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Convent booked for 2009!
Thanks to Rob for filming and editing this video from 2008.
Are you wondering why we are having the event on the 1st of November instead of the last Sunday in October like previous years? World Vegan Day is actually the 1st of November but we have the event on the previous Sunday as it would be difficult to have it during the week and it is far easier for people to attend during the weekend. Well every few years, November the 1st falls on a Sunday, and 2009 it is. So book it into your calendar, write it on the wall, yell it from the roof tops, tell everyone, your friends, neighbors, people at work, cats, dogs and anyone else.
We had a meeting with the Convent Management and they were really happy with the way we ran the event, and they had no problems with us at all.
It came as a bit of a shock to them, when straight after the meeting we asked them to book World Vegan Day Melbourne in for the Convent for next year.
So it is now confirmed: 2009 World Vegan Day Melbourne will be held at The Convent in Abbotsford on Sunday the 1st of November 2009. This gives everyone a full years notice, so grab a pen and mark in your diaries.
World Vegan Day Melbourne 2008 will be held at the Convent in Abbotsford, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, on Sunday the 26th of October between 10am and 5pm.
After listening to your suggestions to have a more central location, we have chosen a place close to the CBD that also has plenty of open space and some exquisite gardens. The Rosina building that will house many of the indoor stalls for WVD is exactly 100 years old and is one of the few examples of European Baroque Revival style still existing in Victoria. To learn more about this extraordinary venue, visit www.abbotsfordconvent.com.au
As usual entry is free and there will be plenty of Vegan stalls providing fantastic food, clothing, footwear, health products, organic vegan wines, cruelty free skincare and cosmetics, pet care, cleaning products and lots more. There will be live bands, free samples and giveaways, raffle prizes, workshops on Vegan cooking and raw food, talks on health and the environment, speed dating, and much, much more.
As the venue has buses going past Clarke Street every 15 minutes, and with Victoria Park Train Station 12 minutes walking distance away, we suggest leaving your petrol guzzler at home. You may even want to ride your bike to the venue. For more details on public transport click here:
Everyone is welcome, and we encourage you to bring a non vegan friend. In fact this year there will be a major prize for the person that brings in the most non-vegan friends.
See you there!
See the transport and map page for details on how to get there.
Things are starting to ramp up and we need your help so if you can help out in any way drop us a line at and let us know what you can do.
Adelaide - Vegan Festival
The aim of the festival is to bring all South Australians to the event, promote and educate on a vegan, green, compassionate, healthy and sustainable lifestyle. The festival aims to be family friendly with a fun-filled atmosphere.
When: Sunday 16th November 2008
Local Transport: Tram & buses from the city
Parking: available at the Brighton Cricket Oval
Benefits: Wheelchair Access, Smoke-Free Venue, Pet Friendly
Entry: a gold coin donation. Show bags filled with goodies - $3 donation.
All products displayed and sold at Vegan Festival will be 100% vegan.
YOU are invited! You do not have to be vegan to come!
More info at www.veganfestival.info
Brisbane - Picnic Lunch
World Vegan Day. Bring Vegan food to share or Renata will bring food for you in exchange for $10
Date: 02 November 2008
Time: 11.30 am
Cost: Bring food to share or $10 if provided by Renata.
Location: Orleigh Park, West End.
Sydney - Vegan Festival
12:00 noon, Sunday 19 October 2008
Lachlan Reserve in Centennial Park, Sydney
Celebrate World Vegan Day at this combined Vegan Society, Sydney Raw Food and Vegan Meetup and Gaia's Table Raw Vegan Group event. Please bring your own picnicking gear and a vegan dish to share. If you wish to 'go raw', bring a raw vegan dish (please see the Raw Food Potluck Guidelines).
Email: [email protected] with any questions.
Directions: Lachlan Reserve is in the centre of Centennial Park, just off Parkes Drive/Dickens Drive near the Lily Pond. For a map see worldvegandaymap.jpg
If you get lost on the day, please contact Joy on 0428 582 258 or Greg on 0400 492 157. If it rains or rain is likely the picnic will move under the nearby kiosk shelter in the park.


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Synopsis: A Casanova figure sets out to find a more fulfilling sex life, but learns some life lessons along the way.
What You Need To Know: Almost every major star tries to step behind the camera at some point, to varying effect -- some turn out Clint Eastwood or Ben Affleck, others closer to Johnny Depp (whose "The Brave" hardly got any kind of release). Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn't hanging around -- he's barely turned 30, but the "Looper" star, who's been sponsoring all kinds of interesting creative work through his hitRECord projects, is making his feature writing/directing debut at Sundance this year. Seemingly a light, comic take on "Shame," the idea of casting yourself as a sex addict opposite Scarlett Johansson might seem like a vanity project, but there's plenty of other promising talent involved, including Julianne Moore, Rob Brown and, of all people, Tony Danza. It's one of those projects that could go either way, but given Gordon-Levitt's pretty great choice in projects in general, we've got faith that he'll come up with something interesting when he's in charge.
Release Date: Premieres Jan 18th in Park City, and we imagine it'll have a distributor within hours.
Synopsis: A young woman is hired to infiltrate a group of eco-terrorists, only to fall in with their inscrutable leader and their cause.
What You Need To Know: Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij re-team after last year's fascinating genre-bender "Sound Of My Voice," with Marling handling co-writing and starring duties once again. With that picture, and 2011's "Another Earth," Marling's announced herself as a major voice in genre filmmaking, but for her follow-up with Batmanglij, it looks like they've opted for a more expansive, unsettling experience, with urban political statements cross-bred with an escalating sense of doom. All accounts are that "The East" is going to boldly toe the line between the group's dangerous beliefs and the horrible aftermath of their actions, with Marling at the center of a cast that includes Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell and Patricia Clarkson.
Release Date: It premieres January 20th at Sundance. Fox Searchlight produced the picture, so they'll be releasing it later in the year.
Synopsis: During the English Civil War, a group of deserters search for hidden treasure in a mushroom field.
What You Need To Know: America (and much of the rest of the world) hasn't yet had a chance to see Ben Wheatley's outstanding "Sightseers" yet, but the director's long-since wrapped on his fourth feature, a partially-improvised period piece filmed in only a couple of weeks. Collaborating with both old friends (Michael Smiley from "Kill List," Richard Glover from "Sightseers") and U.K. comedy mainstays (Julian Barratt from "The Mighty Boosh," Reece Shearsmith of "The League of Gentleman"), this promises some of the same pagan horror leanings of Wheatley's earlier films, but with a period setting reminiscent of the classic "Witchfinder General," and a trippier feel that should be enhanced by a mix of black-and-white and color photography, and lenses that Wheatley made from scratch. If you ask us, the director's one of the most promising filmmakers out there right now, and hopefully his unbroken run of brilliance will continue here.
