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The Dragon of Glastonbury Tor
Glastonbury Tor ,a hill topped by a tower,stands out in the landscape and on misty mornings you can imagine being the gateway to another world. Around the sides of the Tor is terracing .It is much weathered but still visible.There are seven terraces cut deep into the hillside. Some say it was used for farming,others that it was part of a maze.Legend whispers it was where a huge wyrm or dragon wrapped itself around the hill.
There are lots of stories of dragons in the Somerset area over the ages so stories of a dragon on the Tor would not be out of place.
Shervage Wood between Crowcombe and Holford was said to be the haunt of at least one dragon. In one story it was a long dragon hacked to death by a forester from Holford.Another story states two men from Crowcombe engaged a double-headed winged lizard that terrorised the area, winning the battle by forcing the creature to eat burning pitch. Carvings on the benches in the Church of the Holy Ghost show some of the battle.
At Clevedon, between Dolebury Hill and Cadbury Camp a dragon was reported to guard a secret stash of treasure concealed in this area. The same story is associated with Castle Neroche south of Taunton where treasure is reputed to hidden around the iron Age Hill Fort. On Castleman's Hill another dragon is supposed to have been vanquished. Stapley Farm near Churchstanton, a dragon was killed by a knight and the swinging of its tail carved out a hollow in a field known as Wormstall.
Kingston St.Mary, near Taunton,a fire-breathing dragon terrorized the region. A local hero rolled a boulder up a hill opposite the dragon's lair and rolled the boulder down into the dragon's gaping maw, choking it.
In Low Ham church is a spear supposed to have been used by a local to kill a dragon that lived in the Athelney Marshes and fed on local livestock.
The village of Aller is reputed to be named after a local hero, John Aller, who slew a dragon. In one version of the story he was poisoned by the creature's dying breaths, while in another he found a brood of hatchlings in a cave and blocked it up.
After a battle at the hill fort at Norton Fitzwarren, a dragon appeared and began to devour children and destroying crops. Fulk Fitzwartine fought the creature and after a long struggle ,put a spear in its heart and cut off its head. In All Saints Church, a 16th-century rood screen depicts the story.
In Wells the cathedral is built on the area where the villagers were afraid to access seven holy springs because of a wyvern, which was driven away by Bishop Jocelyn. At Wiviliscome in the late 1820s, when the church was being constructed , the devil riding a green dragon is supposed to have thrown rocks at the reconstruction work until driven away by St. Andrew.
So could a dragon have wound itself around the Tor leaving the terraces? Well that depends on you and if you believe in dragons.
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Notes Introducing a Debate Unit on Transformative Technologies
Posted on January 11, 2020 by Bob Shepherd
This is a little backgrounder on Shelley's Frankenstein that I created for a Powerpoint presentation to a high-school Debate class. We were starting a unit in which students would be debating the merits of various emerging transformative technologies.
In preparation for this unit, I want to tell you about a truly remarkable young woman who at about your age, about 200 years ago, did an amazing thing. That's her boyfriend and, later, her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, in the center. The other fellow is their friend George Gordon, Lord Byron. Percy Shelley and Byron were both poets—very great poets.
Mary Shelley was born Mary Godwin, into a family of political radicals. Her father, William Godwin, was a Socialist utopian. Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, is widely considered to be the founder of the Women's Rights Movement.
When Mary was only 16, much to the displeasure of her father, she became involved with the young radical poet Percy Shelley. Although Shelley died young, just before his 30th birthday, he had already produced work that made him, according to critic Harold Bloom, the greatest poet who ever wrote in the English language, excepting, perhaps, Shakespeare. Percy Shelley certainly was the greatest of the Romantic poets. It's impossible to exaggerate how much his work influenced our culture. He invented a way of speaking, in verse, that has permeated our popular culture and personal lives—the ways in which we talk about our feelings, about romantic love, about justice and idealism. Every popular love ballad owes a debt to him. He was a brilliant intellect, a master of ancient Greek, an idealist, a vegetarian, a political and social radical. He died when his boat was destroyed while sailing on the Gulf of Sperzia, in Italy. It is possible that the British intelligence services arranged for his boat to be rammed and capsized, for Percy Shelley supported Irish rebellion against the British and he wrote in favor of revolution—like those that had occurred in the United States and France—to overthrow the nobility and to establish social equality and democracy. Shelley detested tyranny, and he was fearless. It's easy to see why Mary was attracted to him. Many of the young women of Europe, at the time, were. He was something of a counterculture hero of his day.
In 1816, Mary and Percy and Mary's half-sister Claire Claremont joined Lord Byron at a rented house on Lake Geneva, in Switzerland, for a holiday. Byron was rich, and he could afford this sort of thing. (Shelley was also from a noble family of some means, but his father had disowned him for his radical behavior and views.) Also joining the friends was a young English doctor, Byron's personal physician, John Polidori.
The friends had intended to spend their summer holiday sailing and hiking in the mountains.
As it turned out, that year was known as "the year without a summer." A volcano had erupted on an island in Indonesia, throwing enough dust into the air to affect climate worldwide. The weather was awful, and the friends were confined indoors in rainy, cold weather.
The friends amused themselves by telling German ghost stories, and Bryon proposed a contest: They would each write a ghost story to tell to the group. Naturally, since Percy and Lord Byron were both famous writers (though they were quite young), they expected that one of them would win the contest.
But Mary Shelley surprised everyone by writing the best story of all, a novella that would make her internationally famous. Though she was only 18 years old, it was here, at this time, that she wrote the novel Frankenstein.
And Polidori wrote, for this same contest, the first vampire novel, The Vampyre—a riveting tale, but not nearly as well written as Mary's was. She won the contest—and immortal fame.
Consider this fact: Humans have never created a new technology that they have not then used. They have never looked at a technological possibility and said, "No, that's crazy. We shouldn't do that." But that's just the question that young Mary Shelley's novel raised: "Should we do that?"
And so, at the age of 18, Mary Shelley created a new genre of literature—the science fiction novel—and a new area of thought regarding what moral limits, if any, should be placed on technological and scientific "progress."
