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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Astroctech (ASTC) - Get Report shares skyrocketed higher on Wednesday after announcing it had signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Japanese company RIGAKU Corporation. Shares soared 29.8% to $3.79 by mid-afternoon.
The Austin-based business said its subsidiary, 1st Detect Corporation, had entered into a strategic OEM agreement with RIGAKU, a specialist in chemical analysis instrumentation, including X-ray machinery and cryogenics.
Astrotech, a micro-cap aerospace company, said its OEM-1000PI mass spectrometer had been integrated with RIGAKU's Thermogravimetric Analyzer to create Thermo iMS2, a thermal analytics tool which measures changes in physical or chemical materials. The companies expect the device to be well received by the international research and development markets, particularly for applications in research, security, industrial, process flow and healthcare markets.
"We are proud to have had the opportunity to leverage our expertise in miniature mass spectrometry to provide a world-class chemical analyzer to RIGAKU," said 1 Detect chief technology officer David Rafferty in a statement. "By integrating our breakthrough technologies, RIGAKU is able to offer a TGA system that provides more performance, in a smaller instrument, than the competition."
TheStreet Ratings team rates ASTROTECH CORP as a Hold with a ratings score of C-. The team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate ASTROTECH CORP (ASTC) a HOLD. The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed -- some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company's return on equity has been disappointing."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- ASTC's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 8.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 9.2%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- ASTC's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.18 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. To add to this, ASTC has a quick ratio of 2.22, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 88.92% to -$0.54 million when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of 70.82%.
- The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. In comparison to the other companies in the Aerospace & Defense industry and the overall market, ASTROTECH CORP's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: ASTC Ratings Report


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Wednesday 9th January 2013 - 10:00 to 11:00
INI Seminar Room 2
I will explain what are associators (and why are they useful and natural) and what is the Grothendieck-Teichmüller group, and why it is completely obvious that the Grothendieck-Teichmuller group acts simply transitively on the set of all associators. Not enough will be said about how this can be used to show that "every bounded-degree associator extends", that "rational associators exist", and that "the pentagon implies the hexagon". In a nutshell: the filtered tower of braid groups (with bells and whistles attached) is isomorphic to its associated graded, but the isomorphism is neither canonical nor unique - such an isomorphism is precisely the thing called "an associator". But the set of isomorphisms between two isomorphic objects *always* has two groups acting simply transitively on it - the group of automorphisms of the first object acting on the right, and the group of automorphisms of the second object acting on the left. In the case of associators, that first group is what Drinfel'd calls the Grothendieck-Teichmuller group GT, and the second group, isomorphic (though not canonically) to the first, is the "graded version" GRT of GT. All the references and material for this talk can be found there: http://www.math.toronto.edu/~drorbn/Talks/Newton-1301/ .
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It's that time of year again, when dog lovers, dog breeders and dog owners take grooming to new heights as they prepare for showing off their four-footed friends in the hallowed Crufts' showrings.
This year is the 126th Crufts Show, and it takes place once again at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham from 9th to 12th March.
Some 21,838 dogs are all set to take part in the world's largest dog show, with 3,469 dogs competing from 55 overseas countries. They will be keeping their paws crossed in the hope of winning the ultimate accolade of being judged Best In Show.
Crufts is ultimately a celebration of all dogs. The organisers of the show, The Kennel Club endeavour to train judges so that only healthy dogs win prizes which in turn encourages the breeding of healthy dogs.
But Crufts is much more than winning prizes. It celebrates all manner of canines from working dogs to crossbreeds. It also hails hero dogs through the Eukanuba Friends for Life competition – visit Crufts' website, read this year's finalists and vote for the one you feel is most deserved.
The show offers a multitude of entertaining events and canine displays including gundogs, West Midlands Police, flyball, agility, Good Citizen Dog Scheme, Heelwork to Music with the ever popular Mary Ray, PAT Dog of the Year competition, and the Scruffts final which takes place on Saturday 11th March, to name but a few.
Plus there's plenty for youngsters with the Young Kennel Club Kid's Zone, the International Junior Handling Competition, and the Junior Warrant Competition. There will be a host of trade stands selling all the latest canine products, plus many animal charities and rescue centres will be represented at the show.
If you love dogs, and especially if you are thinking about buying a puppy but can't make up your mind as to which breed to choose, then the Discover Dogs area – sponsored by Eukanuba, is not to be missed. You can meet over 200 breeds of pedigree dog and have the chance to talk to their knowledgeable owners and breeders and see whether a breed is right for you.
Last year over 160,000 visitors attended Crufts, the highest number ever, with around 5 million viewers tuning in to watch Best in Show. This year, dog lovers can look forward to a record-breaking 11 and a half hours of television coverage. Presenter Clare Balding will once again at the helm with Channel 4 and More4 broadcasting all the action across the four days of the show, leading up to the grand finale on Sunday when Best in Show will be crowned.
Last year the coveted trophy and title went to West Highland White Terrier, Ch Burneze Geordie Girl owned by Miss M Burns and Mrs A Burns of Devon. No doubt millions of people will once again be glued to their TV screens on Sunday to see which dog will be this year's winner.
About Crufts
Crufts was set up by the Charles Cruft (1852-1938) After leaving college as a young man he chose not to enter the family's jewellery business but to work for James Spratt's company selling 'dog cakes'. As a travelling salesman, his work brought him into contact with large estates and sporting kennels, and when he travelled to Europe in 1878, his entrepreneurial talents were spotted by French dog breeders who invited him to organise the promotion of the canine section of the Paris Exhibition. Back in England in 1886 he took up the management of the Allied Terrier Club Show at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster. Then in 1891 he organised the very first Cruft's dog show at the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington – and the rest is history.
About the Kennel Club
Crufts is run by the Kennel Club. Founded in 1873, the Kennel Club is the UK's largest organisation dedicated to the health and welfare of dogs. Through programmes and investments in education and health initiatives along with lobbying the Government on canine issues, it strives to help dog owners across the UK to have healthy, happy dogs living long lives with responsible owners. The Kennel Club is also a voluntary register for all dogs, whether crossbreed or pedigree, and runs an Assured Breeder Scheme whose members have agreed to follow Kennel Club high standards for breeding puppies. In addition to running Crufts, it licenses over 4,500 dog shows and other events each year. The Kennel Club also owns Petlog, the UK's largest lost and found 24/7 database for microchipped pets.
