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THE LODGE presents:
Simone Salvatori (SPIRITUAL FRONT solo) (it) + COLLAPSAR (fr)
03/07/2010 @ Bazillus Club, Zurich
Please note that space is limited! You can make a reservation till Saturday 3.7.2010 16:00 to klangkurier [a] gmail . com
SIMONE SALVATORI - Armageddon Gigolo - Italy's Nick Cave and Johnny Cash - nihilistic suicide pop folk - SPIRITUAL FRONT singer.
After successfully spending 4 years both on the road and in the studio, Spiritual Front are back, stronger than ever, with their new album 'Ro**en Roma Casino'.
Fronted by the charismatic Simone H. Salvatori, the band have been working in Rome with many different musicians (including the string quartet from the Ennio Morricone Orchestra, with whom they have already worked on the previous studio album 'Armageddon Gigolo'.) With 'Ro**en Roma Casino', Spiritual Front have created the new suicide pop manifesto, the perfect sensual soundtrack of your lives. Without any doubt the most perfect mixture of passionate refined pop, elegant southern vibes, astonishing folk wave, vicious tango and a spaghetti western inferno. These are pure feelings carved in music: love/hate anthems, sliding vibrato guitars, pulsing drums, fascinating orchestral parts! Lyrically based on the wild river of sensuality and hard feelings the story of the 'Rotten Roma Casino' is told by the biting lyrics of Simone H. Salvatori, who gambles his life at the most cruel casino ever seen before.
Now, Simone is coming to present old and new songs in an unplugged and almost intimate fashion - voice & acoustic guitar only! Those who are familiar with his work probably know what to expect: His shows with or without SPIRITUAL FRONT are simply charming, sexy, emotional, entertaining, powerful, professional and ... unforgettable!
"Imagine a world in which a beam of light rose into the sky only to fall back to the ground at your feet. Or, picture an infinite continuum of parallel universes, each inhabited by slightly different parallel twins of yourself. Visualize a place in which all the laws of physics, that combine to make our universe the place that it is, vanish into inscrutable infinities. Welcome to the world of one nature's most bizarre phenomena: the black hole." (Robert W. Lindsay - December 01, 1993)
Inspired by writers (such as William S. Burroughs, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick) and musical projects (Lustmord, SPK, Skinny Puppy, Dead Can Dance, Bad Sector and In Slaughter Natives to call a few) Thibaud, head of Collapsar, documents a twisted and bizarre world out of time an space as we know it.
The first album "Beyond the Event Horizon" has just recently been released on the US-based Malignant Records label and is said to "transport the listener on an epic journey deep into the cosmos, forging a path across a vast, inky void, and steering a course around a roiling galactic core of hyper-dense stars and black holes."
Without doubt, the sound is epic, expansive, and most of all, HEAVY. There is beauty and tranquility within these realms, but there is no light - just massive, pulsating textures coalescing into shimmering drones, rippling sound waves, and billowing, multi-dimensional layers of powerful dark energy. A must for fans of Inade, Lustmord and the like.


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A wise man once said "insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results." That wise man was Albert Einstein, and he happens to be a pretty smart dude. In fact, he felt most of his scientific breakthroughs came as a direct result of improvising on the piano and violin – so put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Music is a journey. Gaining musical proficiency requires both disciplined practice as well as patience. The process is about developing oneself through your ears and out your soul. If you do it right, you'll notice changes in yourself – how you play a piece, how you perform with others reflects your personality and your day to day life.
Whenever I am struggling with a piece, technical exercise, or memorizing a new program, I find myself falling back on a variety of methods to dig myself out of a hole. Everyone is different, some may need to focus on only one or two of my tips below, others may need to do a little of everything. Below are the best ways I know of how to improve dramatically – even over the course of a day – and really begin to understand problems in your playing in an objective manner.