Mary's idea for the novel was based on one of the latest scientific discoveries of her time. The Italian scientist Luigi Galvani had discovered that if you hooked nerve cells up to electricity, the muscles operated by those nerves would twitch. Many thought that this "animal electricity" might be the secret to life itself. Mary wrote a novel in which a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, uses galvanism to reanimate a creature sewn together from corpses of the dead. Today, the science of the electrical properties of cells, including neural cells, is called electrophysiology. (Note: the scientist, not the "monster," is named Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein's creation is rejected and unloved and unnamed. The creature refers to himself as the "Adam of [Victor's] labours.")
So, the overarching, Essential Question, for our debate will be
Should technological progress proceed unchecked?
Should limits be imposed on some technological developments?
Issues we shall be debating related to this question:
Greater-than-human general artificial intelligence
Genetic engineering of humans/manipulation of the human genome/designer babies
Indefinite life extension/the end of aging
High-tech surveillance
Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs
Human-computer hybrids, or cyborgs
Education via computers versus education via physical classrooms and human teachers
Look around you. How many items can you list, in your immediate environment, that are artificial, or made by humans using technology? (Yes, even that bag of potato chips is a technological marvel.)
What are some ways in which we benefit from technology? What are some the existential risks (risks to our continued existence) that our technologies pose?
Are there technologies that should be banned or strictly controlled? What limits or controls should exist? And are such limits or controls even possible? (Consider: What if some countries ban genetic engineering but others don't? What happens then?)
Why is it especially important for young people to be asking these questions? (Consider: You will live in the world that these new technologies create.)
Copyright 2018, Robert D. Shepherd. All rights reserved. Feel free to share with credit.
NB: A compassionate and erudite reader, teacher and education activist Christine Langhoff of Massachusetts, correctly chided me, after seeing this post, for not mentioning that Percy Shelley, in his treatment of women and of his children, was a spoiled, "callow cad." She's right about that.
For more by Bob Shepherd on the topic of Science Fiction go here:
"Why Science Fiction Is Impossible." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/2020/01/20/why-science-fiction-is-impossible-a-science-fiction-writers-confession/
"Sci_fi Stories: Visions of 'The Future' as Verdicts on 'The Now.'" https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/2019/03/18/sci-fi-stories-visions-of-the-future-as-verdicts-on-the-now/
For some Science Fiction stories by Bob Shepherd, go here:
"It Came upon a Midnight Clear." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/stories/it-came-upon-a-midnight-clear-short-story-bob-shepherd/
"The Baseless Fabric of This Vision." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/stories/the-baseless-fabric-of-this-vision-a-short-story/
"He Sees You When You're Sleeping." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/stories/he-sees-you-when-youre-sleeping-a-short-story/
"Grrls Aren't like Us." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/stories/grrls-arent-like-us-a-short-story/
"Algorithm." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/stories/algorithm-a-short-story-bob-shepherd/
"A Brief Explanation of Everything. You're Welcome." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/2020/02/08/a-brief-explanation-of-everything-youre-welcome/
"The Making of the President, 2024." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/stories/the-making-of-the-president-2024-a-short-story/
My Experience in Corporate America." https://bobshepherdonline.wordpress.com/stories/my-experience-in-corporate-america/
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You should NEVER break up with someone via text, but if you have to for some reason…definitely don't do it like these people.
2. Yikes. We can barely look at this one.
3. This couple takes the awkward text breakup to the next level!
4. This text breakup got REAL.


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'58 Caddy draws customers in to local vendor's booth at horse show
Cattilac Style takes its booth to a number of events which are Western-related, and several which are not.
'58 Caddy draws customers in to local vendor's booth at horse show Cattilac Style takes its booth to a number of events which are Western-related, and several which are not. Check out this story on reporternews.com: http://www.reporternews.com/story/money/business/local/2016/07/30/58-caddy-draws-customers-in-to-local-vendors-booth-at-horse-show/92211190/
Special to the Reporter-News Published 12:34 p.m. CT July 30, 2016
Nellie Doneva/Reporter-News The front of a an old Cadillac serves as a desk to one of the shoes and clothing vendors at the 2016 Texas 4-H Horse Show Friday.(Photo: Nellie Doneva)
The name of the business is Cattilac Style, which brings to mind nattily dressed four-legged critters, but the grill of the vintage Cadillac in the vendor booth says it's more about style than cattle.
The booth, featuring T-shirts, tote bags, custom flip flops and other accessories, was one of several set up inside the Taylor County Coliseum the past few days while the Texas State 4-H Horse Show was going on.
Business was slow Friday morning, but Nicole Leal, who was patiently waiting for customers, said the Cadillac grill most likely would attract some curious folks as the lunch crowd started making its way to a concession stand down the hall.
The horse show ended Saturday, and the next stop for the Cattilac Cadillac will be at the Civic Center in November for the Junior League of Abilene's Christmas Carousel. That will be a departure from the horse show and recent stops at the Texas FFA state convention and the state PTA conference.
Wherever the Caddie shows up, it's a crowd pleaser.
'It causes lots of talk,' said Shay Sipe, owner of Cattilac Style, located at 2317 S. Danville Drive.
She found the grill at a flea market in Warrenton, located near Round Top in Southeast Texas. Her husband, Chad, built the vendor booth around it.
They chose to leave the grill, headlights and a section of the front of the hood as it was. With a little imagination, rusted spots on the gray primer resemble the store's cow spot logo.
Most, but not all of the events the booth travels to, are Western-themed. The Caddie booth has been as far as Las Vegas for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, where it was a big hit.
'All the gentlemen like to guess what year it was built,' Sipe said.
The answer is 1958.
Cattilac Style was established in 1984 under a different name. In 1994, the new name, with its play on words, was adopted to identify the retail Western boutique part of the business, according to the store's website.
The company specializes in custom monogramming and screen printing. For the horse show, brightly colored T-shirts featured the 4-H logo and different wording, plus other designs.
Sipe had been wanting to build a vendor booth for some time, but couldn't quite decide on a design. Then, she stumbled upon the section of vintage Cadillac and knew that was it.
'I had to have it,' she said.
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An AFP fact-check reporter based in Hong Kong
This video shows an alleged kidnapping in Indonesia, not Malaysia
Published on Monday 15 July 2019 at 10:05
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts which claim it shows a child being kidnapped at a Tesco supermarket in Malaysia. The claim is misleading; the video has circulated in media reports about an alleged kidnapping in Indonesia, not Malaysia.
