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Maybe now we're getting closer to truthiness. The first reports of the high altitude fight on Mt. Everest April 27 came primarily from the three western climbers involved in the dustup with Sherpa guides, climbers, and porters. In the last two days as more witnesses are coming forward, it's become clear that Simone Moro, Ueli Steck, and photographer Jonathan Griffith were not blameless, despite their early statements, but also that their actions have to be set against larger issues of commercial climbing vs. independent, the complex relationships between westerners and Nepalis, and the challenges of organizing safety when hundreds of people are funneled in a dangerous place.
Tensions were already high on the Lhotse Face before Moro and Steck and Griffith began their climb to Camp 3 on April 27, said Chad Kellogg, who is attempting to break the speed record from Base Camp to the summit and back. On the day prior, April 26, Kellogg and Rory Stark set fixed ropes up the face along the line of the 1953 first ascent, but were turned back by a huge crevasse.
"We had just wasted a day in our efforts," Kellogg wrote. "As the realization set in we were more than a bit disappointed. Rory and I removed the screws and rappelled the face…The Sherpas just ran down and left us to fend for ourselves and so we coiled 400 meters of rope, collected the equipment, and filled our packs with 50 lbs of gear and rope to bring back down.
"When we arrived to Camp 2 there was a lot of grumbling from the Sherpa crew that we had wasted a day. They had wanted to fix the lines to Camp 3 themselves without the "white eyes" or mikaru as the foreigners are known. We came to find out that the fixing of the lines is a matter of national pride for the Sherpas. We stopped in at IMG for a few cups of juice and to talk with the guides and staff. We explained what we had tried and the insurmountable obstacles that we had run into. They congratulated us on our effort and we resigned to take a rest day and let the 18 Sherpa crew fix the lines up to Camp 3. I observed that tensions amongst the Sherpas line-fixing crew were high."
The next day, Moro, Steck, and Griffiths set out for their Camp 3, located a little lower than the commercial C3. According to Alpine Ascents guide Garrett Madison, expedition leaders had agreed to avoid the face when Sherpas were setting up the fixed lines, a meeting Moro did not attend. When they arrived at the bottom, the three were asked not to climb it, then were either given permission or proceeded on their own (accounts are conflicting).
The Europeans were not the only independent climbers on the Lhotse Face, however. A group of Russians aiming for Lhotse were ascending parallel to the fixed lines, too.
The Russians wrote, "Headed up to Camp 3 we were caught up at the bottom of the ice wall by the group of Sherpas and a couple of Americans (heads of expeditions, interesting in fixing ropes on Everest) who persistently asked us not to continue our climb so as not to disturb the Sherpas. We tried to explain to them for about half an hour that we could climb aside from the Sherpas without disturbing them, to which they eventually agreed. We set our tent almost below the bergschrund, although we had planned to climb higher for acclimatization." (Translated into English for Expedition Web).
The weather was deteriorating as the western trio approached the sharp end of the Sherpa efforts — the wind was picking up and temperature was dropping. According to Garrett Madison, whose account was written to share the Sherpa perspective, this is what happened next:
As the fixing team was moving through a steeper section of the Lhotse Face, the three European climbers met with the fixing team. The fixing team alerted the three climbers to not touch or cross the rope. This is a high intensity environment where people's instincts are at a heightened state. The lead fixing Sherpa spoke with one of the three climbers at which point physical contact was made, at that point Simone came in verbal contact with a number of the fixing team who had now congregated at one of the anchors to secure themselves from sliding down the face.
Simone began to shout, many of the words in Nepali language, and many of the words were inflammatory. At this point the fixing team made the correct decision to drop their loads of rope and hardware, attaching them to the installed line, and descend without any further interaction or confrontation with the three climbers. The fixing team descended to Camp 2 and went to their respective camps as a number of expedition teams work together to fix the route on Mt. Everest. As the fixing team descended to Camp 2, Simone radioed down requesting to know what the Sherpa were talking about. At one point Simone stated over open radio frequency (fixing frequency-tuned in by all the fixing teams and anyone listening on the mountain) that if the Sherpa had a problem he could come down to Camp 2 soon and "f—ing fight."
As Simone returned back to Camp 2 he again spoke over the fixing frequency a demand to speak with the fixing team comprised of 16 Sherpa (of eight different teams) back at Camp 2. He explained that he would meet them at one of the expedition camps. When he arrived in Camp 2 he went to his tent. At this point some western guides went to Simone's camp to explain that he should apologize for the situation his team created during a very dangerous workday. As the western guides spoke to Simone, Sherpas from many different teams congregated as a result of his radio call from the Lhotse Face and wanted to speak with Simone and get an apology and to explain to him how difficult their job had been that day. The Sherpas who were together felt that Simone's words and interactions were both hurtful to the individuals, as well as grave and serious insults to the entire Sherpa community. As the Sherpas approached Simone's camp tensions were high and they wanted to have a discussion with an already angered Simone. Then Simone came out to talk and both sides approached each other in loud discussion at which point a careless western climber who had not been involved up on the Lhotse Face arrived and entangled physically with a Sherpa.
What happened next, as described by Kellogg, sounds surreal.
Melissa [Arnot] … saw a large group of Sherpas, between 35 and 75 men, headed for the encampment of Simone, Jonathan, and Ueli. She was closer than the mob so she ran to the tent and told them to make a run for the glacier and hide. Simone and Jonathan made it out to the glacier while Ueli stayed behind.
Ueli said that he was confronted by the mob and was immediately hit in the head by a fist followed by a rock to the head. Melissa pushed Ueli into the kitchen tent to protect him from the mob. The Sherpa men would not hit a woman so she was the buffer of protection from the very angry mob. Since it was too hard to figure out what was happening to Simone and Jonathan, Melissa sent a Sherpa from Simone's camp to get he and Jonathan from the glacier. They were secretly ushered into the same kitchen tent as Ueli and buffered from the mob by Melissa and the head of Camp 2 for IMG. The men promised that if Simone came out on his knees and begged for forgiveness he would not be hurt. Simone tried to get out of the tent on his knees when he was beaten and forced back inside. Awhile later Melissa asked Simone to get back on his knees outside the tent and ask for forgiveness again. She had been assured by the instigaters that he would not be hurt. So Simone got on his knees to ask for forgiveness and was kicked under the chin, someone tried to stab him with a pen knife, but fortunately the knife hit him in the padded belt of his backpack.
