strategies, operating efficiencies, competitive position, growth opportunities, plans and objectives of management, and other matters.
information available to, and the expectations and assumptions deemed reasonable by us at the time these statements were made.
circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this Announcement.
Shipping Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries.
businesses have not been part of our results of operations for periods following January 1, 2018.
out, bareboat charter, under COAs or in the spot market.
(1)   Owned through a joint venture with Mitsui & Co Ltd. In which we have a 51% interest.
(2)   Expiration date range represents the earliest and latest redelivery periods due to extension options.
(4)   Constructed at Tsuneishi Cebu Shipyard, a subsidiary of Tsuneishi Shipbuilding of Japan.
(6)   Owned through a joint venture with Engen Petroleum Limited, or Engen, in which we have a 50% interest.
various oil cargoes traded by an affiliate of our joint venture partner Vitol Shipping Singapore Ltd. or Vitol.
(8)   Owned through a joint venture with Vitol in which we have a 50% interest.
of these vessels of our choice.
includes management fees and other revenue.
The table below illustrates in general the primary distinctions among these different employment arrangements.
(1)   "Charter hire rate" refers to the basic payment from the charterer for the use of the vessel under time charter.
chartered-out vessels, the charterer is not obliged to pay us the charter hire expense when the vessel is off-hire.
fixed amount per year or part thereof to cover our time and expertise.
Other operating income.                 Other operating income consists of dividend income and foreign exchange gain.
investment in subsidiaries and other operating expenses.
joint ventures are accounted for on an equity basis.
Interest income.    Interest income primarily relates to interest on loans to joint ventures; bank interests; and other interests.
•    fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; and inflation.
operations or financial condition as a separate, stand-alone public company.
measures described below provide investors and analysts useful insight into our financial position and operating performance.
proportionate share of our joint ventures' operating days and also includes charter-in days.
not cover voyage costs and generally are expressed in per day amounts.
reconcile to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
indicative of the ongoing performance of our core operations.
alternatives to loss for the period or any other indicator of our operating performance.
related tax and related non-controlling interest.
loss per share represents this figure divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue for the period.
condensed consolidated results of operations.
(2)       Calendar days: total calendar days the vessels were in our possession for the relevant period.
period during which vessels should be available for generating revenues.
during which vessels are actually available to generate revenues.
(5)       Owned fleet operating days: the number of operating days in which our owned fleet is operating for the relevant period.
option, even if at a given time the remaining period of their charter may be less than 12 months.
of less than one year for the relevant period.
utilization to measure a company's efficiency in technically managing its vessels.
of our joint ventures' operating days and includes charter-in days.
term charter-in days for the relevant period.
unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
be approximately $12,700/day (our only long-term charter-in Handysize (IVS Shikra) was redelivered on August 21, 2018.
$4.3 million for the Unicorn Bunker business for the same period.
vessels to deliver certain cargo contracts rather than chartering in additional short term vessels off the spot market.
contracts rather than chartering in additional short term vessels off the spot market.
redelivered in the in July 2017.
tankers and small tankers vessel revenue was primarily due to a decrease in tanker spot market charter rates in the first half of 2018.
rates in the first half of 2018.
market charter rates in the first half of 2018.
spot market charter rates in the first half of 2018.
additional short-term vessels off the spot market, and the redelivery of the capesize vessels at the end of 2017 in the first half of 2018.
Unicorn Bunker business for the same period.
increased over the first half of 2018.
$13.1 million and $1.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.
which is a component of cost of sales also decreased in the 2018 year as a result of the impairments in September 2017.
into a pool for the 2018 period, which resulted in the vessel incurring voyage expenses as part of the operations.
decrease in the number of tanker vessels operating in the first half of 2018.
additional short-term vessels off the spot market in the first half of 2018.
Unicorn Bunker businesses resulted in a net profit of $3.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2018.
administrative costs similar to those incurred prior to the transitional services agreement.
incurred a similar foreign exchange loss of $0.8 million.
for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
ended June 30, 2017 to a loss of $1.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily relating to the impairment of vessels.
June 30, 2017 was primarily related to operating profits in OACL and Unicorn Bunker.
June 30, 2017 to $13.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 for the same reasons set forth above.
investment in joint ventures or directly in new and secondhand vessels and final balloon payments relating to our credit facilities.
certain other adjustments and conditions and will expire at the completion of the applicable time charter.
borrowings and other debt or equity financings.
million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 as compared to an outflow of $46.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018.
Spin-Off of $11.7 million and the payment of costs associated with the Spin-Off of $4.1 million.
outstanding under the existing facilities.
in order to comply with environmental and other governmental regulations and in connection with our vessel acquisitions.
cash consideration. In addition, we may also explore purchases of vessels held in other joint ventures in the future.
associated with the installation of ballast water treatment systems.
depending on the condition of the vessel.
to vessel assets or vessel equipment.
estimate that 4 of our vessels (of which three are held in joint ventures) will be drydocked during the first half of 2018.
Below is a summary of our significant debt obligations.
•    a ratio of debt to market adjusted tangible fixed assets of not more than 75%.
•    effect a change of ownership or control of the relevant borrower group under each facility.
continue to conduct our business.
would adversely affect our ability to conduct our business.
the interest rates charged on outstanding indebtedness.
Arrangements", entered into as of that date.
please see other discussions under "—Factors Affecting our Results of Operations and Financial Condition" above.
their guarantee. As of June 30, 2018, $3.5 million remained outstanding under such facility.
was terminated on June 1, 2018 and this guarantee was released.
under the joint venture agreement relating to maturing debt obligations of the joint venture.
partially offset by the sale of Unicorn Bunker in January 2018 and the release from the related debt obligation.
separately disclosed "Contract asset" and "Contract liability" in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position.
Contract asset relates to the unbilled revenue that was previously included in Other receivables and prepayment - Voyage in progress.
contracts that are not completed contracts at January 1, 2018.
expected credit losses for all of our trade receivables and other financial assets.
fluctuate significantly based upon the supply of and demand for seaborne shipping capacity.
these contracts is to minimize the risks and costs associated with our variable-rate debt and are not for speculative or trading purposes.
six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, by $0.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively.
Our primary economic environment is the international shipping market. This market utilizes the U.S. dollar as its functional currency.
denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, being the Japanese Yen. The Japanese Yen facility was settled in May 2018.
could increase in the future, which could expand our exposure to losses arising from currency fluctuations.
to protect against currency fluctuations. We may seek to hedge this currency fluctuation risk in the future.
financial statements, which resulted from fair value profit.
which may reduce our profitability. We do hedge some of our exposure to bunker price risk from time to time.
June 30, 2018 and 2017, by $0.8 million and $0.3 million, respectively.
we trade with customers with an appropriate credit history. We do not take out credit default insurance.
We do not expect inflation to be a significant risk to direct expenses in the current and foreseeable economic environment.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
number of ordinary shares of 19,063,833 shares representing the number of shares issued and outstanding as at 18 June 2018.
Primarily listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and Secondarily on the Main Board of the JSE.
19,063,832 ordinary shares of the company on the same date.
and 2017 were authorised for issue by the Board of Director of Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd on 29 August 2018.
residual differences recognised as capital reserves.
statements of Grindrod Shipping Pte. Ltd. and Grindrod Shipping (South Africa) Pty Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2017.
contracts at 1 January 2018.
recognition of lifetime expected credit losses for all trade receivables and other financial assets of the Group.
the recognition of "right of use" of an underlying asset and liabilities will increase for the obligation to make lease payments.
IFRS 16 until the management have completed a detailed review.
may differ from these estimates.
combined financial statements of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2017.
approximate their respective fair values due to the relatively short-term maturity of these financial instruments.
There was no transfer between Level 1 and 2 during the six-months ended 30 June 2018.
and 8.22%) per annum respectively.
4.03% (2017: 1.03% to 2.91%).
months ended 30 June 2018 and 2017.
and 2017 are presented below.
performance of individuals and market trends.
(South African Rands 192 million) for UBS, respectively.
classified as held for sale of $20,665,000.
$5,278,000. See Note 16 for capital commitments.
Certain ships are pledged to secure bank borrowings as disclosed in Note 9.
as transaction cost to the loan account to the extent the loan was drawn down.
Grindrod Shipping Pte. Ltd. and/or Grindrod Shipping Holdings Limited.
average effective interest rate of 5.35% (2017: 3.83%) per annum.
which are subjected to the Group meeting all conditions precedent to drawdown.
breach of loan covenants at 30 June 2018 or 31 December 2017.
incorporation) was retrospectively applied to the financial statements of all prior periods up to 1 January 2017.
vote per share and carry a right to dividends as and when declared by the company.
(1)   The Group derives its vessel and other revenue over time.
expected for the full financial year.
No dividends were declared in the six months ended 30 June 2018.
Grindrod Shipping (South Africa) Pty Ltd to the ultimate holding company, Grindrod Limited.
Services (Asia) Ltd ("Lender") on 17 August 2016 for a credit facility of US$5,800,000.
Lender for 100% of the loan amount ("Mitsui's Guarantee").
Mitsui under the Mitsui Guarantee.
The expenditure will be financed out of cash resources from operations and bank loans.
Date: 30/08/2018 08:55:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE').