Release Date: The film's pretty much done, so we imagine that, if his previous work is anything to go by, SXSW or a return trip to Cannes would make sense.
Synopsis: An aspiring musician joins an eccentric band led by the mysterious Frank of the title.
What You Need To Know: Michael Fassbender might be one of the most in-demand actors around, but for all the blockbuster offers he has, he's not forgetting his roots, and started filming last week on this Irish-made project, inspired by the late Manchester comedian/musician Frank Sidebottom, who became an icon for performing with a papier-mache cartoon head. Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheart are also namechecked as jumping-off points for the script, by "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" writer Peter Straughan and journalist Jon Ronson (whose book "The Men Who Stared At Goats" inspired Straughan's script of the same name), and the cast couldn't be more exciting; rising star Domhnall Gleeson takes the lead, with Fassbender as the titular Frank, and Scoot McNairy and Maggie Gyllenhaal also involved. Perhaps most exciting of all is director Lenny Abrahamson; the Irish filmmaker's excellent work to date, in "Adam & Paul," "Garage" and "What Richard Did," have won him praise at home, but haven't yet made his name on the world circuit. Could this be the film to change that? We suspect so...
Release Date: Just started filming, so a TIFF premiere seems entirely feasible, or maybe London if it's not ready in time.
Synopsis: A college graduate and his friends desperately try to find work post-graduation in the worst economy in living memory.
What You Need To Know: Like Phil Morrison (see above), Dylan Kidd was a promising indie filmmaker who's been M.I.A for the best part of a decade; he turned a lot of heads with debut "Roger Dodger," but follow-up "P.S." died on the vine on the festival circuit (though if you ask us, it's very underrated). Kidd's barely been heard from since, but managed to get his third feature before cameras last summer. Clearly, it's timely subject matter, and Kidd couldn't have assembled a better cast; rising star Miles Teller ("Rabbit Hole," "The Spectacular Now") takes the lead, with Anna Kendrick, Alison Brie, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jay Pharoah, Brandon T. Jackson, John Cho, Marcia Gay Harden, Nicholas Braun, John C. McGinley, Marc Maron and Jorge Garcia among those involved. It could end up being a slightly navel-gazing twentysomething flick, but we trust Kidd's sensibilities enough to think that he's going to come up with a more interesting take on the material.
Release Date: SXSW could be possible, TIFF is more likely.
Synopsis: Set over one long summer in Glasgow, Eve falls into a friendship with a pair of musicians.
What You Need To Know: Featuring/namechecking seminal Scottish band Belle and Sebastian has become something close to a cliche in the indie world in recent years (see "Juno," "(500) Days Of Summer," etc.). So it makes sense that the band's frontman Stuart Murdoch might want to get involved in actually making movies. And so he has; a Kickstarter campaign culminating in the start of filming, last summer, of "God Help The Girl," based on his 2009 concept album of 60s girl group tunes. Starring the talented rising trio of Emily Browning ("Sucker Punch"), who replaced Elle Fanning late in the game, Olly Alexander ("Enter The Void") and Hannah Murray ("Skins," "Game Of Thrones"), it's a full-on musical at an indie pricetag, which is an intriguing enough prospect on its own. And while Murdoch might be an unproven talent behind the camera, he's got some pretty serious behind-the-scenes backing, most notably big-time Hollywood producer Barry Mendel ("Rushmore," "Munich"). A cult hit waiting to happen?
Release Date: SXSW would be the obvious choice, but Murdoch may hang on for a home-crowd premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival in February or the Edinburgh Film Festival in June.
Synopsis: A pregnant Northern Irish woman runs away to relatives in Baltimore, only to discover that her aunt is on the verge of getting divorced.
What You Need To Know: Matthew Porterfield's "Putty Hill" became something of a critical hit when it premiered in Berlin three years ago, and kept it up when it was released in the U.S. in 2011 (it placed highly on one of our writers' top ten lists at the time). Keeping up his momentum, Porterfield got rolling on his crowd-funded follow-up late last summer, which reunites him with much of the same creative team, with musicians Ned Oldham and Kim Taylor, and newcomers Hannah Gross and Deragh Campbell leading the cast. Hopefully we can expect the same realistic, truthful approach, and the same picturesque Baltimore locations, but with a musical leaning that some have compared to "Once."
When? Sundance, with the first screening coming on January 19th.
Synopsis: The true story of the titular Picard, a Blackfeet Plains Indian who begins suffering bizarre symptoms after returning from World War II, and is treated by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux.
What You Need To Know: Earlier in the year, we were discussing what happened to French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin; his 2008 film "A Christmas Tale" was something of a Playlist favorite, but he'd scarcely been heard of since that film was released. Well, only a day or two later, Desplechin resurfaced, with the news that he was making his second English-language film (after 2000's "Esther Kahn") on "Jimmy Picard," a long-gestating adaptation of Georges Devereux's 1951 book "Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian." Uniting the director's 'Christmas Tale' star Mathieu Amalric with Benicio Del Toro, who's been searching for a really good showcase since "Che," the film promises a detailed look at both 1940s-era psychoanalysis, and Native American culture, and while some may rise eyebrows at the casting of Del Toro in such a role, we're just glad he's got some worthwhile work again after too many films like "The Wolfman" and "Savages." Anyway, Desplechin's skillset seems well-suited to this one, and we're looking forward to a good deal.
When: "A Christmas Tale" was in competition at Cannes, so this might well follow in its footsteps.
Synopsis: Young Allen Ginsberg arrives at Columbia University, and immediately makes friends with Lucien Carr, William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, planting the seeds for what would become the Beat movement. But their lives are shattered when an older man in love with Carr is found dead.
What You Need To Know: "On The Road" made a decent fist at adapting the Beat classic last year without ever feeling truly inspired. Will an attempt at going back to the early days of some of the movement's key figures be more successful? First time writer-director John Krokidas has the benefit of a doozy of true-crime story here, and he's certainly assembled an interesting cast, with Daniel Radcliffe as Ginsberg, Ben Foster as Burroughs, Jack Huston as Kerouac, Dane DeHaan as Lucien Carr and Elizabeth Olsen as Edie Parker (with Michael C. Hall, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kyra Sedgwick also featuring). There's the risk that it could come across as a sort of Beat Muppet Babies, or "On The Road: First Class." But there's a good story here, and a lot of talent in front of and behind the camera, so we're definitely feeling optimistic.
When: First screens at Sundance on January 18th, likely to be a hot ticket for distributors.
Synopsis: Biopic of Paul Raymond, the pornographer who, thanks to canny investment, became one of Britain's richest men, and the self-styled "King Of Soho."
