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The New Pirates
The US has branded whale activists Sea Shepherd as 'pirates' while Japan says that Sea Shepherd ships are endangering lives at sea.
US court brands whale activists Sea Shepherd 'pirates'
A court in the US has labelled conservationist group Sea Shepherd "pirates".
Judge Alex Kozinski said the group's "aggressive and high-profile attacks" on Japan's whaling fleet endangered lives, ordering them to stop.
US-based Sea Shepherd has for many years chased the Japanese whalers, attempting to disrupt the annual hunt.
The two sides have frequently clashed at sea, blaming each other for collisions and damage.
Three Sea Shepherd ships have been involved a stand-off and clashes with the whaling fleet in the icy waters of the Southern Ocean for several weeks.
They have been trying to prevent the Japanese ships from refuelling from a tanker ship, the Sun Laurel. Both parties released video footage this week which they said showed the other deliberately ramming their ships.
Sea Shepherd has also accused the whalers of using water cannon and stun grenades against them, and says Japan has deployed a military icebreaker, the Shirase, to intimidate them – something Japan rejects.
'Embodiment of piracy'
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction last year banning Sea Shepherd from going within 500m of Japan's ships.
Its ruling on Monday clears the way for Japan, which calls the activists terrorists, to launch more extensive legal action against them.
Judge Kozinski overturned an earlier district court ruling which had sided with the activists.
"When you ram ships, hurl glass containers of acid, drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders, launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate," he said.
"The activities that Cetacean [the Japanese whalers] alleges Sea Shepherd has engaged in are clear instances of violent acts for private ends, the very embodiment of piracy."
He added that the illegality of whaling in Australian waters did not excuse Sea Shepherd's activities.
"It is for Australia, not Sea Shepherd, to police Australia's court orders."
Sea Shepherd argues that the US court has no jurisdiction over foreign-flagged vessels sailing in Australian waters with an international crew.
There has been an international ban on commercial whaling for 25 years, but Japan sends its fleet to the Antarctic in the autumn or winter each year, returning the following spring, with the aim of catching hundreds of whales.
Tokyo says the hunt is part of a scientific research programme and that it is obliged by the whaling treaty to sell meat by-products. But critics say the hunt is commercial whaling in another guise and has no scientific value.
Australia is also taking legal action against Japan over whaling.
But Japan's fisheries minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, has said whaling is part of Japan's culture and that it will never give up hunting the animals.
"Japan is an island nation surrounded by the sea, so taking some good protein from the ocean is very important. For food security I think it's very important," he told AFP.
"So why don't we at least agree to disagree? We have this culture and you don't have that culture… so I just would like to say 'please understand this is our culture'."
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Goldporker
The japanese have plenty of money to throw at this.
Kozinkski is ill equipped to make any ruling on souch matters.
He has particular expertise in Sexual Orientation Change Efforts cases
Javier Montana
Really I'm not very near of these kind of eco-matters, but the judge'declarations sounds too much demagogue: it's like make equal Homicide & Murder (no matter the intention…)


Hello! Find out more about Stellarium in this tutorial that introduces several of the cool and clever things this astronomy software can do.
An image of the winter sky showing the Full Moon near the constellations Orion, Taurus, the Big Dog (with the bright star Sirius), and the Little Dog (with the bright star Procyon).
Stellarium – a glorious gift to Humanity in software form – gives you super powers. And best of all … It's FREE!
Always wanted to know the names of the stars and constellations? You can search, play, pan and zoom, examine, compare and anchor your knowledge.
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Wished that the sky had labels on everything? Stellarium has 10 different label types.
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I am very excited about the upcoming TAG meeting.
We're heading over to USQ for the first time.
Andrea Lamont-Mills will be coordinating with me to organise data and transport.
Can we please get a show of hands regarding people travelling by car? We should be able to carpool.
For information about public transport, please see below.
You can catch the bus just outside the railway station at the Bell St Interchange – the 515 goes to the campus – if people are using the journey planner they have to put in UQ Ipswich campus.
We are looking into parking for people. Hopefully we will be able to car pool for the USQ sessions.
USQ has been a part of the Ipswich community since 2006, and we're really excited to have expanded our locations into central Ipswich and continuing to grow with the region. Officially moving to the Ipswich site in January 2015 USQ Ipswich is offering degrees in Human Services, Nursing, Midwifery*, Paramedicine, Psychology and Tertiary Preparation. We look forward to developing the tertiary education opportunities in the region, building bright futures for our community.
USQ Ipswich is located in Queensland's oldest provincial city, Ipswich, one of Queensland's largest growth regions, just 55 minutes from the Brisbane CBD and 1 hour 15 minutes to Toowoomba.
The campus is accessible via public transport and USQ shuttle bus services travelling between Ipswich, Springfield and Toowoomba Campuses (from 2015).
Very exciting and innovative spread for TAG.


