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RADIO FREE EUROPE -Alien Day 2:54 (MiG 001) Austin, TX '79 first: From Austin, TX, Radio Free Europe's Roswellian "Alien Day" leads off their '79 double-45 debut. They added a cassette LP, a less adventurous 45, and a UK-only LP. (They're named after the American propaganda thing, not the R.E.M. song.) Keyboard player Dan Puckett is ex-Huns (and now a veterinarian) and singer Neil Ruttenberg went on to F-System. Dallas' VVV label is most famous for its punk acts (Ejectors, Bobby Soxx, NCM, and the Live at the Hot Club comp), but its heart was always more in the experimental, artwave stuff (as were the musical leanings of its owner, who played in Von Beat).
RALPHS -Mutating Man 3:08 (VVV 011) Dallas '80: The Ralphs were one of VVV's more obscure acts, but they're fairly typical of its middle-ground punkwavers: Doug and David Townsend were ex-Superman's Girlfriend.
REAL WIGS -Wonderland 2:40 (Real Wigs MC 20751) Buffalo '86: Real Wigs weren't technically from the Midwest, either, but, like the rest of Buffalo DIY [Vores, Verge, BCMK+++], the 'Wigs had much more in common with the Ohio home-made scene than with anything going on in New York City new-wave, no wave or noise. "Wonderland" is a helluva popsong, anyway.
REALLY RED -Nico 2:39 // Teaching You the Fear LP (C.I.A. 006) Houston '80: From their brilliant first LP "Teaching You the Fear" now reissued on Empty Records USA. See also Hyped to Death #1]. Houston's Really Red you all know, and their "Nico" should be self-explanatory. Four 7"s, two albums -and almost all of it essential.
REALTORS -Not Acceptable 2:54 / Where is Bed 2:53 // Buy or Beware EP (Realty 180) Santa Cruz '79: The pure punk side of the Santa Cruz Realtors' 45 rates a spot just off the pole position on H2D #1, but for the discerning listener, the new-wavier tracks like "Where is Bed" might be stronger still. Their earlier 45 (as JJ180) is great, too. Reissues from both bands are coming on Rave Up and maybe us, too...
RED ASPHALT -Red Asphalt 1:51 // R/A EP (Egg and Anvil 001) S.F. '81: Red Asphalt's deafening 1981 theme-song reminded a lot of people what Pere Ubu should have been doing if they'd stuck around the Rust Belt, but didn't gain R/A much traction in the Bay Area. They got described as "Meat Puppets cover Genesis" and wrongly blamed for a suicide, and they insist their best material never got released. Now's your chance to find out as their 1982 Unreleased album is now available on cdbaby. Scott, Ted & Ron still get together now and then - Check scodav.com for more.
RENTALS -Gertrude Stein 2:47 (Rent) Boston
RENTALS -I've Got a Crush on You 3:04 / New York 2:56 (Rent 1) Boston/NYC '79: The Northeast The Rentals started off in Boston, but soon found NYC more congenial 1979's "Gertrude Stein" doesn't exactly feature that classic punk beat, but it's got everything else (plus a REALLY handsome rubber-stamped DIY sleeve). "New York" cops a Velvet Underground groove, but you can hear the similarities to the Nervous Eaters' "Talk to Loretta" as well. "Crush" was a huge newwave hit in Boston, at least, and got them picked up by Beggars' Banquet UK, who inexplicably decided to market them in a Rezillos-lookalike picture-sleeve. The Rentals also had a track on the first Boston Bootleg LP and did a bunch of more electrowave/experimental stuff on through the '80s as Attack Under Attack [Homework #104], World Trade, and Jeff & Jane Hudson.
REVERSIBLE CORDS -Legalize Crime 2:13 /
Plastic Money 2:50 // EP (Company Texas 001) Austin '79
REVERSIBLE CORDS -Malcontents 2:21 // LP (Co*Tex 002) Austin '80: Austin's Re*Cords most frequently did business as the Reversible Cords: it's Bert Crews & Doug McAninch (who became the Norvells) with Lin Keller [Chickadiesels], and Tom Huckabee ex-Huns. Ty Gavin of the Next also played with them... Lester Bangs called the Re*Cords "America's first acoustic punk band." Their unique sound -accordion, layers of percussion, drums and twining female vocals- deserves far more lengthy exploration. Their LP is not quite so brilliant or weird, but it's still highly worthwhile.
ROMANS -Nazarene 2:52 // You Only Live Once LP (Solid Eye A2) L.A. '83: Like the Human Hands before them, the Romans comfortably straddled both the L.A. punk and experimental scenes: members came and went from Clay Allison, Geza X, Deadbeats, Green on Red, B-People, Monitor, Dream Syndicate and LAFMS. "Nazarene"'s a snappy instrumental from their best 12". More Romans soon...
JERI ROSSI -I Left My Heart But I Don't Know Where 3:21 (Local Anesthetic) Denver '83: Jeri Rossi brought her prodigiously nihilistic worldview from Denver back to Boston in 1984 or so, where her best work with Black Cat Bone unfortunately never made it to vinyl... She started off in a death-chick combo called Your Funeral, then did this solo 45. Both appeared on the noteworthy Local Anesthetic label [Frantics, Bum Kon, White Trash/Fluid]. She went on to a career as a film-maker and author, as Jeri Cain Rossi: she's now based in New Orleans. Here's her website.
MIKE RUNNELS -Tell Her Again 2:39 (Ninth Circle) Austin '86: Another Austin scene stalwart, Mike Runnels [Mistakes, Reactors (H2D#1)], released a trio of solo 45s and a 12" or two. 1986's "Tell Her Again" is a scarcer, later -and more interesting effort.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICANS -G-Stalt 2:07 // Beyond Rational Thought EP (Tekno Tunes 020) Western Mass. '80: The Scientific Americans, from Northampton, Mass., were as remote from the Boston scene as any band from upstate New York was from the sounds of CBGB, Max's or the Mud Club. Their EP features most of their loudest and most interesting stuff. Two or more cassettes and two flexis are less accessible, but everyone who saw'em says it was an awesome show...
SCREAMING URGE -Homework 2:29 (New Age 002)
Columbus, OH '80
SCREAMING URGE -No Melody 3:01 (Raw Deal 001) 1982
Columbus, Ohio forms the southern point of Ohio's golden triangle of D.I.Y. (with Cleveland at the north, and someplace between Akron and Youngstown to the east). From these few hundred square miles emerged dozens of Homework-worthy bands whose musical roots flow directly from the splendidly guileless art-rock of Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu -with barely a trace of Ramones, Sex Pistols or Elvis Costello... Screaming Urge's "Homework" (from their brilliant 7") is this series' theme-song. They were certainly the punkiest outfit in the gloriously experimental Columbus scene at the turn of the '80s, but the thoroughly un-punk artwork on their LPs and the EP still scares off the headbangers. They played the heck out of Columbus' clubs, church halls, sidewalks and a burlesque club they rented. Major label nibbles came to naught, but they left behind a cool 45 (New Age 002) and two LPs-worth of world-class DIY-punk. Drummer Dave Manic went on to Great Plains. And the 'Urge's complete recorded oeuvre is now proudly on Homework #201: Screaming Urge -Impulse Control CD. Mike and Myke are back in Columbus playing and plotting screamingurge.com.
SCREAMIN MEE-MEES -Hot Sody 3:01 // Live from the Basement EP (Dog Face 001) St. Louis '77: St. Louis' true godfathers of lo-fi, the Screamin Mee-Mees released 4 spectacularly cruddy tracks on their "Live from the Basement" EP in 1977. As of late 2001, Bruce is playing out again: see Jason Rerun's Scene of the Crime website for details...
SECRETS OF LOVELINESS - Make Me Some Love 3:04 / Screams Buried in Screeching 3:05 (Howling Gaelic 8383) NYC '83: Secrets of Loveliness came from New York City, though you'd never know it from the sleeve --made from high-1970s-style polka-dot foil wallpaper, hand-lettered with the band-name and song-titles... "Make Me Some Love" is the death-DIY rant, while "Screams" (go figure) is the catchy pop drone --whose lyrics were purportedly mathematically extracted from the second Bob Dylan LP. Leader Brian Doherty was later in Great Scouts and now helms the Warpodisc/ Warm-o-Brisk label and performs with Lhasa Cement Plant.
17 PYGMIES -Jedda by the Sea [edit] 1:39 (Resistance 1948) L.A. '84: Philip Drucker a/k/a Jackson Del Ray was a founding member of the Independent Project scene (with Them Rhythm Ants and later Savage Republic). He did two 1984 LPs with 17 Pygmies as a sort of side-project from the latter, and in fact, "Last Grave" started out as a Savage Republic song, though they never recorded it...
REBBY SHARP -Hollow Earth (Zensor 03) Richmond, VA '82 Rebby Sharp's 1982 solo 45. "Hollow Earth" came out only on the German Zensor label, who did a lot of Kleenex-scene female-vocal DIY and released a Sonic Youth EP one year later. Which makes this kind of a missing link between the Richmond artscene and the later UK/Euro DIY, except that the link sadly never really took hold on these shores. Rebby played (before and after) with Orthotonics and did an LP on Shimmy Disc with Kramer in the early '90s.
JAMES MICHAEL SHEPARD/VERTICAL SLIT -3-piece 78 2:30 // 1978 Art Data Sampler EP (Musicol/VSP 102879) Columbus, OH '77-8: The late Jim Shepard recorded across three decades, both solo and with Columbus, Ohio's Vertical Slit, V3, Ego Summit, etc. His first 7" was this 1978 Art Data Sampler -it's hardly his most adventurous stuff, but "3-piece 78" is a nice bit of old-school psychedelia. Iron Press should have reissue news soon.