This video shows a car which exploded after being filled with natural gas in Brazil
Published on Friday 12 July 2019 at 10:30
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in posts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube which claim a car exploded at a petrol station because children were using mobile phones -- killing them and their parents. The claim is misleading; multiple news reports say a car exploded while being filled with natural gas in Brazil's Rio De Janeiro. The explosion reportedly killed one woman and injured two others in April 2017.
There was a fence which forced these sheep to go through this gate in Australia
Published on Wednesday 10 July 2019 at 08:50
A photo has been shared hundreds of times in posts on Facebook and Twitter which claim it shows sheep streaming through a gate despite there being no fence on either side, and that this illustrates the problems of groupthink. The claim is false; the image was captured by an Australian photographer who told AFP there was a fence, which forced the sheep toward the gap in the centre.
No, three Hong Kong celebrities are not protesting in this photo – it's a doctored image
Published on Tuesday 2 July 2019 at 12:00
An image purporting to show three Hong Kong celebrities taking part in an anti-government protest in the city has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. The image has been doctored; photos of the three men have been inserted into a photo from the demonstrations.
Published on Monday 1 July 2019 at 08:15
A video has been viewed more than one million times in multiple posts on Facebook in June 2019 which claim it shows a Pakistani JF-17 aircraft at the Paris Air Show. The claim is false; the video shows a radio-controlled model plane at an event in Germany in 2014.


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Police: Man broke woman's jaw, pistol-whipped teen
Douglas Walker
The Star Press
WINCHESTER, Ind. – A Winchester felon is accused of breaking his girlfriend's jaw and pistol-whipping a teenager.
James M. Cook, 35, of the 200 block of West Franklin Street, has been charged in Randolph Circuit Court with battery resulting in serious bodily injury and battery resulting in bodily injury.
According to documents filed by Prosecutor David Daly's office, Winchester police on the night of April 3 were called to a report of a "man with a gun" at the downtown Beachler apartment building, where Cook lives.
Police: Man hit woman in head 20+ times
'Poster child' again charged in attack
Authorities for a time believed Cook was armed in a third-floor apartment, and evacuated the building's second and third floors.
A teenager – who told police varying accounts of his dealings with Cook that night – eventually acknowledged he had brought a .32-caliber handgun to the apartment building, and said Cook both struck him in the head with the firearm and choked him.
Cook – eventually subdued with the use of tear gas, and found without a gun – reportedly acknowledged taking the firearm from the teen and pointing the weapon at the youth as he "thought about shooting" him.
Cook denied allegations that during a gathering in the apartment, he punched his 32-year-old girlfriend in the face, knocking her unconscious.
The woman was at first taken to St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, and later transferred to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, for treatment of jaw fractures.
Cook – arrested last week – was released from the Randolph County jail after posting a $20,000 bond. An initial hearing in his case is set for July 10.
A former Richmond resident, Cook has been convicted of battery, burglary, criminal mischief, domestic battery, driving while suspended, possession of a controlled substance, public intoxication, receiving stolen property, residential entry, resisting law enforcement and theft.
Contact news reporter Douglas Walker at (765) 213-5851. Follow him on Twitter: @DouglasWalkerSP.


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We all do it. We worry about what others are thinking of us. It is probably most obvious when we first meet that someone special. We begin to put on a new face. We suddenly express an interest in the things the other person likes. We begin to find out where their going to be and we adjust a schedule for "chance" encounter. We begin to change our behavior so the other person will accept us.
But that Thy blood was shed for me. And that Thou bidst me come to Thee." We do not need to be perfect to come before God. He came to call us from where we are. In Luke 5:31 – 32 "Jesus answered them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.'" But how can we stand before a perfect and Holy God. It is only through the sacrifice of Christ upon the cross. It is through His shed blood that we are made acceptable in God's sight. This is what Jesus declares at the last supper when he says, "For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." (Matthew 26:28) So he has called us to him, and all we need to do is respond.
So the hymn continues by describing the areas of darkness and trouble that we each come from. Elliott writes, " though tossed about With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fightings and fears within, without." and " poor, wretched, blind." This is but a taste of where we each come from, unworthy of entering His presence. And yet, He bids us come.
This entry was posted in Devotional, Easter, Hymns, Lent, Worship and tagged acceptance, blood, forgiveness, God, Jesus, Just as I am, Lamb of God on March 14, 2015 by Brian Olson.
This is real power. Power that does not control us, but changes us. Power that opens the door to God. Power that is found only in the in His Son Jesus Christ. Kings may rule, Presidents may direct, but their power will fade and leave them. Only the true power remains.
True power is in the blood of Jesus Christ. It is power that can effect our entire person. It is power that can make us new. It is power that can save out souls. It is in reaction to this power that I declare, "There is pow'r, pow'r, wonder-working pow'r In the blood of the Lamb; There is pow'r, pow'r, wonder-working pow'r In the precious blood of the Lamb".
This entry was posted in Easter, Hymns, Lent, Worship and tagged blood, burden, free, God, Jesus, Lamb, pow'r in the blood, pow'r In the blood of the Lamb, power on February 26, 2015 by Brian Olson.
This is what the Lord says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
The words begin by reflecting on different titles for Jesus. The first verse reads "There is a Redeemer, Jesus, God's own Son; precious Lamb of God, Messiah, Holy One." When we look at each of these titles, we begin to have revealed a full picture of our Savior.
Next we find the title, "Lamb of God." A direct reference to the sacrificial system for making atonement for sin. In John 1:29 we read the words proclaimed by the John the Baptist when he "saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'" Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for the sins in our lives.
He is the " Holy One", the one who is set apart. Isaiah 48:17 tells us, "This is what the Lord says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go." God Himself is the Holy One.
This entry was posted in Devotional, Hymns, Lent, Worship and tagged Christ, Father, God, Holy One, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lamb of God, Messiah, redeemer, Son of God, thank you on February 18, 2015 by Brian Olson.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, while we were God's enemies,we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
The boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost,"they said, and cried out in fear.