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96 Sears, Kmart locations closing nationwide
Posted 5:29 pm, November 7, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WJW) — Fifty-one Sears stores and another 45 Kmart locations will soon be closing across the country, according to Transformco, the company that acquired the beleaguered retailers out of bankruptcy.
Sears Holdings Corporation was purchased by Transformco in February 2019. Since then, Transformco has faced a difficult retail environment, along with other challenges, the company said in a press release Thursday.
In an effort to "position Transformco for success" by focusing on their competitive strengths and reducing operations that are struggling, the company has made the "difficult but necessary" decision to close 96 Sears and Kmart stores nationwide.
The stores are expected to close by February 2020. Going out of business sales will begin on December 2, 2019 at many locations.
***Click here for a list of nationwide closures.***
Following the closures, Transformco will operate 182 stores across the country.
"We will endeavor to create and deliver value through a strategic combination of our better performing retail stores and our service businesses, brands and other assets, and expect to realize a significant return on our extensive portfolio of owned and leased real estate. These assets include Innovel, which provides logistics solutions to businesses and consumers, Sears Home Services as well as Shop Your Way® and financial services, and our Kenmore® and DieHard brands. These businesses will also benefit from the recent acquisition by an affiliate of Transformco of Sears Hometown – a network of more than 400 independently-owned and operated, dealer-managed smaller-format stores that are known for offering customers a range of home products, including appliances, lawn & garden, tools and sporting goods," Transformco officials said in a statement.
The company encourages shoppers to use the store locator function on their websites to find the closest Sears or Kmart location. They also encourage consumers to shop on Sears.com and Kmart.com.
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The following individuals are the current general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Included are the individuals' hierarchical position and some of their current specialized assignments in the church, if any.
Not shown: Gary E. Stevenson, Dale G. Renlund, Gerrit W. Gong, & Ulisses Soares.
Jeffrey R. Holland Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 1994-06-23 78.3 Member Board Member.
d Other assignments, where known (including committees, councils, or in any other capacity).
Note: On April 5, 2018, the First Presidency announced that area presidencies were being reinstated for those 10 areas within the United States and Canada, and that the members of the Presidency of the Seventy would be relieved of responsibility for those areas, to enable them to assist the apostles and fill other assignments.
Those listed in this section are members of the First or Second Quorum of the Seventy. While each is assigned to a specific quorum, that affiliation is no longer being made public, with all General Authority Seventies being referred to with that generic designation.
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Larry S. Kacher General Authority Seventy 2014-04-052014-04-05 67.2 5 Adviser, Ensign, Liahona, New Era, and The Friend magazines.
a1 a2 Date first sustained to First or Second Quorum of Seventy or called to be General Authority Seventies (where Quorum affiliation is not known). Dates taken from lds.org.
Those marked with * were Area Seventies prior to call as General Authorities.
Emeritus General Authorities are General Authorities who have been released from their positions in the hierarchy. They remain General Authorities until their deaths. All current emeritus General Authorities are former members of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventies or of the Presiding Bishopric.
"The very rapid growth of the Church across the world, with the attendant increase in travel and responsibility, has made it necessary to consider a change in the status for some of the Brethren of the General Authorities. Some of our associates have served for many years with complete and unselfish dedication, and they deserve every honor and recognition for such devoted service. It is felt advisable at this time to reduce somewhat the load of responsibility that they carry.
a Date called as a general authority.
b Date granted general authority emeritus status.
c Years as general authority (not including time as an emeritus).
^ Eyring previously served in the First Presidency as Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley from October 2007 to January 2008, and as First Counselor to Thomas S. Monson from February 2008 to January 2018.
^ Because quorum president Dallin H. Oaks is serving in the First Presidency, Ballard was set apart to this position on January 14, 2018.
^ a b c d e f g Church Educational System: CES Administration: Board Members, CES administration page on lds.org. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ Uchtdorf served from February 2008 to January 2018 as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to Thomas S. Monson.
^ a b c d Elder L. Whitney Clayton, ''General Authorities and General Officers'', lds.org. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ Stunning new photos of the Rome Italy Temple capture the interior for the first time, Church Newws, 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ The associated reference erroneously states Bednar's title as chairman of the Temple and Family History Department, but the church's Temple and Family History departments are separate and distinct. The governing council, chaired by Bednar, oversees both separate departments, so the correct title is shown here.
^ a b Elder Craig C. Christensen, ''General Authorities and General Officers'', lds.org. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ 'A joy and a delight': An Apostle's perspective on studying the gospel at home, ''LDS Church News'', 27 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ a b Elder Lynn G. Robbins, ''General Authorities and General Officers'', lds.org. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ a b New Mission Leaders Relish Teachings, Greetings from First Presidency and Apostles, lds.org. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ Elder Juan A. Uceda, ''General Authorities and General Officers'', lds.org. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ First Presidency and NAACP Call for Greater Civility, Racial Harmony, ''Mormon Newsroom'', 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Although no official reference exists that Rasband currently chairs this committee, since he was the only member of the Twelve in attendance at this brief press conference, an assumption is made here that this is the case.
^ a b c , Mormon Newsroom, 18 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ a b c RootsTech 2019 Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction, lds.org. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ a b "Elders Gerrit W. Gong and Ulisses Soares called as new apostles of LDS Church".
^ a b c d The Mormon church's newest—and most diverse—apostles say they're just regular people humbled by the calling, Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ While all members of the Quorum of the Twelve have worldwide responsibility, each is also given specific area assignments by the church president.
^ Includes, where applicable, prior service under previous presiding bishop.