SILVER ABUSE -Cuban Homo Farm 3:21 (Schwa 01) Chicago '82: Silver Abuse are another band with an impressive pedigree: Jim Colao, Camilo Gonzalez and John Lundine all played in Naked Raygun either before or after, and Santiago [Big Black] was a founding member There's also four cuts on the Busted at Oz comp LP.
SMALL CHANGE - Highway at Dawn 4:06 (Saxophone 0002) Baltimore '78: Small Change (formerly the Violent Tomatoes) all had jobs at a nursery in Beltsville, MD where they recorded two fine, low-budget hippie-rock shuffles in '78. Most later played with Bill Fortney (also on the Saxophone label). Despite their label-name, they confine their sax-work here to the final 30 seconds of the A-side.
SNEAKERS -Ruby 2:43 (Carnivorous 1) N.C.
SNEAKERS -Be My Ambulance 2:30 // In The Red EP (Car 3) '76: Apart from the whole Ohio thing, you could make a pretty decent case for Sneakers as the first new wave band. It's Chris Stamey, Will Rigby and Mitch Easter, with Don Dixon producing, but they're definitely trying a LOT of things that no one else had done before. The fake-Brit accents and deliberately obscure lyrics sound a bit goofy today, but Sneakers' gnarling and jangling are as effective and edgy as any of this N.C./ N.Y.C. crowd's later efforts... Watch chrisstamey.com to see if a Sneakers CD is coming back into print...
SOCIAL CLIMBERS -Hello Texas 2:06 // triple EP (Gulcher) Indiana/NYC '81: Social Climbers were Mark Bingham's Gotham band after he and Gulcher left Bloomington, Indiana -where he'd done the Screaming Gypsy Bandits, tons of sessions, and produced MX-80. He played in Glen Branca's band around this same time, and Jean Seton Shaw went on to Glorious Strangers. Mark's now in New Orleans at Piety Street Studios, and Dog Gone Records has launched a 10-CD Bingham series (which should include a full CDD or two of Social Climbers material).
SPACE NEGROS -1984 2:00// Maximum Contrast EP (Sounds Interesting 001) Boston '79: The Space Negros are a 20-year+ catch-all for whatever jingle-writer, '60s prep-rock/psych collector, scene producer, and Arf Arf label honcho Erik Lindgren feels like putting out with himself on vocals. "1984" comes from the SNs' 1979 debut, which featured also Clint Conley and Roger Miller [Sproton Layer, Birdsongs, Concussion Ensemble] pre-Mission of Burma. Armand Schaubroeck wraps up this edition of Homework with "Streetwalking Woman," a six-minute rock-operatic tale of teen anguish, alcohol, and inexperience with the differently-sexed. From Rochester, New York, circa 1972.
SPANISH DOGS -1990 2:18 // Don't Sweat the Petty Things EP (Rasta Dog 002) Fort Lauderdale, FL '82: Ft. Lauderdale's Spanish Dogs engineered a cute double spoonerism and visual pun on their second? EP, "Don't Sweat the Petty Things", with the graphics and band-pose of the first Pretty Things record... It was 1982, and the Eat had only recently disappeared from view, though the punk, metal and disco crowds were still sharing the same clubs The Spanish Dogs were unregenerate hippies, and though they were certainly aware that punk was happening, they waste half this EP noodling away with a ska/reggae backbeat. "1990" is something else altogether... Spanish Dogs bio and more from bassist Michael Chatham, online...
SPECIAL AFFECTS -I Know Ah Girl 4:07 (Special Affects) Chicago '79: Chicago's Special Affect (formerly the Untouchables) was an ur-supergroup: several of them became the earliest version of Ministry, though Al Jourgenson didn't join for keeps until their 1980 LP. Meanwhile, Franke Nardiello went on to be Drowning Pool's vocalist, and now leads My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (as Groovie Mann), and Harry Rushakoff drummed for Concrete Blonde (and Lenny Kravitz). 1979's "I Know uh Girl" already features the beat that would fill a thousand 'Eighties dance-floors, but it's still a mighty fine grind ...
SST -Empty 1:58 (Tidal Wave 201) San Francisco '77: SST are chiefly famous as Ted Falconi's primary pre-Flipper gig, and they came at the punk-scene with a distinctly anarchic/performance art approach, but Residents scenester and artist Irene Dogmatic & co. churn out a first-rate punkwaver in "Empty." (The band-name predated the label, btw.) SST photos and lots of Irene's paintings are online at her website.
STANDING WAVES -No Judy 2:06 (Classified
1981) Austin '79
STANDING WAVES -Integrating Circuits 2:08 (Classified) '80: Down in Texas, Austin's Standing Waves were major scene stars from 1979 to maybe 1981, though much of their material drifted toward the bubblewave end of things. "No Judy" was their loudest, and "Circuits" their most adventurous. Various members played with the Uh-Uhs, the Fad & Mike Alvarez....
STORY OF FAILURE -The Long Ride 3:14 (Swill Radio) Johnstown, PA '83: 1983's Story of Failure hailed from Johnstown, Pennsylvania (of flood fame). They were one of the surprisingly few bands who understood the incredible pop-sensibilities of the early Fall. (As diligently as Mark E. Smith tried NOT to write pop tunes, he knew this, too) Both sides of the S.O.F. 45 are essential. Story of Failure's Scott Foust still runs Swill Radio as a label/mailorder/archive for music a good bit weirder/more seriously electronic than most of what's here on Homework.
STRIPSEARCH -Jesus Over New York 3:06 (Vinyl
Repellant) NYC/Boston '81
STRIPSEARCH / EMILY XYZ -Hey Kid 2:12 (Vinyl Repellant) '82: New York City's Stripsearch had two 45s: they're essentially performance artist/poet Emily XYZ with Vincent Fogerty and a pick-up rhythm section. On "Jesus," it's GG Allin on drums plus the Scumfucs' Al Chapple leaning into one of the finest GaryGlitter-beat grooves ever committed to vinyl. "Kid," meanwhile, sounds uncannily like the Turbines. Emily reappeared on Kill Rock Stars in '94 and she was featured in PBS-TV's "United States of Poetry" in '96. Her 1999 album "Electric Magistrate" is available for download on EMusic.
STROKE BAND -Fiction/Non-Fiction 2:41/ Son of Sam 2:24 // Green & Yellow LP (Abacus 78-095) Valdosta, GA '78: The Stroke Band's LP is one of the more remarkable 1970s LPs of any genre (they also had a 45). From Valdosta, Georgia, ten very short miles from the heart of the Florida Panhandle... Songs from the pen of later jangle-rocker Bruce Joyner (Unknowns, Plantations, solo: visit netbeat.com) sprawl from shit-kickin' garage-psychedelia [H2D#?] to the edgy no-wave/new-wave of "Son of Sam." But it was also Don Fleming's first band [Velvet Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Shimmy-everything], and "Fiction" is one of Don's finest... Check out Don's Instant Mayhem site..
STUDENT TEACHERS -Channel 13 2:09 (Ork NYC 5) NYC '79: Student Teachers released two 45s and appeared on Marty Thau's 2x5 comp LP (along with the Fleshtones and Brian Setzer's Bloodless Pharaohs). "Channel 13" and its flip are their best tracks, especially if you have a soft spot for early Matt Johnson.
STYRENES -Inside of Here 2:10 // Girl Crazy LP (Mustard 4401) Cleveland '79-82: The Styrenes (ex-Electric Eels and Mirrors) were one of the few U.S. bands that had obviously listened to what's now called "freakbeat" -British pop-psychedelia from '67-69. They did 4 excellent 45s and many side-projects. The LP isn't their best stuff, but it's mighty rare, and "Inside" is pretty cool. Buy all their reissues on Scat.
TANKS -March of the Slugs 4:39 (Capital Record$) S.F. '81: The Tanks released one amazing 45 of dirge-punk trudges that careened from Flipper to the best parts of early Romeo Void. But "Bongo Congo" was a rather off-putting title --and people avoided it in droves, even after it became a 50¢-bin staple. Vox/gtrist Susan Miller later played with Flipper's Bruce Lose, and one other may be pre-Pop-o-Pies.
TEENAGE BOAT PEOPLE -Dirty or Sweet 2:25 (Barney Fife) Minneapolis '80?: Teenage Boatpeople were a short-lived band from Minneapolis fronted by Jeff Johnson, who recruited free jazz titan Milo Fine with the promise he could improvise whatever he wanted. The 'Boatpeople's "Dirty and Sweet" seems to be paying low-budget homage to the early days of T. Rex, though Milo says P/i/L is closer: he later appeared in Borbetomagus, but this was Milo's only "new wave" venture...
TENANTS -Submind 2:49 (Rent's Due 001) S.F. '81: The Tenants had previously mixed with folks from Negative Trend, the Avengers and --according to rumor-- the Residents (singer Mark O'Brien has yet to be cleared of this charge). Chris Burns was in the Weeds, and Dave Kockinis now plays with Grace Alley.
MARC THOR -Trak 4:03 (Indy TRAK1) Boston '79: William Burroughs 'lyrics': Marc Thor's second single, "Trak," is also from 1979. It's a typical Boston/Rat-scene gtrrock chug, but the lyrics are a fictional cigarette ad penned by none other than William Burroughs. #1's on Teenline #102 -a flexi- came with a very cool book of posters.
THROWING MUSES -Dirt Is On The Floor 2:29 // EP (Spewing Mouses) Newport, RI '84 debut: As much as H2D hopes you all know and love the Throwing Muses' successes on 4AD, we figure you should also hear something from their astonishing debut EP. Four high-school kids from Newport, Rhode Island, more or less conjuring their sound out of thin air. (Hardly anyone actually heard this at the time ( '84) because it came in an 8" oversized cover and you could barely tell who or what they were even before the sleeve got all tattered and mangled.) "Dirt" was the only song written by Elaine Adamedes, who left the band soon after. But then the 'Muses got into Yoko Ono and a pile of classic '60s country records which somewhat derailed the lead songs on their indie cassette. Fans of their EP (and later work) should be immensely grateful to 4AD and the Fort Apache crowd for setting them back on the right track...[www.throwingmusic.com]
TIDAL WAVES -Sunrise 1:23 (What? 05) Los Angeles '79: Chris Ashford's Tidal Waves had just one 45 on his legendary What label [Germs, Controllers, Dils...]. Despite the surf-wave look, the groove they're in shows a much greater affinity to the Savage Republic / Independent Project sound. Chris also played in noteworthy punkers the Martyrs (likewise on What).
