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Richard Dorment
Alastair Sooke
Colin Gleadell
The Discovery of Paris at the Wallace Collection
These pictures of Paris in the early 19th century are ravishing works of art, writes Richard Dorment.
View near the Pont Royal, with the Pavillon de Flore, Tuileries by Thomas Shotter Boys (1803-74)
By Richard Dorment
The British have always loved Paris, right? So you'd think a comprehensive exhibition of early 19th century views of Paris by British artists would be a great big sprawl of a show. But 'The Discovery of Paris' at the Wallace Collection does full justice to its subject with less than 70 drawings and watercolours, most of the highest quality and many by the best known names in British art - including JMW Turner, Thomas Girtin, and Richard Parks Bonington. These artists were not of course depicting the city of light designed by Baron Haussmann but a dirty, crowded warren of medieval streets and houses that for visitors earlier in the century possessed little architectural distinction and a climate too much like London's to linger in for long before pushing on to Switzerland and Italy.
The story starts at the very beginning of the 19th century, at which time Britain was at war with France. A brief respite in the fighting from late in 1801 to May 1803 known as the Truce of Amiens enabled English artists to cross the Channel. For most of them the attraction was not so much the city itself as the looted works of art Napoleon brought back from his campaigns and displayed in the Louvre.
And for those who did paint Parisian views the sense of unease is sometimes palpable. Thomas Girtin's bird's eye vista of the Tuileries Palace, for example, is not a conventional tourist's view but a record of the aftermath of an atrocity. For what he shows are workmen clearing away rubble after a Royalist bomb intended for Napoleon blew away part of a building to smithereens, killing several innocent bystanders, but not the target. Tiny figures toil amid the surrounding desolation, under an iron grey sky filled with threatening storm clouds. Though the watercolour is a technical tour de force, there is nothing picturesque or pretty about the politically fraught subject.
Girtin knew that the British public would be curious about what a city that had only recently witnessed revolution, regicide and terror looked like. So did Henry Aston Barker, whose 1802 panoramic view of Paris from the Seine was made to be enlarged and shown in the popular Panorama in Leicester Square. Public interest in such views presumably had more to do with the contemporary political situation than aesthetic appreciation.
And even after Waterloo British artists weren't nearly as active in Paris as they were in more picturesque European cities like Rouen, Venice and Rome.
François Boucher at the Wallace Collection
Most of the artists in this show arrived in the decade or so after Bonington's death in 1828 - but even then demand for views of Paris was never high. At least, the modest prices artists asked for their efforts reflect public indifference to its charms.
I say charms, but Paris was more famous for gutters flowing with effluvia that we see in John Scarlett Davis's 1831 watercolour of the Porte Saint-Martin than for its gothic architecture. James Holland's view of the church of Saint-Séverin shows the oversized oil lanterns that hung from wires high above street level. English tourists accustomed to London's excellent street lighting complained that the feeble illumination such lamps provided was of little use on dark nights. A little pencil study by John Scarlett Davis inscribed 'An Artist's Boots in the 19th Century' hangs next to the same artist's view of a cobblestone street and the proximity of the soft, paper-thin footwear with the lethal street surface will make you wince.
Then there was the question of which sites to paint. There was the Seine and the Ile de la Cité of course, but on the whole British artists overlooked the city's shopping arcades, including the Palais Royal.
Surprisingly high on the list of visitor attractions was Père Lachaise Cemetery, established in 1803 on the outskirts of the city. Tourists went to see the tombs of celebrities like Eloise and Abelard, Moliere, and La Fontaine which had been moved into the new burial ground to lend it a bit of prestige. The cemetery also afforded lovely views of the distant city.
British artists were also fascinated by the odd characters in traditional costumes they saw on the streets of Paris. In his delightful studies of street traders Ambrose Poynter shows a baker, a street sweeper, a coal hauler, a dandy and a drunk. That under- appreciated colleague of Bonington's Thomas Shotter Boys is careful to show how different classes of Parisians mingled in the streets in a way that I'm not sure would have been possible in London. At least in his views of the Boulevard des Capucines and the quai des Tuileries the poor and working class do not seem to defer in any way to fashionably dressed Parisians. In one such watercolour showing promenaders in front of the Pavilion de Flore Tuileries Boys omits a significant detail - the prominent lamp post that we know was actually there. I wonder whether he worried that its inclusion in a scene showing toffs alongside riff raff would render the watercolour unsalable. Why? Since Boys had been in Paris for the July Revolution of 1830, he knew better than most that streets lamps in Paris were notorious places for impromptu lynching whenever the city experienced one of its frequent revolutions.
The show is one of those gems that the Wallace Collection does to perfection - compact, beautifully installed and filled with ravishing works of art. Stephen Duffy's catalogue is a mine of information, and it tells us as much about the history of Paris as it does about the history of art.
Until September 15. wallacecollection.org / (0)207 563 9500
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BOTTOM LINE: Gates is just wrong about everything here. He is wrong that energy miracles are needed by the industrialized countries to achieve CO2 levels in 2050 consistent with beating the 2°C target. He is wrong that achieving that target requires focusing on R&D rather than deployment. He is wrong that there is some sort of consensus to that effect. He is wrong that a carbon price isn't important in achieving the rapid reduction the rich countries need. He is wrong to make it seem like boosting energy efficiency is not as vital a strategy as reducing carbon intensity.
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Atlanta fires 3 top assistant coaches following 7-9 finish
By CHARLES ODUM
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Widespread changes came quickly following the Atlanta Falcons' first losing season since 2014.
FILE – In this Dec. 24, 2016 file photo, Atlanta Falcons special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong, left, confers with head coach Dan Quinn before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. The Atlanta Falcons have fired Armstrong, offensive coordinator Steve Sarkasian and defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel. The firings came one day after the end of the team's first losing season since 2014. Falcons owner Arthur Blank recently had said he still has confidence in Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff, but changes came as expected after a 7-9 finish. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)
Changes were expected, and out are offensive coordinator Steve Sarkasian, defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel and special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong — all fired on Monday.
Coach Dan Quinn announced the firings and said he will take over the defense.
"All three of these men are excellent coaches that I have a lot of respect for," Quinn said in a statement released by the team. "While these are difficult decisions, we know we have a group of players here we are excited about and in order for us to consistently play true to our identity in all three phases we thought we needed some changes."
Falcons owner Arthur Blank said recently he still has confidence in Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff. Still, changes were expected after a 7-9 finish.
The change in the leadership of all three phases of the team came quickly, even after the Falcons closed the season with three straight wins, including Sunday's 34-32 win at Tampa Bay .
The strong finish wasn't enough to save the jobs of the coordinators.
Manuel came to Atlanta with Quinn from Seattle in 2015 as secondary coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2017.
"Marquand is a talented coach and excellent teacher that I have coached with for a number of years," Quinn said. "I believe he should have the opportunity to call plays for a defense, so we have decided to allow his contract to expire so he can explore those opportunities."
Armstrong had led the special teams since 2008, Mike Smith's first year as coach. Sarkasian was in his second season.
Quinn said Sarkasian "has shown he's a good coach and play caller." Quinn said he decided the offense needed new leadership.
"After evaluating the entire season, I decided it was necessary that we had a new voice and direction for our offensive unit," Quinn said. "I have a ton of respect for Sark, both personally and professionally, and I appreciate all he's done during his time here."
Quinn and Dimitroff have scheduled a Thursday news conference as the team begins looking for new offensive and special teams coordinators.
Only two years after their 2016 Super Bowl season, the Falcons were hurt by injuries and inconsistent play this season, Quinn's fourth as head coach.
"We didn't make the standard this year," left tackle Jake Matthews said Monday before the firings were announced. "… It isn't good enough, not making the playoffs."
It won't be easy for the Falcons to be gracious hosts at the Atlanta Super Bowl on Feb. 3. After winning at least one postseason game in two straight seasons, Atlanta had high expectations this year but couldn't overcome losing nine players to injured reserve.
Starting running back Devonta Freeman played in only two games. The IR list also included safeties Keanu Neal and Ricardo Allen and linebacker Deion Jones, who returned for the last five games .
It was a season of inconsistency. The Falcons started 1-4 before winning three straight to return to .500. They then lost five consecutive games, scoring no more than 20 points during the devastating stretch. Already eliminated from the playoffs, the Falcons closed with three straight wins.
"I think it leads to optimism for us moving forward," Ryan said after Sunday's game.
Ryan passed for 4,924 yards with 35 touchdowns and seven interceptions — almost an exact match for his 2016 MVP season, when he threw for 4,944 yards, 38 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
There will be no MVP talk this year, but Ryan showed his big 2016 season wasn't a career outlier.
Even in a year both starting guards and running back Devonta Freeman suffered season-ending injuries , the Falcons had a top-five passing attack. Julio Jones led the NFL in yards receiving , rookie Calvin Ridley had 10 touchdown catches and tight end Austin Hooper had 71 receptions.
Monday's firings support the belief this team underachieved, even with all the injuries.
"We've got plenty of talent around here and we expect a lot from ourselves," Matthews said.
Quinn and Dimitroff face decisions on such pending unrestricted free agents as defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, running back Tevin Coleman, guards Andy Levitre and Ben Garland, and defensive ends Bruce Irvin and Derrick Shelby. Cornerback Brian Poole is a restricted free agent.
After making 20 of 21 field goals in 13 games this season, kicker Matt Bryant, 43, told The Associated Press Monday he plans to return next season.
"I'd never have envisioned it going this far," Bryan said of his 17-year career. "It has, so just ride it as long as you can."


