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Nashville SC aim to continue record defensive pace Tuesday night
October 6, 20203:39PM EDT
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Once upon a time Minnesota United FC were an expansion team that were shipping goals at a record pace. On Tuesday night, they will face an expansion side that are doing things a bit differently (8:30 pm ET | TV & streaming info).
Nashville SC don't score much — their 11 goals are tied for the second lowest total in MLS — but their defense is lockdown, and their 14 goals allowed in 14 matches are tied for fewest by an MLS expansion team with the 2009 Seattle Sounders.
"This group has shown great endeavors not only to compete, but to make life incredibly difficult [for opponents] when things have gone against us," said Nashville coach Gary Smith. "We knew in our inaugural season that things weren't going to be going swimmingly for us all the time, but these players have really shown some real backbone."
But they're facing a formidable attack on Tuesday with Kei Kamara, Bebelo Reynoso and Kevin Molino all clicking. Two players Nashville won't have to deal with are Luis Amarilla and Jan Gregus as Amarilla is still nursing an injury and Gregus has left for international duty.
"I think they've done well. They're very well organized, they've got an experienced team," Loons coach Adrian Heath said Monday. "Like us, they've got a few injuries at this moment in time, and I think we're all going to be in the same boat. It's going to be as much mental as it is physical. The fact that you've got yourself up in 36 hours, now you're next day preparing for another game. We know it's going to be tough, they've done well of late. We know it's going to be a tough challenge but one if we play as well as can we're more than capable of getting a result."
On the Nashville side, new DP striker Jhonder Cadiz isn't expected to make his debut until the weekend.
Nashville will have the support of fans for the first time since they set a record back in February as they return to Nissan Stadium for the first time since they broke the Tennessee attendance record for a soccer match with 59,069 fans supporting the Boys in Gold in their inaugural Major League Soccer match on Feb. 29. The fans will return to Nissan Stadium under strict capacity limits and safety guidelines. Click here for tickets and safety information into Nissan Stadium under strict COVID-19 safety guidelines, including mandatory mask, social distanced seating pods, over 300 hand sanitizing stations and more.
"We're all looking forward to it," defender Alistair Johnston said. "It's been a long time coming, but it's kind of the next step in hopefully returning to normalcy. We're just excited to be able to experience the game with our fans. We had a great time in that first game at home in February, and it's been a long time since we've been able to share a moment with them. We're hoping to get a couple goals and be able to celebrate with the fans again."
Three things we learned from Nashville vs. Minnesota
DEFENSE: Daniel Lovitz, Nashville SC - 39th minute
October 6, 2020 (1 min)
Nashville stay on course for defensive record; Smith hails team's rare quality
HIGHLIGHTS: Nashville SC vs. Minnesota United FC | October 6, 2020
Defenses shine as Nashville and Minnesota held scoreless
SAVE: Joe Willis, Nashville SC - 65th minute