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Long time Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tip O'Neill once said that "All politics is local". The truth of this resonates with us at VinoVerve. We think that this holds true for wine as well. So, on this page we honor those wines that are not local to us, but are to someone.
Eventually, we will figure out how to make this interesting but for now, it will probably be a listing of posts.
Tip O'Neill Would Enjoy This!


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Q: Windows 10 - System.Speech.Synthesis cannot get Mobile version of voice In my Windows 10's Language, I have installed 2 version of English Language:

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*US

*United Kingdom

Therefore, in [Settings] > [Time & language] > [Speech]
Under the section [Text-to-Speech], I can see the following options:

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*Microsoft David Mobile

*Microsoft George Mobile

*Microsoft Susan Mobile

*Microsoft Hazel Mobile

*Microsoft Zira Mobile

*Microsoft Mark Mobile

but, in C# WinForm, by using the following code:
using System.Speech.Synthesis;
SpeechSynthesizer ss = new SpeechSynthesizer();
ss.GetInstalledVoices();

I can only get:

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*Microsoft David Desktop

*Microsoft Hazel Desktop

*Microsoft Zira Desktop

I missed Susan, George and Mark.
How can I get Susan, George and Mark voice version in C# WinForm?

A: You can only access the Windows 10 Voices from the Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis Namespace which belongs to the WinRT Framework. So you cant use them in WPF or WinForms.
see:  What are the different between "Windows.Media.SpeechSynthesis" and "System.Speech.Synthesis"?

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The Pretty Things est un groupe britannique de rock fondé en 1963.

Réputé à ses débuts pour son R'n'B basique, souvent considéré comme un clone des Rolling Stones, le groupe s'oriente par la suite vers une musique plus élaborée, culminant en 1968-1970 avec S.F. Sorrow, considéré comme l'un des premiers opéras-rock/albums-concept, et son successeur Parachute, qui ne rencontrent pas de succès commercial. Les Pretty Things poursuivent, depuis, une carrière irrégulière, largement ignorée du grand public, continuant à enregistrer et à donner des concerts jusqu'à ce jour.

Historique

Origines

En 1962, Dick Taylor décide de quitter les Rolling Stones, où il tenait la basse, pour reprendre ses études. Il met toutefois peu de temps pour reformer autour de lui un groupe de blues, poussé par son ami Phil May : les sessions de jam sont alors courantes et permettent aux musiciens de se mélanger, de se connaître. Les Pretty Things – qui tirent leur nom d'une chanson de Bo Diddley, Pretty Thing – naissent autour de Taylor et May, avec John Stax à la basse et Viv Andrews à la batterie, qui ne tardent pas à être rejoints par Brian Pendleton à la guitare rythmique. Le groupe joue dans les clubs autrefois fréquentés par les Rolling Stones qui, peu à peu, délaissent les petites salles pour les grands concerts. Les Pretty Things sont alors considérés comme un simple clone des Stones, en plus rebelle ; du reste, ils se présentent eux-mêmes de cette manière, avec leurs cheveux encore plus longs que ces derniers et leur rhythm and blues encore plus basique et énergique.

Le fait de jouer dans les clubs londoniens réputés leur apporte vite renommée et considération. Ils sont repérés par Fontana Records, en quête d'un groupe à opposer aux Rolling Stones, qui leur fait changer de batteur pour Viv Prince, « le grand prêtre de la folie » selon l'expression de May : il influencera d'une certaine manière Keith Moon des Who. Le succès commercial ne tarde pas à venir : le premier single du groupe, Rosalyn, se classe à la  du hit-parade britannique, succès confirmé par Don't Bring Me Down, qui atteint la dixième place, mais dont les paroles osées entraînent la censure aux États-Unis. Leur premier album, intitulé The Pretty Things (1965) est un succès, qui atteint la sixième place du UK Albums Chart.

Le groupe, toujours en contrat auprès de Fontana, commercialise plusieurs EP qui se vendent plutôt bien (Midnight to Six Man). Les Pretty Things commencent à composer eux-mêmes (£.S.D., Buzz the Jerk, You Don't Believe Me) des titres bien rock et fortement inspirés du rhythm and blues. Mais cette fois, hormis chez les connaisseurs, les ventes ne décollent pas : leur second album, Get the Picture?, passe largement inaperçu ; en outre, le choix de leur manager Bryan Morrison de ne pas faire de tournée aux États-Unis, leur ferme pour de bon cet immense marché (ils n'y jouent pour la première fois qu'en 1973). Leur image de musiciens subversifs (le titre £.S.D joue sur les mots en 'compromettant' la livre sterling, et la B.B.C. le retire des ondes), vulgaires (on ne compte pas les « fuck » dans leurs interviews d'époque) et peu fréquentables (les journaux de l'époque se font l'écho de leurs frasques alcoolisées, qui leur vaudront une interdiction à vie de revenir sur le territoire néo-zélandais), leur colle à la peau.

Mutation et confirmation

Les frasques et élucubrations usent les membres du groupe. Courant 1966, le sort s'acharne sur les Pretty Things : les excès du batteur Viv Prince affectent sa santé et sa capacité à jouer, et il est poussé vers la sortie. Après avoir hésité à le remplacer par Mitch Mitchell, c'est finalement Skip Alan qui prend la place de Prince. Pendleton, victime d'une dépression nerveuse, et Stax, qui part s'installer en Australie, quittent également le groupe. De surcroît, leur musique se vend moins.

Le groupe se retrouve en studio : Taylor, May et Alan sont rejoints par le bassiste Wally Waller et le multi-instrumentiste John Povey, tous deux issus du groupe Bern Elliott & the Fenmen. En suivant le modèle des Kinks, dont ils reprennent la chanson A House in a Country, ils composent la totalité des titres de leur prochain opus. Les chansons sont critiques : Death of a Socialist, The Sun, Progress. Les bandes sont confiées à Reg Tilsey, dont la post-production (cordes, violons) change le ton de l'album du tout au tout. Emotions ne se vend pas et le public ne comprend pas. Les membres du groupe sont furieux et promettent qu'on ne les y reprendra plus ; du reste, leur contrat avec Fontana s'achève, et ils vont signer chez EMI.

En 1967, c'est le flower power et les Pretty Things s'orientent vers le psychédélisme : les huit minutes trente de Defecting Grey (réduites de moitié pour la sortie en single) annoncent les choses à venir. Enfermés dans les studios Abbey Road chaque soir, jouant sur les instruments des Beatles - qui enregistrent au même moment Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - ils enregistrent le premier véritable opéra-rock, S. F. Sorrow, basé sur une histoire écrite par Phil May. Encore une fois, S. F. Sorrow subit les aléas de la post-production et sort finalement après le Tommy des Who. Pete Townshend aura beau avouer plus tard s'être inspiré de S. F. Sorrow, le public croit que les Pretty Things ont copié les Who.

Les Pretty Things participent aux deux premières éditions du festival de l'île de Wight, en 1968 et 1969, ainsi qu'au festival d'Amougies fin 1969. L'année suivante, le groupe continue sur sa lancée, malgré le départ de Dick Taylor (remplacé par Vic Unitt, ex-Edgar Broughton Band), et enregistre Parachute, un album organisé en deux moitiés dédiées aux avantages et inconvénients de la vie urbaine et rurale. Le magazine américain Rolling Stone le nomme meilleur album de l'année 1970 mais, encore une fois, le disque passe inaperçu.

Vers la même période, le groupe enregistre plusieurs albums pour DeWolfe Music, un label fournissant des musiques de film, sous le nom d'Electric Banana. Leur musique se retrouve dans plusieurs films et séries télévisées de la fin des années 1960, et le groupe apparaît en chair et en os dans le film de Menahem Golan What's Good for the Goose. En 1969, entre S. F. Sorrow et Parachute, les Pretty Things enregistrent également un album pour le millionnaire français Philippe DeBarge, qui accepte de les financer, à condition de chanter toutes les chansons. L'album ne sortira qu'en 2009, après avoir été l'objet de nombreux bootlegs.

Après les Sixties

Frustrés par l'insuccès de leurs albums, les Pretty Things se séparent une première fois à la mi-1971. Toutefois, ils se reforment avant la fin de l'année, sur l'insistance de leur nouveau manager Bill Shepherd, enthousiasmé par sa découverte de Parachute ; aux côtés de May, Povey et Alan, Peter Tolson et Stuart Brooks remplacent Vic Unitt et Wally Waller. Ils signent chez Warner en  et enregistrent Freeway Madness, qui sort en 1972. L'année suivante, David Bowie, admirateur du groupe, lui rend hommage en reprenant les deux premiers succès des Pretty Things, Rosalyn et Don't Bring Me Down, sur son album de reprises Pin Ups.