When our internet (WiFi)/cable bill kept going up and our connection getting slower I decided to take action and ARRIS SBG6700-AC came to the rescue!
I'm techie challenged… meaning, you will need to walk me through the explanation on what it is I need and how to make it work. Being a blogger and gaming family our internet is like oxygen to us now. Running 3 cell phones, tablets, laptop, computer and gaming system is a typical day in our home – as it is in many homes.
My journey began in working to bring down our cable/internet bill. I had been "renting" the cable company's equipment for the past couple of years. I had planned to buy my own modem/wifi equipment and just never got around to it. Now was the time and not only did I change our cable package deal but went out to hunt for new equipment.
After trying out a "mid-point" dual modem/WiFi router it came out short on speed and connectivity. I worked with my cable company's customer service and the equipment manufacturer's techs. Turned out I needed a stronger signal as our house is old and has walls from plaster – which uses metal mesh to keep it together. Metal walls drives the WiFi signal crazy and limited as I soon found out.
Back to the store I went and the store's Tech Rep was very knowledgeable and showed me a few options for not only my price points but also making sure the dual Model/Router would meet our needs.
ARRIS SBG6700-AG was my final choice. Here's my Non-Techie Understanding: It has AC1600 which translates the channels that are open to Upload and Download speeds. The regular home user (and what my cable company had "rented" to us) is half of this band width. No wonder our "internet" was slow even though we were paying for "fast" internet speed. We were running high octane gas on a moped, placed in simpler terms.
The moment I had my ARRIS Modem/Router ready to go we were running a decade faster… literally. The cable company's modem was still using last decade's technology. Ugh! No Bueno for this high internet/WiFi user family.
I recommend this router for Medium/High usage or for those that want to get the speed that they're paying for from their cable provider. There is some steps you will need perform to set it up but once it's up and going you're done! I found this model on sale for $139+tax. Retail Price is $150.00.
Go to a vendor that has a knowledgeable Tech Rep if you aren't sure what your needs are. Also, most stores have 14-30 Day return policy in case it doesn't work out for you. Make sure you keep the box and it's contents intact along with your receipt.
Call your internet provider before you disconnect anything when you get home with your equipment. Use your cell phone if you have phone service with them as you will need to stay on the phone while they connect and disconnect the equipment from their end.
Have your laptop/computer ready to set up the Modem/Router. Your cable company will walk you through on connecting and testing the line. Be ready to call the Manufacturer, as I did, as there are errors the cable company may encounter and/or make.
Purchase a "Splitter" and connector lines from your local electronics store (I found mine at Radio Shak). The connectors (cable lines) can now be tightened to the "cable box" that contains the phone connector and the other to the Modem/Router. Splitters can be purchased with 2 or more outputs depending on your needs – such as a gaming box, computer and/or cable box. The Tech selling these items can best inform you what you need and how to connect this.


Tired of shelling out for gas and harming the planet in the process? It may be time to go electric. Fortunately, South Florida is a popular spot for car shoppers to find eco-friendly luxury cars.
Stop by these six local dealerships and see if you can find the electric—or hybrid—whip of your dreams.
While Lexus has not yet released a fully electric car, JM Lexus offers a variety of luxurious, environmentally minded vehicles. The new 2019 Lexus ES is the most fuel-efficient luxury vehicle without a plug, delivering class-leading EPA mileage numbers of 43 miles per gallon in the city and 45 on the highway. A new fourth-generation Hybrid Drive System couples an ultra-efficient four-cylinder gas engine with a lighter, more power-dense electric motor and self-charging hybrid system.
A Toyota Prius may not be the definition of luxury, but add enough upgrades and you can be cruising the streets in high style. One of the first hybrid cars to go mainstream, the Toyota Prius has been helping the planet for almost two decades. It's one of the world's most fuel-efficient vehicles without a plug, with an EPA-estimated 58 city (53 highway) mile-per-gallon fuel economy. For 2018, the Prius is offered in seven model grades, each equipped with safety features like a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane departure alert and intelligent park assist, which uses ultrasonic wave sensors to automatically steer into both parallel and perpendicular parking spaces.
A revamped version of Fisker's Karma, the 2018 Karma Revero is one of the most luxurious hybrid cars on the market. It is powered by a lithium-ion battery for up to 50 miles, at which point a gas-powered generator engages to power the remainder of the journey. According to Karma, "If you drive less than 50 miles per trip, you may never buy gas again. [Some] will buy less than a gallon of gas for every 100 miles driven. We are not perfect, but we do what we can to produce an ecologically sensitive product." The Karma Revero has a total range of 300 miles and the base vehicle price is $130,000.
Perhaps the best-known eco-friendly car option on the market today, Tesla has taken the auto industry by storm in recent years by producing consumer-friendly, fully electric vehicles. Now with four models on the road—the original Model S, the SUV-sized Model X, the famously affordable Model 3 and the discontinued Roadster—there are plenty of ways to hit the road without hurting the environment. Ecologically conscious car shoppers can browse Tesla selection in two local brick-and-mortar locations: the Tesla showroom at The Gardens Mall or the Tesla store in Riviera Beach.
BMW's iSeries is a line of luxury all-electric cars. The two vehicles in the category include the i3 all-electric car and the i8 plug-in hybrid car. The sleek BMW i8 comes in both coupe and convertible body styles, while the i3 is a sedan-style car that comes at a more affordable price. Look for the iconic blue outline highlighting BMW's iSeries cars to know for sure that the ride is playing nice with the planet.
At Jaguar Palm Beach, settle into a new i-Pace, Jaguar's first all-electric performance SUV. With a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), you'll never need to fill up at a gas station again. One full charge provides a range of up to 234 miles, and the car can receive a 0 to 80 percent charge in just 85 minutes. The dealership is also home to Aston Martin and McLaren, so you'll find no shortage of luxurious auto options.


Big Brother Naija ex-housemate Bassey is on his way to Calabar, Cross River State for his homecoming. His supporters (Team Bassey) are currently waiting for him at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport Calabar.
While in Calabar, Bassey is expected to pay a courtesy visit to the Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade. He'll also pay a visit to the Obong of Calabar, and a couple of others.


