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Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, né le  à Murree, en Inde, et mort le  à Long Ashton en Angleterre, est un militaire britannique de l'armée du Bengale puis de l'armée indienne britannique. Il est surtout connu pour son rôle dans le massacre d'Amritsar, en , où il ordonna à ses troupes de tirer sur une foule de badauds pacifiques, faisant au moins 379 morts et plusieurs centaines de blessés.

Dyer fut relevé de ses fonctions à la suite de cet événement, qui suscita un émoi considérable en Inde et en Angleterre même si bon nombre de partisans du Raj britannique l'acclamèrent en héros. Le massacre d'Amritsar dont il fut le déclencheur est souvent considéré comme une étape importante dans la fin de la présence britannique en Inde.

Biographie

Jeunesse

Reginald Dyer naquit le  à Murree, dans la province indienne du Pendjab (aujourd'hui au Pakistan). Il était le fils d'Edward Abraham Dyer, un brasseur propriétaire de la Murree Brewery, et de Mary Passmore. Son enfance se déroula à Murree, où il fut scolarisé au Lawrence College Ghora Gali, et Shimla où il intégra la Bishop Cotton School. Il étudia ensuite au Middleton College dans le comté de Cork, en Irlande, entre 1875 et 1881.

Carrière militaire

Fraîchement diplômé de l'Académie royale militaire de Sandhurst, Dyer fut incorporé comme lieutenant au régiment royal de la Reine en 1885. Il rejoignit une unité de l'armée indienne avec son grade en 1887. Il fut successivement promu aux grades de capitaine en 1896, d'adjudant-général en 1901 et de lieutenant-colonel en 1910.

Massacre d'Amritsar

Le , à Amritsar, des civils, hommes, femmes et enfants, se rassemblèrent dans le jardin Jallianwalla Bagh pour participer aux célébrations annuelles du Baisakhi, un festival religieux et culturel. La plupart de ces personnes n'habitaient pas en ville et n'avaient donc vraisemblablement pas conscience des restrictions imposées par la loi martiale. D'une superficie de deux ou trois hectares, le jardin était entouré de murs comportant cinq points d'accès, dont quatre étaient particulièrement étroits tandis que le cinquième était bloqué par les soldats britanniques et deux automitrailleuses.

Alors que la foule était en train d'écouter le discours du propriétaire du journal Waqt, qui condamnait l'attitude des autorités britanniques à Amritsar, Dyer fit déployer ses hommes dans le jardin. Le commandant britannique disposait de 50 soldats, parmi lesquels 25 Gurkhas du  bataillon du  régiment de tirailleurs gurkhas et 25 Pathans et Baluch du  régiment sikh et du  régiment de tirailleurs sindh, équipés de fusils Lee-Enfield. Malgré des appels au calme, la panique gagna l'auditoire et Dyer ordonna d'ouvrir le feu. La fusillade dura entre dix et quinze minutes, jusqu'à l'épuisement quasi-complet des munitions.

Dernières années

En 1919, un mois environ après le massacre d'Amritsar, Dyer participa à la troisième guerre anglo-afghane. Sa brigade releva la garnison de Thal, ce qui lui valut une citation à l'ordre de l'armée. La même année, il fut en poste pendant quelques mois avec la  brigade à Jamrud.

Il quitta l'armée le  avec le grade de colonel.

Dans les dernières années de sa vie, il fut victime de plusieurs accidents vasculaires cérébraux qui le laissèrent paralysé et incapable d'élever la voix. Il succomba à une hémorragie cérébrale et à une artériosclérose le . Sur son lit de mort, Dyer déclara :

Le Morning Post, un quotidien conservateur, lui consacra un article intitulé « L'homme qui a sauvé l'Inde » et « Il a fait son devoir ». La Westminster Gazette, journal progressiste, était cependant d'un avis contraire : .

Dans la culture populaire

Le général Dyer est interprété au cinéma par l'acteur Edward Fox dans le film Ghandi, sorti en 1982.

Notes et références

Bibliographie

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Naissance en octobre 1864
Décès en juillet 1927
Général britannique du XXe siècle
Militaire britannique de la Première Guerre mondiale
Chevalier compagnon de l'ordre du Bain
Décès à 62 ans


Six finalists competed for the title 'Slammer of the Year' at Unspoken Bali Poetry Slam.
The rain that was getting heavier in Ubud sky spurred the finalists of Unspoken Bali Poetry Slam to express their 'anger' through poetry. Held on Saturday (01/12) at 7:30 p.m. until the end, the grand final of the unique poetry reading competition adapted from America took place under the bright lights and dim lights of Batelnut, Jalan Raya Ubud, Gianyar.
Unspoken Bali Poetry Slam, which had started the round since March, then continued to June, and September 2018, has succeeded in gathering six finalists who were ready to compete at the peak of the Unspoken Bali Poetry Slam this December. The six finalists consisted of Wulan Saraswati, Rahatri Ningrat, Juli Sastrawan, Aufa Ibadurrahman, Sidhi Vhisatya, and David Chadwick.
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"Because, I often write poetry, but usually only for myself as a contemplation for regretting life or to berate people. But, then I found this event, I think why is the poem not shared? Sometimes, there is also anger that cannot be expressed directly. So, I joined this event because I am sure, after I released that anger, then what's left id only peace," Gek Ning said.
Gek Ning also admitted that the preparation this time was not as much as the preparation when the preliminary round. However, in the end she learned one thing, that preparation is very important.
Doni Marmer, as one of the Founders of Unspoken Bali Poetry Slam, explained that the competition was not only based on poetry skills, but how the poem was delivered.
"The system is actually normal, 3 minutes of reading duration and the poem must be original, you can use any language, but without any instruments. We select all the judges from the audience, so there is no one to take sides. And also this is indeed not a matter of skill, but a matter of how the poem was delivered," said Doni when met at break time.
Not alone, Unspoken Bali Poetry Slam was also supported by several friends, including, Suku Tangan, Tatkala.co, Sudut Kita, and Dyatmika School. These sponsors would contribute to the champion's prize later.
A champion nicknamed 'Slammer of the Year' will be entitled to 1 million rupiah in cash, an award certificate, and several books from the sponsor. Not enough to get there, the champion would also be invited to tour the schools around Bali to help educate children how to have free poetry, in the sense of freely expressing self through poetry.
Although it was uncertain which school to go to, however, what was certain was Doni and the team would target middle school or high school students and reach schools in the rural area of Karangasem, Jembrana, Tabanan, and Bangli, which might be difficult to reach to spread these poetry viruses. In addition, Doni also leaked his plans regarding the next program, which he and his community would hold an open mic in early 2019 at the Sanur Creative Hub, Denpasar.
Doni realized, of course this competition was not a large scale which could provide fantastic prizes for the finalists, but more than that. Doni wanted these poetry viruses to continue to be echoed and began to be sought after by young Balinese in expressing themselves through poetry.