TINY DESK UNIT -Little Metal Teeth 4:02 // EP (9 1/2x16 Records) D.C. '80: D.C.'s Tiny Desk Unit never impressed the club-and-radio Arbiters of Taste, but a quick listen to Michael Barron's handsome guitar-work on "Teeth" and you'll regret every one of the hundred times you left their EP behind in the 50¢-bin... Drummer Chris Thompson was a veteran of the Afrika Korps and No Joe: keyboard-player Susan Mumford was part of Baltimore's Empire Salon project...and later All Things Considered director Bob Boilen now hosts NPR's online All Songs Considered. There's three live TDU tracks on the new 9:30 Club double CD on Adelphi.
TOM & MARTY BAND -Debussy 2:47 (Artifacts 001) Richmond, VA '81: The largest concentrations of experimental bands (on vinyl, at least) in the U.S. centered in greater Los Angeles, and along a narrow strip running from Baltimore to Richmond, Virginia: arty electronic, experimental or just "difficult" music found an unusual level of acceptance in the southern Mid-Atlantic. The Artifacts label scene in Richmond, Virginia tended to be more jazzy/classical and "serious," while the northern end of the scene (which sometimes unselfconsciously referred to itself as "Balto-weird") tended to be more clever and artwavy. The Tom & Marty Band was a studio-only gig by two central figures in the Richmond scene: Tom Compagnoli and Marty McCavitt. They produced a ton of stuff on Artifact, and Marty played in Idio Savant, Trans-Idio, Glad Corp and House of Freaks, as well as on much of LaDonna Smith's more high-brow stuff. Marty said, "We heard Chrome and Throbbing Gristle and thought they were pop bands..." Every sound on "Debussy" is made with massively distorted electronics. T & M played for the first time since 1984 at the 20th anniversary of Plan 9 records --a legendary record-shop in Richmond in July 2001. A CD of the gig is available from them directly as well as a short video clip (online). And here's the Tom & Marty website.
TOMMY DOG -Formal Friends 2:06 // Adam LP (Sod Records) NYC '86-7: New York City's Tommy Dog tagged along after Lester Bangs as a 10- and 11-year old, and launched his DIY-punk career in the early 80s: four solo 45s (one featuring Wildfang [q.v.]) a buncha cassettes and this '87 LP all before he turned 20. Tommy says he also did 4 singles (anyone seen'em?) and an edition-of-100 LP [Homework #105] with the Brain People - The SydBarrett/RoyHarper sound of "Formal Friends" is atypical... Tons of newer stuff is available online at tommydog.com.
TRUE BELIEVERS - Accept It! 2:20 / Death By Freezing 1:15 (New Age 001) Columbus, OH '80: The True Believers. "Accept It!" was their intended "hit," but "Death by Freezing" stole the spotlight -a deliriously creepy meditation on the consequences of getting past second base in the back of a commercial meat-freezer. Mike Rep's on guitar and keyboards while ex-Quota Tommy Jay sings lead: kid brother Randy sings on "Death." Mike and Tommy have continued to collaborate -notably in Ego Summit, with Ron House and the late Jim Shepard. A more recent pairing was on the debut 45 of Creeper Ohio: Mike & Jeff Robertson's mind-blowingly brilliant DIY band (No Age/Old Age c/o 1992 N. High St., Cols, 43201).
TWINKEYZ -Little Joey 2:36 (Twirp 1) Sacramento '77 firs: The Twinkeyz were Sacramento's kings of new wave. Three very indie 45s got released in several different forms on the Grok and Twirp labels. "Little Joey" was their first (and most conventional) track, which is probably why it's the only 45 cut left off of their classic 1979 LP on the Dutch Plurex label [Tits, Filth, Minny Pops+++]. There's a Twinkeyz CD on Anopheles that's sadly out of print, but the best of their material is now on the "Cartoonland" LP (Anopheles 007).
TWO by FOURS -Little Cities 2:38 (Bessemer
Process) Boston '79
TWO BY FOURS -Nowhere to be Found 1:40 / On the Iron Line 2:04 / Another 8 Hours of Boredom 1:34 from unreleased LP: Boston '81
JOHN HOVORKA -The Price of the Truth 2:08 (Bessemer Process 301) Boston '81
Boston's 2 x 4s definitely come from somewhere outside the conventional space-time continuum. They were not gravely serious Artists; they did not play massively/misguidedly commercial guitar-wave, nor could they quite pass for the sort of beer-fueled punk'n'rollers 1980s Boston was famous for. So while their 45 fetched modest airplay, they made little impact on the Boston scene, and broke up with their partly-great debut LP still unreleased. John Hovorka's gleeful/morbid fascination with heavy machinery and Appalachian rust-belt life fueled an EP, his solo 45, two great LPs by his mid-80s band, the Turbines. Tom Martel is the vocalist on "...Boredom." (Before all this, Hovorka played with Lou Miami & the Kozmetix.)
UNDERACHIEVERS -Dead Plants // Underfoot LP (Throbbing Lobster 11) Boston '84: The Underachievers came from the same Boston garage-rock scene, though their lo-fi John-and-Exene making-music-out-of-domestic-squabbles schtick definitely stood out. They had cuts on all 3 of the Throbbing Lobster compilations and a 1986 LP. Bob MacKenzie played with the Lyres, Mighty Ions and a ton of others. They split up a few months after the LP came out, but Bob and Cilla got married, and Noel and Carmen (now also married) moved to Vancouver...
V:- -Need 3:00 / 1926 3:03 // The V;- EP (Propeller no.5) Boston '82: Another Boston genre-buster were V;- Musically they seemed comfiest with the art-crowd, but "Need" shows them at their noisiest. Guitarist Gary Gogol had done time with the legendary Girls, and when unsung punk gawds the Stains first arrived in Boston they crashed at Susan's place (hear her tune on Homework #??). Joe Cuneo (vocals on "Need") produced some later Stains sessions, where Gary helped out. Unfortunately, V;- broke up on the eve of further recording sessions. Susan Anway (singing on "1926") went on to Magnetic Fields with Stephin Merritt (on Merge, etc.) and she's now sculpting and metalworking and helping her husband with what you might call virtual archaeology. Try "Lost Civilizations and Hidden Mysteries" online. V;- songwriter Gary Gogel is still raking in royalties on "1926" from Thalia Zedek's new version on Matador. [Thalia's ex-Uzi, Codeine, Dangerous Byrds, and was briefly a member of the Shirkers [H2D#2] though she never recorded with them...]
VELVET MONKEYS -Shadow Box 2:24 from Everything
is Right cassette LP (Monkey Business 01) D.C. '82
VELVET MONKEYS -Second Ave 3:19 from their "D.J. Tape #1" 1983
VELVET MONKEYS -All the Same 2:52 / Everything is Right 2:33 // Future LP (Fountain Of Youth 5) DC '83<
Don Fleming's Velvet Monkeys were awe-inspiring live. They played gnarly/wheezy/swirly-yet-somehow-still-raving tunes that always seemed to be missing the last note of a great hook. The remixes on their Shimmy Disc retrospective are improvements, but they suffered throughout their career from unfriendly production values and some of the most stupid/pointless artwork EVER perpetratedon every single one of their releases (an original cassette, a 45, this LP, and posthumous releases on Ecstatic Peace and Shimmy). "Shadow Box" appears to be their first recording. It's from their debut cassette and a version also appears on the Connected comp, but it presumably got left off the Shimmy Disc reissue because it's Elaine Barnes on vocals and not latter-day alt-superstar Don Fleming. "Second Avenue" comes from a later promotional-only radio cassette, though it may appear on a D.C. comp called Caught Between Time. Check out Don's Instant Mayhem site, as well as Don's earlier efforts with the Stroke Band and Citizen 23 [Homework #102 & #9].
VOODOO IDOLS -Open Window 2:54 // Temptation EP (VeeDee NR15765) Tampa '84: Voodoo Idols from Tampa cranked out two great 45s (see H2D #4), this fine Flesheaters-style EP and another less distinguished 12" between 1981 and '85. They added an '89 LP as the Barons of Love.
VORES -Forget That Guy [2] 1:48 (Family Only BOP3 D) Buffalo '80 second 45: The Vores played classic American DIY. Grindy/psych-y guitars and who-cares-if-I-can't-sing vocals. "Forget" comes from their 1980 swan-song. (Their first single's a classic punker --on H2D #4.) More songs, further info and their "Moment of Uncertainty" CD are available at thevores.com...
WILD STARES -Never
Seen Before 2:49 (Propeller 1008) Boston '82 second 45
WILD STARES -Not Only Once 1:42 / State of Things LP (G Good Noise) Boston '85
WILD STARES -Piece of the Picture 3:27 // Skorch Turth LP (Birth 203) Boston '87
The Wild Stares were perhaps Boston's most purely D.I.Y. band. They knew they couldn't sing or play but remained completely unselfconscious about it. They recorded two EPs for the Propeller label collective and a few other tracks that turned up on Propeller Product and the crappy-sounding Propeller cassette -more may have been lost forever when the Neats' house burned. In maybe 1982 they moved to Europe where they cut the first of maybe five 12"s. Despite vastly-improved chops on a Euro EP and their two mid-80s LPs, Boston spurned them again upon their return. They broke up in 1993 after a final LP on Ace of Hearts. (Here's an excellent history and discography.) Justin and Steve now play with orchestral innovators W.A.C.O.: visit True Classical for more info.