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For most people, a big part of keeping the household finances in balance is managing credit and debt. The use of standard credit products, like credit cards and loans, makes many aspects of life a bit easier, allowing us to borrow to buy essentials like a new washing machine, or earn cash back when doing the grocery shopping on credit cards. Balance transfer deals on credit cards can also allow you to manage debt cost effectively, by moving expensive debts onto products with a cheaper interest rate.
While using these kinds of credit products can be regarded as optional, there are other credit accounts – like mortgages, or domestic fuel and gas supply – that fall more into the category of essentials. Using the credit checker service provided by experian.co.uk can make sure that you are able to access the best deals, with the most competitive interest rates, on the market – but why?
The credit checker service basically allows access to your credit report. Your credit report contains details of your personal credit history, holding information on the different credit accounts that you have opened over the years. It is lenders who provide this information to the credit reference agencies, who simply compile this data to make a credit report that covers all the credit accounts opened in your name (or practically all of them, as there are still a few lenders out there who do not share information through credit reference agencies). When you apply for a new credit account, lenders then pay to access your credit report so that they can feed the information held there into a credit scoring procedure. Credit scoring produces a credit rating for your application, which can determine whether or not it is successful, and also what kind of interest rate you will be offered.
The credit checker service provides your Experian Credit Score. This is an estimated rating, based on the information on your credit report, and how it might be scored by the average lender. The reason that it is an estimate is that every different credit provider uses their own credit scoring systems, each of which is designed to identify the target customers for the products that they offer. Some, like 'bad credit' credit cards, for example, are obviously aimed at a different type of customer to the 'premium' cards on the market, and so the credit scoring procedures will most likely be different for each product, even if they are offered by the same provider.
However, a low Experian Credit Score is an indicator that you have some issues on your credit report which are likely to have a negative impact on credit scoring. Looking at your credit report in detail can help you identify and address these issues.
Errors on your report can be corrected. Routine tasks that you have forgotten to address, like making sure that you are on the correct electoral register, can be easily spotted. At the more sinister end of the scale, you will also be able to spot any accounts that have been opened in your name as the result of identity fraud. Fraudulent cards that have been maxed out will obviously have a negative impact on future credit scoring, but thankfully there is plenty of help available from both the credit reference agencies and the government to sort out such a mess. For more information on identity fraud, try looking here:http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Typesofcrime/DG_174616.


Amazon Listing Optimization | Rank Higher, Sell More!
Amazon listing optimization is all about maximizing your keyword ranking to help achieve greater conversions. By increasing your customer conversion rate, you can achieve two very important things for your listings and business.
Optimized listings lead to increased sales and revenue - Even if the number of visitors to your listing remains the same, better content naturally leads to higher conversions and sales.
Increased sales generate more listing traffic - Amazon actively rewards listings that are most successful at converting customers. The best listings rank higher in customer searches on Amazon and, as a result, are seen by more shoppers and produce even greater sales.
Determining what makes one sales listing perform better than another, even when the products are similar, can seem like a daunting task – especially for the everyday business owner who may not be familiar with all the intricacies and nuances of the Amazon algorithm.
However, there are tools, best practices and gold standard case studies that Awesome Dynamic® uses to optimize Amazon listings on your behalf. Use of these practices typically results in listings that rank consistently higher and convert views to sales more effectively than listings that do not utilize great photos or videos.
As a buyer-based search engine, Amazon's goal is to ensure that when shoppers search for a product they are shown relevant listings that drive them to buy. At the end of the day, Amazon is a business and its main goal is to sell as many goods as it can to as many consumers as it can.
It comes to reason that the listings that appeal most to Amazon are also those that appeal most to customers. The more successful a listing is among shoppers, the more conversions and profits are made – both for the seller and Amazon.
As a result, Amazon designs its algorithm and SEO practices to reward listings that best serve consumers. Amazon provides sellers with several key content areas which can be used to entice shoppers and optimize product listings – Title, Bullet Points, Product Description, Photography, Videos, A+ and Enhanced Brand Content (EBC) and Back-End Search Terms.
Each of these techniques & best practices helps us develop a listing that fulfills the needs of consumers and ultimately creates the kind of content Amazon wants to see.
Relevant keywords are the foundation of any Amazon listing. If the foundation is strong, your listing will stand tall – appearing higher up in search rankings and driving great conversions. If your foundation is weak, your listing will crumble and appear in front of few consumers. It is our job to make sure your listing is built on solid ground.
To discover the keywords that are best suited for your listing, we'll conduct a thorough keyword search engine optimization (SEO) analysis. We'll both research and incorporate into your listing relevant words used most often by shoppers when searching Amazon for items like yours. With these keywords seamlessly integrated into your listing by our professional copywriters, you'll be on your way to greater optimization.
The content included in your listing has more of an effect on your Amazon search rankings than any other factor – which makes sense since it's the component consumers interact with most. Crafting well-written content that strategically incorporates your most valuable keywords is the key to optimizing your listing for higher ranking and conversions. That's where we come in.
Our Amazon copywriters take the time to understand the unique Amazon consumer journey and educate ourselves on Amazon's copy guidelines and restrictions to create strategic content that appeals to both the Amazon algorithm and the emotions that drive consumer purchase decisions.
When it comes to Amazon listing optimization, words are only half the battle. Amazon shoppers can't feel and interact with products the way they can in-store, so product photography has to do a lot of the heavy lifting in bringing the product to life. High-quality product imagery works in tandem with copy to support your product message and help drive greater click-through rates and sales.
A+ Content and EBC are available to sellers on Vendor Central and 3rd Party Sellers respectively. Both platforms allow sellers to provide shoppers with more in-depth product information, elaborate on product descriptions and highlight additional photos. This supplementary content goes a long way to helping increase conversion rates and decrease the rate of returns.
Have You Considered International Amazon Listing Optimization?
In addition to optimizing Amazon listings for products within the US, we also offer optimization services for Amazon Europe – the second largest Amazon marketplace outside of the US.
This market offers an incredible opportunity to get your product in front of millions of potential customers. Even better, many of Amazon Europe's product categories aren't as saturated as those in the States – presenting you with less competition and greater opportunities to make sales.
"We're now in a better position on Amazon. Awesome Dynamic enrolled us in Brand Registry, updated our product titles, descriptions, and bullet points, managed our PPC, and optimized our listings after doing keyword research."


