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Yes, It's More Updates
Hi, everyone
Yes, this is another set of updates. You may all throw things now.
<ducks hastily, then continues>
I'm currently at CH29 of Warspite. I'm hoping to finish it by the end of the week, then send it to be edited. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I also did the first set of heavy-duty edits for Schooled In Magic V: The School of Hard Knocks. There will probably be another set of edits to come, then the cover design, but I would expect the book to come out in February or thereabouts.
I have an ambition to write Schooled In Magic VI before the baby's due date, on 22nd December. I can probably finish the first draft if the baby comes then, but this plan may wind up being discarded in short order. We shall see.
I attended NOVACON last weekend in Nottingham. My AAR is a bit boring compared to some of the ones from the US – I signed the contract for Bookworm III, held the launch for the paper copy of Necropolis, bought lots of books, etc. It was fun <grin>.
You can now buy paper copies of Lessons in Etiquette, Barbarians at the Gates, Necropolis and the Ark Royal Trilogy.
I don't have an ETA for Bookwork III: The Best Laid Plans yet. I'll update once I have one.
My current writing plan for the next few months:
Love's Labour's Won (SIM 6)
Democracy's Price (Democracy III)
Never Surrender (TEC 10)
Falcone Strike
The Tragedy of Marius Drake
(I wrote this in response to a review. YMMV)
Fair Warning – there are MASSIVE spoilers in this post. If you haven't read The Shadow of Cincinnatus, you may want to skip the rest.
One of the most important issues in writing space opera – or having movies/TV shows that are effectively space opera – is that it's all about the people. Great special effects are fun, but the people are truly important. This is far more important when handling an arc-based show like Babylon 5 or Battlestar Galactica (Reimagined). A show like Star Trek: The Next Generation is far more forgiving of characters that basically stay the same throughout seven seasons.
Babylon 5 showcases an excellent way to have characters grow and develop – or fall – over four seasons. (I tend to ignore the fifth.) Battlestar Galactica is far weaker in this respect; of all the major characters, only Baltar and Gaeta show any real character development, particularly after midway through season three (when, IMHO, the entire show lurched off the rails.) Gaeta, in particular, is worth observing. He starts as an enthusiastic young officer, bonding in particular with Baltar (on whom I think it's clear he has a crush), but is rapidly betrayed by his father figures. Colonel Tigh tries to rig the election, Adama lets Starbuck get away with shooting Gaeta in the leg, Baltar betrays all of humanity when the Cylons invade New Caprica and (to add insult to injury) Gaeta is nearly killed for suspected collaboration, by people who don't know he spied on the collaborators for the resistance.
In the end, it isn't really surprising that he goes bad. When he sets out to do something good (calling foul on the rigged election) it results in humanity trapped at the mercy of their enemies. Life took a highly-idealistic young man and turned him into a butt-monkey. The mutiny against the fleet's leadership – the only episodes of season four worth watching, was largely inevitable.
In many ways, Marius Drake has a similar problem.
Drake is a career military officer. He was a midshipman during the Blue Star War (70 years prior to BATG) and spent that time working his way up the chain of command. He doesn't have any real experience of life outside the military, nor does he have any real sympathy for civilians. How can he?
Drake is a strong believer in the ideals of the Federation. He knows that individuals can be corrupt, but puts a great deal of faith in the Federation itself. Unlike politicians, Drake's seen enough of life at the sharp end to know that relaxing and granting rights to aliens (there is a strong streak of xeno-racism in his makeup) is likely to end in disaster. To Drake, Justinian and his fellow warlords are traitors, because they cannot help, but weaken the Federation. Drake would not have considered overthrowing the government himself because it would have weakened the Federation. He took that oath seriously!
Drake, finally, is a believer in the ideals of the military. He might not expect people to obey orders unquestioningly, but he does expect them to obey orders. The military is a hierarchical organisation and Drake, as of BATG, is very near the top. Drake believes in being loyal to his subordinates and expects loyalty from them in return.
By the end of BATG, several things have gone wrong.
Drake was nearly killed by Blake, his aide, at the orders of the Grand Senate. This was an absolute betrayal, all the more so as Drake's best friend was killed saving his life. (This had the unfortunate side effect of removing one of the few people who could argue with Drake as a friend, as well as a comrade.) Drake's faith in the civilian government, already weakened by the discovery that his surrender terms had been repudiated, snapped. He led his fleet back to Earth, overthrew the Grand Senate and took power. (And executed most of the Grand Senators personally.)
Personally, I wrote that scene as the moment where Drake loses his own moral compass.
Unfortunately, that doesn't end the story. Drake finds himself inheriting a mess, a mess he cannot solve with the tools at his disposal. He's used to thinking in terms of military operations, not fixing a badly-weakened economy. (This is why most military governments, no matter how popular at Day One, tend to develop problems with remarkable speed.) The idea of weakening the Federation, of loosening control, is inconceivable to him. Drake has no illusions about the Federation's (lack of) popularity. To surrender control, to let the economy breathe, would start a chain of events that would eventually tear the Federation apart.
And then the Outsiders attack.
Drake finds himself in the same position as Stalin, 1941. He needs to organise the Federation for war against treacherous rebels, despite the Federation's economic weakness. Surrender is not an option. This is a man raised to believe that aliens are ready to stab the human race in the back at the first sign of weakness, facing a human faction that – horror of horrors – has allied itself with a pair of alien races. He views the Outsiders with as much enthusiasm as Stalin would view a Ukrainian Freedom Fighter who allied himself with Nazi Germany, complete with planned Final Solution for Russia's teeming masses. (This might not, of course, be a logical view. But emotions are rarely logical.) By the time TSOC reaches its climax, he's prepared to do anything to hammer the Outsiders so hard they never recover.
Now, if you don't think someone would snap under that kind of pressure, I have a lovely white house in the centre of Washington to sell you <grin>.
This happens quite a bit, if you start out with strong moral principles. You compromise them, slightly. And then you compromise them again, slightly more. And again, and again, and again, until you can no longer tell right from wrong, or reach the point where you can justify anything to yourself, and keep telling yourself you're doing the right thing when you jumped off the slippery slope a long time ago.
Drake's real tragedy is this – the problems facing the Federation, the problems caused by over a century of mismanagement, are largely impossible to solve with the tools he is willing to use. Unfortunately, this is true of far too many military officers who take power by force.
Why didn't this happen to Cincinnatus? His problem was much – much – smaller.
YMMV, of course.
Up Now – The Shadow of Cincinnatus
The sequel to Barbarians at the Gates is now available!
The warlords are gone, save one. Admiral Marius Drake, betrayed and almost killed by the Grand Senate, has seized power for himself in a military coup. Now, as Emperor Marius, Drake can work to restore the once-great Federation to its former glory. But now that the Grand Senate is gone, the Federation is starting to fall apart. The bureaucrats are running rampant, the corporations are demanding new powers, the colonies want freedom and Earth is collapsing into chaos.
Worse, on the borders, a new interstellar power has arisen and is bracing itself for an all-out invasion of Federation space. For the Outsiders, the descendents of those forced to flee centuries ago by the Federation, there will never be a better chance to smash their hatred oppressors, once and for all. To save the Federation, the Outsiders must be defeated – but the Federation may not survive long enough to land the killing blow.
Cincinnatus casts a long shadow … and those who pick up absolute power may not find it so easy to put it down again.
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Good news first. I'm planning to start writing Warspite properly tomorrow. There will be a gap Thursday-Monday (owing to NOVACON) but I hope to have the book drafted out by the start of December. I won't be bored after that as my editor has sent me the normal massive list of edits for The School of Hard Knocks (Schooled in Magic V), which I will attempt to tackle once the draft is complete. I'm hoping to get the editing for The Best Laid Plans done at the same time, but it will depend on just how fast the editor turns it around.
I'm getting to grips with my new computer, which I am more or less reserving completely for writing. Thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions – I upgraded the computer to Windows 8.1, which helped to some extent, even through the missing start menu is annoying and the tablet-like display irritating.
We're still preparing for the baby's arrival, with an estimated due date of 22nd December (the kid is going to hate us <grin>). We attended several classes on how to take care of a newborn child, which left me wondering just how the human race managed to survive several thousand years without accidentally dying out. I don't feel remotely up to the task of taking care of a newborn, but it's a bit late to change our minds.
My current plan is to take January off, then start work – either on Democracy's Price or Never Surrender. I'll post a poll on my discussion board or Facebook page nearer the time to see what my fans want. After that, I think I will probably write SIM 6 and then something new.
Which leads to the next question … what would you like to see?
One idea I've had is centred around a tiny Middle East state – somewhere loosely akin to Dubai or Kuwait. This state used to be ruled by a pragmatic king, but since his death his son has proved to be a less than ideal ruler. The new king's sister's solution to this problem is to hire mercenaries to overthrow her brother, then take power herself. Needless to say, it doesn't work out as well as she hoped.
Another idea is a bit of a detective story. There's a VERY rich woman who collects expensive paintings – and one of them gets stolen. She didn't exactly acquire all of them legally, so instead of calling the cops she calls a PI instead. The PI discovers a trail of deceit and deception that leads all the way to a very old family crisis. It would be something out of my comfort zone, which isn't a bad idea. But we will see.
Let me know which one you want, if – of course – you want any of them.
Up Now–The Mind's Eye
(Sorry for not posting this earlier – things got away with me.)
For centuries, men have been dreaming of telepathy, the power to read and influence the minds of others. Now, all around the world, telepaths are finally starting to appear. Men and women are developing awesome powers with the potential to dramatically change society. Governments are soon starting to become aware of them, even recruiting them, while striving to keep knowledge of their abilities hidden from the general public. But academic researchers too are discovering telepaths and it isn't long before awareness of their existence starts to spread. But non-telepaths, ordinary people, don't want to have their minds read or controlled; the telepaths soon find themselves widely regarded with fear and hatred. Inevitably, some of them want to fight back.
In this alternative history, albeit set in the near-future, Christopher Nuttall explores the likely impact of the appearance of telepathic abilities in some members of the human race. While telepathy and related psionic abilities have long been a mainstay of science-fiction, the impact of their emergence has not been as well imagined as, say, that of fantastic mutations. Almost everyone has something to hide, thoughts they wouldn't want made public. Governments have secrets they wish to keep, whether for national security or just to hold on to power. How would the general populace react to mind-readers in their midst? How would telepaths respond when threatened by a frightened mob, or constrained by politicians fearful of the disclosure of scandals and long-buried secrets. Intelligence agencies would be both alarmed at the threats and intrigued by the possibilities. Would all nations respond in the same way?
And then there's the endless possibilities for criminals and terrorists…
The Mind's Eye was published by Elsewhen Press in a digital edition on 7th November 2014 and will be published in paperback in December 2014. Try a FREE SAMPLE, then buy the complete book from the links here.
Love's Labour's Won (Schooled in Magic 6)–Snippet
Ashworth House looked fragile, from the point of view of passing travellers who managed to look through the complex network of concealing and obscurification wards that provided the first line of defence. It perched on a hillside, a mixture of a dozen different styles from right across the Allied Lands, as if each generation of the family had added a whole new wing to the house. And yet, Melissa Ashworth knew, as she walked through the wards, that the house was far from fragile. The nexus point pulsing below the giant building ensured that no conventional attack could hope to breech the defences.
She felt the pull as soon as she passed through the last ward, an insistent tugging that compelled her to walk towards the centre of the house. Gritting her teeth – she was eighteen, not a naughty little girl to be summoned – she resisted the pull as best as she could, dragging her feet as she walked into the house. A handful of servants bowed to her as she passed, then faded away into the back of her awareness as the tug pulled harder. The Matriarch of House Ashworth was clearly impatient. By the time she reached the stone doors that barred the way into the central chambers, she was practically running – and steaming with humiliation.
The doors opened as she approached, revealing a single spotless room, empty save for a set of paintings on the wall, a wooden table and a pair of chairs. One of them was empty, Melissa noted as she stepped inside; the other was occupied by her great-grandmother, the Matriarch of House Ashworth. The compulsion snapped out of existence as the door closed behind her, but she knelt anyway. There was a long pause, then her great-grandmother rose to her feet.
"You may rise," she said.
"Thank you, Lady Fulvia," Melissa said. No one dared address the Matriarch by any other title, even grandmother. "I thank you for summoning me."