WKGB -Non-Stop 3:24 (UK Fetish 002) Kearny, NJ '79: New Jersey gtr'n'electro duo WKGB released a fine noise/no wave groove on UK Fetish records, who'd helped launch NYC's Bush Tetras, 8-Eyed Spy and the Bongos (along with Throbbing Gristle). Dave Goessling was concurrently writing and playing played with TV Toy [regrettably left off of Homework #102]. He's now with the Secret Admirers. Both TV Toy and WKGB have webpages: look for a 'KGB reissue soon.
X-X -A 2:49 (Drome
2) Cleveland '79
X-X -No Nonsense 3:35 (Drome 8) Cleveland '80
X-blank-X have finally made it with the punk crowd: their 45s now trade for as much as those by labelmates the Pagans. X-X featured John Morton [Electric Eels], Anthon Fier [Peter Laughner, Feelies, Lounge Lizards+++], Jim Ellis and Andrew Klimek [who both did the Klimek 45]. "A", their first effort, shows maybe Sharon Tate's bound ankles on the PS, in keeping with the theme of all their artwork -gig posters as well as PS and labels- which displayed recently or notably dead people accompanied by their trademark "X"s, viz: X-[John Lennon]-X, X-[Bob Crane]-X, X-[dinosaurs]-X (That was their second PS). Their magnificent grinding and bashing on "A" and the Electric Eels' "No Nonsense" stretch 4/4 "punk" time almost beyond recognition... Visit CLEpunk.com for more...
XMAS EVE -My House 2:04 (VXE 103) El Sobrante, CA '82: Vocalist Bruce Rayburn of Yo [and El Sob] started out in Oakland's Xmas Eve. "My House" presages Yo's, uh, unique sound, although the flip goes for a more traditional[?] freakbeat pop sound [cool, but perhaps too catchy for Homework].
BLAKE XOLTON -Merry Christmas 2:44 (Martian 4444) L.A. '80: Blake Xolton does an Ur-Jesus-and-Mary-Chain take on the holiday classics. Keep a lookout for http://www.xolton.com Blake's newest CD is called "Cool on my Skin."
XXOO -How Will I Know 2:00 (Press 1002) D.C. '82: Back in maybe 1980, Half Japanese donated a song called "XXOO" to one of the rarer LAFMS compilation LPs; then in '82 Jad & David Fair, and John & Rick Dreyfuss [ex-Chumps] and did a one-off single under that same name: XXOO's "How Will I Know (if I'm really in love)?" finds Jad at his most approachably earnest...
Y PANTS -Beautiful Food 2:16 (99 Records 03) NYC '80
Y PANTS -Obvious 2:44 // Beat It Down LP (Neutral 2) NYC '82: Starting with Lydia Lunch and James Chance on one end and Glenn Branca's crowd on the other, New York's artwave scene rapidly evolved into "No Wave." Barbara, Gail and Verge of Y Pants were charter members, and worked with both Lydia and Glenn at other times. "Beautiful Food" was the third release on the seminal 99 label, while Y Pants' 1982 LP was on the similarly fertile Neutral label [Swans, Sonic Youth++]. Pick up their complete works on Periodic.
YO -Knives 2:09 / Pot of Gold 1:38 // Good
Tidings EP (Deadbeat 1763) Oakland '84
YO -I See Beyond 2:10 // Charm World LP (Deadbeat 31485) Oakland '85: Yo were a great band with a terrific singer whose voice nevertheless annoyed a great many people. And though he meant well, their publicist seemed to annoy everyone else. So Yo were, well, widely reviled, despite 3 great 12"s. They beat the sophomore slump with Charm World, their best LP and (fortunately for you) still a bargain-bin staple. Bruce and Sally are still performing in El Sob.
ZOO TYPES -Welcome to the '80s 3:53 (Beast 0491) Boston/ Worcester '79; The Zoo Types were something else altogether: three full-blown gtr-hero-prog-rock burn-outs who passed for "new wave" for a couple years on the Boston and Worcester scenes and put out one 45 on the amazing Beast label [Crazy Jack, Commandos, Hooker, Wormtown '78]. I used to live downstairs from one of them and Frank Gerace now plays guitar for goth/ambient stars Dreamchild.
ZYKLON -Wir sind 2:27 [edit] (Grim 001) Grand Rapids, MI '79-81: The industrial/electro folks still haven't discovered Zyklon, an electronic trio from Grand Rapids. Both its extreme rarity and the punk-style PS may have put'em off the scent. "Wir sind" features more vocals -and newwavy attitude- than their other, predominantly instrumental material. GRim Records of GRand Rapids MIchigan has resurrected and [re]released their even rarer 1981 cassette album HEARTLAND plus the three single tracks on CD. Audio samples at CDBaby. At least one further CD of 1979-1982 recordings should follow soon!
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After the dates have been finalized and invites have been sent and your dress has been picked up, the first thing you should be deciding on is the wedding cake. Your wedding cake, whether it is many-tiered lavishness or a simple well-shaped sheet cake will be the centre of attraction (after the bride and groom of course) and will be the only confection to hold its place of honor on a separate table decorated extravagantly for the most traditional ceremony, the cake cutting ceremony where it will be fussed over by guests and family alike. It is also the first ceremony a couple takes part in as an official couple. As you shop for your wedding cake, keep these factors in mind and remember that your wedding cake is going to be more that just a cake or a good-looking delicacy.
Wedding Cake: Choices and Themes
in your mother's days a wedding cake meant a traditional standard white, stacked or tiered cake literally caked with butter cream and lots of icing decorations. Well, that is pretty ho-hum today when the market is choc-a-bloc with such a wide range of choices that they could boggle your mind. You can get just about everything and anything from the understated elegance to the bold and burnished.
One of the things, that is foremost the point of consideration is whether you are having a themed wedding. Your cake should compliment the color scheme, the bridal gown and the bridesmaid's dresses depending on what the scale and look of the wedding is. Traditionally there were two cakes called the bride's cake and the groom's cake respectively that each denoted the personal tastes and choices of the bride and groom. Today however, we see that the two have been united into one and reflect the common interests of the couple. Here are some guidelines which will greatly help narrow down your choices:
• What is the budget of your cake?
• If you are choosing a designer or designing the cake by yourself?
• How many guests are you planning the wedding for?
• Will you be serving any additional desserts or is the cake your main dessert?
After you have put into black and white these points we can get on to giving you a couple of ideas. Yes, many couples today are increasing opting to bake their own wedding cake!
The flavor of the cake is one of the things that you can experiment if you are getting it baked or baking it yourself. Of course you have the all-time favorites of chocolate or vanilla but why be plain vanilla with your wedding cake? There are so many flavors of cake available these days and even some unique options pina colada, cheese and cherry and even spicy flavors for that bit of zing. If it is multi-tiered you can also make the different tiers in different flavors so if you are arguing about the flavor here's the solution. If you are choosing a western theme, having a chilly'n'chocolate cake is just perfect.
Decoration too has come a long way from the traditional butter cream frosting, or rolled fondant or marzipan. You can decorate your cake with real or fake flowers, sugared ornaments, ribbons and even crystals. There are so many beautiful authentic crystal decorations available that will greatly increase the value of your cake. Crystals are also available on delicate wire stems that you can make a fountain-like decoration from by bunching and bending these stems. On this you can add some elements of your choice, be it flowers, ivy or even small beaded decorations that can cascade down your cake from the top tier and steam downwards looking like a dazzling fountain in motion. These bendable wires can also be bent into versatile shapes.
You can also add monograms in crystal or beautiful glass decorations are also available these days. Wedding cake toppers are available in a wide range of choices too and you can include your first initials and the final initial could be the initial you both share. Baking your cake and eating it….
Try getting people who have been there, done that to give you a referral. Have you been to a wedding where the cake was just what "I want this when I get married?", then ask them where they got their cake baked or designed from. Some bakers will be happy to show you examples or even take you on a tour of their bakery to give you an idea of their current works in progress. Remember that some bakers may need to be intimated up to four to six weeks in advance so ask for their time limits.
Also, the fees that the baker charges to bake the cake may go higher when there are additional costs like transportation, setting up and on-site decoration. So and make sure your wedding cake a really special one and give your guests something to talk about.

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Numerology information Cabarga:
Name Number: 6 Meaning: Home, Family, Love, Balance, Harmony, Help, Warmth, Social justice
Books about Cabarga:
Canoeing Up Cabarga Creek: Buddhist Poems by Philip Whalen and Allen Ginsberg (May 1996)
Logo, Font & Lettering Bible [Hardcover] [2004] First Ed. Leslie Cabarga (1000)
By Cabarga L. - Logo Font & Lettering Bible (2/25/04) by Cabarga L. (Feb 25, 2004)
Biography - Cabarga, Leslie (1954-): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team (Dec 16, 2007)
A good company man.(John Cabarga)(Interview): An article from: Latino Leaders by Kevin Kane (Apr 30, 2013)
Logo, Font & Lettering Bible 1st (first) Edition by Cabarga, Leslie (2004) (1001)
[ Logo, Font & Lettering Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols... by Leslie Cabarga (Feb 1, 2004)


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Xenical Diet & Weight Loss Pills: Where to Buy Online and Over the Counter
One thing that has caused sleepless night for many people is the fact that they are overweight. Many people have nightmares and worry about their weight and thinking of how they can get rid of this problem. There are so many things that people can do to find a way to get rid of this issue. However, the best way is to use the approved products that are right for you and can help you lose weight safely. One way that you can address your weight issue is through the use of Xenical weight loss pills that are specifically manufactured for this reason. This drug helps people to lose more weight than if they just tried diet and exercise.
Dieting or exercising alone could take a lot of time before you start seeing meaningful changes in your body. However, if you take these pills, then rest assured, you will start seeing positive results quickly. While this drug is a great help, it is a potent drug, and you should never take it without a prescription from your doctor. It can have unintended results and put you at risk for adverse reactions. There is a generic version of the drug known as Orlistat that you can find in some pharmacies at a lower cost. The drug is beneficial when it comes to suppressing appetite, and it is useful to people who often overeat.