What You Need To Know: We're on record as being big Michael Winterbottom fans, but even we struggled a little bit with his last theatrical release, "Trishna." 2013 brings two films from the director, and while we're looking forward to "Everyday" too, it's "The Look of Love" that really has our attention. Over a decade on from "24 Hour Party People," one of the best British films of the 00s, Winterbottom reteams with star Steve Coogan for the fourth time for a film that seems to be a sort of spiritual sibling to the earlier film. Digging into seedy London of the 1960s and on rather than Manchester in the 1970s, it promises to be as stylistically playful, but darker in tone. "Control" writer Matt Greenhaigh penned the script, and the cast is strong too, with Anna Friel, Imogen Poots and Tamsin Egerton as the women in his life, with comic talent like Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Sarah Solemani and Chris Addison also cropping up. We haven't looked forward to a Winterbottom film as much in years.
Release Date: January 19th in Park City, March 8th in the U.K., and hopefully later in the year when a U.S. distributor arrives.

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In less then one week I'm leaving NYC and I'll be back in Sin city: Ghent!
Gonna be happy to be back and see all my friends and family.
But the most fun is that I have to Host a Party there, that's why they fly me over.
It's a club from a friend of mine called : "Kitsch club". It's located in Knokke, next to the casino.
It's a small boutique club and Belvedere wodka is throwing a party... and me, ceesie, is the host.
I get a Limo, Free Wodka and I have to DJ for 2 hours. Amazing no?
I feel VERY Paris Hilton! ;-)
I just can't wait to get in that limo with all my friends and to party the night away. :-)
So who ever is in Belgium and reads this... is more then welcome to come and dance on my favorite tunes!!
Place to be on the 26 of February: KITSCH CLUB!
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Rhode Island clinging to greyhound racing
As Rhode Island debates the fate of its only greyhound racing track, an advocacy group is planning a weekend rally calling for an end to the sport in the state, the Associated Press reports.
The group GREY2K USA, a chief proponent of a successful ballot question in Massachusetts last year to ban greyhound racing at the state's two tracks, is planning a Saturday rally in Providence to urge Rhode Islanders to ban the sport as well.
The Massachusetts ban takes effect in January. And New Hampshire's two remaining tracks plan to end live racing.
"The handwriting is on the wall, and it makes little sense for lawmakers to stand up and buck this trend," said Christine Dorchak, president and general counsel of the organization.
In Rhode Island the debate has focused more on the sport's profitability rather than on the treatment of dogs. Legislators awant to expand greyhound racing. Over the objection of Gov. Don Carcieri, lawmakers have moved to force a bankrupt, state-licensed slot parlor to run 200 days of live racing at its greyhound track even though current law only requires 125.
Carcieri, a Republican, vetoed the legislation, but lawmakers in the Democratic-dominated General Assembly say they expect to override it. Supporters of the dog racing bill say it's necessary to save 225 jobs, including pari-mutuel clerks, bartenders and security workers, and preserve tax revenue. They also argue the public shouldn't be penalized for what they say are the bad business decisions of the owners of the gambling parlor, called Twin River.
Posted by John Woestendiek July 16th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
Tags: debate, dog racing, dogs, gambling, governor, grey2kusa, greyhound, greyhound racing, legislature, massachusetts, racing, rhode island, tracks, twin river
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Mass. hysteria: Greyhound racing vote nears
In addition to helping pick the next president, Massachusetts voters tomorrow will be deciding the future of greyhound racing in the state.
Voters will weigh in on a hotly debated ballot measure that, if approved, would make Massachusetts the eighth state to ban live greyhound racing. (Idaho, Maine, North Carolina, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington are the others.)
The Boston Globe reported Saturday, in a story that oozed objectivity, that conditions in which greyhounds live — a key factor in the argument to ban the sport — are, well, in the eye of the beholder …
"To one eye, the dogs look cheerful and comfortable. To another, the place might seem like a warehouse. One greyhound appears to stoop his head to fit in the cage; the others seem to have plenty of room to spare.
"The kennel's owners welcomed a reporter, but no photographer, fearing how the cages might appear in pictures…"
I'm guessing that the cages might appear as they actually are — cameras being devices that record reality and all.
Supporters of the ban say greyhounds spent at least 20 hours a day in their cages.
The Globe article points out that "Like every assertion made in the debate over the ballot question, that contention is feverishly disputed by the other side. Trainers say their dogs get plenty of time outside, though they do have a hard time putting a number to it."
Backers of the ballot measure believe greyhound racing constitutes animal abuse because of the industry's excessive breeding practices, the cruel methods by which unwanted dogs are destroyed, the conditions in which many are forced to live and the number of injuries racing leads to.
The Humane Society of the United States believes no amount of reform could make the industry acceptable.
"The racing industry is inherently cruel. Greyhound racing is a form of gaming in which the amount of money a dog generates determines his or her expendability," it says. "The answer for greyhounds is neither regulation nor adoption of "retired" dogs, but the elimination of the greyhound racing industry."
Posted by John Woestendiek November 3rd, 2008 under Muttsblog.
Tags: ban, cages, care, conditions, election, greyhound, greyhound racing, greyhounds, kennels, laws, massachusetts, news, racing, referendum, states, treatment, vote, voters
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Russ and Ann Gerdin have made a $5 million commitment to the UI Foundation to establish the Russ and Ann Gerdin Family Athletic Scholarship Fund.
Sept. 4, 2009
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- For three decades, Russ and Ann Gerdin of North Liberty, Iowa, have been extraordinarily generous friends of University of Iowa student-athletes and the UI athletics program. Now the couple have extended their Hawkeye legacy with the largest athletic scholarship gift in University history: a $5 million commitment to the UI Foundation to establish the Russ and Ann Gerdin Family Athletic Scholarship Fund, which will provide multiple scholarships each year for student-athletes in football, men's and women's basketball, wrestling, and other men's and women's sports on a rotating basis.
Russ Gerdin is the founder and chief executive officer of one of Iowa's most successful businesses, North Liberty-based trucking company Heartland Express, Inc. He and Ann are leading philanthropists in the state of Iowa. At the UI, they have supported the Russell A. and Ann Gerdin Athletic Learning Center, the UI Athletics Hall of Fame and Visitors Center, the J. Hayden Fry Center for Prostate Cancer Research, athletic scholarships, and the renovation of Kinnick Stadium.
They have also supported the Russell and Ann Gerdin American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Iowa City and have provided millions of dollars toward educational pursuits of Heartland employees and their children through their company's family college tuition program. These are just a few examples of their philanthropic leadership regionally and nationally. In short, the Gerdins are generous, compassionate, and civic-minded. Just as important, they are also avid Iowa Hawkeye fans.
"We are so pleased to support both the academic and athletic goals of University of Iowa student-athletes," Russ Gerdin said. "We believe that high-quality education is essential for our state's and our society's future prosperity and growth, and we have been Hawkeye fans for decades. With this gift, we are able to support both of these passions, and we couldn't be happier to make this commitment in the name of our entire family."