"You may be seated," Lady Fulvia said. "I trust your exam results were satisfactory?"
Melissa felt her cheeks burn as she sat down and looked up at her great-grandmother. Lady Fulvia was tall and inhumanly thin, with a face so pinched with disapproval that she looked as though she was permanently sucking on a lemon. It was a testament to her power that she was still alive – and that no one dared to mock her, even in private. Melissa would sooner have dealt with her father than the aging harridan. But no one would say no if Lady Fulvia chose to make Melissa's business hers.
"I believe I passed," she said, finally. "But we won't have the full results for another week."
"I suppose not," Lady Fulvia said. "It was my fault for sending you to that school, even though it was quite unsuitable for one of our bloodline."
"You told me I could not share the school with the Ashfall Heir," Melissa reminded her, daringly. "And so I went to Whitehall instead of Mountaintop."
"How true," Lady Fulvia agreed. "But we still expect you to do your very best."
Her voice hardened. "And you seem to have failed to make friends with Void's daughter."
Melissa winced at the cold scorn in Lady Fulvia's voice. No one had known Void had a daughter, right up until the moment she'd arrived at Whitehall. The Lone Power was so eccentric he hadn't even taught his daughter basic magic, although she had learned very quickly. But by the time Melissa had received orders to befriend the girl, it had been too late.
"A girl who saved the school, twice," Lady Fulvia said. "A girl who crippled Mountaintop."
"Yes, Lady Fulvia," Melissa said.
"And you have failed to befriend her," Lady Fulvia said. "That does not speak well of you."
Melissa cringed. Lady Fulvia never hit her grandchildren or great-grandchildren. She had other ways to discipline them. None of them were remotely pleasant.
"But, no matter," Lady Fulvia said. "There are other, more important issues to discuss. You are a young woman now, are you not? The measurement of blood-to-blood proves you are healthy and capable of bearing children?"
"Yes," Melissa said, embarrassed.
"Good," Lady Fulvia said. She gave Melissa a tight smile. "Because you're going to get married. The Matriarchy of House Ashworth will fall to you, one day, and it is important that you have both the right husband and the right father for your children. I have selected you a suitable man."
Melissa felt as though she had been punched in the gut. She'd known her marriage would be arranged, but she'd always thought – her grandfather had promised her – that she would have the final say in who she married. To hear Lady Fulvia say, so casually, that her husband had already been selected … she stared, unable to conceal her horror. There was no point in trying to argue, or fight. She knew the Matriarch all too well. Lady Fulvia would simply override whatever she said and the wedding would go ahead anyway.
"My Lady," she managed finally. "Who have you selected for me?"
"Gaius, of House Arlene," Lady Fulvia said. "He recently graduated from Mountaintop with impeccable marks and strong magic."
It took Melissa a moment to place the name. House Arlene wasn't a strong house, not by the standards of Ashworth or Ashfall. Their very lack of strength, however, made them ideal partners for Lady Fulvia. She could practically dictate the terms of the marriage contract, knowing they would have little choice, but to accept. But … what little she had heard about Gaius hadn't been good. Women talked, after all, and stories were shared. Few girls had dated Gaius twice. She would have to write to them and find out why.
"You will be formally introduced to him at the Cockatrice Faire," Lady Fulvia continued, seemingly unaware of Melissa's innermost thoughts. "The wedding will be held on the final night of the Faire, once all the contracts have been signed. You and he can then enjoy the joys of married life."
Melissa coloured, then frowned. "Lady Fulvia, I …"
"This is a great opportunity for you, and for your House," Lady Fulvia continued, smoothly. "I would take it greatly amiss if anything was to interfere with the planned wedding."
Shit, Melissa thought.
She hadn't wanted to get married until after her graduation – as a married woman, she might not even be allowed to return to school – but she knew there was no point in arguing. Lady Fulvia would have had the contracts drawn up already, then gone through the formalities of gaining the approval of the family's adults. The only person who might have been able to say no was Melissa's father – and he'd died years ago. And she was not of age. She couldn't refuse for herself.
"Go back to your rooms and prepare yourself," Lady Fulvia ordered. "We will leave for Cockatrice in four days."
Melissa winced, inwardly, as her mind caught up with what she was being told. Cockatrice. Of all the places they could hold the Faire, it had to be Cockatrice. It was not enough that she had to be pushed into a loveless marriage, was it? She had to endure her nuptials under the eyes of Lady Emily, Void's daughter and Baroness of Cockatrice. But again, there was no point in arguing. Lady Fulvia had made up her mind.
She rose, bowed again, then stalked out of the door. There were letters to write, then clothes to pack. And then …
My life is going to change, she thought, morbidly. And who knows what will happen then?
Meet My Character Blog Hop
This is late. Very late. Barb tagged me in her post back in September and I haven't done anything with it until November. In my defence, I was very busy …
I thought about focusing on a main character, but I tend to show enough about those characters in the stories themselves. So, here's a side character who was viewed by the main character – Emily, of Schooled In Magic – as an interfering busybody at best, a sadist teacher at worst.
So, here we go.
What is the name of your character?
Master Tor. Like many of the senior magicians in the series, he has long since shed his true name and hidden behind an affection.
Is he a fictional/historical person?
No. He's mine.
Well, sort of. Tor is partly based on a woman I knew at school, someone who always tried to push me in certain directions because "it would be better for me." I found her very annoying, but with 15 years of distance between then and now, I can admit she might have had a point.
When and where is the story set?
Study in Slaughter covers Emily's Second Year at Whitehall School, in a world that is either known as the Nameless World or considered literally nameless. (There are reasons for this beyond simple weirdness.) Master Tor is Head of Year Two, which effectively makes him Emily's supervisor for the year.
What should we know about him?
It isn't stated directly, because Tor isn't the kind of person to discuss his past with anyone (particularly Emily), but he's a newborn magician, from a magic-less family. He's more than a little ashamed of his past, although (unlike most magicians) he actually shows a little compassion to the poor mundanes. You'll notice that when he's chewing out Emily about her unauthorised and VERY dangerous experiments, he points out that she's a Baroness and she has thousands of people at her mercy, and that she might easily get a few of them killed through sheer carelessness. No other senior magician shows that level of concern for faceless mundanes.
In short, Tor is an academic bureaucrat, at least partly because he's a very low power magician. Those that can, do; those that can't, become academic bureaucrats. <grin>
What is the main conflict?
Tor pretty much gets on Emily's bad side from the start. Having arranged to spend her Second Year sharing a room with her two best friends, she is not best pleased to discover that Tor has rearranged the rooms so she's with two complete strangers. And then she discovers that he takes delight in making her consider and reconsider her assumptions, then poking holes in how little she knows of her new world.
Things really get out of hand when he catches Emily running unauthorised experiments. He's horrified (not without reason) and threatens expulsion, then dire punishments. If the real enemy hadn't appeared, things might have gotten a great deal worse.
Perversely, he does have a point. Emily needs to broaden her social horizons (she doesn't make friends easily) and she really doesn't know much about her new home. The experiments she carries out are genuinely dangerous. But the way he does it, like the teacher I knew, is counterproductive.
What messes up his life?
Emily, of course. No, that's not entirely accurate. Tor is basically a convert to a society and, as such, one of its strongest defenders. His life is messed up by the fact the ONLY thing he has to claim respect is being one of Whitehall's teachers, which isn't that much in a world where there are many others more powerful than him.
In a way, that's why he's a federalist. He has much more sympathy for democracy than he would feel comfortable admitting, which is something of a tragedy. In many ways, he and Emily are natural allies.
What is Master Tor's main goal?
Basically, teaching his students to respect the law as something above and beyond themselves. This is in striking contrast to the 'might makes right' attitude adopted by roughly 90% of the magical population (and a large percentage of the mundanes.)
What is the title of the book and where can it be found?
Study in Slaughter (Schooled in Magic III) can be found from the links here.
Ark Royal: Sex and the Single Spacer
Yes, I used that as a title. You can all throw things now. <embarrassed shrug>
A couple of people asked about this, so I thought it was worth a brief blog post.
I don't know how the present-day Royal Navy handles such matters, but the Royal (Space) Navy of Ark Royal has two firm guidelines for sexual relationships between its personal.
-You can't have sex with someone in your chain of command.
-You can't have sex with someone in the same unit as yourself.
The former prevents sex being used for either bribes ("give me a good evaluation and I'll give you a blowjob") or blackmail ("give me a blowjob or I won't give you a good evaluation.") The Royal Navy takes a dim view of both as they undermine discipline – crewmen will be wondering, with reason, if Midshipwoman X was promoted because she sucked Lieutenant Y. There are clear procedures for reporting such sexual contact and, if proven to be real, everyone involved would be in deep shit.
The latter prevents sex from interfering with a fighting unit's cohesion. A mixed-sex group intending to fight together cannot do so if some of its members are sleeping with other members. (Or at least that's the RN's view on the matter.) Again, there are clear procedures in place, although these are deemed less effective because there isn't such a stench of rat around such affairs. (And because some units tend to close ranks around the offenders, making it hard for outsiders to prove anything.) The RN tends to transfer people involved to other ships rather than make a fuss about it, at least the first time around.
(These regulations apply equally to straight and homosexual sex. The RN doesn't give a damn if someone prefers women to men or vice versa. What it cares about is combat effectiveness in the face of the enemy.)
By these lights, the relationship between Kurt and Rose was flat-out against regulations and, to be fair, they only entered into a relationship when they thought they were both going to die before they could be put in front of a court martial. The best they could reasonably expect from a court would be dishonourable discharge, which would have ensured they wouldn't have much chance of finding a second job in space. This is why it was an effective blackmail weapon, all the more so as they kept on the affair even after returning to Earth the first time. They showed astonishing moral courage in going to their superiors after the blackmail episode began.
Henry/Charles Augustus's relationship with Janelle is more complicated. On the face of it, they're not in the same chains of command and there are no grounds for their superiors objecting to the relationship. Even if it were doomed from the start, it wouldn't be seen as a major problem, as long as it didn't interfere with their work. Ted might have rolled his eyes – he's old enough to see quite a few relationships shatter when one party is transferred to another ship – but he wouldn't do anything about it.
Complicating matters, however, is the simple fact that Henry is a member of the Royal Family, perhaps the Heir to the Throne. Janelle does not know this. Ted and James hit the roof about this when they find out because this relationship will literally ruin Janelle's life – the press will be after her, the Royal Family will probably dissect her life to see if there's anything that renders her unsuitable to be the next Queen, everyone will insist she's too thin or too plain … in short, her life will no longer be her own. (Remember those facebook photos you posted when you were drunk and how they can pop up years later to ruin your life?) This happens in real life. Diana went through hell because the media saw her as their plaything, while nude photos of Kate made their way onto the internet.
As far as Ted's concerned, Henry's desire for a normal relationship, for a girlfriend who isn't either a gold-digger or someone willing to brag to the press about nailing the Prince has shattered Janelle's life … and she doesn't even know it! When Henry's presence is revealed, someone will remember that he was dating Janelle … why should she try to hide it when she doesn't know what she's actually doing?
I don't see anything particularly wrong with Ted being steamed over the whole affair. By regulations, they've done nothing wrong. But morally, the whole situation stinks like a piece of meat that's been left out in the noonday sun.
But what can they do?
Hopefully, that makes sense.
I'm currently finishing up the first draft of Bookworm III, in which The Best Laid Plans start to fall apart <grin.> This has been irritating because we've been going to childbirth classes, which are meant to help people know what's going on when they (or their wives) give birth. There's both a set of private classes and one hosted by the NHS, both of which have their strengths and weaknesses. The former, in particular, is aimed at people who have more disposal income – everyone there is older and having first-time children – and is amazingly intensive. Too intensive; I kept threatening to drop off midway through the day.
Anyway, my current plan is to try to finish the draft of Warspite before going to the hospital, but the baby may have other plans. Aisha is actually hoping the child will make an appearance before the estimated due date, but … well, we will see.
On other news, I will probably (unless the baby intervenes) go to NOVACON 14-16 November. I will be bringing a handful of copies of Schooled In Magic and First Strike with me, but I can't carry very many. Please let me know if you will be attending and if you want one, in which case I will reserve it – if not, first come first served.
I may or may not (depending on interest) write an essay on the 'fear of discrimination' at some point. And probably one why more people really should read '1984' as well as 'Animal Farm.' And maybe one on what Monty Python can tell people attacking Amazon.