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Ha ricevuto una nomination al Latin Grammy Awards.

Biografia
Figlio dell'architetto Salvador Moreno de Alborán Peralta di Malaga e Elena Ferrándiz Martínez, Pablo Alborán ha composto le sue prime canzoni quando aveva 12 anni, Amor de Barrio e Desencuentro che è inclusa nel suo album di debutto.

Inizialmente cantava con un gruppo di flamenco in un ristorante a Málaga, dopo alcuni anni ha conosciuto il produttore Manuel Illán. Ha registrato un demo nel quale è inclusa una cover di Deja de volverme loca di Diana Navarro. Grazie a Illán questa versione è stata ascoltata da Diana, che ha dimostrato un grande interesse per il giovane ed è diventata la mentore di Pablo.

Pablo ha preparato quaranta canzoni per il processo di selezione della musica per il suo primo album. Durante questa fase Pablo ha caricato alcune delle sue canzoni su YouTube per conoscere le opinioni del pubblico. Così, è stato ascoltato da molti, tra cui la cantante Kelly Rowland che è stata sorpresa dalla sua voce. Da allora Paolo Alborán si affida alle reti sociali come metodo principale di promozione.

Nell'ottobre 2010 è stato pubblicato il suo primo singolo digitale in Spagna, Solamente tú. Il 1º febbraio 2011 è uscito il suo primo album Pablo Alborán, che subito dopo il lancio è stato un successo e leader della classifica di vendite per molte settimane consecutive.

Il 17 giugno 2020 ha fatto coming out attraverso il suo profilo Instagram, rivelando la propria omosessualità.

Discografia

Album in studio
2011 - Pablo Alborán
2012 - Tanto
2014 - Terral
2017 - Prometo
2020 - Vèrtigo
2022 - La Cuarta Hoja

Live
2011 - En acústico

Singoli
2010 - Solamente tú
2011 - Miedo
2011 - Perdóname
2012 - Te he echado de menos
2012 - Tanto
2012 - El beso
2013 - Donde está el amor
2013 - Extasis
2014 - Por fin
2014 - Pasos de cero
2015 - Recuerdame
2017 - No vaya a ser
2018 - Tú refugio
2019 - Tabú (con Ava Max)
2020 - Si hubieras querido
2022 - Carretera y manta
2022 - Amigos (con María Becerra)
2022 - Ave de paso (con Ana Mena)

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Persone che hanno fatto coming out