^ First Presidency Sustained, New Apostles and Other Leaders Named, Mormon Newsroom, 5 April 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ a b Utah Area Leadership Conference: Elder Rasband Introduces the New Utah Area Presidency, utah.lds.org, 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h i Church Announces 2017 Area Leadership Assignments, lds.org, 4 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ General Authorities & General Officers: Elder Patrick Kearon. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ a b New General Authority Seventies Called, Released April 2018 General Conference, Mormon Newsroom, 31 March 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ a b General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Robert C. Gay, lds.org Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ a b c In an unprecedented move, during the April 2018 Sustaining of Church Officers, President Dallin H. Oaks announced that Vinson, Teixeira, and Godoy would replace Craig C. Christensen, Richard J. Maynes, and Juan A. Uceda, which marked the first time such changes were presented for sustaining vote in advance. See this address for verification.
^ General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Terence M. Vinson, lds.org. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ 2019 Temple and Family History Leadership Instruction, lds.org, 28 February 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ Shortly after the April 2016 General Conference, the biographies of all General Authorities were changed to reflect this alteration in Church policy. See this link for verification.
^ a b c d e f Dethman, Leigh (2008-04-05). "Elder D. Todd Christofferson named new apostle; other leaders called". Deseret Morning News. Last accessed 2008-04-06.
^ a b c d e f g h i j "New Sunday School Presidency and General Authorities Announced at April 2019 Conference". Newsroom. LDS Church. 6 April 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h "New General Authority callings announced", Church News, 2 April 2011, last accessed 2011-04-14.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au Church Adds Area Presidencies for U.S. and Canada, Announces Other 2018 Assignments, Church News, lds.org. Published 5 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ a b c d e f g New General Authorities and Auxiliary Leaders Called (4 April 2009). Press Release, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Last accessed 5 April 2009.
^ a b c d e f g 12 called to Quorums of the Seventy (11 April 2009). Church News by Deseret News Publishing Company. Last accessed 13 April 2009.
^ Although some sources term Andersen's assignment as "First Counselor", since other sources do not, a more generic term is used here.
^ Although Andersen had been the senior general authority assigned to this area beginning in August 2017, his supervisory role in another area necessitated a reduction of his role in this area.
^ According to this source, Baxter is currently on medical leave from his assignments.
^ In April 2018, following the call of previous Asia North Area President Robert C. Gay to the Presidency of the Seventy, Choi was given this assignment, effective immediately.
^ In light of information on this webpage and new mission president assignments, Utah has officially gone from comprising 3 separate areas to now being a singular Utah Area.
^ a b c d "New General Authorities, Young Men Presidency and Primary Presidency Changes Announced", Mormon Newsroom, April 4, 2015.
^ General Authorities and General Officers: Elder J. Devn Cornish, lds.org. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Claudio R. M. Costa, lds.org. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ The links provided under the listing for Craig C. Christensen also apply to his counselors, Curtis & Funk.
^ LDS Church Announces the Come, Follow Me for Melchizedek Priesthood and Relief Society, Deseret News, 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^ a b c d e f g New General Authorities Called, April 6, 2013, retrieved from the LDS Newsroom on April 9, 2013.
^ In view of this assignment, Dube has been or will be released from his other assignments listed here.
^ a b c https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865696426/Discover-gather-connect-is-new-family-history-credo-Church-leaders-say.html 'Discover, gather, connect' is new Family History credo, Church leaders say] Deseret News, 28 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ Taylor, Scott (4 April 2010). "LDS Church names new Seventies, Primary presidency". MormonTimes.com by Deseret News Publishing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah). Last accessed 4 April 2010.
^ General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Kevin R. Duncan, lds.org. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ General Authorities and General Officers: Timothy J. Dyches, lds.org. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ a b General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Bradley D. Foster, lds.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ The sources noted above under the entry for Christensen also apply to his counselors, Curtis and Funk.
^ Elder Gerard Addresses NAACP National Convention, Mormon Newsroom, 16 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ a b c d e f Six New General Authority Seventies Announced at April 2017 General Conference: First Presidency also calls 36 Area Seventies, LDS Church Newsroom, 1 April 2017.
^ 2018 Mission Presidents called to Barbados, Madagascar, Denmark, and More, lds.org, 14 March 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
^ Golden's assignment was erroneously listed as Area President, but a review of the 2017 and 2018 area leadership assignments confirms this corrected information.
^ a b c Brook P. Hales Called as General Authority Seventy, Mormon Newsroom, 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ , Deseret News, 10 Aug 2017. Retrieved 10 Aug 2017.
^ Ensign, October 2017, p. 3.
^ a b c d New General Authorities; New Sunday School General Presidency Announced, LDS Newsroom, 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ General Authorities and General Officers: Elder Jörg Klebingat, lds.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ General Authorities and General Officers: Elder James B. Martino, lds.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ Missionaries Speaking Their Native Language Now to Spend Three Weeks Training, Mormon Newsroom, 13 November 2015.
^ Though some sources term Perkins' assignment as "President", since other sources do not, that makes the adjusted wording necessary.
^ As noted above, Wilford W. Andersen had been the senior general authority in this area, but in view of his other area assignment, Perkins has taken over that role.
^ Wada began this assignment immediately because of Yoon Hwan Choi's call as Area President, which in turn resulted from Robert C. Gay's call to the Presidency of the Seventy.
^ O'Reilly, David (2 August 2016). "At new Mormon temple, 'the finest materials, the finest craftsmanship, to stand forever'". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
^ New 2017 Mission Presidents Called to Serve in Ecuador, Brazil, Tahiti, and More, Church News, lds.org. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^ Area Leadership Assignments, 2015, Deseret News, 2 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ Elder Jorge F. Zeballos at seminar at MTC: 'The Doctrine of Christ', Church News, 21 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
^ N. Eldon Tanner, "Revelation on Priesthood Accepted, Church Officers Sustained", Ensign, November 1978, p. 16.
 General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], lds.org, 11 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
Church Adds Area Presidencies for U. S. and Canada, Announces Other 2018 Assignments, lds.org. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
News of the Church: Area Presidency Assignments, Ensign, August 2018, pp. 14–15. Retrieved 1 August 2018.