Listen to yourself: I firmly believe that the better you are at listening, the better you become as a musician. When you practice or perform a piece, how often do you really listen to yourself? Are you aware of that slight noise when your fingers touch the string – or do you just let it slide? Do you hear that gap when you shift from one fret to another down the neck? Take the time to listen to the sounds you create. Listening to each note from its inception until the last audible vibration is the best way to honestly appraise your playing. Start each day by playing/singing one note or chord, close your eyes and listen to it ring out. Take a breath. Repeat. Now you're ready to move on.
Record yourself: This goes hand in hand with listening. If you record yourself playing for practice or even a performance, and objectively create a map of the things you want to improve you set yourself up for success. Hell, use a webcam, cell phone, video, audio – doesn't matter. In fact, if you manage to sound great on a terrible recorder you know you're practice is beginning to pay off.
Stop whatever you're doing and do the opposite: Want to get faster? Forget speed for a few weeks and go back to basics at a snail's pace. If you find yourself hitting a wall in your practice, sometimes the best thing you can do is take a break. Spend two weeks practicing something entirely different. Cultivate an awareness of your body and instrument and truly own the notes.
Perform for others: This is the biggest way to improve. Play for others. Play for friends, set up a small house concert. It doesn't matter if you crash and burn – you'll be better off after running the gauntlet. I'm convinced that the reason people get so nervous and notice what can seem to be an insurmountable amount of mistakes in performance comes from that fact that not only are you no longer on practice-room-autopilot, but you're actually listening to yourself – AND – so are other people.
Set Goals: This is simple, but it's amazing how often people forget. My personal favorite is writing a weekly practice log. Sometimes I break it down into small daily goals. At the extreme, there have been times where I've written up a sheet of paper for each piece I'm working on as well as every gig I had coming up. I wrote dates and goals on each page and taped them to my bedroom wall. Every time I accomplished a goal or finished a piece, I checked it off with green marker. Learn to love the green marker. Even if you come up short, aim high. You can only end up ahead.
These are my 5 go-to practice techniques – if you have any other effective ideas, post below!

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VETS and doctors from across Britain were in North Wales this week to brush-up on off-road skills which could help save lives.
The medics, who are on stand-by at equestrian events, were given masterclasses in the hills near Bala under the expert tuition of Land Rover instructors.
A Land Rover spokesman said group members were shown how to drive vehicles in a responsible manner.
"A top priority was given to how to reach a casualty quickly and safely," he said.
Mold-based vet Claire Caldwell said the training was "exciting but interesting".
She said: "It showed me what a four-by-four vehicle can do and how to do it." Claire, who works in a large animals practice in Flintshire and Cheshire, added: "It would be ideal to have such a vehicle. They are so versatile."
David Mitchell, manager of the Snowdonia Experience Centre, said: "The nature of the sport means that on-the-spot medical attention is essential to the safe running of the competition so the training is tailored to meet the vets and doctors specific needs."
David said there are over 200 point-to-point races every year, all of which rely on four-wheel-drive vehicles for medical back-up.
The Snowdonia Centre, one of nine sites across the country, offers half, full-day and more specialist courses featuring challenging environments.


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At QuakeCon 2010, we met with representatives of Dell and Alienware to look at their lineup of gaming desktops and notebooks. I came expected to be blown away by the desktops and their 15"/17" Notebooks. However, I was surprised to be blown away by the M11x.
Revised earlier this year with Intel Core i5 and i7 Processors, the Alienware M11x packs some serious punch for a 11" notebook. The biggest reason for this punch is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M with 1GB of dedicated RAM to supercharge just about anything you can throw at it.
"The Alienware M11x is the perfect go-anywhere laptop for people who want to play today's most popular and demanding games in high definition. With the new Core i7 processor and high-performance discrete graphics that can kick in when needed, gamers can get a stunning visual experience and fast-action play wherever they are without sacrificing long battery life for less intensive activities," said Arthur Lewis, general manager, Dell gaming products. "It's a challenge to make the world's most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop even better, but we've done it."
The Alienware M11x, available in soft-touch Stealth Black or Lunar Shadow, retains its svelte 4.4-pound* figure and distinctive Alienware design with built-in AlienFX™ illuminated keyboard and laser-engraved user nameplate. It ships with a choice of 64-bit Windows 7 operating systems installed.
