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With the current high demand for raw materials, we are seeing an increasing number of metal thefts occurring across the UK, with one of the most vulnerable targets being churches. Only recently a man was jailed in Royston for stealing lead from six churches and causing £186,000 of damage in the process.
This recent case highlights the prominence of metal thefts, particularly those occurring at churches. Whilst there has been a decline in metal theft offences since 2013, the Home Office believes this decrease has largely been in low-value "opportunistic" metal thefts, with large-scale gang-related robbery on the rise. One of the primary reasons it is believed that locations such as churches and railway lines are commonly targeted for metal theft is due to the low levels of guardianship, hence reducing the risk of perpetrators being caught. There is no denying that the implementation of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act in 2013 has helped to reduce the number of metal thefts, however it is also likely that the comparatively low prices at the time also played a role.
In fact, many have noted the correlation between the increase in metal prices (such as lead and copper) and the rise in thefts. ONS property crime data from 2017 supports this hypothesis, with metal theft figures increasing during that period as metal prices also soared.
This trend continued into 2018, with metal theft instances rising by 25% in last year alone and almost half of all these thefts (46%) being infrastructure-related offences.
Metal thefts can be incredibly costly, both for the economy and for victims themselves. According to Gov.uk, metal theft at its peak was estimated to cost the economy more than £220 million per year.
Though metal theft is often seen by its perpetrators as a victimless crime, the impact is very real for those who are stolen from. On top of the cost of damage caused, replacement of stolen materials and disruption to business, victims may also face an increase in insurance costs once they have made a claim.
If you would like to know more about the growing threat of church metal theft and how we respond to church claims, please get in touch with Steve Willis at steve.willis@quadraclaims.co.uk.
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Haunted House Ratings.com "Top 31 Haunted Houses" 2012
Posted on 4 Oct 2012 - by hhrhauntedhouse In: Haunted House Ratings News
Haunted House Ratings.com Announces the 2012 List of "Americas Best Haunted Houses" from New York to Texas, The Voters Choice for the Best Halloween Events
Atlanta, Georgia – October 1, 2012 – Love Haunted Houses? Well there were no zombies giving interviews, no chainsaw wielding maniacs gushing effusively, but the tension was palpable and the stakes were high yesterday as www.HauntedHouseRatings.com released their much-awaited list of the Top 31 Haunted Houses in the nation for 2012.
Billed as the "Victim's Choice for America's Best Haunted Houses," the ratings are actually determined by consumer electronic voting, and no amount of teeth gnashing, histrionics or rattling of chains can affect the outcome of the ballot. The competition may be cutthroat, and the divas undead, but the voting is done in the ether and thanking the Academy is not necessary.
Taking top honors on the black carpet this year was Kersey Valley Spookywoods, a Haunted House in High Point, North Carolina that features Zombie laser tag, where guests get to exact revenge on the actors that frighten them by shooting back with laser guns, causing their sensor packs to glow red upon sustaining a direct hit. Spookywoods is one of only two haunted Houses in the country to incorporate an interactive laser-tag game.
Finishing a close second was The Darkness and Scream Park at Creepyworld, a dual attraction – actually two parts of a trilogy of haunts in St. Louis, Missouri, followed by third place
Thrillvania's beloved Verdun Manor in Dallas, Texas.
Sweeping the category was the State of Ohio with five finalists on the list, albeit most of them towards the bottom, the exception being the red brick Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati, finishing at Number 11. In addition to Thrillvania Haunted House of Dallas Texas' third place honors, Texas also proudly boasts the Number 5 attraction, Guinness World Record Winner Cutting Edge Haunted House in Fort Worth, Texas, Number 13,House of Torment in Austin Texas and Number 21, Nightmare on the Bayou in Houston Texas.
Pennsylvania also had four haunts on the list, Scarehouse in Pittsburgh at Number 7, Bates Motel in Glen Mills at Number 12, Eastern State Penitentiary, Number 25, and Field of Screams in Mountville, a distinguished Number 31.
Unfortunately, the awards ceremony had to be cancelled after a mob of rabid clowns stormed the dais and frightened off the presenters.
www.HauntedHouseRatings.com is a complete directory of America's haunted houses, which publishes information about haunted attractions all around the country and allows visitors to the Web site to give the haunts a thrill rating from one to ten. Each year the votes are tallied in a secret ceremony involving 31 zombies, a vat of prop blood, a fog machine and a giant anaconda.
Actually, the votes are tallied electronically, and while there are no golden statuettes to adorn the mantelpiece, no long boring speeches, half-baked performances or interviews with Joan Rivers, it is nonetheless an honor, after all, just to be nominated.
Without further ado, the envelope please. And the winners are:
1. Spookywoods, High Point, North Carolina
2. The Darkness & Creepy World, St. Louis, Missouri
3. Thrillvania's Verdun Manor, Terrell, TX
4. Headless Horseman, Ulster Park, New York
5. Cutting Edge Haunted House, Fort Worth, TX
6. The Beast & Edge of Hell, Kansas City, MO
7. Scarehouse, Pittsburgh, PA
8. Erebus Haunted House, Pontiac, MI
9. Wisconsin Feargrounds, Waukesha, WI
10. Netherworld, Atlanta area, GA
11. The Dent Schoolhouse, Cincinnati, OH
12. Bates Motel, Glen Mills, PA
13. House of Torment, Austin, TX
14. Bennett's Curse, Baltimore, MD
15. 13th Gate, Baton Rouge, LA
16. Nightmare on 13th, Salt Lake City, UT
17. Haunted Hotel, San Diego, CA
18. Asylum Haunted House, Denver, CO
19. House of Shock, New Orleans, LA
20. Night of Terror, Mullica Hills, NJ
21. Nightmare on the Bayou, Houston, TX
22. Dead Acres, Pataskala, OH
23. Haunted Schoolhouse. Akron, OH
24. Nightmare New England, Lichfield, NH
25. Eastern State Penitentiary – Terror Behind the Walls, PA
26. Land Of Illusion, Middletown, OH
27. Dream Reapers, Melrose Park, IL
28. Haunted Overload, Lee, NH
29. Seven Floors of Hell, Berea, OH
30. Pirates of Emerson, Fremont, CA
31. Field Of Screams, Mountville, PA
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Julia Wolfe
Forbidden Love (2019) 40'
4 percussion playing string quartet
Forbidden Love - all the things you aren't supposed to do to string instruments. My first year of college I wandered into a class called Creative Musicianship. One of the first assignments was to write a short piece using a musical instrument in an unusual nontraditional way. I thought "what?" So when SO asked me to write them a piece using the four instruments of the string quartet, it was the second time this challenge was posed. The beautiful thing about SO is that they are so open, so collaborative, full of adventure and can-do attitude. Together we discovered and drew out beautiful ethereal and crunchy sounds from this iconic quartet of instruments. In the process I developed a very personal new language (boings, szhings, hammering, and more.) Forbidden Love is dedicated to Jane Heirich - that wonderful teacher who in that life-changing class first asked me to step outside the box.
Commissioner:
Carnegie Hall, LA Philharmonic, Kennedy Center
First Performer:
So Percussion, LA Philharmonic's Noon to Midnight June 1, 2019, Walt Disney Concert Hall
This work is currently unavailable due to performance exclusivities.
Spinning (2018) 60'
3 cellos and voice
Peak Performances (Montclair, NJ)
Maya Beiser, Melody Giron, Lavena Johanson; May 10-13, 2018; Peak Performances; Montclair, NJ
This work is currently unavailable for performance due to exclusivity.
Road Trip (2017) 60'
cl, pno, perc, gtr, vc, db
30 years ago, three young composers, Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe started a journey together, and they called that journey "Bang on a Can." After hundreds of thousands of miles and hundreds of new pieces, records, productions, marathons and summer festivals, they're still best of friends - on the road together, sharing the journey. The electric Bang on a Can All-Stars power it up. Director Michael Counts and scenic designer Deborah Johnson (aka CandyStations) create an immersive landscape. Road Trip takes us on a cross country trek - celebrating the freedom and mystery of the open road. Dirt road, country road, two lane blacktop, superhighway. Destination unknown. Maybe even unknowable.
Road Trip was commissioned by BAM for the 2017 Next Wave Festival and by Stephen A. Block, Robert Braun & Joan Friedman, Leslie Lassiter, Raulee Marcus, New Music USA, Maria & Robert A. Skirnick, Jane and Richard Stewart, with additional support from Jerry Eberhardt and Phil Hettema.
Bang on a Can All-Stars -- 27 October 2017; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
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Blue Dress for string quartet (2015) 10'
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Ethel -- National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY; November 4, 2015
Blue Dress for string quartet -- live (excerpt)
Cha (2015) 11'
Prism Sax Quartet
Prism Sax Quartet, Curtis Institute of Music, May 22, 2015.
Cloud River Mountain (2015, rev. 2017) 60'
soprano, cl, perc, gtr, piano, vc, db
Cloud River Mountain
Bang on a Can All-Stars with Gong Linna
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commissioned by Maria and Robert A Skirnick and Arts Brookfield
Bang on a Can All-Stars with Gong Linna -- June 21, 2015; Bang on a Can Marathon
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Girl With Mountain
Anthracite Fields (2014) 65'
SATB chorus, cl, egtr, perc, pno, vc, db
I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania – Montgomeryville. When we first moved there the road was dirt and the woods surrounding the house offered an endless playground of natural forts and ice skating trails. At the end of the long country road you'd reach the highway — route 309. A right turn (which was the way we almost always turned) led to the city, Philadelphia. A left turn on route 309 (which we hardly ever took) led to coal country, the anthracite field region. I remember hearing the names of the towns, and though my grandmother grew up in Scranton, everything in that direction, north of my small town, seemed like the wild west.
When the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia commissioned me to write a new work for choir and the Bang on a Can All-Stars, I looked to the anthracite region. Anthracite is the diamond of coal — the purest form. At the turn of the century the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania became the power source for everything from railroads to industry to heating homes. But the life of the miner was difficult and dangerous. I had been immersed in issues of the American worker — composing Steel Hammer, an evening length art-ballad on the legend of John Henry. For Anthracite Fields I went deeper into American labor history — looking at both local and national issues that arose from coal mining. I went down into the coal mines, visited patch towns and the local museums where the life of the miners has been carefully depicted and commemorated. I interviewed retired miners and children of miners who grew up in the patch. The text is culled from oral histories and interviews, local rhymes, a coal advertisement, geological descriptions, a mining accident index, contemporary daily everyday activities that make use of coal
power, and an impassioned political speech by John L. Lewis, the head of the United Mine Workers Union.
My aim with Anthracite Fields is to honor the people who persevered and endured in the Pennsylvania Anthracite coal region during a time when the industry fueled the nation, and to reveal a bit about who we are as American workers.
In the first movement, FOUNDATION, the singers chant the names of miners that appeared on a Pennsylvania Mining Accident index 1869-1916. The list is sadly long. I chose only the Johns with one-syllable last names in alphabetical order. The piece ends with a setting of the very colorful multi-syllabic names. The miners were largely from immigrant families and the diversity of ethnicity is heard in the names. At the center of Foundation is text from geological descriptions of coal formation.
BREAKER BOYS follows next. There were many boys working in the Pennsylvania coal mines. The younger ones worked in the breakers, which were large ominous structures. The coal would come running down the chutes of the breakers, and the boys had the painful job of removing debris from the rush of coal. They weren't allowed to wear gloves, and as a result their fingers were cut and bleeding. The central rhyme of this movement, Mickey Pick-Slate, is from the anthracite region. Others were adapted from children's street rhymes. In the center of this movement are the words of Anthony (Shorty) Slick who worked as a breaker boy. The interview is taken from the documentary film, America and Lewis Hine directed by Nina Rosenblum. Hine worked for the National Child Labor Committee, and served as chief photographer for the WPA.
SPEECH is the third movement. The text is adapted from an excerpt of a speech by John L. Lewis who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America. Lewis was an impassioned spokesperson for the miners and fought hard-won battles for safer working conditions and for compensation.
The fourth movement FLOWERS was inspired by an interview with Barbara Powell, daughter and granddaughter of miners. She grew up in a Pennsylvania patch town and had many stories to tell about her family life. She never felt poor. She had an amazing sense of community. Barbara talked about how everyone helped each other. In one interview Barbara said, in order to brighten their lives, "We all had gardens", and then she began to list the names of flowers.
The last movement APPLIANCES ties the new to the old. I was struck by John L. Lewis' line "those of us who benefit from that service because we live in comfort." Our days are filled with activities that require power. Even today coal is fueling the nation, powering electricity. When we bake a cake or grind coffee beans we use coal. The closing words of Anthracite Fields are taken from an advertising campaign for the coal-powered railroad. In 1900 Ernest Elmo Calkins created a fictitious character, a New York socialite named Phoebe Snow, who rode the rails to Buffalo It used to be a dirty business to ride a train But with the diamond of coal her "gown stayed white from morn till night, on the road to Anthracite" — a stunning contrast to the coal darkened faces underground.
— Julia Wolfe
(all last names preceded by John)
John Ace, John Art, John Ash,… Ayers, Bab, Backs, Baer, Bail, Bains, Ball, Ban, Banks, Barnes, Barr, Bath, Baum, Bax, Bean, Beck, Bee, Bell, Best, Big, Bike, Birch, Bird, Black, Blain, Blair, Blick, Bloom, Blough, Bock, Boggs, Boltz, Bone, Book, Boone, Booth, Boots, Boss, Bork, Boyd, Boz, Brass, Bray, Breem, Brenn, Briggs, Brill, Brink, Britt, Broad, Brooks, Brown, Brush, Buck, Budd, Bull, Bunn, Burke, Burns, Burt, Burt, Bush, Cain, Camp, Carl, Carp, Carr, Case, Char, Chase, Childs, Christ, Clark, Clem, Cline, Cluff, Clune, Coates, Cole, Cone, Conn, Coon, Coots, Cope, Cox, Coyle, Coyne, Crabb, Craig, Crane, Cray, Creech, Cresh, Croll, Crook, Cross, Crow, Cruse, Crush, Cull, Dale, Danks, Dash, Dawe, Day, Deal, Dean, Deck, Derk, Derr, Dice, Dowe, Doyle, Drake, Drew, Duke, Dumm, Dunn, Dykes, Eck, Edge, Emes, Erb, Fair, Faith, Farr, Faust, Feets, Fern, Fife, Fink, Finn, Fitch, Flack, Fleas, Flesh, Flinn, Float, Flute, Folk, Forbes, Ford, Fox, Frank, Freel, French, Frick, Frill, Fritz, Fry, Fuke, Gantz, Gaul, Gell, George, Gish, Glinn, Gluke, Glump, Goff, Gold, Good, Grant, Grass, Gray, Green, Gregg, Grim, Grimes, Grip, Groom, Gross, Grove, Guy, Gwynn, Hall, Hand, Hane, Hawk, Hayes, Head, Heal, Heist, Helm, Hess, Hill, Hines, Hog, Holt, Homes, Hood, Hope, Howe, Hughes, Hunt, James, Jones, Joy, Judge, Lair, Lake, Lamb, Lane, Lang, Lappe, Leach, Lee, Left, Link, Linn, Lloyd, Lock, Long, Lord, Loss, Lott, Lowe, Luke, Lume, Lutz, Lynch, Lynn, Mack, Marks, Mates, Maul, May, Meck, Meese, Mick, Miles, Mill, Moore, Moss, Mott, Nash, Neil, Ney, Nick, Niles, Noke, Noll, Noon, Nutt, Nye, Orr, Ortz, Paff, Pap, Parks, Paul, Peace, Peel, Pierce, Pink, Pitz, Plant, Please, Plow, Pluck, Plum, Point, Pool, Pope, Posh, Pratt, Price, Prone, Prush, Pyle, Pyne, Quinn, Rage, Rand, Rape, Ray, Read, Reap, Reese, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Ridge, Ring, Ripp, Rist, Roach, Robb, Rock, Roe, Roots, Rose, Ross, Rouse, Rudd
The briny seas rose and fell, wide shallow seas.
Thick steamy swamps covered the earth.
The leaves and branches buried deep. Thick roots and trunks buried deep.
Buried deep inside the earth.
Layer upon layer upon layer buried deep.
Heat. Pressure. Time.
Massimino Santiarelli, Nicholas Scalgo, Edward Scutulis, Alfred Seabury, Jonathan Shoemaker, Josiah Sibley, Emanuel Skidmore, Martin Sladovick, Andrew Smalley, Thomas Snedden, Sylvester Sokoski, Benjamin Spade, Charles St. Clair, Ignatz Stancheski, James Henry Sullivan, Anton Svanevich, Augustus Swanson, Olif Sweedbury, Anthony Sweeney, Lathrie Symmons, Julius Tamanini, Lino Tarillia, Premo Tonetti, Bladis Tonatis, Rofello Tironzelli, Anthony Tonery, Christian Ulrich, Theodore Valentine, Isaac VanBlaragan, Constantine Vickerell, Edwin Wagstaff, August Yeager, Henry Youngcourt, Martian Yunman, Victor Zaimerovich, Ezekiel Zamoconie,
Ezekiel, Ezekiel, Ezekiel, Ezekiel.
The names above appear on the list of the Pennsylvania Mining Accidents index 1869-1916 (from the Denver Public Library Digital Collections) with the exception of Massimino Santiarelli who appeared in Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. The geographic description was adapted from information in the book Big Coal by Jeff Goodell.
BREAKER BOYS
Mickey Pick-Slate
early and late
Mickey, Mickey
that was the poor little breaker boys fate.
mickety pickety rickety tickety lickety splickety
kickety, kickety, kick, kick, kick, kick
Mickey, Mickey, Mickey, Mickey
eight years, nine years, ten years, twelve years,
six years, seven years, thirteen, fifteen, fourteen,
eleven, seventeen, eighteen, sixteen
"Oh what a place, you sat on a hard seat.
You didn't dare cushion it, no matter.
You had to sit on that plain plank, no matter,
with your feet in the shoot, on a plain plank
bent over like this.
Well I'll tell you it was very scary.
Believe me, believe me.
"I don't know how in the world I got the nerve to go there in the first place.
You didn't dare say anything.
You didn't dare quit,
because it was something to have a job at 8 cents an hour.
You didn't wear gloves.
You didn't dare.
You weren't allowed to wear gloves.
"Your fingernails, you had none.
The ends of them would be bleeding ever day from work,
bleeding ever day."*
A poor simple woman at the breaker still waits
to bring home her poor little Mickey Pick-Slate.
inor minor mona mai
pascor lahra bonor bai
eggs butter cheese bread
stick stock stone dead
Stick 'em up and stick 'em down.
Stick 'em in the old man's crown.
Snail, snail come outa your hole
or else I'll beat you black as coal,
black as coal, black as coal
stone dead stone dead
Once a man and twice a boy,
oh you are my pride and joy.
Twice a boy and once a man,
catch me catch me if you can.
catch me, catch me
slate picker, mule kicker, air thicker,
make you sicker,
sicker, sicker, sicker, sicker, sicker, sicker, sicker, sicker
Ten little angels dressed in white
tryin' to get to heaven on the tail of a kite,
but the kite string broke and down they fell.
Instead of going to heaven they went to…
heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven
nine little angels, eight little angels
seven little angels, six little angels
I am king of the castle. I am king.
I am king of the castle,
king of the castle, I am king.
I am king of the castle you are a dirty rascal.
* everything in quotes excerpted and adapted from an interview with Anthony (Shorty) Slick (breaker boy) from the film America and Lewis Hine directed and produced by Nina Rosenblum, Daedalus Productions, Inc. Other text based on children's street rhymes.
If we must grind up human flesh and bones
in the industrial machine that we call modern America,
then before God I assert
that those who consume the coal
and you and I who benefit from that service because we live in comfort,
we owe protection to those men and we owe the security to their families
if they die.
I say it, I voice it, I proclaim it
and I care not who in heaven or hell opposes it.
That is what I believe.
That is what I believe, I believe, I believe.
And the miners believe that.*
*excerpt from a speech by John L. Lewis (head of the United Mine Workers) to the House Labor subcommittee
We all had flowers. We all had gardens.
Flowers, flowers, flowers, flowers.
Roses and lilies and violets and asters and
lilacs and tulips and dahlias and poppies and
pansies and bluebells and foxglove and
heather and larkspur and dogwood and zinnias and
lavender, irises, daffodils, peonies, crocuses, sunflowers,
hyacinth, hollyhocks, touch-me-not, baby's breath,
azaleas, petunias, nasturtium, narcissus,
marigolds, snap dragons, sweet williams, bleeding hearts, magnolias,
chrysanthemums, wisteria, rhododendrons, geraniums, forsythia,
forget-me-not, gladiolas, portulacas, mountain laurel,
forget-me-not, forget-me-not, forget me, forget me, forget,
forget me not.
Inspired by an interview with Barbara Powell - daughter and gradndaughter of coal miners, who grew up in a patch town in the Anthracite region.
Bake a cake. Drill a hole. Go to the gym. Heat your house.
Blend a drink. Blast your guitar. Dry your clothes. Turn on the light.
Ring me up. Toast a slice. Blow out your hair. Lock the safe.
Grind the beans. Shave your face. Run the dishwasher. Order a book.
Charge it to my card. Purify the air. Listen to your favorite song.
Call your girlfriend on the phone.
Juice an orange. Set your clock. Make some popcorn. Test your blood.
Watch a movie. Wash your clothes. Ride the subway. Boil some water.
Push the buzzer. Get directions. Replace a knee. Vacuum the rug.
Take a hot steaming shower. Send a message.
Grind, shave, run, blow, heat, drill, blast, turn, ring, blend, lock, dry
Bake, bake, bake, bake, bake a cake, bake a cake.
Phoebe Snow about to go
on a trip to Buffalo
Phoebe Phoebe
"My gown stays white from morn till night. My gown stays white.
On the road to Anthracite."*
*Phoebe Snow was a fictitious New York socialite created by Ernest Elmo Calkins (D.L.&W.) in 1900 for an advertising campaign for the Lakawana coal-powered railroad. Her image was accompanied by short rhymes like the one in the last paragraph above.
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Anthracite Fields
Bang on a Can All-Stars; Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Anthracite Fields was commissioned through Meet the Composer's Commissioning Music/USA program, which is made possible by generous support from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Helen F. Whitaker Fund. Additional support was made possible through the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia Alan Harler New Ventures Fund; the Presser Foundation; The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Philadelphia Music Project.
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and BOAC All-Stars; April 2014
This work is only available for SATB chorus in performance with the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Please info [at] redpoppymusic [dot] com (contact us) for more information about scheduling performances.
Reeling (2012) 5'
cl, egtr, perc, pno, vc, db
For my field recording I've used a fantastic clip of a French Canadian singer. He's an older man and he sings a very beautiful kind of music that's basically the music that you make when you don't have a fiddler and you don't have a banjo. You just use your voice. You sing syllables in a sing-song twirly way. I started this project from a very pure place, just using his voice. And little by little I go from his world to my world, which is much more cacophonous and has a more urban sensibility. There is a very personal connection for me. I love folk music and I've played a lot of folk music. So in a way I'm connecting my own history by going to his singing and revving it up.
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Bang on a Can All-Stars, Field Recordings, Barbican Center (London), March 20, 2012
With a blue dress on (2010, rev. 2014) 10'
5 violins/voice
version also available for 5 cellos/voice
My love affair with American folk music began in Ann Arbor, Michigan where I studied and worked. There I began to play mountain dulcimer, sing, try out the bones. The folk scene in Ann Arbor was and still is very rich - and I had the opportunity to immerse myself in the culture. As I veered off into more experimental ideas in music the folk threads remained - references in pieces like Four Marys (my first string quartet), Cruel Sister (string orchestra work that follows the arc of an old Scottish ballad), and most recently Steel Hammer (an evening length art ballad for Trio Mediaeval and the Bang on a Can All-Stars). In With a blue dress on for five violins the folk roots come to the fore with fiddling licks, fragments of song, and bows deep into the string. I was inspired by a plaintive field recording of a woman singing "Pretty little girl with a blue dress on." Her tone was rough and her rhythm irregular. The timing and tempos, or implied tempos, in my piece play on this irregularity and fluctuation - placing folk-like fragments into a kind of joyful hyper state.
With a blue dress on was written for Monica Germino and commissioned by the Eduard van Beinum Stichting.
Eduard van Beinum Stichting
Bang on a Can Summer Institute; August 2, 2014
Steel Hammer (2009) 70'
SSA, cl, perc, gtr, pf, vc, db
Steel Hammer is inspired by my love for the legends and music of Appalachia. The text is culled from the over 200 versions of the John Henry ballad. The various versions, based on hearsay, recollection, and tall tales, explore the subject of human vs. machine in this quintessential American legend. Many of the facts are unclear – some say he's from West Virginia – some say he's from South Carolina – some say he's from New Jersey... But regardless of the details, John Henry, wielding a steel hammer, faces the onslaught of the industrial age as his super human strength is challenged in a contest to out dig an engine. I drew upon the extreme variations of the story, fragmenting and weaving the contradictory versions of the ballad that have circulated since the late 1800s in to a new whole - at times meditating on single words or phrases – in order to tell the story of the story - to embody the simultaneous diverse paths it traveled.
The sounds of Appalachia have long been a part of my musical consciousness. (My first public music performance was on mountain dulcimer). I have referenced the folk music influence in many of my other works - Four Marys (for string quartet) and Cruel Sister (for string orchestra) take folk tales as the inspiration for the music. LAD (for 9 bagpipes), and Accordion Love (accordion concerto) explore and experiment with folk performance traditions. In Steel Hammer, I'm calling on the Bang on a Can All-Stars to expand out from their usual instrumentation to include the likes of dulcimers and bones, and accessing Trio Mediæval's extensive work in their native vocal traditions.
Steel Hammer
Trio Mediaeval and the Bang on a Can All-Stars
Maria and Robert A. Skirnick and Carnegie Hall
Bang on a Can All-Stars, Trio Mediaeval: 11/13/09 at The Philips Center at the University of Florida, Gainesville FL
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Polly Ann and The Race
Lord Lord
singing in the dead of night (2008) 18'
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The title singing in the dead of night conjures up the still and surreal nighttime experience of being the only one awake. Out of the silence often comes inspiration - finding one's way to a human song, symphony of sound. Singing in the dead of night is its own metaphor - beginnings always beginning in ''the dead of night'' - in the void into which a creation is made. The virtuosity and intensity of the music are inspired by the high voltage performers of eighth blackbird. The silences, sand, and density are there for the thoughtful and exquisite Susan Marshall.
Eighth Blackbird
University of Richmond Modlin Center, Richmond, VA, 26 March 2008
Stronghold (2008) 17'
eight double basses
or solo bass + playback
Stronghold was written for Robert Black and premiered by his group The Hartt Bass Ensemble. While working with Robert I discovered that the bass had a limitless universe of expressive possibilities rarely explored. Yes it has those great low notes, but you won't hear any until halfway through the piece. Stronghold starts with webs of rolling harmonics, very high overtones that take advantage of the long length of the strings, and ends with thick resonant sounds created when the bow is heavily pressed into the low open E string. With 8 basses going at once the ensemble turns into one mega bass, and it's hard to tell where one player ends and another begins. On this recording Robert Black plays all eight parts.
Dark Full Ride
The Hartt School
the Hartt Bass Band, Bang on a Can Marathon, Winter Garden, New York, NY, 31 May 2008
version available for solo double bass and audio playback
Lad (2007) 17'
nine bagpipes
Clone of softLOUD - Music for Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Sean Shibe
the River to River Festival
Bagpipe Orchestra, Bang on a Can Festival, New York, NY, 2 June 2007
version available for solo bagpipe
Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (2002) 15'
cl/perc/pf/egtr/vc.db; amp
Big Beautiful Dark and Scary
The MAP Fund
Bang on a Can All-Stars, Krannert Center, Champagne-Urbana, IL, April 2002
Dark Full Ride (2002) 18'
perc. quartet for 4 drum sets
When Talujon Percussion Quartet asked me to write a piece for 4 percussionists I immediately thought of the drums. I am a long time fan of drummers and their ability to play simultaneously with both hands and feet, so I thought why not four of them? I went to David Cossin's studio to try ideas out. When we got to the hi-hat I became mesmerized. It's an amazing instrument – 2 cymbals crashing together by means of a foot pedal and struck from above. It produces an enormous range of shimmering colors. Just opening and closing the cymbals allow for symphonic possibilities. You can play the cymbals on the edge, play on the bell (top), roll, attack, be delicate, and my favorite - make the hi-hat roar. The first 7 minutes of the piece are entirely on hi-hats. Then I add in cymbals. That's where the title of the piece comes from – it was printed on the back of one of the ride cymbals. From there the piece spreads out to the drums, eventually leading to a cacophony of conflicting pounding speeds on the whole drum set. Towards of the end of Dark Full Ride the four players are playing beats at different tempos while speeding up and slowing down relative to each other.
Talujon Percussion Quartet with funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Miller Theater, New York City, NY, 28 February 2002
Girlfriend (1998) 18'
fl.cl/perc/kbd/vn.vc;tp;amp
the California E.A.R. Unit, New York New Music, The San Francisco Chamber Players with funds from Meet the Composer Consortium Commissioning Program
California E.A.R. Unit, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California, 6 January 1999
Believing (1997) 10'
cl/perc/kbd/egtr/vc.db - players all sing, especially cellist
The title for Believing came to me after the music had been written. During the time I was working on the piece I had been listening to a song by John Lennon called Tomorrow never knows. It's a fantastic song - very psychedelic - written at a time when the Beatles were exploring spiritual questions. You can hear it in the music, and in the words. There's a line, "It is believing" that comes back again and again. Believing is such a powerful word - full of optimism and struggle. It's hard to believe and it's liberating to believe. The music is very much written for the Bang on a Can All-Stars. It is my second piece for the group and I feel that I have really gotten inside their sound. Believing was commissioned by NPS Dutch Radio. I am very grateful for their support for this work.
Renegade Heaven - Bang on a Can All-Stars
NPS Dutch Radio for the Bang on a Can All-Stars
Bang on a Can All-Stars, Bang on a Can Marathon, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, 18 May 1997
Dig Deep (1995) 14'
The String Quartets
the Kronos Quartet
Kultur Haus, Klagenfurt, Austria, 12 September 1995
Steam (1995) 8'
fl/eorg/vc/Harry Partch instruments (2 harmonic canons, 1 blo-boy)
Composer Note
I wrote STEAM for three instruments built by Harry Partch, two harmonic canons and a bloboy, as well as amplified flute, cello, and electric organ. The Newband performers are specially trained on Partch's original instruments which have been in their possession since 1990. Newband lent me one of the harmonic canons for several weeks. It's a large microtonal zither. The tuning is amazingly beautiful with 43 notes to the octave. I spent hours strumming, plucking, glissing — when you slide down the strings it has the sound of a wild animal cry. I kept Partch's tuning for his instruments while using the familiar tempered tuning for the others. I loved the sound of these two worlds rubbing against each other, fusing into a new kind of harmony.
Arsenal of Democracy
Polygram Records
Newband, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, NY, 30 March 1995
Lick (1994) 10'
ssx/perc/pf/egtr/vc.db; amp
Lick is the first work that I wrote for the Bang on a Can All-Stars. There's an insistence, a feeling of pushing things to the edge, and there is a groove. The body energy of pop music definitely came into my music in Lick. Motown, funk, rock. This is the music I grew up on—listening, dancing to it. The word Lick has a lot of meanings. I took a fragment, a lick, and magnified it. The beat is split up among the players. Lick is about attacks, but there is a more sensual side. It's saucy and aggressive. It's impatient; although it stays with things for a long time, it hammers at them. I wanted to see the All-Stars lock in to this intense energy, to go over the top.
Bang on a Can Classics
Bang on a Can - Industry
the Bang on a Can All-Stars with funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, 11 April 1994
Early that summer (1993) 12'
While living in Amsterdam for the year [in 1992] I began Early that summer. At the time I was reading a book about US political history. The author would introduce small incidents with phrases like "Early that summer ..." Incidents would snowball into major political events or crises. I realized that the music I was writing was exactly like this—that I was creating a state of anticipation and forward build.
Ethel: Heavy
Ethel String Quartet
Innova Records
the MTC Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Consortium Program
The Lark Quartet, The Kitchen, New York City, 30 May 1993
my lips from speaking (1993) 15'
my lips from speaking, for 6 pianos, is inspired by the opening few chords played on piano by Aretha Franklin in her hit tune "Think". It is a fantastic musical moment. my lips from speaking takes this bit of music - fragments it, spreads it out, and wildly spins it into a kind of ecstatic frenzy. The title is taken from the biblical line, "Guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceit." - a nod to the deeply spiritual musical background from which the great Aretha Franklin emerged. my lips from speaking, in its original form, written for 6 live pianos, and was commissioned by the Huddersfield Festival for Piano Circus (U.K.). This arrangement for one live player and tape was created for Lisa Moore.
the Huddersfield Festival
Piano Circus, St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield, England, 19 November 1993
my lips from speaking (solo with CD) (1993) 15'
solo piano with backing track
Four Marys (1991) 11'
In 1991 the Cassatt String Quartet came to play on the [Bang on a Can] festival because another quartet had canceled at the last minute. We didn't know them. When they started to play I was amazed — they were like angels, moving and breathing together. In 1992 I wrote Four Marys for the Cassatt. I thought about how they played as if they were one organism. Four Marys takes the sound world of the mountain dulcimer and magnifies it — the sliding pitches, the crude crying tone, the drone strings, and the ''strumming'' expand throughout the quartet. I spent hours hanging around with them in their apartments, trying out ideas, reworking things, ordering take-out food. This was the beginning of our friendship.
the Koussevitzky Foundation
The Cassatt Quartet, La Mama, New York City, NY, 12 May 1991
On Seven-Star-Shoes (1985) 6'
fl, ob, cl (bs cl), bsn, fhn
flute, ob, clarinet (bass clarinet) french horn.
On Seven-Star Shoes was inspired by the poetry of the bohemian German-Jewish writer Else Lasker-Schüler. She was one of the few women associated with the Expressionist movement. Her words have a great sense of mystery and celebration.
Never Sing Before Breakfast: A Decade of New Music by Quintet of the Americas
Quintet of the Americas
Newport Classic Premier
The Aspen Wind Quintet, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Spring 1986
Solo/Duo
Opera/Music Theater
Chorus/Vocal
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New hatchery to boost shellfish production in Western Australia
The government of Western Australia (WA) has committed $2.3 million (1.7million USD) to a new multi-species shellfish hatchery. The large-scale industry-run facility would be set up at the Albany Aquaculture Park in Frenchman's Bay.
"Industry feedback tells us there's a lack of access to spat, which is a major impediment to
industry growth and sustainability," Fisheries Minister Joe Francis is cited as saying. "The Albany hatchery will become an important supply source while opening up opportunities for the culture of other species."
This is welcome news for those hoping for the expansion of shellfish aquaculture throughout the state. The hatchery will produce mussels, oysters and pearls and, according to Francis, is expected to be self-funding within ten years.
The announcement comes on the heels of the outbreak of Pacific oyster mortality syndrome (POMS) in Tasmania that has effectively shut down much of that industry. The rock oysters of WA are immune to the disease.
Blue Lagoon Mussels owner Glenn Dibbin is quoted as saying the new hatchery will be a big step forward for aquaculture in the state. He added that his company would use it to supply mussel spat for its mussel production.
"Having a hatchery will give us a lot more certainty and control in mussels," he's recorded as saying. "There's no guarantee of success but at least now the aquaculture industry has a great chance to grow, and it all starts with the hatchery."
A media report from the area said that pearl producers in the Abrolhos part of the state are expected to use the hatchery. An abalone hatchery operating in Bremer Bay will also be able to use the hatchery as a resource.
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Crestron Cools Off Miami Luxury Condo
Hot-hot Miami Beach high-rise condo stays cool and comfortable thanks to Crestron automation.
RS Staff ⋅ Sep 23, 2014
"The sun in Miami Beach is beautiful, but it's brutal. Before we installed the Crestron shading, the place was unbearable. The air conditioning was simply unable to keep up," shared Dave Raines, president of New York City-based integration firm Osbee Industries. The firm is responsible for designing and installing the Crestron home automation system at a Bal Harbour Residence in Miami Beach, FL.
The luxury home with Crestron shades up and drawn.
The high-rise condominium is located in the exclusive Bal Harbour neighborhood on the Atlantic coast, just fifteen minutes north of South Beach. "The residence is beautiful and the location is absolutely magnificent, but Miami has a tropical climate. You really depend on technology to stay comfortable," Raines added.
He and his design team depended on Crestron for all of the major components of the system, including shading, lighting, air conditioning, heating, and humidity control, plus the entertainment systems.
A "Hot" Location
The home is located in a resort that combines a luxury hotel with condominium residences. Amenities include exclusive restaurants and shops plus pristine beaches, gardens, and easy access to the harbor. This particular luxury residence is on one of the upper floors of the building, with balcony views of the ocean from three sides including the inner harbor and the city. At 5,000 square feet, it's large enough for a master bedroom suite, two large guest rooms, a great room, media room, kitchen, breakfast area, laundry, and three-and-a-half baths.
Raines says working on this residence was easier than many projects of this size because the homeowner was already very familiar with the technology and what it can do. "This was our third project for them," he explained.
Consequently, the homeowners brought the Osbee design team into the process soon after they purchased the property, putting them together with interior designer Aman & Carson. The two firms collaborated on many aspects of the project such as design of the soffits where the brackets and motors would go for the shading and draperies, making them almost completely invisible and, at the same time, simplifying installation.
"The apartment is very chic and clean, almost minimalist in its décor," Raines shared. "As we added electronics, we wanted to preserve that clean, open look. Other than the TVs, you really don't see any technology."
All in the Timing
The Osbee team used a Crestron Adagio Entertainment System to provide digital music plus AM, FM, and SiriusXM satellite radio, and they installed virtually invisible architectural speakers in every room, plus outdoor speakers on the balconies. Crestron DigitalMedia technology distributes video to large-screen televisions in a media room, each of the three bedrooms, and a breakfast area via the building's cable system. The system also routes content from an Internet media hub and Blu-ray players.
The family can control the music and video systems from the iPad or iPhone, as well as "his and hers" 10″ Crestron TSW touch screens in the master bedroom. Using these same devices, they also have simplified control of 22 Crestron motorized shades, 4 motorized drapery tracks, 56 loads of Crestron lighting, and the heating and air conditioning system (which uses Crestron temperature/humidity sensors).
Osbee partner and vice president Jared Ross also directed his programming team to tie the lighting, HVAC, security, and shading systems into the Crestron control system. One of the more interesting features of his design is his use of the astronomical clock built into every Crestron control system. The system adjusts the motorized shades according to the day, season, time and room occupancy. Shades on the west windows, for example, lower automatically in the late afternoon, and then rise again for an evening view of the waterfront. When the sun is the hottest, solar shades automatically cover the windows that catch direct sun or reflections from the water, and then rise again when the sun is less intense. "It was amazing," Ross said, recalling the installation process. "When we installed the Crestron solar shades, the inside temperature dropped 15 degrees."
Ross's team also created an "away" mode for when the family is traveling, which they do frequently. Depending on the season, the system turns down the heating or cooling, turns off the lights, and, during hot weather, closes all of the shades to eliminate solar gain. Because the family can always communicate with the system via computer and iPhone, they can tell it when they plan to return so the system gets the residence ready for them, further cooling (or warming) it as needed. They can always check on the status of the home and its security systems when they're away and, if they forgot to put the system into 'away' mode, they can do that at any time.
Cool Living
In this project, Raines recommended the use of Crestron dimming systems and lighting controls for a number of reasons, and the interior designer really liked the Cameo keypads from Crestron. "The buttons are just a little larger, they're more ergonomic, and they look better. Crestron gets the details right."
Details are crucial in a project of this caliber. Raines says the homeowner is very pleased with the cool look, cool technology, very cool functionality and, most important, how literally cool it keeps this beautiful tropical home.
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Being in a healthy romantic relationship can help people face life's difficulties, from times of illness to moments of worry and stress. Now, a study suggests that simply imagining receiving support from your significant other can boost your coping skills.
When you feel stressed, it may help to imagine having your partner next to you, a new study shows.
Studies have shown that being in the presence of a romantic partner helps mitigate numerous factors of discomfort and stress.
For instance, one study has shown that participants who received painful stimuli felt less pain if they were close to their partners.
Recently, a team of psychologists from the University of Arizona in Tucson has conducted a study that suggests that being in the presence of your partner can help you cope with stress and that, more intriguing still, even just thinking about your significant other can have the same positive effects.
The research, which features in the journal Psychophysiology, involved 102 participants to whom the investigators assigned a stress-inducing task.
This task required each volunteer to dip one foot into 3-inch-deep water with temperatures between 38–40°F (approximately 3.3–4.4°C).
To establish the amount of stress that each participant felt, the researchers assessed their blood pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability before, during, and at the end of the experiment.
All of the study participants were in long-term romantic relationships. For the purpose of the current study, the researchers split the volunteers into three groups.
The people in the first group had their romantic partners sitting quietly with them while they completed the stressful task. The people in the second group received the instruction to simply imagine receiving support from their partners while completing the task.
Finally, the remaining participants had to think about the events of their day while taking part in the experiment.
When the participants submerged their foot in the cold water, the researchers found that those who either had their partner close by or imagined their partner being next to them had a lower blood pressure — indicative of their reaction to stress — than the individuals who thought about their day while taking part in this task.
However, both heart rate and heart rate variability remained consistent among all of the participants, regardless of the experimental conditions.
"This [finding] suggests that one way being in a romantic relationship might support people's health is through allowing people to better cope with stress and lower levels of cardiovascular reactivity to stress across the day," says senior study author Kyle Bourassa.
"And it appears that thinking of your partner as a source of support can be just as powerful as actually having them present," he adds.
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Bourassa does, however, note that the current study looked only at college undergraduates, a very specific cohort, and he suggests that future research should aim to include participants of more diverse ages.
Should other studies replicate the current findings, the researcher believes that this could provide relevant information for people who have to cope with high levels of stress on a regular basis.
"Life is full of stress, and one critical way we can manage this stress is through our relationships — either with our partner directly or by calling on a mental image of that person," notes Bourassa.
"There are many situations, including at work, with school exams, or even during medical procedures, where we would benefit from limiting our degree of blood pressure reactivity, and these findings suggest that a relational approach to doing so can be quite powerful."