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American tenor Brendan Tuohy has been praised by The Cincinnati Post for his "big, bold tenor edged with silver" and he continues to move audiences both in the states and overseas.
He most recently had a very busy fall performing in several of his favorite places in the Pacific Northwest. He started by singing Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte with City Opera Bellevue. He then performed two role debuts. First, he sang the Chevalier in Poulenc's tragic Dialogues des Carmélites with Vashon Opera. He then sang Bénédict in Berlioz's hilarious adaptation of Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing, Béatrice et Bénédict. Tuohy spent the majority of last summer in Berlin performing Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with the Berlin Opera Academy.
The past couple of seasons Mr. Tuohy has split his time performing in the United States and France. In the States he performed such roles as Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, Alfredo in Die Fledermaus, and Albert Herring in Albert Herring. In France he performed his role debuts of Tito in Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito and as the title role in Mozart's Idomeneo both with Opéra Orchestre National de Montpellier. He also sang several performances as Diomede in Cavalli's recently rediscovered opera Elena with l'Opéra d'Angers-Nantes and l'Opéra de Rennes. This role has been a staple for him the past two seasons after he performed it with Festival d'Aix en Provence in the summer of 2013.
In 2013 and 2014, Mr. Tuohy had the opportunity to sing Male Chorus with the Vespertine Opera, and made his hometown Tacoma Opera debut as Alfredo Germont in La Traviata. He made his Opera Memphis debut as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, and he sang Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte with Vashon Opera.
As a former member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio program, Tuohy had several opportunities to perform with this amazing company. Tuohy performed the roles of Conte Almaviva in HGO's new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, 1st Prisoner in Fidelio, Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Goro in Madama Butterfly, Tchaplitsky and the Major Domo in Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, and made his debut with the company as the 1st Noble in Wagner's Lohengrin.
Tuohy completed his academic training at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) with a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance. In 2008, he had the honor of singing and competing in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Semi Finals in New York.
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EDDY DAVIS, PRESENT TENSE (1940-2020), Part Five — "WILD REEDS AND WICKED RHYTHM" AT THE CAJUN with SCOTT ROBINSON, MICHAEL HASHIM, DMITRI KOLESNIKOV, BOB RINGWALD
Eddy Davis at ScienSonic Laboratories
For the moment, this is my final bowing-low in a series in honor of Eddy Davis (even though I have more music and words from December 26, 2019, to share). I've devoted nearly a week of posts to him because of the intense emotional collision of grief and joy he brings forth in me and those who knew him and enjoyed his work. His play, I should say. I've been going backwards chronologically, and although I saw and enjoyed Eddy and "Wild Reeds and Wicked Rhythm" at The Cajun possibly very early in 2005, this 2006 session was the first time I brought a video camera there.
THE CAJUN, by Barbara Rosene –a Wednesday night.
Ordinarily, the band would have been Eddy; Scott Robinson, C-melody saxophone; Orange Kellin, clarinet; Conal Fowkes, piano; Greg Cohen or Debbie Kennedy, string bass, with guests. For this night — July 5, 2006 — it was Eddy, Scott, Conal, Dmitri Kolesnikov, string bass, Michael Hashim on alto and soprano saxophones, with a guest appearance by Bob Ringwald, piano and vocal.
The camera I was then using recorded to mini-DVD discs, a particularly stubborn medium, so these videos stayed on the shelf until 2017, when I found that I could transfer and share them. I asked Eddy if that was something he would like (he did) and then asked if he would write something about the gig:
WILD REEDS AND WICKED RHYTHM
I, Eddy Davis, have in my lifetime had the pleasure of having many wonderful Jazz Bands filled with wonderful musicians. It all started back in "The Windy City" in the late 1950's and early 1960's. I was a Composition student at the Chicago Conservatory and working as a band leader for the Syndicate on Chicago's infamous Rush Street. Boy, those were the days. During this time many great, interesting musicians came through the band.
Fellows like "Kansas" Fields, who had just returned from a ten year stint in Paris and Charles "Truck" Parham who started in the music business as a truck driver for the Fletcher Henderson Band. He was hauling the band instruments from job to job. When I asked Truck how he got his nickname he told me this story. He said: "One night the bass player got drunk and couldn't play, so Fletcher said "Hey, Truck, get up on the band stand and act like you are playing the bass." He said he liked it so much that he bought a bass and learned to play it. When he came to my band he had just gotten off the Pearl Bailey/Louie Bellson trio. When he left my band he joined the CBS staff orchestra. I was lucky enough to have the likes of Frank Powers or Bobby Gordon on Clarinet. I had the wonderful Norman Murphy on trumpet who had been in the Brass section of Gene Krupa's Big Band. I also had the hilarious Jack "The Bear" Brown on trumpet. My band played opposite the original "Dukes of Dixieland" for a solid year at the club "Bourbon Street" in the middle. There were the Asuntos — Frank, on Trumpet — Freddie on Trombone and PaPa Jack on Trombone and Banjo. Gene Schroeder was on piano (where I learned so much) and the fantastic Barrett Deems on Drums.
At the Sari-S Showboat I was in the band of the great Trombonist Grorg Brunis, the Marsala Brothers, Joe and Marty, along with "Hey Hey" Humphries on drums, were also on the band. Another great band I played on was listed as Junie Cobb's "Colonels of Corn." The main reason this band was so great was that they were the very originals of JASS MUSIC. Junie was a multi-instrumentalist who on this band was playing Piano (he also recorded on Banjo). Al Wynn who had been the musical director for the great blues singer "Ma Rainey" was on Trombone and the wonderful Darnell Howard, who made terrific recordings with "Jelly Roll Morton," was on Clarinet. We were playing at the Sabre Room and I was 17 (maybe 16) years old. I was a member of the last Jabbo Smith "Rhythm Aces" in New York City in the 1970's.
Well, I could go on and on, but I'll just say that the band "Wild Reeds and Wicked Rhythm" which I had for four or five years at the "Cajun Restaurant" on 16th Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan was the thrill of my life. With the GREAT Scott Robinson and Orange Kellin on Reeds and Debbie Kennedy on Bass and MY BROTHER from a another mother — Conal Fowkes — was on Piano (he knows what I'm going to do before I do it and fits me like a glove). These were perhaps the most satisfying Musical Evenings I've ever known.
Scott Robinson is easily the best (for me) musical mind and player I've ever been in the presents of. I couldn't come up with enough words to express my JOY with this band for those several years we performed every Wednesday night at the Cajun Restaurant in the great town of Manhattan.
We had two great subs on the night of this video. Dmitri Kolesnikov was on bass and on saxophone, the truly wonderful "The Hat" Michael Hashim.
Mr. Steinman, I would like to thank you so very much for supplying these videos and if you or anyone else has any other footage of any combination of this band, it would please me to no end to know of it.
The Banjoist Eddy "The Manhattan Minstrel" Davis
WHO WALKS IN WHEN I WALK OUT? / HAPPY BIRTHDAY / I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS:
AFTER YOU'VE GONE / OLD BONES / YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME / TROUBLE IN MIND, all with vocals by Bob Ringwald:
BLACK BEAUTY / SWEET MAMA (vocal Eddy) / THE CASTLE RENOVATED:
THE CASTLE, concluded (with apologies to Dmitri):
DAPHNE / MY FRIEND (vocal / composition by Conal) / TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE (Conal):
This band was — without exaggeration — a doctoral seminar in ensemble playing and collective momentum. It was an honor to be there, and a greater honor to be able to share these videos with you. And this was a complete evening at the Cajun, just under two hours of live performance. It is as close as any of us will get to that deeply-remembered and now-departed experience.
Debbie Kennedy, the wonderful bassist, Eddy's dear friend (I think she'd also call herself a student at the University of Davis) has written lovingly about Eddy, and I present her words here:
Eddy was one of the most amazing musicians I ever met in my entire life. SUCH a character with a fierce love of music. One of the best bandleaders I've ever played with. I just hope that his passing was painless and that his transition was smooth.
Apart from all the incredible happiness/joy that I experienced from playing with Eddy every Wednesday night at the "Cajun" restaurant from 2000 to 2006 in an extremely special band, I lucked out in 2008 and won a Greencard in the "Greencard Lottery." Part of that process was that the immigration authorities needed a "Letter of Employment" showing that I would be earning a certain amount of money every year (even though I'd already been living in NYC for 10 years and earned enough to support myself comfortably, I guess they wanted to see that I would be self sufficient and not claim welfare).
Eddy very kindly wrote that Letter of Employment for me, stating that I was working with Woody Allen's band (which was the truth – I had subbed frequently with the band starting October 2004, but I still wasn't yet playing on a weekly basis when he wrote it). I strongly feel that his letter (especially with the name "Woody Allen") clinched the decision for my Greencard to be granted.
Thank you Eddy!!
Then, eventually, he was kind enough to have me on the gig with Woody every week, starting a few years ago. It was actually Greg Cohen's gig, but Greg moved to Berlin at a certain point around 2011 / 2012, so I did end up playing the gig on a weekly basis at that time, when Greg moved to Berlin.
This was an absolutely invaluable experience and was the gig that kept me alive when so many other freelance gigs had dwindled in recent years.
I feel incredibly indebted to Eddy and I feel blessed to have had such regular playing with him for so many years: Giving me the steady gig at the Cajun in 2000, and when that finished in August 2006, I still played with him pretty regularly, culminating in playing every week with him in the Woody band right up until last month.
March 9th was our last gig.
Like some others who knew Eddy well, I thought he was invincible and thought he was going to pull through this – he'd pulled through so many other illnesses before: terrible car accident, shingles, hellish Sciatica, High Cholesterol, high blood pressure, Diabetes…you name it, he'd had it (and he loved to tell you all about it, ha, ha! 😉).
Nothing will equal the pure joy that I felt on such a deep level when we were in the middle of playing a tune, him horsing around, having a great ol' time.
