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The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) was
published back in 1994, and was the UK Government's response to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which the UK signed up to
in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. The UK was the first country to produce
a national biodiversity action plan, and the UK BAP described the
biological resources of the UK and provided detailed plans for
conservation of these resources. Action plans for the most
threatened species and habitats were set out to aid recovery, and
national reports, produced every three- to five-years, showed how
the UK BAP was contributing to the UK's progress towards the
significant reduction of biodiversity loss called for by the
To support the work of the UK BAP, the UK BAP
website was created by JNCC in 2001. The website contained
information on the BAP process, hosted all relevant documents, and
provided news and relevant updates. In March 2011, as part of the
UK government's review of websites, the UK BAP site was 'closed',
and the core content was migrated into the JNCC website. All of the
content from the original UK BAP website has been archived by The
National Archives (UK
BAP copy March 2011).
Following the creation of the UK BAP,
devolution, in 1998, led the four countries of the UK (England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) to develop their own
country strategies for biodiversity and the
environment, allowing conservation approaches to differ
according to the different environments and priorities within the
countries. In 2007, however, a shared vision for UK biodiversity
conservation was adopted by the devolved administrations and the UK
government, and is described in 'Conserving Biodiversity
– the UK Approach' (PDF, 439kb). This document reflected the
new top drivers for conservation action since the UK BAP was
created, including the EU Gothenberg agreement in 2001 to halt the
loss of biodiversity by 2010, and the findings of the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment (2005). Additionally, it outlined the need for
the four countries to work together to meet shared challenges and
achieve common goals, and described the requirements for future
work at a UK level.
The 'UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework', published
in July 2012, succeeds the UK BAP and 'Conserving Biodiversity –
the UK Approach', and is the result of a change in
strategic thinking following the publication of the CBD's
'Strategic Plan for
Biodiversity 2011–2020' and its 20 'Aichi Biodiversity
Targets', at Nagoya, Japan in October 2010, and the launch of the
EU Biodiversity Strategy (EUBS) in May 2011. The Framework
demonstrates how the work of the four countries and the UK
contributes to achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and
identifies the activities required to complement the country
biodiversity strategies in achieving the targets.
Following publication of the UK Biodiversity
Framework, the UK BAP web-pages were further revised (in August
2012). Links to pages which are no longer of relevance have been
re-directed, and an
archived version (March 2012) of the UK BAP web-pages is
available in The National Archives. Relevant information and key
documents can, however, still be accessed via the links below,
and through the Timeline.
Proposed Terms of Reference
for the Four Countries' Biodiversity Group produced (November
'UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework' published
(17 July 2012).
'UK Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket
2012' (PDF, 1.25Mb) published (29 May 2012).
Launch of
BARS 2 (April 2012).
Replacement of BRIG and UKBPSC with a revised Four Countries'
Biodiversity Group.
Letter sent to UK
HAP and SAP group chairs and lead partners following a meeting of
the UK BP Standing Committee (UKBPSC), confirming that the UK HAP
and SAP groups are no longer accountable at a UK level (8 November
Publication of England's biodiversity strategy - 'Biodiversity
2020: A strategy for England's wildlife and ecosystem services'
(19 August 2011).
Publication of England's Natural Environment White
Paper – 'The
Natural Choice' (7 June 2011).
Launch of the UK National Ecosystem
Assessment (UK NEA) (2 June 2011).
'UK Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket
2011' (PDF, 1.3Mb) published (20 May 2011).
Publication of the EU
Biodiversity Strategy (3 May 2011).
Scotland's first Land
Use Strategy published (17 March 2011).
CBD CoP 10 meeting held in Nagoya,
Japan in October, resulting in The Strategic Plan
for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and the creation of 20
targets for 2020 (the 'Aichi Biodiversity Targets').
Dissolution of the UK Habitat Groups, following a review of
the groups involved with the UK BAP.
'UK Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket
2010' (PDF, 998kb) published.
2008 UK BAP Report published.
UK Biodiversity Partnership Conference held in Stirling,
The UN International Year of
'UK Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket
2009' (PDF, 3.03Mb) published.
CBD 4th
National Report published.
UK Biodiversity Partnership Conference held in York, England.
Peak Ecology Report 'Mechanisms for
filling knowledge gaps for Biodiversity Action Plan Species'
(PDF, 469kb), with an underpinning spreadsheet (Workshop
Appendix), published (January).
Planning for implementation of conservation action for the UK
List of Priority Species and Habitats.
2008 Reporting Round.
Formation of the UK Habitat Groups, following the review of UK
BAP and the publication of 'Conserving Biodiversity - the UK
Biodiversity Indicators in Your Pocket 2008' published
(online-only version, available in The National Archives).