Christchurch: Women across New Zealand wore makeshift hijabs as a statement of peace and solidarity on Friday, a week after a white supremacist killed 50 Muslims at two mosques in the southern city of Christchurch.
Rafaela Stoakes, a 32-year-old mother of two, said wearing the Islamic head covering gave her an insight into what it means to stand out and feel part of the minority.
She was one of many women embracing #HeadScarfforHarmony, to make a stand against the hate espoused by the Australian man accused of killing dozens of worshippers.
Headscarves were also worn as a mark of respect by policewomen and non-Muslim volunteers directing the crowds around the site in Christchurch holding communal prayers on Friday. Many were wearing a headscarf for the first time. "It is amazing how different I felt for the short time I was out this morning," Stoakes said.
"It must take a lot of courage to do this on a daily basis." The gesture caught on nationwide — in offices, schools and on the streets — as well as at the ceremonies held in Christchurch to mark one week since the killings at the hands of a self-avowed white supremacist.
Women flooded Twitter, Facebook and other social media — which played a key role in allowing the gunman to spread his message — with their images. Kate Mills Workman, a 19-year-old student from Wellington, posted a selfie on Twitter wearing a green headscarf.
"If I could I would be attending the mosque and standing outside to show my support for my Muslim whanau but I've got lectures and I can't really skip them," she said, using a Maori language term for extended family.