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Macrophage inducible Ca2+-dependent lectin receptor, (abbreviated to Mincle), is a member of the C-type lectin superfamily encoded by the gene CLEC4E. It is a pattern recognition receptor that can recognize glycolipids including mycobacterial cord factor, trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate (TDM). The mincle receptor binds a range of carbohydrate structures, predominantly containing glucose or mannose, and play an important role in recognition of bacterial glycolipids by the immune system. Upon activation by cord factor, Mincle binds the Fc receptor FcRγ and Syk. Cord factor also binds and activates the related C-type lectin MCL. Upon receptor stimulation is PKC-δ activated, which subsequently phosphorylates CARD9 that triggers recruitment of BCL10 and MALT1, leading to a CARD-CC/BCL10/MALT1 (CBM) signaling complex.  This signaling complex in turn triggers downstream recruitment of TRAF6 and NF-κB activation.

A wide range of ligands promote signalling through Mincle, including proteins, sterols and glycolipids from altered or damaged self, and various glycolipids from pathogenic and commensal organisms.

Mincle agonists from self
Crystalline cholesterol, which accumulates in atherosclerotic lesions, can signal through human Mincle. Cholesterol sulfate, which is present in the skin, is a cause of sterile inflammation through agonizing Mincle signalling. The protein SAP130 signal through Mincle. Beta-glucosylceramide, which accumulates as a result of the lysosomal storage disorder Gaucher's disease, signals through Mincle.

Mincle agonists from microbes
Mycobacteria and corynebacteria produce a wide range of glycolipids that can signal through Mincle. These include glucose and trehalose mycolates, and their closely related corynomycolates from mycobacteria and corynebacteria. Glycosyl diglycerides from various pathogenic and commensal bacteria and fungi such as Lactobacillus plantarum, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Malassezia sp.

See also
Pattern recognition receptors
C-type lectin

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What is revision all about ?
Revision should be about re-viewing the coursework you have done.
You should know the overall structure of the course. You should have a clear understanding of what topics are in the course; so that when you look at a question, you can say "I know which part of the course that is referring to."
Finally, you should attempt past paper style questions, which will test all the above skills.
You will find that there are parts of the course that you find easy.
Other parts you may find very difficult - do not worry - this is perfectly normal.
So how do you deal with this ?
Start from what you know.
Build on the knowledge you have, make sure you are confident in what you can do, then move onto the areas that you are less confident in. Leave the really difficult bits till last. They may not seem so difficult when you get to them.
With paper and pencil !
Look at your text book, or your Credit Revision Notes.
Make Notes, to summarise the essential points.
Try the Examples, to make sure you understand what is going on.
When you have finished them - do them again.
After a short while, you will recognise the type of question.
If you need more practice in a certain area - use the booklet.
If you are not sure how to do a question, look at the solution.
Copy it out carefully, trying to understand the processes involved.
Then immediately, try and do it again yourself, without the solution in front of you.
Above all, enjoy what you are doing.
Take pride in your achievement.