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Kansas City prisoner 'blessed' to be free after lookalike found
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Image caption Richard Anthony Jones (pictured right) was released because investigators found his lookalike (left)
A US prisoner who spent 17 years in jail for a robbery he did not commit has spoken of his relief that researchers found his lookalike.
Richard Anthony Jones from Kansas was released from jail after witnesses said they could not tell the two men apart.
A judge ruled there was no evidence to keep him in jail.
Mr Jones said finding a photo of the other man - who as well as looking like him, shares the same first name - was a "needle in a haystack moment".
'I don't believe in luck, I believe I was blessed,' Mr Jones told the Kansas City Star.
So far no criminal case has been filed against his double - known only as Ricky - who gave evidence at Mr Jones's robbery retrial and denied committing the crime.
While not saying Ricky was responsible, the judge found that based on the new evidence, no reasonable juror would have convicted Mr Jones.
Image caption Mr Jones (pictured on the right) said the discovery of his lookalike was a 'needle in a haystack moment'
Mr Jones said that he began to despair that he would ever be released from jail after repeated efforts to appeal against his 19-year conviction for a 1999 robbery.
"All my appeals had been denied. It has been a rough ride," he said.
But in 2015 he told researchers from the Midwest Innocence Project - a group that aids wrongly convicted prisoners - about a man called Ricky he had heard about. Mr Jones had been told by fellow inmates that he looked identical to Ricky.
"When I saw the picture of my double it all made sense to me," he said.
Mr Jones had been convicted based mostly on eyewitness evidence.
Rape charge overturned after 24 years
Why there could be many identical copies of you
There was no physical, DNA or fingerprint evidence that linked him to the crime.
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Image caption Richard Anthony Jones celebrated with his family last week after being released from jail
The researchers found that not only did the other man bear an uncanny resemblance to Mr Jones, he lived near the scene of the crime in Kansas City, Kansas, whereas Mr Jones lived across the state line in Kansas City, Missouri.
Lawyers for Mr Jones also said he was with his girlfriend and her family at the time members of the public were robbed in a park.
They argued that police identity procedures 17 years ago were deeply flawed.
A lawyer working on his case said the team were "floored by how much" Mr Jones and his double looked alike.
Mr Jones told the Kansas City Star that he was now adjusting to life outside of jail and was happy to be back with his children.
Illinois man has rape charge overturned after 24 years
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Video 'Do you look like me?': Finding my doppelganger