How does Xenical 120mg work?
When you are obese, it means that the fat stored in your body and it is not used, which adds inches to your waist. If you eat high-calorie meals, it is likely that your body will not need all those calories and will store them as fat. The fat piles up under the skin and stays there until it is used. Xenical 120mg tablets work to block your intestines from absorbing the fat you consume, and your body takes that fat with your waste and expels it through your bowels. As a result, your body won't store as much fat, and you will see the numbers on the scale go down. Losing weight using Xenical will reduce development the risk of the several health problems.
Some of the conditions that losing weight with diet pills can prevent
- Losing weight on diet pills can help prevent heart-related problems. People who are overweight are more likely to have heart-related conditions, such as a heart attack. A heart attack is caused by blockages in the arteries, which is often a result of a poor diet. Maintaining a healthy weight can also prevent stroke, which is when the brain doesn't have enough oxygen. Being overweight puts you at a higher risk for stroke.
- Xenical weight loss drug will help you lose weight. If you are a healthy weight, you will be at lower risk for high blood pressure which when the blood in your veins pushes consistently hard against the walls of the blood vessels.
- Using Xenical weight loss drug and losing weight with it can reduce the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes happens when your insulin production is low, and you have problems managing your blood sugar. If you have a large waist circumference and are overweight, you are at a higher risk for Type 2 Diabetes.
- Fat in your body can also affect the production of essential hormones, which if imbalanced, can lead to impotence in men. Impotence is another health issue that will cause a problem for men and can lead to infertility.
When you lose weight and keep your body healthy, you can be sure that you will reduce your risk other conditions like the ones above. There are however some conditions that you may have that can prevent you from taking Xenical.
What You Should Tell Your Doctor Before He Prescribes Xenical
When you want to get proper treatment of obesity using Xenical, then you should make sure that you give the necessary information to your doctor. This information is required when a doctor wants to know if you are appropriate for this treatment. This information includes:
- You need to tell your doctor if you have had any kidney problems in the past, including a kidney transplant or kidney failure. People with such conditions should never try to use this drug because it can worsen their illness. It's better to tackle your weight problem using another method.
- Another reason you should not use weight loss pills is if you are breastfeeding. Breastfeeding while taking Xenical can harm your baby.
- Pregnant women should not use this drug as it can interfere with the pregnancy and hormones in the body leading to miscarriage.
- You should not take Xenical if you are taking cyclosporine; the two can negatively react with each other.
If you are an appropriate candidate for the drug and the doctor gives you the go-ahead to take this medication, then you should know there are both minor and severe side effects. When you notice you are experiencing severe effects, then you should stop use immediately and contact your doctor.
stop using the drugs If you see the following side effects
- If you are having problems breathing after taking Xenical, you should stop taking it at once and call your doctor.
- If you start developing rashes or hives on your body, then you should immediately stop using the drug and call your doctor.
- If you find that every time that you take the drug you experience severe stomach pains, stop taking Xenical, tell your doctor, and seek for alternative treatments with your doctor.
- If you start seeing blood in your urine or stool, then you should immediately stop using this drug and call your doctor.
- If you start having liver issues, then you must stop it at once and call your doctor.
- If you notice kidney problems, then you should stop taking these pills and see your doctor.
Here are some minor side effects that are common
- You can expect to experience minor headaches.
- You should also expect to see oily stool because the fat from your food was not absorbed.
- You can expect to have urgent bowel movements.
- Also, expect to vomit.
- You will have a low appetite.
- You can expect to feel weak.
You should contact your doctor if you are uncomfortable with any side effects.
precautions you should know when using this drug
- If you are HIV positive and using antiretroviral drugs, then you should not use these drugs.
- Anyone who is using oral insulin the should not use this drug as well.
- People with a history of seizures should also not try using this drug.
Where to buy Xenical pills
Ones you have been given a prescription, then you need to purchase Xenical. Many people don't know where to buy this drug. Just like any other drug, you will find these drugs in chemist shops, but they are only sold if you have a prescription. If you don't have a prescription, the pharmacist will not sell it to you because it can give you adverse reactions that will cause serious health problems.
There are diet pills which are allowed to be sold over the counter, but these are not as strong and might have fewer side effects associated with them. The best thing when you want to buy any drug is first to make a plan. You can go and buy the drugs from pharmacies in your neighborhood. You will need to take your prescription, and the pharmacist who will attend to you will pack the drug for you. Once you have filled the prescription, you can take the drug home and start your treatment.
Another way that to acquire Xenical is by shopping online. The benefits of buying online are you can do it from home, and you don't need to go all over town, from one shop to another, finding the best price and the right product. The drugs sold through legitimate websites should be FDA approved. You will enjoy several benefits of shopping through online chemists which are as follow
- You won't waste time searching all over for the right drug. If you want to lose water weight pills, then you will not need to move off your couch, and it will even be delivered to your front door.
- You also have a chance to research easily. You can visit online forums where you can learn a lot. Without the internet, you would need to go from one store to another talking to pharmacists, which can be quite tiresome.
- The cost of the drugs that you buy from online shops is quite cheap as compared to what you will find in a typical chemist.
Things that you should beware of when buying diet pills online
- Always make sure to learn about a particular drug before you buy it. Read Xenical reviews, and you will learn which sites have an excellent reputation for selling quality products and offer a great price.
- You should also make sure that the product that you are buying can be used with other weight loss programs you have in place. For instance, if you drink weight loss smoothies, make sure they are compatible with the diet pills you are buying.
- Include a weight loss calculator in your shopping so that you can always be monitoring your daily intake of calories and tracking your progress.
- Make sure that the shop that you buy from has an online consultation service in case it's illegal to buy this drug without a prescription.


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At first, the new website for the collection of MIT's influential Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) seems like a straightforward web page. But as it scrolls down, through the introductory text and into randomly selected works from the archive, it becomes clear that the content is warping into three dimensional space, and branching into spiraling trees of related work, organized by creator and medium — an experience designed to evoke the sensation of wandering through the center's physical archive.
"Someone might be coming in to do research on environmental sculpture, and then they see all these images on, I don't know, holography, and then they'd say 'oh, I really want to check that out,'" said Jeremy Grubman, an MIT archivist who spearheaded the project. "So I wanted to find a way to produce that in a digital space, to produce that concept of serendipitous browsing."
Click the name of an artist or work in the collection and the perspective rotates, shifting the view onto a new axis to explore the new branch: one side-journey leads to photos of Gates From the Body, a "light sculpture" by Spanish architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg, and another to a series of stills from Prelude and Liebestod, a 1970s video art project by pioneering digital artist Ron Hays.
Grubman sees the project as a reflection of CAVS itself, a fiercely interdisciplinary program established in 1967 that's served as a home for genre-bending artists including kinetic artist Otto Piene and renowned choreographer Yvonne Rainer. The new archive, which launched last week after a development process that spanned years, will continue to grow as Grubman and his team continue to bring more content online.


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Women in Black…
…is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence. Read more…..
In these times of confinement, when the pandemic is killing so many people and causing many others to suffer, we reflect beyond our own needs to the health of the planet and all humanity.
Facing the sorrow for so many human losses because of the commercialization of care facilities and attention to our elders, we see that a change in our social model is urgent, a change towards policies that put life at the center of its concerns.
Many people in our country cannot now – and in the near future will not be able – to cope from day to day because of their precarious employment, lack of housing, increase in unemployment and the impossibility of access to resources of an abusive and exclusionary system.
Furthermore, millions of people live in abject poverty or under conditions of war or fleeing from war. Several million move from one country to another for multiple reasons that preclude their living a life with dignity in their homeland. Now add the pandemic. But even before the pandemic, the planet and humanity itself were already being affected by grave assaults.
There emerges a proposal to not turn one's back on nature, but to return to nature. To take nature into account means to take measures that can restore the well-being of the land, the water and the beings that inhabit it, humanity both present and future. Among other matters, it means to review our model of consumption and provision of food.
How can one combine protection of nature with a global population of almost eight thousand million people? More than 700 million people lack almost everything. More than between 40 million and 60 million additional people could fall into extreme poverty in 2020 because of COVID-19.
How can we avoid inequality? How to achieve equality with social justice?
Our social and planetary model was in danger before, but now even more so. We have contributed to the disappearance and impoverishment of ecosystems and have influenced the loss of biodiversity. We have pushed nature to its limit, as well as humanity which at this time is experiencing a global public heath crisis.
Any future situation that does not include a change in the social model with reductions in our consumption will pose a risk for the survival of human beings and a large part of life on Earth.
As antimilitarists, we understand that armies are the greatest source of contamination in any country of the world. And it is the most costly source as well. It would have been possible to emerge from the present situation with fewer human and social costs just with the budget that our country assigns annually to military expenditures and social control through defense policies to maintain the army and police forces, their transfers, and subsidies allocated to research, production and purchase of weapons, in which more than 33 billion Euros are invested annually.
The war industry is at war with the eco-sphere, which is our planet.
Investment in environmental defense will also help to preclude pandemics.
Women in Black, request:
-To work for a healthy environment, care for what is nearby, consume locally, care for the water and the soil. To promote access to and enjoyment of a more healthy life and food sources.
-To overcome inequality, coming closer to equality with social justice through decent salaries for all people including all those who cannot work at present because of a system that excludes them.
-A restructuring of the military industry, channeling our future towards total disarmament, using that money for social purposes.
-More investment in health and well-being and dedicating our taxes to what is our real defense, universal public health.
-As women and feminists, we wish to participate in the decisions that are being made today, which are decisions for the future.
When war is declared against one country, we are also declaring war against the Earth, the animals, the plants, the water, the air and the people.