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Raced on until 1998. Son of Mario (the youngest), he also coaches brother Michael's son, Marco. Jeff is also an accomplished driver coach and manager, who also works as a motorsport sponsorship and brand awareness expert. Jeff didn't have as stellar a career as his siblings, but that does him a bit of an injustice; he won the 1983 USCA Pro Ford Championship and the 1983 Formula Ford Eastern Series and was also a winner in Super Vee. As well as single-seaters, Jeff competed in GT racing, touring cars and in 1999, the NASCAR Craftsmen Truck Series; the latter of which was his last major season in the sport.
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What's missing from B.C.'s climate change legislation
Karen Tam Wu
Contributed to The Globe and Mail
Published November 14, 2019 Updated November 13, 2019
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Karen Tam Wu is the B.C. director at the Pembina Institute.
Governments across Canada have a habit of making climate promises, setting goals, then failing to achieve them. But the science is clear – as is the message from our youth: We simply can't afford to keep missing targets for reducing carbon pollution. We can't afford it now, and future generations will not stand idly by as we pass an even bigger, more devastating buck on to them. In British Columbia, the government has introduced legislation containing new safeguards to make sure that doesn't happen.
Bill 38 moves beyond good intentions and the short-term electoral cycle, putting B.C. alone in the realm of real accountability. The legislation will amend the Climate Change Accountability Act to require detailed annual reporting to track progress on reducing carbon pollution and to forecast expected emissions. It will also mandate the creation of an interim emissions target, by the end of next year, as a midway checkpoint before the legislated 2030 target.
An independent advisory committee will review progress and recommend changes to ensure B.C.'s targets are actually being met. The new accountability requirements will get even more specific with carbon pollution reduction targets for each sector, to be reviewed every five years.
With these moves, politicians in B.C. are taking critically important steps to take the politics out of climate action by locking in accountability and transparency measures. It's North America – leading legislation that should serve as a blueprint for robust federal mechanisms that include five-year targets toward carbon neutrality by 2050 – with a few additions.
Though long-term planning is key to solving a problem of this magnitude, B.C.'s legislation does not yet require plans for achieving carbon pollution targets beyond 2030. This is important because the investments we'll be making – on clean-tech facilities and clean-energy infrastructure – are big. We need business certainty for decision-making of this scale, and that means planning for decades out, all the way to 2050 (around the time young Canadians marching in climate strikes today are sending their offspring out into the world). We need to set interim emissions targets beyond 2030 to help us stay on track to our legislated 2040 and 2050 targets.
This is critical because it takes a few years to find out how effective climate policies and programs are – just as it will take years to temper raging wildfires, destructive floods and prolonged droughts brought on by climate change. We can't afford to get to 2030 only to find out we haven't done enough. Interim targets will let the government see where it's getting good bang for the buck – and where more action is needed.
We have long called for sectoral targets, and their establishment by 2021 is key. The next step is the deceptively simple-sounding task of clearly defining each sector. Will the transportation sector be considered in its entirety or divided into passenger transportation and freight, for example? Will industry be subdivided into mining, oil and gas, forestry and so on? Considering that some sectors emit far more (for instance, the gas sector is responsible for 20 per cent of B.C.'s carbon emissions, and the transportation of goods accounts for 18 per cent) and will require significant technological advancement to realize deep reductions, the process of defining each sector and setting specific targets is bound to be fraught. Setting and reporting on targets will make clear to all what the "fair share" is for each sector and how each is contributing to the collective effort to reach climate goals.
Deep decarbonization by mid-century requires clear, consistent and increasing economic signals in all sectors across the country. The federal government plays an important role in ensuring that carbon pollution reductions are supported and co-ordinated and that all regions are contributing to and benefiting from climate solutions.
This kind of leadership requires moving beyond partisan climate politics and ensuring that national frameworks have longevity beyond four-year election cycles. Thankfully, in varying degrees, the federal election platforms of the Liberals, Bloc Québécois, NDP and Greens all contained commitments to increase climate accountability, including the establishment of shorter-term, science-based targets and provisions for independent and forward-thinking advice.
B.C.'s climate accountability and transparency legislation is a near-complete framework for moving from climate promises to performance. A minority federal government committed to climate action would do well to follow B.C.'s lead and act quickly to insulate climate targets against the vagaries and vulnerabilities of politics before it's too late.
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The principal objective of money laundering is to convert cash into some other form of asset in order to conceal its illegal origins.
Money laundering is the process whereby criminals conceal illicit funds by converting them into seemingly legitimate income. While the term refers to the monetary proceeds of all criminal activity, it is most often associated with the financial activities of drug traffickers who seek to launder large amounts of cash generated from the sale of narcotics.
Just to make things clear, iGolder does not deal with any money - never mind handling cash. Therefore money laundering is impossible with the use of our website. We do have a policy however to not assist our members doing any money laundering. The tenet to combat money laundering is Knowing Our Customers and requiring our exchangers to Know Their Customers when handling large amounts of cash. Since our exchangers all have accounts at banks with anti-money-laundering practices in place, this means that all money used for purchasing gold is theoretically "clean". If the money is not clean, then it is the bank who accepted the cash money from the exchanger who is at fault, not iGolder. Money laundering is impossible at iGolder as long as all the cash money coming in and out of our exchangers goes through banks with anti-money laundering practices in place.


Police said Smollett gave them a PDF file of redacted phone calls but did not provide "a download of the phone or a digital record." They said there is no reason to suggest that the records were modified. Police plan to use the record to corroborate the timeline of the alleged attack.
It was not immediately clear why the call log was redacted.
The area is home to many high-end hotels and restaurants and has hundreds of cameras, so there are still many more videos for investigators to collect and go through as they try to get a complete picture of Smollett's walk home, Guglielmi said. It is tedious work that is made more difficult because the timestamps on various cameras may not be in sync, meaning detectives have to figure out the exact times of events, he said.