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Winn Ballet Conservatory, established within the last year focusses on intensive ballet instruction. The studio currently strives to provide serious dancers with the training necessary to become professional dancers and for those who are willing to strive for advancement in the art form. Along with ballet technique, the studio provides a well-rounded curriculum to help its students achieve the strength and flexibility necessary for ballet.


EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR FUTURE EXAMS BY IBPS.
officers -=- graduation with 60% marks.
be conducted by the IBPS.
iii relative weightage for written examination and interview will be 80:20.
vii. one examination for each cadre may be held annually.
decided in its meeting with HR Heads of Public Sector Banks on 14.09.2012.
Examination (CWE) is well publicized.
(ii) CEO of all PSBs.
Why there is criteria of 60% in graduation even the toughest exams viz. IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS don't have like this.


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White Bird celebrates an old master, Nicole Byer comes to town, and Lisa Jarrett's hair-centric show closes at the Ori.
By Conner Reed, Rebecca Jacobson, Fiona McCann, and Kiva Hanson 11/20/2019 at 2:29pm
CNDC performs Biped, which you can catch this weekend at the Newmark, courtesy of White Bird.
Image: Jef Rabillon
7:30 p.m. Thurs, Powell's City of Books, FREE
One of our reigning queens of cultural criticism, West follows Shrill—her dagger-sharp essay collection–turned–Hulu series—with The Witches Are Coming, which tackles patriarchy, the myth of reverse sexism, and the maddening ways our culture refuses to hold men accountable for objectively awful deeds.
Sibelius' The Tempest
7:30 p.m. Fri & Sun, 2:30 p.m. Sat, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $31–125
In 1926, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius wrote what many consider his finest work: incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Now, with the help of the PSU chamber choir, the Symphony brings it to the Schnitz for a production directed by acclaimed opera director Mary Birnbaum.
7:30 p.m. Thurs–Sun, Portland Opera, $30–60
Fresh off its premiere at the Steppenwolf in Chicago, La Ruta comes to the Portland Opera's intimate inner-Southeast space via Artists Rep. Based on real testimony, the play explores a series of disappearances in Juárez, Mexico, incorporating live music and a nonlinear structure
CLOSING: Macbeth
7:30 p.m. Thurs–Sat, 2 p.m. Sun, Portland Center Stage, $21–42
Former Profile artistic director Adriana Baer directs a reworked, all-female version of The Scottish Play, edited by buzzy New York Obie winner Lee Sunday Evans. Evans's script has been produced before, and the New York Times called it an "irreducibe, transcendent" adaptation that "commands engagement."
7:30 p.m. Thurs–Sat, 2 p.m. Sun, Lakewood Center for the Arts, $20–34
Remember when Tom Stoppard and a pre-Goop Gwyneth Paltrow won Oscars for the same motion picture? Lakewood does! Their production of the Shakespeare in Love stage adaptation, which premiered in London in 2014, promises "mistaken identities, backstage antics, and onstage drama," and while it does not promise Judi Dench in heart-stopping royal drag, you can't always get what you want (to quote the Bard).
Brenda Mallory
11 a.m.–6 p.m. Thurs–Sat, Upfor Gallery, FREE
The mixed-media artist and Cherokee Nation member transforms unremarkable, often discarded objects—linen firehoses, rubber drive belts, honeycomb packaging paper—into striking sculptures. In this solo exhibit, Mallory digs into "ideas of reclamation and reformation."
CLOSING: Future Ancestors
1 p.m.–7 p.m. Thurs–Sat, Ori Gallery, FREE
A collaboration between Portland's Lisa Jarrett, Chamori writer and artist Lehua M. Taitano, and artist Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng that examines cross-cultural histories with audio and large-scale photographs. Check out our preview here.
The Art of Reading
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Thurs–Sat, Portland Art Museum, $17–20
It was the end of the 19th century and posters were having a moment. Produced using color lithography, they advertised periodicals—Harper's, Lippincotts, The Century—with illustrations from artists like art nouveau designer Will Bradley and painter Maxfield Parrish. Now PAM puts some of the brightest representatives of this design moment on display, many drawn from the collection of Portlanders Daniel Bergsvik and Donald Hastler.
CNDC-Angers/Robert Swinston
7:30 p.m. Thurs–Sat, Newmark Theatre, $30–75
To celebrate Centralia-born dance icon Merce Cunningham's centennial, White Bird brings France's National Center for Contemporary Dance to perform two of Cunningham's best at the Newmark: Biped, which features towering streams of ghostly light developed using motion capture technology, and Beach Birds, which is a very funny joke.
CLOSING: Death and Delight
7:30 p.m. Thurs–Sat, BodyVox Dance Center, $32–52
Violent delights, violent ends, and a few pas de bourrees for good measure. Contemporary dance group/school BodyVox marries selections from Profokiev's Romeo and Juliet and Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream for an evening of "hip hop fairies, misguided romance, and gender-bending role playing."
8 p.m. Thurs, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Fri–Sat, Helium Comedy Club, $17–29
Aside from her tenure voicing virtually every supporting character on Tuca & Bertie, you might know Nicole Byer from one of her three incredible podcasts or for hosting Netflix's baking show Nailed It!. She's everywhere right now, and deservedly so—as fate would have it, "everywhere" includes five shows at Helium.
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More than six months since Mark Zuckerberg unveiled plans to connect the world to the web using drones, more details have emerged about how exactly these flying Wi-Fi hotspots will work.
At a summit in New York, Facebook's engineering director announced the vehicles will be closer in size to jumbo jets, than traditional drones, and they'll soar at 65,000ft (19,800 metres).
The firm also announced it will begin testing the drones in an unspecified location above the US as soon as next year.
Facebook aims to use a mix of solar-powered aircraft and low-orbit satellites to beam signals carrying the internet to hard-to-reach locations.
The drones, flying at 65,000ft (19,800 metres), will be capable of staying in the air for months.
They are relatively cheap and will be most effective for suburban areas that do not have the cables or infrastructure to carry internet or telephone signals.
The drones are effectively mobile phone masts in the sky and bounce smartphone communications between satellites and base stations on Earth.
Low-orbit and geosynchronous satellites, which have orbits that match the Earth's rotation and are effectively stationary, will cover more remote areas in Africa and Asia.
The internet access would be transmitted in the form of free-space optical communication, or FSO, which transmits data using infrared laser beams.
It could then be just three to five years until the super-sized, solar-powered drones are hovering above remote parts of the world to provide internet access.


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Q: How to concate multiple row into single row in ordered distinct value? I want to concate multiple row into single row using bigquery
I have table like this
A           |    B    |   C     |   D      |
09-10-2019  |    1    |   math  |  social  |
09-10-2019  |    1    |   math  |  science |
09-10-2019  |    1    |   math  |  science |

i want result table like this
A           |    B    |   C     |   D               |
09-10-2019  |    1    |   math  |  science, social  |

but my code got result like this
A           |    B    |   C               |        D                   |
09-10-2019  |    1    |   math,math,math  |  science, science, social  |

i am order using
group_concat(unique(C),",") over(partition by A, B ORDER BY C)
group_concat(unique(D),",") over(partition by A, B ORDER BY D)

but i got an error

A: Below is for BigQuery Standard SQL
#standardSQL
SELECT a, b,
  (SELECT STRING_AGG(c ORDER BY c) FROM UNNEST(c_distinct) c) c,
  (SELECT STRING_AGG(d ORDER BY d) FROM UNNEST(d_distinct) d) d
FROM (
  SELECT a, b,
    ARRAY_AGG(DISTINCT c) AS c_distinct,
    ARRAY_AGG(DISTINCT d) AS d_distinct
  FROM `project.dataset.table`
  GROUP BY a, b
)

you can test, play with above using sample data from your question as in below example
#standardSQL
WITH `project.dataset.table` AS (
  SELECT '09-10-2019' a, 1 b, 'math' c, 'social' d UNION ALL
  SELECT '09-10-2019', 1, 'math', 'science' UNION ALL
  SELECT '09-10-2019', 1, 'math', 'science'
)
SELECT a, b,
  (SELECT STRING_AGG(c ORDER BY c) FROM UNNEST(c_distinct) c) c,
  (SELECT STRING_AGG(d ORDER BY d) FROM UNNEST(d_distinct) d) d
FROM (
  SELECT a, b,
    ARRAY_AGG(DISTINCT c) AS c_distinct,
    ARRAY_AGG(DISTINCT d) AS d_distinct
  FROM `project.dataset.table`
  GROUP BY a, b
)

with result
Row a           b   c       d
1   09-10-2019  1   math    science,social

