrought iron balconies in a manner reminiscent of both New Orleans and Monterrey. Roma preserves the bulk of his extant work.

The historic district includes the 1928 Roma-Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge, a State Antiquities Landmark, as well as the river wharfs and custom house.

History
Roma was established in 1821 in what had been the Spanish province of Nuevo Santander. The site offered a convenient crossing on the Rio Grande, which became known as El Paso de la Mula (Pass of the Mules). The area was notable for a salt trade from the Roma area to Monterrey. The Roma area became the Mexican province of Tamaulipas with Mexican independence, but then became part of Texas with the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1835. Although there was a battle at Mier during the Mexican–American War in 1848, the region remained part of Texas. During the American Civil War the region became wealthy on the cotton trade, which was transshipped via Mexico to Europe. While steamboats were able to access Roma through the mid-nineteenth century, lowering water levels as a result of development upstream ended river shipment by the 1880s. Bypassed by railroads, Roma stagnated and inadvertently preserved itself from development.

Description
The Roma Historic District comprises 38 contributing buildings, of which 16 are stone buildings from the 1829-1870 period and 19 are brick buildings from the 1880-1900 period. The district may be divided into the following areas:

Plaza Area The plaza area features an open-ended plaza that faces the Rio Grande and Mexico on the far bank. It the northern end is the tower of the Catholic Church, on axis with the plaza. The lower plaza is defined by walled compounds built for the Vale-Garcia, Cox, Guerra, Saenz and Ramirez families. These compounds included commercial uses, particularly the Guerra store that dominated the town's commerce.
Wharf Area The wharf area along Hidalgo Street and upwards to Juarez and Estrella Streets dealt with river commerce and consist of warehouses and stores, as well as the Roma-Ciudad Miguel Aleman Bridge. It is associated with the Arroyo de San Pedro.
Customs House Area The customs house area includes Lincoln and Water Streets, comprising a mixture of commercial and residential structures, chiefly of stone construction and dominated by a brick family compound at Zaragoza and Estrella. The customs house was placed on the highest point on the bluff.
Northwestern Zone The northwestern zone is associated with the Arroyo de los Negros, the location of a secondary ferry crossing on the Rio Grande.

The Roma Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993. In addition to the international bridge, the Manuel Guerra Home and Store is also a State Antiquities Landmark. The district is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) listed as Early Commercial Center, and includes several individual RTHLs.

See also

List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas
National Register of Historic Places listings in Starr County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Starr County

References

External links

Roma-Los Saenz, Texas Handbook of Texas Online
 at the National Park Service's NRHP database

National Historic Landmarks in Texas
Geography of Starr County, Texas
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Starr County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks


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I've been kind of living with this idea for the past several weeks as I've been working and studying for the sermons, and I have to say that it's one of the most important lessons that I've learned in recent memory.
Lately, I've been reflecting on how quickly time seems to be moving. It's already January 29th as I write this, and it feels like New Year's Eve was last week. The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of busy-ness. I look at my calendar and can't believe that there are so many things that are on it, so many events, projects, meetings, programs--both personal and professional.
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And when you think that you can retire when you get to a certain age and start "taking it easy," forget it. My friend just retired and remarked that he's filled his daily schedule every day and then some. "When did I ever have time for work?" he jokingly asked on Facebook.
Which brings me to the central idea of my most recent sermon series. The decisions you make today... It's not always the big decisions in your life that determine the stories you tell later. Most of the time it's the hundreds of small decisions you make every day, every week that help shape those stories. When you begin to reframe your thinking this way, it makes every day important, every moment precious and full of eternal implications.
When you begin to see all of the moments of your day as precious and eternal, it changes the way you approach them. I'm still working on this, but I get glimpses of the transformation that is slowly taking shape within me as I try to see my days, my moments differently.
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Peter Buckland leads a couple of lives. One life takes him into his work as the Academic Programs Fellow at Penn State's Sustainability Institute and into service as a municipal official with a call to environmental justice and equality. Another life has been steeped in studying, teaching, composing, and performing music since childhood. Sometimes these lives merge in curious ways. He's written on what can we learn about environmental ethics and environmental degradation from thrash metal songs and how musicians created the sonic form of late Cold War paranoia and environmental degradation. He lives in State College, Pennsylvania with his partner Meg and his son Sacha.
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Dr. Tim Simpson has been using and teaching students about 3D printing for nearly 20 years, but his passion for the technology was reignited five years ago when he saw his kids' excitement at printing pink tiaras, ninja stars, and even their own heads on plastic figurines at home. With the recent advancements in 3D metal printing, this Penn State professor of mechanical and industrial engineering feels like a child himself, questioning everything that he has seen and learned about manufacturing and design. Dr. Simpson's enthusiasm is evident as he leads hundreds of visitors on tours each year through Penn State's CIMP-3D (Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition). As Co-Director of the lab, Dr. Simpson enjoys blowing people's minds with lab's state-of-the-art metal 3D printing systems, which have fabricated everything from aircraft parts, to engine pistons, to knee implants, to watch cases.