UK Biodiversity Partnership
Conference in Aberystwyth, Wales.
Publication of the Species and
Habitats Review Report (PDF, 1.3Mb). This report
described the 1,150 priority species and 65 priority habitats
identified during the review, and the processes used to identify
them. The aim of the review was to ensure that the UK BAP list of
priority species and habitats remained focussed on the correct
priorities for action. This was the first full review of the
UK BAP list, generated over 10 years earlier in 1995, and provided
an opportunity to take into account emerging priorities,
conservation successes and the large amount of new information that
had been gathered since the original list was created.
'UK Biodiversity Indicators in Your
Pocket 2007' published (PDF, 2.7Mb).
UK Biodiversity Partnership
Conference held in Aviemore, Scotland.
Publication of 'Conserving Biodiversity
– the UK Approach' (PDF, 439kb), a shared vision for UK
biodiversity conservation, adopted by the devolved
administrations. This document was published partly in
response to the publication of the country strategies produced by
the four countries of the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Wales) following devolution. It set out the future shared
priorities for UK conservation, and the responsibilities at UK- and
Publication of the
Environment Strategy for Wales.
Review of BRAG conducted.
Review of priority species and habitats on-going.
Publication of the revised species targets and
habitats targets.
Publication of the 2005 Reporting Round
Results ('Highlights from the 2005 reporting round') (PDF,
UK Biodiversity Partnership
Conference held in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Data gathering for the 2005 Reporting Round and the Targets and
Species and Habitats Review work continues.
CBD 3rd
National Report published.
UK Biodiversity Partnership
Conference held in Bristol, England.
Establishment of the BRIG working groups to undertake a review
of the UK BAP, including: (1) plan the UK BAP 2005 reporting round;
(2) review the priority species and habitat lists; and (3) review
the action plan targets.
Publication of the Scotland Biodiversity Strategy 'It's
in your hands'.
Publication of Plant
Diversity Challenge – the UK's response to the Global Strategy
for Plant Conservation.
Launch of the first version of
BARS (Biodiversity Action Reporting System).
UK Biodiversity Partnership
Conference held in Cardiff, Wales.
Establishment of the UK Biodiversity Partnership, the UK
Biodiversity Partnership Standing Committee (UKBPSC) and its
two support groups – the Biodiversity Research Advisory
Group (BRAG) and the Biodiversity Reporting and Information
Group (BRIG).
Publication of the 2002 Reporting Round
Results ('Tracking progress – Highlights from the 2002
Reporting Round') (PDF, 491kb).
First UK Biodiversity Partnership
Conference held in Perth, Scotland.
The 'Government response to the
Millennium Biodiversity Report' (PDF, 111kb) proposed
a new UK BAP structure comprising a UK Biodiversity Partnership,
and a UK Biodiversity Partnership Standing Committee assisted by
two advisory groups, the Biodiversity Reporting and Information
Group and the Biodiversity Research Advisory Group.
'Sustaining the variety of life: 5 years of the UK Biodiversity
Action Plan' published after the first UK BAP reporting round in
1999, known as the 'Millennium Biodiversity Report'. In
addition to reporting on progress, the MBR also made
recommendations to government about changes to the UK BAP structure
to reflect its progress and evolving responsibilities.
CBD 2nd
National Report published.
Launch of the UK BAP website, to support the work of the
secretariat and to publish relevant documents and information.
Tranche 2 Species and Habitat Action Plans published (6
volumes): 'Volume 1:
Vertebrates and Vascular Plants' (PDF,
964kb), 'Volume 2:
Terrestrial and Freshwater Habitats' (PDF,
718kb), 'Volume 3:
Plants and Fungi' (PDF, 1.2Mb), 'Volume 4:
Invertebrates' (PDF, 1.4Mb), 'Volume 5:
Maritime Species & Habitats' (PDF,
2.4Mb), 'Volume 6:
Terrestrial & Freshwater Species and Habitats' (PDF,
Devolution of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
CBD 1st
National Report published.
Formal Government response to the UK Biodiversity Steering Group
report published – 'Government Response to
the UK Steering Group Report on Biodiversity' (PDF,
256kb) – and the UK Biodiversity Group established in place of
the Steering Group, supported by individual country biodiversity groups (England,
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), and a National Targets Group,
an Information Group, and a Local Issues Group.
UK Biodiversity Steering Group published 'Biodiversity:
the UK Steering Group Report Volume 1: Meeting the Rio
Challenge' (PDF, 1.4Mb) and 'Volume 2:
Action Plans (Tranche 1 Species and Habitat Action Plans)'
(PDF, 1.2Mb).
The Steering Group report established the framework and criteria
for identifying the species (originally 1,250 in number) and the
habitat types of conservation concern.