Rest In Peace, my beautiful friend ❤ ❤ ❤
Eddy loved what I will call "false endings," where the band appeared to have concluded the song and the performance — and the audience would applaud — but, no, they weren't through as he would (grinning hugely) launch into a bravura ending that left us cheering.
I think of those "false endings" as a metaphor for Eddy and his art. He appears to have gone, but he hasn't. As long as we can hear him, see him in videos (and he left us hundreds of solo performances from his apartment), and remember him, he ain't gone.
Incidentally, I have been posting Barbara Rosene's painting of The Cajun because it pleases me so — Debbie Kennedy is in it as well as Eddy, Scott Robinson, and Simon Wettenhall — but Barbara has done many other paintings of jazz clubs, landscapes, and abstracts — that are not yet in private collections. And you know me: I only promote artists (visual as well as musical) whose work I love: find out more here.
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Tagged "Wild Reeds and Wicked Rhythm", Al Wynn, Barbara Rosene, BArrett Deems, Bob Ringwald, Chicago, Conal Fowkes, Darnell Howard, Debbie Kennedy, Dmitri Kolesnikov, Dukes of Dixieland, Eddy Davis, Frank Powers, gene Schroeder, Georg Brunis, Greg Cohen, Jabbo Smith, Jazz Lives, Joe MArsala, Junie Cobb, Kansas Fields, Marty Marsala, Michael Steinman, Norm Murphy, Orange Kellin, Scott Robinson, The Cajun, Truck Parham, Woody Allen
I CALL ON KIM CUSACK (Part Two): MARCH 27, 2018
Here is the first part of the video interviews I did with the Esteemed Mister Cusack — a great deal of fun, good anecdotes, well-told, and new information about everyone from George Brunis to Phyllis Diller: a great honor and pleasure for me. Here's the second part.
The first six segments were moderately autobiographical, but Kim doesn't revel in himself as the only subject. So in the videos you will see below, my request had been for Kim to talk of people he'd encountered and played with whom we might otherwise not have known, although some of the players are well-known to those who relish the music: Barrett Deems, James Dapogny, Truck Parham, Little Brother Montgomery. Good stories, seriously rewarding insights not only into people but also into "the business," including the Chicago underworld.
I'll let the videos speak for themselves, as Kim does so well.
Norm Murphy and Frank Chace:
Art Gronwald and Little Brother Montgomery (this is for Ethan Leinwand):
Bobby Ballard, Bob Skiver, Floyd Bean:
Smokey Stover and Truck Parham:
Bob Cousins, Wayne Jones, Barrett Deems:
and finally for that afternoon, Kim's portrait of our hero Jim Dapogny:
I hope to visit Delavan, Wisconsin, again — to delight in the company of Kim and Ailene Cusack and Lacey, too. And who knows what treasures I might bring back for you?
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Tagged Ailene Cusack, Art Gronwald, BArrett Deems, Bob Cousins, Bob Erdos, Bob Skiver, Bobby Ballard, CHICAGO JAZZ, Ethan Leinwand, Floyd Bean, Floyd O'Brien, Frank Chace, James Dapogny, Jazz Lives, Jim Dapogny, Kim Cusack, Little Brother Montgomery, Michael Steinman, Norm Murphy, Smokey Stover, Stomp Off Records, the Salty Dogs, Truck Parham, Wayne Jones
I CALL ON KIM CUSACK (Part One): MARCH 27, 2018
Paul Asaro, piano; Kim Cusack, clarinet
I admire the reedman and occasional vocalist Kim Cusack immensely and had done so through recordings for a long time before we met in person. When we exchanged courtesies and compliments at a California festival — perhaps the San Diego Jazz Fest in 2011? — I was thrilled by his music as it was created on the spot, and I liked the man holding the clarinet a great deal.
A hero-worshiper, I found occasions to stand at the edge of a small circle when Kim was telling a story. And what he had to tell us was plenty. He never tells jokes but he's hilarious with a polished deadpan delivery and the eye for detail of a great writer.
I had said to another hero, Marc Caparone, "I wish I could get Kim to sit for a video interview," and Marc — ever the pragmatist — said, "Ask him!" I did, and the result was a visit to Kim and the endearing Ailene Cusack (she's camera-shy but has her own stories) in their Wisconsin nest.
The results are a dozen vignettes: illuminating, sharply observed, and genuine. Kim's stories are about the lively, sometimes eccentric people he knows and has known. I am honored to have had the opportunity, and I hope you enjoy the videos. I know I did and do.
I've prefaced each video with a very brief sketch of what it contains.
Early days, going back to fifth grade, and early influences, including Spike Jones, moving up to high school and a paying gig, with side-glances at rock 'n' roll and the Salty Dogs:
From Career Day at Kim's high school to early adulthood, and a seven-year stint teaching, with Eddy Davis, Darnell Howard, Mike Walbridge, James Dapogny, the Chicago Stompers, the Salty Dogs, Frank Chace, Marty Grosz, Lew Green, Wayne Jones, and the saga of Paul's Roast Round:
From the Chicago Stompers and union conflicts to Art Hodes and Ted Butterman and Wayne Jones to Kim's secret career as a piano player . . . and the elusive piano recording, and a mention of Davey Jones of Empirical Records:
Kim's portraits of distinctive personalities Ted Butterman, Bob Sundstrom, Little Brother Montgomery, Booker T. Washington, Rail Wilson, Peter Nygaard, Phyllis Diller and her husband "Fang," the Salty Dogs, Eddy Davis, George Brunis, Stepin Fetchit and OL' MAN RIVER in Ab. Work with Gene Mayl and "Jack the Bear" on trumpet. And Barrett Deems! (More Deems stories to come.)
More portraits, including Gene Mayl, Monte Mountjoy, Gus Johnson, the legendary George Brunis, Nappy Trottier, who "could really play," Wild Bill Davison, Johnson McRee. And a playing trip to Alaska for three weeks with Donny McDonald and later Ernie Carson:
Scary airplane trips with the Gene Mayl band over Alaska, and a glance at the splendid pianist John Ulrich, a happy tourist:
I have six more vignettes to share, with memories of Norm Murphy, Frank Chace, Barrett Deems, Bob Skiver, Little Brother Montgomery, and more. My gratitude to Kim and Ailene Cusack, for making this pilgrimage not only possible but sweet, rewarding fun.
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Tagged Ailene Cusack, Alaska, Art Hodes, BArrett Deems, Bob Skiver, Bob Sundstrom, Booker T. Washington, CAREER DAY, Darnell Howard, Davey Jones, Donny McDonald, Eddy Davis, Empirical Records, Ernie Carson, Frank Chace, Gene Mayl, George Brunis, Gus Johnson, James Dapogny, Jazz Lives, Jim Dapogny, John Ulrich, Johnson McRee, Kim Cusack, Lew Green, Little Brother Montgomery, Marc Caparone, Marty Grosz, Mike Walbridge, Monte Mountjoy, Nappy Trottier, Norm Murphy, Paul's Roast Round, Peter Nygaard, Phyllis Diller, Rail Wilson, Spike Jones, Stepin Fetchit, Ted Butterman, the Chicago Stompers, the Salty Dogs, Wayne Jones, Wild Bill Davison
LITTLE WONDERS at AMOEBA MUSIC (The Next Chapter)
August 14, 2012. Amoeba Music. 1855 Haight Street, San Francisco.
Flash! Money can't buy happiness, but money can buy the music that creates it.
Six vinyl records = $15.14.
JOE SULLIVAN: NEW SOLOS BY AN OLD MASTER (Riverside, 1953)
RAY SKJELBRED / HAL SMITH: STOMPIN' EM DOWN (Stomp Off, 1985)
HARRY JAMES: DOUBLE DIXIE (MGM, 1962)
BUTCH THOMPSON / MIKE DUFFY / HAL SMITH: LITTLE WONDER (Triangle Jazz, 1987)
AL "JAZZBO" COLLINS: SWINGING AT THE OPERA (Everest, 1960)
THE SAINTS AND SINNERS "CATCH FIRE" (Seeco, 1960)
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The Sullivan is a famous record — I believe I had the music in poorer sound on a Classics CD, but the sentimental value of this disc in its crinkly wax-paper inner sleeve was something I chose not to resist. And Sullivan's sweet violence at the keyboard — filling A ROOM WITH A VIEW with ferocious right-hand splashes and mad Waller right-hand tinkling ornamentations — continues to astonish. And if that weren't enough, the disc is NON BREAKABLE, LONG PLAYING MICROGROOVE, HI FI. What more could I ask for?
Ray Skjelbred deserves to be mentioned in the same breath, and Hal Smith's intuitive empathy is splendid. All I will say about STOMPIN' 'EM DOWN is that the duo's performance of LOVE ME TONIGHT is another delightful version of sweet violence, honoring Bing Crosby and Earl Hines simultaneously.
I haven't heard a note of DOUBLE DIXIE yet, but it is an intriguing experiment: the whole James band of the time, with Willie Smith and Buddy Rich, surrounding the "Dixie Five" of James, Dick Cathcart, Eddie Miller, Matty Matlock, Ray Sims. How could I pass up a record that had TWO DEUCES on it, and all the arrangements by Matlock?
On my most recent trip to Amoeba Berkeley, I bought a Prairie Home Companion lp featuring the Butch Thompson Trio with Red Maddock on drums — and it has been giving a great deal of pleasure, both now in the present moment and reminding me of my 1981 self, listening to PHC live and waiting for those trio sessions. This trio recording with Butch, Mike, and Hal is going to be a treat . . . a special little pleasure was in looking at the back-cover photograph of the trio, smiling . . . and reading that the photographer was none other than our friend and wondrous singer Becky Kilgore.
For me, a little "hipsterness" goes a long way, but Al "Jazzbo" Collins always had good taste. What could be wrong with a big band recording of melodies from famous operas — when the band includes as soloists Harry Edison, Phil Woods, and Bob Brookmeyer . . . when the rhythm section is Hank Jones, Barry Galbraith, Joe Benjamin (Milt must have had a conflict that day), and Jo Jones? Plus Harvey Phillips and Eddie Costa, arrangements by Fred Karlin, the whole thing supervised by Raymond Scott. Can't beat that!
Any record by the SAINTS AND SINNERS is rare these days — a compact group co-led by Red Richards and Vic Dickenson, it featured Norm Murphy or Herman Autrey, trumpet; Joe Barifaldi or Rudy Powell, reeds, and a solid rhythm section (this issue has Barrett Deems, drums). I remember hearing Vic play TEACH ME TONIGHT from a program Ed Beach did on the S&S and so this was a superb find. "My heart stood still," to quote Larry Hart.
Now, there is no hidden ideology here about the goodness of vinyl over any other medium of sound reproduction; I amnot urging anyone to buy a turntable or to begin collecting more stuff, to quote George Carlin. But there are Wonders out there for those who seek them!
P.S. And as an added bonus, the cheerful young woman behind the counter had family that had grown up on Long Island and had gone to the high school I had graduated from when buying records was what you did. The young woman had made it to San Francisco by way of Brooklyn, and she had wonderful instincts: when I said, in closing, "May your happiness increase," she answered immediately, "Thank you very much! You, too!"
Tagged Al "Jazzbo" Collins, BArrett Deems, Barry Galbraith, Becky Kilgore, Bing Crosby, Bob Brookmeyer, Buddy Rich, Butch Thompson, Dick Cathcart, Earl Hines, Eddie Costa, Fred Karlin, George Carlin, Hal Smith, Hank Jones, Harry Edison, Harry James, Harvey Phillips, Herman Autrey, Jazz Lives, Jo Jones, Joe Benjamin, Joe Sullivan, Long Island, Matty Matlock, Michael Steinman, Mike Duffy, Norm Murphy, Phil Woods, PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, rare vinyl, Ray Sims, Ray Skjelbred, Raymond Scott, Red Maddock, Red Richards, Rudy Powell, Vic Dickenson, Willie Smith