We found that in the past 6 years people that fit a auto transmission by themselves sometimes damage the internal parts of the torque converter and the auto transmission oil pump housing. They are not inserting the torque converter correctly onto the automatic gearbox shaft.
There should be 35mm between the the bell housing surface and the torque converter mounting bolt surface (Refer to photos). If there is less then the oil pump housing WILL be damaged.


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City Overview Las Vegas
In the middle of the dry Mojave desert, on the southern edge of Nevada, lies the city of superlatives, Las Vegas – an artificially created oasis of money, fast and wild life and play, where everything revolves around entertainment around the clock.
Although the population is comparatively low at around 560,000 oasis residents, the city's airport ranks eighth among the busiest in the United States. Hordes of tourists arrive here every day, trying to pull the jackpot at the thousands of gaming tables and one-armed bandits (slot machines). Countless people also try their luck in the wedding chapels. Every year over 40 million visitors come to Las Vegas.
Towards the end of the 20th century, one giant hotel complex after another was built, which competed for the title of Largest Hotel in the World and which bears famous and exotic names such as Bellagio, Venetian, Mirage, Excalibur, Wynn or Luxor. The winner is still the MGM Grand with its more than 5000 hotel rooms, which is basically a city in itself. After that, mini versions of cities like New York, Paris and Venice built. So you can have a canal cruise in Las Vegas and feel like you are in Venice. Those who prefer Parisian flair can dine in the restaurant on the upper level of the Eiffel Tower replica. New York fans will love the Hotel New York New York . Inside the hotel, New York city life was modeled. The traditional character of Las Vegas can still be found in downtown with its smaller, somewhat disreputable casinos.
The CityCenter is particularly spectacular in terms of urban planning , a mini-city in the city that lies between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo Hotel directly on the Strip. In addition to several hotels, numerous apartments, shops, restaurants and entertainment facilities as well as a hotel-condominium-casino complex were built in two 200-meter-high towers.
Since Las Vegas is completely dominated by the entertainment industry, it is the mainstay of the economy, creating dazzling hotels, shops and bars. Other sectors of the economy, such as the construction industry, largely exist only because new hotels have to be built and existing ones enlarged.
One could almost say that the incredible attraction for visitors has created a kind of amusement park in city format. Residents live normal lives in normal suburbs, but for visitors, Las Vegas is an endless playground with neon lights, hotel lobbies, topless revues, live entertainment, and casinos.
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Las Vegas is well attended all year round because most of the life takes place indoors. In January and February as well as in July and August, slightly more tourists come than in the other months. The sun almost always shines. In the summer months (June to August) it can get very hot, temperatures around 40 ° C are normal. The winters are pleasantly mild, temperatures below 15 ° C are the exception.
City History of Las Vegas
In 2005 Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday with a lavish party. Ironically, the beginnings of Las Vegas were very humble. In the 18th century, the place where the city stands today was called Las Vegas (Spanish for "the meadows") because a natural spring gave birth to green in the middle of the desert. The city itself was founded in 1905 – as a stopover on the Union Pacific Railway between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City – and remained a secluded nest until the 1930s. When gambling was legalized in 1931, Las Vegas quickly took on its current character. At first, only droves of workers came from the nearby Hoover Dam, but then it developed into a vacation destination for the entire country. The mafia did not stay away either – an aspect of the city that is described in countless feature films such as Casino (1995) and Bugsy (1991).
In the 1950s, resorts like The Flamingo , The Desert Inn and The Sands Hotel quickly gave the city a national (and international) reputation, and the delightful combination of entertainment and gambling attracted more and more thrill-seeking tourists. Stars like Frank Sinatra and his companion Rat Pack gave the city a reputation for being a place to see and be seen. Sinatra is still held to have helped to dismantle the racial segregation policy that was common practice in casinos – legend has it that he refused to sing at The Sands Hotel should black co-performer Sammy Davis Jr. got no room there.
Las Vegas became a magnet for the biggest names in show business. Elvis Presley made regular guest appearances in Las Vegas between 1969 and 1976, becoming the model for lucrative, long-term musical residences that still exist today, such as Elton John, Celine Dion and Prince.
A clean-up operation in Sin City began in the 1960s. Gambling remained the main attraction, but the casinos fell under the control of large corporations and the city began to be turned into a family destination. Golf courses are plentiful in Las Vegas, as are amusement parks, shopping centers and an increasing number of museums such as the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the Liberace Museum . In 2012, the Mob Museum opened , depicting the battle between law and organized crime by the mafia, and the Neon Museum , which shines old neon signs from casinos and other companies.
The variety of play and nightlife options continued to evolve over the decades, but the next really big step came with the advent of mega-resorts in the late 1960s and 1970s. The strip became the legendary neon jungle. Investments continued to flow, further increasing the size and ambition of the large resorts. At the turn of the millennium, the metropolis was considered the largest city in the world, which was founded in the 20th century. Today, despite the fears caused by the global economic downturn, Las Vegas offers some of the most exclusive accommodations, dining and entertainment in the world. The city will certainly not rest on its laurels and will continue to evolve to attract tourists.
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Cal Frai Llàtzer és un mas del municipi de Pau (Alt Empordà) inclòs en l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