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Saudi Arabia's warplanes have conducted fresh airstrikes against Yemen, violating a 48-hour ceasefire which the kingdom announced earlier.
Yemen's al-Masirah television said Saudi jets bombarded a district in the southwestern province of Ta'izz several times.
Similar attacks were carried out in the Salif district of Hudaydah Province, the Maran neighborhood of Sa'ada Province and the Bani Hushaysh district of Sana'a Province, the report said.
Yemen's army forces also foiled an attempt by Saudi mercenaries to advance in the Baqa border region and killed dozens of them, it added.
The attacks came shortly after Saudi Arabia said it had decided to begin a 48-hour ceasefire from 12:00 noon in Yemen's timing (0900 GMT) on Saturday.
The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the naval and air "blockade", however, would remain in place and surveillance jets would continue to fly over Yemen.
The announcement followed a request for a ceasefire by Yemen's resigned president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi -- himself based in Riyadh -- to Saudi King Salman, a Saudi statement said.
Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman, a spokesman for Yemeni forces, confirmed that they would abide by the ceasefire if the other side observes it.
"Based on the agreement reached in Muscat [on Monday], we affirm our commitment to the ceasefire if the other party respects it," Luqman said.
Saudi Arabia has come under international criticism for the sheer size of casualties and destruction which its war has brought on Yemen since March 2015. The war has killed at least 11,400 civilians, according to a recent tally by a Yemeni monitoring group.
Saudi military spokesman Ahmed Asiri acknowledged in February that the kingdom was stuck in a "static war" against its southern neighbor.
While the war has proven big business for the US and the UK, it has taken a massive toll on the Saudi kingdom's economy.
The US military provides aerial refueling to Saudi bombers conducting airstrikes on Yemen. Washington has also been providing logistic and surveillance support to the kingdom in the bloody campaign.
The British government has been training Saudi pilots in both the oil-rich kingdom and Britain, The Independent daily revealed in October. London is also one of the biggest arms suppliers to Riyadh, including cluster bombs which have been used in Yemen.
In October, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said Saudi Arabia was using starvation as a tactic in its war against Yemen through its crippling blockade which the US helps to implement.
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Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 469: Prelude to Silicon Valley Comic Con
Forward into the past, this episode contains 100% more Lon Lopez!
A flash from the past as we record live at Paul Cunha's Star Wars themed 7 Stars Bar and Grill with Thanks But No Thanks Productions' Lon Lopez!
– Lon Lopez talks about his experience getting C.O.B.A.L.T. shown on Robert Rodriguez' El Rey Network
– A Silicon Valley Comic Con preview
– What if you rewrote the history of your comics universe? And what if both DC and Marvel were doing it?
– David Walker returning to the Planet of the Apes in July for BOOM! Studios
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- The Greatest Adventure #1
- Monsters Unleashed #1
- Nick Fury #1
- Roughneck
– How much Guardians of the Galaxy news can come out in one week?
– Star Wars Celebration Update: The fate of Carrie Fisher in Episode IX.
– Captain Marvel finally has a director — or two
– Quick review of Colossal
– All the things Freeform told us about Marvel this week
– American Gods debuts April 30
– Nintendo, what are you doing?
Make sure to drop by Sunday, April 23 at 4PM at Silicon Valley Comic Con and join our LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE!
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I love this time of year because my flower garden is in full bloom. Whenever I leave the house, play in the yard, or pull into my driveway the flowers are there to greet me and make me feel happy. I do have one problem though, my flowers are taking over! What to do? What to do? I could always find one of the many unused vases I have in my garage and cut some fresh flowers for my table. Done. Now what?
They were still taking over the sidewalk, and although they were beautiful, something needed to be done.
All week I walked by my kitchen table and smiled with pride as I looked at the pretty flowers looking back at me. Finally the thought occurred to me that I should make a bouquet for a friend of mine. Hey, looking at these beauties made me happy, wouldn't it do the same for someone else? I grabbed my clippers and got to work. I clipped the prettiest ones I could find, found some ribbon and wrapped up the stems. Added a cute tag and viola. Perfect!
I walked to my friends house, knocked on the door, and handed them over. She was so surprised! It made me feel even more happy to know that I made someone's day.
There are opportunities all around us that we have everyday to brighten someone's life up a bit. If you have beautiful flower beds, that can use some pruning, know that those flowers are just waiting to make someone's day. Don't toss them, make a bouquet! They don't have to be perfect, even if its a single daisy…. whomever the receiver is, will absolutely love it.


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The Duke of Cambridge has become Patron of polar traveller Henry Worsley's third Antarctic expedition, attempting to undertake Sir Ernest Shackleton's unfinished journey to the South Pole from the Weddell Sea. This will be a truly inspirational journey of epic scale and we are proud and most grateful that proceeds for the expedition will be donated to The Endeavour Fund. These funds will be used to support the ambitions of wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans who wish to overcome adversity by using sport and adventurous challenge in their recovery. Shackleton was certainly no stranger to adversity and his story is one of the greatest examples of leadership, fortitude and determination in history when his hopes of becoming the first team to cross the Antarctic Continent were crushed after his ship Endurance was trapped and sunk by pack ice leaving his team stranded. A century later Henry Worsley will attempt to recreate the majority this journey, which remains untravelled to this day. Henry Worsley said:
"This unique solo expedition will finally write the end of a part-finished chapter and will serve as a reminder and celebration of a famous polar episode that cemented reputations for leadership, courage and heroism."Henry will depart from the southernmost tip of Chile in early November 2015 and fly to Union Glacier, his Antarctic logistics base. As soon as the weather allows, he will fly onwards to his start point at Gould Bay - the closest accessible point to Shackleton's intended start at Vahsel Bay on the edge of the Weddell Sea. Henry's journey to the South Pole will follow the most likely route that Shackleton would have followed which takes him up either the Support Force or Recovery glacier and then onwards to the polar plateau and the Pole. Shackleton's intended route through the Transantarctic Range was to have used the Beardmore Glacier but instead Henry will make the first solo descent of the Shackleton glacier - appropriate for the centenary celebration. This is the third expedition that Henry Worsley will undertake on the Antarctic. The first in 2008/9 saw Henry successfully lead the Shackleton Centenary Expedition that retraced Ernest Shackleton's ground breaking 900 mile journey that opened up the heart of the Antarctic but fell just 97 miles short from the South Pole. It was the first time that the original route, via an ascent of the Beardmore glacier, had ever been attempted since Shackleton's discovery in 1908/9. Then in 2011, to celebrate the Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen journeys of 1911/12, Henry planned and led a second centenary expedition that sent a three man team down each of the original routes. Henry led the Amundsen team 800 miles from the Bay of Whales to the South Pole, via the Axel Heiberg glacier and repeated history by reaching the South Pole nine days before the Scott team. On completion, Henry became the only person to have ever retraced the original routes used by Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen.