Valentines Day! It is that one day a year we set aside to show our love for others. After all, nothing says I love you like a card, or flowers, or a box of chocolates. But do flowers and a card really demonstrate love? Is a true demonstration of love something that can be kept in a box or pressed in a book or is a demonstration of love something more?
You see, love is not something that can be shown only now and then. When I truly love someone it is demonstrated in all that I do. I go out of my way to be involved in their lives. When someone genuinely demonstrates their love for me, it effects my very life. It changes the direction I am heading. This is the love demonstrated by God. As Romans 5:8 tells us, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." That is a demonstration of love. One who gave it all, and so changed the course of our lives.
The first verse of the hymns says, "I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore, Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more, But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry, From the waters lifted me, now safe am I." The image is taken from Matthew 14 where we find the account of Jesus walking on the water. When Peter calls out to Jesus saying, "If it is you, tell me to come to you on the water." When Jesus does, Peter steps out onto the water to walk toward Jesus. But as he becomes distracted by wind and waves around him, he begins to sink and then to cry out for help. Jesus then reaches out, takes him by the hand and lifts him to safety. Jesus looks at him and says, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" Yet despite the doubt that Peter felt, Jesus' love shines through as he lifts his disciple and friend to safety.
This entry was posted in Devotional, Hymns, Worship and tagged demonstrate, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, love, love lifted me, sinking, waves on February 14, 2015 by Brian Olson.
Blessèd be the Name! Blessèd be the Name!
Blessèd be the Name of the Lord!
For Thou hast died for all.
Blessed be the name of the LORD From this time forth and forever.
The theme of the hymn is to focus on one specific characteristic of God, that His name is blessèd. This is not something that is bestowed upon Him, but who He is. He is holy, consecrated and set apart. His name is blessèd. So the hymn presents us not with things that make Him blessed, but rather items that demonstrate the truth that He is blessèd.
So the hymn begins with the words, "All praise to Him Who reigns above In majesty supreme, Who gave His Son for man to die, That He might man redeem!" Clark tells us that God truly is set apart from all else. We can see the evidence laid before us. He reigns supreme and He gave His son. We see this in John 3:16 where we read, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Who else could make such a sacrifice, only one who is truly blessèd.
The hymn continues "His Name above all names shall stand, Exalted more and more, At God the Father's own right hand, Where angel hosts adore." His name is above all and now He sits at the Father's right hand. Philippians 2:9 tells us that "God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name." Yet again the evidence shows us that God is blessèd for no other name lives up to His.
And it continues by declaring "Redeemer, Savior, Friend of man Once ruined by the fall, Thou hast devised salvation's plan, For Thou hast died for all." He is our Savior and friend who gave his life for all. We are reminded that "Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God." (1 Peter 3:18) He has done what no one else has done, what no one else can do. Truly He is consecrated for a special purpose.
This entry was posted in Advent, Devotional, Hymns, Worship and tagged Blessèd be the Name of the Lord, blessed, Christ, God, Holy, set apart on February 10, 2015 by Brian Olson.


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Special to GNH Blog – The Gender Revolution: Workplace Protocol
Posted on Thursday, February 2nd, 2017 at 8:17 pm.
This is a Special to the GNH Blog written by Kevin Wiens, GNH Intern
The National Geographic Magazine recently published a special issue called the Gender Revolution: The Shifting Landscape of Gender. This magazine highlights the different types of gender and terms that are common today. These include, but are not limited to, intersex nonbinary, transgender female, bigender, transgender male, androgynous, male, female, and so on. A historian's perspective could suggest that 2016 will be forever known as the year of gender (if it can beat out Trumpism). The US Presidential Election, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's movements relating to gender policy, and social media all played a major role in the rising momentum of gender as a topic. As we watch Trudeau march in pride parades or cringe as Pence takes vice presidency, we are all witnesses to possibly the largest social movement since the sexuality movement's acceptance in the early 2000s (the first national legalization of gay marriage was in 2001). For some, these changes are difficult to accept. But those born in the 90s grew up in a very progressive era and are commonly more accepting of social change. At a young age many of us witnessed the first countries to legalize gay marriage, we watched as Barrack Obama became the first African-American US President, and are currently seeking consistent strides in equal rights and opportunity for women. Unfortunately, universal acceptance of these topics may never be possible, and for some, these changes are very hard to accept. As a '95, I am scheduled to graduate from UBC this May and will look to enter the workforce. To the companies and businesses that look to hire grads in the next couple of years, remember this: Those who you hire within the next several years will be born from 1993-1998. This group grew up in the same period exposed to same social change. So how can we look to help the "Gender Revolution"? Workplace protocol.
Over a month ago I started an internship at the Gordon Neighbourhood House, a nonprofit organization in Vancouver's West End. On December 15, 2016, we had a fundraising/event committee meeting to plan our large anniversary event in early March. Paul Taylor, the executive director for the Gordon House, had recently acquired new volunteers and interns and believed introductions were in order. Instructions were simple; state your name, preferred pronouns, and what you were most excited for with the Gordon House. Wait what? I thought to myself, "c'mon get real, look at me… I am clearly a male". Regardless, I stated, "My name is Kevin Wiens and my preferred pronouns are him/he/his…" and etc. I said this with a smile on my face, it felt weird to me, but I was completely comfortable doing so. I sat in the meeting debating to myself the necessity of that exercise. It was not until I got home and brought it up with Jamie Aura (my wonderful girlfriend) where she opened my mind. I began to see how powerful that experience was and how valuable performing that task is. Considering how much rapid change we have seen in the last decade It seems very possible to see pronoun introductions as the norm, at least in the professional world. And why not? By doing so, you minimize your risk of oppressing or unknowingly embarrassing individuals.
While it's not all sunshine and rainbows there has still been substantial acceptance from the general public. I believe there are parallels to be made between this movement and that of the gay rights movements. Just wait, by 2025 every office, classroom, committee, board, group, and so on will perform preferred pronoun introductions. It was hard for many people to accept racial minorities, woman's progression, and homosexuality. But once the majority did much of society can now retrospectively observe the former social norms as unjustified. One's gender should play no correlation between job performance, security, pay, hiring process, and etc. As society begins to accept the "Gender Revolution" more people will come out of hiding or feel free to express themselves. As the fear declines the numbers will rise. Those who are leaders in businesses, teams, clubs, and committees, can be the leaders in society. Why wait for government policy? Discussing gender does not have to be uncomfortable or stressful. By rethinking the topic of gender we will allow growth in an otherwise oppressed community. If we can lead like Paul Taylor, we can help ensure everyone has an equal opportunity for success in their careers and social lives. If we can make our work as inclusive as possible, maybe more individuals will seek employment opportunities they would not have before. Heck, for all we know this gender revolution is just beginning.