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What the Ending of 'The Rise of Skywalker' Means for the 'Star Wars' Universe
By Dan Jackson Published On 12/20/2019
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By Dan Jackson @danielvjackson Published On 12/20/2019
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This article contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Continue reading at your own peril. You can also read our spoiler-free review or our preview of the movie, as well as where it ranks in the saga overall, and whether it has spawned any all-time-great Star Wars quotes.
Overflowing with new characters, worlds, and revelations, J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker introduces more questions than it could possibly answer in its 142 minute runtime. Though the film has been sold to audiences as the grand finale of the long-running Skywalker saga, a story that kicked off in 1977 with George Lucas' comparatively nimble space adventure Star Wars, fans know that Disney, the company that purchased the franchise in a $4 billion deal in 2012, won't let the franchise die. The Rise of Skywalker is most likely not a definitive ending. It's more like an inflection point.
Where might the narrative go next? That's a question that's doggedly not answered by the actual hug-filled conclusion of The Rise of Skywalker, which seeks to close a series of loops by rhyming certain images from the original trilogy and bringing back ghosts from previous films in the same way Return of the Jedi did back in 1983. Of the major characters from the original trilogy, only Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Lando Calrissian, the charming scoundrel pilot played by Billy Dee Williams, survived the Disney-era trilogy; Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia each died at different intervals, providing shocks and tear-jerker moments along the journey. Emperor Palpatine, who improbably re-emerges as the series Big Bad in The Rise of Skywalker, has now died in the saga twice -- but more on him later.
The new characters proved to be more resilient. Daisy Ridley's young Jedi master Rey learned her true lineage and ended the film on Tatooine, where she buried Luke and Leia's lightsabers in the sand, adopted the Skywalker name, and wielded a lightsaber all her own. Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron got promoted to general of the Resistance and led a daring aerial assault on a giant army of Star Destroyers, likely securing a strong political future if he chooses to pursue it. John Boyega's Finn redeemed himself in battle and showed signs of having his own Force powers, suggesting that he could one day become a Jedi as well. BB-8, Rey's soccer-ball-like droid companion, is still jaunty and indestructible. It wasn't all sunshine: Adam Driver's Ben Solo, formerly known as Kylo Ren, found himself in the ill-fated Darth Vader role, sacrificing his life to revive Rey and sharing a kiss before dying.
Rise of Skywalker doesn't necessarily point any of its three major protagonists in a specific direction at the end of the movie. Unlike the prequel-trilogy capper Revenge of the Sith, which has a tragic dimension and serves as an onramp to A New Hope, the screenplay by J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio, with story credits from Jurassic World co-writers Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, doesn't have another pre-established event within the universe to build towards. The task handed down to the writers was likely to mirror the emotional and tonal uplift of Return of the Jedi, which ends with supportive ghosts, celebratory bonfires, and an Ewok sing-along to the "Yub Nub" song. At the end of The Rise of Skywalker, only Lando, grinning as always, appeared ready to go another adventure as he spoke with Jannah, the horse-riding Resistance fighter played by Naomi Ackie. Everyone else feels more or less content.
Clearly, there's no shortage of new characters to drive speculation and debate in the coming years as fans take to message boards, social media, and convention floors. In addition to the main protagonists, the Disney trilogy introduced a host of supporting players like Kelly Marie Tran's resourceful mechanic Rose Tico, Lupita Nyong'o's reformed space pirate Maz Kanata, and Keri Russell's helmet-sporting criminal Zorii Bliss. These characters will no doubt pop up in various Star Wars-branded novels, video games, and cartoon series, but will any of them have a future in the Star Wars films and television series that Lucasfilm has in development? The answer to that question remains even more shrouded in mystery than the dark Sith super-science used to revive Emperor Palaptine. (Seriously, what's going on with the Sith cloning department?)
In the same way Palpatine stored a bunch of Snoke body parts on Exegol, Disney looks like it's currently stockpiling potential film spin-off and sequel ideas. Back in November of 2017, Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars: The Last Jedi filmmaker Rian Johnson was developing a "brand-new Star Wars trilogy," which he would write and direct the first entry in. However, following the divisive fan reaction to The Last Jedi and the financial failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story in 2018, very little new information about this new trilogy emerged. During the press tour for his new whodunit Knives Out, Johnson told Variety he was "still talking to Lucasfilm" and said that "until it's up on StarWars.com, don't believe it."
Johnson's isn't the only name being tossed around. Another potential trilogy from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss was announced back in 2018 and then cancelled this summer when the pair announced they weren't moving ahead with the project. (The pair cited their development deal with Netflix as the reason for their departure, but other stories suggested it also had to do with larger creative differences.) Additionally, Disney revealed Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige was developing a Star Wars movie back in September, driving further speculation about creative uncertainty behind the scenes at Lucasfilm.
A more definitive decision about the future of Star Wars on the big screen could arrive in the coming months. In a recent interview with the L.A. Times, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy indicated that the next Star Wars movie would arrive in 2022, and that the company won't abandon its new characters. She also indicated that they'd like to move away from the trilogy model. "I think it gives us a more open-ended view of storytelling and doesn't lock us into this three-act structure," she said. "We're not going to have some finite number and fit it into a box. We're really going to let the story dictate that." (Disney CEO Bob Iger pushed back against that plan during The Rise of Skywalker premiere, telling a Variety reporter, "Oh, I don't know about that.")
Let's not forget that Star Wars is also more than a film franchise now: Disney views it as a key component of their theme-park division and their streaming strategy going forward. The move away from a trilogy structure could also allow Star Wars to more closely resemble the loosely serialized approach of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which remains the company's golden goose. Following the Baby Yoda-powered success of The Mandalorian on Disney+, Lucasfilm will produce a prequel series centered around Diego Luna's Cassian Ando character from Rogue One and a new series with Ewan McGregor reprising his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Whether Rey, Finn, and Poe will show up again on Disney+ or in movie theaters is unclear. Just don't expect those lightsabers to stay hidden in the sand forever.
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The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseski, Flatiron Books, 2017.
Few stresses compare to stresses we feel when confronted with our own death or the death of those important to us. Our death anxieties encourage us to spend as little time as possible contemplating death so we can focus more on living. Co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project, Frank Ostaseski has a different and more life (and death) affirming approach. In his many years of work supporting the dying, Frank has learned that lessons gained by those facing their own deaths can be helpful for the living even when the threat of death is or seems far away.
Ostaseski is a devout and learned Buddhist practitioner and he brings a strong Buddhist perspective and approach to his hospice work and to his writing. As someone from a different faith tradition, this was not troublesome as Ostaseski is clearly open to wisdom from other traditions while he shares wisdom from his own (as illustrated by the story excerpt in the Living All the Way section in this newsletter edition). The strength of the book is the stories he shares and how he connects them with the five themes or "invitations":
Don't Wait
Welcome Everything, Push Away Nothing
Bring Your Whole Self to the Experience
Find a Place of Rest in the Middle of Things
Cultivate Don't Know Mind
These invitations are illustrated with vignettes of many different hospice patients and their families as well as professional caregivers. The perspective is that when confronted with our own mortality, we often have insights that are helpful for living our last days. These lessons, however, are also valuable for our living of other days, as well. He makes his case persistently, gently, and passionately. I found myself underlining phrases and short passages on many pages with the intent to return to ponder more deeply. A compelling read and especially useful for those supporting others facing death and those willing to consider and learn from their own eventual deaths.
The Moon Prince and the Sea by Daniela Rose Anderson, Et Alia Press, Little Rock, 2018.
The world of childhood cancer has changed dramatically. For children with cancer in countries with access to the latest treatments, overall five-year survival rates are almost 90%--a dramatic increase from 10% just forty years ago. Yet, too many children, of course, do not survive, and this would especially be true for those who lack access to treatment.
Within this context, The Moon Prince and the Sea tells the story of two real children with cancer who are treated for but ultimately die from their illness. They live in two very different worlds but are bound together by their common illnesses and fate. There is sadness, of course, in the story, but there is much more. The strongest feelings and impressions are connection, compassion, and transcendence.
Sumit is a boy in rural India who travels for days to get to the hospital for treatments. As he physically recovers, he connects with other children in the hospital. He also learns of a girl named Marina in a distant country (the US) who also has cancer. He is touched by her story and dreams of her. He paints her a picture and sends a brief letter of encouragement. Far away she receives his gifts and feels both connection and comfort.
After he returns to his country home from the city hospital, Sumit is not able to return for more treatments. A caring nurse travels to Sumit's home to learn from the neighbor children that Sumit is now "in God's home." But his story is not ended.
Marina waits until family and friends are ready, and then she closes her eyes and takes her last breath. In the next place, she and Sumit unite, healed, unafraid, and bound together. Where they are and where they go is a place of both mystery and love, and they go there hand in hand.
From my days working in the childhood cancer world, it was not uncommon to see children from different backgrounds deeply bound together by their common experiences. Their connections and courage reminded us all of deeper truths. This book is based on a true story and it goes beyond literal truths to evoke bigger truths. The painted illustrations evoke feelings of comfort and compassion, and Sumit's yellow silk cape is used to good effect connecting him to the moon and marking him as its prince. Marina's name means "the sea" which is also metaphor for so much more. An uplifting, sad, compassionate, and transcendent story.
In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and The Redemptive Power of Hope by Dr. Rana Awdish, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2017.
When she was pregnant and working as young critical care doctor, Dr. Rana Awdish died—or came about as close to it as possible and still be here to tell about it. This book is her story of that day and the following few years where she repeatedly came close to death again. Her story is a compelling patient story involving dramatic rescues, near misses, good and bad communication from healthcare professionals, and denial of pain and risk on her part and by her treatment teams. But it is more than that. It is also a narrative reflection on the systemic flaws in how we educate and encourage physicians and other healthcare professionals to distance themselves from patients and suffering and how we can do much better for patients and for healthcare providers.
Along with being an insightful and compassionate physician, Awdish is also a talented writer, able to describe both human reactions and complicated medical conditions for both medical and non-medical readers. She strongly critiques our healthcare system which too often leaves little room for compassion for patients, families, coworkers and the professionals themselves. Such a system fall short for all involved and has both humane and medical consequences. Others have made similar arguments, but few have the power of Awdish's story which brings together both patient and provider perspectives.
Among the many insights offered, two particularly linger. One is that too often our current system of medicine encourages a deeper connection to the diagnosis than to the patient. The other is competing images of the role of healthcare providers. A too-common image is healthcare providers with their backs to a cliff trying to catch and save patients tumbling to the edge and into the abyss below. In this image, the providers are unaware of the depth and breadth of what patients see and experience. A more respectful, compassionate, and helpful image is that of healthcare providers standing side-by-side with patients as they face the cliff and the abyss beyond. In this image, providers are partners with patients in their efforts at health and living and willing to be companions when life is short or frightening.
Thankfully, Awdish did not die on that terrible day or on many of the terrible days that followed. Her survival and recovery was mostly a benefit to herself, her family and friends, and her future children. But her hard-won insights are also a benefit to us—healthcare providers, patients, and providers who will be patients (as was Awdish) as we learn from her experiences to both save more lives and better ease the suffering of the living and the dying.
On Living by Kerry Egan, Riverhead Books, 2016.
Kindness and humility are the pervasive themes of beautiful collection of stories and reflections shared by hospice chaplain Kerry Egan. Kindness towards others, kindness towards suffering, towards human pain, shame and frailty, and towards ourselves. And humility in the face of mysteries found in life and living, death and dying. Each chapter is a story of Egan's interactions with a hospice patient and sometimes the patient's family. She expounds about the quiet, yet powerful, role of the chaplain to provide presence and a healing space which allows others to enter into the questions and meanings of her life. To provide such companionship takes remarkable strength, gentleness and patience. She respects the dying not primarily because they are dying but because they are people like the rest of us—they just have a heightened sense that time is short—and all people have messy stories which shape their lives and pains which too easily burden. All people need a witness to their stories and in the sharing there is healing both for the sharer and the witness. Egan has beliefs and convictions to support and guide her and they serve to provide safe places for others to explore their own beliefs and convictions. The stories she shares are remarkable but not unusual. They are representative of all of us in our complexities, strengths and weaknesses. Highly recommended, and not just for end-of-life professionals.
About Grief: Insights, Setbacks, Grace Notes, Taboos by Ron Marasco and Brian Shuff, Ivan R. Dee, 2010.
In this line of work, there are many books, articles and presentations about grief. Some are clinical and research-oriented, some are more self-help, and some are testimonies or memoirs. All can be helpful. This books doesn't fit well in any of those categories, and that is one of its strengths.
my grandmother asked me to tell you she's sorry, Frederik Backman, Washington Square Press, 2015.
The title and cover were eye-catching and the Library Journal endorsement on the back read, "Full of heart, hope, forgiveness, and the embracing of differences, Elsa's story is one that sticks with you long after you've turned the last page."
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi, Random House, 2016.
Paul Kalanithi confronted death as both neurosurgeon and terminal cancer patient. His story and observations are bravely and beautifully told in When Breath Become Air.
H is for Hawk, Helen Madonald, Grove/Atlantic, 2015.
H is for Hawk is a beautifully written memoir about grief, loss, wildness and finding one's place in the world.
Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief, edited by Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, and Steven. L. Nickman, Taylor & Francis, 1996.
Twenty years ago, an important book was published which helped us better understand that we don't fully leave behind those we love and lose. The book and the concept was Continuing Bonds.
My Father's Arms Are A Boat by Stein Erik Lunde, illustrated by Oyvind Torseter, Enchanted Lion Books, New York, www.enchantedlionbooks.com.
A special children's book for a winter's night with a father and son lonely together for wife and mother. From Norway, where much is known about winter nights.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. Metropolitan Books, 2014.
In this timely book, surgeon Atul Gawande considers the challenges and limitations of modern medicine in the context of aging and illness which leads to death. In this exploration, he looks at the "big picture" of medicine and healthcare, especially in the United States, and also at personal stories including the story of his own father's cancer and eventual death.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?—A Memoir by Roz Chast. Bloomsbury, 2014.
There is no book like this one in form but its themes and subject matter are ones that will resonate with many. Roz Chast is a cartoonist whose work is often found in The New Yorker magazine. This memoir covers the last years of life for her elderly parents from the perspective of an adult child who both loves and is often exasperated by them. This is a family story well-told of life, dying, death and the messiness along the way.
Missing Mommy: A Book About Bereavement by Rebecca Cobb, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2013, (first published in the United Kingdom, MacMillan Children's Books, 2011, www.mackids.com).
Some time ago we said good-bye to Mommy. I am not sure where she has gone.
So begins an excellent book for young children concerning the death of a parent. The young boy is confused by his mother's absence and eventually his father helps him understand that his mother has died. His father helps him understand the basics: his mother can't come back because she has died and her body doesn't work anymore, it was nothing he did, his father wishes she were here, too, but they are still a family and will remember her. The words are simple in their reality and wisdom, yet it might be the pictures that really set the book apart. The illustrations are a colorful mixture of crayon, marker and watercolor, and are very expressive. The combination of insightful, straightforward words with engaging and evocative illustrations helps this addition from the UK stand out in the grief/loss genre of children's literature.
Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch, Gecko Press, 2011 (first published in Germany, Verlag Antje Kunstmann GmbH, 2007).
This illustrated book from Germany, discussed the topic of understanding and coping with death in terms of a duck, death and a tulip. The illustrations are really masterful and the book is a uniquely creative addition to the genre.
Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute? Explaining sudden death to preschool children in words they can understand by Elke & Alex Barber, illustrated by Anna Jarvis, Crowdfunded in 2012, www.isdaddycomingback.com.
Alex was three years old when he and his father went away for a "boys only" weekend and his father died unexpectedly. A sudden death is hard to understand at any age, but it is especially challenging for preschool-age children. In this book based on the true story of the Barber family, Alex tells the story and asks lots of three-year-old questions, and his mother does a beautiful job of answering honestly and clearly in ways that give Alex the opportunity to understand the basic facts of what happened.
Something Happened: A book for children and parents who have experienced a pregnancy loss by Cathy Blanford, illustrated by Phyllis Childers, Signature Book Printing, 2008, www.somethinghappenedbook.com.
A young boy is excited (mostly) by the coming of a new baby in the family, but then something happens and the baby dies. The boy narrates his family's story, and he explains, "Instead of going to the hospital to say hello…we had to go to the hospital to say goodbye."
Author Cathy Blanford has over twenty years working with grieving children and also serves as a bereavement counselor for Still Missed, a support program for families who have experienced a pregnancy loss. Her long years and practice experience show in the simple, direct language of the story and the issues addressed. A special and appreciated feature of this book are notes directed to parents.
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Command Center, Inc. (OTCQB: CCNI), a national provider of on-demand and temporary staffing solutions, has received confirmation that its application to list the company's common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market has received final approval.
Command Center's common stock is expected to begin trading on Nasdaq at the opening of the market on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, under the ticker symbol "CCNI." The company's common stock will continue to trade on the OTCQB until market close on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, under the ticker symbol "CCNI."