Pilot projects were also undertaken to develop Local
Biodiversity Action Plans (LBAPS).
Publication of 'Conserving
Britain's Biodiversity', a report of the Statutory Nature
Conservation Agencies' contribution under the UK BAP'
UK Government produced 'Biodiversity: the
UK Action Plan' (PDF, 6.9Mb) and established the UK
Biodiversity Steering Group to implement the UK BAP. The UK
was the first country to produce a national biodiversity action
plan. The UK BAP contained a list of 59 broad targets for the
Government and its nature conservation agencies, in partnership
with others, to conserve, and where practicable, to enhance wild
species and wildlife habitats over the next 20 years. These
targets were referred to as the '59 steps'.
Convention on Biological Diversity adopted (29
December). It called for governments to enforce national
strategies and action plans to conserve, protect and enhance
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
(also referred to as the 'Rio Convention') signed by 159
governments, including the UK, at the Earth Summit in Rio de
Janeiro. This was the first treaty to provide a legal
framework for biodiversity conservation, and called for the
creation and enforcement of national strategies and action plans to
identify, conserve and protect existing biological diversity, and
to enhance it wherever possible.
If you have any queries about the UK BAP, or cannot find the
content you are looking for on the new web pages or within The
National Archives, please contact:
email address: UKBAP_[AT SYMBOL]_jncc_DOT_gov_DOT_uk (replace _DOT_ with full stop/period and _[AT SYMBOL]_ with the usual @ symbol)

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I'm not sure whether or not we'll make this an ongoing feature, but I figured we'd give it a try.
On the upside: I needed something I could work on ahead of time for Tuesday mornings before heading over to Mark Richt's weekly news conference.
On the downside: Much like the players eventually have to move on from the previous week's game, so do I, and by Tuesdays, I'm tired of writing about it and you're of reading about it.
But, like with a freshman wide receiver, there's only one way to find out if it's going to work out, and that's to get it out there and see what happens. So, here's my ode to fair and balanced reporting... Good News, Bad News. As with any of these scenarios, always give bad news first...
Bad news: Georgia's 257 yards of total offense was its lowest output since the ugly loss to Tennessee in 2007.
Good news: Georgia's secondary looked awfully good. Last year, Dez Bryant averaged seven catches for 114 yards. He was well below that against Georgia, although his three catches were pretty big ones. Still, the secondary had to be a worry, and Prince Miller, Brandon Boykin, Vance Cuff and company really answered the bell. Against a team like Okie State, big plays will happen from time to time, but Georgia's secondary really limited what the Cowboys did in the passing game, which is even more impressive because, as Jeff Owens said, the game plan was to worry first about stopping the run.
One other thing: Bryan Evans hit on Bryant that dislodged the football on what would have been a nice game set a great tone. Despite the ridiculous flag, Reshad Jones' hit in the second half did the same. Fans should be thrilled -- make that Thrilled, with a capital 'T' -- about the physical play in the secondary. That's a Georgia standard, and Evans and Jones seem to be embracing it.
If I'm a South Carolina receiver -- a group that combined is not half as good as Bryant -- I wouldn't be too excited to be coming to Athens this weekend.
Bad news: Mike Bobo's offense mustered less than half the yards that Neil Callaway's did on Saturday.
Good news: The first drive of the game looked great. It was thoughtful, dynamic, inventive and successful.
Bad news: None of the rest of the drives looked anything like the first drive.
Good news: As bad as the offense struggled at times, the D was really good, and I probably failed to give enough credit yesterday to how well they played. First, the defense held Oklahoma State to 240 yards less than what it averaged a year ago on offense. More importantly, the D showed a ton of heart. You have to love when your D allows a scoring drive that goes for minus-5 yards. They nearly had another stop inside the 10, if not for a debatable spot on fourth down. And Willie Martinez deserves a ton of credit for his creativity in how he deployed his personnel, from using Geno Atkins at defensive end to getting Marcus Dowtin on the field for a career game to deploying Vance Cuff, who was extremely impressive.
Bad news: Trinton Sturdivant saw all of 40 minutes worth of action this season before tearing his ACL. You've got to feel for the kid. I can't imagine what that must be like after all the work he put in to get back on the field.
Good news: Georgia actually has a little depth to handle the crisis this time around. Isn't it amazing how little the Sturdivant injury has really riled anyone up? Do you remember the absolute apocalypse that happened when he went down last year? It's nice to have options.
Bad news: Georgia is just 6-4 in its last 10 games. It's the second-worst stretch since Mark Richt arrived at Georgia. The only worse stretch was from Oct. 7, 2006 through Sept. 8, 2007 when the Dawgs lost five of 10 games, starting with the 51-33 defeat to Tennessee and ending with a 16-12 loss to South Carolina.