Kevin Wiens
UBC B.A. Undergrad
History Major & Human Geography Minor


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"Untie me right now!"
Her expression says 'duh, no.' Instead she leans into my face and pulls the rope a little tighter.
"Well at least tell me who you are!"
"My name's Audrey and I'm your biggest fan, sort of."
"How can I have a fan? Don't I have to be famous for something?"
"Wanda, Wanda. It is Wanda, right?"
"Of course it's me! Who else would I be?"
"Eric is my brother!"
"Your brother? The one you're never seen with? The one with the same student number and computer account as you? I've been watching you for months; I even cracked your psychologist's files!"
At least now I know what's going on. Doc Reinholdt thinks that Eric is a symptom of Dissociative Identity Disorder, kind of like the Two Faces of Eve. Doc Reinholdt is stupid.
"That's the dumbest thing I ever heard."
"Oh? What about Andy?"
Andy. The guy who broke into Eric's account and wrote dirty sex scenes into his Creative Writing project. Scenes I still remember. Scenes nobody else should know about because I deleted them.
"That got you. Where is Andy now?"
"I don't know." I don't really care, either, after what he did to me and Eric.
"He's in hospital after that stunt you pulled, writing him into an evil game show. That's when I figured out what you can do. You write, you change reality around you."
"That's crazy!" How the hell did she figure that out? I only realized it myself recently.
'There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder…'
That's my phone; it's Jen. She arranged the book signing for Eric today and … oh no, she's with Eric right now. They're supposed to come down later, after I've got everything set up.
"You're going to answer and pretend everything's normal. You're good at that. Now do it!" She accepts the call and holds the phone to my ear.
"Hi Jen."
"Hi Wanda. Where's Eric?"
But… Eric's supposed to be in the apartment! With her! I mean they were… last night. I need an answer that will arouse her. Her suspicions! Without alerting Audrey. What was that? God, I'm starting to think like Eric; eww.
"He's probably on the way down here to help me set up for the signing." Eric never does that sort of thing, and Jen knows it. Hopefully she gets the hint.
"Uh-huh. See you later!" The sooner later the better. Please get the hint! Audrey disconnects the phone.
"Now, I want Eric!" She opens up her shirt and shows off her… upper torso.
"Yuck! Put those away, God knows where they've been!"
Her hand drops down and goes someplace it shouldn't. I scream inside. Why on earth would she…
Some half-naked bitch has me tied up in a chair and is groping me. Interesting, but not right now. I head-butt her and slip the bonds.
"Eric?"
"You wish. My name's Sapphire, and you're in big trouble."
Meanwhile, and Wanda and Eric's apartment...
Eric rushes into the kitchen buck naked and grabs my hand. My borrowed bathrobe falls open as he tows me toward the bedroom.
"Come on Jen, we have to get busy."
This is a change, considering he was halfway between tentative and terrified last night.
"Eric? Is now the right time?"
"Of course it is. Wanda's in trouble!"
"And you want to…"
"Save her. Yeah."
He hands me some clothes and starts grabbing his; in just over a minute we're both dressed, if a little unkempt.
"I assume we're going to the bookshop?"
"How'd you know?"
"That's where Wanda was when I called her a few minutes ago looking for you. Where were you?"
"It's complicated."
He takes my hand and tows me to the elevator. It's weird to see him like this; Wanda's usually the take-charge type.
As we ride down he clings to me nervously. I can smell the lavender-scented body wash they both use; in these close quarters it's kind of a turn-on. Focus, girl.
"What kind of trouble is Wanda in?"
"Sapphire."
"The gemstone?"
"No, the wizard girl. Wanda got really scared and Sapphire came out; I'm afraid she's going to kill someone."
"Came out? Like a multiple personality thing?"
"Yes. No. It's complicated."
We're interrupted by arriving at the parkade level. I parked in Wanda's spot last night so now it's my turn to tow him to the car. Pretty soon we're on the way to the bookstore, which is luckily a very short drive.
"We have some time now, Eric. You keep saying things are complicated; simplify them for me."
"Okay, I'll try. Wanda's special. Really special. Like, in the movies special. She can make things by writing about them: stuff, places, animals, …people."
This had gone to strangeland pretty quickly, but I guess I asked for it.
"How does she do it?"
"I don't know. She just does it. But people are hard to make: sometimes they're separate from her, but sometimes she just sort of turns into them."
"So she turned into this Sapphire, then?"
"No, it's more complicated than that."
"Stop saying that!"
He's saved by our arrival at the store. We park in the loading zone and head inside; luckily for us Wanda didn't lock the door when she came in.
They're in the back room. There's a brown-haired girl hogtied with her boobs hanging out and a blue-haired girl in Wanda's clothes watching her. Blue looks up as we burst in.
"Does either of you have a knife?"
Eric answers her, "Sapphire! We don't do that here, remember?"
"She threatened Wanda. Touched her."
"We don't kill people for that. We turn them over to the police."
"Oh yes, the town guard. Security and stupidity hand in hand."
"They're not like that, Sapphire."
Brown-hair interrupts, "Eric! How is that possible? You're Wanda's other personality; how can you and the other girl be here?"
He glances over at me with an impish half-smile, then turns back toward brown-hair.
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The technical program for RTAS'98 is organized into eight sessions, covering various aspects of real-time systems technology and applications: namely Scheduling, Design Methodologies and Architectures, Operating Systems and Middleware, QoS Paradigms, Specification and Verification, Communication Systems, Databases and Information Systems, and Experiences and Case Studies. In addition to these eigth technical sessions, this year's RTAS program features two tutorials on Real-Time Java, by Kelvin Nielsen, and on Real-Time CORBA, by Douglas Schmidt. These tutorials will expose symposium attendees to the efforts undertaken by industry and standards committees to enable the use of real-time technologies in many of the emerging distributed applications (including Internet and Electronic Commerce). These two tutorials are complemented by a special panel organized by Mike Jones, featuring invited talks about the use of Off-The-Shelf (OTS) components to build real-time systems. Last but not least, this year's RTAS will include special Work-In-Progress (WIP) sessions, organized by Sue Nagy. These sessions will feature a number of short technical presentations to elicit the community's feedback on and interest in on-going research projects and system building efforts.