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By Chris Taylor
What could you do with $10,000 per month in free advertising? How would it impact your cause? Your marketing budget? Are you looking to increase your potential donor pipeline? There is a resource that you may hear a lot about but have not tried yet!
Google Ad Grants empowers eligible nonprofits with $10,000 per month in free advertising on Google Search results pages. Google's ads reach large audiences in a relevant, actionable, and measurable way and can help nonprofits educate, attract donors, and help people around the world. Google Ad Grants makes it easy to launch effective campaigns with advertising solutions designed for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes.
Nonprofits who use digital marketing can measure the impact of their efforts and quickly respond to events in the news that raise interest in their causes. Google Analytics offers nonprofits valuable insights about the ways people interact with their sites. Together, these free tools are a powerful combination for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers.
For nonprofits new to digital advertising, Google Ad Grants could help you achieve your goals when campaigns are properly set up for success. If you're already benefiting from Google Ad Grants, you can take your account to the next level with automation, identify targeted keywords from a variety of sources and gain an understanding of where people are interacting with your ads. Additionally, you can take your standard Google advertising account even further by raising your awareness through image and video ads.
You can learn more about how Google Ad Grants helps nonprofits around the world here. More importantly, join me at the 2018 Annual Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference http://www.bridgeconf.org, where I will be co-presenting a session entitled "Taking Full Advantage Of What Google Has To Offer" on August 1.
Whether you are new to Google Ad Grants or if Ad Grants are currently working great for you, this session will immediately improve your fundraising program by generating a new stream of prospective clients.
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Chris is a principal on the Google Ad Grants team, helping nonprofits raise awareness and drive donations through the power of Google AdWords. He has worked in the online marketing space for over 7 years as a sales manager at Google helping small businesses use Google to accelerate growth and optimize their digital marketing efforts. He will be speaking at the 2018 Annual Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference, July 31-Aug. 2, 2018 at the Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Center, National Harbor, MD, (adjacent to Washington, DC).
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New Zealand – the Patents Bill versus the irresistible force versus the immovable object
Published on 23 Jul, 2013
Patent law reform in New Zealand has been going on for more than a decade. However, as of today, New Zealand patent law remains codified by a 1953 Act, itself heavily borrowed from a 1949 UK Act. This means that New Zealand businesses – and overseas entities wishing to do business in New Zealand are governed by legislation that is nearly (given that the UK repealed their previous laws in 1977) four decades obsolete. As a small economy looking to progress, New Zealand is often said to be shooting itself in the foot in this regard.
That said, as regular readers will know, the Patents Bill 2008 is presently awaiting debate before a Committee of the Full House; this is one of the final stages in the passage of new legislation in New Zealand. Unfortunately, the Bill has been waiting a while and is likely to continue waiting for some time yet. It's not that the Government isn't keen to progress matters – indeed several recent Government publications highlight the desirability of passing the new legislation, pronto. It's more a case of – at least in respect of certain provisions, the Government does not appear to know what should be in the new legislation. Patents Bill, meet the irresistible force and the immovable object. These are the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Single Economic Market (SEM) reforms. We'll leave it to readers to decide which is which…
In short, the Government's idea of what they'd like in the new Patents Act (as suggested by the present text of the Bill) is at odds with several provisions that will likely be required of it under the TPP and SEM. However, until such time as the TPP and SEM reforms are finalised, passing the Patents Bill would appear somewhat premature. The Government would look pretty silly if it had to turn around and amend several key aspects of its new patents legislation, say, six months after passing them into law; there would be considerable public accountability issues at play too. Furthermore, what better way to irk ones potential TPP partners (especially the US) than to pass the Patents Bill prior to concluding the TPP negotiations?
For instance, there are several key patentability issues that are presently drafted one way in the Patents Bill (or are even absent) that one suspects will appear another way in the final form of the TPP. The patentability of computer software, a patent term extension for pharmaceuticals, clinical data exclusivity, patent linkage, and the patentability of methods of medical treatment of human beings (to name but a few) are all areas in which New Zealand's current position (as per the Patents Bill 2008) is at odds with the legislation of the United States (which, one suspects, will be closely mirrored in the final text of the TPP).
Moreover, the SEM reforms are now well under way. These reforms, as agreed between the Australian and New Zealand Governments in August 2009, encompass not only IP, but also competition policy, consumer protection, accounting standards, securities offerings, cross-border insolvency and company registrations. The framework thereby aims to accelerate and deepen trans-Tasman regulatory integration and to provide a seamless trans-Tasman business environment. The Patents Bill 2008 (having its origins in late 2004) is, somewhat understandably, silent with regard to any such measures.
Therefore, it would seem prudent to await completion of the TPP and SEM reforms before passing the Patents Bill. Short term pain for long term gain? As usual, the answer is yes and no – because what's holding up the TPP? You guessed it – IP. The TPP negotiations have been conducted under strict secrecy – that is, until Wikileaks got hold of some of the materials! The facility to trade freely with the United States was always likely to come at a cost – and it seems as though the US is looking to impose some fairly stringent IP-related conditions upon TPP signatories. Now, free trade with the US, especially as it pertains to their dairy industry, would be a massive boon for the NZ economy. Therefore, the cynic must suspect that even though they don't appear in the current draft of the Patents Bill, extension of term, methods of treatment and the liberal patentability of computer software may be all, strictly, negotiables.
Last year, the TPP parties set themselves a goal of finalising the agreement by October 2013. However, this seems increasingly unlikely to happen; we will wait and see how this plays out over the next few months. However, until such time as the TTP is concluded, one should not anticipate too much – if indeed any – progress in relation to New Zealand's new patents legislation. Put another way, the horse must lead the cart.