Simone retreated inside the tent again. Marty Schmidt recalled when I talked with him at Camp 2 that he saw a man getting ready to bring a large rock down on Simone's head to kill him. Marty grabbed the rock and the man's arm and shouted, "No, no violence." For his intervention he received a rock to the head himself. Marty was still wearing the bandage on his head when I spoke with him.
Eventually, the crowd of angry men dispersed. Swearing that if the three, Simone, Jonathan, and Ueli were still there in an hour they would come back and kill the three of them. Simone, Jonathan, and Ueli left by the main glacier behind camp and hidden from view. They did not even have a rope to protect them from the crevasses that lurk there as an ever present danger. Beat up but mobile, the trio made their way down from Camp 2 to 1 and through the icefall back to Base Camp.
The next day, the parties signed a "peace agreement," and the westerners ended their No2 expedition. Steck and Griffith are heading home to Switzerland and the U.K., respectively. Moro, a rescue helicopter pilot, initially said he would stay on the mountain, but the Pakistan Times reported that, he, too, is leaving the Khumbu Valley.
Steck and Moro blamed the fight on a clash of values between commercial climbs that would depend upon the fixed ropes the Sherpas were setting and independent climbers such as themselves who wouldn't.
"I don't think it was a personal problem towards our team," Steck told Swiss Info, "but a long-term problem that has been growing in Nepal recently. I guess we were just at the wrong place at the wrong time."
He went on to say that the Nepali climbers were jealous of their richer western clients. The Swiss Info interviewer pressed Steck, asking, "Are you sure you did not provoke them?" but he replied, "The Sherpas have worked here for many years and they are the rich people in Nepal, and they have gained a lot of power. But on the other hand they see all these westerners making all that money. And there is a huge gap between them and the westerners. What happened up there is the display of anger that has been growing for years. It is the rift between two worlds and the jealousy has grown over years."
Moro, when asked whether he understood why the Sherpas were so upset, said, "Not really, there are still many question marks. We didn't ascend using the fixed ropes, we didn't bother anyone, and we climbed fast, alpine style to Camp 3 and when we went to our tent they just exploded."
As with most conflicts, the situation on Everest wasn't that simple. The Base Camp peace agreement stated: "All those present agreed and committed that such activities must never be repeated by anyone in mountaineering and in the tourism sector. If any party is dissatisfied with the actions of another party, they commit not to go into conflict or use violence against the other party. Instead they commit to report the actions to the government representatives or relevant government recognized association present at the base camps, to come to an amicable solution between the parties." It is a worthy and noble idea, and maybe it will lead to better understanding. But 50 years to the day since the first American ascent, the Everest climbing scene has become a complex mix of big-money efforts fueled by intensely goal-oriented people, where cultural and language differences easily lead to misunderstanding, all set in an extremely dangerous natural environment at an altitude that diminishes decision making and weakens the body. In light of all that, summiting might be the easy part.
In an interview with Explorers Web, Simone Moro said, "Garrett Madison's report is completely false. He wrote: '…At one point Simone stated over open radio frequency (fixing frequency-tuned in by all the fixing teams and anyone listening on the mountain) that if the Sherpa had a problem he could come down to Camp 2 soon and 'f—ing fight'.'
"This is completely, completely, completely false! I never did such a stupid and provocative radio call, and I have witnesses to confirm it. The report is falsifying facts to justify the tension and the violence in Camp 2. I can understand that he has to defend his business, but lying is not the way to do it. "
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Prod the larva of Cicindela dorsalis media, and it will elegantly leap into the air, curve its body into a perfect spinning hoop and roll away from danger across the sand, propelled by the wind.
This surprising talent makes the beetle one of just a handful of non-human animals that make use of the wheel, and the only one known to use the wind for propulsion. The deserts of Namibia are home to cartwheeling spiders (Carparachne) that roll down dunes, and two species of moth caterpillars as well as one species of mantis shrimp are also known to roll.
Alan Harvey, a biologist at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro and his student Sarah Zukoff stumbled across the remarkable behaviour when Zukoff accidentally kicked a sand dune on a coastal island in Georgia and dislodged some beetle larvae.
Intrigued by the rolling bug-mania that ensued, the researchers turned to high-speed video images. These revealed that each larva begins its flight with a high, twisting leap that helps it to orient itself to the wind and to get an extra starting boost from the stronger air currents that blow higher above the ground.
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As it rolls, the larva appears to hold its legs out to the sides, perhaps for balance. "It seems at least possible that it's using its legs in exactly the same way I use my arms when I ride a unicycle," says Harvey.
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Sadly, their escape mode is not faultless: it only works on flat, undisturbed sand. Any disturbance, even a footprint, is enough to block the larva's wheeling and knock it over. So as we tread across beaches, we may be interfering with the beetles' freewheeling bids for safety. This, Harvey and his colleagues speculate, could help explain why beetle numbers have been declining in recent years.
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Sunrise from Cadillac Mountain reveals a coastline carved with a crooked knife. From that famous vantage on Mount Desert Island, the coast of Maine comes out of the dark.
It's a complicated affair of peninsulas and coves, a jigsaw of rock and water, a play of motion and stasis. At dawn, the familiar names of famous places don't much matter–Bar Harbor, Frenchman Bay, the Porcupine Islands, the Cranberry Isles. You need pay attention only to the forms of this landscape emerging from night, a natural reciprocity of land and water shaped by climate and honed by weather, attended by the casual genius of sea level expressing itself as a restless edge of tide.
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It's said that in summer you can walk across Marblehead Harbor on the bows of the vessels that crowd this busy, historic port town. The winter, of course, brings a different scene, one that turns the harbor into a sheet of glass: a reflective quiet disturbed only by the fishing and lobster boats of the hardworking folks who still make their living on the ocean. The best way to absorb the light and thoughtful stillness that the morning hour gently requires is with a group of stalwart "Headers" at The Driftwood–a petite dockside restaurant–as you fill your belly with fluffy pancakes and perfect sunny-side-up eggs. There's always less guilt eating extra home fries or bacon in the winter, when deep-fried love just might keep us a touch warmer.