"Overload tolerance for single-processor workloads", Sanjoy K. Baruah.
"Bounding Loop Iterations for Timing Analysis", Christopher Healy, Mikael Sjodin, Viresh Rustagi, and David Whalley.
"Rate-Monotonic Scheduling in the Presence of Timing Unpredictability", Lie Zhou, Kang G. Shin, and Elke A. Rundensteiner.
"Real Time Performance Guarantees over Wired and Wireless LANs", Prashant Pradhan and Tzi-Cker Chiueh.
"Performance Analysis of An RSVP-Capable Router", Tzi-cker Chiueh, Anindya Neogi, and Paul Stirpe.
"Fully Distributed Wireless MAC Transmission of Real-Time Data", Michael J. Markowski and Adarshapal S. Sethi.
"Real-Time Java", Kelvin Nilsen, President of NewMonics Inc.
"Managing Memory Requirements in the Synthesis of Real-Time Systems from Processing Graphs", Steve Goddard and Kevin Jeffay.
"The Cogency Monitor: An External Interface Architecture for a Distributed Object-Oriented Real-Time Database System", John A. Stankovic, Sang H. Son, and Chi D. Nguyen.
"FARA: A Framework for Adaptive Resource Allocation in Complex Real-Time Systems", Daniela Rosu, Karsten Schwan, and Sudhakar Yalamanchili.
"An Application of Complex Task Modeling", K. Bradley, J.K. Stronsnider.
"Alleviating Priority Inversion and Non-determinism in Real-time CORBA ORB Core Architectures", Douglas C. Schmidt, Sumedh Mungee, and Aniruddha Gokhale.
"Using Windows/NT for Real-Time Applications: Experimental Observations and Recommendations", Krithi Ramamritham, C. Shen, Oscar Gonzales, S. Sen, and S. B. Shirgurkar.
"A Firm Real-Time System Implementation Using Commercial Off-The-Shelf Hardware and Free Software", B. Srinivasan, S. Pather, F. Ansari, and D. Niehaus.
"End-Host Architecture for QoS-Adaptive Communication", Tarek Abdelzaher and Kang G. Shin.
"Time Slot Allocation for Real-Time Messages with Negotiable Distance Constrained Requirements", L. Dong, R. Melhem, D. Mosse.
"A Scalable QoS Routing Architecture for Real-Time CSCW Applications", Ibrahim Matta and Mohamed Eltoweissy.
"A Comparison of Static Analysis and Evolutionary Testing for the Verification of Timing Constraints", Frank Mueller and Joachim Wegener.
"Form, the Missing Piece in Effective Real Time System Specification and Simulation", Ji Y. Lee, Kyo C. Kang, Gerard J. Kim, and Hye J. Kim.
"Verification of the Fast Reservation Protocol with Delayed Transmission using the tool Kronos", Stavros Tripakis and Sergio Yovine.
"bCANDLE: Formal Modelling and Analysis of CAN Control Systems", D.Kendall, S.P. Bradley, W.D. Henderson, and A.P.Robson.
"Real-Time Client-Server Push Strategies: Specification and Evaluation", Vinay Kanitkar and Alex Delis.
"Optimistic Similarity-Based Real-Time Concurrency Control", Chih Lai.
"A Unified Approach for Specifying Timing Constraints and Composite Events in Active Real-Time Database Systems", Guantian Liu, Aloysius K. Mok, and Prabhudev Konana.
"Real-Time CORBA", Doug Schmidt, Washington University.
"A Triple Redundant Controller Which Adopts the Time-Sharing Fault Recovery Method and Its Application to a Power Converter Controller", Kotaro Shimamura, Yuichiro Morita, Yoshitaka Takahashi, Takashi Hotta, Shigeta Ueda, Mikiya Nohara, Mitsuyasu Kido, Seji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Imaie, Koji Sakamoto, and Tatsuhito Nakajima.
"Verification of the Redundancy Management System for Space Launch Vehicle: A Case Study", O. Sokolsky, M. Younis, Insup Lee, Hee-Hwan Kwak, and Jeff Zhou.
"Real-Time Spacecraft Simulation and Hardware-in-the-loop Testing", Alan Ptak and Khalil Foundy.
Written request for refunds, subject to a processing fee, must be made no later than May 15, 1998. Payment can be made by check, money order, or credit card. Please make checks or money orders payable, in U.S. dollars, to RTAS'98. Payments in other currencies will not be accepted.
For the special conference rate, please before May 1, 1998 and mention "IEEE RTAS'98." Attendees are encouraged to call early since only a limited block of rooms is available at the special prices below.
Parking, sales and occupancy taxes are extra. Check-in is after 15:00, check-out is before 12:00 noon.
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On "Let's Make A Deal," Monty Hall would invariably reveal something like a goat behind door #3 before offering a contestant a chance to switch or stay with the door he or she chose.
With high-temperature door-type dishwashers the deal behind virtually every door is a well-made dishwasher capable of knocking out up to 70 racks of dishes per hour. Even Energy Star-rated machines can wash up to 63 racks/hr. Which one you choose largely depends on what you need washed, how much energy and/or water you're interested in saving, and what kinds of bells and whistles you want.
As electronics become more pervasive in the industry, equipment like door-type washers continues to get smarter. Newer machines have more advanced controls, better self-diagnostics, and are easier to operate thanks to features like touchscreens.
First off, is a door-type machine (also called a hood-type dishwasher) right for your operation? Some models not only wash dishes but pots and pans as well, so they're ideal in fast-casual operations that serve in disposable ware but have cookware, pans and utensils to keep clean. They can pay for themselves in less than a year versus the labor cost of manually washing pots and pans in a three-compartment sink (though manufacturers also make pot scrubbers for dedicated pot/pan washing). With a maximum capacity of 70 racks per hour—and most energy-efficient machines wash in the range of 50 to 60—they're best suited to smaller volume operations that use permanent dishware, places with 100 to 150 seats max.