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This is Handel from the Diamine Music Gift set.
I didn't think I would ever be able to afford to buy the Diamine Music Gift Set, so I was really pleased to find that Diamine now sell all of their Gift set inks in 30ml plastic refill bottles. To be honest, the glass bottles in the set are much nicer, but as the ink is exactly that same, it means that at least I can try some of them.
- Water test on the review form shows this isn't a waterproof ink.
- Bearing in mind the paper I use is very smooth, and I used a stub nib, this ink takes longer to dry than some others.
- It flows very well and lubricates the nib very well. No start-up problems noticed.
- It is currently available in the gift set of 10 x 30ml glass bottles, or single 30ml plastic refill bottles.
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I love sitting on the beach working on my tan but I can't do it 24/7. I need to explore, this is why I organise trips or do activities to break up my day. So many things caught my eye and I wanted to do everything left right and centre but I don't think my bank account felt this was a mutual agreement. If you want to save some pennies, don't forget that you can haggle to get the price reduced, we did this a few times especially when purchasing a few trips at once.
When you go to the Maldives you've got to understand that there isn't a great deal to do other than watersports, day trips and tanning. For people who need to be busy, looking into what is available on your island is strongly recommended. I had such high expectations for this trip, I wanted to explore, try new things and enjoy every moment which I did!
Thulusdhoo is known as the best place to surf in the Maldives, the surf shop is run by Australian's, yano the typical long hair, board shorts, really chilled out kind of guys. I had faith they would give me an amazing surf lesson, before I had the chance to try my clumsiness got in the way. On the morning of my lesson I decided to trip and fall, twisting my ankle. I was laying on the floor in pain and my mum was laughing on the side lines, this was until she realised I was actually hurt, then she came to my rescue. Gotta love family right?
After I sprained my ankle I said to myself that I would plan another trip to experience surfing and paddle boarding. I found yoga and surf retreats that are just up my street, not too pricey either which is a huge benefit.
When most people think of the Maldives, they imagine the beautiful huts on the water. I was curious so looked into the cost, for 2 short weeks it would be between £8,000 – £16,000. The thought crossed my mind that perhaps I should "live in the moment" and just go for it, I weighted up the pro's and con's and decided that it was more important to eat for the year instead. Although it may seem impossible to afford an entire trip at one of these luxury places, you can experience it on a day resort trip. We didn't end up doing this because our hotel had an amazing infinity pool with an incredible view and a spa. The only difference would be that we could drink alcohol and take photos with those amazing huts on the sea. Thinking back, I would have loved those photos with the hunt haha.
I told my mum that she had to do a few activities and daytrips on this holiday, she's not normally one for being in the water but she gave it a go. We went kayaking and it was an interesting experience, we didn't fall out but it must have been very entertaining to watch. The odds weren't in our favour, there were two currents in the water which caused the kayke to turn unexpectedly as the wind was also very strong that day. Despite this, we gave it a go and had fun doing it!
Our hotel Season Paradise did a sunset tour for $5 per room. You're taken to the opposite side of the island where the sunsets, after we knew it wasn't far we went back on a few occasions. There were beautiful, shades of purple, pink, blue and orange painted across the sky. Naturally, I took this opportunity to take an enormous amount of photos with my mum and a few doing yoga. I have to say that yoga is much harder on sand than solid ground!
On one of our last days in the Maldives we booked a trip to do some island hopping and snorkelling, in the end we didn't book through our hotel as they had been a little unreliable on other excursions. They needed at least 6 people per activity, however other places on the island didn't require this which is perfect for people travelling in smaller groups or flying solo.
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Finally, we settled down on the sandbank (after taking loads of photos of course) to relax and work on our tan. It gets super hot on those sandbanks but luckily the guides bring along a sun umbrella to get some shade if need be. It was such a nice day, the perfect way to end an awesome holiday in the Maldives.


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London top city in global university rankings
By Sean Coughlan
BBC News education correspondent
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London has four universities in the top 40 of a global league table - more than any other individual city - although only one makes the top 10.
US universities are still the most dominant international force in the Times Higher Education rankings.
In top place, as last year, is the California Institute of Technology.
In the UK there are concerns that, outside Oxford, Cambridge and London colleges, many major universities are slipping down international rankings.
The so-called "golden triangle" of UK universities - Oxford, Cambridge and leading London institutions - is seen as a breakaway elite group, with these universities consolidating their international reputations.
Imperial College, University College London, LSE and King's College London are all in the top 40. London has more universities in this league table than all of Japan, although only Imperial College makes the top 10.
Clusters of excellence
Phil Baty, editor of the rankings, says this is part of a global pattern of clustering of "excellent universities". Boston in the US has eight universities in the top 200, more than entire countries such as China, Switzerland and Australia.
But there are warnings from the rankings organisation that prominent UK regional universities are falling away.
Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Warwick, Southampton, Nottingham and Newcastle are all seen as going downwards against international rivals.
However the University of Leicester has risen sharply, which has been described as the "Richard III effect", after the high-profile research associated with the discovery of the body of the medieval king.
This is described by the Times Higher Education rankings as showing that "power is draining from the UK regions".
The top 20 still reflects the dominance of wealthy US university powerhouses, taking 15 of the top 20 places, with institutions such Harvard, MIT and Stanford in the leading pack behind the California Institute of Technology.
The highest UK university is Oxford and the highest ranked continental European university is ETH Zurich in Switzerland, which is also the only non-English speaking university in the top 20.
"No university can rest on its laurels. No-one is guaranteed to retain a top-200 place when the US, Far East and others are investing in research so heavily," said Sir David Bell, vice-chancellor of Reading University, which has fallen from 176th to 194th place.
"There are some dramatic year-on-year rises and falls this year, so we should be careful not to read too much into a single set of figures."
"It is no surprise that a small number of UK universities at the very top end will remain more stable, with others more likely to fluctuate."
Sir Christopher Snowden, president of Universities UK, said the rankings showed that the UK had "the second-strongest university system in the world after the US".
"What is clear, however, is that the UK must continue to invest in higher education if we are to maintain this global competitiveness."


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Rev. Eric P. Lee is President/CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference-Los Angeles, author of his book, Marriage Equality: Proposition 8, The California Divide and co-producer of a 90 minute documentary on the failure of public education as it pertains to African American and Latino children titled, "Who Is Accountable?"
