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My Expertise
📱 Frontend
No matter which tech stack (I prefer react-ish, though), I focus on solid architecture and clear separation of concerns. I deploy fast and refactor often in order to deliver high value products.
🤖 Automation
Why should we spend time doing stuff a machine could do? I setup continuous integration, automated builds, semantic release, etc. as early as possible to maximize saved time by these tools.
With a background in graphic design, I care for visuals and usability. I'm used to test driven development and have a deep knowledge on browser automation.
🚀 Serverless
I'm an early adopter of the serverless methodology. All of my own products and tools (like patternson.io) run on infrastructure that only costs money when something is actively used.
💭 Mindset
You need to tick in a certain way to build cutting edge products. There's more than just hard requirements and solid code. I care for the bigger picture, for the team and for clear communication. I'm an agile mind and I try to help on all levels.
🏫 Learning
The web industry is fast! One needs to learn quick and adapt fast in order to stay upfront. I help my clients to wrap their head around new concepts. I'm an excellent pairing partner and used to write the right amount of documentation for APIs.
I can help you
🧐 Review session
I can be your second mind or other pair of eyes on a particular problem. No matter if it's just an hour of talking or an extensive review of your application.
👯♂ Coaching
You want to learn s.th. that I know? I will give my very best to enable you in intense pairing sessions, no matter your skill level.
👨👩👧👦 Consulting
I dive deep into a team and try to help and improve in all aspects I see fit. As a team member I work on daily tasks, will try to identify bottlenecks and spread my knowledge.
🌴 Bootcamp
I'm looking forward to organizing a coding bootcamp somewhere in Europe. Follow me on twitter or drop me a mail to stay updated.
💥 Primary Skills
I use this stuff on a daily basis. As a result I provide the most value when a challenge is somewhere near to this cosmos.
JavaScript (ES5-latest), Git, Node.js, React, Redux, npm (scripts and API), Jest (or Jasmine, Mocha, Sinon.JS), GitHub (+integrations), Serverless, webpack, Babel, HTML, CSS (or less, sass), TestCafe (or Nightwatch.js, Cypress), Express, Vue.js …
🥈 Soft and Secondary Skills
I feel most productive in an environment where these techniques are/ can be applied. I also feel comfortable introducing them to teams.
Kanban, Retrospectives, GitHub based workflows, Continuous Integration/Delivery, Semantic Versioning, ESLint, npm (packaging, automation), pair programming, Pomodoro, test driven development, …
🤓 Fields of Interest
I have little to no practical experience with these things but would love to work with people who have or contribute to projects that utilize them.
I will give a discount when booked on projects where I can gain experience in these topics and will probably invest personal free time in learning things related to your product.
(practical applied) domain driven design, Artificial Neural Networks, AWS or GCP from a Dev-Ops perspective, …
📟 Other Skills
I might be a bit rusty in using these - because I favour other methods by now - but I stell feel comfortable in working with those technologies and techniques.
jQuery, Angular, grunt, gulp, qUnit, PHP, WordPress, Steinberg Cubase, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, MySQL, JIRA based workflows, …
Other interesting stuff I do
Let me test that for you
You create features
I create tests
High end frontend consultancy team
A hosting platform for technology-agnostic components
My wife and me using hashtags like #vanlife #kitesurfing and #agileliving
Absolem Max
Finest acoustic soul music
Hannes Diem
Me talking and singing about music, life and everything (in german)


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The level of support offered to our students is second to none, whether it be personal or learning support that is required.
On a personal level, our pastoral manager is able to help, linking up with external agencies where appropriate. She is also our initial contact for volunteering in the community through OUTSET.
Our study supervisor is available to facilitate independent learning. Careers guidance being one of her areas of expertise, she is also able to offer advice and assist students applying for apprenticeships.
Every sixth form student has a personal mentor, who will guide them through their time in the sixth form via group as well as one-to-one sessions. Year 12's also receive an individual interview that prepares the students to be able to articulate their aspirations, demonstrate what they have done and describe why their personal qualities and abilities will enable them to be successful at a particular university course, apprenticeship or job
The mentor programme is designed to support students' learning and their onward progression, whether it be into higher education or employment. In addition, there are three PSHCEe days per year, which have a wider focus.
Potentially high achieving students may be offered additional activities such as the Raising Opportunities programme and the EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) and/or the United Learning University Fellowship programme which aims to ensure that capable students gain access to the top universities.
Additional Mentor Period Support (in addition to Mentor meetings)
We pride ourselves on the personal attention and high level of assistance given to our applicants in the run up to their UCAS deadline.
Beginning their HE research early in year 12 with the support of their mentors, students make use of online resources such as SACU and Unifrog to increase awareness of their personal strengths and preferences as well as the opportunities available to them.
In Spring all level 3 year 12 students attend the Sussex UCAS Convention for which widening participations officers from Chichester University help them prepare. Follow up sessions assist with the narrowing down of course and university choices. In summer the focus is on writing that all- important personal statement, while Student Finance England will address your financial concerns in September, when the application process begins in earnest.
At Shoreham Academy, if a student decides that an apprenticeship is the best post-18 pathway for them, we will fully support them with their choice. We do this in different ways:
All Information found on VLE Firefly click here which explains what apprenticeships are and how to apply.
We advertise local vacancies and support careers both within the sixth form and virtually through our VLE. We connect students with opportunities such as the ones shown here
We advertise apprenticeships related events and host presentations from West Sussex County Council representatives delivered by external speakers and current apprentices
We have a dedicated apprenticeship board with vacancies and useful information which is regularly updated
We provide one-to-one support with both their personal mentor and a qualified careers advisor to help support students to research potential apprenticeships
We hold employability week in year 12, in which we provide interview practice for all students. This is tailored to each students chosen destination be it higher education, employment or an apprenticeship
We provide compulsory work experience and support for all students with their applications, CV, cover letters and interview preparation.
We also provide external speakers such as West Sussex County council to our Open Evening for year 11 students to meet and discuss options.
Principal: Mr Jim Coupe
Shoreham Academy
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West Sussex
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Maximizing Fragility (526)/
Stefan starts the show with the first full instalment in his series 'planning to win' talking about how major oil companies are finally admitting that the oil business is being hurt badly by climate action. Exxon has admitted that they may need to leave at least some of the oil in the ground due to market forces in the age of climate change. Stefan talks about how this relates to our transition away from the fossil fuel economy. This weeks 'plan to win' segment is brought to you by: Community Resilience.