We are looking forward to getting our hands on this machine for a closer look in the very near future. Until then, feast your eyes on the images below:


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My tube from Edgware Road to Waterloo yesterday evening was delayed by a single minute, but this was enough to make the difference between catching my train and not.
Fortunately for TfL, that train was a fast one, so the overall delay had only lengthened to five minutes by the time I reached Hersham, my final destination.
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Did your marriage have an expiration date? Charlotte divorce lawyer, Jennifer Nancarrow, joins us to discuss how March is now the busiest month for divorces, as well as the 8 reasons why you shouldn't contact your spouses mistress.
Divorce Talk Radio is your weekly source for the latest information in North Carolina divorce and family law. Each week we discuss updates in divorce, separation, child support, child custody, alimony, property division, separation, domestic violence and family law. We have weekly LIVE shows where we answer listener questions about divorce and family law and one on one interviews with knowledgeable authors and professionals in the divorce world.


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Inequality and Rationality in Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2008 Long Range Transportation Plan 2009/12/13Posted by zadriaenssens3 in Transportation Planning.
Tags: Los Angeles, rational planning, Transportation Planning
I would like to believe that planning has come a long way; that we – as a profession – have learned from the mistakes of our past, and have learned the drawbacks associated with didactic, rational planning techniques that rarely hear the needs of the public as well as they should. Yet, upon reading the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2008 Long Range Transportation Plan, it seems all too clear that there is still far to go and much to learn. From strictly adhering to a rational planning process to undervaluing the needs of the urban poor, the 2008 Transportation Plan represents some of planning's least admirable qualities.
As outlined in the document itself, the developmental process behind the plan followed eight sequential steps: 1) establishing performance criteria, 2) evaluating "no build" scenario, 3) honoring past commitments, 4) determining financial capacity, 5) evaluating potential new projects, 6) developing draft plan recommendations, 7) finalizing the plan, and 8) including the plan into the regional transportation plan. Rational planning – the "ends justify the means" planning model that rarely included equity as one of its goals – has long been discredited. However, the aforementioned 8-step program is a shining example of its lesser qualities; chief among them – the only opportunity for public input comes in the form of a "45 day review process" that takes place after step sex, long after much of the plan had already been finalized. The fact that the population of the area directed by the plan is nearly 10 million people, merely serves to highlight the absurdity of a "45 day review process", which includes only six meetings at venues that are hardly accommodating to the large number of people that would be needed to make the process truly representative.
A second striking quality of the Plan is its treatment of L.A. Metro's widely used and over-taxed bus system. Access to the system is essential to Los Angeles's working-poor and immigrant populations, who often have limited car-access in a city where mobility is key to employment. In the Plan's voiced support of increased implementation of Metro Rapid lines – regional bus lines with simple route layouts, fewer stops, and bus signal priority – it greatly harms the economic interests of the aforementioned groups. This is due to the fact that the more expensive Metro Rapid lines often necessitate cessation of local bus routes that often serve poorer and immigrant communities.
In many respects, planning today has found ways of incorporating diverse economic and ethnic viewpoints – bringing the field to a far more equitable place than it has been in the past. However, progress can still be made. The last vestiges of rational planning still remain – as made evident by the 2008 Long Range Transportation Plan of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority. Such plans exert enormous influence in how the urban landscape is shaped. Los Angeles – of all places – must learn to better incorporate more equitable planning practices into the development of its transportation plans, no matter the spatial or temporal scale.
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Magazines are such a great escape from everyday life. Whether you save money by subscribing or buy them à la carte on the newsstand, the number of magazines sitting on your coffee table can easily get out of hand. While they can have great reference material, it is not helpful to have stacks and stacks of magazines to "refer to." If you have the space and the system to do so, then feel free! For those trying to save space, here are some ideas for reining it in.
-Use your smart phone or digital camera to take pictures of the articles, photos, blurbs etc. that you would like to refer to in the future. Then, upload the photos to Evernote (https://evernote.com/), an app that files photos, notes, and websites (among other things) so you can find them! Their free service has been great in my experience, but they do offer premium services as well.