Rev. Eric P. Lee is a founding member of the Stand For Security Coalition, organizing African American Security Officers into an SEIU union; a Diversity Task Force member, working to reintegrate African Americans into the hotel and restaurant industries; founding member of the Alliance for Equal Opportunity in Education, a collaboration of organizations that forced UCLA to change their admissions to be more inclusive of Black students; founding member of the Knowledge Transfer Summit, an African American Leadership Forum; Co-Chair of Black Community, Clergy & Labor Alliance, and also a founding member and Chair of the Black Education Task Force, a collaboration of organizations whose mission is to improve the quality of education for Black students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
As a civil rights activist, Rev. Lee took a stand against California Ballot Initiative Proposition 8 in support of marriage equality and LBGT Rights, believing that anytime one group of people is denied the same rights and privileges of others in society; it is fundamentally a denial of their civil rights.
Rev. Lee has lived in Los Angeles for 28 years but was born and raised in Oakland, California, the heart of social and economic activism on the West Coast. Inspired by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a young age, Rev. Lee has committed his life to fighting for justice against oppressive forces that continuously hinder people from achieving equality, freedom, justice and dignity, following the guiding principle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
Rev. Lee has a B.S. in Political Economies of Industrial Societies from U.C. Berkeley, a Masters in Pastoral Studies and M. Div. from Bible Believers Christian College & Seminary. Rev. Lee is affiliated with the Black Business Association, Recycling Black Dollars, 100 Black Men of Los Angeles, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.


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|This article or section refers to elements from the Dune Encyclopedia.
There are separate pages for this subject as it appears in the other canons, the reasons for this are explained here
Salusa Secundus is a planet of grim ecological and social conditions mostly famous for being the originator of House Corrino and for serving as the imperial prison.
The planet suffers from both a rigorous climate and marginal natural resources. The temperature ranges between -45° and 60°C.
Its planetary name clearly implies that, like Giedi Prime and Arrakis, Salusa Secundus was named after a star. Secundus (Latin for "second") is a term sometimes used with the lesser of the two components of a binary star. One would expect a "Salusa Prime" somewhere.
Flora[edit | edit source]
This combined with the infertility of the soil favor a jungle ecology. Gigantic plant growth make efficient use of what nutrients are available, returning little to the soil as waste.
After clearing the ground, the soil was poor and soon depleted. Only the hardiest crops survived the scorching summers.
Fauna[edit | edit source]
The ganja, a partially domesticated form of buffalo, supplied meat and skins.
Resources[edit | edit source]
The chief ore was iron, in limited quantities. Iron lodes were one of the reasons of the warring tribes. Smelters and foundries were special prizes because they provided the weapons needed for war. A tribe that controlled enough pasture for its herds and a reliable source of iron was self-sufficient.
Population[edit | edit source]
The population of the planet was always small. The native population were the Sardau until they left the planet and expanded. At the time of the Battle of Corrin, the population probably did not exceed 5 million.
It was divided in tribes who waged perpetual war over iron lodes and the scanty pasture land. Smelters and foundries were special prizes because they provided the weapons needed for war. A tribe that controlled enough pasture for its herds and a reliable source of iron was self-sufficient.
While the Zensunni dwelt there, a language spoken on the planet was Tamashek which could have been the original language of the Sardau.
History[edit | edit source]
The ruthless natural selection of Salusa Secundus bred the Sardau tribe who came to dominate first their planet and later the inhabited worlds of the Imperium. The grim conditions forged their military prowess; the Sardaukar were master swordsmen and deadly unarmed combatants, comparable respectively to Ginaz tenth-level fencers and Bene Gesserit adepts.
In 388 AG usurper Saudir III designated the planet as a prison colony in order to deal with the captives of the recent Lishash Confederation. In 390 AG Wallach I decided to use it as an experimental laboratory.
Knowing that the prisoners would not survive if exposed to the depredations of the native tribes, he provided them with training in the most ruthless fighting techniques and weapons while shielded by Sardaukar troops (who were later withdrawn). This technique begun the use of the planet as the training center of the Sardaukar.
The descendants of the prisoners admired rather than hated the Sardaukar who had protected them. And when the colonists were given the opportunity to join them and thus leave Salusa Secundus forever, the choice was easily made.
In 4495 AG Hanin Dart Famun became siridar of the planet.
Half the Zensunni of Poritrin were forced to migrate to Salusa Secundus in 4492 AG [1] They were to be slaves on this planet for nine generations until 5295 AG, when they went to Ishia.
Salusa Secundus and Dune were in fact analogous: as Salusa Secundus was to the Saudaukar and House Corrino; so Dune, to the Fremen of the Jihad and House Atreides.
In 5295 AG, Ezhar VII released them, and the Zensunni were allowed to emigrate to Ishia.[2]
Thufir Hawat asked the question, "Were there people on Salusa Secundus before the Emperor sent his first contingent of prisoners there? Even the Leto I Atreides, a cousin on the distaff side, never knew for sure." [3] He was but trying to lead the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen into drawing the proper conclusions about the role this planet had played in Galactic history and understanding how badly the baron had erred in his interview with Hasimir Fenring two years before.
Under Shaddam IV[edit | edit source]
Original Dune
This article or section refers to elements from Original Dune.
In 10193 AG, Paul Atreides wrested the Imperial Throne from House Corrino. Before taking the throne, Paul promised Shaddam IV that he would keep a throne on Salusa Secundus, and that the planet would be transformed into a pleasant and beautiful world. This move was outwardly to show that he maintained respect for Shaddam, but in truth the move was to rob the deposed Emperor of the training grounds for his Sardaukar.
Shaddam IV then went into retirement, ruling over Salusa Secundus with the majority of his Household in accompaniment. From his deposed home, Shaddam witnessed the birth of his grandchild, Farad'n Corrino; sired by Dalak Fenring, whose mother was Wensicia Corrino. It was also from the planet that Shaddam continually tried to encourage Count Hasimir Fenring to re-join him, so that together they could wrest the Imperium back to House Corrino.
After the aborted attempt on Paul's life on Arrakis, by Hasimir's daughter, Marie Fenring, who was killed by Alia Atreides; and the subsequent second attempt on his life by the Count himself; Hasimir and his wife, Margot Fenring, were exiled permanently to Salusa Secundus.