En 1974, ils sont parmi les premiers à signer sous l'étiquette Swan Song, fondée par Led Zeppelin, avec qui ils partagent le même manager, Peter Grant. La nouvelle formation, composée de May, Povey, Alan, Tolson, Gordon Edwards et Jack Green, enregistre deux albums, Silk Torpedo en 1974 et Savage Eye en 1975, qui se classent dans le bas du Billboard 200. Le groupe se sépare en 1976.

Les Pretty Things renaissent en 1978 dans leur configuration « classique » (May-Taylor-Allen-Alan-Povey) pour un unique concert au Midas Club d'Alphen aan den Rijn (Pays-Bas), dont sera tiré le bootleg Live '78. Rejoints par Peter Tolson, ils sortent Cross Talk, nettement influencé par le punk et la new wave, en 1980 ; une fois encore, le succès n'est pas au rendez-vous. Le groupe se produit en concert, de manière sporadique, durant le reste de la décennie, dans des configurations très variables, May et Taylor s'entourant de musiciens divers pour les albums Live at the Heartbreak Hotel (1984) et Out of the Island (1988). Au début des années 1990, May et Taylor s'embarquent dans une grande tournée européenne mettant en valeur les chansons de leurs débuts, R&B et blues, qui sera suivie de nombreuses autres. Ils enregistrent deux albums avec l'ancien batteur des Yardbirds, Jim McCarty, sous le nom de « The Pretty Things / Yardbirds Blues Band », ainsi qu'un album hommage au garage rock, A Whiter Shade of Dirty Water, avec Matthew Fisher de Procol Harum, sous le nom de « The Pretty Things 'n Mates ».

En 1995, la formation « classique » du groupe se réunit et, avec le guitariste Frank Holland, enregistre en 1998 une version live de S.F. Sorrow, en s'offrant, en plus, les services du conteur Arthur Brown (qui raconte l'histoire de l'album, faisant le lien entre les titres) et de David Gilmour, vieil ami du groupe et guitariste du groupe Pink Floyd. L'album Rage Before Beauty, en gestation depuis 1980, sort enfin en 1999, suivi de Balboa Island en 2007. Le groupe continue à donner des concerts en Europe et aux États-Unis.

Discographie

Albums studio
 1965 : The Pretty Things ()
 1965 : Get the Picture?
 1967 : Emotions
 1968 : S.F. Sorrow
 1970 : Parachute ()
 1972 : Freeway Madness
 1974 : Silk Torpedo
 1975 : Savage Eye
 1980 : Cross Talk
 1987 : Out of the Island
 1999 : Rage Before Beauty
 2007 : Balboa Island
 2009 : Philippe DeBarge (enregistré en 1969)
 2015 : The Sweet Pretty Things (Are in Bed Now, of Course…)

Albums en concert
 1984 : Live at the Heartbreak Hotel
 1999 : Resurrection
 2014 : Live at the 100 Club
 2015 : Live at Rockpalast
 2019 : The Final Bow
 2021 : Live at the BBC (Coffret 6CD compilation 1964-2018)

Electric Banana

 1967 : Electric Banana
 1968 : More Electric Banana
 1969 : Even More Electric Banana
 1973 : Hot Licks
 1978 : The Return of the Electric Banana

Collaborations

 Pretty Things / Yardbird Blues Band (avec Jim McCarty des Yardbirds) :
 1991 : The Chicago Blues Tapes 1991
 1994 : Wine, Women & Whiskey

 Pretty Things 'n Mates (avec des membres des Inmates et Matthew Fisher) :
 1992 : A Whiter Shade of Dirty Water

Compilations

 1975 : Greatest Hits 64-67
 1976 : The Vintage Years
 1977 : Singles A's And B's
 1982 : The Pretty Things 1967-1971
 1986 : Cries from the Midnight Circus: The Best of 1968–1971
 1986 : Let Me Hear the Choir Sing
 1987 : Closed Restaurant Blues
 1995 : Unrepentant: The Anthology
 2001 : Latest Writs, Greatest Hits
 2002 : Singles As & Bs
 2003 : The Very Best of
 2004 : Come See Me: The Very Best of The Pretty Things
 2004 : Still Unrepentant
 2013 : Introducing the Pretty Things
 2015 : Bouquets from a Cloudy Sky
 2017 : Greatest Hits

Singles

 1964 : Rosalyn / Big Boss Man ()
 1964 : Don't Bring Me Down / We'll Be Together ()
 1965 : Honey I Need / I Can Never Say ()
 1965 : Cry to Me / Get a Buzz ()
 1965 : Midnight to Six Man / Can't Stand the Pain ()
 1966 : Come See Me / £.S.D. ()
 1966 : A House in the Country / Me Needing You ()
 1966 : Progress / Buzz the Jerk
 1967 : Children / My Time
 1967 : Defecting Grey / Mr. Evasion
 1968 : Talkin' About the Good Times / Walking Through My Dreams
 1970 : The Good Mr. Square / Blue Serge Blues
 1970 : October 26 / Cold Stone
 1971 : Stone Hearted Mama / Summertime / Circus Mind
 1973 : Over the Moon / Havana Bound
 1974 : Is It Only Love / Joey
 1975 : I'm Keepin' / Atlanta
 1975 : Joey / Come Home, Momma
 1976 : Sad Eye / Remember That Boy
 1976 : Tonight / It Isn't Rock 'n' Roll
 1980 : I'm Calling / Sea of Blue
 1989 : Eve of Destruction / Going Down Hill

Membres

Chronologie

Liste

 Phil May : chant, harmonica (depuis 1963)
 Dick Taylor : guitare principale (1963-1969, depuis 1978)
 Brian Pendleton : guitare rythmique (1963-1966)
 John Stax : basse (1963-1967)
 Pete Kitley : batterie (1963)
 Viv Broughton (a.k.a. « Viv Andrews ») : batterie (1963-1964)
 Viv Prince : batterie (1964-1965)
 Skip Alan : batterie (1965-1968, 1969-1976, 1978-1980, 1994-2007)
 John Povey : claviers (1967-1976, 1978-1981, 1998-2007)
 Wally « Waller » Allen : basse, guitare (1967-1971, 1978-1981, 1994-2008)
 Twink : batterie (1968-1969)
 Peter Tolson : guitare (1971-1976, 1978-1981)
 Stuart Brooks : basse (1971-1974)
 Gordon Edwards : guitare, claviers, chant (1973-1976)
 Jack Green : basse, chant (1974-1976)
 Joe Shaw : guitare (1984-1990)
 John Clark : batterie (1984)
 David Wintour : basse (1984)
 David Wilki : claviers (1984)
 Kevin Flanagan : saxophone (1984)
 Perry Margouleff : guitare (1986-1987)
 Roelf Ter Veld : basse (1986-1987)
 Doede Ter Veld : batterie (1986-1987)
 Bertram Engel : batterie (1987, 1993-1995)
 Frank Holland : guitare (depuis 1988)
 Mark St. John : batterie, percussions, chant (depuis 1988, occasionnellement)
 Steve Browning : basse (1988-1991, 1993-1995)
 Barklay McKay : guitare (1993-1995)
 Hans Waterman : batterie (1993-1995)
 Jack Greenwood : batterie (depuis 2007)
 George Woosey : basse (depuis 2008)