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There are Eastern mountains with higher peaks, steeper trails, far more impressive numbers of them than Wildcat Mountain's 47. But from the summit, no ski area gives such a sense of the Northern wild. Polecat, the most scenic Alpine trail in the country, cuts down Wildcat's flank. It's a green-dot trail–beginners all the way–and all that distance, for more than two miles, you look west into Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine. Legendary north-country skiers cut the trails on Wildcat, and they knew what they were doing. No trail in New England is more loved by those who know it than Polecat. –Mel Allen
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Very seldom while snowshoeing do you come across a bronze Eve emerging from a snowdrift, a pile of powder resting on the apple in her still hand. Rarer still do you find a museum as dedicated to the interaction of nature and art as the DeCordova. Its sprawling sculpture park is a wonder throughout the year, but it takes on a new life in winter, when the museum invites snowshoers (either on guided tours or alone) to trek through its hills and to appreciate its collection to the sound of softly crunching snow. –Justin Shatwell
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The highest concentration of eagles in the Northeast winter on the shores of the southern Connecticut River. Here, they find plenty of fish in open tidal waters. On this morning the sky is just a bit overcast, so viewing isn't obscured by a sunny glare, and it's early enough in the season that the eagles haven't begun to head north again. Hope is in the air.
Aboard the RiverQuest, our guide, Andrew Griswold, director of the Connecticut Audubon Society's EcoTravel program, offers one-and-a-half-hour boat trips from early February through the end of March. We head north from Essex along the winding Connecticut River. Towns skirt the shore on both sides: Deep River and Brockway, Chester and Hadlyme. The river is narrow here, the coast dotted with trees and golden marsh grass. Griswold points out nests, eagles perched in trees, a pair with their white heads glistening, some young ones, too. We get so close to the birds that he stops speaking into the microphone. He whispers so as not to disturb a second-year eagle, which he identifies by its white belly and ragged wings. We lose count of our sightings after a good dozen.
The turnaround point is Gillette Castle in East Haddam. This imposing building was once home to American actor William Gillette, famous for his stage performance of Sherlock Holmes. The giant stone structure sits on a bluff well above the river. For most of the trip, we've turned our eyes upward. Now, jarred from nature's reassurance back to civilization in an instant, we crane our necks to take in this monument to a human being. As if on cue, Griswold points high, well above the castle. Young eagles soar. –Polly Bannister
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There are more than 60 kilometers of groomed Nordic trails and snowshoe routes at Trapp Family Lodge, the Stowe, Vermont, resort opened in 1950 by those same Von Trapps whose story inspired the Broadway musical and movie The Sound of Music. But no stretch is more inviting than the flat 5K run that cuts along Sugar Road. Not just because of the sweeping views of the Green Mountains, the canopy of pines, birches, and big maples under which you ski, or the sleigh bells chiming nearby as a team of Clydesdales pulls a crew readying sap buckets for an expected maple run in late February.
No, the real beauty here is the trail's finishing point: Slayton Pasture Cabin. On a beautiful blue-sky day, the cabin's front deck, overlooking the woods, is tempting, but the coziness of a crackling fire may keep you inside.
Slayton is at its core a one-man team, with Mike Gora, who lives in the cabin's loft, your cook, your greeter, your server, and on top of all that, your local nature guide. It's a tidy operation, with a menu featuring a changing assortment of homemade soups (such as Moroccan couscous with sweet potato), made-to-order sandwiches, and hot drinks. When it's time, a decadent Austrian Linzer torte or one of those chocolaty magic bars–guilt-free after a long cross-country ski–offers the perfect finishing touch.
Ski, eat, relax, and ski again. At Slayton it's about the journey and the destination–for most of us, anyway. In the log book, a 10-year-old named Tyler writes: "I did it for the brownies." –Heather Atwell
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Aircom Manufacturing has been noted as the maker of a prototype for a lifesaving medical device reviewed in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, October 2008.
The tested technology, a three-bladed propeller pump, was developed at Indiana University School of Medicine, with hopes of providing a better option to patients with Fontan failure of the heart. The condition is challenging to manage and carries a high risk of death.
A team of doctors and scientists are working to create a small propellor pump that would alleviate venous pressure and provide a bridge to recovery or transplantation.
The study authors (Amy L. Throckmorton, PhD, Kimberly K. Ballman, BA, Cynthia D. Myers, MD, Steven H. Frankel, PhD, John W. Brown, MD, and Mark D. Rodefeld, MD) have received several grants, including a National Institutes of Health Grant, Collaboration in Bioengineering Grant and Research Support Funds Grant.
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Bloomberg reported that natural gas futures saw their first advance in four days, boosted by a report that showed that stockpiles had fallen the most in two years.
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This was definitely a bullish withdrawal," said Kent Bayazitoglu, an analyst at Gelber & Associates in Houston. "It was a cold week. People had reduced their expectations because of the New Year's holiday, but this number would have been bullish even if it hadn't been a holiday week.


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Trembling Bells
Trembling Bells is a Scottish folk rock group formed by drummer Alex Neilson, a musician with a strong history of free and improvised playing with several artists. Based in Glasgow, the group are signed to Honest Jon's Records and have released three albums through the label.