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All wheelchair cue-sport players invited to compete as the BWPPA 2019 season begins.
Event will be 9 ball, triple elimination for fields up to and Inc. 16 players (Double elimination and a separate free challenge event if over 16).
Races to 7 in main, 6 in losers and 5 in challenge, but will review after each event and go lower in losers round if events overrun.
We will start on a Saturday at 10am sharp, so players need to be there by 9:30 for draw and players meeting.
Each match will have a scorecard where the start and end time must be noted as well as timeout(s) to enable better planning.
Not only will entry fees remain the same, there will not be a fee to play in the challenge event on the Sunday, which will have a guaranteed £75 to play for in the final.
It's not too late to apply for the BWPPA sponsorship scheme, and we have expanded it to include any GB&NI player outside of the top 6 on the tour in the final 2018 rankings, in addition to new and former players, who can also apply.
If you want to apply for funding, please send a short email to tonysouthern@bwppa.com, saying why you want to apply for funding, and if you received funding in 2018, how it helped you.
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Ferry operator prosecuted after worker injured by moving vehicle
HomeHealth and SafetyFerry operator prosecuted after worker injured by moving vehicle
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A ferry operator has been prosecuted after an employee sustained serious injuries when he was struck by a van being reversed out of a docked vessel.
Liverpool Magistrates' Court heard that on 17 September 2017 George Ball, a pontoon traffic marshall working for Stena Line Limited was struck by a 3.5 tonne delivery van at the company's port terminal in Birkenhead, Wirral. The van was being reversed off the Stena Lagan vessel onto the pontoon area by a port service operative.
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The vehicle reversed over Mr Ball's head and body after the initial collision had knocked him down. Mr Ball suffered multiple injuries that included numerous fractures to his skull, ribs and other bones, loss of sight in one eye. He has been left with double vision in the other eye and ongoing mental health problems.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found there was no consideration of physical segregation of pedestrian operatives from moving vehicles when vessels were being unloaded. Stena Line Limited had failed to adequately assess the risks to pedestrians from moving vehicles and consequently put in place effective control measures leading to a safe system of work.
Stena Line Limited of Station Road, Ashford, Kent, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The company was fined £400,000 and ordered to pay costs of £6576.15.
HSE inspector Rohan Lye said after the hearing, "The injuries sustained by Mr Ball, which affect him to this day, were easily preventable. The risks to pedestrians from moving vehicles is an obvious one which should have been identified and controlled.
"Had Stena Line Limited employed suitable control measures the life-changing physical and emotional injuries which continue to impact Mr Ball and his family would have been avoided."
HSADD SAYS: You cannot disagree with HSE on this case, totally avoided and to actually prevent this would have cost them a couple of thousand pounds at most and the H&S person to just take a view on the risk.
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A new set of national youth champions were crowned after a stunning final day of sailing on the Derwent River at the 2019 Australian Youth Championships presented by the Australian Maritime College in Hobart today.
The regatta doubled as the second and final qualifying event for the Australian team for the 2019 Youth World Championships in Gdynia, Poland in July, so many athletes had cause for double celebration after the provisional team was announced during the presentation dinner at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania tonight.
There weren't many teams prouder than the winners of the girls 420, Victorian twins Lily and Matilda Richardson, and local Tasmanian 29er talents Alice Buchanan and Dervla Duggan from the Sandy Bay Sailing Club, both of whom became back-to-back national youth champions.
"It was a really tough regatta." Lily was quoted as saying after getting off the water today. "Hobart posed some interesting conditions, but we tried fight hard against the boys. We qualified the spot pretty comfortably, so now we're ready to get back in to training this summer and work hard for the Youth Worlds."
Middle Harbour Yacht Club's Archie Cropley and Max Paul (29ers) and Woollahra Sailing Club and Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's Ryan Littlechild and Jack Ferguson (420) joined their female counterparts in the provisional team after taking out their respective classes, which was a dream come true for Paul who qualified for the team on his fifth attempt.