Références

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On Friday, I gave a presentation on how social media is impacting journalism and the newspaper industry for the New England Press and Newspaper Association's winter conference. I had the honor of sharing the panel with Boston Globe reporter Milton Valencia and Crowdsourcing author Jeff Howe. Milton spoke enthusiastically about why Twitter matters to journalists, and Jeff explained the virtuous cycle of reporting and online community that makes reporting better. During the presentation, I identified four areas impacted by social media: the changing definition of an authoritative news source, the concept of news participators, how news is shared, and the changing news cycle.
In the age of social, a newspaper and its journalists must earn authority; who is an authority is now decided by news consumers. For decades (even centuries) there's been a "paper of record" that has been considered the authority on what is news. No longer. According to the PEW report Understanding the Participatory News Consumer, 30% of internet users get news from a combination of friends, journalists, or news organizations that they follow on social networking site daily. Moreover, half of social network users who also consume news online get their news daily from people they follow within social networks.
Social network friends = news authorities. Along with traditional news sources.
In an attempt to take advantage of this trend, both The Washington Post and the Guardian (among others) have developed Facebook "social reader" apps. For example, one could use the Washington Post Social Reader's Timeline app to share what you're reading with your Facebook friends. What is incredible is that both The Washington Post and the Guardian already have 5 million app users.
Reuters has a different take on utilizing social network authority. Reuters recently launched Social Pulse, a social media hub that presents what is popular now with Reuters readers. What is interesting about Social Pulse is that it integrates both a sentiment analysis tool and its own "Klout 50" (the 50 "most social" CEOs) into Social Pulse. I would also be remiss not to write that Mashable launched its own social network news sharing community, Mashable Follow, a while ago. News organizations understand that online friends are the new news authorities, and they want to be in the center of it all with social reader apps, private social communities, and methods of influencing reader recommendations.
With the rise of social media follows the rise of news participants: people who have contributed to the creation of news, commented about it, or disseminated the news through social media. According to the same PEW report on participatory news culture, 37% of internet users are news participants. News participants are likely to be considered news authorities within their own social networks. News participants are also deeply engaged news consumers who drive traffic back to news websites. During our conference session, Milton Valencia added that many reporters (himself included) use Twitter to engage news participants in confirming reports, soliciting information, and conversation.
The Guardian has launched an experiment in opening up the news development process to the public, called Open News. The Guardian states: "Help the Guardian shape the news by talking to our editors and reporters about upcoming stories as we work on them." The Guardian posts a daily editorial calendar online, asks for news input, and has a dedicated Twitter hashtag (#opennews) for talking about stories they are researching. In preparing for this workshop, I found a number of papers with blogs, many with Twitter accounts, but none with participation opportunities like the Guardian's. Is this a likely future trend?
How news is shared is also shaping the news industry. About 50% of adults who get news online receive that news through email or posts on social networking sites. After readers consume news online, the second most popular action to do is to share the news online (see slide deck at end of post). Again, this supports the conceit of news sharers as news authorities, since those who share news socially may be considered by friends to be trusted news sources.
It is important for news organizations and journalists to be part of online communities where news is shared, participate in online conversations, and share news themselves. Since 23% of the social networking users who get news online say they specifically get news from news organizations and individual journalists they follow in the social networking space, the industry appears to be moving in this direction.
The Holmes Report wrote an insightful essay on how social media changes the news cycle during crisis reporting (hat tip to Mari Tikanen for the link).
The breaking news and context stages of the news cycle are shortening, and the analysis and archival stages are lengthening. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and blogs are contributing to the shorter breaking news cycle and adding context to the stories. Google search, wikis, video, blogging, and Flickr contribute to the staying power of the analysis and archival stages of the news cycle.
Within 48 hours of Susan G. Komen's decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen has renounced that decision. No doubt the decision was impacted by how the story become viral nature through social media. However, the analysis and archival stages continue long afterward. For example, the community Pinterest board "Komen Kan Kiss My Mammogram," which documents the backlash against Susan G. Komen, has over 1,200 followers and 1,000s of views. A wiki, Take Back the Pink, emerged shortly afterward to harness the energy and passion for women's health in a positive manner. These are but two examples of how social media is lengthening the archival stage of the news cycle.
I have embedded the entire presentation below. Please feel free to add your thoughts in the comments below.
I love the graphic looking at social media and the news cycle. Great illustration of how the overall pieces fit together and relate. Helpful to think about how tools and process come together.
Thanks, Ash. I suspect the breaking news/context will continue to shorten and the analysis/archive will continue to lengthen. Will be interesting to see how that plays out with the increase in news participators over the coming years, too.
It's interesting to hear your perspective on how viral and social media content change the dynamics of the news cycle.
Do you think that the fast pace and concise language that's becoming more common today affects reporters' ability to produce in-depth content?
Kat, great question. At the conference, someone asked a similar question. My colleague on the panel, Milton, from the Boston Globe, said that reporters still hold to the same standards as always: confirm and double-check sources. What he did say was that reports of potential news items come at him rapidly, and he will often use Twitter to ask for a second source that he can call to confirm the report.
That's a good use of Twitter. Sometimes I use Facebook similarly.
This article from the Columbia Journalism Review talks about the effect of distraction on science reporters.
Loved the article. Really insightful on how social media is shaping the contemporary media.
You're welcome – glad you found it useful.
Yes, interesting! Looks like it is for reporters to connect with each other, and focused on reporters. Thanks for sharing.


We are pleased to announce that Lyle Spatz's book Dixie Walker: A Life in Baseball has been selected as the inaugural winner of the Ron Gabriel Award in 2012.
Spatz's latest book, published by McFarland & Co., was chosen by the Ron Gabriel Award Committee, chaired by William Dahlberg, from nearly a dozen submissions which spanned a wide breadth of topics throughout the storied history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The book details the unique life, legacy, and career of one of baseballs most colorful characters from some of the most important years in its history. Spatz will be formally recognized at the SABR 42 convention in Minnesota.
The Ron Gabriel Award, established in 2012, annually honors the author(s) of the best research, published or unpublished, on the subject of the Brooklyn Dodgers completed during the preceding calendar year. Eligible works include but are not limited to magazine and journal articles, previously unpublished chapters or articles in anthologies or other books with multiple authors, unpublished research papers, written versions of oral presentations, books, databases and websites.
Ron Gabriel (1941-2009), a native of Brooklyn, New York, and longtime resident of Bethesda, Maryland, was a former Vice President of SABR and instrumental in establishing the Bob Davids Chapter, which serves the Washington-Baltimore region. He was founder and president of the Brooklyn Dodger Fan Club, and a charter elected member of the Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Fame. Gabriel, who earned his Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from American University, was a retired U.S. Government executive, having served with the Postal Service Management Institute, the Department of Defense and the General Services Administration.
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Five important facts about honor killings
The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime
'Honor killings' consistently make the headlines, from a Brooklyn cab driver convicted of conspiracy to a recent decapitation in Pakistan. However, it's become increasingly difficult to sort fact from fiction in these cases. We asked Rosemary Gartner and Bill McCarthy, editors of The Oxford Handbook on Gender, Sex, and Crime, to pull together an essential grounding for this muddled subject matter. Here they've adapted some information from "Honor Killings" by Dietrich Oberwittler and Julia Kasselt (Chapter 33).
(1) Honor killings are an extreme form of gendered domestic violence. Most involve young, single female victims and an assailant who is a male relative; however, they also include some types of intimate-partner homicides, as well as cases with male victims, victims outside the family, and female assailants. An honor killing is motivated by the desire to restore a social reputation that—in the killer's perception—has been damaged by rumors about or the victim's actual breach of conduct norms regulating female sexuality in the widest sense; the decision to use lethal violence is a collective family affair, rather than the action of an individual perpetrator. The underlying motive in all cases—irrespective of the victims' gender—is the punishment or coercion of women.
(2) The absence of reliable country-level data makes it impossible to ascertain the exact frequency of honor killings; recent estimates suggest that there may be as many as 5000 per year. Countries with reported high rates of honor killings score poorly in the international Human Development Index and the Gender Inequality Index and rank highly in the Failed State Index.
(3) It is likely that the majority of perceived transgressions of honor do not provoke a murder. Research in a number of countries with people who differ in their religious affiliations finds that premarital sexual relationships and out-of-wedlock pregnancies often are dealt with nonviolently, mostly by negotiating compensation or marriage, despite strict honor codes.
(4) Islam plays a prominent role in public debates on honor killings, yet honor killings are a pre-Islamic tribal tradition and an extra-judicial punishment that is not part of Sharia law. Honor killings occur among Christian minorities in Arab countries, as well as among the Sikh community in India (and among their respective immigrant communities in the West). They appear to be non-existent in some Muslim-dominate countries, such as Oman, and less frequent in others, such as Algeria and Tunisia. Nonetheless, some interpretations of Islamic law, such as those that promote the lawfulness of husbands' physical violence against wives, the criminalization of pre- and extramarital sexual relationships, and the use of flogging or stoning if prosecuted as hadd (religious) crimes (which does not happen in most Muslim countries), may contribute indirectly to honor killings.
(5) Findings from the World Values Survey highlight a notable split of orientations in many countries with high levels of honor killings: Democratic political values are commonly endorsed, but public opinion remains much more conservative when it comes to gender equality and sexual liberalization, with almost no trend toward more liberal views among younger age groups.
Dietrich Oberwittler and Julia Kasselt are the authors of "Honor Killings" in Chapter 33 of The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime. Dietrich Oberwittler is a senior researcher in sociology at the University of Freiburg and Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Julia Kasselt is a Ph.D. candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Rosemary Gartner and Bill McCarthy are the editors of The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Crime. Rosemary Gartner is Professor of Criminology and Sociology at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. She is the co-author of three books: Violence and Crime in Cross-National Perspective (Yale, 1984), Murdering Holiness: The Trials of Edmund Creffield and George Mitchell (University of British Columbia Press, 2003) and Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in California (Cambridge, 2005). Bill McCarthy is Professor of Sociology at the University of California Davis. He is the co-author (with John Hagan) of Mean Streets: Youth Crime and Homelessness (Cambridge, 1997).
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Know All Men by These Presents, That we, Anna McKee, A. S. Harmon and Samuel T. Crozier of the county of Randolph and State of Illinois, are held and firmly bound unto the People of the State of Illinois, for the use of Mable McKee in the penal sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars, current money of the United States, to which payment, well and truly to be made and performed, we and each of us bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, jointly, severally and firmly, by these presents.
The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the above bounder Anna McKee who has been appointed Guardian of Mable McKee shall faithfully discharge the office and trust of such Guardian according to law, and shall make a true inventory of all the real and personal estate of the ward that shall come to her possession or knowledge, and return the same unto the County Court of Randolph County, at the time required by law, and manage and dispose of all such estate, according to law, and for the best interest of said ward and faithfully discharge her trust in relation thereto, and to the custody, nurture and education of said ward and render an account, on oath, of the property in h__ hands, and of management and disposition of all such estate, within one year after her appointment, and at such other time as shall be required by law, or directed by the Court: and upon removal from office, or at the expiration of her trust, settle her accounts in said Court, or with the ward or her legal representative, and pay over and deliver all the estate, title papers and effects remaining in h__ hands; or due from h__ on such settlement, to the person lawfully entitled thereto, then this obligation shall be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
The undersigned respectfully represent that she is minor, above the age of fourteen years, to-wit: of the age of 15 years on the 24 day of February A.D. 1894, and heir of and entitled to a distributive share in the estate of Wm. C. McKee, Jr last of said County, deceased, and having no father living, or other legal guardian residing in said State, respectfully request that Anna McKee may be appointed my guardian.