-If you prefer paper to technological solutions, binders with page protectors are a good option. The down side is you may get to the point where you have multiple binders or one has so many pages it is difficult to reference. Alternatively, use a photo album to save clippings. This strategy is useful if you're comparison shopping for items or even for haircut ideas that you want to bring to the salon.
Once the useful articles have been extracted either with a smart phone or by physically clipping them, then recycle them!
-If all the articles are still present, doctor's offices are often very grateful for magazines. You can also check with the local library, nursing homes, dentist, etc.
-Friends might enjoy swapping magazines if you have complementary tastes.
-If articles are missing, schools may need them for art projects or alternatively, take them to the recycling bin.
Using technology to save and refer to articles is the best way I have found to deal with my magazine habit. Binders and photo albums are alternatives that are helpful as long as they don't multiply like the magazines. Don't forget to donate, swap, or recycle magazines when you're done!


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The best way to determine if a used vacuum is worth buying is to read current reviews for new versions of the product and consider the condition of the used unit. You should also examine its available features and see if it meets your specific cleaning needs.
Buying a used vacuum on an auction or classifieds site begins by deciding on the type of vacuum you want. For example, if you need a vacuum to do daily cleaning in a complex space, you may need a model that offers numerous extra tools and has a large carrying capacity. Consider factors such as the size of your home and the type of messes common in your home, such as pet hair or food spills. Looking for vacuums on retail shopping sites that contain user reviews allows you to gain an understanding of the features offered by different models, as well as see how actual users react to those features.
Once you identify a specific model or type of vacuum you want, you should read the seller's description of the vacuum's condition. It is always best to purchase vacuums in the best condition possible, so look for terms that convey an excellent or near-new condition.


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These yo-yo inspired 'Lounge' tables are perfect if you are looking to add a little playfulness and light into your home.
Acting as individual lighting objects, these neon illuminated 'Lounge' tables come in a wide range of colors and sell for $1,150. With their smart storage system, you can hide away the cable and enjoy the atmospheric light that radiates from these fun, pricey yo-yo tables.
Implications - Creative and unusual furnishings with cutting-edge flavor appeal to a consumer base looking for something different to spice up their homes. Furnishings with child-like elements are fun for adults and kids alike who are tired of the same old conventions and want their living space to reflect the personal flavor of their own personalities.
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Memorials/DonationsObituaryRaymond N.Hughes, Sr, 83, entered into rest Tues, Aug 11, 2009 at his Crystal City residence. He was retired from Pittsburgh Plate Glass and was a WWII Navy veteran. Born Sept 25, 1925, in St Louis, MO, to the late Raymond L. & Alma (Zumalt) Hughes. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Wanda (Akins) Hughes.He is survived by sons: William Hughes of Crystal City, MO, Raymond (Wanda) Hughes, Jr of Crystal City, MO, Timothy (Becky) Hughes of Fletcher, MO; daughter, Linda Nash of Crystal City, MO; grandchildren: Darin, Tana, Nichole, Donny, Jacob, Brent, Amanda, Ginger, Sarah; great-grandchildren: T.J., Jade, Tara, Cheyenne, Estaban, Jacob & Nathanial; great-great grandchild, Briley Ann. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by son, Robert Hughes and grandchild, Timothy, Jr.
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Huge thanks to Chris Sells, Developer Tools at Telerik who has produced some excellent Windows 8 TypeScript Templates
To get started using these Windows 8 Visual Studio 2012 TypeScript templates you will first need to install the TypeScript plug-in for Visual Studio 2012. Currently these templates have been tested under TypeScript 0.8.1.1 only and the generated .jsproj files have this path hard-coded in.
Chris has produced an excellent comprehensive blog at http://www.sellsbrothers.com/Posts/Details/12724
You can download the Windows 8 TypeScript samples from here, extract the three folders (blankts, blankfixedts and navts) into your VS2012 JavaScript project template folder.
e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\JavaScript\Windows Store\1033.