A: Use string_agg():
select a, b,
       string_agg(c, ',' order by c) as cs,
       string_agg(d, ',' order by d) as ds
from t
group by a, b;

That said, I would recommend arrays instead:
select a, b,
       array_agg(c order by c) as cs,
       array_agg(d order by d) as ds
from t
group by a, b;

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Patagonia: In Business to Save our Home Planet
How Patagonia is setting a higher standard for businesses to reach their full potential and achieve more than just the bottom line.
"Patagonia is in business to save our home planet."
– Yvon Chouinard
Patagonia's newly-revised mission statement which focuses even more emphasis on environmental impact, necessitated problem solving of key strategic issues, organizational shifts, as well as an evaluation of challenges and opportunities to guide the future of the business. The core team sought strategic discussion, scenario planning, decision making, and alignment to set priorities and direction for the next 5 years.
The Outcome:
Patagonia's leadership team built a 5-year strategic roadmap re-examining everything from their new mission statement to their bold strategic initiatives for all areas of the business. The result was a clear picture of the organization they want to become in 5-10 years to reach their full potential.
We are in the business to save our home planet.
The Approach:
OnStrategy facilitated the process to develop Patagonia's 2020-25 strategic direction. The approach included connecting individually with each core team member, business unit director and channel VPs as part of the pre-planning process. Our senior strategists, Erica Olsen and Kim Perkins, facilitated a series of eight, 1-day strategy sessions with Patagonia's core leadership team that included agenda development, pre-read summaries and post-session notes; post-session follow-up and process refinement. The ultimate deliverable was a 5-year plan outlining the bold strategic shifts for the major areas of the business, specifically addressing Board of Directors and the CEO's strategic questions about the future.
Team Interviews: We connected one-on-one with each core team member, business unit director and channel VP as part of the pre-planning process.
Onsite Planning Sessions: OnStrategy facilitated a series of eight 1-day strategy sessions with Patagonia's with the core team including agenda development, pre-read summaries and post-session notes.
Strategy Design: Identifying strategic issues and priorities from the executive team and directors to influence the design and direction of an actionable roadmap with goals, accountabilities and timelines across all divisions and regions worldwide.
Development of a 5-Year Plan: In collaboration with Patagonia's team, OnStrategy helped outline the bold strategic shifts for the major areas of the business, specifically addressing the Board of Directors and the CEO's strategic questions about the future.
One-Page Strategic Plan & Communication Materials: Developed communication tools to inform the whole organization of the priorities and why they matter.
The Deliverables
OnStrategy provided Patagonia's core team with a summary of strategic issues, shifts and decisions made; scenario planning/recommendations for the Board; and a high-level plan with a clear set of priorities tied to the mission and overall impact of the brand:
Scenario Planning: Compiled three scenario evaluations including the core team's recommended direction for the Board.
SWOTs: Summarized SWOT reports for each category, channel and area of the business.
Future State Narratives: Category view and summary of strategic direction, market position, product leadership, marketing/distribution strategy, and mission impact for each business unit.
One-Page Strategic Plan: High-level summary of strategic direction and brand priorities.
Narrative Strategic Plan: Detailed strategic decisions, intent, mission impact and direction.
Strategy Session Notes: Detailed documentation of all meetings.
With a keen focus on sustainability and the future of our planet, Patagonia, together with OnStrategy, aligned their leadership team around a new weighty mission statement and agreed to recommendations to take to the Board of Directors. They tackled strategic issues to ensure they become the company they envision in the next 5-10 years and identified necessary organizational shifts to realize their mission, create higher industry standards and increase their brand impact. The team articulated guiding brand priorities to direct the future state of the business.
The impact? A clear line-of-sight into how Patagonia can grow and save their home planet.
Future Vision: A clear, concise and agreed-upon future state for the business.
Team Alignment: Core team alignment to a shared strategic direction and recommendations to the Board of Directors.
Bold Direction Setting: Decisions around key strategic issues defining how the company wants to evolve in the next 5-10 years.
Organizational Shifts: Identified necessary shifts within Patagonia to further their mission, create higher industry standards, and have greater impact as a brand.
Brand Priorities: Articulated a set of brand priorities to guide the company for the next 3-5 years.
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Henry Harrison Ford (March 11, 1844 - September 23, 1887) was a member of the Texas House from 1873 to 1874.

Life
He was born on March 11, 1844, in Mississippi to David Ford and Maria Van Dyke Hamilton. He married Eugenia Rebecca Stark on May 9, 1867. They had 5 children born between 1868 and 1879. He died on September 23, 1887, at the age of 43.

Politics
He served in the Texas House from 1873 to 1874.

References

1844 births
1887 deaths
Members of the Texas House of Representatives
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Sydney Water has appointed George Hunt as its new CIO, replacing Stephen Wilson who had been in the role since June 2012 and will soon be retiring.
Hunt – who will join the organisation on March 14 – is currently global consulting partner for utilities with Wipro in the United Kingdom.
Prior to this role, Hunt was CIO at Wessex Water between July 2011 and October 2013. He has also been CIO/business transformation director at CSC, chief technology officer at the water and power division of RWE AG, with responsibility for the technology operations of Thames Water and American Water.
Sydney Water managing director, Kevin Young, said the appointment demonstrated that the organisation was able to attract the best international talent.
"George has more than 20 years' experience in senior IT leadership and business transformation roles," Young said.
Young said Hunt will oversee the rollout of a customer-focused IT roadmap at Sydney Water.
Hunt said in a statement that he was excited to join a progressive organisation that was providing an important service.
"As Australia's largest water utility, working at Sydney Water presents me with a great challenge as well as a wonderful opportunity," he said.
Hunt will continue the work done by previous CIO, Stephen Wilson. In 2014, the organisation boosted its mobility credentials by rolling out Apple iPads and Windows 8 smartphones across most or its workforce.
Since then, the organisation has also deployed the Microsoft Office 365 cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite and Microsoft Lync.
Customer-oriented mobile apps are a key focus for Sydney Water, Wilson said at the time. The organisation had formed a cross-functional team, which included staff from IT, customer service and delivery, to determine the way forward with these mobile apps.
Stephen Wilson told CIO Australia that he is still working at Sydney Water part time and will 'hand over' to Hunt when he arrives next month. He said he intends to retire from full time work and will have a break before considering non-executive director roles.


OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) - $64 a month: That's the difference between a San Diego couple having a roof over their heads or being out on the street. They live in affordable housing and the rent just increased.
"I was like all excited to live here and then it's just like a big drop, you have to leave," said Carolyn Moore.
Moore and her husband moved into their Oceanside apartment in December. They signed a one-year lease paying $992 a month. She tells Team 10 their combined income is only around $1,500 a month.
Team 10 discovered the Area Median Income in San Diego is relatively high, and that number drives the rental rates for affordable housing. The increase in AMI meant Carolyn's rent was going up.
Moore told Team 10 investigator Adam Racusin there is there a possibility she and her husband will end up on the street.
The developer tells 10News the AMI didn't change from 2010 to 2015, meaning rents for people in affordable housing didn't change. As the recession ended, AMI increased.
Moore gets Social Security and her income isn't keeping pace.
The lease she and her husband signed includes a provision that if the Area Median Income or AMI rises, then her rent will increase.
The developer told 10News due to income restrictions mandated by the financing structure of affordable housing, developers of affordable housing may adjust rental rates up – or down - upon HUD's release of the updated Area Median Income and upon the publishing of the utility allowance by the local governing agency.
Their ability to incrementally raise rents is critical to underwriting affordable housing developments.
Increasing or decreasing the rent based on rates the government publishes yearly is often a provision in the loan documents and is statutorily required in many cases depending on the financing source.
"When we see the cost of living increase and the income that a family has to be able to pay that cost of living not increase, people get caught in the middle," said Greg Anglea.
Anglea is the Chief Executive Officer of Interfaith Community Services, an organization that helps people in financial need get back on their feet.
Their services include homeless prevention, bridge housing, and permanent housing.
People on fixed incomes struggling to keep up with the median rate across the county is something he's seen before.
"We really need to be creating more entry-level housing," Anglea said.
Moore tells 10News she put her 30 days' notice in but isn't sure where they'll end up.
"I try to be strong inside, but inside it's just like, oh man here we go again," she said.
Area median income is released around March every year, and the utility allowance is released around June.
Together they can raise and lower the amount someone pays. Rents can go down if the cost of gas and electricity goes up, which would then decrease the rent because affordable housing developments must provide tenants with a utility allowance, which is deducted from the rent.