American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by Mark and Jerry Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company which also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear. The Silvermans sold their ownership interests in 1991.
The brand targets 14- to 25-year-old males and females, with 900+ retail locations in the U.S. and Canada and an online store. On March 16, 2010, American Eagle Outfitters opened its first store in the Middle East at Mirdif City Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


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Nearly all the immigrants who took the Norwegian test in the introductory program last year, passed the test, according to figures P4 news received from Ministry of Justice.
84 percent of the candidates who took the test in the winter of 2015 managed elementary level or higher on the written test and 90 percent passed the oral test. This means the government have fulfilled their aims for 2015.
– The vast, vast majority have a strong desire to work in Norway, and they understand that in order to do a good job at the place where you work, you have to acquire language skills, Andreas Furuseth in Norwegian Organization for Asylum Seekers (NOAS) says to P4.
The government will give municipalities the right to withhold financial support to immigrants who fail the Norwegian test in the introductory program.
– This will make the individual even more motivated to learn Norwegian. It will get more people to pull out all the stops and achieve good results, Minister of Immigration and Integration Sylvi Listhaug (FRP) NTB said just before Easter.
NOAS do not think this is a good way to increase the immigrants' knowledge of Norwegian.
– We are critical to the use of punitive measures in achieving this aim. If municipalities are to reduce payments to people who do not have the desired level of knowledge of Norwegian, we are afraid that it would rather hamper integration than promoting integration and language training, he says.
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More immigrants, more rules and security needed..


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Policing in the 21st century is tougher than it has ever been. Forces are trying to modernise but in many cases are strapped for cash.
The officer on the beat is more dependent than ever on personal devices, including mobile phones and tablets.
In the future, the power of data will drive successful law enforcement. Having the right information at the right time – and often in real time – will be crucial in preventing crime and identifying offenders.
At a more basic level, many police services are wasting time updating records manually, when many such repetitive tasks could be automated.
"Digital policing" driven by cloud technologies can transform the landscape, improving detection, preventing crime and improving interaction with citizens.


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I got an email asking what wine to have with turkey. Bloody hell. I would have the wine that is being served by friends who are cooking goose, duck, a damned good chicken, lamb or grilling a bleeding marvellous (literally) piece of beef. I wouldn't drink wine with turkey because I hate and despise turkey. It is a fowl curse on the name of meat.
Invariably when we are served this filth one of two things will happen: Normally, the bugger will be totally dried out. it'll taste of nothing and have the texture of dry cotton wool. All of those dry mountains of flavourless horribleness to hack through; I shudder to think of it.
The second thing that might happen is that you have a bird that has been injected with all the fresh water in Western Europe (jets of pallid fluid gush out when you cut into these) all so some hard of thinking mouth-breather can say, "Oh at least it is moist." Moist? Is that such an amazing accolade? Sure, it has no taste and the texture of cotton wool, but at least the cotton wool is slightly damp. No.
"Turkey with all the trimmings", must be one of the most hideously depressing phrases in the whole of the English language. It suggests food on the wrong side of ruined, served artlessly and ploughed through like mush from a trough, all whilst in the company of people who, at best, would all rather be elsewhere.
"Sweaty tests" is what I say to turkey, and so the question about wine with turkey would not work for me. I'd have the wine and not the turkey.
I'm willing to be proved wrong if you have the power of roasting a turkey, Katie.
I see you're making your pitch to appear in next year's Christmas "Grumpy Old Men" show, David. Bah, humbug! But you're right about turkey. The things we like about a turkey dinner are all the other things, except for the turkey. The stuffing, the chestnuts, the ham, the sausages, the roasted parsnips, the brussels sprouts. The only thing to do with the turkey is drench it in gravy and smother it with cranberry sauce and chestnut stuffing. It also helps to get pissed and put on a silly hat.
Intensively farmed turkey might be as you describe (as is intensively farmed chicken), but well bred turkey is considerably better than that. The difficulty lies in the different cooking times of the white and dark meats, again like chicken, except on a larger scale. Still, skilled cooks can manage it.
I really am willing to be convinced.
I think we will be cooking the very best chicken we can find next Christmas. Whilst the goose we roasted tasted brilliant, it is just a bit of a drag to cook and even the skilful roaster Daniel found it hard to stop it getting a bit tough.


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Home Music On Music Milwaukee Hip-Hop Round-Up: BoodahDARR, Denny Lanez, AWillThaGreat, Hiii Tribe, Taiyamo Denku
Milwaukee Hip-Hop Round-Up: BoodahDARR, Denny Lanez, AWillThaGreat, Hiii Tribe, Taiyamo Denku
Also: Ar Wesley, Zed Kenzo, Kane, IshDARR, Lik and Shai, and Nate Brady
by Evan Rytlewski
Photo credit: Weston Rich
BoodahDARR
Milwaukee's rap scene has been in overdrive for the last couple of years, but we do our best to keep up with it. Once again we've rounded up our favorite singles, mixtapes, videos and odds and ends from the last few weeks for our periodic Milwaukee Hip-Hop Round-Up.
BoodahDARR - Cheat Codes
Milwaukee's Cream City Motion crew has one of the most unmistakable sounds in the city right now: an electronic-inspired variation of party rap distinguished by its posh, minimalist production and addictive, celestial bounce. The crew has spent much of this year proving itself more than just the sum of its flagship star IshDARR, with some memorable singles from EMAAD and Ju Preach and a rock-solid crew compilation. And now with his full length project Cheat Codes, BoodahDARR gets his turn in the driver's seat. Cream City Motion's ace beat maker Canis Major produced the record's entire opening half and contributes some truly wild tracks, including the nutso '80s arcade throwback "Pretenders," but the album is more than just a showcase for some top-shelf production. BoodahDARR has a presence that's all his own, grimy and excitable and utterly captivating. It's remarkable that one crew has this much talent.
IshDARR - "Foreplay"
Speaking of IshDARR, he released a new video this week, a short for his romancer "Foreplay," from his recent Four The Better EP. It's directed by Damien Blue, and like every video directed by Damien Blue it looks absolutely fantastic.
Denny Lanez - "Lights On"
You'd be hard pressed to find many local rappers who rap with more hunger than Denny Lanez, a relative newcomer who has already started raking up some pretty impressive streams. He raps with the same by-the-throat intensity of a young Meek Mill, and like Meek Mill, he's got some industry ambitions: He's appeared, as an actor, on NBC's "Chicago Fire," and his 2016 single "Zeus" is currently being used in a UWM Panthers advertisement. He's got a new album streaming on his website, which is every bit as relentless and overheated as this lead single.
AWillThaGreat - Portraits
J. Cole has one of those fanbases so earnest and overbearing that it's almost impossible not to rip on them every once in a while, which is why all those "J. Cole went platinum with no features" memes still crack me up even a year later. But all jokes aside, hip-hop is such a collaboration-based medium these days that any album without features—platinum or not—can't help but stand out. AWillThaGreat, an artist with more than a little bit of Cole's thinking-man's mindset, went the (virtually) feature-free route for his debut full length Portraits, and the album is better for it; AWill proves himself more than capable of carrying a record on his own. Furnished with smooth, no-gimmicks production from guys like Renz Young and Dylan Graham, the record is a leisurely tour of the rapper's overactive mind. It's the kind of album that invites you to kick back in a comfy chair with a cold drink and just escape for a little while.
Ar Wesley - "Traffic Jam"
I wish actual traffic jams were as enjoyable as this. Over another one of those jazzy, Midnight Marauders-esque grooves that he's made his specialty, Ar Wesley delivers a succession of bars that glide so effortlessly out of his mouth it feels like they've been there all along. Lots of rappers dabble in this sound, but few make it sound so weightless and kinetic. Ar Wesley owns this vibe right now.
Hiii Tribe - "Voodoo"
Though it doesn't sound much like '90s hip-hop, there's a weird, mischief energy to Hiii Tribe that reminds me a bit of The Pharcyde. Earlier this fall they released a compilation of six blunted, trap-shaded tracks, but the group is at their best when they're indulging their more playful urges, which is what Hiii Tribe's Asis and King Myles do on their latest track. Set to a whimsical, vaguely tropical guitar riff that makes me want to grab a drink at Foundation, it's an animated showcase for some solid one-liners ("I'm in my own lane, I do my own thang, get it? / King of the Hill, spitting propane, is you with it?")
Taiyamo Denku - "Stand Up"
Despite being one of the most innovative acts in both Latino hip-hop and alternative hip-hop in the '90s, The Beatnuts don't get the respect they deserve. One guy who clearly appreciates them, though, is Milwaukee spitter Taiyamo Denku, who recruits Beatnuts producer Psycho Les for his latest single, "Stand Up," a slab of prickly funk that should perk the ears of any O.G. Beatnuts fans. Hopefully it's not the last collaboration we hear from these two.
Kane - The Art of Rolling EP
Milwaukee rapper Kane teams with one of the city's hottest trap producers LeanBeatz for his latest EP. It's an effective combination: Kane's cold, Chief Keef-esque croak and LeanBeatz's stark, basement sex dungeon beats compliment each other, casting a deep, almost gothic chill.
Lik and Shai - "Midwest Connection"
There's a lot of irony in calling a song so openly indebted to West Coast hip-hop "Midwest Connection"—there's very little Midwest about this upbeat single from the Milwaukee duo Lik and Shai. It's a refreshing change of pace, though. There are so many Milwaukee rappers dabbling in classic East Coast hip-hop and southern trap that it's fun to hear some give Cali funk and Bay Area hyphy a try, and this sound always hits the spot—especially this time of the year, when all of us stuck in Wisconsin could use a reminder of what sunshine feels like. Favorite part of the song: When one of the guys admits he hasn't even been to the Bay Area before, but says he'd like to get there one day. Too relatable.
Nate Brady - "With This Microphone"
Nate Brady doesn't have much use for modern trends. His sound is planted firmly in hip-hop's golden age. "With This Microphone" is of those tracks that shows how much life is left in this sound. Rapping with Guru-esque authority, Brady rides an untamed, boom-bap thump, landing bar after bar. If you're going to stick to a sound this familiar, this tried and true, you've got to execute it perfectly. Brady does.
Zed Kenzo - "The Killing" (Sofar Chicago)
And finally, we'll end this month's round-up with a live clip. In addition to being one of Milwaukee's most original rappers, Zed Kenzo is also a one-of-a-kind live performer. In this video shared by Sofar Chicago, a seated audience watches Kenzo deliver deliver a breathless performance that's part rap show, part performance art and part exorcism. It's impossible to take your eyes off of her.
Taiyamo Denku Hii Tribe Lean Beatz Denny Lanez Zed Kenzo Nate Brady Lik and Shai Ar Wesley Ishdarr Milwaukee Hip-Hop Round-Up Kane BoodahDARR Awillthagreat