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Fellow blogger Ethan Rafuse discusses McClellan's Whig roots and his "attachment to Statesman Whig philosophy" to explain his actions during the Civil War. Rafuse first went over the general consensus view of McClellan as a poor general, but then stated his own views of what he thought McClellan did well in the war, including piecing together an army after Second Manassas to defeat Lee only three weeks later at Antietam. He showed how incoln's "Paractical Whig" tendencies and beliefs led to conflict with Statesman Whig McClellan.
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William H. Carney saved the 54th Massachusetts' flag-and earned a memorable place in history.
Wlliam H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts, a former slave, became the first African-American Medal of Honor winner in American history when he saved a flag from capture at Battery Wagner.
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Lincoln's love of funny stories, and his ability to tell them well, helped to get him through the long and often incredibly sad Civil War.
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Dispatched to battle postwar terrorists, Major Lewis Merrill found many Southerners bent on revenge.
Major Lewis Merrill of the 7th U.S. Cavalry was sent to Yorkville, South Carolina with Company K of his regiment in order to protect Blacks and White Republicans from the Ku Klux Klan. Budiansky is impressed with Merrill's abilities to wage counterinsurgency operations which were ahead of their time. Ultimately, though, Merrill and other United States troops were ineffective in what was a very real set of military operations.
A newly discovered image documents the 1864 burning of Chambersburg, Pa. at the hands of John McCausland.
On July 30, 1864, John McCausland burned the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania after citizens could not raise the $500,000 in greenbacks or $100,000 in gold he demanded. Carlisle, Pennsylvania resident Douglas Gibboney recently picked up a photo many experts believe was previously unknown.
Water Witch ahoy; presidential portraits in pastry.
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the movie Glory.
Explore the streets of the war's most famous town.
The town of Gettysburg is shown in a detailed map which presents some interesting sites to see while there on a visit. Some of the sites mentioned include the Farnsworth Tavern, the David Wills House where Lincoln slept prior to giving the Gettysburg Address, and the Cannonball Ice Cream Parlor.
Glory inspired and educated actor Andre Braugher.
Andre Braugher, who played Corporal Thomas Searles in Glory, talked to Jay Wertz about how he got the part, what it was like on the set, and what the movie means to him today.
Dana Shoaf wonders why it is so horrible to link Robert E. Lee, a slave owner, with the defense of slavery.
McClellan books; terrifying Klan letter.
The image shown on this page is a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken in the summer of 1860. Harodl Holzer postulates the image was taken at the request of sculptor Leonard Wells Volk.