- Exxon Warns on Reserves as it Posts Lower Profit
- The carbon bubble: why investors can no longer ignore climate risks
After the break we spend the middle section discussing the ongoing protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline which resulted in over 100 more arrests of protestors this week bringing the total to over 260 since the action began. Hosts discuss the most recent developments, what this means for the upcoming US elections, and the disparity between the police reaction to this action and to the #OregonStandoff where armed militia took over a federal building for a 41 days.
- Armed With Riot Gear, Militarized Police Begin Forcibly Clearing DAPL Protest Camp
- This Natural Disaster Assistance Law Is Why Other States Are Policing Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
- Protesters pushed back after mass arrests at North Dakota pipeline site – as it happened
- Guards for North Dakota pipeline could be charged for using dogs on activists
- Over 120 arrested at North Dakota pipeline protests, including journalists
- Developing: 100+ Militarized Police Raiding #NoDAPL Resistance Camp Blocking Pipeline's Path
In the final section, Daryn takes a variety of breaking news items to once again try to appeal to Justin Trudeau. Insisting that if he wants to stay popular, and more importantly keep in office, he's going to have to stop assuming that everyone will support his government as long as he makes a show of listening to people instead of whats actually needed which is listening and then acting. Daryn makes the case that the Liberal Government so far has been much more of a rebranding of the same old conservative 'Harper' era polices, but actual change that fits the data. Mr. Trudeau... consultation is not what you do instead of action. We are watching, and more and more people are waking up to the fact that the only way to get you to act is put political pressure on you. Pressure is coming.
- Communities challenge oil trains in their neighbourhoods
- Agency predicts bullish future ahead as renewables power past coal
- Heckles, jeers and turned backs greet Justin Trudeau at youth labour forum
- Two members of regulator say a major Canadian pipeline isn't safe and want a temporary shut down
- Off the Wall: Saskatchewan Premier's Bizarre, Contradictory Climate Plan
- Dong Energy considers sale of oil and gas assets to focus on wind-farms
- Mass arrest on Parliament Hill during pipeline protest (Climate 101)
- Youth Toss a Wrench in the Liberal Likability Machine [recommended read of-the-week]
- Absent Radical System Change, World Faces Two-Thirds Wildlife Loss by 2020
- The sky is literally falling because of climate change, says top NASA scientist
- Federal Government Hit With Multiple Legal Challenges Against Pacific Northwest LNG Project
- Climate change rate to turn southern Spain to desert by 2100, report warns
Opportunity for Comment! Let them know what you think: ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE SEEKS INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS FOR ITS REVIEW OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999
Bonus Show:
This week Stefan and Daryn discuss the need for, but difficulty in creating a national food policy in Canada and appeal to your inner maker to build some home-made renewable power!
- Why a new national strategy on food can't satisfy all
- Eureka! Serbian maths prof creates his home solar power heating system for just £50 made entirely from... BEER CANS
This Weeks Music:
A Tribe Called Red - R.E.D. & Pretty Lights - Short Cut Detour
What do you think?
Let us know what you think of what we discussed in the show! Click here to find us on social media, leave us a phone message to play on air or send us an email!


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My Rating:
Drowned, set in the idyllic countryside during a short-lived Swedish summer, gets under one's skin from the first page, creating an atmosphere of foreboding in which even the perfume of freshly picked vegetables roasting in the kitchen becomes ominous.
On the surface, the story couldn't be simpler. A single young woman visits her older sister, who is married to a writer as charismatic as he is violent. As the young woman falls under her brother-in-law's spell, the plot unfolds in a series of precisely rendered turns. Meanwhile the reader, anticipating the worst, hopes against hope that disaster can be averted.
More than a mere thriller, this debut novel delves deep into the feminine soul and at the same time exposes the continuing oppression of women in Sweden's supposedly enlightened society. Mixing hothouse sensuality with ice-cold fear on every page, Drowned heralds the emergence of a major new talent on the international scene.
I want to warn you all ahead of time. There will be lots of spoilers in this review, so be forewarned... I try never to include spoilers in my reviews, but in order to really express why I feel the way I do about this novel, I will have to be fairly detailed.
For those of you that decided to proceed ahead:
I am so conflicted with this novel. As I began this story I thought that this would be an easy 4 star review. I was gripped from the beginning. It started out mellow, and really interesting. The relationship between these two sisters was terribly awkward and perplexing, and once I realized that there was a connection between Marina and her sister's husband, I rubbed my hands in anticipation and thought, "Here we go! Dramarama!!!"
And yes, I got some drama. Marina has a quickie affair with her bro-in-law which I expected. What I didn't expect was the lack of emotion surrounding it. I figure that someone who just slept with her sister's husband would feel somewhat guilty and even more awkward around her sister, and yet, the story continued on uneventfully. There were some very subtle hints that there was something dark surrounding Gabriel, but with the exception of a couple of swear words and outbursts... it was really anti climatic, and uneventful.
Second part... where it falls apart for me.
Marina returns to her sister's house after a few months after her sister's drowning to pack up and organize her things? I am never really sure if that is her purpose for returning as she then apparently states she is now living there with Gabriel to the neighbors.
She ping pongs through falling for Gabriel again, liquifying at the mere touch of his hands, to suspecting foul play in her sister's 'accidental' death. But with the exception of seeing his eyes 'change' and a tone to his voice,once again, it's pretty uneventful. Another outburst here and there, but from the outside looking in, I didn't really relate to how she would see him as a homicidal maniac and run through the house and lock her door, to then the next day, letting him get under her skirt.
At the end, there is a scene that is abusive, and his real nature is finally confirmed but it took the entire book to get there. And then it abruptly ends.
So... what happens to Marina. Is that dim wit going to stick around and be his next puppet? Furthermore... what the heck happened to her sister?? There is always a mere suspicion that things were not as they seemed with her death, and yet, that too goes completely unresolved in any way.
It was a well written novel in the technical sense. I could not put this down and ripped through it, but honestly, it was to look for answers that never came.
'Mixing hothouse sensuality with ice-cold fear on every page...' Well there was some 'sensuality' in this novel. Ice-cold fear on every page? .... Not at all. More like frustration on every page while I anticipated something explosive out of all that tension that continuously built up... and it just ended in disappointment.