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Porn 2.0
Pornographic websites featuring user-generated content
Porn 2.0, named after "Web 2.0", refers to pornographic websites featuring user-generated content.[citation needed] Sites may include social networking media including feature such as user-based categorizing, webcam hosting, blogs and comments. This is in contrast to the static content offered by "Web 1.0" porn sites. Porn 2.0 sites may offer features similar to mainstream Web 2.0 services such as video communities (Metacafe, Vimeo, YouTube) and social sites (Tumblr, Twitter), general blogging, (Blogger, DailyBooth, Lookbook.nu) and photo hosting (Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa).
Since their inception, Porn 2.0 Web sites have garnered great popularity, but have meanwhile encountered various legal and other difficulties. Among these difficulties are concern about the digital content copyright, trade media and affiliating partnership advertising. Other concerns include the idea of sharing vs. privacy and the legal ramifications of large quantities of free, user-generated pornographic content on the Internet.
For Porn 3.0, news media often suggest the usage of 3D stereoscopy, multi-angle DVD[1] neural impulse actuators, and peripheral controller and devices[2] similar to game controller vibration, eliminating less probable technologies such as holograms.
1 Challenges
1.1 Copyright issues
1.3 Monetization
Challenges[edit]
While some argue that pornographic sites are a natural development for an industry that has always been at the forefront of technological advancements,[3] Porn 2.0 has presented several difficulties and challenges.
Copyright issues[edit]
Copyright infringement is chief among the challenges that have confronted Porn 2.0.[4] Porn 2.0 websites have come under attack as being potentially harmful to the economics of more traditional pornography outlets such as DVD sales and monthly paid subscription adult sites.[5]
As more and more of the general public comes online, they are finding newer and cheaper ways to get their adult content fix. Just like the masses have flocked to sites like YouTube to watch professional clips from their favorite TV shows, video blogs, crazy stunts, and amateur movies, the adult audience has ditched DVDs and pay-per-view television to flock to similar sites (like xtube).[6]
—  Jacqui Cheng, ArsTechnica.com
As with YouTube, any site that allows users to upload content runs the risk of infringing on the copyrights of the original producers. While this was a grey issue at the inception of the Web 2.0 movement, a billion dollar lawsuit filed by Viacom in 2007 against YouTube (see "Copyright Infringement") will bring this issue before the courts and will have a massive potential effect on the viability of Porn 2.0 as a business strategy. YouTube has since won the suit.[7]
A 2007 decision by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the 2257 legislation (Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act) was unconstitutional and violated first amendment rights.[8] The decision was overturned in a 2009 en banc rehearing.[9] The United States Supreme Court declined to hear the matter.[10]
Privacy[edit]
It is possible that users upload material without the models' consent. This is usually prohibited by the sites' Terms of Use, although some sites such as Voyeurweb allow non-consensual photos and move offices frequently to avoid the legal issues this might otherwise entail.[11] Photos and videos of non-consenting models are often obtained through the use of hidden cameras and the sexualization of their nudity. A woman going nude for a shower at her gym, for example, may be filmed without her knowledge and have the video distributed as porn.[12][13]
Monetization[edit]
Unlike Web 2.0 ventures such as Facebook, Myspace or YouTube, Porn 2.0 has yet to find a strategy that proves to be commercially profitable. High server costs from hosting the large amount of user-generated content paired with little to no user-generated income puts Porn 2.0 websites in a challenging financial position. Because Porn 2.0 services have, so far, been free of charge to users, the only source of revenue for these sites is from advertising placement.
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Frank Antes, Tom Evans, and David, Gordon, and Elbert Gladden work on the outer stem of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, Ida May. We get a visit from Reverend Z, the former preacher of the Rock Creek Methodist Church. Watch as we also work on the bowsprit support, get the drill stuck in the wood, and have to use the vise grips to get the bit out. Gordon gets the nickname "Straight Gladden" for his prowess with the drill, but David grabs the moniker "Strong Gladden" for being able to pull the stuck bit out of the wood.