Neilson had previously collaborated with early music vocalist and musician Lavinia Blackwall[1] in the free improvisation folk music project, Directing Hand.[2] Neilson gathered a group from members of his previous musical projects, consisting of bassist Simon Shaw (formerly of Lucky Luke) and guitarist Ben Reynolds along with occasional players George Murray (trombone) and Aby Vuillamy (viola), both formerly of Scatter and The One Ensemble.[3] The group signed to Honest Jon's Records in 2009 and released debut Carbeth in April 2009. The album was well received by critics.[2][4] Carbeth holds a 76 (mostly favourable) rating from 7 reviews at Metacritic.[5]
The band's second album, Abandoned Love, was co-produced with Belle and Sebastian member Stevie Jackson and released a year later in April 2010. Between albums Ben Reynolds was replaced by Mike Hastings on guitar. The critical response to this album was again positive. "Hidebound fol-de-rolling is just not an option for this band; they take the antic forms, loosen them and make them arresting and new once more." wrote Kitty Empire in The Guardian.[6] Comparing with the debut album John Mulvey said that "The same elements remain – though perhaps less String Bandish whimsy – but this time, Trembling Bells are gutsier, more forthright, glowing with confidence"[7] Abandoned Love was tipped as a possible nomination for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize, but their label did not enter the album into the contest.[8]
Third album, The Constant Pageant was released on 21 March 2011.[9] Reviews were again generally favourable. Critics observed a move towards mainstream pop[10] Popmatters gave the album nine out of ten, stating "We should probably we careful about reading too much development into the material on album number three, because some of it appears to date back to the time of their debut ("Goathland", for example, was in the band's live repertoire from the start). Even so, it is still tempting to say that The Constant Pageant is the strongest collection Trembling Bells have yet put out."[11] The reviewer for Uncut gave a mixed review, writing "one hopes the band will not steer too close to plain old indie rock." The album has an 81 out of 100 at Metacritic based on 5 reviews.[12]
Trembling Bells performed a BBC Radio 6 Music session on the Marc Riley show on Monday, 6 Jun 2011.[13]
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Trembling Bells' references late 1960s psychedelia and British folk revival acts such as Fairport Convention and the Incredible String Band. Lavinia Blackwall's soaring vocal style has drawn comparisons to Sandy Denny [14] and We Five's Beverly Bivens. Stuart Maconie described their music as "wild and romantic, witty and heartbreaking", saying that "It has both the charm of folk music and the power of rock".[15] John Mulvey has said "the rickety spirit of various Pastels/Bill Wells affiliates can be heard occasionally"[2]
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Trembling Bells played at Green Man Festival 2009.[16] In 2010 they performed at All Tomorrow's Parties Bowlie Weekender 2 curated by Belle and Sebastian.[17] The group toured the UK and Ireland in Spring 2011 to promote The Constant Pageant[18] In August 2011, the group conducted a 5-date tour of the UK in collaboration with Mike Heron of the Incredible String Band.[19] Reviewing their London show at the Vortex Jazz Club Robin Denselow gave it four out of five stars and said the gig was "This was an intriguing double bill, matching one of the originators of the experimental British psych-folk scene against its most interesting current exponents."[20] Mike Heron & Trembling Bells with Shelah McDonald, Oran Mor - Glasgow 2 August 2013. They conducted a small return tour around the UK together in December 2014, which Freq described as being as if "you were transported back to that hazy time in the '60s when music was magical and could open different doors to whole new experiences." [21]
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The current line up of Trembling Bells is:
- Lavinia Blackwall (keyboard, guitar, vocal)
- Alex Neilson (drums, vocal)
- Michael Hastings (guitar, vocal)
- Simon Shaw (bass guitar, vocal)
- Catweasel (guitar, glasses)
- 2009 Carbeth
- 2010 Abandoned Love
- 2011 The Constant Pageant
- 2012 The Marble Downs with Bonnie Prince Billy
- 2010 New Year's Eve's the Loneliest Night of the Year with Bonnie Prince Billy and Mike Heron.
- ^ Blackwall, Lavinia. "Lavinia Blackwall, singer". Singerspro. Blue Compass ltd. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ a b c Mulvey, James. "Trembling Bells, Carbeth". Uncut:Wild Mercury Sound 2009-04-02. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Edwards, Duncan. "Trembling Bells, Carbeth". Brainwashed, 03 May 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Meyer, Bill. "Trembling Bells: Carbeth". Dusted Reviews,May. 13, 2009. Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Carbeth". Metacritic. 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (18 April 2010). "Trembling Bells: Abandoned Love (Honest Jon's)". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Mulvey, John. "Trembling Bells: "Abandoned Love"". Uncut: Wild Mercury Sound, 2010-04-01. IPC Media. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (8 August 2010). "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and the Cairo Gang; Trembling Bells Shepherd's Bush Empire, London". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Trembling Bells The Rich Pageant". Culture Critic-Recorded Music. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Denselow, Robert (17 March 2011). "Trembling Bells: The Constant Pageant – review". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Elliot, Richard. "Trembling Bells: The Constant Pageant". Popmatters-Music-Reviews-15 April 2011. Popmatters Media Inc. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ "Reviews for The Constant Pageant by Trembling Bells". Metacritic. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- ^ "Trembling Bells". Radio 6 Music Mark Riley. BBC. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ See, for example, John Mulvey in Mojo, October 2010 regarding the "alignment" of the Bells with Fairport Convention
- ^ Maconie, Stuart (5-11). Radio Times: 131. Check date values in:
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- ^ Stevens, Sarah. "Trembling Bells The Green Man Festival 2009 photos". E Festivals Green Man 2009. eFestivals. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "ATP bowlie weekender 2". All Tomorrows Parties. ATPFestivals. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Bowes, David (8 April 2011). "Trembling Bells' Alex Neilson: "I'd probably be a professional footballer if it wasn't for Trout Mask Replica"". The Skinny. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ Murray, Robin. "Trembling Bells / Mike Heron team up for short run of shows". Clash music 06/07/2011. Clash Music. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ Denselow, Robin (31 August 2011). "Mike Heron and Trembling Bells – review". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ Parsons, Gary (12 December 2014). "Mike Heron and Trembling Bells (live at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club)". Freq. London. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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Global Gamma, LLC filed as a Florida Limited Liability in the State of Florida and is no longer active. This corporate entity was filed approximately eight years ago on Thursday, May 3, 2007 as recorded in documents filed with Florida Department of State. There are a couple of officers known to have been associated with this organization.
Carla Santilli served as the Manager and has interests in other corporate entities including Global Alpha, LLC, Northeast Wind Corporation and ten more corporations. Carla's past corporate affiliations include Rosso, Inc., Neutron Research, Inc.