Home › What are some indoor gardening tips? › What is the best type of fence for gardens?
A strong, solid fence constructed with overlapping vertical feather-edge wooden boards. This type of fencing is commonly used in back gardens – it's neat and attractive, offer good privacy and will give some shelter to delicate shrubs.
Close board fencing is typically 6ft tall. Keep in mind, however, that many local authorities have height restrictions on boundary fencing.
Larch lap panel fencing is a common type of budget fencing made of horizontal slats. Like close board fencing, it can be used with either timber or concrete posts and gravel boards, with the same advantages and disadvantages to these as explained above.
Although offering good value, larch lap panel fencing is not as robust as close board fencing being more prone to damage in high winds.
In the last thirty years, metal has replaced the heritage option of wrought iron as the premier form of high quality fencing. It's often viewed as multi-generation fencing because, like wrought iron fence, it can last for centuries rather than years!
The initial cost of metal fence can appear significant, especially if compared to DIY options. However, over the lifetime of the fencing itself, metal fence are comparable to all other forms because they last so much longer, making them a cost-effective long-term option.


Award-winning photographer Nigel Hicks presents the Wild Southwest project, capturing the natural beauty and wildlife of southwest England.
The best of the 2018-19 season. The competition will be judged by Peter Orr ARPS.
A gentle competition between genders at the club. The judges will be John and Di Tilsley.


It's really difficult to know what to get your dad for Father's Day isn't it – particularly since most dads have everything they want already.
Every year, without fail, my dad claims he doesn't want anything and "don't you dare go to any trouble" whereas we all know the emotional fall-out which would ensue if anyone forgot.
The Husband on the other hand has no such qualms about being treated to something nice from Caitlin and Ieuan which doesn't cost him anything (for a change) and which doesn't involve at least an hour of arduous physical activity.
Here's a lovely idea from www.photofairytales.co.uk – a print that says everything your kids want to say to their dad (or their grandad). I know lots of dads say they aren't too keen on 'mushiness', but really they're soppier than a puppy at heart!
PhotoFairytales specialises in unique and unusual, handmade, personalised presents with the added bonus of free UK delivery.
Owner Sarah Thexton has been running her online gift shop from her family home in Norfolk since 2009. She supplies a wide range of gifts suitable for any occasion, including weddings, babies, teachers' gifts and gifts for all the family – including gift vouchers.
The Father's Day Personalised Print costs £14.50 including 1st class delivery and can be personalised for either Dad or Grandad – ideal for Christmas or birthday presents too.
The prints are dispatched within 3-5 working days and are available in a choice of colours. Mine was supplied in blue / grey and you can add one line of personalised text.
The overall size of the mount is 10″ x 8″ and will fit into any standard 10″ x 8″ picture frame. Note: photo frame is not supplied.
Your chosen print artwork will be created to order and printed onto very high quality, 240gsm gloss finish paper stock. It will be posted with a backing board and smooth white finish bevel cut mount, and sealed in a protective crystal clear presentation sleeve.
You might also want to check out Sarah's blog where you'll find more information about Sarah's work plus competitions, discounts and giveaways.
Mother Distracted readers can take advantage of a special discount code which gives 10% off across the site. The code is 'MOTHERD10'and it is valid until 31.7.16.
And, Sarah has kindly given me 5 Father's Day prints to giveaway (can also be personalised to say Grandad).
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WBREDA installed 8 X 250 kW Wind Energy Generators at Freserganj. One machine is out of order but other machines are in operating condition. WBREDA is getting service charge from WBSEDCL by selling power to their grid. The performances of WEGs are found to be satisfactory. WBREDA is working out the financial proposition in respect of expenditure involved to set right the non-operating machine and expected service charge to be generated.
WBREDA has prepared a proposal for installation two more Wind Electric Generation Projects with capacity 1 X 250 kW each at Ganga Sagar & Beguakhali in Sagar Island under South 24 Parganas District.
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WBREDA has installed four aero generators each of capacity 5 kW at two existing Solar PV Power Plants at Gayen Bazar 25 kW Solar PV Power Plant and at Moushuni 55 kW Solar PV Power Plant of Sundarbans. WBREDA is facing problem in maintain the Aero Generators. Three Aero Generators have been badly damaged due to Aila. WBREDA already informed the matter to MNRE Government of India for providing fund in restoring the systems. Performances of Aero Generators are found well particularly for the period from March to September.
WBREDA has initiated a proposal for installation of 2 MW capacity Power Plant through Wind Energy.