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Published on June 20th, 2010 | by Lisa McInerney
Review: Murder By Death at Crane Lane
Living on the verges of the city, I rely heavily on public transport to get me in and out of gigs and other such entertainments. Having very sensitive ears, I rely heavily on my iPod to save me from the kind of toss they play on national radio and broadcast on public transport. Not that there are strange political war-cries or creepy calls to arms or any of that … no, even without media-sponsored social upheaval, Ireland has her own aural crosses to bear. And Irish country music would be the splinteriest of 'em all.
Having been brought up in South County Galway, Clare FM was a constant in my early life, in the same way that the parish priest is a constant in the life of local head shop owner; it niggled and whined and battered me in-fucking-cessantly. Philomena Begley in the morning. Nanci Griffith over the tay. And everything in between was way down yonder on the Chattahoochee or I fell into a burning ring of fuck-off and there were times I prayed for swift death or deafness, whichever was handiest for The Man Above (Conway Twitty, as far as my mam was concerned). And whenever I voiced my displeasure, which was probably fairly often, my parents would be condescendingly understanding and tell me that one day, I'd learn to love country music – all its sanitised agonies and dead-eyed yowlings – because it was "my" music. Not in that I was the kind of potential alco that would get off on its sugary misery, but because I was Irish. My mam, in particular, truly believed that over-emphasised drawls and songs about coyotes' wails were as Irish as Padraig Pearse, and that one day, perhaps after eating too many strange mushrooms, it would all become clear to me that highjacked Americanisms were the best cultural building blocks there were.
I mention this because when I turned off my iPod to get off the bus (I always turn off mah choons before I leave the bus, for fear the bus driver would think me sensory-deprived and muggable), I caught a couple of bars of Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler", and damn near sank into the doldrums when I realised how familiar its lyrics were. And yet, a couple of hours later, I was getting off on the most American music I've heard in aeons, truly evocative blood-pumping stuff, music you know has a real, unborrowed, non highjacked culture behind it. I was revived by Murder By Death.
Murder By Death is an American folk-rock band. The "American" part is important; when they started playing, I was immediately anchored to a time, a place … where they were coming from, I suppose. It's so easy to think of American culture as Hollywood Throwaway – bleached, superficial homogeny, red carpets, cheerleaders, everyone learning a valuable lesson in the end. To hear Murder By Death is to get a real sense of an actual culture behind the high-fiving globalisation – to get a sense of there being a real country with real customs behind that all-encompassing Stars n' Stripes. To an American, I doubt my surprise would be understandable – of course there's a "real" culture in there, for fuck's sake – but you see so little of it from outside the fifty states. When it comes to Cork wearing a checked-shirt-sneer, it really blows you away.
It blew the local crowd away to the extent that I don't think most of us knew what to do about it. We hugged the bar, instead of hanging by the stage – an Irish custom, and an unfortunate one. With Megadeth having just played in the Marquee, the Crane Lane was filled with more than just the usual suspects, Monday night student-types peppered with shorn-headed loopers in black hoodies, as if the indie AGM had been stormed by a small chapter of Nick Oliveri impersonators. The band seemed disappointed that we didn't congregate at their feet, perhaps feeling as if their Cork appearance wasn't all that well advised. I hope not, though, because they'd be wrong. This was a Monday night. In a very small city. And the Crane Lane was packed.
Frontman Adam cuts a fine and invigorating figure, a man with that enviable "rare pair of lungs", and cellist Sarah could do with being given the status of modern heroine – delicate, intoxicatingly talented, and well able to hold her own with the boys. The songs were rip-roaringly moreish, and the set properly long, no five-songs-and-fuck-off-for-pints crap here, which is something I've gotten from more than a small percentage of bands in recent times. Here, have a taster.
Conclusion? Eye-opening, eargasming stuff from a band that, five albums in, should be bloody massive. Instead, they're today's little culch.ie secret. Life is odd that way. But for all of you lot dragged up on borrowed country and your parents' oddly-twanging proclivities, this is a band that could mean a hell of a lot to you. At 1am last Tuesday, I found myself losing it to the most deliciously alien yet reminiscent music … "I am going to rue the day," I thought, "that I heard these songs and didn't know enough to sing along."
Good Morning, Magpie, the new album from Murder By Death, is available now. Buy it buy it buy it.
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5 Responses to Review: Murder By Death at Crane Lane
I was at this gig. I even took that picture. They were great. Loved the music and the vibe of the band.
Although Sweary kept gawping at yer wan playing the cello and repeating, "She's fucking the cello! Look at her go! She's riding it like a horse! Cor, she's filthy!"
Really great music, sorry i missed it, will get them if they tour again.
Chatham County Line are worth catching- if they ever come to the ol green and misty
Sweary says:
I said no such thing. Who told you we allow perverts here at culch.ie? Take your provocative language somewhere else, you scallywag.
Darren Byrne says:
Wooo! Sweary, you just got the 10,000th comment on Culch.ie. Go you!!! I'll see if I can find something nice to send you. 😉
Hmm. Does that work if I've actually written the piece in question?
Send something nice to Kevin instead; he's a miserable bollix who could do with a jolt.
Thanks, Michael! I'll have a look-see/look-hear.


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REVIEW: 'The New Normal' Revives the Tired Old Ghey
I am absolutely the wrongest person in Homolandia to review the new Ryan Murphy show on NBC. This isn't made with me in mind, meaning you can be sure the show's creators don't give a Chihuahua's sneeze about my opinion, which is based solely on the pre-premiere show that aired on August 30. (I had no idea there was such a thing as a pre-premiere show, but the mysteries of network television are revealing themselves to me gradually, like secrets to an initiate in a Freemason's lodge.) New episodes kick off tomorrow, September 11, but I won't be watching any more—what I have seen will have to do for this piece.
Picture, if you will, Homolandia as a quaint county on the borders of the mighty Empire of Normalcy, a pastoral landscape quilted with neatly tended fields, speckled with dozens of tight-knit communities of people with vastly different behaviors and preferences. Over there, farthest away from the border with Normalcy, you have Trannytown, a garish, hissing locale that comes alive mainly at night, a place noted for its high suicide-attempt rate. Very close to that is Twinksburg, which is packed with Peter Pan-like effete younger men, most of them thin, many of them preyed on at night by men from St. Mary Muscleton or Bearsville down the road, where a number of the residents of Twinksburg move after they have become fat, bald and old, and can no longer stand the "ewwws" that lick at them when they walk by. The Lesbotrons live as far away as possible on the other end of the county, and only communicate with the gay communities when its time to band together for protection against the relentless onslaught of the barbarian bigots.
The first image to come up on Google when I searched "twink."
Guys like me live in a remote, rural area outside of AlternaQueer City, and we often live alone, occasionally socializing with the denizens of the various gay communities, but more often we venture out beyond the foggy marshes that obscure Homolandia from Normalcy so we can fraternize with the Str8s, with whom we share more in common socially that those with whom we share a preference sexually.
All the more reason why I'm so wrong to review this show: The New Normal is my true American horror story.