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Chauvin trial jury selection day 1
I anticipated that Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill would take up the prosecution's motion to reinstate the third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin first thing this morning at 8:00 and then commence jury selection at 9:00. Instead the state moved to stay proceedings until the state's effort to reinstate the third-degree murder charge results in a final judgment in the Court of Appeals or the Minnesota Supreme Court. The attorney for Chauvin announced that he would promptly seek review of the Court of Appeals decision requiring Judge Cahill to consider reinstatement of the third-degree murder charge under the Court of Appeals opinion in the Noor case in the Minnesota Supreme Court.
This threw a wrench into the commencement of jury selection today. It appeared that Judge Cahill unsuccessfully sought guidance from the Court of Appeals with the input of the parties out of sight of the media this afternoon. Absent such guidance, Judge Cahill heard motions in limine over the course of an hour early this afternoon. The hearing concluded with his statement that "unless the Court of Appeals instructs me otherwise, we're going to keep moving." I believe it is the right thing to do.
The prosecution is led by Assistant Minnesota Attorney General Matthew Frank. Chauvin is represented by defense attorney Eric Nelson. Meeting over the lunch hour, they agreed that 16 of the first 50 prospective jurors summoned to serve should be excused for cause based on their answers to the 14-page jury questionnaire I linked to yesterday in my pretrial notes. This suggests to me something of the difficulty of protecting Chauvin's right to a fair trial in the lynch mob atmosphere that pervades the case.
Before his appointment to the bench by Governor Pawlenty, Judge Cahill worked both as a public defender in private practice as an attorney specializing in criminal defense. He also worked on the other side of the fence in the Office of the Hennepin County Attorney, where he rose to the level of Chief Deputy Hennepin County Attorney. Asking around town last week among those who know him, I was told he is "uniquely qualified" to handle the case.
Even so, the case raises fair trial challenges that I believe to be beyond the capacity of the judicial system. Perhaps a change of venue to Thief River Falls in northwestern Minnesota might mitigate the problem. Short of that, however, I don't see it. The process of voir dire should in any event shed some light on this issue.