Women in Black: Invite you to carry out the Fiscal Objection to Military Expenditures, taking advantage of the fact that we are now in the midst of the campaign to dedicate our income tax monies to what is our real defense, universal public health.
Women in Black, Madrid, May 2020
Translation: Trisha Novak, USA
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Themes and workshops for the planned gathering will include: Peace-building; Women's rights, equality and liberation; LGBTI issues; Nationalism and Genocide; Feminism across borders; Lesbian feminist peace activism; Learning from the experiences of the Balkan wars; Connecting with our mothers.
24 May is International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament
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- on the 7th of August we stood in silence to remember HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI together with the Leuven Peacemovement from 12h-13h. After the vigil we asked passers-by to sign a letter to our Prime-Minister to ban nuclear weapons.8th August 2019
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» google_compute_target_ssl_proxy
Represents a TargetSslProxy resource, which is used by one or more global forwarding rule to route incoming SSL requests to a backend service.
To get more information about TargetSslProxy, see:
» Example Usage - Target Ssl Proxy Basic
resource "google_compute_target_ssl_proxy" "default" {
name = "test-proxy"
backend_service = google_compute_backend_service.default.id
ssl_certificates = [google_compute_ssl_certificate.default.id]
resource "google_compute_ssl_certificate" "default" {
name = "default-cert"
private_key = file("path/to/private.key")
certificate = file("path/to/certificate.crt")
resource "google_compute_backend_service" "default" {
name = "backend-service"
protocol = "SSL"
health_checks = [google_compute_health_check.default.id]
resource "google_compute_health_check" "default" {
name = "health-check"
check_interval_sec = 1
timeout_sec = 1
tcp_health_check {
port = "443"
» Argument Reference
The following arguments are supported:
name- (Required) Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression
[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
backend_service- (Required) A reference to the BackendService resource.
ssl_certificates- (Required) A list of SslCertificate resources that are used to authenticate connections between users and the load balancer. Currently, exactly one SSL certificate must be specified.
description- (Optional) An optional description of this resource.
proxy_header- (Optional) Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend. Default value is
NONE. Possible values are
ssl_policy- (Optional) A reference to the SslPolicy resource that will be associated with the TargetSslProxy resource. If not set, the TargetSslProxy resource will not have any SSL policy configured.
project- (Optional) The ID of the project in which the resource belongs. If it is not provided, the provider project is used.
» Attributes Reference
In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are exported:
id- an identifier for the resource with format
creation_timestamp- Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
proxy_id- The unique identifier for the resource.
self_link- The URI of the created resource.
» Timeouts
This resource provides the following Timeouts configuration options:
» Import
TargetSslProxy can be imported using any of these accepted formats:
$ terraform import google_compute_target_ssl_proxy.default projects/{{project}}/global/targetSslProxies/{{name}}
$ terraform import google_compute_target_ssl_proxy.default {{project}}/{{name}}
$ terraform import google_compute_target_ssl_proxy.default {{name}}
» User Project Overrides
This resource supports User Project Overrides.


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Curated by Aengus Hackett Music, the #JAZZGate Series pays tribute to the greatest jazz artists and composers of all time,
as well as featuring local and visiting musicians – the absolute cream of the Irish Jazz scene.
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About Emile Conway:
Emilie Conway is an award winning Dublin born jazz singer whose stage debut was an impromptu session with Jon Hendricks and Kurt Elling in a Chicago club in 1999. She combines a love of melody with a feeling for the nuances of lyrics.
Frequently compared to Julie London, her diction is spot-on at every tempo and, with a straight-ahead style, she appeals not only to jazz fans but also to a more mainstream audience.
She performs and tours with some of Ireland's finest jazz musicians: Johnny Taylor, piano, Damian Evans, double bass, Dominic Mullan, drums and Brendan Doyle, saxophones.
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Billie Holiday, born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a superstar of her day. She first rose to prominence in the 1930's with a unique style that reinvented the conventions of modern singing and performance. More than 80 years after making her first recording Billie's legacy continues to embody what is elegant and cool in contemporary music.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins received some good news Monday, as forward Evgeni Malkin returned to practice. He was wearing a no-contact sweater and will be out of the lineup on Tuesday as the team takes on the Calgary Flames, but his appearance matters.
Malkin is set to miss his fifth straight on Tuesday due to a lower body injury.
"We were really encouraged with his practice," Sullivan said. "He felt strong. His next progression is to get the contact part of the practice, so that will be the next step. But certainly, the fact that he joined the team today in a non-contact capacity is real encouraging."
Monday's practice was Malkin's first since the injury, which took place on January 24 as the Penguins faced off against the St. Louis Blues.
Malkin skated with skills coach Ty Hennes throughout the past week, but Monday was a chance to get out there with his teammates. He spent time in rotation with centre Carter Rowney, slipping between Patric Hornqvist and Scott Wilson. He also saw time with Pittsburgh's first power play unit.
Pittsburgh has managed life without Malkin rather well, going 3-1-0 in his absence.
But his offensive punch is still missed and he was playing stellar hockey before the injury, averaging 1.15 points per game – his highest average since 2013-2014.
In 47 games this season, Malkin has 22 goals and 32 assists. He has 19 points on the power play and has clocked 146 shots on goal.
The injury kept the forward out of the NHL's All-Star festivities, plus he wasn't included on the league's 100 Greatest NHL Players list.
Right now, such accolades matter little and the focus is on getting back into game shape.
"I'm trying to do my best," Malkin said. "I skated extra, a little bit of work after practice. It's not easy. A game is different. It doesn't matter how you practice. A game is whole [lot] different. I just do my best…Everything is good. I'm glad with what I did."


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I gotta give Josh credit for this one. He was wobbling on a high wire as Ed Henry of Fox News shot spitballs at him, but he managed to find his footing and make it across.
Ed had a question for White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. A question no press secretary would wish for:
HENRY: Is preventing a genocide in America's core interests?
EARNEST: Uh, well . . .
Oh boy, that's a good one. No easy escape. Probably thought of it in the Fox news booth downstairs.
Let's look at Josh's options here.
Answer "no," or anything that sounds like "no," and you and your boss are THE WORST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
What? You like genocide? OMG.
Now, answer "yes," and Josh is establishing a whole new policy from the podium, a big press secretary faux pas. And then suddenly, everybody's having a genocide. Yo, America come help us out of this genocide. Send your best ground troops, right away.
Watch the video below. At first, Josh has no idea what to say. He's thinking as he's talking, and desperately trying to drop words into some kind of order that will make sense, but not policy.
And then, Ed makes a tactical mistake, asking the same question in a particularly long-winded manner. This gives Josh time to think, and he finds a good formulation. Though he botches the phrasing – too much adrenaline going from the near-death experience – the point he makes is artful and valid.
While the United States, he says, "cannot abide" the killing of people because of who they are . . .
. . . the question is what, and how, the United States can intervene to mitigate that situation. And those kinds of decisions are the kinds of decisions that are made on a case by case basis.
More bluntly put, it depends on the situation and what we, as a practical matter, can do about it.
Right. We'd like to save everyone, because we're Americans. But we can't.


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Better than expected Donlin gold
Last updated 7/2/2018 at 9:34am
Novagold Resources Inc. Feb. 20 said the 16-hole drill program carried out last year at Donlin Gold, a world-class gold mine project in Yukon-Kuskokwim region of western Alaska, encountered long sections of high-grade gold within the reserve pit and in areas outside of the currently proposed mine area.
"Donlin Gold's latest drill results are better than expected, further demonstrating the incredibly robust quality of this exceptional project," said Novagold President and CEO Greg Lang. "Beyond the distinctly significant high-grade intercepts encountered within the reserve pit, we are also excited by the high grades identified outside the planned pit boundaries. With a history of growth through drilling, these results are indeed indicative of the exceptionally strong resource potential that exists at Donlin Gold."
The Donlin Gold deposit hosts 504.8 million metric tons of proven and probable reserves averaging 2.09 grams per metric ton (33.85 million ounces) gold.
These reserves support a 53,500-metric-ton-per-day mining operation that is estimated to average roughly 1.1 million oz gold annually over a projected 27-year mine-life, according to a feasibility study carried out in 2011.
While Donlin Gold has been working its way through the permitting process, Novagold and Barrick Gold Corp., equal owners of this world-class gold mine project, have been studying ways to optimize the proposed mine.
The drilling completed last year was part of this optimization work – and the partners were not disappointed with the results.
"We are very encouraged by the latest drill results at Donlin Gold, some of which encompassed areas where relatively little drilling had been previously done," said Barrick President Kelvin Dushnisky. "The results are further evidence of the significant potential of this deposit. We look forward to continuing to collaborate closely with our partner, Novagold, to advance optimization work and permitting at this unique project."
Highlights from the 16 holes drilled include: 130.5 meters grading 5.93 grams per metric ton gold from a depth of 205 meters in hole DC17-1821; 39 meters of 9.34 g/t gold from a depth of 342 meter in DC17-1821; 43.9 meters of 7.6 g/t gold from 453.2 meters in DC17-1827; 64 meters of 5.09 g/t gold from 547 meters in DC17-1832; and 30.4 meters of 10.3 g/t gold from a depth of 208.6 meters in DC17-1824.
"We can say with conviction that these are some of the finest intercepts any gold company has produced recently – and in any jurisdiction," said Lang.
With a better understanding of the mineralization and structures within the targeted zones, Novagold and Barrick said the new data will provide valuable inputs to advance optimization work.
As the Donlin Gold partners finalize the optimization work, the permitting process for the gold project is nearing its conclusion.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the lead agency for the permitting of Donlin Gold, is expected to issue a final Environmental Impact Statement for the project around the end of March. It is expected to take another four months for the Corps to issue a record of decision, which will wrap up the federal permitting process.
Decisions on other key federal and state permits are expected to occur concurrently with or shortly after the Corps' record of decision.