Good news: Following that 5-5 stretch, Georgia won 14 of its next 15 games.
Bad news: Georgia scored just 10 points last week.
Good news: South Carolina scored just seven... against a much worse opponent.
(Side note: How embarrassed should the ACC be? Wake Forest lost at home to Baylor. Virginia lost to a Division I-AA school. Virginia Tech was smoked by Alabama's new look offense to the tune of nearly 500 yards. NC State mustered a whopping three points with supposedly the conference's best QB. They made the Big Ten seem impressive by comparison.)
Bad news: A.J. Green had just four catches. All offseason, A.J. touted the fact that coaches were moving him around to give defenses different looks and get him open. Against Oklahoma State, that all seemed to be out the window. He's Georgia's best offensive player by a wide margin. He needs to touch the ball more than four times no matter how it happens.
Good news: Did you know yesterday marked the 54th birthday of Waffle House, which opened on Labor Day weekend in 1955 in Avondale Estates, Ga.? My cholesterol would never be the same. (Yes, I know this isn't Georgia-related, but I think it's important information to have.)
Bad news: This is the first time in Mark Richt's career he's been 0-1. Not his career at Georgia. His career, period, since becoming a full-time coach at East Carolina in 1989.
(Side note: It was amazingly easy to find out the game-by-game results for the 1989 East Carolina team. God bless the Internets.)Good news: Georgia is still 0-0 in the SEC, and Sanford Stadium will be all lit up and ready for football in a mere four days.


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A Truth Journal: WTF? Daily Show Rats Out Pentagon Denying PTSD Help 40 Years: Insulting Vietnam Vets: From Denny: It's gotten to the point in America that the only way military veterans can get the help they need is to take to the airwaves, especially comedy shows, to inform the public and put pressure on Pentagon officials and politicians.
These two Vietnam War era veterans are interviewed on the Daily Show, revealing how absolutely ridiculous is the "leadership" at the Pentagon. Is it any wonder we have the pompous a$$e$ installed at the helm of the NSA and its ensuing outrageous mass global surveillance for the past two administrations?
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One side can be lighter than the other or even have a different design – e.g. one side is checked and other other is plain.Twill fabrics that look like denim but are not dyed with indigo are called fake denim.Fancy stretch refers to a stretch fabric with a fancy weave.The weave of a woven fabric affects what the fabric looks like and what characteristics it has. There are basic weaves, such as plain, twill and satin weave. Fancy weave refers to a fabric that does not have a standard weave.Figurative dobby patterns are cotton fabrics with small, recognisable motifs, such as flowers or squares, which are produced on a dobby loom.Fil-coupé, also known as lance decoupé or Scherli, refers to fabrics with small motifs, such as dots, which are created by adding extra yarns and then cutting them off. The cut threads are visible on the inside. Fil-coupé refers to a special method for adding patterns and textures to fabrics. Yarns are woven in and then partially cut off, leaving behind eye-catching effects and patterns. This can also be done with stretchy fabrics, and it is then referred to as fil-coupé stretch.Fil-coupé refers to a special method for adding patterns and textures to fabrics. Yarns are woven in and then partially cut off, leaving behind eye-catching effects and patterns. This can also be done with stretchy fabrics, and it is then referred to as fil-coupé stretch.Flannel fabrics are woven cotton fabrics that are put through a finishing step which raises the fabric on one or both sides. This results in a nice soft feel, and flannel is also warm, light and supple.Houndstooth is the name of a plain woven fabric with small two-colour checks. It is often used interchangeably with Pepita.Jacquard is the collective term for fabrics, usually with large, complex woven designs, and refers to the pattern-forming production technique. The term Jacquard comes from the French inventor J.M. Jacquard (1752-1834), who invented a control system for looms which used perforated cards to lift and lower the individual warp yarns as required. This woven fabric has good dimensional stability, is functional and versatile.Jacquard is the collective term for patterned fabric production techniques. It can be used to create large fancy motifs, i.e. with a large repeat. This type of patterning can also be used to produce knitted fabrics like knitted jersey. The term warp figured fabric refers to a woven fabric with a motif, such as small dots or squares, placed at intervals on the right side of the fabric in the longitudinal direction (warp direction). On the wrong side of the fabric are short, floating yarns.Linen refers to the natural fibre, the raw material, and the fabric made from it. Linen fabric is lint-free, strong, durable and has low susceptibility to dirt. Linen can absorb a lot of moisture and release it into the air, giving the fabric a cooling effect which means that it is often used for summer clothing. However, linen fibres have low elasticity and are therefore susceptible to creasing.The word melange comes from French and means mixture. Here, light, dark or differently coloured fibres are blended during the spinning process to produce a multicoloured yarn. The best