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Larissa Moore is the latest addition to the Squiz team (there's three of us now – how cool is that?). We're pleased to introduce her to you now that she's been with us for three months and the probation period has ended. Note: it was Claire and Kate on probation, not Larissa… We were lucky enough to nab her from former PM Malcolm Turnbull's digital team after he left office in August last year and since then she's been plugging away at getting our social media sorted out. Fun fact: she has nine siblings, which means she must be good with names… Please welcome Larissa to The Squiz team, and to this week's Three Minute Squiz.
In my previous life, it was in bed after my alarm went off, squinting at it through one eye. It was a great way to wake up – especially when I would drop my phone on my face. Then I was really awake. Now that I'm on Team Squiz, I'm a little bit earlier #intheknow.
The obvious question first – what was your job with Malcolm Turnbull and what was it like working in the Prime Minister's Office?
I was the Social and Digital Media Manager for Malcolm Turnbull, so I worked with the team to publish content across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, emails, and his websites.
The pace was pretty crazy in the PMO! Even though politics doesn't have the best reputation, it always felt like a real privilege to be there. My job was to make sure we used his social channels to directly communicate with people – if you wanted to know what the PM was doing, it was all there. He had a real interest in digital and social media, so it was great to work closely with him to do some fun – and important – stuff. Australia is the best country in the world, and we got to use the PM's social channels to showcase that. A personal highlight was having a young athlete called Cam, who was competing in the Special Olympics, take over the PM's Instagram Stories for a day. He nailed it.
My time in the PMO really fuelled a fascination with the news that I'm now fully indulging at The Squiz.
The challenge in digital media is to get – and hold – people's attention. It's a very crowded and fragmented media landscape out there. News consumption patterns have changed a lot in the last decade. Nowadays, by the time paywalls, algorithms, and sponsored content mix in with cat memes and #tenyearchallenges, people are ready to throw their phones at the wall.
The thing I enjoy about The Squiz is that it is countering that fast-paced fragmentation with a very simple offer – a short, punchy news email that's in your inbox every day at 6am. You don't have to search for it, and you're not going to miss it if you're offline for a second. At a time when busy people are trying to be more selective with their screen time, it's interesting that email might be the solution to simplifying that aspect of your life.
Squizers are a bunch of smart, funny, switched-on people, and my job is to find more of them. I don't need to get up quite as early as Claire and Kate (thank God) who are up at ridiculous o'clock to finesse the email and record the podcast. But by the time the email publishes, I'm pushing content out across our social channels just in case people need a reminder to jump into their inbox and get Squizing. Plus there's a whole lot of funny/interesting things I post to our social channels to keep you lot amused until 6am rolls around again. Come say hi on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
As a tech-savvy person, can you recommend a great app that we might not have heard of?
Splitwise. I'm not very Excel-savvy (I have been known to add up figures in a spreadsheet… on a calculator), and used to twist myself in knots working out the who-owes-what with mates after weekends away etc. Splitwise takes everything everyone has paid for, sorts it out, and tells you exactly who owes what. Simples. My other tip? Download the Kindle app to your phone and read a book instead of mindlessly scrolling.
You come from a large family. In a sentence, what was that like?
If you could invite any four people – living or dead – to dinner, who would they be? And what is on the menu?
Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II so they can compare notes on running the world, and then add in Oprah for a really good expression session. Maybe a cheese platter so epic that no one is hungry for dinner and then I don't have to cook.
This is always so hard, I'm a massive book-repeater! The Name of The Wind and The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss at the moment – beautiful storytelling. ALSO Lin-Manuel Miranda is buddies with Rothfuss and will be involved in bringing the books to tv/the movies, and that's just amazing.
Eeep. Worst habit is probably procrastinating while scrolling Instagram. Best habit is not leaving until the job is done.
Singing, but everyone says that. So maybe hostessing… being one of those people who can effortlessly throw a dinner party together.
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Carlsbad's New JV Tennis Coach Edward Kardas
Jules Cisco
Coach Edward Kardas of the junior varsity tennis team before the match against San Marcos.
Chloe Tran, Opinion Editor
Being from around the area, Coach Edward Kardas knows Carlsbad High School well. He is the new head of the junior varsity tennis team, and he wants to bring out the best of each player in both practices and matches. By pushing the team to play their hearts out during practice and matches, Coach Kardas was able to witness each player improve their game and mentality throughout the course of a few weeks.
This is Coach Kardas's first year coaching the junior varsity tennis team, and his first hand experiences have been more than enjoyable.
"I really enjoyed it because I've met a lot of young people," Coach Kardas said. "My JV team is pretty motivated to improve and we're actually doing okay as far as winning and losing, so I would say I'm enjoying it a lot."
Throughout the season, the team has been able to learn a lot about the sport and give a great performance on the court. Although the beginning of the season was not all wins for the team, Coach Kardas helped each player with their technique and movement during practice. Soon enough, the team started to take more wins under their belt. During practice, Coach Kardas's main goal is to give students a welcoming feel every time they step onto the court each day.
"I [use] motivation to try to motivate [the team] in practice, in order to compete well and give 100% in matches," Coach Kardas said.
Currently, the team has a record of 4-5 with a close win at both San Marcos High School and Sage Creek High School. The match against Sage Creek marked a great win for Kardas and the team, encouraging them to keep playing at the same level for every match for the rest of the season.
"Seeing the improvement out of most of the players has been very rewarding," Coach Kardas said.
Coach Kardas has had a great experience seeing how far the team has come from the beginning of the year. The amount of effort the whole team has shown gives him a reassuring feeling about next season's success and competitive spirit. Next season, Coach Kardas aims to give the team more constructive practices that would focus on technique and mental preparation going into each game.
"We're doing better than what everyone told me the team would do, and being able to spend time with the team and seeing the way they were able to beat San Marcos in a close match has been quite rewarding," Coach Kardas said.
Chloe Tran is currently a senior at Carlsbad High School and is this year's opinion editor for the Lancer Link. She is passionate about writing issues...
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It has formed naturalized populations in western Europe, Africa, and Australia (Grasses of Iowa). Naturalized in California (Calflora).
Iowa State University (0). Grasses of Iowa.
Longspine sandbur is a troublesome weed in many irrigated crops in the westem United States (Time of emergence and seed production of longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) and puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris)). It is a noxious weed in Europe, Australia and New Zealand where it was introduced (Wikipedia). Considered a noxious weed in California and Washington (Go Botany).
Boydston, R. A. (1990). Time of emergence and seed production of longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) and puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris). Weed Science. 16–21.
New England Wild Flower Society (2016). Go Botany.
It is a noxious weed in Europe, Australia and New Zealand where it was introduced (Wikipedia). Considered a noxious weed in California and Washington (Go Botany; CDFA).
Cenchrus echinatus is considered invasive in California; Similar exotic species: Cenchrus ciliaris (FloraBase: The Western Australia Flora). Cenchrus spinifex is an aggressive invader in Arizona (Invasive Plants and Weeds of the National Forests and Grasslands in the Southwestern Region 2nd edition). C. echinatus is considered a noxious weed in Arizona (USDA-NRCS Plants Database), Australia (Wikipedia). It can grow in many habitats and is found in dry and moist regions in rainfed and irrigated crops and has been reported as a weed of 18 crops in 35 countries, mostly in cereals, pulses, vineyards, plantation crops and pastures. C. echinatus occurs as a weed in many crops worldwide. It is common in cultivated fields, pastures, fallows, orchards, vineyards, coffee, vegetables, bananas, coconuts and lawns, where it can withstand repeated defoliation. It can be found along roadsides and beaches, in open ground and waste places. Crops competing for nutrients with C. echinatus typically have smaller leaf areas and lower growth rates and yields (CABI; Crop Science). Invasive in many regions throughout the world, especially tropical regions, and Australia, China, Japan, and New Zealand (PIER).
Native to central and eastern U.S. (Jepson). Present in central U.S., Mediterranean region and other parts of Europe, central Australia (CABI).
Plants often form large mats and can grow to 2 feet (0.6 m) in length (UC IPM). Can spread rapidly and has a tendency to develop into dense infestations in favourable conditions (NSW Weedwise). Given the mat-forming tendencies of this species, it is likely that native plants could be displaced in areas of severe infestation, but an exhaustive Google/Google Scholar search did not reveal evidence of this, and this defaults to a "no" answer.
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Primary Industries Agriculture, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (2014). NSW Weedwise.
Immature sandburs provide good forage for livestock. However, when they mature they develop fruit with stiff spines that can injure the mouths of animals and the hands and feet of people (UC IPM). Mature burrs cause a range of problems such as: injury to stock causing swellings and ulcers in the mouth; injury to people and dogs; clinging to wool and penetrating the skin of stock, reducing the value of both; shearing difficulties, which often attracts penalty rates as working with contaminated wool requires leather gloves and/or aprons; inconvenience and discomfort to workers in irrigated crops such as vegetables, vines and citrus, and; contamination of dried fruit and hay (NSW Weedwise). The weed is also a contaminant in dried fruit and may infest lucerne hay (Agriculture Victoria).
Plants often form large mats and can grow to 2 feet (0.6 m) in length (UC IPM). The spines of spiny burr grass can easily puncture the skin of animals and has the potential to injure fauna. Spines may also injure humans.Burrs are present for much of the year. The plant does not pose any restrictions to human movement except when burrs are present (Agriculture Victoria).
An exhaustive Google/Google Scholar search did not reveal any evidence of reproduction by asexual means, and this defaults to a "no" answer.
An exhaustive Google/Google Scholar search did not reveal any evidence of reproduction by asexual means or fragmentation, and this is a terrestrial grass that is unlikely to fragment, so this defaults to a "no" answer.
Reproduces by seed (NSW Weedwise; UC IPM).
Can produce over 5600 burs per plant. Assuming an average of two seed per bur, plants produced approximately 133,000, 49,000, 5,000, and 40 seed per plant from May, June, July, and August plantings in 1986, respectively (Time of emergence and seed production of longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) and puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris)).
Fall-planted longspine sandbur began to emerge in April, peaked in late April or May, and continued at low levels through October. During the first year after seeding, 98% of the total seedlings emerged prior to June. Longspine sandbur germinates more readily from cultivated sites than from undisturbed sites, and (Time of emergence and seed production of longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) and puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris)). 84% of seasonal emergence occurred within a 4 week period from May 25 to June 15, but continued into August (Longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) ecology and interference in irrigated corn (Zea mays)).
Anderson, R. L. (1997). Longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) ecology and interference in irrigated corn (Zea mays). Weed technology. 667–671.
Annual plant (Time of emergence and seed production of longspine sandbur (Cenchrus longispinus) and puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris)).
Flowering takes place from July through September (UC IPM; Calflora).
Burs disperse in many ways such as by clinging to animals, shoes, clothing, tires, machinery, and floating on water (UC IPM).
Burs disperse in many ways such as by clinging to animals, shoes, clothing, tires, machinery, and floating on water (UC IPM). The weed is also a contaminant in dried fruit and may infest lucerne hay (Agriculture Victoria).
CDFA source added for Q4; confidence level changed to High. Nothing else changed. Reviewed by Elizabeth Brusati (edbrusati@cal-ipc.org, Cal-IPC).