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In a network studio, network executives go through the daily grind. Hijinks ensue as outrageous things happen.
The phone rings in ASH's office. ASH is a 30-year-old brash and sassy male who is a network president. He is olive-skinned, and is well-polished in a fancy H&M suit. ASH enters his office, heads to his desk, picks up the phone, and proceeds to answer the phone. Sunlight is pouring in through the gaudy decorative office window. The desk is surrounded in many years' worth of paperwork, hoarded on the surface.
ASH raises his eyebrows, as if there was a stifling odor that was emitted.
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In this fully-furnished, modernly hip office, sits LEAH, a 26-year-old polished African American female executive, wearing her signature white blouse, black skirt, black hose, black heels, and black business jacket. She oversees the scheduling of television dramas and sitcoms. In her corner, is KASEY, a 22-year-old college graduate who just got the job as Leah's assistant. She is dressed modernly hip, complete with a nice shirt, pencil skirt, and heels, and wears glasses.
Another Monday in the office.
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Rising rents hit Nairobi's middle class hardest
By NEVILLE OTUKI, notuki@ke.nationmedia.com June 3rd, 2015 2 min read
Inflation for the city's middle-income earners rose by 0.37 percentage points to 3.76 per cent in May. FILE PHOTO |NAIROBI NEWS
Rising rent and electricity prices hurt Nairobi's middle class most last month when it emerged as the only income cluster to record an increase in inflation.
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows inflation among the city's wealthy and low-income earners dropped in tandem with a fall in the national cost of living measure.
Inflation for the city's middle-income earners rose by 0.37 percentage points to 3.76 per cent last month, while that for wealthy households eased to 1.86 per cent, from 1.9 per cent a month earlier.
Overall, Kenya's inflation eased to 6.87 per cent last month from 7.08 per cent in April helped by falling food prices following increased supplies.
The differences in the inflation levels among income segments is linked to their different consumption patterns, with the rich spending most of their income on utilities and transport while food takes the largest share of the poor's budget.
The KNBS attributed the rise in inflation for the middle class to higher electricity prices, house rent and other utilities which account for the largest share of their monthly budgets at 23.6 per cent.
Housing and utilities on average account for 19.8 per cent of Nairobi's rich families' budgets, the poor spend 18.2 per cent while homes outside the city spend 17.4 per cent.
"Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels' index increased by 1.30 per cent mainly due to the observed cost increases in respect of house rents, electricity, kerosene, charcoal and other utilities," said KNBS director-general Zachary Mwangi in a statement.
A recent survey by property consultant firm Hass Property indicated that home prices in Nairobi remained little changed while rents maintained an upward trend.
Electricity prices also rose last month for the second time in nine months. This was attributed to the weak shillings which put pressure on the forex adjustment surcharge that is included in monthly bills.
Homes that consumed 200 kilowatt-hours (kWh), mostly middle class, paid Sh58 more at Sh3,453 last month.
Though food prices have dropped, the cut has not been sufficient to offset other expenses such as housing and electricity costs.
The energy regulator raised fuel pump prices last month, further hurting the middle class which spend 12.4 per cent of their income on transport.
The KNBS defines low-income earners as those spending less than Sh23,670 monthly, middle class (between Sh23,671 and Sh120,000) and upper income as households with expenses in excess of Sh120,000.
The city's middle class spends about 22 per cent of their income on food.
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Hurricanes wreak havoc, forest fires burn and the polar ice caps melt in the new video for Dhani Harrison's All About Waiting. The song appeared on his recently released debut album, IN///PARALLEL.
The animated clip centers on a character who works in a lab specializing in genetic manipulation. She starts to doubt the benefits of her research and suffers from a myriad of health issues – nosebleeds, vomiting. At the end of the video, she is replaced by an identical character, as if she is an expendable replicant from the world of Blade Runner. In the clip's final shot, the woman hurtles to her death from the top of her office building while Harrison's hard-driving, relentlessly melodic guitar rock zips through the background.
Dhani Harrison is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and singer-songwriter who is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Harrison debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001. Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2002 and has performed at festivals including Coachella where Spin magazine dubbed their performance as one of the "best debut performances of the festival." The band also played Lollapalooza three times with Harrison joining the festival's founder Perry Farrell on a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" at 2010's event. In 2017 Harrison released his debut solo album "IN///PARALLEL". The 2019 film IN///PARALIVE, showcases the live version of his debut solo album and was recorded in the round at the legendary Henson Studios in Los Angeles. Harrison's latest single, Motorways (Erase It), was described by Rolling Stone as "A psychedelic track with a robust beat."
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That animation reminded me of the style of Eon Flux a little bit. Tall, almost insect-like characters.
Once I found out tomatoes were being spliced with spider genes, I figured who the hell knew what the hell else they were doing out there……..
Also, PS: I can't believe George Harrison's been gone for almost 20 years!
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Does the law on actual and apprehended bias remain appropriate and sufficient to maintain public confidence in the administration of justice?
Where a party to litigation before the courts has concerns that the judge presiding over the matter may be biased, the party has two options. The first is to try to show that the judge is actually biased — but this is difficult to prove and is rarely alleged (JI1.8). More commonly, the focus is on appearances: a party will try to show that the circumstances might give rise to a reasonable perception that the judge might be biased (for example, because the judge is close friends with one of the witnesses). This is known as 'apprehended bias' (JI1.9). If apprehended bias is shown, judges must remove themselves from the case, even if they are sure that in fact they could decide the case impartially.
There is no legislated list of situations that will give rise to apprehended bias. As a result, judges are required to decide each case on its own facts, by reference to case law (JI7.60). The test for apprehended bias asks judges to look at the matter from the perspective of a fictional member of the public — the fair-minded lay observer. In Australia, the test for apprehended bias is
whether, in all the circumstances, a fair-minded lay observer with knowledge of the material objective facts 'might entertain a reasonable apprehension that [the judge] might not bring an impartial and unprejudiced mind to the resolution of the question' (JI7.6) (emphasis added).
This test is designed to avoid even the appearance or suspicion of biased decision-making, while enabling the efficient and fair administration of justice (see further JI7.1). How? Framing the test in terms of what the fair-minded observer thinks, rather than what the judge thinks, asks judges to look at the application for disqualification objectively; from the perspective of the public and those affected by the decision (JI7.5, 7.20). It has been held that this is more likely to uphold public confidence in the administration of justice.
As discussed further in Background Paper JI7, some have questioned whether this law works appropriately to fulfil its rationale in upholding public confidence. One key criticism is that the construct of the fair-minded observer is a 'flimsy veil' for the judge's own views about whether it is appropriate to hear a case (JI7.22). In practice, the fair-minded observer can be attributed lots of knowledge about the culture of the legal profession and of the case itself, more than an average member of the public could know (JI7.29, 7.32). As a consequence, preliminary research shows there can be a significant gulf between the actual views of the public-at-large, and the types of decisions reached by applying the test (JI7.32–33). Further, the case-by-case decision-making leads to unpredictable results about whether a judge should sit (JI7.30). This kind of uncertainty can be hard for litigants to accept and can undermine public confidence in the administration of justice — particularly when the existing procedure requires the judge who is the centre of the claim of bias to make the decision about whether or not to sit (JI7.37, JI2).
Background Paper JI7 also outlines a number of suggestions that have been made for reform of the test for apprehended bias. For example, some scholars suggest that a code or other official document could be developed to provide clarity as to circumstances that will require a judge to disqualify himself or herself (JI7.45). This could work like a traffic-light system of situations which: require disqualification (red), may require disqualification (orange), and are okay (green). Constitutional protection of the independence of the judiciary means that it may not be possible to introduce such a list through legislation in Australia (JI7.46). As an alternative, the ALRC seeks views in its Consultation Paper on whether there would be benefit in a judge-led process to agree and publish such a list (Question 4). Alternatively or in addition, the ALRC has proposed that the courts provide greater clarity to litigants through a court-issued document explaining the test (Proposal 3).
Does the test feel odd? Maybe to some (JI7.36). The idea that a judge is able to step into another's 'shoes' to answer an introspective question does not necessarily sit easily with non-lawyers (JI7.36). However, on balance, most scholars, commentators, and judges suggest the test for apprehended bias remains a flexible and valuable tool in facilitating the efficient and fair administration of justice (JI7.38). While, of course, the fair-minded observer is a construct, its inclusion in the test has utility in reminding judges to decide applications for disqualification with the concerns of a non-judicial observer in mind (JI1.18, JI7.37).
Do you think the law on actual and apprehended bias gives sufficient clarity to decision makers, lawyers, and members of the public? The Consultation Paper asks a number of questions to prompt your answers – particularly relevant here are Proposal 3 and Question 4. Find out more about making a submission so we can hear your views.
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View the full list of ALRC proposals and questions: Judicial Impartiality: Consultation Paper (CP 1, 2021)
Each Commonwealth court should develop and publish an accessible guide to recusal and disqualification ('Guide') for members of the public. The Guide should be easy to understand, be informed by case law and the Guide to Judicial Conduct, and refer to any applicable Rules of Court or Practice Directions/Practice Notes.
In addition to summarising procedures, the Guide should include a description of (i) circumstances that will always or almost always give rise to apprehended bias, and (ii) circumstances that will never or almost never give rise to apprehended bias.
Would there be benefit in a judicial officer-led project to identify more comprehensively circumstances in which apprehended bias will and will not arise?
Judicial Impartiality: Consultation Paper (CP 1, 2021) Read more
The Fair-Minded Observer and its Critics (JI7) Read more
Cognitive and Social Biases in Judicial Decision-Making (JI6) Read more