In the past several years, more manufacturers have added ventless models to their door-type lines. The advantages are two-fold. First, since they don't need a hood (in many jurisdictions), they're even more plugand- play than their vented counterparts, and save you the cost of installing a hood/vent. What's nice is when opening the door at the end of a cycle, your dishroom worker is saved from all those billowing clouds of steamy heat. The bit of magic they work to capture and condense that steamy waste heat helps pre-heat incoming water for the next wash cycle, making them even more energy-efficient. You also save on HVAC, since you no longer need to supply makeup air to the dishroom, or A/C to keep the room cool.
A potential drawback to consider: cycle times of ventless machines are extended, typically by about 30 seconds, for condensation and heat transfer. That lowers the throughput of most ventless models to around 40 to 50 racks/hr. Ventless units are typically taller, too.
Some ventless models require only a cold-water inlet (making initial plumbing costs less expensive). Others still require both cold and hot incoming water—make sure you check. Compare performance specs if you think you're interested in one over the other.
If you opt to go ventless, consider getting a model with a self-cleaning condensation coil. Employees must periodically clean the coil to prevent mold or mildew build-up; the self-cleaning feature gives them one less thing to do (or forget!) as often.
Construction features you should look for include double wall stainless sides and doors (insulated is even better) to save energy and keep heat out of the dishroom; single-piece drawn or stamped (same thing, basically) stainless wash tank preferably with coved corners for easy cleaning (and less likelihood of leaking than welded seams, which NSF won't approve); and small details like adjustable feet.
Pumps. Wash pumps are sized between ¾ hp and 2 hp, with most makers using about a 1-hp pump. It makes sense that the bigger the pump, the bigger the volume and/or pressure of water sprayed on dishes, but how clean they get also can depend on the design of the spray nozzles and the pattern of the spray arms, too.
In many cases, makers design door-type dishwashers so that once the wash water drains from the spray arms after the wash cycle, the same pump sprays the fresh hot water sanitizing rinse. A few models, however, have separate rinse pumps, one as small as 1/15 hp and another ¾ hp, the same size as the unit's wash pump. One maker says the separate rinse pumps boost the rinse pressure and guarantee coverage, thereby guaranteeing proper sanitation.
Tank heaters typically run between 3 kW and 7 kW (gas-fired and steam-heated washers are available, too). The former sounds small, but if the washer has a relatively small tank, the 3 kW should be adequate to bring the wash-water temp up to 140°F fairly quickly. A larger wash-water tank can take longer to heat at the start of the day, but may save energy over the long run by providing fresh wash water longer than a smaller tank.
Booster heaters typically are built-in, an advantage since they're pre-plumbed, wired and sized for the unit. They average in power 9 kW. A few models only offer a booster heater as an option. You'll need one to get rinse water up to the required 180°F. Make sure yours is designed to handle either the 40° rise (needed if water supply is preheated) or 70° rise (needed if water comes in cold) in temperature you want. A few booster heaters have dual modes to handle both.
Spray arms should have no-clog nozzles, and are easier for employees to clean if they snap out without tools and are interchangeable so it doesn't matter how employees put them back in.
Scrap filters keep debris out of the wash water and protect the pump. The more accessible they are, the more often employees will remember to check and empty them. Some models use a dual-screen system that first filters out large debris, then a second screen filters finer food particles. An even more aggressive system on a few models is a fairly recent innovation called active filtering. Water flows one direction during the wash cycle, trapping food and debris so the water stays fairly clear. After the wash cycle, the water flows in the opposite direction, flushing scraps out of the screen and down the drain with the waste water.
Height/door clearance. Several makers offer tall versions of their door- or hood-type machines that more easily accommodate full sheet pans, stock pots and other pans. Some regular models may have interior room for most sheet pans, but check door clearances to make sure you can fit them by just sliding the loaded rack in without having to tilt pans them to get them through the opening. Most importantly, measure how high the door will rise when it's fully open—will it clear the space allotted or is a low ceiling, vent duct or overhead pipe going to block it?
Soft start. Most models now have a feature that slowly increases pressure at the beginning of a wash, so glasses or fine china don't get shock-jostled from the powerful water pressure and break.
Multiple wash cycles. Most models also now offer from two to four different cycles, from about one to six minutes, giving employees the option of a quick wash for normally soiled dishes or a longer cycle for pots and pans or dishes with dried, stuck-on food.
End-of-cycle alarm. This audible feature alerts employees when the wash cycle is finished so they can unload it and start a new load. Virtually all models have an indicator light that lets employees know when the washer is or isn't running.
Auto-rinse cycle. A few models automatically rinse out the washer interior as part of the unit's shut-down process.
Auto-clean cycle. This self-cleaning feature rinses the wash chamber up to six times, effectively sanitizing it, then thoroughly drains the machine.
Auto-drain. Most models now automatically drain the wash chamber when employees turn off the machine for the day.
Delime cycle. A nice feature to have is an automatic deliming cycle that removes hard water deposits from the interior of the machine. Some models that don't have it may at least have a warning light that comes on when it's time to run scale remover through the washer.
Wash-water level regulator. Nearly all machines fill the wash tank automatically. A good additional feature is a wash-water level regulator that keeps the machine filled properly.
Heater/booster tank(s) water regulator. The same goes for the heater tank, and here it's even more important; otherwise heating elements can burn out.
Over-limit switch. Speaking of which, make sure the heater/booster tank(s) has an over-limit switch that turns off the heating elements if they get too hot.
Final rinse temp guarantee. Many models now have a safety feature that delays completion of a cycle if the final rinse temperature is below 180°F. Once rinse water temperature has reached its set point (as much as 185°F-194°F) the cycle continues.
Door-activated start/stop switch. Another feature that protects employees is a door-activated start/stop switch that turns the machine on as soon as the door or hood is closed, and interrupts the cycle, shutting off the pumps, if the door is opened mid-wash.