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BERTA – Seville Collection The BERTA Seville collection brings a feeling of sophistication, glam, and daring use of a keen artistic approach to design. One of the many unique trends in this collection is the theme of creating the fabric being used for the dresses. When BERTA designs, it all comes down to the raw materials being used. This is the inspiration behind it all, the starting point to every piece of work. This is where all the magic happens. BERTA challenges herself time and time ... VIEW POST
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Coffee culture: a global phenomenon?
Posted by TheShot on 27 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Café Society, Consumer Trends, Foreign Brew
Maktoob Business, the business arm of a popular Arab portal, published an article this week revealing some international consumer attitudes towards coffee and cafés: Coffee culture: a global phenomenon? by Synovate | Maktoob Business.
Interviewing 5,806 respondents in the US, UK, France, Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore, Serbia, Morocco, and Australia, some of the survey's findings include the following:
- Most worldwide consumers appreciate how large multinational coffee chains have improved the coffee quality, despite the known negative local effects.
- Asians tend to view big coffee conglomerates with less skepticism than Westerners.
- Americans prefer straight-up coffee, Moroccans prefer lattes, cappuccino is king in Australia, the French prefer espresso (too bad it sucks there), and the mocha is big in Singapore and Hong Kong.
- Americans prefered the home coffee experience over that in cafés at a far higher rate than indicated by interviewees from other nations.
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Ink and watercolour on paper, 8x10 inches. The original drawing is SOLD available.
I like to think about these kinds of things.
(Once again, I had to edit the original drawing to make it legible here. See the unedited version, if that's your kind of thing.)
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HATTIESBURG — If Daniel Jussely and Rob Tatum have their way, downtown Hattiesburg soon will be a cultural hub of "urbanite lifestyle" in Mississippi. As co-owners of Hub City Lofts, Jussely and Tatum are rejuvenating two of the Hub City's oldest buildings, converting them into more than 50 loft-style apartments and more than 14,000 square feet of commercial space. The ...Read More »
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Real estate company paying $1M for compromising wetlands
HANCOCK COUNTY — A Mississippi corporation has pleaded guilty to illegally filling wetlands near Bay St. Louis. Hancock County Land, LLC entered the plea yesterday and agreed to pay a $1-million fine and take remedial measures for two felony violations of the Clean Water Act., said U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Assistant U.S. Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno of ...Read More »
Demolition to begin at sites for retail center, casino
D'IBERVILLE — The city of D'Iberville is clearing the way for another major retail center along Interstate 10 and a casino on Back Bay. A developer has acquired nearly 80 acres at the I-10 junction with Interstate 110. The homes and businesses there will come down by the end of the year and Mayor Rusty Quave tells The Sun Herald ...Read More »
Fight over controversial movie theater continues
OLIVE BRANCH — An Olive Branch community remains in the lurch about whether a controversial movie theater will be constructed near its homes. The Commercial Appeal reports the developer has filed an appeal in DeSoto County Circuit Court about Board of Aldermen decisions he said are preventing a theater from being developed near Wedgewood subdivision. A second potential site for ...Read More »
Developer wants to convert old jail into residential space
HATTIESBURG — A North Carolina-based real estate development group has declared its interest in renovating the former Forrest County jail complex into affordable housing. Vann Joines, with The Landmark Group, tells The Hattiesburg American his organization is proposing a $9.75-million renovation of three buildings in downtown Hattiesburg, formerly used as a jail and county offices. Joines says the three buildings ...Read More »
Developer's guilty plea prompts commission probe
SOUTHAVEN — The Mississippi Real Estate Commission plans to open an investigation into the dealings of DeSoto County developer Chuck Roberts after Roberts pleaded guilty last week to a federal bank fraud charge involving a Southaven subdivision. Roberts, 46, pleaded guilty to bank fraud last Thursday in federal court in Oxford. Roberts was accused of submitting fake documents and making false ...Read More »
Court rules with city in zoning dispute with developer
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Supreme Court has sided with the city of Natchez in a zoning dispute with a developer. The dispute stemmed from the city's denial of a request from Dallas-based Roundstone Development, LLC to rezone 25 acres for single-family homes. The company planned to build 65 single-family homes on nine acres, leaving the remaining 17 acres open land. ...Read More »
Developer with ties to Davis to enter plea to an undisclosed charge
SOUTHAVEN — Federal court records show developer Charles "Chuck" Roberts III will waive an indictment and enter a plea to Jan. 31 in Oxford to an undisclosed charge. Roberts is a longtime developer in DeSoto County and a close friend of Southaven Mayor Greg Davis. Roberts is also the public address announcer for Tigers' basketball games at FedExForum. Roberts' attorney, ...Read More »
New trial set for developer accused of filling wetlands
HANCOCK COUNTY — A new trial date has been set for an Alabama real estate developer accused of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally filling wetlands near Bay St. Louis. William R. Miller, of Fairhope, Ala., was set for trial Feb. 4 on an 11-count indictment. Attorney Gaines Cleveland, in a written motion, has asked a federal judge to ...Read More »
New land-use code could spur development
TUPELO — A new development code in Tupelo will allow more mixing of land uses. The code is expected to go to a vote in January, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. If the City Council adopts the code, a transition period will follow. During that time, developers will be able to choose which code they will follow. At a ...Read More »


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Reliance on [abused] animals continues, not because it is effective, but due to inertia, lack of training, vested financial interests, and adherence to outdated traditions.
Against Vivisection
In a perfect society, the subject of animal ethics would not need to be urged. In the flawed reality of imperfection, the deficiency is so great as to be stunning.
A well known observation indicates that America and Japan are the two worst offenders in the field of laboratory animal abuse. The exploitive capitalism of America is reputedly the most extreme in this respect. "One animal dies in a laboratory in the USA every second, in Japan every two seconds, and in the UK every twelve seconds." (LCA) There are too many other offending countries perpetuating the bad habits induced by predatory and commercial "science." For instance, Air France is an airline annually transporting tens of thousands of primates for cruelty lab experiments.
The insistence that animal experiments furthered a knowledge of physiology was strong in the nineteenth century, and endorsed by the biology hero Charles Darwin. The National Anti-Vivisection Society was founded in London in 1875. Today, the laboratory crimes are far more intensive, and accompanied by arguments about the necessity for finding cures to diseases like cancer. Critics have developed counter-arguments, which reveal the horrors as being not merely unethical, but also unnecessary, profit-seeking, and criminal.
The worst case scenario of laboratory animals is comparable to that of a human invalid in a hospital bed who is mercilessly tortured by doctors in attendance.