I've spent the last four days quilting in the bush, at a retreat with friends. It's been fabulous. It's only about an hour from home. I took 3 vacation days and am spending 5 days quilting. In that time, I prepared one meal. We each make one of the meals for Thursday to Saturday. On Sunday we eat leftovers and then leave in the early afternoon.
My first day was productive. I finished a batik lap quilt top that I had started a year ago, and I put the sashing and borders on my Applique Inside the Lines UFO.
I was so impressed with the first batik lap quilt I made that I bought more Charm Packs to make some quick gifts. I couldn't understand why I didn't have enough charm squares (5") to make this quilt until I read my original blog post - it takes 3 packages and I only bought 2! I was able to add more squares from my stash. Hopefully they will behave when the quilt gets washed since you can't pre-wash pre-cuts.
For this quilt, I used 2 packages of North Country Trail Batiks Charm Pack by Holly Taylor for Moda.
The Leaves project is from the book, Applique Inside the Lines by Carol Armstrong. I've actually written about this project in a couple of posts. In the March 2014 post, I wrote about embroidering the first red leaf at work during my lunch break. I finished the last of the three leaves in June 2014 while embroidering in the car on a road trip...and the finished leaves sat in a pretty project bag until this week.
When I looked in my stash for sashing and border fabric, I quickly decided on a beautiful batik of green, blue, gold and red in a cathedral windows print. Unfortunately this image doesn't do it justice. I hope that the final picture when it's done (not 4 years from now!) will be better.
It spent part of the morning making lunch and then tried to start on a Sew Together Bag. I was obviously not in the right head-space because every piece of fabric I cut was wrong! You may know that I really don't like measuring and following a pattern, so I can't say that I was surprised but I am better at it some days that others.
Finally I broke down and started a new landscape art quilt. I was really hoping to only work on WIPs this week, but everything I brought require measuring and following instructions. Fortunately I had brought a dozen solid Kona fat quarters with me. I decided to cut strips, between 1 and 2 inches and see what I could do. While looking at the results one of my retreat buddies suggested that the dark brown could be a dock. That's when the project fell into place.
Here's what it looks like after a couple of days of playing with it. I've only pieced the bottom section, but this will be the background to the landscape art quilt, very loosely based on the view from our quilting room.
I will piece all of the strips together and then add fabric details to the background. There's not much of a sky in the picture but since it's one of my favourite parts of a landscape art quilt, I decided to add one. I have a lot of time to change my mind about all of this, but this is the first rough sketch.
It took me 2 days to finally start relaxing. I worked on another WIP (Work in Progress). This is for my good friend Sonya's third child. I've posted about Alexandre's quilt but I can't find any mention of Charlotte's quilt. I'll show all three once I finish this one. I've almost finished piecing the flying geese blocks. I still have a way to go but I'm now encouraged to finish it - so there's hope that William will get it before his first birthday, maybe!
I know that I can measure, cut and follow instructions - but my ability to do so is much better when I'm well rested.
It would seem that I can't stay away from creating new landscape art quilts. Next time I go to a retreat, I'll make sure to pack for one!
Thursday night I couldn't sleep, so I came down and sewed a bunch of scraps together. It was very relaxing and I slept well after that (and a peanut butter, honey and banana sandwich).
It's been great to be able to spend time writing this post. Now it's time to get back to my projects.
Do you get a chance to get away to quilt with buddies? Tell us about it in the comments section.
Check out the many quilty projects: Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story, Main Crush Monday, Freemotion by the River, Let's Bee Social and Fabric Frenzy Friday.
After last week's whirlwind (a guild quilt show and the Art with Fabric blog hop) I didn't think I'd want to quilt for a few weeks. Well, I stayed away from my quilting for 3 whole days! However, the two little projects I made were pressure-free playing using new techniques or materials.
So far, I've participated in 3 of the Colour Me Positive 2016 Weekly Journal Challenge, by creating mini art quilts that are mostly words with free motion quilting (FMQ). I love seeing everyone's art work on the dedicated Facebook page. The pieces are fun and use all types of art journalling techniques. I didn't even know that this existed until joining them!
Since I'm also using words in these quilts, I'm now learning to write again with Joanne Sharpe's Whimsical Writing books and videos. Between all of these resources, I've learned about all kinds of neat writing, drawing and art products that are easily adapted to fabric. That's why I couldn't wait to start playing with stamps, markers and stencils.
I started this piece using the tree stencil and then went a little nuts with some of my daughter's stamps.
I took out my permanent markers and coloured the tree and outlined some of the butterflies and flowers. Since the green of the tree was too intense, I toned it down with some thread painting in browns and darker green.
As with all of my art, the hardest part is knowing when to stop. I looked at the piece from the perspective of the art theory I've been learning.
At the quilt show last weekend, my daughter bought me a couple of hand dyed cheese cloth by local fibre artist Linda Palaisy.
The colours were so lovely I could just taste them! I couldn't wait to try making something fun and whimsical, so here it is - Fantaisie 2, a fibre collage.
I attached the cheese cloth to a blue cotton to lighten it up. In my stash I found three different fabrics - the hollyhock, the faeries and half meter of fabric that had butterflies, hummingbirds and these great borders.
I attached the fabric using thread painting. It was flimsy and difficult to sew, so I used a minimum of stitching and then quilted it. Since it's just a fun little piece, I decided to leave the borders as is, without binding. I was hoping to use the same technique I had used for Woven Landscape - to just fold the backing between the batting and the borders, but it didn't work out. Those are the drawbacks to just forging ahead without planning!
I should stop when I'm tired - that's when challenges happen.
To colour or write on cloth, just iron the cloth to freezer paper to make it more stable.
The Fantaisie 2 piece is dark, but I think that the borders lighten it up and give it contrast.
I love the look that the cheese cloth adds to the piece.
In case you're wondering, yes, week 9 should come before week 18, but we're encouraged to add our pieces whenever they're ready.
I will be linking up to the following parties - check them out!
Welcome to the Art with Fabric Blog Hop.
My art quilt is based on a painting by Northern Ontario artist Sheila Langlois (1930-1996). More about Sheila and how I met her at the end of my blog.
I love this art work. Sheila painted it when she went back to art school as an adult. It was a study in primary colours. I call it "Study in Primary Colours or Light at the End of the Tunnel".
This is the first piece of original art that I owned. It's been a part of my life since I went to Ottawa University some 35 years ago. It had pride of place in my dorm room.
When I was asked to participate in the blog hop, it didn't take me long to decide to quilt this art piece. I love it's vibrant colours and movement.
I took many photos of the painting, but none of them really does it justice - just like when you see an original Renoir and discover that it's much more vibrant than the pictures you've admired all of your life.
Although I loved the painting, it's now obvious that I had never "really" seen it. I had no idea how complex it was until I started to think about recreating it in fabric.
The first thing I did was raid my scraps stash. Not long ago I had placed all of the scraps that hadn't been cut into squares or strips, into bags by colour. It made my search for the right fabrics much easier.
The first week, I spent most evenings working on this project. On Saturday, with daylight coming into the room, I realised that my colours were off. What I had seen as dark blues and blacks were actually medium and dark blues - there is no black except for a couple of thin branches. I pulled the piece apart and started over, only choosing colours during daylight hours.
The choosing, cutting, placing and gluing of the fabric took about three weeks. The painting has so many details - it was hard to decide what to skip. I knew that it didn't have to be a replica of the original painting, but that was easier said than done. Near the end of the three weeks though, those decisions were much easier to make!
It's starting to look like the painting!
I have to admit that I was thrilled when the piecing part was over. After all that work, it only took me a weekend to thread paint and quilt it.
I'm always nervous about knowing when to stop thread sketching and when it's time to quilt. This time it was an easy decision to make since all of those pieces where glued in place. It all had to be sewn down, or it would fall apart the first time it got washed!
For the thread painting, I used two green threads and one each of blue, red, orange and yellow thread. I paid particular attention to emphasize the circular movement of the painting. I did pretty much the same thing when quilting it, while using less thread colours.
This was the first time that I made an art quilt based on a piece of art. I really miscalculated a few things.
I didn't want to make a pattern - it would have been too difficult and for me, it would have taken the fun out of making it. I took a photograph of the painting and divided it into 9 equal(ish) parts to guide me. It turns out that my proportions were off (too wide and not long enough).
I also didn't account for the border. The quilt was originally 16" x 16" but after making the backing, I lost a lot of the painting's top and bottom details. Oops! After it was finished I realised that I could have left some of the white background fabric at the edges since it wouldn't have shown once the backing was attached. I suspect that I'll remember this lesson.
I didn't realise how complex this piece was until I started trying to create it. I was so tempted to start adding the details of the branches in the middle of the yellow section right at the start, but I knew that I could only do this in the end, after it was all pieced. Staying away from those branches was the hardest part of the piecing!
Sheila was a well know artist from Kirkland Lake and my mother took a couple of her painting courses. I didn't really know her until the summer before leaving Kirkland Lake for university. That summer, I didn't have a full time job, so I took as many short term jobs as I could get. Sheila was looking for someone to do housekeeping once a week.
Working for Sheila was the highlight of my summer. When I got to her home, I never knew what I would be doing that day. Sometimes it was normal housekeeping work like vacuuming and dusting, but at other times it might be cleaning windows or helping Sheila make chicken kiev for a dinner party that night. Sheila would always prepare us a lovely lunch and we'd spend an hour chatting about everything, from art and music to philosophy.
One day we cleaned out the room where her paintings were stored. Sheila worked mostly with water colours of Northern Ontario scenes. This painting was very different from her usual work. I fell in love with it and bought it! The painting hangs in my dining room, across from two of her water colours of trees and water that I inherited from my mother.
Quilt: 15 1/4" x 15 1/4"
I'm thrilled that this quilt will now hang above my sewing machine. For me, this work of art symbolizes the light at the end of the tunnel - in other words, hope. I also reminds me the summer I met Sheila.
Thank you so much for dropping by. I hope that you'll get a chance to visit the other participants in the blog hop. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's art this week.
Wonderful news! My quilt was featured on Muv's Free Motion Mavericks.
It's finished and now hanging at the CTQG So full of love quilt show this weekend. If you're in Ottawa, I hope you'll consider attending. We have very talented quilters. It should be a great show.
I didn't take a final picture of this beauty before it left home because the deadline for handing in the quilts was Tuesday at 6 pm. At 5:40 I was still beading. Thank goodness an extra hour wasn't a problem, but there was no time for pictures.
I've added a couple of pictures at the end of the post, now that I've finished volunteering at the show this afternoon.
This project is based on Cindy Needham's Machine Quilting Wholecloth Quilts on Craftsy. One of the topics in her course is making a medallion wholecloth quilt, using a variety of stencils and free motion quilting (FMQ). I've used many of her techniques and advice in the last two years. This my second project based on her class - the first one was another wall hanging with tons of FMQ, but all made by following the printed fabric at the back of the quilt. It sounds weird but is so cool! This is a technique that I actually want to make again.
I drew the stencils directly onto the fabric then added the batting and backing. It was nice not to do any piecing!
To be honest, I had no idea how to quilt this thing. I FMQ around the medallion using a relatively heavy King Tut variegated cotton thread.
I then outlined the border and added metallic thread through the bobbin. That was relatively easy to do since I only had to stay in the centre(ish) of the outline.
Finally it was time to outline the butterflies and add metallic thread to their body.
I still had no idea what to do with the medallion, so I ignored it. I knew that sooner or later I would figure it out!
I then proceeded to FMQ in straight(ish) lines around the design. I believe these are called match sticks. Since there are many angles to this piece, I just tried to be consistent when changing the angles of the FMQ.
When that was done, I still didn't know what to do with the medallion. I started by FMQ pebbles with metallic thread in the centre circle. I then echoed every second flower with the same variegated thread. Since the flowers that weren't echoed were standing out too much, I FMQ inside them, following their outline. As you can see in this picture, it was starting to look good, but I felt that the circles in the quilted flowers stood out too much so I quilted pebbles.
I really wanted to block this quilt as Cindy Needham recommended, but I ran out of time. It really could have used it since the medallion was quilted last and was less densely quilted in some areas. Not good practice but if I had waited to quilt the medallion first, the quilt would still be a work in progress (WIP).
As usual, this project wasn't planned - not because I didn't want to but because I didn't know what to expect and what to do next. Now that I have some experience, I'll choose my next stencil pattern more carefully, based on how I'll be quilting it (I hope).
I liked the beads and may add a few more once I get the quilt back.
This was one of the first times that when I quilted the outline of the border, I should have taken the time to tie off the thread. It was a good quality polyneon thread but it tended to undo. Since I have quite a bit of this type of thread, I will try to remember to tie off my ends.
I wasn't as careful as I should have been when I FMQ the corners of the quilt. I actually had to go back and sew a few more lines on two of the corners. This happened because I was quilting them at an angle. I'll have to watch out for the corners next time.
I'm so happy that the next CTQG quilt show is in 2 years! I need a serious break from deadlines.