UI Director of Athletics Gary Barta said the Gerdins' gift will help bring even greater success to the Iowa Hawkeyes and the University.
"When Hawkeye student-athletes commit to wearing the black and gold, we want to make sure they have every opportunity to succeed in the classroom and in competition," Barta said. "The Gerdin family's historic gift for athletic scholarships will help the UI provide a first-rate education, boost our recruiting efforts, and enhance our program's financial stability. On behalf of President Sally Mason, our coaches, our staff, and especially our student-athletes, I say thank you to Russ and Ann and the entire Gerdin family."
The Gerdins' family includes their son, Mike Gerdin, the president of Heartland Express, and his wife, Nicole; daughter Julie Durr, events coordinator at Heartland Express, and her husband, Eric; daughter Angela Janssen and her husband, Brian, director of operations for Heartland Express; and nine (soon to be 10) grandchildren. All of them live in Solon, Iowa -- and all of them are Hawkeye fans through and through.
Now, for generations to come, all of the Gerdin family will take pride in knowing that they've played a key role in Hawkeye athletic history.


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About the Summit
In March of 2003, University President Kay Norton addressed a forum on the future of the cultural centers and allied programs at UNC. Wishing to keep these issues in front of the University community, Professor Hermon George Jr., the moderator and participant in the forum, announced the intention to hold the first annual Summit on Social Justice and Diversity in the Spring of 2004. He also announced that a report card on social justice and diversity at UNC would be presented at the event.
Starting in 2004, the Summit has been held on the first Thursday of every April, or as close to this date as the availability of facilities will allow. The Report Card on Social Justice and Diversity at UNC has also been issued as a centerpiece of each Summit. A poster contest/art exhibit on the theme of social justice and diversity has been held since 2005.


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Benin to increase its troops in Mali from 300 to 650
"President Boni Yayi instructed us to reinforce the 300-strong previous contingent with 350 additional soldiers", Benin's Army Chief of Staff, Admiral Denis Gbessemehlan was quoted by Maghreb Press Agency (MAP) as saying.
"We are not operating under the Togolese battalion any longer as previously scheduled. We are rather operating under our own command," he added.
A 50-soldier unit has already left Cotonou for Bamako between Friday and Saturday.
Seven West African countries including Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Niger, Guinea and Burkina Faso, as well as Chad, have pledged their contribution in the military efforts to deal with the Islamist militants in northern Mali.
Some 5,800 soldiers are expected to complement France's efforts towards restoring state authority in the northern part of the crisis-plagued West African country.


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Berklee has done some great things, too: It's certainly responsible for the formation of one of today's most entertaining Bluegrass-infused triumvirates, Annie & the Beekeepers. The down-home, Appalachian-inspired trio from the liberal capital of eastern America represent the best attributes of Bluegrass-fusion and Americana — strings, delightfully lilting vocals and the ability to make Country music not sound especially Country.
Annie Lynch, the guitar-wielding songstress and frontwoman, grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. During her formative musical upbringing, she feasted primarily on Folk artists like Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.
But Lynch's Bluegrass-fusion career took root early. "I was always really interested in string instruments," she says.
She began playing the violin and taking voice lessons at an early age. By the time she was 14, she was writing songs. By 16, she was tearing up the Cape Cod coffeeshop circuit.
"People were always telling me I had a great voice for Country music," Lynch says. She initially resisted because the commercial Pop Country image never appealed to her.
But Lynch changed her tune slightly while attending Berklee. She began listening to classic Country and Bluegrass, immediately falling in love.
"I think that you can appreciate music and feel very deeply connected with music that maybe isn't exactly from the same place that you're from," she says.
At Berklee, Lynch put an EP together with the help of a friend.
The experience was so enjoyable, she decided to release a full-length album and then tour with the newly formed ensemble, Annie & the Beekeepers.
The band consists of Lynch, Ken Woodward on the upright bass and Alexandra Spaulding on the cello. The trio just released its second full-length album, Squid Hell Sessions.
Although the group has some Bluegrass roots — Woodward hails from Virginia — and a heavy classic Country influence, Lynch is hesitant to call Annie & the Beekeepers a Bluegrass band.
She prefers to look at her music in a more holistic sense. Growing up on Cape Cod and primarily listening to Folk Rock, Lynch sees elements of her roots represented in the music she performs with her band.
"I don't think that real old Country music (is) the antithesis of the music I grew up on," Lynch says.
To Lynch, artists like Bob Dylan have undercurrents of Country that often go undetected, and that's what she craves.
"What I'm drawn to in music is the music of the people, music that expresses the human experience," she says. "Folk-oriented music has been sort of like the common thread between the genres I've been interested in."
The band continues to make its way around the country performing its unique brand of Folk Country. While the Beekeepers have never performed in a rural Appalachian city, they continue to be well received in the Southern cities they've toured.
"I haven't had the experience of playing Bluegrass in Bluegrass country," Lynch says. "(But) we've gotten great responses in the South and really enjoy going down there."
As Annie & the Beekeepers continue to record and tour on a half-Country, half-Folk platform, the distinctions between the genres grow less and less distinct to them. It reflects in the group's sometimes bluesy, sometimes jazzy renditions of Folk and Country songs. The group seems more inclined to keep coloring outside the lines of mainstream music's expectations.
"I think nowadays it's very hard for most bands that are kind of just starting out to pinpoint a genre, and I think that's a really beautiful thing," Lynch says.
This new wave of musical egalitarianism is something to which Annie and the Beekeepers are proud to contribute.
"Most of the music I love and appreciate, they're like the hardest bands to package up into a neat little description," Lynch says.
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Michael Isard, Mark Shand, and Alan Heirich
March 2003
Recently several distributed rendering systems have been developed which exploit a cluster of commodity computers by connecting host graphics cards over a fast network to form a compositing pipeline. This paper introduces a new algorithm which takes advantage of the programmable compositing operators in these systems to improve the performance of rendering multiple shadow-maps, for example to produce approximate soft shadows. With an nVidia GeForce4 Ti graphics card the new algorithm reduces the number of required render nodes by nearly a factor of four compared with a naive approach. We show results that yield interactive-speed rendering of 32 shadows on a 9-node Sepia2a distributed rendering cluster.
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I may try it, but then I may injure both sides...
Indiana - due to an old injury I find that my right knee can become very painful from time to time, making kickstarting the Bullet very painful. I found that as long as I use the proper drill, it's quite easy to start the bike with my left foot. May be worth a try!Tom
I turned on my ankle tonight, and something clicked.. I will get an xray tomorrow. It now hurts like merry 'ell. If my ankle is broken, the Enfield is for sale - I love the bike, but I will have a weakened ankle for a long time, and I like to ride bikes, not have 'em sitting in the barn because I can't start them. The question, if i have a broken ankle, is do I put the disc brake onto the bike before I sell it, or should I keep it for the Classic I intend to buy in the new year?