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Garden-to-glass cocktail chef Matthew Biancaniello opened Mon Li at the Calamigos Guest Ranch and Beach Club along the Malibu coast. The 12-seat restaurant overlooking the ocean offers a 12-course, two-hour omakase "liquid tasting menu" three nights a week. The experience includes 12 culinary sips accompanied by five more substantial bites, crafted from Biancaniello's large dedicated on-site bar garden, foraged local flora, and seasonal farmers market ingredients. Mon Li, Calamigos Guest Ranch and Beach Club, 26025 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu, CA 90265, 310-525-1150.
Studio City backyard barbecue icon Burt Bakman (Trudy's Underground Barbecue) is partnering with The h.wood Group to open SLAB on West 3rd Street early this fall. Look for long-cooked Central Texas-style brisket, beef and pork spare ribs, and sausage from a custom-built smoker, as well as traditional Texas sides. SLAB, 8136 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90048, no phone.
Chef Jessica Largey (Manresa), with partners Bruno Bagbeni (Bastide) and film director Joe Russo, opened Simone in the Arts District. The restaurant features a cold butchery room and a wine cellar, as well as a rooftop garden and separate cocktail bar. Expect elevated seasonal California dishes and haute tasting menu offerings at the six-seat chef's counter. Simone, 449 S. Hewitt St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, 424-433-3000.
Stylish DTLA robata spot Inko Nito has opened another location on West Third Street. The space offers plenty of wood décor and an open kitchen. Expect an array of robata grilled skewers of prawn, beef short rib and chicken yakitori, as well as lighter fare like salads and sushi. Larger plates include bone marrow with smoked soy, salmon fillet with grapefruit miso, beef cheek and butter lettuce wraps, and pork belly with Japanese whisky glaze. Look for craft cocktails and a Japanese whisky list. Lunch & Dinner daily. Inko Nito, 8338 W. Third St., Los Angeles, CA 90048, 310-439-3076.
LA's newest rooftop dining concept is Margot. Situated atop Culver City's Platform design and retail center, with sweeping views of the city, the restaurant offers coastal Mediterranean cuisine of Spain and Italy. Margot, 8820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, 310-643-5853.
NYC's famed cocktail bar Death & Co. will open a branch in downtown Los Angeles. Death & Co., 810 E. Third St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, no phone.
Imperial Western Beer Company is open at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. 213 Hospitality restored the former Fred Harvey Restaurant space with Art Deco style. The Hungry Cat's chef David Lentz devised a menu with oysters, house smoked pork ribs, shrimp and grits and steak frites. Imperial Western Beer Company, Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-270-0035.
Chef Chad Colby will open Antico restaurant. Antico, 4653 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004, no phone.
Mild Sauce serves fried chicken, catfish and jumbo fried shrimp accompanied by the restaurant's namesake condiment (a sweet and slightly spicy sauce that is a Chicago favorite). Mild Sauce, 8500 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035, 310-652-3310.
Fast-casual Halaloglu has opened near USC, offering halal Turkish street food. The specialty is tantuni, a dish of seasoned beef, chicken or shrimp chopped with salad and topped with savory sauce, served in a bowl, on a baguette or as a yufka "street taco." There are also beef, lamb and chicken kebabs, an Istanbul burger, and vegetarian garbanzo and eggplant salads. To drink find pomegranate juice or Turkish coffee. Halaloglu, 3742 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90007, 213-748-1529.
Traditional French boulangerie, pâtisserie and café Pitchoun! has expanded from its DTLA flagship into the Beverly Center, serving up breakfast and lunch daily. Besides artisan breads, morning viennoiseries, an array of sophisticated sweets and various savory items like pissaladière and gougères, look for heartier fare such as Provencal eggs and salade Niçoise, and a Parisian omelette, smoked salmon tartine, pan bagnat sandwich and, of course, croque monsieur. Breakfast & Lunch daily. Pitchoun!, Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Blvd., Ste. 103, Los Angeles, CA 90048, 323-381-5328.
Noodle fans will want to check out Marugame Udon at the Beverly Center. The Sawtelle location offers a wide variety of udon that ranges from simple kake udon to beef udon, curry udon, tonkotsu udon and specialties like garlic chicken salad udon. Look for a variety of tempura, too, as well as a slew of musubi including crab and kombu. Marugame Udon, Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Blvd., Ste. 105, Los Angeles, CA 90048, 310-734-0243.
The swank Palisades Village complex features a new Blue Ribbon Sushi restaurant, joining locations in New York City, Miami and LA's The Grove. Look for an upscale spot with a patio and omakase bar, sushi and Japanese specialties like togarashi spiced fried chicken, oxtail and bone marrow fried rice, and braised short rib with truffle teriyaki, and an extensive wine, saké and cocktail menu. Blue Ribbon Sushi, Palisades Village, 1030 N. Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, 310-907-9899.
sixth + mill pizzeria and bar is a casual Italian eatery in the Arts District. It comes from the folks behind The Factory Kitchen and Officine BRERA, namely chef Angelo Auriana (formerly of Valentino) and restaurateur Matteo Ferdinandi (previously of Spago). The sleek, modern dining room is the backdrop for a menu that includes Southern Italian specialties such as a variety of Neapolitan pizzas, antipasto, salads and fritture. Linguine and clams, and gnocchi sorrentina are among the pastas; mains feature mussels in white wine and garlic, meatballs in tomato sauce, and eggplant with scamorza. sixth + mill pizzeria and bar, 1335 E. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90021, 213-553-8006.
Paramount Coffee Project has opened a new location in DTLA. The café focuses on java from select local and international coffee roasters and baked goods alongside a noteworthy contemporary Cali menu from Ria Dolly Barbosa (Sqirl, go get em tiger) that includes an avocado tartine with pea tendrils and toasted hazelnuts; uni toast with sourdough, a soft egg and market herbs; a roast lamb sandwich with harissa and lime yogurt; and tea leaf salad. Breakfast & Lunch daily. Paramount Coffee Project, ROW DTLA, 1320 E. 7th St., Los Angeles, CA 90021, 213-372-5305.
In Santa Monica a new Japanese restaurant, LDH Kitchen The Robata, has opened on Wilshire Boulevard. The LDH Kitchen franchise has ten locations in Japan serving a variety of cuisines, from izakaya to shabu shabu to hot pot. The Robata in Santa Monica specializes in high-end grilled skewers like lobster tail and domestic Wagyu. Signature dishes from chef Makoto Takano (Botan in Tokyo) include blue fin tuna tartar, Wagyu and foie gras crispy rice, truffle soba noodle, and pork belly pie. Salads and sushi and sashimi round things out. LDH Kitchen The Robata, 2518 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403, 310-230-5331.
East Coast import Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken will open a second Los Angeles area location in Santa Monica in late 2018, joining the DTLA branch. Expect seasonal doughnuts made with fresh fruit and produce from the Santa Monica Farmers Market, along with chicken wings and sandwiches. Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, 2309 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405, no phone.
Tesse in West Hollywood now features a private dining room in the evenings at the adjacent wine store Boutellier. Tesse, 8500 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069, 310-360-3866.
Spring, the charming and beautiful French restaurant in DTLA from husband and wife duo Yassmin Samadi (Church & State) and Tony Esnault, closed at the end of August. They will open a new French restaurant in South Coast Plaza named Knife Pleat in 2019. Spring, Douglas Building, 257 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, no phone.
The chic Melrose fixture Xiomara has closed after 16 years. Xiomara, 6101 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, no phone.
The Pasadena seafood restaurant Lost at Sea has shuttered. No word yet on what may replace it. Lost at Sea, 57 E. Holly St., Pasadena, CA 91103, no phone.
In Atwater Village chef David Wilcox's (Gjelina) restaurant, Journeymen, will morph into a casual pizza spot, at least for the time being, and a new name is pending. Journeymen, 3219 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039, 323-284-8879.
After more than 40 years in business, Piero Selvaggio will close his iconic Italian restaurant, Valentino, after December 31, 2018. However, Selvaggio is not leaving the hospitality business, as there are plans to open a Newport Beach restaurant. Valentino, 3115 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405, 310-829-4313.
New York restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian's Georgie at the Montage Beverly Hills has become The Restaurant. Georgie, Montage Beverly Hills, 225 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210, no phone.