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I am please to present a special guest blog post from Duncan Emerton, PhD, the author of The Biosimilarz Blog (you can also find him on Twitter @Biosimilarz). Dr. Emerton has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry and currently serves as Senior Director, Syndicated Insights & Analysis for FirstWord Pharma. Biosimilars are an occasional topic of coverage here at BiotechDueDiligence so I invited Duncan to offer his reflections for readers, and he was gracious enough to say yes!
You can find Dr. Emerton's complete Bio here, and be sure to follow Biosimilarz via blog or Twitter. Duncan's blog is one of many new additional to my Biotech Links page - be sure to check them all out if you have not done so recently.
Continue reading for Dr. Emerton's reflections on 2013 as well a look ahead to 2014, and be sure to leave your own biosimilars predictions (good or bad) for 2014 in the comments section or via Twitter.
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A look at the 2012 and 2013 classes of FDA-approved drugs.
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Vice President of the Republic of Iraq, and the leader of a coalition of state law, Nuri al-Maliki, that "the policies of the United States, has become the most dangerous to Islam Sassi, of the practices that were followed by the head of the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein."
A source within the leadership of the Dawa Party, said that "al-Maliki at a meeting of leaders of the party, held late on Friday evening, he emphasizes the seriousness of the United States in the next phase of" political Islam ".
The source added that "al-Maliki counting Saddam Hussein the very best of America because of what I did in Iraq policies throughout this period," says the source. Sources close to the atmosphere of the meeting, that al-Maliki expressed his anger at the meeting of the support of the United States and some other countries for the new government, which headed by Haidar al-Abadi.
Observers say and media, said the former prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, to Enzk suitable partisan or popular, without criticism of the policies of the new prime minister Haidar al-Abbadi, which is described as "reform" as well as the incessant criticism of the international coalition against "Daash" adding that it is a breach of sovereignty Iraq and the threat to neighboring countries, in a position identical with the positions of Iranian officials, al-Maliki is one of the most important allies in Iraq and the region.
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Last year Amazon spent a lot of time throwing its weight around, trying to squash and curtail the activities of smaller publishers and booksellers on its site. But just last week, they have shown that they are capable of listening and working with consumers… when they see a threat to there own product line anyway.
The new Kindle has a text-to-speech feature which allows a reader to become listener as an automaton voice recites the text, which didn't seem like a big deal to me. But agents and lawyers saw it differently, claiming it infringes on their ability to sell rights to the book for the audio-book format. At first, Amazon said 'no'. But evidently they have had a chnage of heart and will give publishers the chance to opt-in/out to this feature. Which is really how things should be done, across the board these days. It's 2009 and there is no reason why a content owner shouldn't be given a choice of how their content will be made available.
I'm not much of a fan of the K2. It seems to be the device they should have put out there as the first one. And maybe they agree? The rumor mill is already cranking out "Kindle 3 by the end of the year" stories and some look to have merit. Which if they are truw, will put the Kindle in a place to remain competitive.
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Check out copper, the industrial metal that's so sensitive to swings in the global economy that it's affectionately known as Dr. Copper. The price has plunged 16% over the past month and hit a one-year low on Wednesday.
Iron ore, another critical metal, has dropped 11% this year. Zinc hasn't been this cheap since mid-2017. And a Bloomberg index of industrial metals including aluminum and nickel closed on Wednesday at the lowest since August 2017.
"Copper and other metals are reflecting concerns about a global slowdown — created by tariffs," said Kristina Hooper, global market strategist at Invesco. "We are in a trade war that is being fought on multiple fronts."
And then there are soybeans. China, the world's largest consumer of American soybeans, imposed a 25% retaliatory tariff on the crop last week.
"If you lose your biggest customer, what do you think is going to happen to prices?" asked Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group.
Contrast the commodities crash with what's going on in the stock market.
The S&P 500 has jumped more than 2% this month, and the highflying Nasdaq has soared 4% to a record high on Thursday. The advances reflect optimism that the trade fight between the world's two largest economies will be resolved before November's midterm elections in the United States.
The percentage of individual stock market investors who are bullish soared this week to 43.1%, according to the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey. Bespoke Investment Group said it was the biggest one-week jump in sentiment since President Donald Trump's election in November 2016.
"I will open things up, better than ever before, but it can't go too quickly," Trump tweeted on Wednesday.
It's unusual to see the price of raw materials drop so sharply during a time of broad economic health around the world. US economic growth for the second quarter could clock in at a very brisk 4% pace.
China is an avid consumer of copper, which is used for plumbing, wiring, heating and various other purposes. China gobbles up about 40% of the world's supply, according to Ed Yardeni, president of investment advisory Yardeni Research.
Dr. Copper is flashing "Code Red" about China, Yardeni told clients in a report earlier this week. He said the recent plunge has "raised the odds of a recession."
The trade standoff comes at a difficult time for China. The world's No. 2 economy had already been slowing, hurt by efforts from the government to cut pollution and a chronic addiction to debt. Now China has to grapple with a trade war.
"There is legitimate worry about the impact to the Chinese economy from these tariffs," Boockvar said.