Name[edit | edit source]
Salusa appears to be a Latin noun. There is a Latin noun salus, meaning "healthful"-but is a feminine noun of another declension.
The constellation Aries was known among the Jews as Shalish (variant Shalisha), the name of some sort of musical instrument. Herbert was aware of this, for the planet Chusuk is said to circle Theta Shalish.
Gamma Arietis is a binary star. If this can be taken to be (Gamma) Shalisha Secundus, then we possibly have our namesake for Salusa Secundus.
One may also note that Herbert makes reference to the "golden light" of Salusa Secundus.[4] This is, at least, not in contradiction to the spectral type of Gamma Piscium.
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In the second part of our series on great tools to help with infrastructure management, we are going to talk about mCollective (Marionette-Collective). This project was recently acquired by Puppet Labs and helps to sensibly manage day-to-day system administrator tasks with an RPC framework. With so many people trying to write complex SSH for-loops to handle tasks that should be treated more elegantly, mCollective can offer what a system administrator has been missing: consistency!
Pulling Strings with Ease
By using an RPC framework, mCollective stands apart from 'mass-host-execution' programs or scripts. Plugin creation for mCollective is written in Ruby, leveraging base frameworks to handle the interaction between servers and clients. All machines in your infrastructure run a server, but only one or more need to run a client to interact with the machines. In this model, a queue server is utilized to handle messages between the two, in a publisher/subscriber capacity. Commonly this will be accomplished with ActiveMQ but RabbitMQ could also be used.
A client can use either an included rpc tool to execute plugins or, more likely, a front-end client for each plugin will be available. Some common examples of what plugins would control are: packages, services, host discovery, process information, files (touch/remove/status), pings, and Facter facts. Additionally, I recently created an mCollective plugin for APT functionality.
Administrate Better
Seeing is believing, after all. Here's an example of utilizing mCollective to find only x86 hosts and then providing the status of the 'puppet' package on those systems. You'll notice the progress bar looking for known-hosts to execute this check for:
[code][root@puppet puppet]# mc-package -W "architecture=x86" status puppet
* [ ============================================================> ] 10 / 10
host01.example.com version = puppet-0.25.5-1.el5
host02.example.com version = puppet-0.25.5-1.el5
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—- package agent summary —-
Nodes: 10 / 10
Versions: 10 * 0.25.5-1.el5
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Not only is the output sane and readable, but you can filter hosts based on their Facter facts as desired to help you execute plugins only on the desired subset of your total host structure. Rather than having that 'all-hosts.txt' file living on your servers, let mCollective do the work by letting you know what hosts are available and the metadata that make them unique or similar to each other.
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If you have a night of cocktails on the mind, Calgary won't disappoint.
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The following areas are well known for after-hours activities:
That's not all of course, every neighbourhood has its share of local pubs and nightspots. There's also a lot of music being played in Calgary on any given night: check out our local music venues listing.
Photo: Anejo Restaurant in Mission
You can have a lot of fun exploring Calgary's diverse culinary landscape: the days of it being restricted to steakhouses and pizza parlours are long gone. In fact, Calgary has received increasing national exposure for it's impressive dining scene, with restaurants like Pigeonhole and Model Milk landing among Canada's Best.
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Knee deep in multi-culti splendour
15 January 2011
Pamila Matharu visits Divya Mehra
Pamila Matharu: Last summer, I headed out to the Summer Institute art residency in Winnipeg, at Plug In ICA. Not only was it professionally speaking – full throttle – I found myself an art soul-sistah, Divya Mehra! Only in its second year, it was a month chockfull of intensive fully engaged art creation and production with all its trimmings (like recent Toronto transplant, Andrew Harwood.)
Divya Mehra and I were 2 of 10 invited artists. It was exhilarating and a welcome relief for me to meet another Canadian South Asian artist knee deep in exploring life's complexities with such poignant wit and humourous vigour. We both agreed that when living in the much-touted Canadian landscape full of multi-culti splendor, the Canuck art scene doesn't measure up per se, or at least it develops at the rate of an IV drip. My interest in Divya began at the residency, but now that I think about it – it was slightly earlier that that. I had read about her video work but had yet to see it. She struck me as forward thinking, articulate, and funny – not the stereotypical identity based – who am I? – diatribe, she's my artists' artist!
So this studio visit started in August of 2010, and has continued till January 3rd, 2011. This was not my intention at all, but oddly enough, in the age of digital ease, it's amazing that two artists don't really have the time to meet up in a studio blog! The following visit contains excerpts from our emails, and telephone conversations, as well as some photo and video blogging that we engaged in over the last five months.
Pamila Matharu: I was introduced to your practice through your video, The Importance of Being Earnest (2009). In it, you work the Disney/Bollywood machine juxtaposing the reality and complexities of everyday world events, disasters, and catastrophes with the angelic song and dance Disney is known for. You present a camp like presence throughout, but it's the jarring imagery behind you, that stopped my laughter in its track. Your recent videos have shifted, I found you slightly 'undressed' in your performance, and you come across as quite emotional. How did you arrive at this work?
Divya Mehra: I don't know what to call the recent work. To even refer to it as work would imply that I'm taking it very seriously. I'm not. I'm really interested in the lyrics and I'm experimenting with the format. I suppose it's like drawing in your sketchbook. It's not made with the intention that a specific viewer will see it, or that a gallery will exhibit it. The videos are very simple performative investigations set to popular songs. I do use a device that is commonly used in Bollywood, and that is lip-syncing. The Importance of Being Earnest, although similar in its execution, is ultimately quite different. That piece was the visual beginning of my interest in matters concerning Post-Partition India and Pakistan. Following that, I began working in text and installation. These videos seemed like a natural segue into that territory. The verse that I would video myself performing stood out to me. Questions surrounding ideas of authenticity around the self and the other, as well notions of power rose to the top again and again. I made a number of these videos quickly. I never posted them to Youtube or my own site. As I mentioned before they were simply investigations, albeit I was surprised by how they turned out. Essentially all of these videos came together as material for my first solo-exhibition
Divya Mehra | The Importance of Being Earnest | 2009
Divya Mehra | Can I be fo' Real? | 2009
Divya Mehra | You must have me confused with some Other guy. | 2009
Divya Mehra | I don't know how fake feels | 2010
Pamila Matharu | Butter Chicken Factory | 2010
PDivya Mehra | Only Logical Response. | 2010
Divya Mehra | Exhibition invite
Lil Jon & East Side Boys | Throw it Up
Divya Mehra | The List | 2010
altered metal staircase and railing, rap music, strobe lights, champagne bottles, sporadic performance
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Pamila Matharu | Oh my. | 2010
Divya Mehra | Exciting | 2010
Pamila Matharu | Welcome | 2010
PM: I felt you touched on power in a variety of ways from the personal to the political, but as well to the current
imbalance of global economic powers in I am the American Dream (still just a Paki).