Once the files are there, shutdown all instances of Visual Studio 2012 and execute "devenv.exe /InstallVSTemplates" as admin. If you have multiple copies of Visual Studio installed, make sure you're executing the one for VS2012.
Once you've completed those steps successfully, you should see three new TypeScript-based templates as shown in the very first figure of his blog post.


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Gallo's Pit BBQ has closed while its founders prepare for new opportunities at their Northwest Side tavern.
Gallo's Pit BBQ has closed while its founders prepare for new opportunities at their Northwest Side tavern.
The barbecue restaurant, which was shuttered Nov. 5, lasted about nine months at 2234 W. Dublin-Granville Road, the site of the original Hoggy's.
Tommy Gallo, a partner in the operation, said he couldn't point to one particular reason for closing, but said commitments to other properties played a part in it.
"Everybody was trying really hard at the barbecue, but everyone was getting pulled in different directions," he said. "If there's a distraction, get rid of it."
That means the ownership can focus on new prospects at Gallo's Tap Room in the Olentangy Plaza shopping center.
The tavern, which recently celebrated its ninth anniversary at 5019 Olentangy Road, is expanding into an adjacent 1,000-square-foot storefront.
Preferred Living is in the midst of building Taylor House, a 325-unit apartment complex in the former Kmart location, directly east of the Tap Room.
"We need to get ready for this," Gallo said.
He said the kitchen will be moved into the new space. Several cosmetic upgrades are in the works, including a new floor, but it's unclear whether there will be a new layout.
The menu also will be revamped, including the addition of pizza, but that, too, is in the planning stages, Gallo said.
Another planned change: silverware and plates, a change from the current foam plates and plasticware.
"It's nothing overly fancy, but it's nice to have a plate and real fork. We didn't have the luxury of doing it," said Gallo, who also owns Gallo's Kitchen in Upper Arlington.
The expansion will take the Tap Room to nearly 4,400 square feet.
Gallo said construction could close the tavern for a week or so. The plan is to have the transformation completed by the start of the NCAA basketball tournament.
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The Government has reversed its controversial plans to swing the burden of proof in favour of financial services regulators by requiring senior management to prove their efforts to prevent regulatory breaches. While likely to be welcomed by the industry, the impact of the move on the new regulatory framework remains to be seen.
As reported in the September edition of this newsletter, a regulatory shake-up designed to increase individual accountability at the senior levels of the financial services industry has led to the development of the new Senior Management and Certification Regimes. In 2013, the Government legislated for the regimes to come into force in the banking sector on 7 March 2016.
The focus on accountability was clear from the beginning: under the new Senior Management Regime, specific responsibilities will have to be allocated to employees at the most senior levels of the organisation. Responsibility statements and maps will need to show how those roles have been shared out among the relevant senior individuals (the "Senior Managers").
However, new provisions about individual misconduct proved to be the most controversial aspect of the regimes as originally proposed. Under the original plans, if a regulatory breach occurred within a particular area of the business, the Senior Manager with responsibility for that area would be presumed to be responsible unless he or she could show that such reasonable steps as could have been expected were taken to prevent the breach (the "Presumption of Responsibility").
The usual position is that where misconduct is alleged, it is for the regulator to prove its case. The Presumption of Responsibility therefore effectively reversed the normal burden of proof. Placing the burden on the Senior Manager to prove his or her innocence in this way, not surprisingly, unsettled many within the financial services sector.
New Developments
On 15 October 2015, the Government revealed the new Bank of England and Financial Services Bill. It contains some significant changes to the Senior Management and Certification Regimes as originally envisaged.
This bill proposes the extension of the regimes: while they would still come into force for the banking sector on 7 March 2016, they would be extended to cover other financial services firms, such as investment firms and consumer credit companies, from 2018 onwards.
Even more significantly, the Presumption of Responsibility has been removed and the Government plans to legislate to block its implementation for the banking sector on 7 March 2016. Instead, under the new proposals, a statutory duty of responsibility will be created for all Senior Managers across the financial services industry: where a regulatory breach occurs, the Senior Manager will only be guilty of misconduct if the regulator can prove that he or she did not take the steps that could reasonably have been expected to avoid the breach. There will therefore no longer be any burden on the Senior Manager to positively demonstrate his or her efforts.