Students select a picture and its matching caption.
Paste picture on a piece of paper and give to teacher (so other children don't know who it belongs to).
Paste original caption into work book and create 4 new captions that would suit the photo. (It's important that the children don't read the article as you can later get them to write a new article to match the picture).
Choose the best caption and write on a piece of paper. Mix up and redistribute among the class.
Students then try to match the caption to the picture. Sometimes two captions may suit the one so this is where the discussion come in. Give the class the vote for which suits best.
As a follow up students write an article based on the picture.
This worked really well and the kids enjoyed creating their own articles, which they later used in the production of their own newspaper.


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Gail Wolze Castro Kehl (* 12. November 1957 in Glendale, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Volleyball- und Beachvolleyballspielerin.

Karriere Halle
Castro begann ihre Volleyball-Karriere in den 1970er Jahren an der Crescenta Valley High School. Dort spielte sie außerdem Basketball. Später studierte sie an der California State University, Long Beach und spielte als Mittelblockerin im Universitätsteam. Danach war sie noch zwei Jahre lang in Italien aktiv.

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Castro bildete von 1987 bis 1992 ein Duo mit Lori Forsythe und absolvierte 69 Turniere in der amerikanischen Serie. 1994 nahm sie mit Elaine Roque erstmals an der FIVB World Tour teil. Nach einem sechsten Rang in Miami und einem vierten Platz in La Serena feierten Castro/Roque in Carolina ihren ersten Turniersieg. Nachdem Castro anschließend in Santos mit Debra Richardson Sechste geworden war, erreichte sie mit Roque drei weitere Top-Ten-Ergebnisse. Lediglich das Turnier in Hermosa Beach verlief weniger erfolgreich. Die weiteren Turniere 1995 bestritt sie mit unterschiedlichen Partnerinnen. Während sie mit Angela Rock Fünfte in Busan wurde, kam sie mit Marla O'Hara und Lisa Arce nicht über den 25. Platz hinaus.

1996 bildete Castro wieder ein Duo mit Richardson. Nach einem fünften Rang in Hermosa Beach nahmen Castro/Richardson an den Olympischen Spielen in Atlanta teil. Dort unterlagen sie nach dem Auftaktsieg gegen die Niederländerinnen Schoon-Kadijk/van de Ven in der zweiten Runde dem australischen Duo Cook/Pottharst. In der Verlierer-Runde schieden sie gegen die Japanerinnen Fujita/Takahashi aus und beendeten das Turnier auf Rang neun. Beim anschließenden Grand Slam in Carolina kamen sie auf den 17. Platz.

1997 nahm Castro mit Gayle Stammer an der ersten offiziellen Weltmeisterschaft in Los Angeles teil und erreichte den 17. Platz.