known is the elegant blend of grey and white.This type of fabric goes back to the early men\'s shirts in England around 1910. ETERNA has revived this classic style of dress shirt with its textured surface and visible dimples. The fabric has a rich, grainy feel.The name mille-rayé comes from French and means \"a thousand stripes\". The fabric has fine, tightly woven stripes running longitudinally.Unlike conventional stretch fabrics, natural stretch fabrics are made of 100% cotton. The stretch effect, which can otherwise only be achieved by incorporating an elastane yarn, is achieved by using a special weaving method and finish. Shirts made from natural stretch fabric stand out due to their excellent wear comfort, as the positive wear properties of the cotton are accompanied by a high level of flexibility of movement.Oxford is the name of a strong colour-woven cotton fabric in a basket weave, which is a variation of plain weave. As the name suggests, this type of fabric comes from the British university town of the same name. Oxford is ideal for sporty shirts and is often used in conjunction with button-down collars. Its trademark feature is the large appearance of the weave which always uses double yarns. Oxford fabric is hard-wearing and soft, as well as being especially breathable.This is a type of plain weave. Fabrics in basket weave stand out due to their cool, dry, firm feel. The fabric has a checked pattern created by the weave.Pinpoint is the name of a type of Oxford fabric which is a mixture of plain and basket weave made using fine yarns. The refined fabric structure looks plain coloured due to the small dot pattern. Pinpoint fabric is sturdy and durable, with a firm feel. Piqué is a type of fabric and is also the name for both woven and knitted fabric constructions. The fabric is named after the construction. Knitted piqué is used for polo shirts. The surface has a textured, dimpled structure which is air-permeable and elastic.Rib weave is derived from plain weave and is characterised by its typical longitudinal or transverse ribs. Fabrics with a rib weave are particularly abrasion- and tear-resistant, with a grainy feel.Mock leno fabrics have an airy, lattice-like structure. The term originates from imitations of high-quality leno fabrics, which are produced on special machines and are mainly used for home textiles. The fabric is air-permeable and has a cooling effect.The term weft figured fabric refers to a woven fabric with a motif, such as small dots or squares, placed at intervals on the right side of the fabric in the transverse direction (weft direction). On the wrong side of the fabric are short, floating yarns.Seersucker has a textured surface with a deliberate wrinkled or ruffled effect. This look is achieved by using a particular weave or finish. Seersucker is especially suitable for summer clothing, as it does not lie flat on the body due to its relief-like surface, thus keeping the heat away and allowing air to circulate.These are knitted fabrics, and they can be either warp or weft knitted. One side of the fabric has knit stitches, giving it a ribbed appearance. The other side of the fabric has purl stitches, resulting in a smooth, closed surface. Single jersey is stretchy, soft and thin.Stretch fabric is a collective term for fabrics that are made stretchy by incorporating elastic fibres or by means of a special finish. In our cotton/elastane fabrics, the elasticity is achieved by using cotton yarns containing synthetic elastic fibres. The higher the elastane content in the fabric, the more stretchy the fabric and the more attractively it lies on the body. It ensures excellent wear comfort as well as dimensional stability, durability and ease of care.Satin weave is the third type of basic weave alongside plain weave and twill weave. Satin weave is easily distinguished as the fabric is double-sided. Satin has a particularly smooth surface. Due to their luxurious shine, satin shirts are often worn as dress shirts. Satin weaves are used alternately with other weaves in order to obtain beautiful matt/lustre effects.Twill weave is one of the three basic weaves. A characteristic feature is the visible diagonals on the fabric, the twill line. Depending on the weave construction, this can sometimes be clearly and strongly accentuated or only slightly visible. This means that twill materials can range from a smooth, soft feel to a more voluminous handle, right though to a stiff handle.Twill weave is one of the three basic types of bonding for woven fabrics, in addition to plain weave and satin weaves. Twill weave is marked by diagonal ribs or twill lines. If the twill lines are running from the top left to the bottom right corner, it is classified as an S-twill (or left-hand twill); if the twill lines are running from the bottom left to the top right, it is a Z-twill (or right-hand twill). This classification is based on the direction of the middle section of the two letters.Tencel™ is made of cellulosic fibres with botanical origin. Tencel is characterised by its smooth touch and enhanced breathability. The material is also known as lyocell.


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Ailurus is cross-Linux-distribution GPL software, which aims at making Linux easier to use, for newcomers.
What does Ailurus hope to do?
Ailurus hopes to reduce the difficulty which newcomers encounter when they are using Linux.
Ailurus hopes to promote popular open-source software.
Ailurus hopes to promote open-source software which is elegant but has not entered official repository.