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The past 24 hours in Trump investigation news, explained
Mueller tea leaves, new Cohen drama, new Manafort charges, and more.
By Andrew Prokop Mar 14, 2019, 11:10am EDT
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There's been a whirlwind of developments with the various investigations around President Donald Trump and his associates in the past 24 hours — and the biggest news may not relate to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Both federal and state prosecutors in New York and Democratic investigators in the House of Representatives are aggressively moving forward with various inquiries — probing whether Michael Cohen was corruptly offered a pardon, charging Paul Manafort for new real estate offenses, and grilling former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker.
The news from the special counsel probe, in contrast, was along the lines of tying up loose ends. Manafort has now been sentenced — twice — and the attorney leading his prosecution will reportedly depart the special counsel's team.
There may be more major developments from Mueller yet to come, as Washington awaits his report. But the thicket of other investigatory news makes it clear that if Mueller does wrap up soon, Trumpworld's legal jeopardy will remain very serious indeed.
Manafort got sentenced again — and indicted again
The longest-running court saga in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe came to a close Tuesday morning, as former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort received his second sentence.
And then, by midday, Manafort was facing new charges again — in New York state.
Last year, Manafort was convicted of tax and bank fraud at trial in Virginia, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in Washington, DC. None of the charges directly related to Russian interference in the 2016 election. It was widely speculated that Mueller charged Manafort hoping he would cooperate and provide important information, but that didn't pan out (the special counsel accused him of lying after agreeing to cooperate).
When both sentences are combined, Manafort was given a total of seven and a half years in prison (though he has already served about nine months of that since he was jailed last year). It's not the decades in prison that was possible, but it is a hefty sentence that will keep him behind bars for several years — unless, of course, President Trump pardons him.
So apparently in an attempt to preempt such a pardon, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. unsealed 16 charges against Manafort for mortgage fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records. The president cannot pardon state crimes.
But Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman has some doubts about whether the charges run afoul of New York's double jeopardy law, he explained on Twitter. (New York has a law preventing someone from being charged in the state for crimes already brought federally.)
A top Mueller prosecutor is leaving
Andrew Weissmann in 2002, speaking about Enron.
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The Mueller report may not have shown up yet, but the clues that the special counsel's work may be winding down keep piling up. NPR's Carrie Johnson reported Thursday that Andrew Weissmann, one of the biggest-name prosecutors on the team, "will soon leave the office and the Justice Department." And Mueller's spokesperson then confirmed that news to Politico's Darren Samuelsohn.
Weissmann may be little-known publicly, but he had a reputation for using aggressive tactics in prosecuting Enron executives and has therefore played an outsize role in the fears of the president and his allies. When Trump recently said in a speech that an unnamed person on Mueller's team "has perhaps the worst reputation of any human being I've ever seen," he was widely believed to be referring to Weissmann. Axios reported that Steve Bannon had "a fixation" on Weissmann.
So does this departure mean there are no more big indictments coming? Perhaps ... but not necessarily. Weissmann's specific role on Mueller's team has been that he led the prosecutions (plural) of Manafort. His name has in fact remained absent from court filings in Mueller's other cases that are unrelated to Manafort. So one way to read this news is simply that Mueller is done with Manafort — and with Weissmann as well. As for the Mueller report itself, we're still waiting.
Prosecutors asked for records on Michael Cohen pardon talks
Michael Cohen testifies to the House Oversight Committee on February 27, 2019.
Meanwhile, there was a new development in the drama over whether the president's allies floated a preemptive pardon to Michael Cohen last year — something that could theoretically amount to obstruction of justice.
Back in April 2018, after the FBI raided Cohen's residence and office, he authorized his then-attorney to try to explore whether he could be pardoned (Cohen now admits). Around this time, per ABC News, two New York lawyers began talking to Cohen. They said they were in touch with Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and to some extent discussed getting Cohen a pardon.
Then on Wednesday, CNN's Gloria Borger and Jeremy Herb obtained emails that one of those lawyers, Robert Costello, had sent to Cohen on April 21. "I spoke with Rudy. Very Very Positive. You are 'loved,'" the email reads. "Sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places."
Costello added that there were "some very positive comments about" Cohen from the White House, and that "Rudy noted how that followed my chat with him last night." This apparently refers to these tweets from President Trump — which now look like a public signal to Cohen to stay loyal.
....it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don't see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!
Now, federal prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) are investigating whether these contacts broke any laws — according to the New York Times's Ben Protess, William Rashbaum, and Maggie Haberman, SDNY sent Costello a request for any documents related to Cohen.
Why does all this matter? Well, if a pardon was floated or offered to Cohen in an effort to prevent him from "flipping" on the president, that could amount to criminal obstruction of justice. But much hinges on the details. What, specifically, was said or implied relating to a pardon? Was it more of an effort of Cohen seeking a pardon (unsuccessfully), or the president's allies dangling one before him? And how involved were President Trump or Rudy Giuliani in these talks? (They've denied any wrongdoing.)
Matthew Whitaker returned to the Hill to "clarify" his testimony
Whitaker at the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday.
Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker suddenly exited the Justice Department a week and a half ago, just weeks after DOJ announced he was to take on a new role there. The reason for his departure is unknown, but questions had arisen about certain aspects of Whitaker's testimony on Capitol Hill in February — particularly about his contacts with President Trump regarding ongoing investigations.
In December, CNN reported that Trump had twice "lashed out at" then-acting Attorney General Whitaker about Michael Cohen — complaining about Cohen's plea deal with Mueller, and again about SDNY prosecutors' pursuit of the hush money investigation related to payoffs to women alleging affairs with Trump.
However, in his February testimony, Whitaker claimed that Trump never "asked for" any "promises or commitments" concerning an investigation.
But the New York Times soon reported that Trump had in fact called Whitaker to "ask" whether the US attorney for SDNY, Geoffrey Berman, who had recused himself from the hush money investigation, could be put in charge of it.
So Whitaker had agreed to return to clarify some matters — and did so on Tuesday, in a closed-door session with House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the committee's top Republican Doug Collins (R-GA), and staffers.
But little clarity ensued.
Nadler claimed afterward that Whitaker "did not deny" that President Trump called him to "discuss the Michael Cohen case" and "personnel decisions" in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. But Collins pointed out that Whitaker didn't confirm that, either, and there's some dispute about what was actually said.
Nadler also says that Whitaker did make a few concrete admissions about things that happened while he was acting attorney general — that Whitaker said he "was directly involved in conversations about whether to fire one or more US attorneys," that he was "involved in conversations" about Berman's recusal, and that he also discussed whether SDNY "went too far in pursuing" the hush money case.
But further details about these conversations, such as who was involved and whether anything happened because of them, remained elusive. Collins, meanwhile, claimed Whitaker's talks about firing US attorneys referred only to "normal personnel issues."
All this matters because Nadler has launched an extensive investigation into whether the president obstructed justice. Finding out whether the president or others in the White House tried to intervene with investigations is key to that. And the hush money investigation in particular remains active and potentially dangerous to Trump.
Trump started tweeting about Lisa Page again
Since losing control of the House of Representatives, Republicans no longer have majorities on the chamber's committees and can therefore no longer control the progress of investigations. So they've been trying to find other ways to make an impact on the Trump-Russia news cycles, and get out stories favorable to President Trump.
Now, when the GOP did have the majority in 2017 and 2018, they conducted various closed-door interviews as part of their effort to drum up a sort of counter-scandal, in which the true wrongdoing was at the Justice Department and FBI. House Republicans or their staffers have frequently leaked supposed bombshell bits from this testimony to sympathetic conservative journalists, and that practice has continued this year.
Recently, though, Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, has gone a step further. Professing frustration at the Justice Department, he's unilaterally released partially redacted transcripts from the committee's interviews of two witnesses: DOJ official Bruce Ohr, released last Friday, and former FBI official Lisa Page, released Tuesday. (Page worked for then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe and had an affair with her coworker Peter Strzok. They texted a lot.)
The transcripts had no bombshells — but that, of course, hasn't stopped Trump from pretending they did. (Indeed, the main purpose of the release may have been to give the president things to tweet about.)
"Double Standard - Former FBI lawyer (Lisa Page) admits being told to go easy on Clinton." Very unfair! @FoxNews
This Trump tweet refers to Page's testimony that the Justice Department told FBI investigators on the Clinton email team that they didn't think a possible "gross negligence" case should have been brought against Clinton for jeopardizing classified information because of the relevant statute's "constitutional vagueness and its untestedness in court." However, this was not unusual or scandalous, but rather the mainstream opinion among legal commentators back then (and now). (Julian Sanchez has a longer Twitter thread debunking this,)
"The Lisa Page (FBI) transcript also confirms earlier reporting that Page testified Russian Collusion was still unproven when Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed." Catherine Herridge, @FoxNews In other words they appointed someone when there was (and is) no crime. Bad!
This tweet refers to a discussion Page had with Strzok about whether they should join newly appointed special counsel Robert Mueller's team. "I hesitate," Strzok texted, "because of my gut sense and concern there's no big there there." Strzok and Page have said this indeed referred to their assessment of the Trump-Russia collusion evidence. But of course, that's what the Mueller investigation was for — to determine whether there was a "there there." It certainly doesn't mean they knew for certain there was "no crime."
This deserves more attention! FBI Mistress, Lisa Page, confirmed to House Judiciary, there was an anti-Trump Insurance Policy and it's the fake Russian investigation! She admits there was almost no evidence on collusion, yet they continued with WITCH HUNT! https://t.co/vCIikT4tyr
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 13, 2019
Trump also quote-tweeted a claim from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that Page "confirmed" that the "anti-Trump Insurance Policy" was "the fake Russian investigation." This refers to yet another infamous Strzok text to Page:
I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy's office - that there's no way he gets elected - but I'm afraid we can't take that risk. It's like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you're 40…
Here, too, this is nothing new — Strzok discussed it at length last year, and Page's account is similar to his.
Their story is that there was an internal FBI debate over whether to move forward with the Trump-Russia probe even if that could jeopardize a sensitive source. Page says she suggested, why risk it, because since Trump was sure to lose the election, what would it matter if he or his team was compromised by Russia? Strzok says the "insurance policy" simply meant proceeding with the investigation just in case Trump won — not trying to stop Trump from winning.
Indeed, in reading the full two-part Page transcript — which you can do at this link — Page defies the stereotyped image Republicans have created of her and repeatedly rejected their conspiracy theories.
The FBI, she said, is an extraordinarily "conservative organization," and "the notion that there's a deep state conspiracy about anything is laughable." And when asked if she was aware of anyone at the FBI applying a political bias to an investigation, Page said yes — but it was anti-Hillary Clinton bias expressed by two senior FBI officials, Sandy Kable and Randy Coleman.
"I am aware of senior FBI officials talking to subordinate FBI officials on the Hillary Clinton investigative team who unquestionably had anti-Hillary sentiment, but who also said: You have to get her — or — again, I don't have an exact quote — but like, we're counting on you," Page said. (She said the two officials didn't have a role in the investigation at the time, and that she doesn't think it affected the probe.)
In any case, Collins swiftly moved onto the next story — he released a transcript of Strzok's Judiciary Committee interview Thursday morning.
For more on the Mueller probe, follow Andrew Prokop on Twitter and check out Vox's guide to the Trump-Russia investigation.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia investigation: How we got here
The Justice Department has dropped Michael Flynn's case
The House just passed a resolution to make Robert Mueller's report public
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A turbulent and defensive period, financial services companies are starting to refocus on growth.
In order to grow, firms will need to find the right balance of four elements: Getting fit, managing, controlling and staffing for growth.
This survey of 200 global financial services executives revealed that after a difficult period, financial services companies are starting to refocus on growth. Firms will need to find the right balance of four elements: getting fit, managing, controlling and staffing in order to see growth.
Banks, securities firms, insurance companies, and investment managers around the world have spent much time over the last few years protecting their businesses from the shockwaves of economic crisis.
Many of these companies put growth and expansion plans on hold during this time, preferring to conserve what share of the market they could until more favorable business conditions emerge. For many financial services companies, that time is now.
What steps are financial services firms taking in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America to expand their products and markets?
How much competition are they facing?
What issues do they face regarding infrastructure, data analytics, and talent?
By focusing on these and other questions against a strategic framework of products and markets, we believe many global financial services firms will be well-positioned to win the race for more customers and more business in the months and years ahead.
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As soon as the timer buzzed, I nearly burned my fingertips breaking into one hot out of the oven. Oh, one other change I am going to make is substituting coconut or grapeseed oil for the butter so they are more vegan.
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Women across the country who have been fighting the Department for Work and Pensions for the past three years were left devastated when their complaints were suddenly and unilaterally closed just before Christmas.
The DWP has already closed over three thousand Women Against State Pensions Inequality Ltd (WASPI) complaints due to a successful legal action being taken by another campaigning group, the Back to 60 group. One of their barristers Catherine Rayner, stated that there were no fewer than 60 changes to the date that a 1950s woman could get a pension.
The Judicial Review at the High Court will mean that thousands of women are left without their complaint being thoroughly investigated by the DWP`s own complaints process. Women will need to contact their MP for support in taking their complaint to the next stage and the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
The next meeting of the Cunninghame WASPI group will be held in Irvine on Saturday January 26 at 10.30am in Fullerton Community Hub for women affected by the state pension age changes.