Descripció
Situat al sud del nucli urbà de la població de Pau, al veïnat de Vilaüt.

Masia de planta rectangular amb teulada de doble vessant sobre les façanes més llargues, tot i que la vessant que cau damunt la façana principal, orientada a migdia, és més llarga. Consta de dues plantes, la baixa destinada al bestiar i el pis a habitatge. La façana principal presenta un gran portal d'arc de mig punt adovellat, bastit amb carreus i dovelles de pedra calcària ben tallada. Al costat est hi ha una porta rectangular amb els brancals i la llinda de maons. Al mig de les dues obertures s'observa un reforç estructural a manera de gran contrafort, construït amb pedra, maó i morter de calç. El mateix es repeteix al costat oest de la façana, a l'altre costat del portal. Al pis, damunt del portal, hi ha un finestral gòtico-renaixentista de fals arc conopial trilobulat a la llinda, el del centre de mig punt i els dels costats apuntats, amb decoració de motllures a la part superior i impostes motllurades. Sota l'ampit, motllurat en degradació, hi ha una sagetera modernament tapiada. A l'est, dues finestres bastides amb maons i a l'extrem oest, les restes tapiades d'una finestra amb permòdols i llinda plana.

A la façana occidental, sota el vèrtex de la coberta, hi ha una fornícula actualment buida però que havia contingut una imatge de la Verge de terra cuita, segurament del .

De l'interior de l'edifici destaca la sala major amb coberta d'encavallada de fusta.

La construcció és de pedra sense treballar i morter de calç, amb diverses reparacions amb maó i carreus escairats a les cantonades.

La resta de cossos que s'adossen pel costat nord i oest a la masia són força més tardans. Aïllat a l'est hi ha les quadres i magatzems destinats a les tasques agrícoles.

Història
Al veïnat de Vilaüt, a l'extrem occidental del terme de Pau, prop dels terrenys del dessecat estany de Castelló hi ha diversos casalots escampats, però el veïnat conegut, pròpiament amb aquest nom, consta només de les tres masies, emplaçades en una eminència gairebé imperceptible, anomenades Cal Catoi o Mas de Baix, el Mas del Mig i la descrita, Cal Frai Llàtzer o Mas de Dalt. A uns 200 metres al nord-oest hi ha les ruïnes del castell de Vilaüt, en un indret ja poblat en època romana. Es desconeix l'emplaçament de l'església de Sant Salvador de Vilaut, documentada als segles  i XIV.