What can Ailurus do?
Ailurus can …
- display Linux skills
- install popular software
- change GNOME settings
- display hardware information
- enable some third party repositories#
- clean apt/yum cache#
- backup and recover apt/yum status#
the features marked with \"#\" support Ubuntu/Fedora only
You can go here to get more details. Now here is a link to installing it on Fedora. For those of you who don\'t need to know how to install a package, you should still visit the link to get details on how to install the ailurus plugin to allow installing non free softwares on Fedora 🙂
If you would not want to keep checking for the updates then you can add the ailurus repo and enable it so that as soon as a new version is available, it is updated when you run your regular updates.
Here is what is required :
name=Ailurus Experimental Release
Put this in a repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d and you are done….
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Visible D'earth: Blasting jazz since day one
John D'earth denies he's a musical savant, but at age two he was "stirring the soup" on the drums, and he taught himself to play the trumpet at age eight.
The young Dearth– this was before the apostrophe– had been inspired by a movie, The Five Pennies, about the life of trumpeter Red Nichols with Louis Armstrong and other Big Band greats.
His mother found a trumpet for 15 bucks, and when he played it in his hometown of Holliston, Massachusetts, "It sounded gorgeous, with the sound going over the marshes," he remembers.
His father, an "amateur drummer, professional listener," proved an even greater influence. "My course was set when my dad brought me home from the hospital and played Duke Ellington's Caravan," D'earth says.
Even as a teen during the '60s, when rock 'n roll ruled, "I was a jazz snob," he says. "I got hooked on this music."
He's still hooked on jazz. D'earth runs the jazz program at UVA and plays with the Charlottesville Swing Orchestra and Free Bridge Quintet. He gives private lessons, and he composes– right now he's working on "Concerto for Quintet and Orchestra" to be performed by the UVA Symphony and Free Bridge.
The Thompson D'earth Band, founded with his wife, vocalist Dawn Thompson, has been playing at Miller's every Thursday for so long that he doesn't know how many years it's been, other than since the mid '80s. The band has a new CD coming out around March, and D'earth calls When the Serpent Flies "probably our best album."
Thompson D'earth is descended from the '70s jazz/rock band Cosmology, which included D'earth's high school pal, local drummer Robert Jospé. Though Cosmology was cranking in New York City, after living in a loft, "We were desperate to get out of the city for the summer," D'earth says.
Thompson had attended UVA, and the couple rented a house in Greene County. A fortuitous encounter with recording studio owner Russ Hoffman hooked them into a Charlottesville lifestyle.
"People here are very open to music," says D'earth, who debunks the notion of Charlottesville as a musical backwater for a jazz musician.
Another common misperception about jazz? "That it's extemporaneous– created out of the whole cloth and made up every time," he says. "Jazz is far more sophisticated rhythmically than classical."
One other big misperception: "A lot of stuff called jazz now is not," he says, citing Kenny G as one of the most egregious examples.
And like any jazzophile from the '70s, D'earth has a Miles Davis story. "I talked to him twice, and he was very unpleasant," D'earth reminisces about the legendary trumpeter with whom he played at Montreux– "along with 54 other people."
Inquiring minds have to know: What's with the apostrophe?
"The name Dearth comes from death, and no one wants death as a name," he explains. "Quite by accident, I ended up getting a check with the apostrophe. I thought it was cool– at 22."
Now he grimaces. "Someone said it's like a tattoo."
Age: 55
Why here? Natural beauty, open ears
What's worst about living here? It's too small for even the cleverest shortcuts to save you much time.
Favorite hangout? C-ville Coffee, by the turtle
Most overrated virtue? When a virtue becomes a vice, it's overrated. One of the most underrated virtues is kindness.
People would be surprised to know: I empathize with insects, especially spiders.
What would you change about yourself? I would become organized, know much more about history, and remember everything.
Proudest accomplishment? Keeping my love of music-making and teaching fresh and alive
People find most annoying about you: I can be a compulsive teacher and not know when to stop.
Whom do you admire? Winston Churchill
Favorite book? One favorite is The Idiot by Dostoevsky. Another is Zen Flesh/Zen Bones by Paul Reps.
Subject that causes you to rant? Greed, malice, cultural insensitivity and ignorance masquerading as patriotism
Biggest 21st-century thrill? Modern medicine
Biggest 21st-century creep out? Infectious diseases and biological warfare
What do you drive? A '92 Saab 900 hatchback. It's newer and shinier than the '88 Saab 900 hatchback I had been driving.
In your car CD player right now: The master of our new CD with the Thompson D'earth Band, When the Serpent Flies
Next journey? Within: I'm working on a piece for the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra and the Free Bridge Quintet.