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REVIEW: Cold Pursuit (2019)
Grant Watson	on February 6, 2019
Nelson Coxman (Liam Neeson) lives a quiet life as a snowplow driver in a Colorado ski town. His long, dedicated service has seen him receive Citizen of the Year. His idyllic life is shattered when his adult son is found dead, apparently from a heroin overdose. Refusing to believe the evidence, he soon discovers his son was murdered at the behest of a local drug kingpin. His attempts at revenge soon have that kingpin at war with a criminal rival, until the entire town is caught in the middle of a violent turf war.
From the outside Cold Pursuit seems set to be a predictable and ordinary picture, featuring as it does genre stalwart Liam Neeson in the role of an ordinary person forced to violently fight back gangs of criminals. It is a film Neeson has made, in one variation or another, on an annual basis since Taken in 2008. He has, in effect, replaced Harrison Ford as Hollywood's premier star of middle-aged action cinema. Thankfully, in the viewing Cold Pursuit is a delightful surprise. The familiar blunt physical violence is paired here with an exceptional seam of self-aware, bleak comedy. It erupts from what should be traumatically upsetting violence, contrasting against it and generating laughs not simply through humour but by the shock of the twists in tone. In at least one scene it also does the reverse, hurling a shocking joke at the viewer than pausing just long enough for the viewer to recognise the utter horror of the moment too. It's this back-and-forth ambivalence that makes Cold Pursuit sing, and giving it the familiar awkward tone of a Coen Brothers or Martin McDonagh picture. This one comes from Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland, and remakes his own 2014 film In Order of Disappearance (which, to offer full disclosure, I have not seen).
Liam Neeson has a gift for deadpan comedy that Hollywood rarely exploits. Here his performance as Nelson "Nels" Coxman is delightfully absurd. Nels should be well out of his depth, yet seems to have a preternatural gift for killing drug dealers and secretly dumping their bodies over the local waterfall. His murders are so effective it creates misunderstandings among the local gangsters and accidentally spark off a bloody tit-for-tat sequence of revenge killings. By underplaying his own part, Neeson makes the comedy progressively funnier as the film goes on. That said, Neeson's frankly bizarre admission in promotional interviews that as a young man he entertained committing a race-motivated revenge killing puts quite a dent in his performance. It would be completely understandable to avoid this film altogether, despite its enormous creative merits. Neeson has transformed himself into an uncomfortable person to watch, at least for a while to come.
The supporting cast are excellent, with most playing various nick-named gangsters from two rival gangs. The first is led by the fastidious and sadistic Viking (Tom Bateman), An Ayran-style snob exaggerated right to the edge of what remains both funny and believable. The other is ruled by White Bull (Tom Jackson), a much less amusing but far more resonant Native American leader who bristles at his territory being overtaken by a white American luxury ski lodge. The film handles its representation of Native Americans with a variable quality. Each member of White Bull's gang showcases individual depth and nuance, but they feel somewhat tokenistic and silly overall. Things are also disappointing when the film pairs a stereotypical Asian girlfriend with Nels' older brother (played marvellously by William Forsythe). Elizabeth Thai plays her well, but on the page it is a slightly risible character. Laura Dern is excellent as Nels' wife, but she is terribly under-utilised and leaves the picture much too early. The film tends to neglect its female cast overall. The largest female role likely goes to Emmy Rossum's ambitious police officer Kimberly Dash, and even then there is a sense she could have done a lot more in the story.
Many characters leave the picture with a striking rapidity; each death is charmingly marked with a caption screen giving their name, nickname, and some indication of their religion (there are a lot of crosses and eagles). It gives the film a distinctive and slightly formal tone, and that only aids in expanding the comedic elements. The film's production elements are mostly well-developed. The stark snowy setting looks great on the big screen, and Moland does not miss an opportunity to spatter it with blood. The various settings all reflect their related characters well. Nels lives in a warm, brown cabin with plenty of wooden detailing. Viking lives in a positive lair of glass and steel. George Fenton's musical score is over-played from time to time; he could easily have trusted the film's absurd comedy to speak for itself.
Cold Pursuit is not a flawless film, and the drawbacks it has are the sort that can turn a viewer right off a picture. It's representations of race are just a little lazy and dubious, and it could use its female cast much better than it does. It also uses a homosexual couple in a manner that you could praise and criticise. Put all of that aside for a moment, and you can find a tremendously funny black comedy, and likely the best film of its kind since In Bruges. It just feels, between the film's own quirks and Liam Neeson's ill-timed confession, a little tainted. Buyer apply your own feelings about these things, and beware.
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Major funding boost for White City-based startup Arborea
by Amna Siddiq, Mike Jones 23 August 2021
Agri food tech startup Arborea expands from Imperial's White City Campus to Portugal, after securing €3.6m of investment to scale up its technology.
Following success in developing both the technology and the business proposition within the Imperial ecosystem, this seed funding will allow Arborea to scale up production with a demonstration facility just outside of Lisbon.
The €3.6 million funding will support the business to scale its BioSolar Leaf technology at the new facility in Portugal, which will be used to demonstrate the company's ability to cultivate commercial-grade high-value functional ingredients and proteins used in food and beverage and nutraceutical applications.
Arborea's technology is unique. The team have spent the last five years researching the best way to grow organic, healthy food ingredients with the smallest environmental impact, aiming to feed the world's present and future generations while protecting the planet. Global food security is an increasingly important problem driven by population growth and climate change, exacerbated by slowing crop yield improvements and dwindling availability of new agricultural land.
"Our aim is to create the most sustainable and affordable protein source to feed our future generations" Julian Melchiorri CEO, Arborea
Arborea's breakthrough cultivation technology mimics the functioning mechanisms of a real leaf. It is able to self-maintain the ideal growth conditions in the same way across all scales and with the smallest energy inputs. It can also sequester carbon from the atmosphere at normal pressures, meaning no additional energy is needed within the process.
Through its use of synthetic photosynthesis, the output of carbon sequestering is a protein-rich food supplement. This means the technology can tackle not just the issue of increasing levels of carbon in the atmosphere, but also in providing a sustainable solution for food production.
Arborea's technology can deliver this without causing additional damage to the natural environment that is associated with agriculture at this scale, such as deforestation, use of chemicals for producing higher yields, or from disrupting water supplies from rivers, streams or lakes.
Imperial's role in Arborea's growth
Arborea was founded by alumnus Julian Melchiorri, who completed two masters in Innovation Design Engineering in 2014, a course administered jointly by Imperial and the Royal College of Art. With huge potential for the company to make a hugely positive impact on the world, CEO Julian Melchiorri highlighted that the journey to the Iberian peninsula started at Imperial.
"Without Imperial I wouldn't be able to be where I am" said Melchiorri. "At the start it was just a desk in the Incubator (previously based at the South Kensington Campus) and I loved getting to learn from others who were early in their start-up journey about how to be more entrepreneurial."
"I was fortunate to receive grant funding from SynbCITE with support from Professor Paul Freemont, I was also able to secure a space at the Victoria & Albert Museum. For 18 months I worked on developing a proof of concept for the technology, and it was fantastic to be able to be so close to other innovators in the area."
However, it wasn't long before aspirations grew and opportunities arose, and conversations with the College suggested a move a little further west might provide the chances Arborea were seeking. "Imperial understood the vision for the company and the huge potential that the technology has. They helped me identify funding and partnership opportunities. I have enormous gratitude to Imperial and the journey was extremely smooth- for providing us with the lab space and equipment through to getting the pilot running."
White City experience
It was an invaluable move for the fledgling company. With a lot of technical expertise and an increasing level of business acumen, the growing team were able to utilise the space at the I-HUB at White City Campus to enhance their work, while also making more valuable connections with other start-ups and learn from their experiences.
"We made some great connections. In particular, sharing information with each other about some of the challenges we might face or the opportunities we could capitalise was invaluable. There is so much energy and enthusiasm and a real entrepreneurial atmosphere at the White City Campus" said Melchiorri. "It has been such an important part of our company's development."
Julian Melchiorri said: "We have a vast critical mass of scientists and engineers for cutting-edge innovation here in White City. Being around entrepreneurs and innovators is fundamental."
Julian Melchiorri speaking about Arborea's technology at an event in the I-HUB (2018)
Challenges of the pandemic
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, and shortly before Arborea were to embark on their subsequently successful fundraising round, they were discussing possibilities for deploying the technology across the White City area with Hammersmith and Fulham Council. The idea would be that they would place their carbon sequestering plants on the top of some of the buildings, helping improve air quality in the area.
The new funding, though, enabled them to secure the site in Portugal, where the weather will be more effective at demonstrating the potential of the technology, and improve their product for future opportunities around the world.
Melchiorri also benefitted from the insights of Imperial's range of business development professionals who specialise in supporting enterprising activities and entrepreneurship, such as Naveed Chaudhry, (Greenhouse Lead at the Grantham Institute). "He helped by putting me in touch with a terrific venture capitalist," said Melchiorri. He added "The timing wasn't right for them, but they might be an investor at their next financing round. Pitching and closing the deals virtually was very different from what I had prepared for, but we managed it and I'm really thankful to those who have backed our company."
Future of Arborea
While the immediate future of production sees the team heading to Portugal, Arborea will remain closely linked to White City and the College, retaining some operations and looking to recruit graduates to support the next stage of their journey.
"In particular, we're looking for enthusiastic mechanical, chemical and bio engineers that are interested at joining our mission and making healthy and sustainable food the primary choice for everyone" added Melchiorri.
To find out more about ways in which startups and early-stage technologies can be supported across Imperial College London, contact the Enterprise team to speak with our expert advisers.
Find out more about Imperial's White City Campus where we are bringing together researchers, corporate partners, entrepreneurs and the local community to co-exist and co-create on an unprecedented scale, and turning cutting-edge scientific research into real-world benefits for society.
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1And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? 3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.