The bill started in the House of Lords and has been through the First and Second Reading, as well as Committee Stage. On completion of a Report Stage and Third Reading, the bill will be transferred to the House of Commons. As a result, amendments are still possible.
The Government U-turn on the Presumption of Responsibility will be welcomed by financial services firms and their senior management teams alike. Managing the risk for senior individuals under the original proposals would almost certainly have involved documentation that would have been both extensive and expensive. The erosion of the sector's ability to attract talent also looked like a real possibility.
However, the regulators have sought to say that they do not consider the changes to amount to a watering down of the original proposals. Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the PRA, has stated that: "The introduction of the 'duty of responsibility' in place of the 'presumption' makes little difference to the substance of the regime." Tracey McDermott, acting CEO of the FCA, has added that the Presumption of Responsibility was "never a panacea."
This change aside, it seems unlikely that regulators will be abandoning the new drive towards individual accountability. It remains to be seen how the removal of the Presumption of Responsibility will affect the operation of the new regulatory framework. Affected organisations would be well-advised to consider whether their internal systems sufficiently record the decisions and measures that senior staff take. Even in the absence of a requirement to demonstrate reasonable steps, positive evidence to that effect will always be valuable.


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Stand Your Ground: The shooting of David James
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A father was shot down in front of his daugher
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David James was at the basketball courts in his Twin Lakes community with his eight-year-old daughter when 14-year-old Spencer Howard, who was visiting the community, asked if he could practice on his skateboard. James said yes, but neighbor, Trevor Dooley yelled across the street that the kid should leave because there was a sign prohibiting skating on the court.
James asked Dooley to show him the sign. Witnesses say that Dooley went into his garage and came out with something dark tucked in his waistband. He walked across the street and the two men argued about whether to let Howard continue to skate. At some point, Dooley lifted up his shirt, showed James the gun, and said F**ck you. Witnesses said that James told Dooley not to flash a pistol at him. Dooley then pulled out the pistol. The two men wrestled for the gun and James was shot in the heart and died instantly, according to the medical examiner.
James 8-year-old daughter Danielle and the Howard watched in horror. James final words were, call and ambulance, I have been shot. Trevor Dooley was arrested for manslaughter and is now in court standing trial. David James is dead and can never take his daughter to park to play basketball again.
James was an Iraqi war veteran who served in combat. His wife, Kanina, worried about him everyday while he was away. She never thought that he would be gunned down in broad daylight on American soil.
Since 2005 in Florida, there have been over 100 cases involving Stand Your Ground and over 70% of them have ended in fatality and most of those people were either never charged or had their cases dismissed. Kanina James believes that the law gives ordinary citizens a license to kill.
This case would have been simpler if Dooley had just called the police or the homeowner's association to ask them to enforce the rules. However, Stand Your Ground makes anyone with a firearm an enforcer and gives them to right and the courage to confront people.
David James was bigger, younger, and stronger than Trevor Dooley, but if there had never been a gun that day, James would be alive. Dooley would not be on trial and two children would not have had to experience real adult trauma. Danielle watched her father die that day and now she has to live with that image for the rest of her life. Justice for David James.
Not quite, as Trevor was convicted! I have no problem saying that I believe his 8 yr. sentence grossly devalues the life of the deceased but not so much so as to place on it a tag of worthless like the one the mob masquerading as a jury placed on the life of Trayvon Martin. And if we, all of us, do not open our eyes to look the gun issue, accompanying legislation, and their implications for propagating race ideology squarely, I fear the next stupid war will play out in the streets of America. No one want this...really, no matter how staunchly racist. I have no problem with fireams but you don't allow kids to play with matches because kids lack responsibility. With a gun in hand, sooner or later sombody gets shot, even in ideal environments! Widespread distribution of guns in a crab-in-the-barrel environment like the one we have here in the U.S. where people oppress and hate baselessly can only turn out catastrophic. SYG laws are attached to Conceal/carry permit ordinances because the gun toter's ultimate goal is to shoot! In the holster, the gun is a tease. He wants to use it and he will manufacture reasons, structure scenarios, and instigate situations to do so. We are addicted to killing; it is sport. We nearly sported away the African elephant. The DoDo is history , The tiger and North American buffalo hang on by a thread. Now we are once again aiming at each other. The NRA has only one interest, money!