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? Being willful and careless behind the wheel I got my wife-to-be, my daughter-to be, my best friend, and myself stuck in a ditch, in a flash flood and lightning storm, high on a mesa in New Mexico. We were saved by three Zuni Indians in a pickup truck with a winch who just "happened" to come by. They laughed a lot and pulled us out in about 15 seconds.
Regret: Never learned to skateboard
Favorite comfort food: Chili
Always in your refrigerator: Plain yogurt
Must-see TV: Twilight Zone
Favorite cartoon: Doonesbury
Describe a perfect day. Wake up in the forest, do yoga, make breakfast, practice the trumpet, write a tune, hike all day, end up at a gig with a killin' rhythm section and tenor player
Walter Mitty fantasy: Having the mental power to render my car invisible at speeds above 70 mph
Who'd play you in the movie? I'll play myself; I need the work.
Most embarrassing moment? Age six, watching home movies in a neighbor's darkened garage, I put my arm around Elizabeth Springsteen. My older brothers spotted me, told my family about it, and teased me mercilessly. Mortifying.
Best advice you ever got? "When in doubt, leave it out."
Favorite bumper sticker? "Don't forget the fun in dysfunctional!"
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After 150 years, Arlington Cemetery still holds secrets
ARLINGTON, VA. A lingering image for any Arlington National Cemetery visitor more than caissons bearing the soon-to-be-interred or even the white-gloved honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is the perfect symmetry of alabaster headstones endlessly arrayed.
The stone sentinels give up their dead only on close inspection to visitors who leave pathways to gingerly step close and read the black lettering etched into marble.
Christopher David Horton, Spc. U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Oct. 1, 1984, Sept. 9, 2011, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Valiant Warrior, Fearless Sniper are words on one of more than 900 graves from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in the cemeterys Section 60.
For the dead like Horton, killed in a hail of enemy AK-47 fire the words are a spare summary of sacrifice; what Abraham Lincoln called the last full measure of devotion.
More than 400,000 are buried here.
The epitaphs are reminders that ever since Union Army Pvt. William Henry Christman became the first to be buried here on May 13, 1864 150 years ago Tuesday this place has always been less about grandeur, stone and protocol than about people.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus touched on this theme before a congregation at an Arlington burial service a year ago for two sailors killed in war: We are joined as Lincoln again reminded us by the mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and every patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone.
The sailors remains were recovered years earlier from the sunken wreckage of the USS Monitor, famed for battling a Confederate ironclad to a draw in 1862.
As the Civil War dead were carried to their Arlington graves, hundreds gathered. Scattered throughout were sailors of today in dress uniforms eager to link with this moment, each crisply saluting from wherever they stood.
The place is about people.
It was the bitterness of Quartermaster Gen. Montgomery Meigs that first led to the cemeterys creation.
Angry that his former mentor, Robert E. Lee, had joined the rebellion and desperate for more space to bury the accumulating dead of the Civil War, Meigs recommended that the Lee estate overlooking Washington be turned into a graveyard. Burials had already begun by the time approval came through on June 15, 1864.
A century later, it was with a simple nod of her head that Jacqueline Kennedy acquiesced to the gravesite for her husband on the slope below the Lee Arlington House. She insisted that the assassinated president be laid to rest in a public, accessible place because he belongs to the people.
A half-century after that, it was the outpouring of grief by young widows, parents and battle buddies that led to the only consistent splash of color within 624 acres of cemetery the balloons, childhood drawings, stuffed Easter bunnies and unopened bottles of beer left on the graves of Iraq and Afghanistan war dead.
The now-widely recognized Section 60 is a long stroll from popular tourist sites such as the Kennedy grave and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Unlike the deceased retired military that make up most of the 27-30 burials that occur at Arlington each day, the dead of Section 60 were so young, that the grieving here is far more intense.
So it is a place where a grieving father may be seen laying prostrate on his sons grave or where a mother sits in a thunderous downpour unaware that her lawn chair is sinking into a softening earth.
Those who mourn regularly have coalesced into a kind of club, but one that one mother conceded nobody wants to be in.
For visitors who stroll the walkways or ride the trolleys across the cemetery, there are more stories than a single trip can encompass.
Here are seven seldom-known facts about the people of Arlington National Cemetery:
■ For decades, an area south of the cemetery was home to thousands of former slaves. They began filtering into the capital area shortly after Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation, hundreds settling near Arlington House. Freedmans Village was born and thriving with a school, hospital and church until disbanded about 1900, the land eventually included in the cemetery. About 3,200 unmarked contraband graves remain.
■ Among the more infrequent of headstones at Arlington are those with gold lettering against the white marble. There are 403. These signify that the buried service member received the highest valor award a Medal of Honor. One of the more recent belongs to 19-year-old Army Spc. Ross McGinnis, who lowered himself onto a grenade thrown inside the Humvee he was riding in Iraq in 2006.