"As we look to complete the federal permitting process and advance optimization work during 2018, we are encouraged by the opportunity for Novagold and Barrick to develop the Donlin Gold project in a fiscally-disciplined manner, and to build a mine of truly generational significance," said Lang.


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- Huge Tokyo 2020 boost for SA Paralympians
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High-flying Coetzee tops the leaderboard in Turkey
- Updated: November 4, 2016
Rory McIlroy's unexpected withdrawal from the Turkish Airlines Open opened up a spot for George Coetzee and the big-hitting South African is not a man to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Coetzee grabbed the outright lead with a stunning seven-under-par 64 at the Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort in the $7-mllion start of the Final Series of the 2016 Race to Dubai on Thursday.
Thorbjorn Oleson from Denmark was his closest challenger with a flawless 65, while Spain's Jorge Campillo, Hoatong Li from China, Austrian Bernd Wiesberger and Manteo Manassero from Italy shared third at five under.
Compatriot Justin Walters opened with a 68 to tuck in behind a group of eight players in joint seventh and Darren Fichardt also finished in red numbers with a 70, despite a costly double bogey at the par-four third.
Coetzee looked for all the world like a man destined for great things when he claimed comprehensive victories in the Tshwane Open and AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open last year, but a surfing injury in September put paid to any more title hopes.
It was while he recuperated from the broken ankle that the Pretoria golfer took a bold decision to make swing changes that was long overdue. What followed were nine months of frustration and a huge test of patience. The 30-year-old pretty much flew under the radar for most of this season, and after missing seven cuts in 12 starts, he was dangerously close to losing his European Tour card.
He shrugged off any suggestions of pressure with three successive 69s at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last month and the tie for 25th in Scotland signalled a return to form.
Four sub-70 rounds at the Portugal Masters confirmed for Coetzee that his game was on the up and, after a joint-40th finish in last week's WGC HSBC Champions, he arrived in Turkey ready to fire.
'I sacrificed a lot this year to affect the swing changes and to get rid of bad habits,' Coetzee said. 'You hope it will come, but I felt it was close at the Portugal Masters and last week in China.
'It was good to win events last year, but I was still hitting a lot of bad shots and saving it with my putter. I want to shoot for bigger goals, but you have to be prepared to sacrifice and suffer. It's just part of the process you have to go through to reach that next level.
'I've been excited in the buildup to this week; happy with the way things were going. I felt really comfortable out there. I've been in a better mood because I'm swinging it a thousand times better than ever before, but I never expected to be leading.'
Coetzee got off to a solid start with back-to-back pars at 11 and 12, and drained the first of eight birdie putts in at the 13th. He followed with more gains at 15 and 16 and had his lone bogey at 17.
'I drove it right and was stuck behind a tree with no shot,' he said. 'All I could do was punch out and hit my third to the green. I missed a 15-footer for par, but after the bogey, I hit it stiff at the first and got back to three under.'
That set the tone for a flawless back nine, with further birdies dropping at three, seven, nine and 10. 'The highlight of the day was definitely the birdie at 15,' Coetzee said. 'After I made the putt, I saw the guy change the leaderboard. I didn't realise it was a par five.
'I turned to Alan [Burns, his caddie] and asked him why he didn't tell me we were putting for eagle? I would never have missed! That birdie was a great surprise and it just kept the momentum going.'
His newfound confidence was telling as he pounded driver down the 10th fairway.
'I saw a lot of guys going with three-woods and long irons, playing it safe because of the water on the left, but it's a proper par four that; there's no need to lay up,' he said.
'If you push it a bit right, you still have a good angle at the green. I started it at the water and faded it to the middle of the fairway and it came out perfectly. My goal for the week will be in stay in this good mood. Smiling George is a happy George.'
Walters, who lies at 94th in the Race to Dubai rankings, was equally pleased with his solid start ahead of next week's Nedbank Golf Challenge. 'It will take something special this week to get into the top 72 for Sun City, but it could happen for me,' he said. 'I've made the kind of start I wanted, so we'll keep going from here. I'm hitting it well and I gave myself a lot of chances. Had a couple of soft bogeys, but overall, I'm really pleased with the round.'
The rest of the South African pack served up a bag of mixed results.
Richard Sterne and Thomas Aiken tied for 47th with a pair of even-par 71s, Haydn Porteous opened with a 72, Brandon Stone a 74 and Jaco van Zyl – who led through the first three rounds last year – signed for a five over 76.
Picture of Coetzee courtesy of Michael Denker


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Imagined Things: Recent Reads #7
Imagined Things: Recent Reads February 16, 2020
This radio show is by the folk associated with Imagined Things, the independent book shop in Harrogate. On the show Georgia will showcase the Imagined Things Book Club's latest read, including what score the book club gave the book, what everyone thought and information about what the book is about and a short extract from it. She will also talk about next month's book briefly, and discuss some of the most popular books in the shop over the last month and newly published books to watch out for. She'll also give a little insight into bookshop life and is happy to take questions about the bookshop or what to read next via the Imagined Things' Twitter profile.


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Cape Town - Second seed Angelique Kerber is through to the last 16 of the women's tennis singles competition in Rio, along with former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.
Kerber, the reigning Australian Open champion, ended the hopes of Canada's Eugenie Bouchard with a 6-4, 6-2 victory to set up a match with either Australia's Sam Stosur or Misaki Doi of Japan.
Also through to the last 16 was Kvitova, who beat another big name, Caroline Wozniacki, 6-2, 6-4.
She moves on to face either Ekaterina Makarova or Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
Others to advance included American seventh seed Madison Keys, who saw off Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-5) after a hotly contested three-hour-and-16-minute battle.
Keys moved on to face Carla Suarez Navarro, the Spanish ninth seed who edged Ana Konjuh 7-6, (7-5) 6-3.
Also reaching the last 16 were Daria Kasatkina, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elina Svitolina, Monica Puig, Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Konta.
In the men's singles, Monday's early round of 32 winners included Japan's Taro Daniel, who beat Great Britain's Kyle Edmund 6-4, 7-5, and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who was a 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 winner over Paolo Lorenzi.
Slovakia's Andrej Martin was given a walkover when his opponent, Phillip Kohlschreiber of Germany, withdrew.


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As the temperature rises, your family needs fun ways to cool off.
The most obvious is to have an all out water fight, but many parents (myself included) find this a little too boisterous and a lot too messy.
Here are some top tips for keeping cool, in a calm, and more orderly fashion.
1. Water Beads In A Bucket Grow some water beads in a bucket of cold water, then let little ones enjoy some sensory play, or older children (and adults) can just sit back, and rest their bare feet in the cool, squishiness.
2. Parasol Positioning Get a parasol with a bent, moveable arm which allows you to change the location of the shade, without having to move the heavy parasol base. Try and keep younger children entertained within the shaded area by putting their favourite toys or crafts out on a rug.
3. Reading Den Create a beautifully cool reading den underneath your climbing frame or swing set, by draping some old bed sheets over the structure, and adding pillows and cushions inside.
4. Homemade Slushies To do this you will need water-tight, freezer-safe food bags, which are usually used for soups or sauces. Make up a water-based or fruit juice drink of your choice, then half fill each bag. Seal the bags, and place them in the freezer. Depending on your freezer temperature, the bags should be ready after around 90 minutes to 3 hours. When the mixture is partially frozen, gently squeeze and massage the bag by hand, until you've turned the ice to mush. Then pour into a glass and enjoy.
5. Magic Sponge Keep a magic sponge on stand-by at all times, for self-administered child cool-offs. Fill a plastic bucket with cool water, and add a few ice cubes to keep the temperature down. Then keep one sponge for each child in the bucket, a different colour per person is a good idea. For younger children you may need to demonstrate how they can squeeze the water out the sponge, then apply it to their foreheads, back of the neck and even tummy to help cool down.6. Water Play Tables Just having their hands in cool water can really help children feel more comfortable on a hot day. Add some ice cubes, and ask your children what they think will happen, for a quick and easy science lesson in changing states. And you can position a parasol or sheet to keep the Sun at bay.
7. Swap Around Play Times During the school holidays consider changing around your daily timetable. Let kids stay up later in the evening to enjoy playing in the cooler air, and catch up on lost sleep by lying in the next day, or taking a midday nap.
8. Splash Pool It may sound obvious but sitting in a splash pool is very cooling. Our large metal framed pools provide plenty of space to splash and play in, while the smaller inflatable pools are ideal to sit younger children in while they play with waterproof toys.


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Netizens Accuse Wu JinYan of Excessively Imitating Angelababy
By melodyc on July 18, 2019 in NEWS
Following Mainland actress Wu Jinyan's (吳謹言) rise to fame with the palace drama Story of Yanxi Palace <延禧攻略>, she received all kinds of work – from film to television and endorsements. However, the bigger the 28-year-old got, the more negative news surrounded her. Aside from being called a diva, the actress was also accused of having poor acting skills. As a result, some viewers reduced their affection for her.
The latest negativity she received is regarding her image. After gaining prominence, Jinyan became more involved with fashion – often gracing magazine covers, attending Fashion Weeks, and attending various brand-related activities. Her styling and makeup noticeably became more and more refined and fashionable than before.
However, some netizens pointed out recently that Jinyan is getting overboard with her "imitation" of Angelababy (楊穎). Causing a hot discussion online, the netizens compiled comparison photos of the two stars to show their hairstyles, makeup, outfits, and even poses were very similar.
Although it is common for celebrities to wear the same outfits, it is rare to sport the same hairstyle, styling, and posture as each other. Thus, Angelababy's fans and many netizens think that Jinyan is a copycat.
Yet, some people defended Jinyan, as the stylists are the ones who determine the artiste's makeup and clothing. Not to mention, their makeup and clothing will follow the current trend as they're both female celebrities. Also, they argued that all actresses have the same poses, and said if Jinyan is copying Angelababy, then there are a bunch of people who imitate the celebrity.