Divya Mehra | I am the American Dream (still just a Paki) | 2010
1987 Gold Jaguar Vanden Plas
75″ x 192″ x 40″
You construct these notions by presenting the body of a '87 Jaguar Vanden Plas, re-painted shiny, with windows painted black – to reiterate the exclusion, the outside not looking in. It's noted in the exhibition pamphlet that Tata Motors Ltd. bought out the British super-brand Jaguar, the jewel fell out from the crown so to speak.
What comes to mind is how we negotiate status, class, access and how one measures success in society – especially for the first and second generation ethnic immigrant communities in most western societies. The particular tone of gold colour reminds me of the coveted 24K gold jewellery collection South Asian families have as a sign of wealth, or the brilliant shine of reflected light in shops in the gold souk of the Emerati open markets in Dubai.
I'm reminded of my family's arrival to Canada in 1978 to Rexdale, Ontario from Birmingham, UK; grateful to leave the resistance of not being accepted in British society, ready to start their upwardly mobile plight to provide a better life for my brother and I. The title itself, reminds me of my uneasiness with the slur 'Paki.'
My second generation students quite unabashedly celebrate their cultural stereotypes and repeatedly ask me to talk with an accent "like a Paki or Russell Peters." Again, you explore the power in layers, from the social experience of the upwardly mobile immigrant to the exchange of global-economic brand power of Jaguar to Tata Motors, what were some influences in this work and how did you see this being viewed?
DM: Influences? A dead Bengali tiger. My family moved to the south side of the city when I was seven. I can remember visiting the house my parents had purchased, while the former residents were packing and sorting their belongings. They had invited us over for chai and small talk. The family who had owned the property were very wealthy north Indians… I think everyone was a doctor, lawyer or some kind of millionaire. While the parents sat at the dinning room table for chai and biscuits, I went for a small walk down the main hall and found myself at the bottom of a large staircase. At the very top of the flight of stairs was an immense tiger skin mounted to the wall. I looked around to make sure no adults were in sight and I climbed to the very top of the staircase. I stared at it for a moment in disbelief. Who did this and why? I closed my eyes and reached forward and then all of a sudden felt the tiger bite down, piercing the skin and crushing my tiny fingers! Finger guts everywhere. I'll never draw again!
I opened my eyes and found the owner of the house, Mrs. MD had taken hold of my hand and said:
'No no beti (daughter). This is Raj and he is just sleeping, don't wake him up.'
I might have been young, but I wasn't an idiot. I knew he was dead, and I couldn't understand where the fascination came from in killing and mounting a once-living creature to your wall, like a trophy.
Years later I hunted and killed a Jaguar. I suppose I'm no better than those doctors. Bahot Hi Khatarnaak Hoon Main, Har Ek Pal Mein Chalaak Hoon Main Kaun.
Don | Main Hoon Don
Pamila Matharu | Inside/Out | 2010
Divya Mehra | Bitch Please | 2010
Pamila Matharu | Dough Gums | 2010
Pamila Matharu | Dough Gums | 2010
PM: Your text-based work has grown into something significant in your practice from your video work, I think I've read that you started working in text during grad school at Columbia. Though your humour is ever-present, was that gradual or deliberate change in mediums?
DM: Gradual & Deliberate. Everything. All. At. Once.
PM: In Real Estate Tycoon, you purchased ad space in a recent Border Crossings issue and in The Catalyst for change so often in history is War you appropriated the Facebook "friend" invitation; both are in some ways the quantifiable measures of success – you cleverly illustrate what the consumers values in either coveted art advertising and in the social media sphere. What was the process at arriving at this work?
PM: Ramu, his cousin Sanjay and I wanted to thank-you for this very long studio visit. Hugs 🙂 P
DM: Tell Ramu he owes me a chai. Sanjay better spell check this studio blog.
Thank you for the visit didi.


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Posted by Mark Carlisle on November 12th 2018 in AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL AFFAIRS , All .
Poultry (including game birds): registration rules
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published guidance for poultry including game) owners. Those farmers or landowners who keep 50 or more birds on their premises must register using the compulsory registration form within one month of keeping. The law applies if landowners keep:
50 or more birds captive for any period of time.
Flocks made up of different species, such as chickens, ducks or geese.
Birds for the consumption of meat and eggs, other commercial purposes, restocking game birds or breeding for these three purposes.
Owners of fewer than 50 birds, or birds kept as pets, may choose to register, however the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) encourages voluntary registration.
See: Defra: Poultry (including game birds): registration rules (6 November 2018).


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Israel provoked both the US and the Palestinians today by announcing plans to build 238 new housing units in East Jerusalem, a move that throws into doubt already fragile peace negotiations.
Publication of the housing plans comes at a time when discussions between the Israelis and Palestinians being brokered by the US are stalled.
The Palestinians today accused the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, of putting settlements before peace.
A senior US administration official, responding to media reports of the new house plan, said: "We saw that story as well and we are working to confirm that it occurred."
Barack Obama has been pushing Netanyahu to impose a complete freeze on settlements on the West Bank in an effort to create the groundwork for a peace deal.
Netanyahu agreed last year to a 10-month settlement freeze but that deadline expired last month and Netanyahu has since rebuffed US calls to extend it.
The 238 houses are in Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot, both in East Jerusalem and both with predominantly Israeli residents. The Israeli government regards both as part of Israel but the Palestinians, and almost all of the international community, see them as illegal, built on Palestinian land occupied by Israeli in 1967.
Saeb Erekat, the main Palestinian peace negotiator, said today: "This is a severe blow to the efforts by the United States and the Arab League to prevent the peace process from collapsing."
Netanyahu is facing pressure from the Obama administration to make meaningful concessions to the Palestinians in peace talks that began last month and from the rightwing of his coalition government that is opposed to concessions on settlement building.