■ When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, his younger brother, Robert, urged that the grave be adorned with a simple white cross. He was overruled by his brothers widow, Jackie. After Robert was assassinated five years later, he was laid to rest near his brother, the grave marked with a simple, white wooden cross. The same now adorns the nearby grave of Edward Ted Kennedy. They are the only two wooden crosses in the cemetery.
■ Among 16,000 Civil War dead buried at Arlington, including several hundred Confederate soldiers, is the son of cemetery founder Montgomery Meigs. Lt. John Rodgers Meigs died in a skirmish in October 1864. His father later had him re-interred at Arlington beneath a tomb depicting in statuary the lieutenants death scene, his body laying in the mud amid trampling hoof-prints of Confederate horses.
■ Amid the head-stone covered hills of Arlington is one bare but for three graves representing two generations and two wars. One is the grave of Gen. John Black Jack Pershing, who led U.S. forces in World War I. Nearby are two grandsons: John W. Pershing, an Army veteran who died 1998 and Richard W. Pershing, killed in Vietnam in 1968. Along the slopes of the hill are buried troops the elder Pershing commanded.
■ Three of the seven service members depicted in the iconic Marine Corps Memorial, showing the flag raising on Iwo Jima, are buried at Arlington. Two, Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon, survived the battle and lived to see the memorial built just outside the cemetery. The third, Michael Strank, was killed in combat six days after the famous AP photo that inspired the statue was taken.
■ A very rare group at the cemetery are the 184 victims of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. They are represented as co-mingled, unidentified remains buried under a memorial. There are individual victim graves nearby. One person whose remains were never identified was a 3-year-old girl aboard American Airlines Flight 77 that struck the Pentagon. The site is in a distant southeast corner of the cemetery several hundred feet from the Pentagon. It is unique in Arlington to be buried so close to where death occurred, cemetery officials say.
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text: As the adage goes, "Be careful what you wish for." Another thrill machine has opened and there are again reports of grey outs and others of uncomfortable ride experiences like bruised thighs. I'm no doctor and I'm not as concerned about our health as much as I am about the experiences these rides are providing and the satisfaction or disappointment of the riders. I'm all for thrilling and even extreme rides, but I don't feel that they should be painful or produce worrisome effects. Intimidator 305's trim brake and re-profiling saga was well-documented. That ride was so intense that it led to complaints of black outs, grey outs, stars, etc. I guess we get what we ask for when it comes to tall, intense rides. UPDATE – I incorrectly assumed that bigger always means more intense. I still maintain that in my experience its been the 200+ foot tall coasters that have greyed me out, but a smaller coaster can produce as much or even more g-forces than a hyper as the commenters pointed out. So, I'm shifting the discussion a bit. Would you be excited about a 100 foot tall coaster with a hyper layout? I find it ironic that we (thrill-seeking Americans) always expect taller, bigger, and faster rides. We have this notion of a hyper coaster (200+ feet tall), while overseas there are very similar roller coasters that are only around 100-feet tall. Even though they're mini-versions of our bigger hyper and giga coasters, they've consistently ranked high among enthusiasts who have been to other side of the World to ride them. Piraten at Djurs Sommerland and Kawasemi at Tobu Zoo are two mega lites that were very popular among well-traveled enthusiasts. Unfortunately, we may never see anything quite like these powerful pee-wees here in the States as they might not dominate a park's skyline the way a 20-story tall coaster does. Hyper coaster-less amusement parks take note! I'd love to hear from some of those enthusiasts that can speak to the mega-lites. Are the g-forces lower or am I off-base? At the end of the day, I know what I'm building at my amusement park. You know the one that I'm going to build after my lottery winnings. A cheaper, yet still crowd-pleasing mini hyper. The coaster geeks will come from hundreds of miles around and the general public won't be scared off by its size or get a crick in their necks as they try to look up at it. I feel weird even asking this question to my (mostly) thrill seeking readers, but are rides getting a bit too extreme? What's your take? Leave a comment below. Image courtesy of CoasterImage. 35 Responses « Older Comments Rosie April 2, 2014 Hmm I don't see a problem with it, as long as it's a good ride plus they'll always need "shorter" rides (if you can call a100 footer that) for the less extreme riders out there. I mean rides that are around 100 feet or more can still give you a good thrill, I've never been on the big coasters that reach 400 ft but I think a lot of them go so fast that you barely notice, Knotts' Xcelerator actually kinda bored me because it was so smooth that I barely noticed the Gs like I would on their Boomerang. I don't think I'd wanna black or gray out on a ride though. Reply « Older Comments Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.