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VOCALENDAR, a popular calendar website filled with information about Vocaloid events, has recently released an application for Android.
With VOCALENDAR, you will be able to view all events/games/CDs and others all related to VOCALOID. You won't have any worries of missing anything ever again. The app also has a search function so you can search for a specific date. Each event is clickable and provides you a link to the official website of the event. The settings are well designed and you can customize the application to your liking. However the only drawback is that the news/events is only available in Japanese, the settings UI however, is in English.
Since this app is still in beta, do remember to give your feedback to the VOCALENDAR team!
There are apps for everything. There is an event app for android, and a million others. It doesn't need to be limited to one game or kind of event.
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EXCLUSIVE: Lake Shore Potential Cast Members get Ready!
Originally when Lake Shore was conceived it was supposed to be similar to Jersey Shore and focus on Persians from Toronto (they called it the Persian Version)....and it was to be called Tdot. Now the show has actually deviated from the Jersey Shore formula of a singular culture cast to a multi-cultured cast...how very Canadian of them.
Lake Shore is now the name of the show and after speaking to producer Maryam Rahimi I get what they are trying to do...sure you get controversy from putting a bunch of Italian people in a house, but how much more controversy would you get if you put a bunch of big personalities together from different backgrounds? Rahimi can, and she is expecting that those foundational differences will be the source of a lot of drama.
"Definite cultural clashes with these people that will raise a lot of controversial issues," says Rahimi.
Rahimi also wants this to be like no other reality show on the market. There will be no competition like Big Brother and there is no planned "job" for the housemates like Jersey Shore and the Real World. Maybe they just assume that the cast will always be hung over and will sleep through the day.
The plan is that they will send the group out to different parties that are culturally based. So an all Asian party or like the Jamaican party craze that Rahimi explained to me,
"A Passa Passa party is basically doing all kinds of sexual moves on the dance floor without...well 99% of the time, without penetration. Literally having sex while partying," explained Rahimi.
Well at first I thought that passa passa was referring to passing a joint around and I was thinking...um, you know that is illegal right? But then she explained it and I was like, "Oh so having sex in public, not smoking weed...less illegal."
If this is the goal of the party I am sure there will be some drama and some very good entertainment will come of it. I don't care if we see these kids selling t-shirts....I am sure they will have enough footage from the parties alone to keep audiences entertained.
A lot of the direction of the show depends on the cast - which has yet to be chosen. Casting will take place on the 16th and 17th of July in Toronto (click here for more information). The producers will be looking for people who outrageous, spontaneous, over the top and not afraid of the camera...so basically the Asian Snooki, Russian Snooki, Persian Snooki, Jamaican Snooki, Caucasian Snooki, Jewish Snooki etc.
They expect to start shooting sometime in the Fall or early next year. The idea for right now is that it will be shot in Toronto, but they are still flexible with location. I asked Rahimi when we could expect Lake Shore to invade our television sets and her hope is September 2011.
Note: For those of you that can't make it for casting they are accepting video auditions! Email N.Niaki@sunrisemultimedia.ca for more information.
Labels: Interview, Jersey Shore, Lake Shore
lol the Asian Snooki, Russian Snooki, Persian Snooki, Jamaican Snooki, Caucasian Snooki, Jewish Snooki....lmao too funny


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Q: Query in pandas for closest object (in time) which meets a set of conditions I am using Pandas to manage a set of files which have several properties:
import pandas as pd

data = {'Objtype'   : ['bias', 'bias', 'flat', 'flat', 'StdStar', 'flat', 'Arc', 'Target1', 'Arc', 'Flat', 'Flat', 'Flat', 'bias', 'bias'],
        'UT'        :  pd.date_range("11:00", "12:05", freq="5min").values,
        'Position'  : ['P0', 'P0', 'P0', 'P0', 'P1', 'P1','P1', 'P2','P2','P2', 'P0', 'P0', 'P0', 'P0']}

df   = pd.DataFrame(data=data)

Which gives me a dataframe like this one:
    Objtype Position                  UT
0      bias       P0 2016-07-15 11:00:00
1      bias       P0 2016-07-15 11:05:00
2      flat       P0 2016-07-15 11:10:00
3      flat       P0 2016-07-15 11:15:00
4   StdStar       P1 2016-07-15 11:20:00
5      flat       P1 2016-07-15 11:25:00
6       Arc       P1 2016-07-15 11:30:00
7   Target1       P2 2016-07-15 11:35:00
8       Arc       P2 2016-07-15 11:40:00
9      Flat       P2 2016-07-15 11:45:00
10     Flat       P0 2016-07-15 11:50:00
11     Flat       P0 2016-07-15 11:55:00
12     bias       P0 2016-07-15 12:00:00
13     bias       P0 2016-07-15 12:05:00

I would like to index objects which meet a temporal condition in addition to another one. For example:
I want the the closest object to Target1 whose Objtype is 'Arc'. For this query I would get two candidates: 6 and 8.
If for example I were to query the closest object to Target1 whose Objtype is 'Arc' and shares the same Position (P2). I would get 8.
I am trying to slice the data frame according to the initial conditions and then using numpy but I am making a non-pythonic mess.
Any advice?

A: Let's build a function
def get_closest(df, idx, bool_cond, to_this):
    others = df.loc[bool_cond, to_this]
    target = df.loc[idx, to_this]
    return df.ix[(others - target).abs().idxmin()]

First, assume when you are looking for somethihg closest to something else that we have a unique index.  If you don't, get it.  In this case, the index is 7 as that is the corresponding value to 'Target1'.  Next, build a boolean series representing the conditions you care about.
cond1 = df.Objtype == 'Arc'
cond2 = df.Position == df.loc[7, 'Position']

Then we can call our function like:
get_closest(df, 7, cond1, 'UT')

Objtype                     Arc
Position                     P1
UT          2016-07-15 11:30:00
Name: 6, dtype: object

Perfect!  You mentioned there were 2 items just as close, I didn't care to deliver both.  I'll leave that as an exercise for you.  This function did deliver the row that was closest and satisfied the conditions.
What about:
get_closest(df, 7, cond1 & cond2, 'UT')

Objtype                     Arc
Position                     P2
UT          2016-07-15 11:40:00
Name: 8, dtype: object

Great!  That's what we wanted.

Explanation of get_closest

*

*df is the dataframe we care about.

*idx is the index that represents our target.

*bool_cond is the True/False series to slice our df

*to_this is the column name that we use to measure distance from.

def get_closest(df, idx, bool_cond, to_this):
    # filter dataframe
    others = df.loc[bool_cond, to_this]
    # get to_this value for target row
    target = df.loc[idx, to_this]
    # get index value for smallest absolute difference
    # and use it to get the resulting row
    return df.ix[(others - target).abs().idxmin()]

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So you're getting married, Congratulations!
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Attorney General effectively reversed a decision by that would have kept the JNF an independent organization.
On Sunday, a proposal by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni to place the Jewish National Fund under the supervision of the State Comptroller's Office was defeated in the Ministerial Law Committee, with a majority of government ministers voting against the bill. But on Monday, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein effectively reversed that decision, declaring that he was ordering the JNF to be place under the supervision of his own office.
The change was effected when Weinstein, with the stroke of a pen, changed the status of the JNF from a private corporation to one that "is concerned with the welfare of the public." With that status, the organization now must meet criteria for such companies set by the Attorney General's office.
The idea to change the JNF's status came from a study conducted by Weinstein's deputy, Avi Licht. Last Thursday, Weinstein wrote to JNF and informed them of his intention to change the organization's status. The change will not come into effect for two months in order to enable the JNF to prepare to comply with the decision, Weinstein said.
Livni has been keen to place the JNF under government supervision response to alleged "racism" by the JNF, which has been accused of giving priority to developing land for Jewish towns over Arab towns, especially in the Galilee and the Negev. JNF officials were opposed to the law, fearing it would jeopardize the organization's tax-exempt status abroad. Currently the JNF is considered a non-government organization, but if it is responsible to the government, it could lose that status in several countries, officials said.


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Automated facilities could soon appear 'on a wide scale' at UK airports
Open-access content Thursday 26th July 2018
27 July 2018 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal
Automated transport and logistics technology could be adopted on a wide scale at UK airports in the future.
A report commissioned by Aberdeen Standard Investment's AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial and Property Unit Trust) produced jointly by specialist UK aviation real estate consultancy, ChappellKing and Dornier Consulting International GmbH, explores the potential efficiency gains from automation across airport-related functions such as cargo-handling and logistics operations, as well as passenger transportation both to and within airports.
This includes London's Heathrow, which recently received the formal support of Parliament for its third runway plans.
Nick Smith, AIPUT fund manager, said: "Autonomous technology promises enormous benefits to airports and the service companies that support them, transforming the way airports work and improving efficiency and safety, both for passengers and other airport users. At Gatwick, for example, 90 per cent of the airport's airside vehicles are stationary at any one time, which is both hugely inefficient and demands a vast amount of space. A much smaller pool of electric-powered autonomous vehicles would drastically cut costs, free up land, reduce emissions, and improve safety. In Düsseldorf, a newly developed robotic car parking system has demonstrated a 60 per cent reduction in required parking space compared with human drivers.
He added: "Airports and airport real estate providers need to be ready for the introduction of automated technology as soon as operational and safety regulations permit. AIPUT intends to stay ahead of the curve by embracing automation, working with our tenants and partners to build autonomous technology into our site masterplans; which we believe will adapt and future-proof our UK estate assets, ensuring that our clients' buildings and facilities will be able to accommodate and benefit fully from the rapid development of autonomous technology."
Trials of a variety of autonomous technological applications have already taken place at several UK airports, says the report. The first trials of automated airside vehicles have been completed at Heathrow in collaboration with IAG Cargo and Oxbotica.
Gatwick, meanwhile, recently became the first airport in the world to trial the use of autonomous vehicles to shuttle staff across the airfield, demonstrating that autonomous vehicles can operate safely in highly complex airfield environments.
This winter in Norway an autonomous snowplough was tested at Fagernes Airport - a single machine was able to clear an area of 68 acres in an hour. Autonomous technology increases the precision with which snowploughs operate, improving safety during the removal of snow and while driving in formation and low visibility, says the study.
The UK Government has signalled its support for the industry, with the announcement of £22.4 million of funding under the Industrial Strategy for off-road self-driving vehicles, which it believes will revolutionise productivity in a range of sectors, including mining, ports and airports. As in many other fields of technological development, airports provide the test bed for a plethora of different autonomous applications, say the researchers.
AIPUT, which currently holds two million square feet of buildings at Heathrow, dedicated to supporting the airport's freight and logistics service providers states that it will ensure "it is at the forefront of planning for and providing the cutting-edge facilities that greater automation will require".