L'any 953 en un precepte reial de Lluís d'ultramar, a favor de l'abadia de Sant Pere de Rodes, s'esmenta la "vila Aguta" com a límit oriental de l'estany de Castelló. En un altre precepte de lotari del 982, que també confirma les possessions del mateix cenobi, s'anomena "villa Acuti". La finestra trilobulada d'època gòtica tardana, potser procedeix de l'enderrocat castell de Vilaüt, situat a poc mestres de la casa.

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REVIEW: The Cult – Rare Cult (7 CD limited box set)
THE CULT – Rare Cult (2000 Beggars Banquet box set with limited 7th remix CD)
Rare Cult is a feast of rare and unreleased Cult music, for the Cult connosoir only. If you've been a Cult fan for a while but have struggled to find those early singles, then this is your dream box set, my friend. They have a lot of singles and assorted rarities, and acquiring a complete set of them all takes money. Rare Cult secures a huge chunk of that music in one package.
I'm not going to bother cataloging all the different tunes and where they came from. They're too numerous but I will say the following:
1. This set has an enormous number of unreleased demos and otherwise finished songs that nobody had heard before — not previously released on B-sides. The songs range from the Dreamtime era (1984) with some cool, unheard BBC performances. Over six discs, it spans over a decade to 1995 when the band broke up (for the first time). All tracks are of very good sound quality.
2. There is a humongous (80 page) booklet inside, with complete credits and details for every single song contained within. Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury provide commentary, and there are lots of photos too.
3. There are a lot of remixes here, as per normal for a band from this era. In fact there is an entire seventh limited edition bonus disc dedicated single remixes, called Rare Cult Mixes. I don't know how many copies were released with the bonus disc, but be sure of what you buy before you buy it! Personally I don't see the point of buying this set without the seventh disc. For example, the "Fire Woman" single had two excellent remixes: The "LA mix", and the "NYC mix". The NYC mix is included on the Disc 5 of this box set, but to get the LA mix, if you don't have the "Fire Woman" single, can only be had on the limited edition seventh Rare Cult disc. If you're a collector (which I think you are, because if you're not you probably stopped reading this already) then there's no reason to buy the version without the bonus CD. Wait it out and get the full package.
4. Peace. While astute fans had probably collected most of these tracks already, this box set contains the first ever official release of the Peace album, in sequence on disc 3. The Cult were working on Peace after the Love album, and even finished it, but scrapped the recordings for being too Love-like. They hooked up with Rick Rubin to revamp, re-write, and re-record the album, released as Electric. Many of the Peace songs surfaced as B-sides over the years, on singles and EPs such as The Manor Sessions. While Rare Cult was the first release of the full Peace album, it has since been reissued as part of the Electric Peace two disc set.
5. Warning! There's more. If you really, really, really want it all, you have to shell out for the single CD Best Of Rare Cult which had five exclusive songs not included here. Oh, marketing. The five exclusives on Best of Rare Cult are: "She Sells Sanctuary (long version)", "Spanish Gold", "The River", "Lay Down Your Gun (version two)", and "Go West (Crazy Spinning Circles) (original mix)". Some of these songs, such as "The River", are B-sides, while some are unreleased.
6. There's even more! Yes, there are demos here, but that's not all of them. The masterminds behind this set cleverly left off enough demos to create a whole other box set. You'll want to pony up for Rare Cult: The Demo Sessions (an even more limited edition 5 CD set of its own) which is interesting in its own right. Look at Rare Cult as scratching the surface.
7. Even with all this stuff available out there, The Cult liked to include live songs on their singles. None are present here. Be forewarned, you may still want to get those original singles anyway, if you care enough! Maybe they should do a box set called Rare Live Cult. (Are you listening Ian?)
As a listening experience, Rare Cult is long but rewarding. One thing about The Cult, they were a diverse band, and this set is very diverse. For example you'll go from a very dancy 80's remix of "Sanctuary" straight into "No. 13" which is more punk influenced. Regardless of what it is, or what it isn't, I think this set is worth listening to. Even their demos are better than most bands' album tracks. Like many bands who released numerous single B-sides, The Cult put effort into all their songs. Check out "Sea and Sky", "Bleeding Heart Graffiti" and "Bone Bag" as ample proof.
The packaging is quite nice. It comes in a sturdy black box. The aforementioned booklet allows you to read through the whole history of the band up to 1995. The first six discs are housed in three double digipacks, while the seventh disc sits in its own sleeve tucked into the box.
You might not very often have the luxury of 8-9 hours to listen to the Cult, but if you're a fan, think hard and consider your buying options.
Posted in Reviews and tagged alternative metal, Best of Rare Cult, billy duffy, box sets, classic rock, Electric, heavy metal, ian astbury, love, peace, Rare Cult, Rare Cult Mixes, Rare Cult: The Demo Sessions, rarities, The Cult on June 25, 2015 by mikeladano. 25 Comments
REVIEW: The Cult – "Lil' Devil" (1987 double 12″ single)
Next in line of my reviews from Record Store Excursion 2012! Check out the video below if you missed it. This one bought at Paradise Bound.
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THE CULT – "Lil' Devil" (1987 double 12″ single, Polygram)
I had to pick this up. Two 12″ discs, one single. Although all the Cult studio B-sides are collected on the excellent Rare Cult box set, none of the live ones are. And I only have one other single from Electric, "Wild Flower". This is a double 12″ single, 38 minutes long, including a 19 minute interview with Billy and Ian.
What can you say about "Lil' Devil"? It's sometimes forgotten on radio, next to "Love Removal Machine" and the aforementioned "Wild Flower", but it's certainly as good as either of those two songs. A swaggering rock song, this is a pinnacle of some sort for this type of track. Four guys in the room with amps. Marshalls. AC/DC comparisons were bandied about.
The B-sides include the familiar "Zap City", a song that has cropped numerous times since, including The Manor Sessions EP and Best of Rare Cult. If you're not familiar with it, it's from the abandoned Peace sessions, which they ditched in order to re-record with Rick Rubin. It's a lightning-like rock song, much like what The Cult would later do on Sonic Temple. It would have fit right in on that album.
Two live tracks, "Wild Thing/Louie Louie" and "Phoenix" are present as well. I love the live cover, it's plenty fun. "Phoenix" is ragged with plenty of guitar noise and even a drum solo.
Last is in the interview. It's informative but far too long. The best bits involve recording with Rick Rubin, and the decision to re-record the album that became Electric. I could have done without the extended song snippets (most people buying the single already owned the album!).
Posted in Reviews and tagged billy duffy electric, ian astbury, lil devil, peace, rarities, rick rubin, singles, The Cult, vinyl on November 7, 2012 by mikeladano. 4 Comments