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For the Indianian-Republican
Reminiscences of Early Times in Kosciusko County
By Reub Williams
Coming to this county when but a small boy my recollection of some of the scenes and incidents connected with the early settlement of this region is quite vivid. There are, at present, but few individuals now resident of the town who were here when I first came to Warsaw. Among these are Benjamin Richhart and family; Joseph A Funk and brothers; Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Loney (then, but recently married); P. G. Frary (then a young man); Judge James S. Frazer (who had just came to Warsaw from Wayne county this state and had just begun the practice of law, and perhaps a few others. I am speaking now of those only who resided in town at the time referred to and who are still residents of the place. Others, of course, arrived soon afterwards and they are now numbered among our old settlers. Among those can be named the Milice family, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. S. Kist, the Wynants, and others. Indeed Champaign county, Ohio along about that time and the following few years sent a large delegation to this region, among whom, especially was my old and esteemed, life-long friend, Thomas Woods, still a resident of this place.
At the time I first came it was not an uncommon thing for there to be more Indians in the place than there were whites. However, Warsaw, proper never was a favorite point for the Indians, and the occasions to which I refer were only the periodical visits of the Red Men. Leesburg, Oswego and indeed, all along what was then called the Big Prairie, were the places at which the Indians mostly congregated. On Trimble's creek near what is known as the Wooden farm, was quite an Indian village of which a chief, or sub-chief, by the name of Topash was the head. This old Indian had two sons by the name of Joaneta and Dominique who were of about the same age of myself and Marion Warner - who still lives at the point near where his father first settled. I speak of him for the reason that on one occasion Marion and myself paid the village a visit and made the acquaintance of the two boys which afterwards kept up until they, along with their father and others who elected not to be removed to the west in 1848, took up their abiding place in Michigan. I then lost track of the family only hearing from them occasionally.
In 1848, as stated, the remnant of the Potawatomies and Miami tribes living in this county were removed by the government to Indian territory, Ezekiel French, then a prominent citizen of Oswego, having the contract for their removal. A more motley looking crowd than this remnant as it passed through Warsaw on its first day's march, I never beheld before or since! They had assembled at Oswego as the starting point and consequently, as they passed through Warsaw they were much like a brand new regiment during the late war--wonderfully encumbered with impediments such as coops of chickens, pet coons, boxes and barrels, and the hundred and one things that would attract an Indiana family, and which it was thought impossible to leave behind. Each wagon was piled so high as to apparently be in danger of toppling over, and I feel sure that within two or three days afterwards much of the surplus goods such as empty boxes and barrels --for it must be remembered that a box or a barrel in an Indian family was something of considerable value--was relentlessly thrown away at the command of the wagon-masters in charge of the train; for it must also be remembered that the entire march to the Indian territory was to be made with wagon, on horseback and on foot.
As they passed through this town I very well remember that "Bill Squawbuck," an Indian quite well known to the whites, sold a favorite pony for the insignificant sum of $10. "Bill" was quite a character among his brethren, and even more so to his white friends, with whom he as on terms of intimacy, and aside from his occasional indulgence in the use of "fire-water--at which times he was somewhat dangerous--he was a clever, good-for-nothing doless sort of an Indian. The fellow disliked very much, to part with his pony. It was a very fine little animal; far better in style and get-up than those belonging to the caravan; but $10 in silver in those days was a big thing, and "Bill" fell a victim to its seductive influence, as better men--those possessing more knowledge, at least--have done, both before and since. Old "Bill" when he finally gave up the little animal to its owner, I remember, hugged it around the neck; talked to it in endearing terms and the tears rolled down his cheeks when it was led away.
As an evidence of the rapid and vast advance this country has made; how greatly it has developed, in material wealth, it is only necessary to say that the writer--young as he is --has witnessed the removal of the last of the Red Men from Ohio, and also from this State. The Wyandottes and Senecas, in the first instance, and the Miamis, & Potawattomies in the second. Think of it! The Red Man still a resident of Northern Ohio within the memory of one but a little over fifty years of age! It is a marvelous thought and when one looks at the bountiful farms, the vast orchards, every tree bending low with rich fruit in its season; the well-filled barns; the evidences of peace and plenty on every hand--covering a region that less than half a century since was still inhabited by the original owners, even to the one who has seen it all with his own eyes, it is still a stupenduous thought! What a vast amount of history has been made in these fifty years! No other half-century, of either ancient or modern history can point to so much; such wonderful events successfully accomplished, the full fruitation of which is just before us! When I was a boy I sometimes asked myself the question at what period in the world's historysupposing that I had the choosing of it myself--would I prefer to have lived, and my answer to myself always was, that wonderful period of discovery; of chivalry--when literature took a new bound--now known as the Elizabethan Era. Asking the same question now, I would answer by saying that I would not have missed living during the past third of a century even were that much more time have been added to my natural life! And of this period, how great has it been in grand results! A nation freed from the internecine strife that had agitated it for the past seventy-five years; the shackles smitten from the limbs of four millions of human beings, the Continent spanned from the Atlantic to the Pacific with bands of steel; the iron horse stopping at almost every farmer's door; that subtle fluid known as lightning made to enter the service of man as a motive power; as a means of talking with one another even beyond the seas, as a means of conversation, and to light the street, the palace and the hovel! These and many inventions almost equally as startling, have been brought out within the lifetime of the writer! Why, then, should I not prefer to have lived during a period so wonderful, rather than in the days of old Queen Bess? More anom. Reub
Indianian Republican Thursday June 7, 1888
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Mr. Radosevich died of congestive heart failure while at the Richard M.
Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson, South Carolina.
High in the 1960's and he was an assistant coach at Clairton High in the 1970's.
while serving in the United States Marines.