Vivisection is a symptom of predatory "science" from America to China and Japan. Many millions of dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, and other breeds are currently lab victims. Even horses, cows, sheep, pigs, fish, and birds suffer in the torture zone of laboratories.
In a global sense, the laboratory exploitation of animals links with big business concerns and animal dealers who traffic in primates and other unfortunate creatures. The pharmaceutical industry is notorious for a vested interest in animal testing. Primitive commerce still uses animals to test many substances, including cosmetics and cleaning agents.
The products of commercial companies like Procter and Gamble should be avoided. Billionaire industries are not always admirable. Many brands deny animal testing on their part; however, others have been reluctant to change their habits. Asian laboratories are especially notorious; in some countries, there is no law controlling animal testing. Cosmetic experiments on live animals are a horror story. In 2013, an EU ban on animal cosmetic testing occurred, although certain problems are still in evidence.
The British public must develop far more caution about health charities that seek donations. The web has featured informed statements like: "Public donations are used by charities to fund experiments in which animals have cancers grown on their backs, have limbs broken, and are left crippled." That is the case for survivors; most victims die in agony. Never donate to a charity unless you know exactly what they do behind the scenes. The word charity can represent an acute anomaly.
There are said to be almost twice as many health charities which do not fund animal experiments, as those which do. Some of the largest health charities in the UK are notorious for conducting cruel animal experiments. For instance, Cancer Research UK and the British Heart Foundation are controversial. The mandate of medical progress at the cost of animal suffering is one that can arouse strong opposition. The vivisection advocates act as though opposition to them is irresponsible, and guilty of delaying progress. Analysis of progress is not always inspiring. For instance, the Alzheimer's Society funded repugnant brain injury experiments on mice at Edinburgh University. Critics say that such research is futile and a waste of funds. Yet in 2011, an Edinburgh researcher received from the same charity a grant of £335,000 to brain damage mice for a further three years. See Victims of Charity.
An emerging contention, amongst critics of vivisection, is this: the differences between human and animal species are so substantial that research relying upon animal data is very largely, or completely, useless. The encumbrance serves to attract grant money from institutions not in effective contact with truly progressive science.
It is possible to find many thought-provoking statements in the critical literature. "For example, researchers have 'proven' in animals that cigarettes both do and do not cause cancer – depending on the funding source" (The Truth About Vivisection).
Testimony to the depraved nature of animal experiments is abundant. For instance, "to study the results of head trauma, primates were strapped into machinery to receive high-impact blows to the head. A video camera captured footage of vivisectionists taunting the injured animals, who were left with severe brain damage." This situation reveals the barbarous state of "education" existing at the University of Pennsylvania during the 1980s.
Today, there are millions of suffering animals trapped in British laboratories, a situation permitted by gravely flawed protocol. The situation in America continues to be an adverse reflection upon the so-called greatest civilisation ever known. "Every year, tens of millions of animals are dissected, infected, injected, gassed, burned and blinded in hidden laboratories on college campuses and research facilities throughout the U.S." (The Truth About Vivisection)
A number of American universities have been fined for violating the Animal Welfare Act. In 2005, the University of California (San Francisco) was charged with 59 (or 75) violations of the Animal Welfare Act; these events occurred in their laboratories. Denying many of the charges, the University of California paid a fine of over 90,000 dollars (Animal Ethics). Critics say they got off too lightly.
In 2007, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported over 17,000 nationwide violations of the Animal Welfare Act, affecting an estimated half a million animals. This statistic does not include innumerable mice, rats, and birds, who are not even covered by the deficient laws. USDA were the agency responsible for the monitoring of laboratories. In 2010, USDA reported that over 97,000 animals endured laboratory-inflicted pain without the benefit of any pain-relieving drugs. Again, the vast numbers of abused mice, rats, and birds were not included in this revealing assessment.
America is a laboratory predator of staggering proportions. Billions of dollars have been annually employed to fund useless and sadistic animal experiments via the National Institutes of Health. The insensitivity of bureaucrats and vivisectors is testimony to the low level of current "civilisation." The acute deficiencies have led to chartings of the top ten most outrageous animal experiments, based on publications of 2012. The details are not flattering to "research" abilities.
As to the comparatively rare responsible research, this is something quite different to animal experiments. The so-called "scientific revolution" is in the future, not in the past. The full potential of new technologies "can never be realised while dependence on animal models persists." The basic factor is that:
In Britain, public complaints prevented Cambridge University from building a massive primate testing centre. During the 1990s, the same university was revealed to be in collaboration with a biotechnology company. The controversial laboratories called Huntingdon Life Sciences favoured the abomination known as xenotransplantation. This lunacy meant that hearts and kidneys from genetically engineered pigs were transplanted into the necks, abdomens and chests of monkeys and baboons. Such laboratories are totally insensitive to the sufferings they cause, and waste funds in useless pursuits. The drawback is a symptom of retrogressive commercial enterprise dressed up as mock-scientific panacea.
Kevin R. D. Shepherd
ENTRY no. 54
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Ian 'Mac' McLagan
In memory of my dear pal Mac:
Ian 'Mac' McLagan was a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool rock'n'roller. In fact, his smiling visage — he was, after all, a member of the Small Faces and the Faces — would serve as an ideal illustration in the proverbial Dictionary of What Is Truly Cool.
The man known to his many mates and even more fans and admirers as 'Mac' is the sort who shruged off such puffery. He carried on creating splendid and genuine rock'n'roll with his Bump Band as well as musically aid and abet a marquee line-up of truly blue ribbon talent that he toured and recorded with: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Taj Mahal, John Hiatt, David Lindley, Paul Westerberg, Billy Bragg and Patty Griffin, to name some but hardly all of the notables that McLagan had worked with over his four-plus decade career.
He also etched his distinctive musical talents onto the playlist of rock'n'roll history co-writing such Faces hits as "Cindy Incidentally," " You're So Rude" and "Three Button Hand Me Down." His Wurlitzer electric piano is heard on everything from "Stay With Me" by the Faces to the smash hit "Miss You" by The Rolling Stones, and Mac's trademark Hammond B-3 organ was featured on the Small Faces classic "Itchycoo Park" and Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well."
McLagan entered the music game in Swinging London in the mid-1960s, and you can read all about it in his vivid and delightful memoir, All The Rage, a book that The Express hailed as "One of the best music books in years." He ascended from the Top of the Pops with Small Faces to the pinnacle of rock with the Faces when Rod Stewart and Ron Wood joined the band. The rollicking Faces ruled 1970s album radio and sales charts as well as the stadiums, arenas and festivals around the world, leaving countless satisfied fans, many wild tales and more than a few quivering hotel managers in their wake. Whether McLagan was singing, writing and playing his own music or as the go-to guy for a session or tour, he remains the quintessence of rock'n'roll.