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Australia in flames: Firefighters have their work cut out for them this week as stifling heat and ripping winds threaten to merge two enormous wildfires into one nightmarish mega-fire. (Yes, firefighters are actually using the word "mega-fire," not just the media.) Apart from the loss of life and property, links between the country's record-breaking heat wave, wildfires, and climate change may also be casting doubt on Prime Minister Tony Abbott's plan to repeal a carbon emissions tax. Agence France-Presse, Reuters
To infinity and beyond: Scientists have long wanted to get up close and personal with the stratosphere. For one thing, studying this layer of the atmosphere could help us better understand how the chemicals we emit interact with the ozone layer and alter the Earth's balance of heat. Getting up there, however, is no easy feat. But now, a two-seated glider call Perlan II could give scientists their chance. So, how does one ascend to 90,000 feet in a plane with no engines? First, you agree to sacrifice both safety and comfort. Then you piggyback off waves of atmospheric wind and approach the speed of sound while desperately trying not to cross it. You know, no big whoop. New York Times
Over the moon for dunes: Used to be, folks on the New Jersey coastline hated the thought of sand dunes obstructing their view of the ocean. But now, nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy, opposing the construction of dunes will earn you pariah status in the community and a good shunning at the local farmer's market. David Gessner explains how even the most steadfast opponents of dunes have come to embrace these protective measures against climate change. But will it be enough? OnEarth
A death toll rises: Earlier this summer, Zimbabwean authorities reported that poachers poisoned a watering hole, killing around 100 elephants with cyanide. Now, advocacy groups say the number is closer to 300 and that the government is covering up the extent of the massacre. Meanwhile, the head honchos of poaching operations keep getting away, and wildlife rangers say they need ten times as many rangers to patrol their territory. Small-fry local poachers get pinched, but claim they're killing elephants out of poverty, not greed. And elephants keep dying. There is literally nothing good to report here. Agence France-Presse
Cleanup on aisle 3: According to a new report, America's 12 largest supermarkets lag behind the rest of the developed world in reducing hydrofluorocarbon emissions. In a year, a single supermarket refrigeration system can churn out the same amount of CO2 emissions as 324 passenger cars. According to Allan Thornton of the Environmental Investigation Agency, "The results from the survey are not just disappointing but shocking, given that climate-friendly alternative technologies are available in the marketplace." Perhaps in protest, an alligator was spotted pacing outside of a Florida Wal-Mart this week. McClatchy DC
Staying power: In a new study, scientists determined that nitrates from agricultural fertilizer stick around long after farmers stop using them. Plants can only absorb around 62 percent at the initial application, which pretty much leaves the rest to linger in the soil or slink away into the groundwater. So, how bad is it? Well, the researchers think nitrates could continue to contaminate groundwater for at least 80 years. Los Angeles Times
Putting the awe into awesome: I know, a lot of that stuff up there wasn't happy news. But do yourself a favor and take a minute to flip through some of the winners of this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. You could also view it as the conservationist's version of Why We Fight. My favorite is the weaselly little stoat in midair—it's cute, cuddly, and half a second away from getting all red in tooth and claw. Colossal
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The Writers Guild of America have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2010. The announcement comes after the likes of "The King's Speech," "Biutiful," "The Ghost Writer," "Winter's Bone," "Toy Story 3," "The Way Back," "Blue Valentine" and "Another Year" all had their scripts disqualified due to the WGA's controversial rules, which cuts out scripts that don't follow the guild's complicated "Minimum Basic Agreement, or the agreements of several affiliated international guilds" (last year, eventual Oscar nominees "An Education" and "Inglourious Basterds" were among those disqualified).
In their place were a few big and generally pleasant surprises, including Nicole Holofcener's script for "Please Give" making the cut, as well as John Requa & Glenn Ficarra's screenplay for "I Love You Phillip Morris," as well as the very expected, like Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" screenplay and Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg's script for "The Kids Are All Right."
Winners will be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.
Full list of nominees below. Check out a list of all the awards so far this year here
Original Screenplay
Black Swan
Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin; Story by Andres Heinz; Fox Searchlight
The Fighter
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story byKeith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Paramount Pictures
Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros.
The Kids Are All Right
Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg; Focus Features
Please Give
Written by Nicole Holofcener; Sony Pictures Classics
Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours
Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy; Based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston; Fox Searchlight
I Love You Phillip Morris
Written by John Requa & Glenn Ficarra; Based on the book by Steven McVicker; Roadside Attractions
The Social Network
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich; Sony Pictures
The Town
Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard; Based on the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan; Warner Bros.
True Grit
Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen; Based on the novel by Charles Portis; Paramount Pictures
Documentary Screenplay
Enemies of the People
Written, Directed, Filmed and Produced by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath; International Film Circuit
Freedom Riders
Written, Produced and Directed by Stanley Nelson; International Film Circuit
Written and Directed by Josh Fox; HBO Documentary Films and International WOW Company
Inside Job
Produced, Written and Directed by Charles Ferguson; Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt; Sony Pictures Classics
The Two Escobars
Written by Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist; ESPN Films
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As I read pronouncements about the reshaping of our military forces, I have visions of a college professor projecting the following statement on to a white board and asking the students when it was written - "As in the past, it had been argued, and people believed it, as many do now, that there was no further danger of war. Pacifism was predominant. As the national debt had grown, partly as a result of pensions, retrenchment had been the political cry of both parties, and appropriations for defense had been constantly reduced. The people throughout the country were almost exclusively occupied with their own personal affairs to the neglect of such considerations. Nobody listened to those who realized the wisdom of maintaining an adequate army and advocated it."
I suspect after multiple incorrect answers, the professor would announce that GEN John J. Pershing had written those words about the state of the nation in 1898! More than one hundred years ago, the siren song of compensation cuts and reductions in defense manpower was luring the unsuspecting on to the shoals of unpreparedness for future conflict.
When I saw recent remarks by a senior Department of Defense (DoD) official concerning the defense budget, the melody and lyrics of the 1943 hit song by Harry James and Helen Forrest came to mind – "It seems to me I've heard this song before". You see, Pershing's reflection regarding post-Civil War defense policies highlights a trend that began just after the American Revolution, and seems to continue as a driver of contemporary decisions. The cycle of readiness and capability juxtaposed with degraded readiness and limited abilities repeats itself in a predictable way driven by a quest to reduce spending without a conceptual framework – cuts and reductions with little relationship to reality or logical predictions about future defense requirements.
Yet I find it particularly distressing to note that the official suggested DoD would go after military compensation aggressively. Not only does he suggest an "aggressive" campaign directed at serving troops, but in doing so suggests to me that those who have borne the burdens of three wars are the target because by inference they are causing our fiscal problems. DoD is going after the compensation of our most valuable weapon – the one that does not break, does not wear out, does not become obsolete, just keeps on going sometime in the face of overwhelming odds often at the cost of life or limb – DoD is going after our troops' compensation – aggressively – after twelve years of war!