Israeli Air Force planes raided the southern coastal area of Lebanon on Wednesday morning, hitting at the port of Tyre and the surrounding area.
GV PAN FROM: coastline TO bombed buildings.
SV: another man brings clothing to car and places it in boot.
SV PAN: damaged buildings, with people standing around and woman inside damaged house.
SV: Crater TILT UP TO people standing above it.
SV PAN INTERIOR: damaged house with bricks and other debris lying around.
SV ZOOM IN: boy hands up two cane baskets to man in truck.
SV: children at wreckage and run off.
SV ZOOM INTO CU: damaged house ZOOM INTO hand basin on wall.
Achad Burshalli, United Nations Relief and Works agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) worker, speaking in English.
Many of the people, living in the villages hit in the airstrike had been evacuated to the area from other villages.....as one survivor put it "We seem to have escaped from the frying pan into the fire".
REPORTER: "What did you do when the bomb hit, where did you hide?"
BURSHALLI: "We all of us entered the bathroom, my wife and my children.
REPORTER: "Did you know what was happening at first?"
BURSHALLI: "We are hearing only then we find our whole home down.
REPORTER: "Did any one in your family get hurt?"
BURSHALLI: "Of my family, no.....of our neighbours, a wife and her child. Ten years old."
The Lebanese Government has condemned the raids in a low-key statement after a meeting between President Elias Sarkis and the United States Ambassador in Beirut. And United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim has appealed to all parties to co-operate with efforts now under way to restore peace to the Southern Lebanon.
Background: Israeli Air Force planes raided the southern coastal area of Lebanon on Wednesday morning, hitting at the port of Tyre and the surrounding area. The death toll has been unofficially estimated at about 50. The raids were in retaliation for Palestine commando rocket attacks on the Israeli honeymoon resort of Naharya.
SYNOPSIS: The air raids on the port of Tyre and the surrounding area were in addition to a two-day artillery bombardment of the same area. The Israeli Government said the raids had been purely against terrorist bases, and no civilian places were hit. Reports from the area, however, say that in one village alone, rescue workers counted the bodies of almost 50 civilians, and every house had ben destroyed.
The raids were part of action by Israel to avenge the Palestinian commando rocket attacks on Naharya ... they were the first on the South Lebanon for two years, and constituted the biggest flare-up since the ceasefire declared on September the 26th. According to Israeli Defence Minister Ezer Weizman...that ceasefire now no-longer exists. Six Israeli Air Force jets took part in the raids, which lasted for an hour and five minutes.