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SEM picture of a bend in a high surface area polyester fiber with a seven-lobed cross section
Polyester is a category of polymers, or, more specifically condensation polymers, which contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Although polyesters do exist in nature, polyester generally refers to the large family of synthetic polyesters (plastics) which includes polycarbonate and above all polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PET is one of the most important thermoplastic polyesters.
The first synthetic polyester, glycerine phthalate, was used in the First World War for waterproofing. Natural polyesters have been known since around 1830.
2 Abbreviations
3 Synthesis
3.1 Azeotrope esterification
3.2 Alcoholic transesterification
3.3 Acylation (HCl method)
3.4 Acetate method (esterification)
3.5 Ring-opening polymerization
Fibers (and microfibers) for fabric
Films such as Mylar, often aluminized
Photographic film (after cellulose triacetate, polyester is the most important substrate)
A common matrix for glass-reinforced plastic (commonly called "fiberglass") and other composite materials.
Liquid crystal displays
Liquid crystalline polyesters are among the first industrially used liquid crystalline polymers. In general they have extremely good mechanical properties and are extremely heat resistant. For that reason, they can be used as an abradable seal in jet engines.
Thermosetting polyester resins are commonly used as casting materials, fiberglass laminating resins, and non-metallic auto-body fillers. In such applications, polymerization and cross-linking are initiated through an exothermic reaction involving an organic peroxide, such as methyl ethyl ketone peroxide or benzoyl peroxide.
Synthesis of polyesters is generally achieved by a polycondensation reaction.
Azeotrope esterification
In this classical method an alcohol and a carboxylic acid react to form a carboxylic ester. To assemble a polymer, the water formed by the reaction must be continually removed by azeotrope distillation.
Alcoholic transesterification
See main article on transesterification.
Below is a generic methanol transesterification, partway through the polymerization reaction. For the initial stage of the reaction, the "oligomer"s are actually monomers, such as dimethyl terephthalate (doubly ester-terminated) and ethylene glycol (doubly alcohol-terminated). Multifunctional monomers (i.e., glycerol) result in cross-linking, and monomers with other than methyl esters will produce other alcohols as a reaction product. Methanol is evaporated to drive this reaction forward.
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Acylation (HCl method)
The acid begins as an acid chloride, and thus the polycondensation proceeds with emission of hydrochloric acid (HCl) instead of water. This method can be carried out in solution or as an enamel.
Silyl method
In this variant of the HCl method, the carboxylic acid chloride is converted with the trimethyl silyl ether of the alcohol component; trimethyl silyl chloride is produced.
Acetate method (esterification)
Silyl acetate method
Ring-opening polymerization
Aliphatic polyesters can be assembled from lactones under very mild conditions, catalyzed anionically, cationically or metallorganically.de:Polyester nl:Polyester ja:ポリエステル pl:Poliester sv:Polyester
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Arabidopsis mass spectral library: a resource for plant proteomics
We provide the first high-quality spectral assay library for high-throughput quantitation of Arabidopsis proteome using a data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS). This dataset also revealed novel proteins from genome sequences that were previously annotated as "non-protein coding".
Huoming Zhang
Senior Research Scientist, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Arabidopsis is a small flowering plant with a short but complex life cycle. It exhibits high similarity to many crop plants in biology and physiology, and thus study of this species has important applications for agriculture. Since 1980s, Arabidopsis has become a widely used plant organism for laboratory research. In 2000, it became the first plant with its genome completely sequenced. Subsequently, genomics studies have greatly facilitated functional annotation of novel genes and genetic variations. In comparison, proteomics study of Arabidopsis lags far behind although proteins are generally considered with higher relevance of physiology. This was mainly due to the challenges that proteomics faces such as relatively lower coverage, quantitation accuracy and reproducibility.
In 2014, I attended a targeted proteomics workshop named "SRM Course". During the course, Professor Ruedi Aebersold, a leading proteomics researcher, introduced us their newly development in SWATH-MS (Sequential Windowed Acquisition of All Theoretical Fragment Ion Mass Spectra) and the successful application to human biomarker discovery. This DIA-MS method is considered as a high-throughput, massively parallel targeted approach for accurate proteome quantification. In the approach, a comprehensive high-quality spectral assay library was constructed using conventional data dependent acquisition (DDA), which catalogs spectral of each detectable peptide within a given study material together with its precise retention time from liquid chromatography. Subsequent match of the optimal DIA-MS data to the library could give reproducible and accurate proteome quantitation.
I was so excited about this technique and eager to set up similar workflow in our proteomics core facility. We decided to use Arabidopsis as study material because of two considerations: 1) desert agriculture is one of key research areas in our university where many researchers use Arabidopsis for their research; 2) in proteomics community, many interests focus on mammals such as human and mouse. Thus, use of Arabidopsis could likely avoid redundant efforts from other researchers.
During the data collection, we encountered two big challenges. The first challenge was related to sensitivity degradation in the MS instrument, and the difficulty in getting experienced engineer for the quadrupole cleaning. In this study, we analysed a total of 10 organs of Arabidopsis, with each organ containing about 30 injections. The MS performance dropped significantly due to space charge effect of quadrupole after running a large number of samples. However, the KAUST is young university in Saudi Arabia. At the early stage, getting support from outside including engineer visit, shipping chemicals and reagent were rather slow. This significant delayed the progress of our project. The second challenge was to obtain high coverage of protein quantitation. Despite having a high-quality spectral library containing over 15,000 protein groups, initial DIA-MS analysis quantified a relatively low number protein groups (approximately 3,000) from each sample. We reasoned that this was mainly due to the large dynamic range of Arabidopsis proteome and non-protein interference such as plant pigment. For example, the protein RuBisCo alone accounts for >50% of protein content in most of Arabidopsis organs. With subsequent improvements in both sample preparation and DIA-MS method, a significant higher number of proteins were quantified from our DIA-MS approach, which is comparable to DDA-MS analysis.
In the paper published today (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-019-0294-0), it presents the first comprehensive Arabidopsis mass spectral assay libraries obtained using two types of high-resolution mass spectrometry platforms. It details the methodology for the library generation and demonstrates the successful application of DIA-MS in the quantitation of Arabidopsis proteome variations in response to abscisic acid stress treatment. We expect that researchers will find this resource and the described DIA-MS approach useful for fast and reliably quantifying proteome variations under different conditions.


The guesthouse on the island Fonadhoo in Laamu Atoll is set up to provide an impeccable holidaying service with quality and complete reliability for both surfers and non surfers in South Laamu Atoll.
The guesthouse Ying Yang Holiday Inn offers 04 exquisitely furnished air-conditioned rooms with all modern amenities and facilities to match any modern hotel.
All rooms are furnished with sleek high quality modern furniture with comfy twin bed except the master bed room.


(PLEASE READ THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH - MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED) WEEKLY SUMMER rentals run SAT-SAT (JUNE - AUGUST) The rest of the year is a minimum of 2-4 nights, depending on the season. This is a GATED community with 2 TENNIS COURTS a POOL, FISHING DOCKS and GRILL AREA perfect for family fun. Close to the beach & Center Street where you'll find all of Folly's cozy shops, bars & restaurants. Follow Center St to the OCEAN! about a 15 min walk, or a 3 min car ride. Historic Downtown Charleston is only 9 miles away. You can't beat the river views & sunsets, Folly Bridge to the left, Marina to the right! Enjoy gorgeous views from this gorgeous two-bedroom, two-bath condo. The unit is in the Mariner's Cay community. The community itself offers a swimming pool, two tennis courts, a grilling area, and spectacular views of the Folly River with a boat dock that you can fish off of, and it is just across the bridge from all the shops and restaurants that make Downtown Folly Beach an extremely sought after destination! The condo (SLEEPS 4) has an open concept with granite countertops in the kitchen, a dining area seats 4 plus 3 barstools, beautiful hardwood floors, and large living area including a couch and flat screen TV. The enclosed porch off the living room and the master bedroom boasts direct access and breathtaking views of the Folly River where you can relax and enjoy a good book or watching the dolphins and other wildlife. THIS UNIT IS ALL ON ONE FLOOR (rare for Mariners Cay)! Bedroom 1: 1 QUEEN Bed ~ TV ~ Ceiling Fan ~ Private Full Bathroom Bedroom 2: 1 QUEEN ~ TV ~ Ceiling Fan ~ Full Bathroom off of hallway Living Room: ~ TV, Ceiling Fan, Porch Screened-in Porch: Plenty of seating and oversized hanging bed 50% DEPOSIT AT THE TIME OF BOOKING, REMAINING 50% DUE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO CHECK-IN. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 25 YEARS OLD TO RENT THIS PROPERTY CHECK IN IS AT (4:00 pm), CHECK OUT IS AT (10:00 am). NO PETS ALLOWED. HOA ISSUES a $500 FINE in violation of the no pet policy. NO BOATS, TRAILERS, GOLF CARTS OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES can be parked on Mariner's Cay property, per HOA guidelines. This property is licensed by the City of Folly Beach, to be used as a vacation rental property. Account number 37492.
Happy Place-We had a comfortable, relaxing vacation at 40 Mariners Cay. Friendly neighbors, dolphins, and the moon on the river. The condo is beautifully decorated with all the comforts of home. Just don't park under the tree.
From MyOceanRental: The dolphins and the moon over the river are a beautiful site, especially from the porches at Mariner's Cay. We are glad that you enjoyed the condo and hope that you stay with us again soon.
Loved it-The house was a perfect little beach house! Close to everything and My ocean rentals makes everything super easy! We will definitely be back again soon.
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Enjoyed our stay. The condo was clean very comfortable. Had everything we needed. We are planning on a return trip in the fall.
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This was the perfect rental. We were surprised by the amount of spices,utensils,and general kitchen needs. The beds were very comfortable. The unit is conveniently located right across from the pool and the assigned parking spot is under a tree. We enjoyed the back screened in porch- it only took 20 minutes out there to see dolphins in the river. The walk to downtown Folly Beach was awesome. We didn't have to find parking but still visited the shops and many of the restaurants. We are hoping to rent this unit again next year!
From MyOceanRental: It is always exciting to get the see the dolphins from the porch. They are a wonderful site to see. We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay and we look forward to hosting your group again next year!
Best view on Folly River-When you walk in the front door of this condo, the first thing you see is the water right out back, like the view from a cruise ship veranda, so relaxing! Very comfortable condo and truly great screened-in porch complete with custom Carolina hanging daybed.


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Amriswil est une commune suisse du canton de Thurgovie. Par sa population, elle est la quatrième ville du canton après Frauenfeld, Kreuzlingen et Arbon et la plus grande commune du district d'Arbon.

Géographie
Selon l'Office fédéral de la statistique, Amriswil a une superficie de .

Entourée de prairies, de forêts et de vergers, la cité d'Amriswil est située dans la vallée de l'Aach. La physionomie de la localité a été fortement marquée par l'industrialisation durant les .

Démographie
Selon l'Office fédéral de la statistique, Amriswil compte  habitants fin . Sa densité de population atteint  hab./km.

Histoire

La première mention d'Amriswil remonte à l'année 799.

Au fil des ans, la commune s'est agrandie par des fusions successives avec Hemmerswil (1925), Mühlebach (1932), Biessenhofen, Oberaach et Räuchlisberg-Hagenwil (1979) et Schocherswil (1997).