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Billboard Music Awards 2019: The greatest moments you missed
Drake beat out Cardi B and Ariana Grande, among others, Wednesday to win Billboard's Top Artist grant toward the night's end – making him the most-granted artist at the Billboard Music Awards ever.
"I want to thank my mom for her relentless effort in my life… To win any award is incredible, but to win this award is surreal," he said, thanking the crowd while accepting the trophy for best artist.
Something unadulterated must've been in the water at the BBMAs because night was brimming with popular music lovableness — from Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie's marvelous, Disney-like show opener to Kelly Clarkson's faultless hosting skills.
Peruse on for all the top honors minutes you may have missed.
Taylor Swift opens the show with the live debut of "ME!"
Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie united surprisingly in front of an audience at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards to give "ME!" – Swift's brand-new single – its live debut.
Their performance was brimming with call-outs to Swift's "ME!" music video, including a reenactment of the clasp's beautiful folder case move and Urie reproducing his Mary Poppins-style ride on a flying umbrella. The performance finished with considerably progressively airborne umbrella artists turning while connected to the rooftop.
Host Kelly Clarkson reminds everybody she's an incredible singer
Filling in as the night's host, Clarkson offered the gathering of audience a concoction of the night's nominated songs and artists, helping all of us to remember her astonishing vocal abilities all the while.
In the wake of being tongue in cheek shot out from a seat in the crowd for being "seat filler" by a security guard – otherwise known as Rob Gronkowski – Clarkson opened with Bebe Rexha's refrain from "Meant To Be" with Florida Georgia Line. She at that point propelled into a mixture including bits of Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," Cardi B's "I Like It," Maren Morris' "The Middle," Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa's "One Kiss" and more.
The Jonas Brothers had an awards-show reunion
The Jonas Brothers rejoined at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards to play out their new single, "Sucker," and nobody was progressively eager to see the trio on stage than their leading ladies.
Priyanka Chopra, Sophie Turner and Danielle Jonas sat together in the crowd as their huge others – Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas – performed. Scratch even halted mid-performance to give Chopra a kiss, and Joe paused for a minute to hit the dance floor with his fiancee, Turner.
Ariana Grande brings "7 Rings" to its first awards show
Performing "7 Rings" out of the blue at an entertainment ceremony, Grande reminded everybody what the Grammys could've had if the awards show didn't publicly feud with the singer earlier this year, ultimately causing her to drop out.
Repeating the scenes fans found in the "7 Rings" video, which she's additionally conveyed to her Sweetener world tour, Grande flaunted her rapping abilities in an all-pink gathering while at the same time playing out a fiery dance routine with her experience troupe, featuring a car emblazoned with "Ariana Grande BBMAs."
Grande likewise brought home two honors amid Monday's show, for chart achievement and top female artist.
Madonna runs VR with "Medellin" performance
Spread on the ground, donning high contrast trim and an eye fix, Madonna's performance of her new single "Medellin" featured eye-popping Madonna holograms wearing various similarly-elaborate ensembles. They danced as she and Colombian singer Maluma performed her new single "Medellin."
Thinking about Madonna's history of questionable live performances, her BBMAs set was an interesting new course for the pop star, utilizing computer generated reality to flavor up what would've been a generally normal appearance.
Obviously, "Madame X," as she's marked herself for her new collection, included a lot of sexed-up subtleties in her performance, flashing a garter and waving around a riding crop while on stage.
Mariah Carey helps us to remember her "Icon" status
Presented by Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey made that big appearance to acknowledge the Billboard Music awards' Icon trophy with an exhibition and discourse.
With her whistle register ringing through the assembly room, she made that big appearance to open with a performance of her new song "A No No," transitioning into a medley of classics from "Always Be My Baby" and "Emotions" to "Hero."
"We've all seen them, we've all made mistakes; there's been a few memes. I guess I've always felt like an outsider, someone who doesn't quite belong anywhere – that lost interracial child who's felt like she could succeed anywhere," she said. "To anyone who doesn't allow themselves to be broken… I celebrate you tonight. And to anyone who's ever told me that a song I wrote saved their life, I thank you, because you saved mine."
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China Says Its Drones Are Popular On International Arms Market
China-Made Drones Popular On International Arms Market
(Source: China Daily; issued April 21, 2016)
A number of foreign nations are awaiting delivery of China's CH series military drones, one of the country's most popular products on the international arms market.
The drone family, bearing the name Cai Hong, which means rainbow in Chinese, is considered by experts to be among the most lethal drones on the planet. The newest and largest capacity combat drone in the series, the CH-5, is awaiting government approval for export.
"The total value of contracts we signed in 2015 could definitely be one of the highest in terms of armed drone deals made last year on the international market," Shi Wen, chief drone designer at the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in Beijing, told China Daily in an exclusive interview. He did not provide a figure.
The academy, part of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, is one of China's largest military drone developers. Its CH series drones have been sold to 20 military users from more than 10 foreign countries and are the largest military drone family that China has exported, Shi said.
The early models, CH-1 and CH-2, are small, unarmed reconnaissance craft that have a proven record in locating and monitoring targets. The larger ones — the CH-3 midrange combat and reconnaissance drone and CH-4 mid-altitude, high-endurance armed drone — immediately attracted buyers seeking a powerful, affordable unmanned combat aircraft.
"Our best-selling type so far is the CH-3, while the CH-4 has also received many orders," Shi said, adding that many more countries have expressed a "strong desire" to buy CH drones, but have yet to do so because of their sluggish economies.
Shi declined to disclose which countries have purchased the CH series, only revealing the academy's most valuable sale was worth "hundreds of millions of US dollars".
China Space News reported in January last year that Shi's academy would deliver about 200 CH drones to domestic and foreign users. Earlier reports by Western media cited Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates as known buyers of CH drones.
The first contract to export CH drones was signed in 2003 and fulfilled in 2004, when a South Asian country bought several CH-1s, Shi said. Since then, the buyer has become a loyal user of CH series drones and is negotiating the purchase of some CH-4s, he said.