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Q: Is there a way I can order the columns of a table but show specific rows in a determined position? I have two tables: t1, which shows the countries, and t2, which shows people.
T1:                                   T2:
ID | Country  | Continent             ID | Name     | Age  | CountryID
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1  | England  | Europe                1  | Mary     | 67   |     1
2  | USA      | NA                    2  | Anthoine | 34   |     2
3  | Portugal | Europe                3  | Jorge    | 19   |     3
4  | Canada   | NA                    4  | Bella    | 46   |     4
                                      5  | Ana      | 26   |     2

My goal is to display the number of people living in each country and continent and group them by continent and country, as shown below:
Continent | Country  | Bellow 45 yo | Above 45 yo | Total Habitants
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Europe    | Europe   |      1       |      1      |       2
Europe    | England  |      0       |      1      |       1
Europe    | Portugal |      1       |      0      |       1
NA        | NA       |      2       |      1      |       3
NA        | Canada   |      0       |      1      |       1
NA        | USA      |      2       |      0      |       2

But this is what I'm getting:
Continent | Country  | Bellow 45 yo | Above 45 yo | Total Habitants
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Europe    | England  |      0       |      1      |       1
Europe    | Europe   |      1       |      1      |       2
Europe    | Portugal |      1       |      0      |       1
NA        | Canada   |      0       |      1      |       1
NA        | NA       |      2       |      1      |       3
NA        | USA      |      2       |      0      |       2

This is my code:
SELECT t1.continent as Continent, t1.continent as Country
, COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age < 45 THEN 1 END) AS Bellow 45 yo
, COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age > 45 THEN 1 END) AS Above 45 yo
, COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age > 45 or t2.age > 45 THEN 1 END) AS Total Habitants
FROM t1
JOIN t2 ON t2.id = t1.id
GROUP BY t1.continent
UNION
SELECT t1.continent as Continent, t1.country as Country
, COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age < 45 THEN 1 END) AS Bellow 45 yo
, COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age > 45 THEN 1 END) AS Above 45 yo
, COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age > 45 or t2.age > 45 THEN 1 END) AS Total Habitants
FROM t1
JOIN t2 ON t2.id = t1.id
GROUP BY t1.continent,t1.country

I've tried ORDER BY but got an error:

[Microsoft][ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server][SQL Server]Incorrect syntax
near the keyword 'UNION'.

A: First, simplify the query using GROUPING SETS.  Then you can easily add an ORDER BY to get the ordering you want:
SELECT t1.continent as Continent,
       COALESCE(t1.country, t1.continent) as Country,
       COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age < 45 THEN 1 END) AS under_45,
       COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age > 45 THEN 1 END) AS over_45,
       COUNT(CASE WHEN t2.age > 45 or t2.age > 45 THEN 1 END) AS Total
FROM t1 JOIN
     t2
     ON t2.id = t1.id
GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ( (t1.continent, t1.country), (t1.continent) )
ORDER BY t1.continent,
         (CASE WHEN t1.country IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE 2 END),
         t1.country;

A: If I'm reading through the lines correctly, are you not after this?
ORDER BY continent,
         CASE continent WHEN country THEN 0 ELSE 1 END,
         country;

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