Counter-balanced doors/hood. To prevent repetitive stress injuries, the doors/hood should be counter-balanced (usually a spring, not weight) and be guided on low-friction tracks. An ergonomic handle helps, too. Again, measure to ensure the door has vertical clearance.
Leak detection. At least one maker offers leak detection as part of its advanced electronic self-diagnostics; it automatically shuts off the machine if it senses a leak. An early warning can prevent corrosion or even pump burn-out.
Warranties and service areas and options can vary by manufacturer. As always, read the fine print before you buy what's behind that door.
One difference you might not notice at first glance is that there are manufacturers whose door-style dishmachine has two front supports at the corners; the hood door slides up on the front and sides but the top stays fixed in place and the back is solid. On other brands, the entire hood raises and lowers, like lifting off the top of a box, and there are no supports in the front corners. Makers of each style will be happy to explain benefits of each style in detail. But in brief, units with supports have a fixed top to which upper wash arms are mounted. Those with entire hoods that raise up mount the top wash arms on a cantilevered support. Makers without supports say lifting the hood leaves the interior wash space free and open for quick rack loading and unloading and easy access for cleaning. Both will claim their designs better disperse the rolling clouds of steam. Supported hoods (without a waste-heat recovery system) will lose steam out the front and sides. Those without the supports (or a waste-heat recovery system) direct steam release toward the back, where it's open. (All dishroom walls should be water repellent and washable.) For either style, take a careful look at the engineering of the hood's lift mechanisms, how the handle is attached and lifts and what it's made of. This is the biggest "moving part" of the machine and it needs to be very durable to open and close every few minutes during wash cycles.
Click to the following page for the Door-Style Dishmachine Gallery.


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NEeMA Watching You Think CD Release
Watching You Think
Sony Music Entertainment (2010)
Produced by NEeMA in association with Leonard Cohen and Pierre Marchand
On stage, her presence is as charming and unaffected as an intimate vocal style that ranges from soft and girlish to a hard edged alto. The lyrics betray her roots as a poet, thoughtful and insightful of the nuances of life and love.
If the music of Montréal's NEeMA is hard to categorize - rootsy pop with shades of global and jazzy beats - you can most likely credit it to her wide ranging resumé and a life spent largely off the beaten path. Born in MTL to a family of Egyptian and Lebanese decent, she includes working with street kids in Egypt and with Tribal elders managing Wekweti, an isolated First Nation community in the far north in her work experience. Still, there was one thread that ran through it all.
"Writing was always a part of it. I've been writing poetry since I was 7, then I wrote my first song in grade school - words and melody," she says. "I wrote intensively at different times in my life, then came back to it. If anything, I've always considered myself a writer."
The family background was in the sciences, an environment where writing for a living is looked on as something of a frivolous fantasy. "I did a management degree," NEeMA says. A certain creative restlessness had begun to take hold, though, and loving travel, she arranged to complete her last year in Australia. Even while busy with other endeavours, the pieces gradually began to come together. "In the mid-1990's, I learned to play guitar while I was in Australia." She's also studied dance, theatre and photography. "I took photography as an elective, and I spent days in the darkroom."
Once finished her management degree, the idea had been to return to Canada, and law school. By this time, however, she knew that a corporate lifestyle was not for her. "I'm interested in stretching the limits of what's possible. We don't really know what we're doing here, but we have great potential. I don't like to see my life all planned out."
And so the roundabout path to a musical career continued. "While working in Egypt with street kids, I got heavily into music. I found a wonderful voice teacher, and a guitar teacher," she says. Finally back in Canada after a few years, she then took a detour to the Northwest Territories and Wekweti. "I would go hunting with them," she remembers, among many other aspects of life in the north. With a natural curiosity for discovering other people's way of living via culture, it often left little time for writing or music.
"I never thought I'd grow up to be a musician. Music, doing it seriously as I am, I know it's a hard life. I tried doing a lot of different things, but I kept getting drawn back to it." Her 2006 debut album Masi Cho was independently released and garnered a lot of attention, fueling a growing career that led her to two sold-out shows at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2009 (pictured) - and the attention of her next producers, Leonard Cohen and Pierre Marchand. "These people really inspire me."
Her second CD, just released features musicians Howard Bilerman, Tim Kingsbury (Arcade Fire), Tom Mennier (Martha and Rufus Wainwright), Joe Grass and Miles Perkin (Lhasa de Sela), and Gurpreet Chana (Nelly Furtado). "With my second album, I thought - this is my craft. I have a very deep desire, an obligation almost, to keep pushing further." The music and lyrics reflect all her influences, with writing itself continuing to be a major focus. "It's almost like a therapeutic thing - my way of trying to untangle what goes on inside me. I think that's why people connect to it." The unforced and unpretentious directness of her lyrics is quite affecting - I have to confess she had me at the song she wrote for her dog. (How could I not fall for someone who wrote a love song for their dog?) "With Leonard's influence, I work on it until I'm saying what I really want to say - going as deep as I can."
This summer she'll be found crossing the country supporting the new CD - some dates are listed below, but check her website for more details.
July 8 Calgary, AB - The Marquee Room - opening for Ramblin' Jack Elliot
July 9 Edmonton, AB - Haven Social Club - opening for Ramblin' Jack Elliot
July 12 Vancouver, BC - Media Club
July 14 Victoria, BC - St Ann's Academy
July 25 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival
July 27 Toronto, ON - The Dakota Tavern
July 28 Ottawa, ON - Zaphod Beebelbrox
July 29 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
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From a media release: Swedish Folk Pop: Kolonien - Farfars Jord Cumbancha / December 9, 2021) Buy/Stream It On Bandcamp Kolonien's "Farfars Jord" (Grandfather's Land) is a beautiful and haunting song, perfect for the holiday season and introspective winter weather. This is the third single from the Swedish quartet's upcoming album Till Skogen to be released by Cumbancha in late Spring 2022. With moving lyrics and a powerful message, Kolonien's ethereal Scandinavian folk pop will enchant and transport you. According to the band, "This song is dedicated to our grandfather Hans Möller, who passed away from Covid-19 in 2020. It speaks about how his generation built this place, in all its wonders and all its fallacies. Words derived from a conversation between Hans and ourselves, the young and the old. Perhaps also echoing the conversations between earth and man, as it appears in the search for a sustainable future."