Children and parents clad in miniskirts, tank tops, shorts are chattering away happily, waiting for the school bus to pick them up. An energetic group of moms, dads, boys, and girls from six years old to mid-late teens, their features indicating diverse ethnicities and different backgrounds — they all go to ASIJ, the American School in Japan. Who knows how many different passports will emerge from this group. Many versions of English are spoken, alongside a smattering of other languages.
The kids from Azalea Hills are among this group too. The area holds a large American School population. There is no indication of a bus stop on the street side but the pickup is easy to spot. It is right in front of the Tokyo jami, Turkish for mosque. The mosque front offers a welcoming open space for the American School kids to wait around. The Forever Forest Upper Field has been a center for the Muslim community since 1938.
"Prayers are like breathing to me" says a Turkish imam who works as a store clerk in a halal store in Shinjuku. A Saudi Arabian student goes to the Jami to attain peace of mind. Women from South East Asian countries working as maids or nannies for the rich English speaking population in the area flock there. There is not much attention paid to ethnicity here; and different cultural backgrounds all find peace here in Arabic, the language of the Koran.
The mosque is the style of the Ottomans — a symbol of Turkish pride. In fact, the Turkish government had brought over a hundred or so artisans to work on its reconstruction, which was completed in 2000.
A mother and daughter associate the Mosque with friendliness. Once, they had been taking a walk; the daughter was then four. She was attracted by the art of the buildings under construction. "Come, come," said the artisans, the mother took up the invitation. They brought the mother and daughter up to the minaret, from where they saw Tokyo far below.
It would have been gorgeous had the sky been Turkish or maybe Mediterranean blue not the low white-grey tinged blue sky. A New Yorker working in a Shinjuku skyscraper points out from the 28th floor the yellow pollution-haze cloud from ground level up to about 200-500 meters, with blue sky above this haze cloud.
The artisans were so delighted to see the four year old having a great time. The girl and the artisans did not speak each other's languages but they had a great time together, while the mother conversed with them in English. Guessing that their minds were also with their children back in Turkey, she wished their children the same happiness that they brought to her four year old. Ten years later, the daughter and her friends, all non-Muslim, were invited to a friendly iftar during Ramadan at the mosque. The door was open to any body, everybody.
The commuter trains roar, packed with salarymen on the elevated railways as American School kids wait for their bus. And the two intercultural communities comfortably share the space with smiles, respect, care. Occasional disturbances come from the bicycle-riding locals who expect to be treated as if they were forerunners in a king's procession. They do not go around the kids but go through as to remind them arrogantly that the land is not yours, it is our king's – don't occupy.
For the bicycle-riding locals their thoughts probably don't go beyond, "I am coming on a bicycle, get out of my way." They don't, won't, and/or can't conceive of the human/e beauty that the scenery offers.
The entrance of the mosque — the American School bus stop — is a space of hope.


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Our site has been completely rebuilt by one of our students, and it is entirely fitting that the talents of experts within our school community are put to such great use for everyone's benefit. We are particularly delighted that the new site will work equally well on all devices including phones and we hope you find it easy to use.
The Academy is an ambitious school, having just posted our best ever set of SQA results and with a growing set of curriculum pathways to make sure that everyone achieves success and finds routes into great careers. Our pathways range through the traditional subjects to our School of Football, Dance Academy, Construction, "Design Engineer Construct", Hospitality, Cake-Decorating amongst others. We really believe in our goal of "Achieving Together" as the way forward for all the stakeholders in the Vale of Leven Community.
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«Somebody That I Used to Know» —en español: «Alguien a quien solía conocer»— es una canción del cantante y compositor Gotye, que cuenta con la colaboración de la cantante neozelandesa Kimbra. Esta canción fue lanzada como segundo sencillo de su tercer álbum de estudio Making Mirrors, el .
El día 2 de septiembre del 2013 la revista Billboard publicó su lista Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs donde se ubicó en la posición n.º 29.

Antecedentes
La canción fue compuesta por Gotye, y refleja sus experiencias vividas en relaciones amorosas. Tuvo gran aceptación de la crítica musical y se convirtió en todo un éxito en 2011 en varias partes del mundo, y particularmente en Australia, donde ha superado el récord de 8 semanas consecutivas en la primera posición que poseían los Savage Garden en el año 1997, con el sencillo «Truly Madly Deeply».

Acusación de plagio
Gotye fue demandado por plagio después de que algunos expertos defendieran el gran parecido con la canción "Seville" (1967) del autor brasileño Luiz Bonfá. En 2013 el cantante australiano admitió haber plagiado parte de la canción de Luiz Bonfá. Llegó a un acuerdo con los herederos de Bonfá para cederles el 45% los beneficios de la canción y tuvo que pagarles cerca de 1 millón de dólares.

Anexo a esa demanda, el intro de este tema tuvo acusaciones por ser idéntico al de Under My Thumb de The Rolling Stones, publicada en Aftermath (1966), con créditos de Keith Richards y Mick Jagger. Originalmente, lo más característico de la canción es el sonido del bajo con efecto fuzz por parte del bajista Bill Wyman y Brian Jones tocando el riff con la marimba, el cual suena exactamente igual en Somebody That I Used to Know, pero con el tempo ligeramente más acelerado.

Versiones
Fue versionada por la banda canadiense de indie Walk off the Earth con la que obtuvo el disco de platino en su país natal gracias a esta versión. Darren Criss y Matt Bomer realizaron su versión en un capítulo de la serie Glee. La banda de pop rock Mayday Parade junto al cantante Vic Fuentes también grabaron su versión la cual fue incluida en el compilado Punk Goes Pop 5, alcanzando el puesto número 18 en el Rock Songs de la Billboard.
El 1 de julio del 2012, apareció en la Final de la Eurocopa 2012, después de que España recibiera el trofeo. El 28 de septiembre del 2012, la banda de rock sinfónico Within Temptation presentó su versión en Q-Music Bélgica como parte del proyecto Within Temptation Friday.  El 14 de octubre del 2012, Shakira interpretó esta canción en un concierto en Baku Crystal Hall a sus 6 meses de embarazo.

Video musical
El video fue dirigido, producido y editado por Natasha Pincus, imprimiéndole al clip, un recurso visual bien logrado. Empieza mostrando el pie de Gotye, imagen sube revelando que esta desnudo y comienza a cantar, poco a poco se va cubriendo su cuerpo a través de figuras en animación Stop motion, en donde Gotye le canta a Kimbra después de haber terminado una relación y lo trata como un extraño. Luego se denota como se va perdiendo la figura de Gotye en el fondo y como Kimbra se torna en un curso inverso, vuelve a su posición original y la pintura desaparece de su cuerpo, demostrando que ambos se han separado.

Formatos

 Descarga digital

Posicionamiento en las listas

Semanales

Certificaciones

Anuales

Premios y nominaciones

El sencillo «Somebody That I Used to Know» fue nominado en distintas ceremonias de premiación. A continuación, una lista de las candidaturas que obtuvo:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width: 2em"| Año
! style="width: 18em"|Ceremonia de premiación
! style="width: 19em"|Premio
! style="width: 3em"|Resultado
! style="width: 3em"|Ref.
|-
|rowspan=6 | 2011
!rowspan=6 | ARIA Music Awards
|Mejor vídeo
|rowspan=8
|rowspan=6 |
|-
|Ingeniería del año
|-
|Productor del año
|-
|Mejor artista masculino
|-
|Mejor lanzamiento pop
|-
|Sencillo del año
|-
|rowspan=7 | 2012
!rowspan=2 | APRA Music Awards
|Canción del año
|rowspan=2 |
|-
|Trabajo australiano más reproducido
|-
!rowspan=2 | Teen Choice Awards
|Mejor canción rock
|rowspan=5
|
|-
|Mejor canción de ruptura
|
|-
!rowspan=2 | MTV Video Music Awards
|Vídeo del año
|rowspan=2 |
|-
|Mejor edición
|-
!MTV Europe Music Awards
|Mejor canción
|
|-
|rowspan=2 | 2013
!rowspan=2 |Premios Grammy de 2013
|Grabación del año
|rowspan=2
|rowspan=2 | |-
|Mejor interpretación vocal de pop dúo/banda
|-
|}

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página oficial de Gotye (en inglés).
 Página oficial de Kimbra (en inglés).
 Muestra de audio de «Somebody That I Used To Know» en Wikimedia.

Baladas pop
Canciones de 2011
Sencillos de Gotye
Canciones en inglés
Sencillos certificados de diamante por la Recording Industry Association of America
Sencillos certificados de triple platino por la Recording Industry Association of America
Sencillos certificados de quíntuple oro por la Bundesverband Musikindustrie
Sencillos certificados de multi platino por la Federación de la Industria Musical Italiana
Sencillos certificados de doble platino por la British Phonographic Industry
Sencillos certificados de doble platino por la IFPI de Austria
Sencillos certificados de doble platino por la IFPI de Dinamarca
Sencillos certificados de doble platino por la Belgian Entertainment Association
Sencillos certificados de doble platino por la Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
Sencillos certificados de platino por Productores de Música de España
Sencillos certificados de platino por la IFPI de Suecia
Sencillos de 2011
Sencillos de rock alternativo
Sencillos número uno en Australia
Sencillos número uno en Alemania
Sencillos número uno en Austria
Sencillos número uno en Bélgica
Sencillos número uno en Billboard Hot 100
Sencillos número uno en Billboard Pop Songs
Sencillos número uno en Billboard Adult Contemporary
Sencillos número uno en la Dance Club Songs de Billboard
Sencillos número uno en Canadian Hot 100
Sencillos número uno en Dinamarca
Sencillos número uno en Francia
Sencillos número uno en Finlandia
Sencillos número uno en Irlanda
Sencillos número uno en Israel
Sencillos número uno en Italia
Sencillos número uno en Nueva Zelanda
Sencillos número uno en Países Bajos
Sencillos número uno en Reino Unido
Sencillos número uno en Suecia
Canciones número uno de LOS40 (España)
Canciones virales
Sencillos número uno en Billboard Digital Songs
Sencillos número uno en Billboard Alternative Songs


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