The new houses were approved by the Israeli housing minister, Ariel Attias, who is a member of the rightwing Shas party.
US-Israeli relations dropped to one of its lowest points in decades when Israel announced in March, during a visit to Israel by the vice-president, Joe Biden, it planned to go ahead with new building. The US interpreted this as a diplomatic snub.
The Israeli paper Yediot Aharonot today reported that the Israeli government kept Washington up-to-date with its planned new housing and quoted an Israeli cabinet member saying that Washington would issue only a weak condemnation.


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Adrian Sutil has admitted that Sauber is simply too slow ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.
Neither Sutil nor team-mate Esteban Gutierrez has scored a point so far in 2014, while their last two events have been blighted by unreliability and accidents.
The German reckons Sauber made progress with the C33 at last week's post-race test in Bahrain but does not believe the team will make huge improvements until the sport reconvenes in Europe next month.
"A little progress has been made at the test with the test drivers in Bahrain, so it was quite conclusive," he said. Of course at the moment we are far too slow. Not really enjoyable but we are looking ahead. It will get better. It's just a question of time. We need to be a bit patient. So, for here, there are a few things changed already.
"So, I'm quite excited to see how the car will be. But our plan, especially for the next races going to Europe and going to Barcelona and on, the car should definitely be a different one to drive."
Sutil says that there is not one key weakness restricting Sauber from making progress.
"It's not only one area, quite a few areas of the car," he said. "It's the power unit, it's the weight - and I'm fighting also personally a little bit here and there. It will get there and as soon as we do progress every race weekend, I'm happy. Fingers crossed it's going to happen very soon."


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Israel Nash – Israel Nash's Silver Season
"I don't live like the others", says Israel Nash on his Silver Season, "I see twice as many colours". It's a hippy-style sentiment right out of the 1970s. And this is an album that's infused with the sweet, yet slightly acrid smells of Topanga Canyon. But there's more to Israel Nash's Silver Season than a whiff of patchouli oil and a few liberal sentiments. Full of songs with wonderful melodies ('Mariner's Ode' is a fine example), great playing all round (check out the bass line on 'Strangers'), and the highest quality song craft (pretty much anything on the record), this is more than a throwback to a now bygone era. This is a great album in its own right. What's nice is that it doesn't give in to '70s-style excess. Sure, there's a good old-fashioned guitar solo on 'Strangers', but the temptation to dress up a jam as a fully fledged composition, or simply to over-extend (think Jonathan Wilson's last album) is curbed. So whereas a song like 'Lavendula' moves along so nicely that there must have been a temptation to keep it going, we're treated to 4 minutes 30 of glorious sounds and then it's brought neatly to an end. "Sooner or later we'll surrender our guns", we're told on 'Parlour Song', "But not until we've shot everyone". It's something we might have heard a few decades back. But it's still relevant today. Just like Israel Nash and his Silver Season.


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but, they forgot one….Posted: March 7, 2012 Filed under: Drivel 5 Comments
i stumbled across this article and gave it a read and giggled. it's from men's health. i used to read MH a lot, it was a decent read. this was the top 10 muscles women find attractive in men.
1. 6-Pack Abs
You could have biceps the size of bowling balls, but if you've got the beginnings of a gut, any discriminating woman will think twice before considering you boyfriend material. Their fear: A little excess midriff meat now means one fat, sloppy man in 10 years.
2. Powerful Forearms
Women see strong forearms and think you can do everything: Fend off a mugger, build a house, and maintain a dexterous touch long enough to leave them extremely satisfied. So roll up those sleeves, and let 'em have a look.
3. A Nice Butt
Women check out your butt because it's a clue to your worthiness as a physical specimen. If you're in great shape, it carries high. Otherwise, your rear end droops like a sack of old potatoes.
4. A Broad Back
A wide back is essential for a V-shaped torso, and women's attraction to it is ancestral. "When it was important that our mates protect us from woolly mammoths on the plains, we looked for a gene pool that could provide us with protection," says Pega Ren, a sexologist in British Columbia.
5. Sculpted Shoulders
"The shoulder muscles are really the muscles of love and war," says Nancy Etcoff, author of Survival of the Prettiest. They also make the whole look when combined with a broad back. Strong shoulders literally sweep women off their feet.
6. Rock-Hard Calves
"Women want an overall sense of strength and fitness," says Etcoff. "If a man looks as if he can lift something but can't run, it looks disproportionate."
7. A Big Chest
"Women treasure your chest as much as you do theirs," says Emily Dubberley, a sex expert based in the UK. "Touching, kissing, … a man's chest is undoubtedly a turn-on for most women."
8. Large Biceps
In a poll of Cosmopolitan readers, 1 out of 5 women confessed that nice biceps on a man makes them "absolutely melt."
9. Money Line
We're not convinced that's its official name, but here's how our female friends describe it: "The muscle that runs diagonally from hip to crotch," "The muscle that sticks out near the hips—yummy!" and "Lower abs, near his package." [edit: i have a great money line]
10. Calves
"Women want an overall sense of strength and fitness," says Etcoff. "If a man looks as if he can lift something but can't run, it looks disproportionate." not to mention gay…
but they forgot one. they didn't mention the "love muscle". lol. c'mon….you HAD to know i was gonna go there. hey, at least i'm consistent. i LOVE lists like this. you know why…..it's kinda bullshit. you know how i feel about women's lists. lol. especially when i do relatively well with wimminz and i'm NOT a muscular guy. but i guess i have a guys build, so that's all that's really is going to matter to a woman. not the SIZE of my muscles, because let's be honest, i have the muscle tone of steven hawkings thighs.
stay up.
5 Comments on "but, they forgot one…."
Who are these women they are surveying? I mean yes, we want to be attracted to a man but jeez, who has these exacting high standards??? If I feel a physical attraction / pull to a man, I'm not evaluating his every body part. I'm just thinking…hmm, handsome face, great smile, nice build, and if he's an intelligent, kind, driven man….swoon!
I think that perhaps men may think in these terms from things I hear…rating various body parts (face, rack, butt, legs, etc)…I dont know any women who think this way. But I guess being healthy and muscular is never a bad goal for a man from a healthy & fitness stand-point if nothing else. But this list puts waaay more pressure on men than they need to endure. My humble opinion…