MIDFIELDER Grant Gallagher re-signs for another year and is manager Stevie Aitken's third signing of the day.
His first campaign for Sons saw the Irvine born Gallagher claim 37 appearances with four goals.
Grant is a former Celtic youth player who represented Scotland at under 17 and 19 levels, and was signed initially last season from Stranraer.


We all know we should be looking forward to the school holidays and all the extra time with our children that it brings… but the reality is those long weeks can feel even longer without any plans! As such we've rounded up a list of things going on in and around London's Queen's Park and surrounding areas (plus a little further afield when we thought it was worth it) to keep your little ones busy over the summer.
All details are correct at time of going to press, but please check with the individual organisations before booking.
Our very own Queen's Park has its own host of activities to help keep our little ones entertained through the long summer holidays. Wednesdays and Fridays in August will see a variety of magicians visiting including Richard and Duncan his talking dragon, and Magic Dave the ventriloquist.
A jam packed summer community celebration including live music, kids entertainment, family sports & games, dog show, over 50's party and delicious food and drink!
For a lovely family afternoon of fun and music, head to Parliament Hill Bandstand in Hampstead Heath for live rock, country and Irish music at Sundance. Best of all, it's free!
Music-lovers can bring a picnic, grab a deckchair and catch weekly performances in Regents Park ranging from classic rock to big bands and jazz, while taking in views across the park's boating lake.
Location: Regents Park bandstand. The bandstand is located at Holme Green, between the boating lake and Inner Circle.
Nature inspired activities for all the family. Hyde park is hosting a series of events for you and your children over the summer, with topics ranging from life underground, beetles and butterflies and a sunset safari. Free drop in days with a nature trail and arts and crafts, and bookable walking tours and nature explorers sessions.
The hidden oasis of the Chelsea Physic gardens are hosting a series of family days over the summer where you and your children can explore, have fun and learn. Topics range from learning how to make your own herbal remedies and chocolate blends, to the Wiggly Wild Show and Garden Safari.
Cost: £11 per person for a half day events, £15 per person for full day events. Children must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult (the 3 events for teenagers are an exception to this).
This summer the Museum of Brands is running three themed family trails for all ages. These new trails have been created to accompany the family activities provided at the Museum to bring its collection to life and include Fashion through the Decades, a Transportation Discovery Trail and Spotting Shapes and Colours for younger visitors.
Under 7s free. Tickets 50% off National Trust card holders.
Half day and day workshops for any cartoon enthusiasts. The topics range from creating your own beano cover or birthday card, to the chance to try cut-out animation, make clay animation characters and masterclasses in manga.
Follow the trail through a jungle habitat in the heart of London to see hundreds of live butterflies and moths up-close. Kids and families can find out fascinating butterfly facts and learn more about the behaviour and diversity of these much-loved creatures.
Cost: Individual £5.85, Family ticket £19.80. Children under 3 are free.
Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this interactive new show for all the family. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child's favourite, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, in this theatrical Jurassic display in the beautiful open air theatre of Regents park.
Join Alice on her amazing journey through Wonderland. An outdoor theatre production of Lewis Carroll's classic story with colourful costumes, interactive games and catchy songs, all set in the beautiful surrounds of Kew gardens.
Taste Film presents Shrek (2001) – Kids Special!
Taste Film will be screening the DreamWorks smash Shrek in August, at Parlour, Kensal Green where all are invited to enjoy this fantasy comedy that regardless of its age, always delivers on the 'feel good' factor.
As the story unfolds, sit back and eat through food-loving Shrek's eyes as you devour the innovative delights placed in front of you, throughout.
From stuffed tomatoes, washed down with an 'Eyeball' Martini cocktail (mocktails for the kids), to a distressed gingerbread man (if you can bear the guilt!), to other gastronomical delights all inspired by the green not-so-mean ogre. To round off your food-film experience, it just wouldn't be a fairy tale without a sweet happy ending.
If the full Notting hill carnival (weekend of 26/27 August, family day on Sunday) feels too much with your littles check out the Notting hill nursery carnival. Every year Kensington Memorial Park is brought alive with the sounds and costumes from the Notting Hill Nursery Carnival, hosed by Children's and Parents Carnival Association (CAPCA).
This year's theme is "Fancy Sailors", which is a traditional carnival character from Trinidad, dating back to 1880. The park is decorated with flags, balloons and piñatas hanging from the trees. There is lots of entertainment taking place on the day including dancers, drums, puppets, bouncy castles, clowns and the Junior Steel Band Competition.
A carnival parade like no other! The bank holiday weekend brings the streets of West London alive with colourful floats, sound systems and an abundance of delicious street food!
The parade begins at 9.30am on both Sunday August 26th and Monday August 27th. Judging finishes at 6.30pm. Soundsystems play on both Sunday and Monday, with a strict noise curfew at 7pm, giving floats, trucks and parade bands time to clear the streets by 8.30pm.
Sunday is traditionally 'family day' when kids are out in force. A great place to pitch up a space is at Meanwhile Gardens, next to Westbourne Park Tube station. It's a one stop shop for watching floats, eating lunch and the kids being entertained by the best in the business!
Celebrate the spirit of Carnival with a day packed with carnival inspired fun at Paradise by way of Kensal Green. In addition to music from Dj Spin Doctor and Jamie Rodigan, activities include face painting, dance instructor, games room, hip hop colouring in, competitions and of course – food and drink.
The Teaspoon Family are coming to West London in a fun filled theatrical adventure the whole family can enjoy. Inspired by Lotte Moore's children's book The Teaspoon Family, this brand new play written by Nick Bromley plays for a limited 3 week run over the summer holiday.
Time: 11am and 1pm Wednesday to Sunday. Extra 3pm show on Saturday and Sunday.
An annual event, and fundraiser for the children's intensive care unit at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, 500 ducks will travel down the Paddington basin. A duck can be bought for £3 each and there will be prizes to be won!
Later the dragon boat racing will take place with prizes for fastest and best dressed teams.
Roll up, roll up! Visit Westfield for all the fun of the fair this summer as both centres play host to a classic funfair with a modern twist. The Funfair, hosted by SEAT will include dodgems, super bikes, a high-tech Hall of Mirrors and classic fairground games such as coconut shy and hook-a-flamingo.
The beach is at Brent Cross all summer! There is more sand, more space and more water this year, so there is even more room for you and the kids to relax and play. There are also exciting rides for all the family to enjoy.


Sure the plots of Supernatural are nothing but gloom and doom—but after watching any of the seasons' gag reels, you'll realize Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins and the rest of the cast are a bunch of adorkable goofballs.
Personally, I treat SPN gag reels like Castiel's healing power. After like the 100th sad moment (re: Dean leaving a note for Sam under Baby's car keys that reads, "She's all yours") I need to watch something that'll get me outta my "The Mark Of Cain Is Literally Ruining Everything In Life" slump.
So, if you're looking for a little pick-me-up before Season 11's premiere tomorrow on Space, let's take a look back at some of the best moments from Season 10's gag reel. If we laugh hard enough, maybe the Darkness won't get us. Maybe.
Complete with ugly Christmas sweater.
Also, Jared's laugh is precious.
Supernatural season 11 kicks off on Space October 7 (yup, tomorrow) at 9e 6p.