Ruggero Santilli was the Manager of Global Gamma, LLC. Ruggero's additional corporate interests include Institute for Basic Research, Inc., Clean Energies Tech Co. and eight more corporations. Ruggero's past corporate affiliations include Rosso, Inc., Neutron Research, Inc.
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The special glass is just beginning to make its way into public displays such as ATMs and payment terminals, but Corning hopes it will eventually get into consumer electronics.
The voice-recognition company is viewed as a derivative play on Apple's iPhone 4S growth.
Researchers say they suspect Diebold machines aren't the only ones susceptible to simple man-in-the-middle attacks.
Compromised ATMs, virus-infected USB drives, badges with built-in microphones and security experts getting hacked--no wonder it's scary going to Black Hat and Defcon.
A 2002 federal law encouraged states to buy touch-screen voting machines. Millions of dollars later, some states are ditching the devices in favor of old-fashioned paper ballots and optical scanning.
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LOS ANGELES (January 17, 2011) - Teleflora, the world's leading flower wire serviceoffering only hand-arranged, hand-delivered floral bouquets by local florists, announced today its 2011 Education Center schedule.� For more than 25 years, the Education Center has provided innovative classes taught by leaders in the floral industry at floral world�s only professional state-of-the-art center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Teleflora�s Education Center is a certified AIFD pathway provider and education partner of AIFD.
"Since the center first opened in 1984, thousands of florists have attended our classes and we are proud of the excellence our education program continues to bring to the floral world.� Our curriculum has continued to evolve so those florists who are new or well-known within the community will benefit from the personal coaching, demonstrations and guided assignments," said Marie Ackerman, AIFD PFCI AAF, Vice President, Education. "One of the things so appealing each year about our class line-up is the amount of information each student receives � not only from the instructor who teaches the particular class, but also from the students sharing ideas with each other."
The 2011 education program gets under way in March and continues through October.� Ten classes will cover a wide range of floral-specific subjects including floral design that focuses on wedding bouquets, European and smart everyday style design, and distinctive designing with tropicals.� Returning to this year�s line-up is the highly popular, "Prom Ready? Flowers to Wear," class, offering tips and trends within an area that can help florists grow their businesses.� Also returning for a second year is "TESTING, Testing...1, 2, 3: A Primer on Using the Principles & Elements of Design," which is for those designers who are seeking design certification at the state or national level.��
New to this year�s curriculum is the "Floral Educator: Commentating & Teaching" class, to help prepare florists develop and deliver content rich programs in their areas. This exciting new class will end with a live show featuring all of the students.� �
Teleflora�s 2011 class schedule is as follows:
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A Primer on using the Principles & Elements of Design
Instructor: Kevin Ylvisaker AIFD PFCI
April 3-6, 2011
Prom Ready? Flowers to Wear
Instructor: Joyce Mason-Monheim AIFD PFCI
June 5-8, 2011
Sympathy Expressions
Instructor: Wilton Hardy AIFD PFCI AAF
June 26-29, 2011
Weddings TODAY:� Bouquets with Style
Instructor: Bert Ford AIFD PFCI
July 17-20, 2011
Distinctive Designing with Tropicals
Instructor: John Hosek AIFD PFCI
July 31-August 3, 2011
European Design
Instructor: Els Hazenberg AIFD AAF
August 28-31, 2011
Business Smarts Summit: Operating a Successful Retail Flower Shop
Instructors: Paul Goodman CPA, Marie Ackerman AIFD PFCI AAF
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September 25-28, 2011
A Season of Prosperity: Autumn & Christmas
Instructor: Tim Farrell AIFD PFCI
October 2-5, 2011
Smart Everyday Design
Instructor: Susan Ayala AIFD
October 16-19, 2011
Floral Educator: Commentating & Teaching
Instructors: Marie Ackerman AIFD AAF PFCI & Tom Bowling AIFD PFCI
Tuition for Teleflora members is just $599.95 U.S. for the first nine classes and $699.95 U.S. for the Floral Educator Class and can be billed on their Teleflora clearinghouse statement or placed on a major credit card. If a florist brings someone to the same class, each person will receive a $50 discount.� �Scholarships to attend the Education Center are available from local Teleflora Units.
For more information on Teleflora�s Education Center or to register for classes, please call (800) 456-7890.� A description of each class can be found online at www.myteleflora.com
About the Teleflora Education Center
The Teleflora Education Center founded in 1984 conducts classes for thousands of retail florists. Housed on the second floor of the Teleflora office in Oklahoma City, the school features a state-of-the-art classroom, custom workroom and pleasant hospitality area. Classes are limited in size to enable personal coaching of each participant.
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Teleflora is the world�s leading flower delivery service connecting customers with the nation�s best local florists for over 75 years. All Teleflora flower arrangements are artistically arranged and hand-delivered in a keepsake vase using only the freshest flowers available through its member florist network.� Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Teleflora has over 16,000 member florists throughout the U.S. and Canada, with an additional 20,000 affiliated florists outside North America. Through its extensive member florist network, Web sites including www.teleflora.com and www.findaflorist.com, and its toll-free line 1-800-TELEFLORA, the company offers consumers fast, convenient and high-quality flowers and keepsake products.


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'Project Runway' finale at Fashion Week: A handful of hits and so many misses
NEW YORK -- Fashion Week and TV came together Friday (Sept. 9) at Lincoln Center for "Project Runway's" finale, with nine designers presenting their collections, ranging from the elegant to the strange.
Though no one theme ruled the runway, the event featured an abundance of flowing clothes; some accessorized with blue wrists and gladiator cuff bracelets. Metallic dresses and shorts remain popular as do completely sheer tops. Apparently, for now, bras and camisoles are out.
"We have been very tough on them, especially me, so I have learned," host and "Project Runway" judge Heidi Klum -- stunning in a backless, black sequined halter and pants -- says of this season's assortment of contestants.
Up first was Laura Kathleen. Like many of the designers, she mentions how seeing her creations on the catwalk is a lifelong ambition.
"I've been dreaming about this moment since I was 13," Kathleen says, explaining that her collection is for "everyday women."