Our first impression of Osaka was, "Wow". There's a certain electricity in the air, something reminiscent of Tokyo but much more "livable". Hipsters roam the streets, but they aren't too hipster. Business men and women also abound, but they don't look as overworked. Osaka seems to have found the perfect balance between traditional fun and modern urban chaos.
First, we visited Dotonburi, which we revisited at night. You may recognize the famous Glico "running man". Near this city icon is a theme park of a city. Nearly every inch of space covered in food or a neon sign.
But for all that hustle-bustle, just a few minutes away you have beautiful Osaka Castle, cementing the city's historic roots and providing panoramic views.
Another juggernaut for views is the Umeda Sky Building, two towers with a shared observation deck and windowed "floating" escalators.
By night, we turn to the Dotonburi area and sample the local delicacy takoyaki (balls of octopus) and check out the crowds eating and walking by the river.
When you're all tuckered out, just a 10 minute walk and you're inside your capsule hotel. A quick shower and hot soak in the ofuro and you're ready for the best slice of 1x1x3-meter sleeping box this side of Japan.
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Parafia św. Marcina w Zawadzie – parafia rzymskokatolicka, znajdująca się w diecezji tarnowskiej, w dekanacie Tarnów Południe.

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Parafie diecezji tarnowskiej
Parafie pod wezwaniem św. Marcina
Religia w gminie wiejskiej Tarnów
Zawada (powiat tarnowski)


Kokedama (苔玉, meaning "Moss Ball") is the art of containing the root system of a plant inside a ball of soil and moss. These plants can be hung to create a suspended 'string garden' or simply placed in a decorative dish on a shelf. The effect is impressive, and the process is easier than you might imagine. With detailed instruction and all your tools provided, you will learn to mold your own botanic spheres, and you'll leave with your new creation AND a skill that you'll be able to easily replicate at home.
All supplies are provided, no experience necessary.
Plant Party @ The Lemon Collective!
This holiday season, give your dearest ones something that will bring a sense of life to the dreary winter months-- the house plant is as popular a gift as ever! We'll have a variety of curated plants, containers, and hangers, as well as plant themed crafts for you to create your own gifts!
We'll be here from 2-7pm with botanical treats and LOTS of leaves. Come by to shop or just to hang and see the Lemon Collective in full jungle form!


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Release Blitz: Where You Are by Felice Stevens
Posted on August 22, 2022 by Mirrigold
Where You Are | Felice Stevens
Release Date: August 22nd, 2022
READ MY REVIEW
Former model and B-list actor (B meaning really bad) Isaac Seidel is now a NYC firefighter on special assignment in the one-horse town of Serenity, Pa. But all work and no play makes Isaac a dull boy, and when he hooks up with the most explosive one-night stand he's ever had, it looks like country life might not be so boring after all.
Especially when the guy he thought he'd never see again turns out to be one of the volunteer firefighters he's expected to train.
Levi Everett is a master at pleasing everyone—except himself. He's spent his whole life hiding who he is and what he wants. It's a lot more complicated now that he's going to be seeing gorgeous Isaac Seidel every day. How is he supposed to pretend he's straight when he and Isaac can't keep their hands off each other?
Isaac has made it clear he's only interested in friends with benefits, so when he returns home to NYC, Levi knows he's gone forever.
Until he isn't.
Trust doesn't come easily to Isaac—he's been hurt and used before. But Isaac is unable to forget the man he left behind, and in a shocking move, he makes Levi an offer that could change their lives forever. Now it's up to Levi to put himself first, risking the love of his family, to go after his dreams—dreams that were unimaginable before Isaac but are now within his reach.
Because love is wherever Isaac is, and it's the only place Levi wants to be.
Where You Are is a sweet and steamy, age-gap MM romance featuring two smoking hot firefighters who can't seem to keep their hands off each other or their clothes on, whenever they're together. It's filled with found family, first time love, a swoony happily ever after and plenty of good old country fried chicken.
"I want to talk about why you're ignoring me." Without waiting for an invitation, he sat on the couch and stretched out his legs.
Admittedly, Isaac felt bad for Levi, who was pacing, growing more agitated by the moment.
"I'm not ignoring you. We spoke, but I work at Lucky's. I'm not there to hang out and talk."
"That's not what I mean." Sympathetic to Levi's obvious distress, Isaac gentled his tone. "Can I assume you're in the closet? That you haven't come out to anyone?"
Levi's face turned bright red. "Well…yeah. That's part of it," he mumbled. "You saw those guys. Can you imagine me telling them I'm gay?"
"I don't know. Can you?"
There was no hesitation, and Isaac knew he should get up and leave. He had no idea why he was there in the first place. Then he recalled Levi's nervous smile when they first met and his wild abandon later that evening in bed, and knew he wasn't ready to give that up. Not yet.
Having resumed his pacing of the small space, Levi reminded Isaac of a caged predator—all that coiled tension beneath the beautiful, sleek exterior. Without thinking, he left his seat and met Levi in the middle of the room. He took his arm, and Levi froze. Isaac slid his hand up Levi's biceps and curved it around his nape. A deep shudder ran through Levi.
"It must be very hard to live like this." Moving closer, he pressed his chest against Levi's, and Isaac swore he could hear the frantic pounding of Levi's heart.
"I-I'm used to it," Levi whispered.
"Maybe so." Isaac dipped his head and kissed Levi's lips, his cheeks, and the flutter of his lashes. "But you shouldn't have to be. You don't have to be." His fingers gripped Levi's shoulders and pulled him nearer.
Felice Stevens has always been a romantic at heart. She believes that while life is tough, there is always a happy ending just around the corner. Her characters have to work for it, however. Like life in NYC, nothing comes easy, and that includes love.
She lives in New York City and has way too much black in her wardrobe yet can't stop buying "just one more pair" of black pants. Felice is a happily addicted Bravo and Say Yes to the Dress addict and proud of it.
And let's not get started on House Hunters. Her dream day starts out with iced coffee and ends with Prosecco, because…why shouldn't it? You can find her procrastinating on FB in her reader group, Felice's Breakfast Club.
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Femac Snc Di Casabalda Massimo E Federico is based in Arezzo, Italia, Italy and the same was incepted in the year 2010. Backed by a dedicated team of professionals, we bring the best quality products to our diverse clients.
We have set stringent quality measures right from the stage of acquiring the raw material till the final packaging. We believe that quality can be affected at any stage and hence maintaining throughout standards is the best way to stay committed to quality product offering.
We have maintained well-managed infrastructure, wherein we have installed latest and hygienic machines. Moreover, we keep on updating the infrastructure so as to keep it abreast with latest technological advancements and to incorporate the same in the production and distribution process.
We work as a well-knit team of professionals, who have gained credible skills and experience of working in similar domains. Hiring people from diverse backgrounds has made our production system highly versatile and well-managed. Moreover, it gets easier to identify specific client requirements.
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Q: D3 change visibilty of nodes on click based on class I have a bubble chart, where nodes are declared as below and I append for each circle a class which is decided by a array ("category") which decides its category, the variable color is d3.scale.category10() .domain(d3.range(number of elements in "category" array));.
 var node = svg.selectAll("circle")
        .data(nodes)
        .enter().append("circle")
        .attr("class", function(d) {return category[d.cluster];})
        .text(function(d) { return d.text; })
        .filter(function(d){ return d.count >= 1; })
        .style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.cluster); })
        .call(force.drag);