The DoD official also said that another way to meet budget targets is to reduce manpower. While that might save money, what would be the cost in blood? Sadly, after almost every post-war "peace dividend" or response to "bring the boys home" cries, the ultimate result was enormous loss of life and blood in the next conflict.
Let's look back in history. After World War I manpower plummeted because there were to be no more wars. So when World War II began it took four years to build a well-trained fighting force and another year for it to prevail. Troop levels plummeted again and then the Korean War came, and again an inadequate force paid for the post-war peace dividend in blood. The cycle has continued to repeat – atrophied fighting forces announcing to potential enemies that our land forces are too small, so now is the time to attack our national interests.
In order to have a military force that is unparalleled and unchallenged, it must be large enough to deter potential enemies, and it must be manned with personnel who are properly compensated for the rigors of a profession that is unlike any other and brings with it enormous stressors both for the personnel and their families. While our enemies grow stronger, we must not go down the road of false savings that leave defense forces too small and too weak. The cost of rebuilding a defense force after a crisis occurs is far greater in dollars and blood than simply maintaining it.
This time let us not repeat history. Let us maintain our best weapon – our fighting men and women – at a manpower level and compensation level that will keep us from repeating the past when inevitably the next war comes.
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A group of Alabama Baptists will spend spring break walking from downtown Birmingham to Perry County to raise awareness of poverty.
About two dozen people are expected to participate in the 74-mile trek, which began Wednesday morning and ends Saturday in Marion.
Participants include leaders and members of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The moderate Baptist group has an initiative that fights poverty in Perry County, one of the poorest areas in the state.
The walk will go from Birmingham to Bessemer, then through Bibb County and on to Marion, the largest town in Perry County.
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The decision to bar companies involved in blacklisting in bidding for any Wiltshire Council contracts has been welcomed by a trade union.
At Tuesday's full council meeting the council approved Salisbury Labour councillor Ricky Rogers' bid to 'blacklist the blacklisters', by agreeing not to work with companies found guilty of the practice.
Any construction or engineering companies now bidding for council contracts will be asked to provide evidence they have not been involved with The Consulting Association, a controversial company which maintained a list of 'troublemaking' or 'militant' workers.
Carole Vallelly, GMB regional organiser for Wiltshire, said: "We are delighted Wiltshire Council has passed this motion.
"For too long these companies have been allowed to ruin people's lives with their illegal blacklisting practices."
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RIM's BlackBerry 10 OS and the first few devices powered by it will be out in less than a month (on January 30, to be more exact) but in the meantime the (very few) hardcore BB fans left should be happy to hear about the unveiling of their Curve 9315.
This is not exactly a brand new device. It's a T-Mobile specific version of the BlackBerry Curve 9310, which has already been released on Verizon and Boost Mobile. It also runs on the old and dated BlackBerry 7.1 OS, so it doesn't seem to have a whole lot going for it.
Still, with a pretty affordable price point and the physical QWERTY keyboard functionality that Android and iOS don't seem to bother with, the 9315 might attract a couple of business users and/or students. If you're one of those, be sure to visit T-Mo's website or the carrier's brick and mortar stores starting January 23.
The phone will go up for sale for $49.99 with two-year agreements and will feature Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, a 2.44 QVGA display, a 3.2 MP cam with flash, microSD support, and a 1,450 mAh battery. Any takers?
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Development execs in a tizzy after fall's unexpected hits
That loud screech you heard this month? Imagine a racetrack crowded with drama development execs, all abruptly switching gears at once.In the race to come up with the next big procedural hit (a la "CSI" and "Law & Order"), no one saw the mega-openings of ABC's new drama hits "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" coming. Now, just as they were about to finish buying scripts for next season, drama execs have made a U-turn and added a few more quirky female dramas and big-concept thrillers to the development mix. "There's always that Oct. 1 curveball that comes in, when everybody suddenly looks for the opposite of what they had been after," says 20th Century Fox TV drama chief Jennifer Nicholson Salke. By October, of course, development execs finally have a chance to digest what's hot and what's not. And although procedurals are by no means cold, webheads can't help but take into account the excitement over "Housewives" and "Lost." As a result, nets and studios are taking a second look at projects they may have passed on earlier in the year, hoping to capture some of what made "Housewives" so appealing. NBC and 20th took it one step further, redeveloping the 7-year-old Todd Holland/John Riggi script "Five Houses," a single-camera comedy about families living in a Los Angeles cul-de-sac. Meanwhile, other webs that have bought most of their scripts for the year admit they're suddenly hungry for more hefty dramas in the vein of "Lost" and USA's "The 4400." Those high-concept shows were easily marketed like major motion-picture openings — and viewers were hooked. "The word right now is 'eventize,' " says ICM's Matt Solo. "People want pitches and projects that can be turned into events, and promoted as being really different." ABC Entertainment exec VP Francie Calfo says it's clear everyone is now looking for the next show in the vein of "Lost" — even her own net. "We have three or four scripts in the miscellaneous pile that we think are big ideas, out there and different," she says. And so goes another development season in TV land, where drama execs are at least encouraged by the success of several new hourlongs, both procedural and not. Development execs were pretty targeted in what they wanted this season:
- Hot were scripts that took place in the world of the military — either on base, through the work of special forces or inside the government. David Mamet and Shawn Ryan have a Delta Force-themed script at CBS, while Jerry Bruckheimer is going inside the Pentagon for NBC.
- Inspired by Los Angeles' go-go housing market, networks also picked up several scripts set in the world of real estate. ABC has the Steve Pearlman/Silvio Horta entry "Westside," while Fox has an untitled one from Brad Grey TV — and even HBO has one in the works, from thesp Stephen Dorff.
- Larger-than-life characters working in unusual fields, a la FX's "Nip/Tuck."
- More sudsers, partly inspired by the success of "The OC" and "One Tree Hill," as well as an overall dearth of primetime soaps in recent years.
- Confused twentysomethings trying to figure out their lives — a la Herskovitz/Zwick's "1/4life" at ABC.
- And of course, in a world where viewers can't get enough "CSI" and "Law & Order," it's no surprise network and studio development execs spent most of their summer chasing down the next round of procedural dramas.


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"Walton was awful after his initial three possessions on the court in the second quarter. Playing out of position at the power forward spot, he received minutes over more qualified players (I'll get into that later). During his time on the floor, Walton made me long for the glory days of Ryan Hollins, Semih Erden and a one-legged Leon Powe. He was slow on defense. He wasn't big or strong enough to guard Earl Barron, Jan Vesely, or Chris Singleton (hardly players with polished offensive games who went 9-17 from the floor combined last night). He had two atrocious turnovers that anyone with any semblance of NBA-level athleticism would have avoided. It is clear at this point that Walton simply cannot play at the NBA level anymore. So to refer back to the beginning of this post: why is he getting minutes?