Since he cut his debut solo album, Troublemaker, in 1979 — with two Rolling Stones (Keith Richards and Ron Wood) and a Beatle (Ringo Starr) among the players — McLagan was making music in his own right that carried on the British rock tradition that he helped establish with the Small Faces and Faces on the albums Bump In The Night (1980), Best Of British (2000) and Rise & Shine! (2004). "It's all raw, up front, in your face, rollicking greasy good-time music done by a master," says All Music Guide of Rise & Shine!
In 2006, he released a touching tribute to his old band mate, Spiritual Boy: An Appreciation of Ronnie Lane, acclaimed by the Dallas Observer as "a warm and fitting salute to one of rock's sadly unsung master songwriters and a must-have disc." Spiritual Boy has garnered chart success in Mojo and leaves a trail of glowing reviews in Rolling Stone, No Depression, Uncut, and Goldmine.
McLagan moved to Austin in 1994, and the Bump Band included some of the city's best players: Veteran rock bassist Ronnie Johnson (Ronnie Lane, James McMurtry), drummer Don Harvey, whose resume boasts putting the big beat behind Martha Davis, Joe Ely, and Charlie Sexton; and 'Scrappy' Jud Newcomb, one of Austin's busiest and best guitarists (The Resentments, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Beaver Nelson). Those not fortunate to catch McLagan & the Bump Band on tour or, when home, in their weekly residency at Austin's Lucky Lounge could enjoy their magic on the CD Bump Live, which All Music Guide hailed as "the first real rock & roll record to be released in 2006."
Awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award in 1996 for his outstanding contributions to British music and inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2004, McLagan is beloved by musicians and music lovers alike. He produced the Faces four CD boxed set, Five guys walk into a bar... for Rhino Records, and received a rare honor on April 6th, 2006, when it was proclaimed Ian 'Mac' McLagan Day in Austin Texas. But rather than rest on his laurels, Ian McLagan continued to do what he has always done best: rock'n'roll.
In December of 2007 Ian 'Mac' McLagan and Glyn Johns, his old pal from Small Faces and Faces days, met at Sphere Studios in London to mix and master Ian McLagan's beautiful and emotionally raw CD, Never Say Never. The self produced and directed album features McLagan's award winning Bump Band: 'Scrappy' Jud Newcomb, Don Harvey and Ronnie Johnson, and includes all original songs written by one of the best-loved musicians of our time. Patty Griffin graces Never Say Never with her soulful vocals and she and the Tosca Strings can be heard on the final track, the heart wrenching When "The Crying Is Over." McLagan recorded and produced Never Say Never at The Doghouse Studios in Manor, Texas, and recorded "Where Angels Hide" on the Steinway in The Edythe Bates Old Chapel at The International Festival-Institute in Round Top, Texas. Never Say Never was nationally released on 00:02:59 Records in the US/Canada on March 3, 2009.
Small Faces and Faces were inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of fame on April 14, 2012.
Mac and the Bump Band's last CD release, United States was released on Yep Roc Records on May 21, 2014 to rave reviews.
Ian Patrick 'Mac' McLagan passed on December 3, 2014 in his beloved Austin, TX.
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Crowdsourcing and Direct Sales
Representatives Create Reality
Every Direct Sales company has representatives and customers who think they can do things better than corporate. They may think they can design better packaging or come up with a better use of a product. What if in a controlled setting, they were allowed this opportunity? Crowdsourcing allows this to happen. It feeds into the human desire to make things better, to innovate, create and allows individuals with great ideas who otherwise might not be heard, rise to the top of the mountain and have their ideas heard.
Crowdsourcing was a term coined by Jeff Howe in his June 2006 article, "The Rise of Crowdsourcing" for Wired Magazine. Howe explains "the amount of knowledge and talent dispersed among the human race has always outstripped our capacity to harness it. Crowdsourcing corrects that…"
In basic terms, crowdsourcing is using a group of people to perform a task or group of tasks. The individuals in the group perform the tasks because of their interest in the subject. Sometimes there is a prize or a cash payout but many times it is personal satisfaction or recognition among peers that encourages participation.
Direct Sales companies have thrived off the passion of individuals and have helped their representatives to do what they love. Adding crowdsourcing to the mix is a natural next step. It increases representative's engagement and brings out the best of the individual through innovation. This in turn creates a better product and a better company. Individuals join the direct sales industry because they believe in the product and the opportunity. Allowing them to crowdsource increases company awareness and allows for additional engagement opportunities.
There are some perceived benefits of crowdsourcing for the Direct Sales Company:
• Problems can be explored very quickly at little cost.
• The Company can tap into a wider range of talent than is currently present in its current corporate structure
• The Company can gain first-hand insight into their representatives' and customers' desires.
• Through contribution and collaboration the community may develop an earned feeling of ownership and connection with the Company
One of the better known examples of crowdsourcing is Wikipedia. Individuals are allowed to create a subject or add to a subject. The greater the number of individuals who edit a page, the more accurate the page can become. Another example is Threadless.com, a T-shirt company that artists submit too. The designs are voted on by the Threadless community. The top voted designs are printed onto T-shirts and sold. The artists receive approximately $2500 in cash and prizes for their winning designs.
Large organizations have recognized the power of the crowd and are using it for their benefit. NASA is a great example. In 2000, they produced a test study of analyzed data that took two years for one planetary geologist to meticulously complete. NASA developed a Clickworkers program and displayed the information on their website. Within one month several thousand individuals analyzed all the data. Even though they were not planetary geologists the work was comparable to the professional and achieved at a much faster rate. The Clickworkers program is now a mainstay in the NASA organization. In 2009, NASA introduced its "Be a Martian" program to Clickworkers to help map the satellite photos of Mars. The web site and database were created and are being maintained by one part time engineer who is advised by two scientists.
All companies have areas that they can improve or receive insight on. Examine where the areas for improvement or growth are within your company. List your greatest areas; marketing, product packaging, international expansion, recipes or decorating ideas, then begin to think about how you can engage your crowd in helping you with these areas. A true crowdsourcing effort would allow representatives within your community to submit their ideas on the chosen subject. Then, others in the community would review and revamp those ideas until the top product or process emerged.