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package dro.stat;

/**
 * The created WeightMatrix and their elements Cell(rowIndex, columnIndex) have to be read
 * as follows:
 *

 *
y = Variable associated with the row index

 *
x = Variable associated with the column index

 *

 * Cell(rowIndex, columnIndex) means therefore:
 * How strong columnIndex granger-causes rowIndex.

 * Or in other words:
 * Each row shows how strong the associated variable is granger-caused by the respective column.
 *
 * @author MD
 * @version 1.0
 * @since 26/04/15
 */
public class GrangerCausalityStrategy_Multivariate extends GrangerCausality {

    /**
     * Creates a new object for the multivariate GrangerCausality strategy with a default critical
     * value (0.95).
     * @param aLagSize The lag window size (amount of historical information to be incorporated in
     *                 the Granger computation).
     */
	public GrangerCausalityStrategy_Multivariate(int aLagSize) {
		this(aLagSize, CRITICAL_VALUE);
	}

	/**
     * Creates a new object for the multivariate GrangerCausality strategy.
     * @param aLagSize The lag window size (amount of historical information to be incorporated in
     *                 the Granger computation).
	 * @param aCriticalValue The critical values used to check, if the computed p-Value indicates
	 * that "X granger-causes Y". Has to be a value in the interval [0, 1.0], with 1.0 being the
	 * highest possible value.
	 */
	public GrangerCausalityStrategy_Multivariate(int aLagSize, double aCriticalValue) {
		super(aLagSize, aCriticalValue);
	}

    @Override
    public GrangerCausalIndicator apply(double[]... tss) {
        if (checkDataSizeConstraints(tss[0].length, tss.length, super.lagSize)) {
            apply(0, 1, tss, tss.length);
        }
        return null;
    }

	/**
	 * Applies the Granger-Causality computation to the given universe.
	 * @param yVectorRow The index of the row for the y variable in the given universe matrix.
	 * @param xVectorRow The index of the row for the x variable in the given universe matrix.
	 * @param universe The universe matrix. Each row reflects the time series of one variable.
	 * @param nbrVariablesInUniverse The number of unique time series in the universe (not the
	 * number of columns in the universe matrix).
	 * @return The GrangerCausalIndicator that contains all information to answer the question:
     * "Does x granger-cause y in the given universe U?"
     * Null, if some constraints for the underlying computations (OLS, F-Test) are not met.
	 */
	private GrangerCausalIndicator apply(int yVectorRow, int xVectorRow,
			double[][] universe, int nbrVariablesInUniverse) {
		// Order the universe: y variable will be in row 0 and x variable will be in row 1
		double[][] orderedUniverse = orderUniverse(universe, yVectorRow, xVectorRow);
		// The x variable is after the ordering process always in row 1
		double[][] orderedUniverseWithoutX = removeRow(orderedUniverse, 1);
		double[][] laggedH0 = super.createLaggedSide(orderedUniverseWithoutX);
		double[][] laggedH1 = super.createLaggedSide(orderedUniverse);
		double[] strippedY = super.strip(universe[yVectorRow]);
		return super.performGranger(laggedH0.length, strippedY, laggedH0,
				nbrVariablesInUniverse-1, laggedH1, nbrVariablesInUniverse);
	}

	protected double[][] removeRow(double[][] orig, int rowIndex) {
		int observations = orig[0].length;
		double[][] smallerMat = new double[orig.length-1][observations];
		int smallerMatRowCounter = 0;
		for (int row=0; row<orig.length; row++) {
			if (row != rowIndex) {
				System.arraycopy(orig, row, smallerMat, smallerMatRowCounter++, 1);
			}
		}
		return smallerMat;
	}

	protected double[][] orderUniverse(double[][] universe, int yRow, int xRow) {
		double[][] ordered = new double[universe.length][universe[0].length];
		// Copy y vector to first row
		System.arraycopy(universe, yRow, ordered, 0, 1);
		// Copy x vector to second row
		System.arraycopy(universe, xRow, ordered, 1, 1);
		// Copy all remaining vectors in their appearing order
		int targetRow = 2;
		for (int i=0; i<universe.length; i++) {
			if (i != yRow && i != xRow)
				System.arraycopy(universe, i, ordered, targetRow++, 1);
		}
		return ordered;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() { return "Multivariate Granger-Causality";	}