Perhaps for everyday women who lunch and shop for much of their day, but most women have more practical needs, not reflected in these clothes. Still, Kathleen's clothes are compelling as she mixes metallic hues and fabrics, contrasting the inflexibility of the metal with soft fabrics as many of models wore gold bracelets that covered the forearm.
"I'm not quite sure how this happened," says audience favorite Bert Keeter as he introduced his collection.
Each designer presents 10 outfits, and Keeter's are arguably the most sophisticated. His clothes are beautifully cut, unadorned and the sort of dresses a woman invests in and expects to love for seasons.
When Bryce Black walked on stage, and cameras clicked, he momentarily froze. "I found something more terrifying than Heidi Klum," he says.
His outfits favor leather, toggle-like closures and shorts. Often the models look lost in them. Black put a long deep ruffle on a few pieces and the folds of the ruffle looked like ammo holders.
Incidentally, despite the the occasional outcry that models are dangerously skinny, they have become even thinner. And, no matter how beautiful someone is, slathering their arms with turquoise eye shadow does not enhance anything except the profits of makeup removal pads.
All of Anthony Ryan's models wore bangs and blunt bobs.
"We all know by this point that I am color blind," he says. "This collection is about freedom of expression. Fashion is fun and it's who we want to be."
No one could ever accuse Ryan of being a slave to the constraints of matching different patterns and fabrics. Though Ryan may be having a blast, his clothes did the models no favors, and if the clothes don't compliment a young, beautiful, tall and very thin model, it's a legitimate question as to who would look good in them.
On the other hand, Viktor Luna's designs looked fabulous. He used a periwinkle fabric with a black silhouette on it and it was exquisite on a strapless, above-the-knee dress and on a gown. He also showed a black lacy number with a leather harness that screamed Fredericks' of Hollywood.
Kimberly Goldson featured more color than the other designers, including deep purple pants, matched with a blouse that seemed to float on the model. She takes a lot of risks, and a teal metallic skirt and blouse work while a raspberry satin dress with a giant pouf in the back to make for a bubble butt, would do well on pretty much no one.
Olivier Green's clothes didn't stand out much -- more metallic pants, more sheer tops with nothing under them- - but he went for such a strange look for the models it must be noted. They all had their hair swept into a pouf and wore Bert of "Sesame Street" meets Frida Kahlo eyebrows.
Anya Ayoung-Chee gave her collection a Caribbean feel, with steel drums in the music and flowing, easy clothes including a bathing suit.
Finally, Joshua McKinley's collection was the most fashion forward with a plastic vest on a dress that had so much going on, including a green bra, that his clothes may only appeal to those yet to drink legally.
The season finale of "Project Runway" airs Thursday, Oct. 27, on Lifetime.
The season finale of "Project Runway" airs Thursday, Oct. 27, on Lifetime.
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By landing safely in Hawaii after a five-day leg, the Swiss plane -- on an around-the-world trip -- also sets the record for longest solo flight by time.
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Peek under the veil of an underground group of musicians and sound engineers who own record lathes, machines that cut music records from blank discs.
A loose underground society of record-lathe owners called the Secret Society of Lathe Trolls explores the lost art of cutting music into vinyl and plastic records.
As long as you have the latest version of OS X, you have the ability to record an iPhone's video and audio. Find out how.
As long as you have the latest version of OS X, you have the ability to record an iPhone's video and audio very easily. Find out how.
Technically Incorrect: You thought dinosaur movies were done? Not quite, as the latest Jurassic movie heads for an enormous weekend of money-grabbing, said to be the biggest June hit of all time.
If you can get it for free on YouTube, Pandora or Spotify, that's what it's worth: nothing.
Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, breaks President Obama's record for quickest to reach a million Twitter followers.
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I believe the City is a living entity, our ecological home. If you want to have a City, you need to become inter-dependent on many kinds of service workers whose work is never finished, but cycles like breathing, to keep the City alive and healthy. No matter how technologically advanced our culture becomes we will always be dependent upon these workers. I asked workers from 12 NYC agencies and authorities to give me their dirty work gloves, signifying work and honor. / Six columns are made of emblematic materials from six different agencies. / Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York.
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B. They are lead to believe (by Darktan under Sardines' influence) that they have witnessed something supernatural.
C. And Dangerous Beans says that he hopes there really is a Big Rat, and also refers to the book as a map (even after he knows the truth). And that was talking to Darktan and Peaches, both of whom have no faith in the book at that time.
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This is the first paper (as far as we know) written on the topic of virtual hosts hacking. It covers basic skills such as passive discovery techniques and (almost) stealth active discovery techniques. It also presents possible scenarios of exploitation.
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Even More Best of Paleo Diet Recipes
Well, last time we wrote about paleo diets, we saw there was a whole bunch of people out there who really loved it. So why not go for another round? Once again, we here at the Republic of Bacon don't know much about the science of paleo or caveman diets. But we do know a lot about spotting awesome food. And yeah, yeah, we know – bacon isn't always the most paleo of paleo foods – they weren't hunting wild bacon rashers on the Serengeti a few thousand years ago. But there's enough paleo blogs out there publishing these recipes that we thought it'd still be worthwhile to collect them. So with that in mind, let's pick up our spear and bow and arrow and chow down on some delicious grub.
Halibut with Bacon and Leeks
The great thing about the paleo diet is that it gives you an excuse to eat a lot of meat. In particular, there is a lot of emphasis on seafood, like fish. And if there's something that we all love at the Republic of Bacon, it's some tasty halibut or cod that's been cooked with bacon. Bacon's flavouring can be very heavy, so pairing it with something nice and light can give it a great balance. This recipe from The Paleo Periodical hits all of the right notes.
Meatloaf Muffins
When you are on a paleo diet, you can't have pretty much any of the things that go into a regular baked good: processed sugar, flour or salt. So, if you want to enjoy a good breakfast dish, you are going to have to make your muffins out of something a little more paleo-friendly – like meat! (Mmmmmmm!) Paleo Gurl offers this delicious-looking recipe for meatloaf muffins. Pair it with some salad to make a brunch worthy of cavemen.