Great excitement and engagement can occur when one of your representatives has created a new exciting product design, an outstanding recipe or given you the information you need to expand your business. Crowdsourcing allows your representative to review it and approve it. Hopefully your company will find great success by implementing it. The margin of error goes down considerably based upon the early market approval by your community.
Alexander Pope an 18th century English poet once said "A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity."
There are some important things to consider when engaging your crowd.
• First and foremost, get to know your crowd. Many Direct Sales companies already have a moderator that provides answers and feedback to posts. This person will be a key person if you decide to crowdsource an activity.
• Decide what tasks the crowd could perform for you and break it down into small portions that could require as little as 15 minutes
• Allow for options. Some representatives can give you 15 minutes while others can give you days
• Your motives must be altruistic and authentic. Recognize that the crowd does not like to be used. (You really do want to improve your process or product, not just your bottom line)
• Recognize that it might cost you more financially to crowdsource something than to just pay someone else to do it (especially if it is a small marketing piece) but the rewards might outweigh the initial cost
Before the internet many Direct Sales companies found ways to stay in touch with their field to ask questions and get feedback. The internet, Facebook and community groups have added a more expedient method for receiving feedback.
A few Direct Sales companies are beginning to find the power of the crowd through their community groups and Facebook sites. Some are using polls, asking general questions and sweepstakes, but a few are crowdsourcing.
In 2010, Scentsy, a direct sales wickless candle company, crowdsourced a piece called County Fair. (http://www.scentsycountyfair.com). Individuals were asked to create unique scents and submit them to their site. Others (representatives or the general public) could then vote on which scent they preferred. Individuals were allowed to view the scents as soon as they were submitted so that they could review and build upon scents if they wanted too. One of the favorite scents received over 28,000 votes. In this example, using the crowd allowed Scentsy to become more aware of different scent profiles and also discover which scents were most pleasing to the greatest number of people. It allowed the company to engage with its current representatives and customers in a fun way. The crowd did the work very quickly. After all submissions were received, Scentsy chose their favorites and produced a recipe book awarding blue ribbons, first place and honorable mentions to the favorite scents From the comments on their fan page it appears the representatives loved it. This is one of the great points of crowdsourcing. Individuals who crowdsource do it because of their passion for the subject matter. Whether it be for art, health, fashion or a scent profile, people love to live out their passions.
Direct Sales companies have recognized and benefitted from the power of the crowd long before a term was coined for it. Representatives are passionate about selling their product and have been the face of their company to the world. In the past, this has been an outward approach, from the company to the representative, to the world. It is now time to invite the crowd back into our companies in a different way. The internet has changed how the world functions and crowdsourcing has become easier to manage. Direct Sales companies have avid fans, eager to encourage their company's growth. It is time to harness that power and utilize it. Companies that are open to social media and are regular participants with their fans have thousands of individuals in their communities. Each of these individuals is connected and each recognize that their personal success rides on the success of the community. Crowdsourcing takes the power of the community, recognizes it, multiplies it and benefits from it.


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According to police, a car drove by and sprayed bullets into a group of friends standing outside an apartment building, following the funeral of 20-year-old Ballou High School graduate Jordan Howe. Ten people, both men and women, were shot.
Neighbor Lavane Smith said, "It hurts, it hurts real bad man cus young kids they just throw their life away like it ain't nothing. They don't have no feelings for nothing ... and I don't know what's really going on but someone needs to step up - parents, government or somebody."
Police are still investigating, but Police Chief Cathy Lanier (web | news | bio) confirmed, "There was a spray of gunfire into the crowd."
"It's getting really crazy out here. That's all I can say man," Smith said.
Ron Moten, of the D.C.-based Peaceaholics, was among those who came to the scene Tuesday night.
"This is a sad man, any given day this can happen again. That's why people can't take life for granted and can't take the work that people do to deal with these situation for granted," Moten shared.
Even though D.C. has the lowest homicide rate since 1966, community activists are concerned that this could be the beginning of more violence as summer approaches, coupled with the D.C. budget cuts.


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It can be hard standing out in today's fashion industry, especially as a fresh-faced model. That's why today's up-and-coming models are straying farther and farther from old-fashioned beauty ideals. These newcomers are quirky and perfectly imperfect; they challenge the idea of what it means to be beautiful.
Check out the full story on Nylon.com
Director | Sam Shannon
Creative Director | Sam Shannon + Kate Owen
Director of Photography | Arthur Woo
Photographer | Kate Owen
Stylist | Sheyna Imm
Makeup | Caitlin Wooters
Hair | Akihisa Yamaguchi using bumble & Bumble
Stylist Assistant | Kacey Hirschberg
Models | Gustavo of Fusion; Thom of Major; Dani, Yancarlos, Kristijan, and Frankie of Re:Quest
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Doctors recommend treating emotional attachment disorders with strategies such as creating nurturing environments, providing consistent and stimulating environments for children, and addressing necessary medical, safety and housing needs, notes Mayo Clinic. Children and their families may also benefit from counseling, parental education and parenting skills classes.
As of 2015, doctors do not know why some children exposed to negative environments thrive while others fail to develop attachments, and there is no standard treatment, according to Mayo Clinic. Early interventions that include both children and parents may lead to improvements, and doctors focus treatments on improving children's environments. Parents should smile, make eye contact and caress babies when they have needs such as feeding or diaper changes. Children who live in institutions, frequently change caregivers, have inexperienced parents or do not receive the attention they need are at risk of developing reactive attachment disorder.
Parents and caregivers should be wary of treatments for attachment disorder that appear to be extreme or unconventional, such as those that use force or coercion to break down children's barriers. Organizations such as the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children have spoken out against these treatments, explains Mayo Clinic. Parents should consult medical professionals when their children show symptoms that include failing to seek comfort or not reaching out when picked up, as the symptoms of reactive attachment disorder are similar to those of other conditions, such as autism spectrum disorder.


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Weighing cloud-based ECM vs. file-sharing services
File-sharing services are challenging cloud-based ECM systems by providing basic, easy-to-use functionality. How will this rivalry shape the future of ECM? Join our tweet jam on Nov. 13 to discuss.
Enterprise content management systems are designed to help companies manage their information securely and use workflows to manage data at every stage of a project. Cloud-based ECM systems allow companies to control the flow of information internal to the business, with rigorous permissions and security controls, but also share files and information collaboratively with third parties. But historically, users have found these systems complex and time-consuming to use and have bucked them in favor of simpler technologies, such as shared drives and file-sharing technologies.