Join 12th generation Cape Codder Todd Kelley and native Wampanoag/Nipmuc Marcus Hendricks on a series of walks exploring the lives of the First People local to this area and the circumstances that led up to their first encounter with the Pilgrims. We will then examine the consequences of interactions that followed up to the time of King Philip's War in 1675. The Harwich Conservation Trust, Wellfleet Conservation Trust, and Truro Conservation Trust have partnered to offer this unique walk series. The land trusts in each of the three towns preserve natural lands within their communities to protect forests, marshes, meadows, ponds, coastal waters, and a diversity of other natural resources.
Advance registration (payment) is required. Space is limited. Please register (pay by credit card using the fields on the right). Directions will be emailed with your registration (payment) confirmation.
Celebrate the bounty of natural resources from the coastal waters to the upland forest and kettle ponds. Live family life in a community intimately connected with the rhythms of the land through their daily activities and sharing of stories that are the essence of communal memory.
Witness the European intrusion into peaceful interior communities setting the pilgrims' immediate needs ahead of decorum. Trace the footsteps of the Messengers as they followed Myles Standish and his men from Corn Hill to the First Encounter. We will conclude this foray with the Billington boy incident that forged the Treaty of 1621 and made European amends for Corn Hill.
Consider how the First People of the area had to make difficult decisions about family and community in a rapidly changing world. We will compare the outcomes of social displacement for many communities and the safety of the Lower Cape for others at the time of King Phillips war.


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Sometimes existing information isn't enough to provide valuable competitive intelligence or evaluate customer needs and expectations or answer the question of why a competitor has changed course. When neither internal analytics nor external information provides the depth of information you need, it's time to go directly to the source and start asking questions through polls or interviews.
Polling or opinion research: When you're pretty sure that the people you're asking will give honest answers, a simple poll can provide valuable information.
Face-to-face interviews: Face-to-face interviews enable you to pick up on nonverbal messages, which give you a better indication of whether a person is being open and honest. Interviews also give you a chance to ask follow-up questions.
Interviews involving projective techniques: Projective techniques are ways of asking questions that neutralize a person's rational thinking to elicit more honest answers. Instead of asking what a person thinks, the interviewer encourages the person to imagine scenarios or express how he feels about something so he doesn't feel a need to defend his answers.
You probably don't have the expertise internally.
You won't get honest answers if people being polled know the identity of the consumer of the information.
You probably don't have the resources to perform a poll or conduct interviews in a timely manner.
Polling or opinion research often provides valuable insight into understanding unmet customer needs and predicting when changes are likely to become industry standard.
Use polls and opinion research for sampling a large group of people when you're fairly certain they'll answer honestly; for example, when you're asking people about their opinions related to industry trends, consumer preferences, technological concepts, and so on.
Don't use polling or opinion research for gathering opinions on highly sensitive issues, such as lifestyle choices and political leanings, because people may bend the truth. Instead, use paid interviewers.
University marketing professors are often good candidates for the job as well.
A number of the research firms employ professionals who are qualified to do in-depth interviews. They have special skills and training to look beneath the obvious and interpret nonverbal messages. They see much more than the average person does, because they go beyond what the interviewee is saying to detect what the person truly feels.
A good example of someone who does this well is a law-enforcement professional. Detectives are quick to recognize false statements, disinterest, and anxiety.
Langley Intelligence Group Network: This membership-based site produces global intelligence reports for subscribers. The group doesn't provide you with referrals to members who may have an appropriate intelligence background, but a scan of the board of directors listing may provide the names of some firms with which they're associated.
Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals: SCIP is an organization that has a varied membership. Members have access to numerous resources, and you can generally find the type of intelligence professional you're looking for among members.
Association of Former Intelligence Officers: AFIO produces some very nice intelligence analysis for its members. Membership is fairly restrictive, but the organization does have an employment service where intelligence projects or positions may be listed. The organization has more than 5,000 ex-intelligence professionals (as well as current).
As with most of these types of organizations, finding resources may involve a lot of digging. The organization does show its board of directors on its website, and you can sometimes find the names of associated intelligence organizations there that provide services to corporate clients.
Retired intelligence professionals (such as ex-CIA analysts) are excellent candidates for conducting interviews. Most of them have decades of experience and numerous global contacts that can help them dig up information. Langley Intelligence group is probably the best place to start your search for former CIA analysts.
An obvious way to find out what someone knows or thinks is to ask the person. The problem, though, is that the person you're asking may not give open and honest answers. One way around that problem is to hire specialists to conduct the interviews for you by using projective techniques.
Projective techniques are designed to elicit subjective responses that reveal both thoughts and feelings. They're less structured than multiple-choice and true/false questions, giving the interviewee much more freedom in answering questions. In psychology, the best-known projective technique is the Rorschach test.
In CI circles, projective techniques may involve asking the interviewee to complete a sentence or associate feelings with certain brand names. Qualified interrogators know how to phrase questions to elicit more honest answers.
When you're in the market for someone to conduct interviews at this level, you're usually looking for a psychotherapist who specializes in human behavior and communication. You may find psychotherapists who advertise these services. In addition, market research and consumer-research companies often employ people who have special training in projective techniques.
If your research involves sensitive issues pertaining to politics, morals, racial attitudes, and so on, the chances of getting politically correct (and inaccurate) answers are very high. Projective techniques improve the accuracy of the information contained in the responses.


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Stories feature on the Drabblecast are generally narrated by charismatic host, humorist, and musician Norm Sherman. A full production, the Drabblecast features multiple voice actors, music, and foley effects. The podcast has a finely tuned 'voice' that crosses all genres, including horror, science fiction, fantasy and 'other.' Special features include 100-word stories called, "drabbles," 100 character stories coined "twabbles," as well as Norm's own Bbardles, songs based on story themes. Original cover art accompanies every episode.
I love this one! I think a little more build up for driving him mad enough to dig up his uncle's grave would have been cool. The intestinal failure though! Nice.
im excited to hear your new stuff but if you posted some of the older episodes id love to listen to some of those as well.


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Creative City Index
The Creative City Index takes stock of a place's creative pulse by exploring its urban dynamics, processes and projects, and making comparisons with other cities. The index looks at the city as an integrated whole, from both insider and outsider perspectives.
The index provides a method and an opportunity to benchmark Palmerston North against a group of 14 other cities, many of similar size.
Palmerston North was first assessed using the Creative City Index during a week-long residency by Charles Landry in March 2013. Landry came to help residents look at the city afresh and to find out how well we are harnessing our collective imagination and creative potential.
We repeated the survey in March 2019.
Creative Cities Index: Palmerston North survey results 2019(PDF, 3MB)
What the Creative City Index told us about our city
The following excerpt is from Landry's original report. You can download the full report at the bottom of the page.
Palmerston North is a comfortable place, easy to live in and it gains its relative strength from its role as a regional hub, the presence of the university and the Defence Force. Yet it can achieve more with its assets and resources especially the university and the constant inflow of younger people.
"It is both missing and not grasping opportunities, which a more entrepreneurial spirit could unleash.
"There is a burgeoning awareness of the need for change and for the city to lift its game. It feels more comfortable with step-by-step change when perhaps a step change is needed. There definitely needs to be more energy and the city's pulse should beat a bit harder.
"Palmerston North stands at the cusp of important choices and a business as usual approach will not get it to where to wants and needs to be. It should develop a sense of urgency. This is difficult when things seem fine, with neither boom nor bust pressures. There is a danger of imperceptible, yet graceful decline.
"We are in a new world situation and some challenges and threats lie on the horizon. There is intense competition between cities and those with talent and ambition have choices. Many of the city's younger gifted people are leaving and even though some interesting older people are coming to the city, the talent churn is negative.
"Massey is firmly anchored into the city, especially given its food and agricultural research strengths, yet in time there is a risk that its strategic functions may shift elsewhere and the quality of students coming to study other disciplines may decline.
"The relative feeling of comfort especially amongst the city's leaderships has created a crisis of ambition - this is a crisis of a special kind. With a normal crisis threats loom sharply, but for Palmerston North it is the 'frog in boiling water' threat. The problem is addressed too late.
"To avert this situation Palmerston North needs to think less like a town and more like a city. This demands a degree of alertness, strategic focus and a deep and wide-spread understanding of global trends and their dynamics. In responding to this a vision needs to be built that reflects more than words on paper and is taken seriously and is implemented. Too often there is a sense that doing the strategy is the work, when of course it is only the beginning.
"A broader city-wide leadership should consider dispassionately where the city is going and by bringing these forces together it is likely to have positive results. In thinking through where the city's future lies, it may need outside advisors."
Comfortable or Captivating? An assessment of Palmerston North(PDF, 3MB)