Next, I make a legend which depends on the categories of each of the circles with their color (as shown above). For this, I do the following
 var legend = svg.selectAll(".legend")
        .data(color.domain())
        .enter().append("g")
        .attr("class", "legend")
        .attr("transform", function(d, i) { return "translate(0," + i * 20 + ")"; });

 legend.append("rect")
        .attr("x", width - 18)
        .attr("width", 18)
        .attr("height", 18)
        .style("fill", color)

 legend.append("text")
        .attr("x", width - 24)
        .attr("y", 9)
        .attr("dy", ".35em")
        .style("text-anchor", "end")
        .text(function(d) { return category[d]; })

Now, what I want is that when the user clicks the legend text, then  the bubbles corresponding to the category of the legend be hidden.
So I add the following to the legend, text object.
.on("click", function(d){
            node.selectAll('.'+category[d]).style("visibility", "hidden");
            });

But, this does not hide the nodes. Please help.

A: When you call node.selectAll() it will select all childs of this node that fit the selector. In your case you want to call it on document. So you have to do something like d3.selectAll('.'+category[d])

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WENTWORTH — For the first time since 1999, the Rockingham County District Attorney's Office will prosecute a capital murder case, according to RockinghamNow.
Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Reese stated during a pre-trial conference on Tuesday in Rockingham County Superior Court that she intends to seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing two and injuring several others during an overnight crime spree in the summer of 2016.
Rontae Devore Hayes, 38, of 4704 Fewell Road in Greensboro, faces 18 felony charges in Rockingham County – including two counts of murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, three counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, violent habitual felon, first-degree burglary and first-degree arson.
Currently, 142 convicted murders are on death row in the state of North Carolina, according to information tallied by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
At the start of 2007, a moratorium was placed on executions in the state, following legal challenges to execution procedure and whether or not it violates an individual's constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
The last execution in the state took place on Aug. 18, 2006, when Samuel Flippen was executed via lethal injection, RockinghamNow reports.
Warrants state that Hayes is responsible for a house fire on Grooms Road in Rockingham County. Initially, Hayes was considered a person of interest, but was officially charged in that fire.
Inside the home, two men were found dead. Additionally, a woman was injured with a "serrated kitchen knife" and was found outside the home on the ground. Warrants state the woman was also sexually assaulted.
Prior to this, on the 100 block of Madison Street, warrants state Hayes stole a tan Chevrolet Impala and then hit the car owner with the front of the vehicle. Also, documents state he assaulted another individual with a beer bottle, "causing lacerations." Hayes also shot a man in the leg who recovered from his injuries.
Hayes is also linked to a shooting that happened shortly after the Madison Street incident, this shooting happening on Knowles Road. Warrants state he shot a man who survived his injuries. Investigators also found that stolen Chevrolet Impala on fire nearby.
Hayes was also caught on camera trespassing at homes, wearing only his underwear.
Public records also detail Hayes' prior criminal record, which law enforcement officers say includes convictions for shooting two students outside a high school, killing a man who was convicted of shooting Hayes' father, and robbery with a dangerous weapon.


By international law large aircraft are required to categorize aircraft information using a standard called the ATA document numbering system (Air Transport Association).
The ATA document chapters allow a pilot or mechanic to find the same information for any airplane under the same chapter/sub-chapter number. Thus a chapter number for a Boeing 747, B737, or Airbus 380 will be the same. Examples of this include Oxygen (Chapter 35), Electrical Power (Chapter 24) and Doors (Chapter 52).
About 20years ago the FAA strongly urged GA aircraft to follow the standard with the anticipation that it would soon become law - it never did.
Why has the International community not mandated GA aircraft use the JASC/ATA document standard.
Browse other questions tagged aircraft-maintenance publications or ask your own question.
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It's practically the official flavor and aroma of the holidays.
This is really good and moist. I made it for Christmas in a 10" well-greased tube pan. Everybody loved it. I used a simple glaze on it.
This was a beautiful bread that raised perfectly. I made 7 mini loaves and 1 big loaf for an upcoming bake sale. Im sure this will be the first to go! Thanks for the recipie!


Ghar360 is a product from TechZag Solutions private Limited incorporated on Aug 2013. It aims to digitize the floor plan into an interactive walkable space's. The product not just gives the aerial view of the floor plans but also gives an option to even go inside the house which would give a realistic feeling that the person is already in the home even before it is really constructed. Started by Sanju Thomas and Ajesh Joy, batch mates at Karunya University, Coimbatore.
Ghar360 is a cloud based 3D augmented reality platform that enables users to design and visualize their dream home online within minutes. This product not just gives the aerial view of the floor plan like we typically see but also gives an option to even go inside the house which would give a realistic feeling that the person is already in the home even before it is really constructed and more interestingly it's as simple as playing a Counter Strike or an IGI game. This provides a better look and feel for the customers on how their house interiors would look like even before it is really purchased. We are integrating real products to our product so that the users can try, visualize and play around with it before they buy them.
The company is headquartered at Bangalore. "We are working closely with the architecture, Interior design & Construction industry. We are in a stage of early revenues now and have clients both National and international clients. Our clientele includes builders, architects, interior designers, home owners and real estate portals," says Ajesh, an MBA in HR and Marketing with an experience of working with ITC and CRISIL Limited.
"The whole concept of Ghar360 started when one of the relative of Ajesh from Dubai wanted to construct a home in India. Being there he was not able to have a clear idea on how his house would look when it is finally completed. He was not able to exactly share his ideas on how he want his house to be," says Sanju, who has an experience of 5 years in the technical field. This is what they wanted to solve especially the visualization part where any users can come over to the platform and design their dream home all by themselves. They can also share their design ideas with their friends, family, architects, Interior designers etc. so that they will exactly get what they really want.
They have a few competitors like mydeco, floorplanner etc who are trying to solve the similar problem at an international level. With a user-friendly easy to use drag and drop feature, designing a home is now as simple as playing a game where users can have a feel that they are already inside the house even before it is really constructed. They also offer home customization to the users where they can customize the products as per their interest in home décor, furniture and much more. As an introductory promotional offer they have given access to design the floor plan for free.
"The first 3 months was really crucial in identifying the problems users are currently facing. We have done several validations for our product by meeting will multiple people and getting their feedback before we launched our website," says Sanju. The company of 5 people is located out of Bangalore and is partnering with national as well as international brands to expand their business to various verticals and multi dimensions.
In the near future we will be integrating with real products on to our platform that would enable the users to try, visualize and play around with real products in real time before they go to the market and by them. We would also be expanding our operations to multiple verticals and scale our business to different international markets as well.
A graduate from BITS Pilani- Hyderabad Campus, Sonia is currently working with an analytics company. She loves to meet entrepreneurs and learn about their startup stories. Write to her on sonia.bits2110@gmail.com to share your story of starting up!