Byron Scott answered that in the press conference after the game. He said that he thinks the second unit feels more comfortable with Walton on the floor and runs the offense better. However, in the 10 minutes Walton was on the court without Kyrie Irving, the Cavaliers scored a grand total of seven points." [Vecenie/Fear the Sword]
Predicting where the top 50 baseball free agents end up. Guess how many presumed to be Indians. [Dierks/MLB Trade Rumors]
"You think of Anderson Varejao, you think of the goofy 7 foot sideshow Bob who used to clown with Bron back in the day. Not anymore. Not when he's the first NBA'er to go 23 boards and 9 assists since Sir Charles did it a quarter of a center ago. Sir Andy was the most dominant player on the floor and even had teammate Tristan Thompson going equine on him: "Andy is a horse, man. He might win the Kentucky Derby himself. I might have to saddle up and try to ride him to victory." [Rome/Jim Rome Show]
"The fullback and tight ends position aren't glorified blockers in an Urban Meyer-coached offense, though. They are pass catchers and ball carriers, in addition to blockers. Nine games into the season, Boren and Stoneburner have each seen an uptick in production. But Boren is starting at linebacker and Stoneburner is starting at wide receiver.
Who'da thunk it?
Boren's move was out of necessity. Ohio State had an emergency at linebacker when Etienne Sabino suffered a broken fibula against Nebraska and the replacements struggled to adapt. So in came Boren and tackles appeared. In his first game on defense since high school, Boren led the team with eight tackles at Indiana. He has 20 in three starts." [Rowland/Eleven Warriors]
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Security flaws found in code library for encrypted VoIP calls
An open-source library used by a number of applications to offer encrypted phone calls has been found to contain serious vulnerabilities. The problems were discovered by researchers from security firm Azimuth Security, who say it could be leveraged to perform arbitrary code execution or denial-of-service attacks.
The library in question is called ZRTPCPP, and was designed by PGP creator Phil Zimmermann to implement the ZRTP cryptographic key agreement protocol for Voice-over IP communications. You can read more about the trio of flaws in this blog entry here by Mark Dowd, Azimuth Security's co-founder.
While this is hardly the first time that security bugs have been discovered in a code library, it is a somber reminder of the widespread repercussions that security bugs in a popular library can have. In addition, apps that are no longer being developed or updated may contain the vulnerabilities ad infinitum--even as hackers are given a leg up based on information found in published advisories.
In this case, affected apps include SilentCircle, CSipSimple, LinPhone and Twinkle, as well as anything using GNU ccRTP with ZRTP enabled. For now, the problems have already been fixed in the ZRTPCPP library, and SilentCircle at least has already updated its app on both the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store and (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google Play.
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Exploitation and conservation of fish genetic resources in Africa: issues and priorities for aquaculture development and research
Version of Record online: 6 SEP 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2012.01068.x
© 2012 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
Reviews in Aquaculture
Volume 4, Issue 3, pages 125–141, September 2012
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Lind, C. E., Brummett, R. E. and Ponzoni, R. W. (2012), Exploitation and conservation of fish genetic resources in Africa: issues and priorities for aquaculture development and research. Reviews in Aquaculture, 4: 125–141. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2012.01068.x
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- Issue online: 6 SEP 2012
- Version of Record online: 6 SEP 2012
- Received 5 October 2011; accepted 16 February 2012.
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Africa harbours a rich biological diversity of native fish resources. Recognition of the potential to use these resources to make significant contributions towards improving African food security through aquaculture has existed for some time. A key challenge, however, is achieving compatibility between the two urgent, but sometimes conflicting, goals of reducing poverty and food insecurity in Africa through aquaculture development while paying due attention to the conservation of natural biodiversity and fish genetic resources (FiGR). In this paper we highlight the overarching challenges concerning the conservation and exploitation of FiGR for the long-term development of aquaculture for food production in Africa. We address the major issues requiring attention in genetic improvement programs in order to take full advantage of the highly diverse wild FiGR in Africa, and we expand on strategies such as zoning, environmental risk analysis and molecular characterization approaches that can be used to minimize the potential harm to wild FiGR arising from aquaculture activities and future development. Finally, we discuss the challenge of strengthening local capacity. The enhancement of local capacity is essential because it will enable the fundamental link required to achieve the desired outcome of increasing the productivity of aquatic animals for food in Africa in a sustainable manner. We trust that this paper will provide a good basis for an in-depth discussion of the subject, as well as guidance on future research and development priorities for the compatible exploitation and conservation of FiGR in Africa.


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Invest in nature, improve our world
Background: In advance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), or 'Rio+20' as it is commonly known, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) calls upon policy-makers to rethink economic growth, promote social equity and ensure environmental protection. Among the key issues at the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit are the green economy and an institutional framework in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. … | French | Spanish
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QilaIskan Khan, a small village in Balochistan, Pakistan, has suffered from acute water shortages, particularly during the drought of 1996-2003. …
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In Indonesia IUCN is helping local communities to restore and sustainably manage their coastal resources and this is leading to improved livelihoods for many. …
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Biological invasions: a growing threat to biodiversity
Biological invasions: a growing threat to biodiversity, human health and food security. Policy recommendations for the Rio+20 process drafted by IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group and IUCN's Invasive Species Initiative. …
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New York Third Intersessional Meeting : Day Two
The day started with a meeting for civil society to express their concerns to the Bureau of the Rio+20 conference. Civil society groups expressed concerns about governments bracketing issues related to human rights and equity principles. There is an open letter for signature entitled Rights at Risk at the United Nations which can be accessed at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/rightsatrisk/ and if you want to hear and see how angry civil society is, .... …
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New York Third Intersessional Meeting : Day One
Yesterday was the first day of the 3rd Intersessional meeting on Rio+20. Delegates were meeting last week in the same place but under a different meeting title: "First round of informal-informal negotiations on the zero draft of outcome document". …
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Tucked away in a quiet little village in the Forest of Dean, a short distance west of the meandering River Severn, a typical Saxon 'open hall' would have been home to the first Lords of Dene. At a later date, the hall would have been converted to a Norman hall, comprising first floor and undercroft.
Prior to these early buildings being erected, there is good reason to assume that a Roman settlement had first occupied the site at Littledean, with several fragments of Roman masonry being found in the surviving part of the Saxon dwelling. In the early 1980s, the remains of a Roman temple were discovered in the grounds, which further substantiates Roman occupation on the site. Over a three year period, the area was subsequently excavated before it was opened to the public.