}


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Liberal talking head: If we 'tell men not to rape,' women won't need guns
By Howard Portnoy March 6, 2013 January 8, 2014
The problem with people on the right is that they never ask "What if?" What if, for example, instead of encouraging women to carry those icky, dangerous handguns as a form of self-defense, we addressed the root cause of women's need to protect themselves? What if, in other words, we eliminated, or at least reduced, the incidence of rape?
But how? you ask. Simple, according to Democratic Strategist Zerlina Maxwell. A guest last night on FOX News' Hannity, Maxwell said the solution to ending the vicious circle of violence is to "tell men not to rape women." It's such an elegant fix, and not to just one but to two acts of violence, that you have to wonder why not one came up with it sooner.
Allahpundit, riffing on Katie Pavlich, offers to "go one better":
Let's teach people not to commit crimes of any sort. Then, not only can we dispense with guns, we can dispense with police. And then we can take those billions we're saving on [law enforcement] and use them for programs overseas to teach them how not to commit crimes too.
AP goes on to credit Maxwell with not intending "anti-rape education as a complete alternative to arming women" [emphasis added], but that seems awfully charitable. Even as a partial alternative, it's a fairly lame-brained proposal. Maxwell is advocating, in essence, that we train members of the species not to commit crimes. There's a reason that the vast majority of us don't. It is a moral compass that is part of our standard operating equipment.
People who rape are going to rape regardless of whether they learned in school that it's wrong. Besides, which teachers does Maxwell think are best suited to teach rational lessons on civilized behavior? The one who suspended a 7-year-old for chewing a toaster pastry into the shape of a gun or the one who suspended a teenager for having a photo of a gun on his laptop?
Teacher of the Year sexually abuses 17-year-old student (Photos)
NYC mom says her 5-year-old was sexually assaulted … by other kindergartners
6-year-old Maryland student suspended for pointing finger like gun
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Howard Portnoy has written for The Blaze, HotAir, NewsBusters, Weasel Zippers, Conservative Firing Line, RedCounty, and New York's Daily News. He has one published novel, Hot Rain, (G. P. Putnam's Sons), and has been a guest on Radio Vice Online with Jim Vicevich, The Alana Burke Show, Smart Life with Dr. Gina, and The George Espenlaub Show.
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Texas Q1 2019 Report: Lone Star Startups Raise Nearly $800M
Mary Ann Azevedo bayareawriter
First quarter venture investment in Texas once again reflected a common result: Austin nabbed the most investment dollars with Dallas and Houston trailing behind.
The news isn't shocking considering Austin started off the year with a very strong January, as we reported at the time. The city's startups raised the majority of total dollars brought in by the state as a whole, as you can see below.
Venture capitalists pumped $493.8 million into Austin startups across 34 deals in the first quarter—a 35 percent spike (in dollars) compared to last year's first quarter, according to Crunchbase data. Dallas companies' totals were closer to Austin's figures than normal, and firmly in second place, raising $245.4 million in 18 deals in the same time period. Houston startups brought in $44.7 million across nine transactions. Two investments were made in San Antonio during the first quarter, valued at $6.5 million.
Overall, Texas dollar values were up at $790.4 million (35 percent year over year) compared to $587.2 million in Q1 2018 although the actual number of deals is significantly lower (46 percent) at 64 compared to 118—indicating larger investment sizes as the state's startup market continues to mature.
The state has also seen a number of new funds announced this year, including LiveOak's close of a $105 million fund and the formation of Ecliptic Capital, a new $125 million early-stage VC firm.
Austin Ahead
The Texas capital's venture capital scene continues to gain significant momentum.
For Austin, the first quarter validated what we reported in January: the Texas capital's venture capital scene continues to gain significant momentum. The most recent quarter was easily the strongest for Austin over the past several quarters. Contrasting the above-listed numbers, in the first three months of 2018, 67 Austin startups raised $366 million.
One of Austin's largest deals in the quarter was AI-powered legal tech startup (and Houston transplant) Disco's $83 million Series E raise. Meanwhile, Austin-based construction finance startup Billd raised $60 million in a Series A round.
Chris Shonk, managing director of ATX Venture Partners (formerly called ATX Seed Ventures), described the first quarter as having been "really truly gangbusters."
For one, he noted, the talent pool continues to grow as more companies move here.
"A lot of companies are relocating here, and they're going to scale up and hire people," Shonk said. "This causes rounds to happen… Eventually some of those people leave and start their own companies."
Mike Smerklo, co-founder and managing director of Austin-based Next Coast Ventures, observed a number of positive events taking place in the Texas capital in recent months, including numerous seed or early-stage funds announcing their launch, triple-digit funding rounds and tech heavy hitters such as Google, Apple and Amazon announcing expansions in the city.
"All of these are indicators that the Austin ecosystem has created a groundswell of entrepreneurial and investment activity to support a booming innovation hub," he told Crunchbase News. "While we've known for a while that Austin exemplifies what is possible outside the coasts, it's great to see tech heavy hitters and the entrepreneurial ecosystem at-large start to know it, too."
One trend Shonk noticed in Austin was the wide range of sectors receiving funding. Traditionally, Austin has a long history of funding enterprise SaaS startups.
"There's been such a heavy focus on B2B and that's been the city's bread and butter," he said. "But now you're seeing other industries pick up steam, including CPG [consumer packaged goods], real estate, energy tech, supply chain/manufacturing and e-commerce."
For its part, ATX made four portfolio follow-on investments and one new investment in Q1. It led a $7 million Series A for Houston-based GoCo, and also put money in Austin-based Cherry Circle Software and Quota Path.
Meanwhile, Next Coast Ventures made two new investments during the first quarter, including one with headquarters outside of Austin – Localfluence, a Utah-based influencer platform for local brands, and Osano, an Austin-based data privacy monitoring platform.
Looking ahead, Shonk believes VC investment activity in Austin will continue to be strong throughout 2019 despite a potential national shakeout spilling over into the city and state.
"Some of the companies that got funded over the past seven years are companies that should never have been backed," he told Crunchbase News. "I see a correction coming, and I believe Austin will get some of it."
Like Austin, Dallas has predominantly been home to B2B enterprise software startups. However, one of the companies that raised the most in Dallas during the first quarter was actually a biotech company. In February, Peloton Therapeutics brought in $150 million in a Series E round.
Felipe Mendoza, managing director of Dallas-based Aristos Ventures, said overall the funding potential for companies raising venture capital in the Dallas area looked "good" to him in the first quarter.
"I've seen a robust number of companies that are raising smaller rounds and this trend of companies raising smaller amounts is continuing quarter over quarter," he said. "Historically this makes sense as the infrastructure to build a technology company is less capital intensive as it was even just a few years ago."
Of the startups his firm looked at, "well over 50 percent" were in the SaaS or software infrastructure space.
"Software, as Marc Andreessen states, is eating the world," Mendoza said. "But software in the medical services vertical was less 'hot' than in previous quarters."
In the first quarter, Aristos Ventures invested in three companies. Two of those—Edgetensor and Meteora—are Dallas-based. The other, Houston-based Nesh, is a "smart assistant" for oil and gas.
Looking ahead, Mendoza is cautiously optimistic about the VC funding landscape for the remainder of 2019. He is concerned about potential macroeconomic headwinds, specifically on how they could affect customers purchasing a portfolio company's products, for example, as well as the pressure a potential acquirer of a portfolio company could face.
Although Houston is the largest of all Texas cities, it (as is typical) lagged behind Austin and Dallas when it came to VC funding in the first quarter. Like Dallas, the company that brought the most venture funds in Houston during the quarter was a biotech startup, Solugen. The company counts Y Combinator as a backer.
Aziz Gilani, a partner at Houston-based Mercury Fund, said he was up to his "eyeballs" in deals over the first quarter.
"My normal cadence is to do one deal every three quarters," he told Crunchbase News. "In the first quarter, I did two deals and if I'd had my druthers, I would have done three. I've been trying to convince a company in Houston to take my money but they have too many options."
Mercury Fund participated in a seed round in Austin-based-Cloudsnap, an iPaaS (integration platform as a service) startup. (That round was led by San Antonio-based Active Capital.) Mercury Fund also invested in Washington, DC.-based Amify during the quarter.
Gilani believes a big deal for the Houston startup scene has been accelerator Station Houston which gives local companies a place to grow out of.
"There are over 200 startup members of Station Houston," he said. "If you're a VC and looking to deploy money, you can just go there and park in a chair and eventually, every startup in town will pass by. It's made life a lot easier for investors."
He also describes the recent establishment of nonprofit Houston Exponential as being the "biggest game changer" Houston has seen in awhile. Last fall, the organization raised $25 million to invest in funds aimed at boosting the city's tech scene.
Despite all the exciting venture activity buzzing in Texas' larger metros, Austin continues to reign as the state's startup capital in terms of dollars invested and number of startups. However, with dollars-invested scaling up nationwide, we wouldn't be surprised if the state's total venture funding hits the $1 billion mark in the next year or two. That should make for some Texas-sized news ahead.
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