On September 23 2015 ACRI hosted a roundtable event on the South China Sea in collaboration with a delegation from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV), a research institute under Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The event began with a presentation by Dr Dang Dinh Quy, President of the DAV, followed by a discussion on territorial claims in the South China Sea, Chinese foreign policy and the Australian position.
The roundtable was an insightful entry to the perspectives of ASEAN members and in particular Vietnamese thinking about China's role in the region.
In 2010 Professor Hugh White challenged Australians when he wrote 'Power Shift: Australia's future between Washington and Beijing', published in the academic journal Quarterly Essay.
White argued that in order to meet its interests in Asia Australia should persuade the US to relinquish primacy in the region. He asserted that the best outcome for stability in the Asia-Pacific would be a power-sharing agreement between these two great nations. He posited a 'Concert of Asia' to balance state interests and achieve shared leadership between major powers in the region.
The Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) is proud to announce the launch of New Zealand's China Policy: Building a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, a policy paper written by the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington. This is the first comprehensive account of a diplomatic success story: the relationship between New Zealand and China in trade, investment and foreign policy.
On July 07 2015 Dr Enrico Letta, Italy's 55th Prime Minister (April 2013 to February 2014), shared his expertise on the EU perspective on free trade agreements, the relationships between EU members and ASEAN and the relationship between Italy and Asia.


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