Broccoli, Bacon and Cashew Salad
Like our caveman ancestors, people on the paleo diet try to stick to basic meals, such as salad. Salads are easy and quick to prepare, and in many ways, they probably resemble what cavemen (and caveladies) ate back in ye old times. The problem, of course, is that salad can get dull. That's why salads – like this one – that pack the zing of bacon with some tasty cashews can really make up for salad's otherwise major snooze factor.
Bacon and Tomato Guacamole
Guacamole is probably one of my most favouritest foods. When you are having a big plate of greasy nachos, there's nothing greater than having a big wad of guac slopped onto of all that cheese, salsa and sour cream. Of course, you aren't going to be having nachos on a paleo diet, but you can still enjoy the best part of those nachos: the delicious guacamole. Try this one with bacon and tomato that Paleo Diet Lifestyles recommends.
Bacon and Strawberries
Bacon and fruit has been dating off and on for awhile now, and we are happy to see it continuing. This recipe pairs that most tasty of meats with strawberries, making a perfect meal for a summer breakfast (if we ever get a summer!). And on top of that, it includes bok choy! Normally, that would sound like a terrible idea, but I'm thinking the mixture of flavours just might work.


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Drew Smith, Director of International Programs at Henderson State University in Arkansas, has a thoughtful essay on Ethics Daily entitled "Faith vs. Fear." He laments how fear seems to have prevailed over faith among American Christians throughout the last decade:
What shocks me the most about all of this rhetoric is that many Christians have bought into fear as a thoughtful reaction to terrorism, immigration, heathcare and many other important issues. Yet, the reality is that if we surrender to fear, our faith in God and in one another will diminish, and we will become less than the humans we were created to be. We will become fear-induced extremists instead of humans made in the image of God who are commanded to love others and to do good.Frankly, in my opinion, far too many preachers are like a certain breed of politicians who turn up the spigot of fear to manipulate public opinion and hold onto power.
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We were able to purchase a DSLR camera with Christmas money last year, and we've enjoyed "playing" with it, trying to learn all we can and get some good shots! Monday's adventure was a great opportunity to play a bit more! These aren't professional pictures, but it's fun to adjust the camera and mess around a with exposure and whatnot... Enjoy!
While we are absolutely thrilled to have a little one on the way, we desire to soak up every moment of just the two of us before she makes her grand appearance! We've got a few more adventures in the works, and it's such a blessing to make these memories together!
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Wataru Yoshida, a designer and illustrator in Tokyo, created the Composition of Mammal illustrated photo series to explore "the mysterious and delicate qualities of the Mammals Anatomy." The muted photos and fine lines address his interests and form a beautiful illustration with a mix of realism and artistry.
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Cena vs Taker looks probable, but then again so does Cena Rock II.
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Possibly Ziggler/Jericho for the World title and Triple H vs Barrett
Just got the strange feeling in wanting The Lion King 4???
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Bartholomew (m) Matt. 10:3/John 21:2
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Blessed Bartolomeo di Foresto (a.k.a. Bartholomew) ?-1489
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Saint Alban Bartholomew Roe 1583-1642
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Blessed Bartholomew Monfiore ?-1622
Blessed Bartholomew Shikiemon ?-1622
Blessed Bartolomé Laurel Dias (a.k.a. Bartholomew) ?-1627
Blessed Bartolomé Gutierrez (a.k.a. Bartholomew) ?-1632
Blessed Bartolomeu Alvarez (a.k.a. Bartholomew) ?-1737
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Emperor Xian
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Emperor Xian (漢獻帝, onyomi: Kankentei) is the fourteenth Han Emperor and lived during the Three Kingdoms era. Though young and inexperienced, he had noble qualities that made him more favorable than his older half-brother, Emperor Shao. He ascended to the throne but was forced to flee after Dong Zhuo's death. While in Cao Cao's protection, the conqueror held more power and the Han empire's influence dwindled. His status, as well as the Han Dynasty, ended with Cao Pi's forced abdication of the throne. Cao Jie is one of his wives.
He is known to have taken a great liking towards Liu Bei and called him "Honored Uncle" or "Royal Uncle".
Roles in GamesEdit
In most games, Emperor Xian is usually given a passing mention as the last Han Emperor. His decline of authority under Cao Cao and his abdication of the throne are mentioned quite often.
Dynasty WarriorsEdit
During his first Dynasty Warriors appearance, he talks with Cao Cao and Sun Jian during their respective Musou modes. In them, he expresses his wishes to defend his falling empire and thanks both warlords for their efforts. In the former, he is surprised when Cao Cao declines the throne yet, after hearing his reasoning, dubs him to be a fearful man.
Emperor Xian also has a special event in the following Empires installment in which if the player welcomes the emperor the player's land cannot be invaded by enemies.
Due to sheer fear of Cao Cao, he tries to order a covert assassination for Cao Cao's life in Dynasty Warriors 7. When Cao Cao learns of it, he confronts the emperor personally to accept his death if the emperor so wills it. As he hesitates, the emperor admits his fears to Cao Cao, thinking that his vassal's ambition could even include killing him. Cao Cao states Emperor Xian plays a role for his plans for the people would riot without an emperor, and the presence of their liege allows him the freedom to achieve a new world for them. After hearing his vassal's resolve and his role as a puppet, the emperor drops his sword in shock.
In Dynasty Warriors 8, Emperor Xian appears in Wei's story where he shows concern over being used to fulfill Cao Cao's ambitions. His fears are mitigated after hearing the conqueror's philosophy of using power and logic to quell the chaos. On the alternate route, he congratulates the generals of Wei for their efforts and hopes to see them bring forth a new era for the land. In Wu's hypothetical story, Emperor Xian is briefly mentioned to have dissolved the imperial court in favor of allowing all three kingdoms to rule China. In Shu's hypothetical scenario, he is finally secured by Liu Bei's forces after Cao Cao's death, and he allows the Liu Bei and Sun Quan to rule as vassal kings. Emperor Xian plays a major role in the game's ambition mode, as the main objective is to have him visit the player's developing camp. After the first objective, a fake emperor will appear, forcing the player to pacify the regions one at a time. Completely pacifying a region will cause Emperor Xian to give the player a weapon.