Following three centuries of development, the Norman hall gradually evolved into a substantial medieval manor house. In 1612, this structure was replaced with a Jacobean house. Until the end of the 19th century Littledean Hall had remained in the Pyrke family, with each generation carrying out extensive alterations, and the present day house is largely a reflection of that period. At the time of our visit most of the decor and furniture dated from the 17th and 18th centuries, with much memorabilia relating to the Civil War.
According to legend, Littledean Hall was no stranger to death, having witnessed several murders throughout its time. Gruesome marks of one particular incident at the time of the Civil War used to survive in the dining room, where a fearsome swordfight erupted between the King's garrison and a troop of Roundheads. It was the bloodstains from the fallen, including Colonel Congreve and Captain Wigmore, that provided the physical evidence of this event.
Perhaps more tragically, because the circumstances were emotionally charged, two of the Pyrke brothers shot each other across the dining table as they declared their love for the same woman. There is also a very sad story about Charles Pyrke and his black manservant, who were depicted in the drawing room. Growing up almost as brothers, Charles met a violent death at the hands of his West Indian servant. It is understood this incident followed the death of the black baby borne by the servant's sister, and reputedly fathered by Charles.
Acclaimed to be one of the oldest inhabited houses in Britain, as well as the most haunted, Littledean Hall sadly is no longer open to the public. However, we were fortunate enough to have made our visit in 2000 and were fascinated to discover the centuries of history concealed within its rather austere and daunting exterior. Detailed architectural evidence shows how the property was transformed from a Saxon Hall to a 17th century formal country house.
Fortunately, the site of the Roman temple remains accessible to the public, lying some 40 yards from the Hall's main gate. Guided tours of the grounds can also be arranged with the owners - full details can be found on their website.


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Well, another year, another season of Britain's Got Talent entertains us through the spring! Diversity took the prize of ₤100,000 home last season and got a spot in the Royal's Variety Show. The hopefuls of this year have to prove that they have what it takes to make it in. The judges Pierce Morgan, Amanda Holden, and everyone's favorite Simon Cowell all return in full force. With Hosts Ant and Dec who could be a better choice to spend your Saturday evening with? This season opens up as all seasons have opened up….drum roll please…..Auditions! Yes, it is audition round and the shows kicks of in the Capital of England. Yes, you guessed right, London! The judges got to say what type of act they wanted to win. For Pierce, he wanted a solid good act to go through. For Amanda, she would like to see a Variety Act to go through as she put it "Something we haven't seen before". As for Simon, he is all about the dogs this year. Each judge entered and as always Simon got the most applause. Will the hopefuls auditioning have what it takes to impress these judges?
The first act up were sisters Cathy and Kat from Surrey. Cathy and Kat have named their duo "Double Take". The world got to be introduced to a new instrument "Timbales". As Cathy says, "it is like a tambourine, except it has two layers of cymbals running around the side instead of one layer. First to buzz of course is Simon who seemed less then pleased. Immediately following were Pierce and Amanda. Simon said that "there is a reason no one has been successful playing tambourines before because they are limited". Cathy then corrected Simon by telling him that they were "timbales". To which Simon replied "No, that is a tambourine with Christmas decorations attached." Amanda commented that they showed no joy, no happiness, nothing that would make it entertaining. Thus, they received three buzzes and they were on their way back home to Surrey.
Next up was a montage of buzzes of rejection. First up, the "Cheeky Boys", which we found out REALLY quick why they were called that as they de-robbed and stood on stage in their birthday suits! To top it, they covered their "private parts" with balloons the colors of Britain and started passing them around. Of course they were not put through and Pierce commented "I don't think you needed balloons that big to be honest with you." Next, Max the parrot and Irene the trainer attempted to get a pass the buzzer to no avail. Persephone wasted the judges' time when she blew into a trumpet and played with a penguin hand puppet. However her invention of a hosepipe, attached to a teapot and a penguin was questioned as interesting. To which Simon asked "why?"
After the break we are introduced to the next act of Kevin Cruise, a Chief Host to a Luxury Liner in England. With a mix of Hip Hop, Pop, Techno, and, yes, a little Irish Step Dancing, Kevin proved that he was no stranger to the performing stage and entertained the crowd. Toward the end of his act of "You're Gonna Love Me" Kevin sported a Hot Pink shirt to which Amanda loved to the point to give Kevin a standing ovation as so did the audience. Simon was against the act, Pierce loved it and told him "He'd go cruising with him anytime" and Amanda said yes of course. So we get to see Kevin for another round. First to go through to Britain's Got Talent 2010!
Another montage of music entertained us, but this time, yes was the only answer you heard. First featured was Pippa the Rippa who wanted to impress the judges with her freaky style and hula hooping to which everyone said yes to. Next, 11-year-old Josh danced his way into the judges' memory and received yes from all three judges. "The Ruby Girls" in their short skirts and furry coats danced their way together into the next round with their showgirl style act. To which two of the judges and every other man in the audience were a little "happier".
Next up was 22 year old Tobias Mead from Wiltshire who started off his routine with the "sweet boy" attitude and backed it up with amazing skills as a Hip-Hop dancer to which he REALLY freaked with your mind a little bit to see such movement of a body. With a Joker reference to add a little bit more of a freaky part of it, all three judges were amazed to which Amanda was blown away, Pierce has seen the act before and called his performance kind of shallow, but good. Amanda quickly intervened by saying it was the "best thing they have had on the show". Simon agreed with Amanda. Tobias is moved to the 6th spot in the next round to show if he can "cover more ground" as Pierce said.
After the break the set was moved on to Birmingham to which hearing the news that Simon is sick with the flu, the coming acts celebrated to know that they are not going to be judged. Louis Walsh will keep Simon's seat warm this round. First up after the break is 71 year old, Michael Lavender who wanted to make animal impressions of jungle creatures. This act automatically got the 3 buzzes and Louis called it the "strangest act he'd ever seen". Louis got used to that buzzer as he buzzed a montage of acts such as a Fire Breather, a dog act, a striptease act, a wannabe stand-up comedian who needed new material, a drumming duo and a horrible poet. It was clear that this judge had no soft spot for horrible acts.
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Simon returns towards the end of the show to reclaim his spot on the judge's panel to which the producers had a fun time playing the "Jaw's Theme Song" as he walked on the stage and surprised the audience and all three judges. Last act of the evening was 13-year-old Kieran Gaffney who is no stranger to Britain's Got Talent. Returning from last year by almost getting in the semi-finals, Kieran decided (more like his parents decided) that he wanted to perform with his family. This was a Very Bad Mistake. The mother was horrible on the microphone and the father was horrible on the guitar. It was like the mother was going off of his success from last year. The act stopped halfway through to which the judges wanted to hear the Kieran the drummer from last season and not some strange family act. The judges gave him a second chance to prepare for a little bit and play by himself. After little practice, Kieran returns. But, this time he is back to his solo drumming. He blows away the audience and impressed even with the little time of rehearsal. Great way to end the night on a high note!
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