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"I was always inquisitive about open relationships, but I think I know I want a committed relationship"
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Big-hearted actor Jonathan Bailey opens up in a new interview about why LGBT homeless charity The Albert Kennedy Trust is so important to him and talks marriage and family.
There are many things we know for certain in life… The Earth is round, EastEnders is the most miserable telly show onto box and Broadchurch and W1A star Jonathan Bailey is drop dead bloody gorgeous. But not only is they thirst-inducing thesp a remarkably eye-pleasing fittie, he's also wonderful talented actorrrrrrrr who is currently winning rave reviews in th West End run of Company alongside theatre legend Patti Lupone.
READ MORE: TEN THIRSTY FACTS ABOUT JONATHAN BAILEY!
On February 12, he and his co-stars will take part in a special performance of the production to raise money for the Albert Kennedy Trust, the LGBT youth homelessness charity that is very close to Jonathan's heart!
Had a cracking chat with the brilliant @attitudemag about @companywestend, marriage and monogamy, and tackling homelessness. 🎈LINK IN BIO🎈
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"AKT's outreach is huge and they've got an amazing mentoring scheme as well, " Jonathan says of the good work they do. "I think from my upbringing, I wasn't exposed to any role models in popular culture or in my day to day life, so the idea that there's a safe conversation that can be had with you by someone with experience is really important – because it can [still] be an incredible dangerous place to be."
He added: "There are still people who don't feel safe in their own home because they've had a first real conversation about who they are. We all know the gay world brings certain challenges. This one guy came out and his parents made it clear he wasn't welcome in their house – he moved to London, ended up going to a chill party where he was encouraged to take drugs and was infected [with HIV]. That's a life-changing trauma on multiple levels, and the idea that that's still happening… The Albert Kennedy Trust will never let someone go homeless for that one night, and all it takes is a phone call."
GQ China outtake from @john_balsom. 📸
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Speaking about his own experience of growing up, Jonathan told Attitude: "Yeah, I'm very grateful that I'm where I'm at now. Even though there's a common understanding [between gay people], no one person has experienced the same thing. I do look back now and realise how hard it is, and how hard it was. At the time I always felt I was lucky that I was surrounded by people that loved me and did accept me – through multiple conversations of course – but the idea that you're 'lucky' because of that… It's a right to be supported."
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However, Jonathan says he's not sure if he ever felt, when growing into the man he is today, any feelings of loneliness or isolation, admitting: "I was a ballet dancer at 11, and I was acting, so I don't know… I was also very open with myself and at various points with my friends, so it was more that I felt I wasn't enriched at that age – there wasn't anything to affirm [my identity]. I was very curious and open, and that comes from having quite a supportive friendship group and family, but it would have been very different had I been someone who was openly gay, I imagine. But that's why the Albert Kennedy Trust is so important – a lot of the access points to young LGBT people are severed through fear, and it's like having a guardian angel and someone's only a phone call away. I think that's fantastic."
In Company, his character is have doubts about his same sex marriage, but Jonathan says in realise he is looking for a happy every after.
"Doing this production has been unbelievable in terms of how it's made me see myself and what I want. I one hundred per cent believe in a long-term committed monogamous relationship, that's completely my world view. Having a family is something I've never wavered on. I think I was always inquisitive about open relationships and how that works, but I think I know that I would want a long-term committed relationship. I would totally marry someone if they wanted to marry me. But I wouldn't need the validation of a marriage to feel secure in a relationship – but having said that, it's probably something I'd love to do, yeah."
For tickets for Company's Albert Kennedy Trust benefit performance on 12 February click here
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I got the truck running and driveable at this point but I have issues, mainly the charging circuit, all the wires from the voltage regulator are cut and spliced to different color wires and there are two sets of alternator plugs hanging down behind the alternator... oh and all the wire loom and tape has been removed so wires are everywhere at the moment.
There is a toggle switch on the dash to turn the alternator on and off, not cool. If the alternator is on for a few minutes the 'majic smoke' starts escaping from under the hood, passenger side, this is where I think I should start. What would be helpfull is if anyone has a diagram of the charge circuit or even the complete engine bay I could work from that.
Anyone who is just going to post "go get a manual" like i've seen in dozens of threads while searching for help can save their breath. Whats the point of having an electrical forum if nobody is going to help each other? May aswell just have the 'electrical systems/wiring/ link directly to haynes.com in that case.
If you plan on keeping this rig rewiring with marine wire will insure it lasts a long time!!
The website isn't the best but give them a call they have everything.
Thanks for the diagram dave, was able to get a bunch of wires cleaned up and hopefully working properly, I dont have coolant in it so I wasnt able to run it long enough to check if its going to keep overcharging, get to that tomorrow.
I never knew autozone had all that stuff online, its awesome! except I still cant find where two mystery wires go, I have two wires coming in the main harness on the passenger side right by the starter relay, one solid red and the other yellow with a green/blue stripe. The truck seems to function without them but they gotta be for something.
One last thing, is it alright to leave the one wire thats supposed to go to the choke leading nowhere or should it be run back to the main power wire?
If do not have an electric choke then it does not go anywhere.
I have a lot of wire connectors to no where, it is cheaper to produce a harness with all the plugs you may need than to make a 5 different harness for different packages.
Yeah I know theres going to be some extra wires but these were wired into the ball of wiring I chopped out and replaced. I guess that still doesnt mean they were supposed to be there though. I dont see them in the wiring diagram though which seems weird.
My diagram in the Haynes shows a red/orange and a yellow/lightgreen going to the factory ammeter in the dash.
Don't get any ideas of hooking these up though if your harness is all messed up. They originally went to what they call a "shunt" which is a calibrated resistance made into the harness. This created a very very small voltage across it, which the ammeter reads and gives a current reading on the dial of the guage.
It's in subford's diagram above, he just doesn't have the wire colors labeled.
I was thinking of that too but figued it would take voltage from the main power wire at the fuse box. What would I need to get the ammeter working again? There is an aftermarket ammeter on the dash beside the alternator switch that was hooked into the old harness but I removed all the wiring from that.
You will need an original harness with the shunt wired in. That would make it work like it should, though I have never seen any of these factory ammeter gauges work very well.
I have been thinking about this a little bit, and am wondering if you could get the original ammeter working by hooking one of the small ammeter wires to the back of the alternator on the "bat" terminal, and hook the other small wire to the bat + terminal on the battery. If there is enough resistance in the wiring between these two spots, it may give some sort of reading on the ammeter.
The aftermarket ammeter you have mounted under the dash is a whole different animal. If you want to hook that up, I have a diagram for it.
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Yeah, I'm not too worried about it, The other gauge is actually screwed to the dash to the right of the gauges lol. Would a 1979 have the same wiring in it that I could cut the shunt out and wire it in? I have a 1979 f150 ext cab 2wd with the 351m/auto (dubbed the 'hillbilly deluxe' if you saw pics you'd understand) that I can swipe parts from if I need though I would like to keep it driveable for the time being.
The shunt is most of the time just a 10GA wire 4 FT long doubled back on itself. The longer the shunt wire the more swing of the ammeter (more resistance/voltage drop). Photo below.
To answer your question the wiring are very close to the same for those years, the diagram I posted above was for a 1982.
Here is one for a 1977 and as you can see very little difference other than a few wire colors.
The Black wire with the Red or Orange stripe is the shunt.
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Also tonight the low beams started working with the headlight switch, hopefully its just a loose wire under the dash, still have no brake, signal, dash, or visor lights though. The brake lights come on with the headlight switch, the front passenger park light, and the rear drivers signal are the only ones that work when they should.
Lights are the next project on the list, hopefully get it to my house tomorrow night. The box is right full of garbage so I'll have to do a quick run to the dump first. Then replace the front universals and one hub lock is supposed to be broken and I can get haulin firewood (happy happy, joy joy) I keep telling myself its a good deal, I think I'm starting to believe myself!
sounds like my '80 F150. Alternator hell for a dip**** like me.


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