The Xtreme Legends expansion has the emperor appear in Lu Bu's hypothetical ending. Fearing for his life after the deaths of Guo Si and Li Jue, he is ultimately spared by Lu Bu in exchange for the throne.
Dynasty TacticsEdit
He is referred to as either the "Emperor" or "Emperor Xiao" in Dynasty Tactics 2. In Liu Bei's Epilogue, after the armies of Cao Cao are obliterated by the joint efforts of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the Wu patriarch seizes control of their enemies' former territory as well as the emperor. Sun Quan stations himself at Xu Chang, calling it his own castle, prompting the end of his and Liu Bei's alliance.
Romance of the Three KingdomsEdit
His role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is mostly limited to awarding ranks and titles to the regional lords in the land. In return, they may optionally declare their intentions to support the Han Empire. When he passes his throne to Cao Pi in the games, he does so because he fears incompetence of his rule and sees the heir to be more adequate for the right. His stats are low in all areas except charisma.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III calls him Emperor Hsien and has him request Zhang Lu to eliminate Cao Cao at the start of the fourth historical scenario.
In Kessen II, he is referred to in passing as the "child emperor" who entrusts the Imperial Seal to Diao Chan. It's not quite elaborated on how or when this event occurs but, shortly after he gives her the treasure, he is enshrouded by flames.
Voice ActorsEdit
- Tony Oliver - Dynasty Warriors 7 (English-uncredited)
- Kenji Nojima - Dynasty Warriors series (Japanese)
- Hisayoshi Suganuma - Kessen II (Japanese)
- Nozomu Sasaki - Romance of the Three Kingdoms drama CD series
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- The definition of a drove is a group of people or farm animals that is moving together.
An example of a drove is the group of people leaving a stadium after a football game.
- Drove is defined as something has been driven, pushed or moved forward.
An example of drove is a car that's been driven from one place to another.
- a number of cattle, hogs, sheep, etc. driven or moving along as a group; flock; herd
- a moving crowd of people: usually used in pl.
- a broad-faced chisel for grooving or dressing stonealso drove chisel
- a grooved surface made with this chiselalso drove work
- a broad-faced chisel for grooving or dressing stone
Origin of droveMiddle English ; from Old English draf ; from drifan, drive
transitive verb,
intransitive verb
- a. A flock or herd being driven in a body.b. often droves A large mass of people moving or acting as a body: people moving through the streets in droves.
- a. A stonemason's broad-edged chisel used for rough hewing.b. A stone surface dressed with such a chisel.
Origin of droveMiddle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan, to drive; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.
(plural droves)
From Middle English drove, drof, draf, from Old English drāf ("action of driving; a driving out, expulsion; drove, herd, band; company, band; road along which cattle are driven"), from Proto-Germanic *draibō ("a drive, push, movement, drove"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreibʰ- ("to drive, push"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ("cloudy, dirty, muddy"). Cognate with Scots drave, dreef ("drove, crowd"), Dutch dreef ("a walkway, wide road with trees, drove"), Middle High German treip ("a drove"), Swedish drev ("a drive, drove"), Icelandic dreif ("a scattering, distribution"). More at drive.
(third-person singular simple present droves, present participle droving, simple past and past participle droved)
Variant of drive
transitive verbdrove, driven, driving
- to force to go; urge onward; push forward
- to force into or from a state or act: driven mad
- to force to work, usually to excess
- to force by or as by a blow, thrust, or stroke
- to throw, hit, or cast hard and swiftly
- Golf to hit from the tee, usually with a driver
- to cause to go through; make penetrate
- to make or produce by penetrating: to drive a hole through metal
- to control the movement or direct the course of (an automobile, horse and wagon, locomotive, etc.)
- to transport in an automobile or other vehicle
- to impel or propel as motive power; set or keep going; cause to function: a gasoline engine drives the motorboat
- to compel, motivate, influence, direct, etc.: the investigation is driven by political rivalry
- to carry on with vigor; push (a bargain, etc.) through
- Hunting
- to chase (game) from thickets into the clear or into nets, traps, etc.
- to cover (an area) in this way
Origin of driveMiddle English driven ; from Old English drifan, akin to Gothic dreiban, German treiben, Old Norse drīfa ; from Indo-European base an unverified form dhreibh-, to push
intransitive verb
- to advance violently; dash
- to work or try hard, as to reach a goal
- to drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.
- to be driven; operate: said of a motor vehicle
- to go or be conveyed in a vehicle
- to operate a motor vehicle
- the act of driving
- a trip in a vehicle
- a road for automobiles, etc.
- a driveway
- ☆
- a rounding up or moving of animals on foot for branding, slaughter, etc.
- the animals rounded up or moved
- a hard, swift blow, thrust, etc., as of a ball in a game
- Golf a shot from the tee, usually with a driver
- ☆
- an organized movement to achieve some purpose; campaign
- a large-scale military offensive to gain an objective
- Football a series of plays that advances the ball toward the opponent's goal, usually resulting in a field goal or touchdown
- ☆ the power or energy to get things done; enthusiastic or aggressive vigor
- that which is urgent or pressing; pressure
- ☆ a collection of logs being floated down a river to a sawmill
- any apparatus that transmits power in a motor vehicle: a gear drive
- that arrangement in an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle which allows movement forward at varying speeds
- a device that communicates motion to a machine or machine part
- Comput. a unit that reads and writes data on magnetic tape, a disk, etc.
- Psychol. any of the basic biological impulses or urges, such as self-preservation, hunger, sex, etc.
Related Forms:
- drivable
adjectiveor driveable
- drivability
nounor driveability
drive at
- to aim at
- to mean; intend
drive in
- to force in, as by a blow
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The ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) Biennial is the largest conference on higher arts education worldwide, drawing an audience of approx 500 teachers, directors, artists and thinkers. High profile speakers, plenary discussions, networking events and much more will be included in the program.
The Conference venue is located in the MuseumsQuartier Wien, one of the world's largest complexes for modern art and culture, situated in the very center of the city. The Conference is hosted by the University of Applied Arts (Die Angewandte).
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