Despite both stars having small faces, big eyes, and slim figures, they have different vibes. Since Angelababy debuted as a model, she had more drastic changes in her fashion style, and the ability to work with different looks. In contrast, Jinyan gained prominence as an actress and is known for her girl-next-door image. Regardless, both actresses have their advantages and characteristics and are considered goddesses in the minds of their fans.
Source: HK01
This article is written by MelodyC for JayneStars.com.


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Illinois Senators have passed legislation that aims to allow alternatives to opioid medications, with medical marijuana being an option. Senate Bill 336 would include all medical conditions where an opioid would be prescribed to qualify for medical marijuana. The program, if passed, would be on a trial/pilot basis.
Those already on opioids or those that would be in danger of over-use would qualify with physician certification, according to The Southern Illinoisan. Some would be able to avoid using opioids altogether if the legislation passes and becomes law. Democrat Don Harmon is the sponsor of the legislation.
Harmon said, "We know that medical cannabis is a safe alternative treatment for the same conditions for which opioids are prescribed. This legislation aims to stop dependence before it begins by providing an immediate alternative."
The physician recommendation would have to be verified by dispensaries prior to filling any written prescription. A set amount of medical marijuana would be prescribed by the physician. An endorsement card would be provided to all that qualify so that they are legally permitted to obtain, possess and use medical marijuana.
The House Rules Committee has the bill now following its passing vote in the Senate of 44-6.
Lawmakers, including Dale Fowler and Paul Schimpf support the legislation in hopes of reducing the state's current opioid crisis.
Fowler said, "By supporting the implementation of a pilot program, lawmakers are seeking realistic solutions to a very concerning public health crisis while also ensuring that we are providing medical relief to patients who are in pain and suffering. Moving forward, we should continue to seek out ways to address the escalating epidemic we are seeing with opioid usage across the nation, acknowledging that there may be other avenues to explore that help patients deal with their pain and also recognize that opioids may not be the best or only path forward."
Schimpf says the bill is common sense.
He said, "It allows doctors to act on a determination that medical marijuana represents a better treatment alternative for their patients than opioids. I hope this passes the House and is signed by Governor Rauner."
Annually, about 2,000 Illinoisans are losing their lives to opioids, on average.


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Soaring costs keeping pace with prices as producers fail to cash in on crisis
By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late. Government intervention was roiling the markets, and his local trader was refusing to buy his newly harvested crop. He was stuck with seven tonnes of unsold rice in his storage shed, waiting for his trader to decide on a fair price.
"We are just countryside folks – we don't understand anything about the price fluctuations," Mr. Luan said in an interview on his farm in southern Vietnam, surrounded by sacks of unsold rice.
While the price of rice has doubled in recent months, most farmers are benefiting very little – even in Vietnam, the world's second-biggest rice exporter.
Their revenue has increased, but so too have their input costs – especially fertilizer, closely linked to the price of energy. Fuel, required for pumping water to their rice paddies and transporting their harvest, is another fast-rising cost. Even the cost of labour is skyrocketing as farm workers insist on higher wages because of Vietnam's record-high inflation rate.
In interviews across Vietnam, rice farmers unanimously reported that their costs have nearly doubled since last year, leaving them without any increase in income, despite the surging rice prices in domestic and global markets.
"Every time the price of rice increases, the cost of fertilizer seems to rise by about the same amount," Mr. Luan said. "If the government can somehow stabilize the cost of fertilizer, we could actually increase our incomes."
The 38-year-old farmer expects no increase in his income this year, despite the panic buying and soaring prices of the past week. "Only the traders and the processing plants are profiting," he said.
Analysts agree with him. "The profits are not in the hands of the farmers," said Vo Tong Xuan, a rice economist and professor in Vietnam. "The profits are enjoyed by middlemen and speculators who hoard the rice to sell it at a higher price."
He worries that the Vietnamese government, bowing to pressure from urban consumers, will order a reduction in rice prices. This would impoverish many farmers, since their costs are still rising, he said.
Most of Vietnam's farmers are unable to benefit from the surge in global rice prices because the government is limiting rice exports this year in an effort to protect its domestic supply. The restrictions are "very unfair to farmers," Mr. Xuan said.
Those limits, in turn, are allowing speculators to exploit the situation. There is mounting evidence that the latest jump in rice prices was triggered by speculators who capitalized on fears that the export restrictions were a harbinger of future shortages in Vietnam.
Just down the road from Mr. Luan's farm, another farmer is washing bags of rice seeds in preparation for his next crop. "It's very hard work, and not very profitable," says the farmer, 36-year-old Tran Van Binh.
"Look at those empty fields over there," he says, pointing to former rice paddies that are now covered in grass. "Many people have left their fields barren because they can't afford the fertilizer and pesticides. The farmers aren't happy at all. Only the traders are making big profits. That's the way it always is."
Mr. Binh harvested three tonnes of rice this spring and sold it for about $625 per tonne, up from about $440 per tonne for his last crop in the fall. But his costs increased to about $440 a tonne, up from about $250 last fall. So his net profit for the entire three tonnes – about $560 – is about the same as it was last year.
In northern Vietnam, the rice fields are smaller and the hardships are greater. Some farmers can grow only enough rice for their own meals, so they have been badly hit by the rising input costs.
"The government should do something to limit the cost of fertilizer," says Nguyen Thi Van, a subsistence farmer on a small plot near Hanoi. "We need some support from the government. Our costs are too high and my income is falling."
Another threat to food security is the steady disappearance of farmland. Many of Vietnam's farmers have been forced off their land to make room for industrial parks and urban developments. By some estimates, as much as 4 per cent of its farmland has been lost to development in the past five years, and 2.5 million people have been forced off their farmland. "I hope this can be stopped or we will face a real dilemma," Mr. Xuan said.
One long-time farmer near Hanoi said the government forced him to leave his farm in 2006 to make room for urban development. Now he struggles to earn a living as a motorcycle driver, earning just three or four dollars a day. "I'm lucky if I can earn enough to buy a few kilos of rice," he said.
Some of the factors behind the rise in Asian rice prices, which have almost trebled this year:
With only about 30 million tonnes of rice traded annually, government supply curbs, such as those from New Delhi and Hanoi, have spooked importers, such as the Philippines and Bangladesh, at a time when global stocks have halved since hitting a record high in 2001.
On the Chicago Board of Trade, financial speculators looking for the next big commodity play have helped lift prices by about 80 per cent this year. To a degree, hoarding by consumers has also fed the rise by spurring importers to seek supplies sooner.
In some countries such as the Philippines, production is failing to keep up with demand because paddy land is being overtaken for industrial development, or because farmers are seeking other trades.
In poor nations rice consumption is rising, but this is partly offset by falling per-capita consumption in big countries such as China. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that consumption in China – which accounts for 30 per cent of world consumption – has fallen by 3.9 per cent over the past five years. But global consumption has risen by 2.7 per cent over the same period.
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One of the most populated countries of Africa, Nigeria is also a thriving cultural and economic powerhouse. With Benin lying on its west, Niger on the north, Chad and Cameroon on its east, Nigeria's southern border forms the lip of Gulf of Guinea. The nation takes pride in being the tenth largest oil producer in the world. From bustling glamorous cities offering an astounding nightlife to quaint, quiet and green villages, Nigeria is a perfect destination for a tourist who wants just everything.
A few African tribes are said to have been the first occupants of these lands. Kanem Empire took over control in 11th Century. Islam was introduced to the state then. The country has a long history of staying under colonial rules of European countries; Portugal (since 1472), Britain (since 1861). Involuntary slave-trade was another dark patch which is found in the pages of history of Nigeria. After a strong revolution, Nigeria gained independence on October 01, 1960.
Nigeria reflects a mixed culture with two largely followed religions; Islam (50.4%) and Christianity (48.2%). The nation is known for its queer and fascinating art. The locals have mastered the art of carving soulful structures out of mud and stones. The longstanding magnificent terracotta figures advocate the age long affinity for art in the hearts of Nigerian races.
Talking about tourist attractions, there are vivacious coastal beaches, stunning wildlife reserves, artistic ancient ruins taking you back in time, timeless creek villages holding on to the prehistoric way of life, mouth-watering cuisine, dense rainforests, remarkable monuments and lot more. Nigeria nuzzles a trove of surprizes and adventures for its visitors. Abuja is the capital of Nigeria and offers a fascinating insight into the history of the country.
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Welcome to trade show season, where everything is picking up quickly! Many of the year's biggest shows kick-off in 2019, starting with two big shows in January -- the PPAI Expo and Outdoor Retailer. Quality promotional giveaways will help you stand out from the rest, and whether you have everything ready to go or you are just starting from scratch for your booth, we can take care of you!
Ted Church, a principal here at Anthem talks all things trade shows in the video below! Watch to see what he recommends for quick turn around items that still maintain a high quality and big impact.
"If you ain't first, you're last."
Talladega Nights has some wisdom to throw upon us, "if you ain't first, you're last." It's common creative agencies can't produce quality items on a quick turnaround. We always say we aren't your typical creative shop, and here is another leading example. While options are limited, we can still help you curate high quality items to make that trade show investment worthwhile.
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3631 Bellecrest Ave Cincinnati OH
Sold for $492,000
Easy to show. Beautiful spacious renovation in desirable Hyde Park! Nearly 2200sqft updated space. 1st fl open layout w LR, DR, 1/2 bath, entry, FR w walkout, Kit w eat-in+counter seating, & office. Master w ensuite & 2 lg closets. LL w finished laundry, rec room & storage. CoreGrass driveway syst. 10yr abatement $226,617. See Attached Docs.
Directions to 3631 Bellecrest Ave Cincinnati OH 45208: Erie to Ault Park Ave to L on Bellecrest
Sold on 08-26-2020
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Coldwell Banker West Shell
Megan S Stacey
Megan S Stacey
Office: 513-321-9944
Phone: 513-702-8886
Phone: 513-702-8886
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