File-sharing systems have given ECM vendors a run for their money. Software like Box and Dropbox are intuitive, lightweight and provide the basic functionality that users want without a lot of distracting extras.
In this tweet jam, we'll explore the pros and cons of each technology and talk about what ECM vendors need to do to make their software a truly viable alternative to file-sharing software. With experts on hand to ask questions and guide our Twitter conversation, we'll explore how this landscape is evolving.
Join Lauren Horwitz, executive editor of SearchContentManagement.com, and our experts Laurence Hart, Steve Weissman and Ron Miller to discuss the usefulness of file-sharing apps versus cloud-based ECM.
Use the hashtag #cloudecm to join the conversation on Thursday, Nov. 13, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern. Here are some of the kinds of questions we'd like to cover:
- What are the differences between cloud-based ECM software and file sharing?
- Are there situations where file sharing makes more sense, and situations where ECM is more compelling?
- Are there situations where on-premises-only content management is a better choice?
- How would you compare the security features between ECM and file sharing?
- How would you compare workflow and audit trail capabilities between ECM and file sharing? Why should companies care about these features?
- How do file sharing and ECM compare on collaboration features in general?
- How do they compare on mobile features?
- Are companies born in the cloud better positioned to deliver than traditional ECM vendors who have moved to the cloud?
- How easy is it to search and find the content in file-sharing systems vs. ECM software?
- Is the future of ECM in the cloud, and does that mean file sharing will be more of a cloud storage technology?
- Are bite-sized approaches better in the short term but more problematic in the long term?
Our experts
Laurence Hart, an information consultant at Word of Pie and former CIO at AIIM International.
Steve Weissman of the Holly Group consulting firm and the president of the New England Chapter of AIIM.
Ron Miller, an enterprise reporter at TechCrunch and an information management expert.
Lauren Horwitz (@lhorwitz), executive editor of SearchContentManagement (@sContentMgmt)
Join us! The details:
Date: Thursday, Nov. 13
Time: 2-3 p.m. EST
Host: @sContentManagement
Hashtag: Use and follow #CloudECM
Tweet jam guidelines
To participate, just use the hashtag #CloudECM on Twitter. Here are some suggestions to keep in mind when you join us for the tweet jam:
- Introduce yourself. Before joining the conversation, let us know who you are. Include your name, organization and job title in your first #CloudECM tweet.
- Tell us what is what. SearchContentManagement will preface a series of questions to followers between the allotted times using Q1, Q2, Q3 and so on. Preface your tweets with A1 (for Answer 1), A2, A3 and so on, and include #CloudECM.
- Stay within character limits. Remember that Twitter permits 140 characters per tweet. If you've got a lot to say, it's OK to tweet multiple responses to each question.
- Engage with the community. This is an opportunity to network and connect with Twitter users on the same wavelength. Retweet responses you agree with, and reply to those you don't.
- Connect with our experts. After the jam, feel free to ask our experts follow-up questions directly.
Please direct questions about the tweet jam to executive editor Lauren Horwitz. Email her at email@example.com, and follow her on Twitter: @lhorwitz.


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SDH 182: How to Successfully Transition to Entrepreneurship with Britney Kolodziej
Today's podcast episode is sponsored by LOLA. LOLA is a female-founded company offering a line of organic cotton tampons, pads, and liners. (Pssstt....the founders of LOLA came on the show back in April, "How to Create a Lifestyle Change with Your Product.")
They started their company with a simple and seemingly obvious idea: women shouldn't have to compromise when it comes to feminine care products.
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How much longer are you going to represent a brand that doesn't fulfill you? When will you take the leap and showcase yourself as your own boss, with a business that encompasses your passions?
For Britney Kolodziej, founder of JAM Marketing Group, that moment came when she received the message that she was going to be a speaker at a blogging convention in 2016. As head of the marketing department at a fitness corporation, she had been dabbling in the blogging world personally, but primarily professionally as a marketing tool for the company. On a whim she decided to apply to be a speaker for the convention, but when she unexpectedly landed the gig, she began questioning if she wanted to use that platform to represent the company or herself. The opportunity had showed her what she was capable of achieving, and ignited her drive to start her own business.
She knew that her business would be marketing based, because she was in love with the concept of intentionally growing a business and building a business's worth; which she had done with her department at her previous job within two years. She decided her business would specialize in online marketing, and her clientele would be small businesses. However, she had a few more ends to tie up before the convention.
She began working on her business's minimum viable products (MVPs) , which are basic features that any start-up should have in order to adopt early consumers. Her MVPs were a company name, website, a few blog posts, at least one client, and an enticing factor in exchange for emails.
To focus on this, she realized she had to leave her corporate job once and for all, and gave them a four-week notice. After her last day, she shared her business with her peers on social media, and accomplished the goals she had set for her herself by the convention!
In order to effectively grow her business, while navigating life without a steady income, she had to set up a minimum viable income. By giving herself a budget that she could operate by comfortably, she was able to gain confidence in how she managed her business. This empowered her to make smart business decisions when entering into new contracts, pitches, and gaining new clientele.
Even though she was making great strides in her budding business, she was met with the loneliness involved in the early stages of entrepreneurship. One piece of advice she offers to new business owners is to never do it alone. She stresses the importance of finding a community of people like you to talk to or offer guidance. If you can't find your tribe, you could end up feeling isolated talking to people who don't understand the stage you're at in your life, or work yourself into a depression. So, she created her podcast, Marketing in Yoga Pants, to offer support for women like her who were just getting their foot in the entrepreneurial door, and needed to know what to do, and have a network of women to talk to.
Tune in and learn more about how Britney started her business and got it off the ground within 90 days!
In this episode you will...
- Know how to represent yourself as the owner of your own company for the first time
- When to let go of an old job to focus on growing your business
- Be able to pull together your Minimum Viable Product when your building and presenting your business.