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Interview: Andrea SCHROEDER / Intervju z Andrejo Schroeder
Andrea Schroeder Andrea Schroeder came to my attention with her new, second album Where The Wild Oceans End. First of all I noticed the color of her voice, velvetly warm, pleasurable excited, captured into carefully aranged melodies. Her lyrics are skillfully wovened with more than empatetic group of musicians, into inticingly mixture of sound melodies, into constant, elegant rhythm, where no-one stand out, but at the same time, every musicians is important. Especially elegant is the sound of the violin player Catherine Graindorge, than there is the rhythm of the drummer Chris Hughs, bass lines of Dave Allen and the author of most of the music is Jesper Lehkmuhl. Precious is Chris Eckman, this time he's the producer and master behind the mixing board.
As today we can count Where the Wild Oceans End as one of the eternally beautiful, classic album. That's one of the reasons I wanted to talk to the singer and lyricists Andrea Schroeder. Here is our interview conducted via e_mail in May 2014.
Where the Wild Oceans Ends is your second album. I can say it is more mature, more complex than first one. How are you satisfied with your work on it?
I am happy how the album ended up, we had a wonderful time recording it and I love the way Chris Eckman mixed it.
The very first thing listener captured on the album is your very, very special, warm, kind a melancholic voice, with this light german accent... you know... a voice that reminds me on Dagmar Krause... How do you »care« for your voice?
I cared a lot for my voice when I started singing in a classical way and then further through Gospel, Pop and Jazz exercises. But these years I care less, which means I let the muscles do their learned job, but try to let the voice more free to develop it in a natural way back to its own force. It's a never ending process.
My mouth is dry/of unspoken words/And my hands so tired of writing... You wrote most of the lyrics for the album and I want to know how do you write them... what is your approach to the songwriting?
Lyrics come as they like to, I write the poetry down and it sometimes becomes a song. It is a more unconscious way of writing lyrics, I let them happen. I think all our experiences and inspirations and emotions are saved inside. Someday they decide to arrive, in sometimes for myself, astounding ways. The lyrics always give room for own interpretations, I never want to explain to much. So the listener can find her/his very own meaning and story in it. Poems shall get a live on their own, far away from the writer. It is always fascinating how everyone is interpreting the song according to their emotional needs. It makes me glad and thankful.
Jesper Lehmkuhl and the rest in the band are yours faithfull musicians, they are all wonderfull musicians... I like the drumming part of Chris Hughes a lot, and violin of Catherine Graindorge... How did you meet them? Can you tell us a bit more of the beginning of this cooperation?
I met Jesper through former myspace years when I just had demo songs online, and the first time we met personally we started immediately to write songs together. It was the perfect addition to what I thought the music should be. And he has a long experience in arrangements, which is very helpful and inspiring. We came from Copenhagen to Berlin end of 2011 and were searching for a band to play the debut album 'Blackbird' live. Through Chris Eckman and Hugo Race we got the suggestion for Dave Allen (bass), he is the perfect counter part to Jespers guitar. Daves bass lines give the songs the heartbeat and the strong and steady ground to grow on. And Dave brought Chris Hughes (drums), who completed the picture in the rhythm section with his very own way of a playing percussive and expressionistic drum style. One day I saw a video of Catherine Graindorge (violin) and was amazed of what I saw and heard. We asked her to join our debut release concert and it was perfect. Since then we prepared songs together as a band and recorded 'Where The Wild Oceans End'. So it became an organic band record. We played a lot of concerts together before and after the recordings, we are still growing all the time more and more together in an own sound.
Do you remember your first gig... when was that and how different is Andrea now and were years ago?
My first gig with my own music, just 5 songs that time, was in the beginning of 2008 in Munich, at an exhibition of Günter Ludwig, a great painter and drawer. It was an exciting experience and fit very well with his art. The directly second gig which was the first real concert length was just a few months later in Fossombrone, Italy. It was amazing, in an old castle under the stars, with 500 people in the audience. It was like a summer dream, but my band and I that time were nervous as hell, because it was the first show out of the rehearsal room with a lot of new songs. So it all started out very lucky, I got an up cheering response from the audience and each time fresh energy and believe to continue my path. Since then the musical vision developed further, and I was very lucky to meet all those great musicians and people around the project to fulfill the dream. And I really love to play concerts, much more than recording. I need the secret communication with the listener and to guide them into landscapes they haven't seen before. Our last concert of the tour was in Lido, Berlin, end of March 2014, and it was amazing how the Berlin audience welcomed us home. And now I hope many more concerts will come up for the future.
Who was your first and most important inspiration for doing music?
As a child I always sang for myself, I loved music. I got piano lessons, and when I didn't feel good, it always gave me calmness to play. I started in the beginning of my 20s to make a pop project with a friend of mine, Roland Voss. But that somehow went out of focus through life issues. Many years later, in the beginning of my 30s I lost my voice for some months, and it was truly a horror thought that I could possibly never sing again. And when it luckily came back I realized that my life was passing by many years without concentrating on what I really always wanted to do, I started to take classical singing lessons, learned about the seriousness. I always wrote poetry, was interested in art, made photography and artworks. But music was able heal my soul since I remember.
What kind of music do you prefer in your youngest years? How important (if) was music for you?
Music was what kept me going. Music could touch my heart and took me away from reality. I liked many different kinds of music, but there must be something in it that goes deeper within. And I heard rock, pop, alternative, indie, chanson, theater music, opera, classical music and many more.
Is Berlin per se an inspiration? By the way Ghosts of Berlin is a wonderful song, it is a pure classic song. Paradox mix between pure beauty and the secret horror of the past... still... What do you mean?
Berlin is an inspiring place to be, many artists live or come here. Berlin has a strong history, which can't be denied, you can't escape from war holes between the houses. You can't escape from reality here. The people here are very honest, they carry their heart on the tongue. The town is real, and at the same time unreal. And there is the imagination in every artists about how this town is and what it gets you to, that makes it very special. I am happy to live here, though it is also often very hard. You see so many people who are in need of help and wonder how that is possible amongst us. So you pass a lot of the tragedy, one alone can just make little changes. It is often very frustrating and I hope that humanity will become a higher aim in our society.
In the history of rock&roll they are many covers of this song, I like Nico version very, very much... She was a model once, like you... Does it bother you when someone compare you with her, for instance?
It is an honor to get compared, and of course it is needed for journalists to explain the music or the voice to a reader who never heard it before. So in that point I am very fine with it. But of course at the end of the day I like to be seen as myself and not a comparison, because I don't do what I do because I try to be like someone else. In fact I try to find myself in what I am doing. But of course all the music we heard, the poems we read, the people we met and whatever happened in our lives is taking a little space in our soul and comes out in a new way.
Heroes is a song with such a strong statement, it is an eternal and everlasting song for the new generations... why did you choose it? And how is your approach to the covers in general?
Heroes is definitely one of the best songs ever made, I love it. And the idea came during our 'Blackbird' release concert in Berlin when Lutz Mastmeyer from Glitterhouse heard our song Ghosts Of Berlin the first time live. He imagined me singing Heroes in German. It took a while until the thought grew, because it is dangerous to mess up such an incredible song that is also covered a million times. But I found my own way into his words, the story became my own. And with the band we developed a very own version of it. That was the only way to do it. The first times you can't stop hearing David Bowie singing it in your head, but one moment he suddenly disappeared and lend it over. That was the moment the song was able to be made. You have to make a cover your very own creation, then it works, else it will always be just worse that the original. All great covers are moved to a different direction. One of my favorite cover songs is Johnny Cashs cover of 'Hurt'.
Until the end is also a beautiful love song... love is the answer sings John Lennon on Mind Games... Do you agree?
Love is the answer on everything, without love we die. That is also why it is so important to give love, even the not lovable ones need love the most.
Glitterhouse Records is your record company. How are you satisfied with them, how supportive they can be in these turbulent economics crises in Europe?
Glitterhouse Records is a great label, they love music and do it just for the music. They are very supportive towards their artists, and music will always find it's way.
The internet offers many ways, many options, how the musicians can be connected to global listeners. What's your opinion about all that opportunities, while on the other side only fans would buy the record.
Without the Internet I probably wouldn't have continued, without the start in myspace with demo songs and the immediate world connection and wide response. And I like the communication with friends and fans very much. I want to talk to the listeners, I love to hear what the songs means to them.
I would say that Chris Eckman did very recognizable production work on the album. How did you two collaborate, coordinate particulate ideas...
It's great and very fruitful to work with Chris, and he is very supportive and helpful in any way. He gives the needed space to the vision of the artist, and gets the best out of every one. He has tons of experience, talent and knowledge of so many different areas of music making. And his advices always hit the right point, so in the studio situation I can lean back from responsibility and totally relay on him to get the situation to the best possible. Jesper and I compose the songs together, and together with the band we are working with the arrangements. Before we go into the studio we send Chris demo recordings to see if we are on a right path in the development and sometimes talk about general dynamics in the songs. Also it's a kind of sorting out process of which songs we will take further into the recording session or which ones have to stay home and grow further. During the studio recordings Chris works with the best possible sound, comes up with suggestions and further ideas within the making. He is the one leading the recording session, but always true to the way we perform it. He doesn't want to change songs or to put his stamp on it like many other producers work. After the recording part, he takes the songs into his studio in Ljubljana, where he makes the analogue mixes. We seldom have any changing wishes, because he hits perfectly the point where the songs were supposed to go. It is the perfect collaboration, because we are in a very close state of musically understanding towards each other since the day we started to be in contact. The work relationship is very much about trust and understanding. We have space for freedom in the personal approach, characters and visions of band and producing. And we became very good friends, Chris helped me many times with needed advice through all the years, even long before the debut album was recorded.
These week the third istallation of The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions will be released. You also contributed one song on it. I guess you are too young to had a chance to meet Jeffrey in person, so how did you get to his music and what was your reaction/opinion to it?
Some years ago I got introduced to the music of The Gun Club through a dear friend of mine from Paris - the artist and designer Laurent Rivelaygue, the band was his all-time favorite and I liked it a lot. And the strange world connection ring got closed at the end, because now he designed the booklet title for the actual project. But it all started after I posted the song Blackbird in Facebook in 2012, Cypress Grove heard it and asked, if I would like to join the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project' 'Axels & Sockets'. And I was more than delighted to do so. We made a version of 'Kisses For My President', the song that Jeffrey Lee wrote while being the president of the Blondie fan club. There is also a more true to the original and wilder version with Debbie Harry and Mick Harvey on the album, where she finally sings the song that he once wrote about her. My own interpretation is more going into the direction of an unfulfilled love, fulfilled in a dream. Jeffrey Lee wrote fantastic melodies and lyrics, it was very inspiring to work with his song. And I personally love all the Jeffrey Lee Pierce Session Project records and this new album is again amazing, with a duet of Iggy Pop and Nick Cave, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry, Hugo Race, Cypress Grove, Mick Harvey, Mark Lanegan and many more.
You had once a private gig in Slovenia. Is it possible to see you in Slovenia once more?
The last time we played in Ljubljana was at the end of our recording sessions for 'Blackbird'. Jesper and I played as a duo with guitar and indian harmonium, was a beautiful evening for us. And I hope we soon can come back with the whole band! Too long time ago since we walked across the Dragon Bridge.
(Rock Obrobje, May 2014)
Varja Velikonja


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