La commune compte sur son sol une école de police intercantonale qui accueille les aspirants des corps de police des cantons de Thurgovie, St-Gall, Schaffhouse, des Grisons, des deux Appenzell et du Liechtenstein.

Monuments et curiosités
 Musée de l'école, ouvert en 2002 dans un bâtiment scolaire rénové à cet effet Site du musée (en allemand).
 L'église réformée, construite en 1892 par August Hardegger est en style néo-gothique. Des remaniements ont été effectués à l'intérieur en 1922 et en 1943-44.
 L'église catholique est un bâtiment en béton construit en 1939 par Paul Büchi ; il s'agit de l'une des premières églises modernes du canton. Elle présente des vitraux d'Otto Steiger et des fresques de Carl Roesch.
Plusieurs maisons à colombages sont remarquables.
 L'auberge Zum Goldenen Löwen (Au Lion d'Or) à Oberaach remonte à 1711. Elle est une des plus riches maisons à colombages de Suisse. Au premier étage se trouve une salle de tribunal et une salle annexe avec plafond à caissons et marqueterie.
 Le château d'Hagenwil, au sud-est d'Amriswil, fut construit dans la première moitié du  par le croisé Rudolf von Hagenwil. Il s'agit d'un château à douves avec pont-levis, donjon du , corps de logis de 1551. L'aile orientale date de 1786, la chapelle du  s., probablement remaniée en 1786 et dotée d'un nouvel aménagement. Le pont levis est daté de 1741. Dans la galerie qui évoque un chemin de ronde se tient un restaurant depuis 1830.

Transports
 Ligne ferroviaire CFF Brig – Romanshorn
 Lignes de bus pour Arbon et pour Bischofszell
 Autoroute A1, sortie 5

Annexes

Personnalités
 Hans Brühlmann, peintre.
 Dino Larese, écrivain ayant fait de la commune un rendez-vous d'intellectuels de renom en y invitant Thomas Mann, Eugène Ionesco, Carl Orff, Carl Gustav Jung et Martin Heidegger.

Notes et références

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Commune du canton de Thurgovie
Ville en Suisse


With the summer holidays just around the corner, there has never been a better time to learn how to save money on your petrol/diesel bills. Whether you commute daily to work or simply use your car for shopping trips, there are several different tips you can adapt to lower the amount of fuel you use (and which have little impact on the time taken to reach your destination).
In this post, I'll offer my 5 favourite tips to lower the cost of fuel bills for your family car which could help you save as much as 20% from your annual spend on petrol/diesel.
One of the most wonderful things about the Internet is the ability to compare prices of just about everything, to ensure we get the best possible value for our money.
PetrolPrices.com - Search over almost 10,000 stations across the UK by town or postcode to locate the cheapest fuel stations near you.
FindCheapPetrol.com - Again, you can search by postcode to locate the cheapest stations close to where you love (this site also compares the prices of supermarket stations such as Tesco and Morrisons). I've just noticed this site is undergoing maintenance though it should be available again in the next couple of days.
KeepMoving.co.uk - This inenious site offers loads of information about travelling and traffic across the country, and the special "fuel prices" section allows you to search for the cheapest fuel prices along a route - reat for when you're travelling long distances!
You will need to register (for free) to be able to use these sites effectively, though when this could save you up to 5% on your fuel bills the benefits of registration speak for themselves.
For example, when I searched prices for my home town, there was a difference of 9.4p a litre between the highest and lowest prices of unleaded fuel. For someone who fills up with £50 of petrol each week, this could save almost £250 in fuel each year!
Remove excess weight from your car, which will lighten the load and reduce the amount of fuel used per journey. So remove any roof racks not currently being used and empty all the junk from your boot!
Switch off the air conditioning unless it's really nescessary as this uses quite a lot of power when in action. Winding down the windows in warm weather is almost as cooling, and uses no excess power.
Make sure your tyres are correctly inflated. Under-inflated tyres can decrease fuel efficiency by around 3% as more power is required to get the car moving. Check the correct tyre pressure for your particular car on this page of the RAC website, and top up with air (if needed) the next time you fill up with fuel.
Lastly, don't completely fill the car with petrol. A full tank adds more weight to the car, which makes it less efficient. By filling only half (or even a quarter) of the tank and refuelling more often, you can increase efficiency and actually use less fuel in the long run.
When I was learning to drive, I was lucky to have an instructor who taught me about the benefits of driving with fuel efficiency in mind.
Each time you put your foot on the accelerator, you are using fuel.
Accelerate gradually, without over-revving the engine. A rule of thumb is to ensure you always drive at under 3000RPM.
Slow naturally, without using your brakes unnecessarily. This is easier if you leave a 2 second gap between you and the car in front, leaving you time to slow using the momentum of the engine (and accelerate more easily afterwards).
Consider your position in the road. By being more alert while driving, you can reduce the need to slow and accelerate, ensuring a smoother more efficient drive.
4. Find ways to make filling up pay you!
Earn Nectar points whenever you fill up at BP stations.
However, don't go out of your way to be loyal to a particular scheme: this may cost you more in fuel over the long term than you will receive in rewards. Instead, use your reward scheme when this particular station offers the lowest priced fuel (see #1).
5. Ditch the car (or rather, choose to use it less often).
Of course, the ultimate fuel savings would be based on never using our cars... But for most of us, this is simply not a practical solution!Instead, we can consider ways of using our vehicles less, and making our journeys more efficient so we use less fuel over the course of each month.
For example, run all errands (eg: grocery shopping, post-office, recycling, library) on a single planned round-trip. Between each stop, your engine will remain warm and altogether you'll use less fuel than running each errand on a different day of the week.
Those who work (or shop regularly) in city centres may like to consider a park-and-ride scheme. This involves parking your car in a secure park on the outskirts of the city then catching a designated bus/tram/tube/train to your final destination. Usually these park-and-ride schemes are fee-based, but these will reimburse themselves when you consider how much fuel you'll save not getting caught up in slow-moving traffic or driving round for hours looking for a safe place to park (not to mention parking fees!).
Car-sharing can also offer savings on fuel. If you live close to friends, take it in turns to go shopping together, share the school run or drive each other to work, and share the costs of fuel. While it may be marginally less efficient to drive with more passengers in the car, you'll both be saving money on fuel costs on your regular excursions!


On the way to work this morning, we voted. To me, voting is a privilege, responsibility, and a mitzvah. The act of voting connects us directly with our local, state and national society because we are participating. We say to ourselves and our neighbors that whether we like our choices, we take part.
Far too many people were unable to take part in the past. Women, minorities, and ex-cons are among the people whose voices have been silenced. Some are trying to silence voices this year, in 2012. I believe that we owe it to our personal and communal ancestors to vote, because too many of them were unable to do so. Can you imagine a conversation with a great (or great great) grandmother and telling her "sorry, I don't want to vote because of X, Y, or Z?" She herself may have been of voting age in the early 1900s, but she was not allowed to do so as a woman.
Voting is a mitzvah, an obligation/commandment when we study the Talmudic text "din d' malchuta dina" (the law of the land is the law) found in tractate Nedarim 28a. This principle, found a number of times in rabbinic text, helps us know that Jews must follow the local law in all cases except where doing so directly contradicts halachah (Jewish law). While voting is not required in America, it is an important part of participating in the law of the land.
I hope that voting fills you with pride and hope for the future.


The Royal Wedding gift bags.
Gift bags from the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are being auctioned online - with one bid from a Merthyr Tydfil seller reaching over £10,000.
Several auctions have popped up on eBay in the hours and days following Saturday's wedding.
Sellers have included pictures of the commemorative fridge magnet that is described as an "exclusive memento", a tube of Harry and Meghan wedding shortbread, bottle of water and large chocolate coin.
They were all included in a special hessian bag with the date and venue printed on the front.
One posting, listed at Merthyr Tydfil according to the eBay page, had received 55 offers by Tuesday morning.
The gift bags were given to members of the public who were invited to share in the couple's big day on May 19 in the grounds of Windsor Castle, but not the 600 chapel guests.
Buy a piece of history and memorabilia to celebrate a momentous special day for Britain's and the royal family. I am selling my limited goody bag for guests of Royal wedding of Meghan and Harry 19th May 2018.
Official bag with full contents containing commemorative chocolate coin unopened sealed and in original condition, labelled spring water bottle unopened and sealed in original condition, royal wedding fridge magnet unopened in original packaging, the castle spectator badge and a tub of 'handbag shortbread' unopened as well as a marriage order of service booklet and a 20% off voucher of middle ward shop in Windsor castle.
Don't miss out on this limited once in a life time opportunity to have a piece of royal history.
The seller of one listing, which reached £1,020,00, wrote they had received "this wonderful gift bag for guests", and added: "I forgot to mention all money raised will go to charity."
Another seller, who so far had a bid of £458, described it as a "piece of history and Royal Wedding memorabilia given to celebrate a very special day".
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute said that such transactions are private sales between consumers, and as such are not covered by trading standards.


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