- Determine and operate off of your Minimum Viable Income
- Learn the importance of having a confidant in the early stages of being an entrepreneur
- Make every move and decision intentionally
"This whole building a business world is much more of my thing...[it is] where my heart is...I got bit by the bug...I think I've always been destined to be my own boss...and it's...the best thing I ever could've done for myself." -Britney Kolodziej
"I took a hard look at my living expenses...and it was smaller than what I had even though it was, and that allowed me to kind of operate not out of a place of fear, but out of a place of empowerment, and I think that is what allowed me to succeed...I wasn't fearful that I wasn't going to make that money." -Britney Kolodziej
"Those...girls on our couch in our yoga pants, top knot tight, hunched over a MacBook, alone, trying to figure this business thing out...I am working to bring us together so we don't feel that isolation. So we can support each other while we're supporting ourselves, and maybe find a little place online...and in real-life to connect to each other, because I don't think you can do this alone." -Britney Kolodziej
"You don't have to have every single thing planned out...but [also] every single decision you haveto make, try to make it intentionally. Try to think it about what you're grounded in, and where this decision may take you, and that's where it becomes fulfilling. That's when you start making meaningful changes." -Britney Kolodziej
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I feel this skirt looks best at the natural waist line and in order for it to fit that way I had to order a size smaller.The craftsmanship and material are very nice. No need for an additional slip!
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New detached villa (170 sqm) with a garden (450 sqm) is located in the center of Forte dei Marmi at a distance of about 1.2 km from the sea, not far from the central square. The construction and the finishing of the villa are made using high quality materials and modern technology. The construction works will be finished at the beginning of 2016. The villa is supplied with air conditioning, alarm system, autonomic heating. Each room has got a thermostat to adjust the temperature. The gate is equipped with automatic control system.
The villa consists of 2 levels.
The ground floor includes a living room, a kitchen with the entrance to the terrace, a bedroom with a bathroom and a covered terrace.
The top floor is composed of a master bedroom with a bathroom and a large terrace, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom with a bathtub.
There is a parking space for several cars in the garden.
The property is owned by a legal entity.
Location: Centro Forte dei Marmi. Sea: 1 km
Energy rating: Pending.
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Bishop Pete speaks at all saints
Christian Voice in Contemporary- 'Mutual Flourishing in a place of disagreement'.
In Lent, All Saints Ecclesall hosts an annual public theology programme in partnership with St Peter's College. It builds on the very successful 'Christian Voices in the Contemporary World' series launched in 2014. We have recorded each of the talks since 2017 and they can all be found below. This talk was rearranged after it had to be postponed due to snow.


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The animal activist group PETA is in a serious outrage over the Olsen twins new designs. They have created backpacks and totes from REAL animal fur for their upscale, luxury line, The Row.
PETA is referring to them as the "Trollsen Twins" and released this statement to the press:
"If it looks like a troll and acts like a troll, it's probably a Trollsen Twin — or someone wearing one of their new $16,000 totes, which are made from the fur and skins of innocent animals … What the Olsens lack in creativity, they try to make up for in shock value. Sadly, it's the foxes, calves, and alligators — who often have the fur ripped off them while they are still conscious and able to feel pain — who pay the dearest price."


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Pristine, Upstate Village
Milan may have the smallest population in all of Dutchess County, but it is not to be overlooked. The town holds strong to its small-town historic roots, with a beautiful greek-revival Town Hall and winding forest roads.
The Commute
Located in the northernmost portion of Dutchess, the drive to Manhattan is about 1 hour and 45 minutes. Albany to the north is just an hour's drive.
The Place To Go
Wilcox Memorial Park, for long hikes or a summer lunch by the lake.
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Like most towns in the area, Milan's economy was centered on agriculture. Back in the 1840s, Milan boasted a thriving population of over 1700 spread across a half dozen hamlets.
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I always really liked the pattern of paint on this leaf I found in Prospect Park. I tried to imagine how and why the paint got in there. It does fit in with some of my Second Nature work, or maybe some images from End of the Line, but it just seems off when I look at in sequence with the other images from Drift. There is hardly any reference to human interaction in the landscape in Drift, which is why this one came out.
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An actor who grew up in Leamington and whose talent was nurtured in the town has spoken of her excitement at making her debut at the RSC.
Amelia Donkor will play Silvia in As You Like It and Hortensia in The Taming of the Shrew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre over the coming months.
And for the former North Leam pupil, it's the fulfilment of a long-held ambition.
Amelia said: "It's been my not so secret wish to work for the RSC for a long time, and I'm thrilled that I'm making my debut.
"Rehearsals have been an absolute joy and I just can't wait for opening night."
Amelia made the most of the opportunities at North Leam when it attained 'arts college' status, taking GCSEs in drama, music and dance.
"We had loads of after school arts activities that I was a part of," said Amelia, "and my drama teacher - who recommended I audition for the National Youth Theatre - was a big part of my route to becoming an actor."
And outside school, Amelia found another source of inspiration in the town.
She said: "I was at the Loft Theatre every Saturday morning and absolutely loved it.
"One year me and some of the other kids were picked to be in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. I only had one line which I'm pretty sure was 'Yes Miss', but I was so worried that I couldn't do a Scottish accent. I think I've got a bit better at accents these days – but not much!"
Living so close to Stratford also had its advantages for one so keen on theatre.
"The RSC was an absolute treat day out when I was growing up," said Amelia. "I still have a lot of the programmes of the many shows I watched.
"I enjoyed seeing plays but most of all I loved the open days and activities. Meeting actors and trying on costumes, getting the chance to speak a bit of Shakespeare with the professionals was amazing. The little girl in me is pretty excited that now I'm one of those professionals!"
And moving into acting as a job came naturally for Amelia.
She said: "I was lucky enough to have great teachers and family and support to get into the acting world. It's a kind of crazy decision to go to drama school at 18, but everyone got behind me.
"I don't know if I ever really made the decision to become an actor, I just went with the flow and I'm still with it!"
Amelia, who now lives in London, hopes to make the most of her return to the county. She said: "I've got family all over Warwickshire and I'm hoping they'll all be coming to see the shows I am in. My mum's already booked multiple tickets! Plus I'll have plenty of people to visit on my Sundays off, so it's going to be a busy summer.
"I have so many memories of growing up in Leamington, but mostly all of the beautiful outdoor spaces. I'll be visiting Jephson Gardens and Victoria Park a lot when I'm back."
Amelia has worked mainly in theatre since graduating from LAMDA. She has managed to get herself into most television soaps, such as East-Enders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks, but says her "heart is with the theatre and all the live magic".
And she is excited at the possibilities afforded by her forthcoming roles.
Amelia said: "Silvia and Hortensia are very different in style and status, but equally as challenging and fun to play.
"For me, what's most exciting about both characters is that they are originally written as men. This opens up a whole new world of storytelling and innovation, and we're breathing new life into these great classics."
As You Like It runs from Thursday, February 14, and The Taming of the Shrew from March 8, both until August 31.
Call 01789 331111 or visit rsc.org.uk to book.


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