George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin with the races reversed
I guess it's ok for a black man to shoot a white man unprovked at a park, over a conversation, and go free on bond, huh.
That doesn't sound right, maybe we sould rally over this one.
Well AR, do you need a referral for an armorer or decent gunsmith? I ask because the government has, for some time now, been out of control. Perhaps your firearms are in a state of disrepair. The unfortunate reality of the matter is people long ago forgot the meaning of Republic. The U.S. population of 300 million marches to a cadence called out by 3,007,000 government employees. And, I can't help wondering if I'm the only person who didn't receive a stock certificate after the past two administrations bailed out AIG, GM, and the banks. I thought the investment game worked like that.
The problem with Florida's Stand Your Ground Law is that the statute was ill-conceived, as the law articulates no criterion or benchmark for the fear of bodily harm or death that triggers a justifiable use of deadly force. In other jurisdictions, statutes dealing with the use of deadly force use language like "reasonable" to describe the presumption of eminent danger. This half thought statute has potential for ushering in a state of lawlessness reminiscent of the old west
If I wasn't before, I am on board with reevaluating this Stand Your Ground thing because of what happened to my wife.
No fault kiling what the hell does that really mean??
OOps I knew the gun was loaded but didnt know it could kill?
It was just a warning shot- I really wanted to warn him...
or as I have heard- warning shots are for those who cannot aim...
I can't talk right now! Cheaptricks got me all teary eyed! LOL! look away! look away!
It's not band the gun, it's band the Law that allows no fault citizen killing.
i dont think I would be able to get a permit- *places index finger to head at ear and twirls* but i am all for legal gun ownership- if you ban guns then only criminals will have them...
I never thought I'd see the day I agreed with you A R,but[and it pains me to say this],you've spoken my mind for me.
Now don't go getting all mushy on me.
guns don't kill! People kill! Let us make a law that everyone should carry a gun! Crime will drop by 90% overnight! Notice guns are illegal in Mexico and 3000 people killed this year in Juarez by guns! Why? Because only the criminals have them! Right across the border in Elpaso the numbers are quite different! When a terrosist stands up on an airplane and yells acka acka alabar! and every granny on the plane cocks a pistol you will see things happening very differently! As a last ditch effort to save my country I vow to die before ever handing my guns over to the government! My forefathers knew that as long as I owned a gun I could keep my government under control!


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Word is coming from Denver and Washington that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has decided to remain in his Cabinet position, meaning he will not return to Colorado and run for governor in 2010.
That opens the way for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to step in as the Democrats' top candidate after the withdrawal Tuesday of Gov. Bill Ritter, who decided against pursuing a second term.
Salazar released a statement this morning saying he is endorsing Hickenlooper, saying, "John Hickenlooper is a uniter. He transcends political and geographic divides to bring people together to develop solutions."
Sounds like a done deal.
Check the Denver Post's latest at http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_14141827#ixzz0bxF2NSV2


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When Tim Cornwell, The Scotsman's arts correspondent, began researching the life of Scottish colourist FCB Cadell, the last thing he expected was the trail to lead to his house
Last night, in the tiled hall, I smelled tobacco smoke. It was probably a visitor to the upstairs neighbour, popping out for a cigarette. Or maybe it was Bunty, with his pipe, as ever, jammed jauntily between his teeth. I'm writing this article in the drawing room of the Edinburgh townhouse where the painter FCB Cadell, known to his friends as Bunty, lived on and off in the years up to and during the First World War. This four-storey, early 19th-century building on the fringes of the New Town was the home of his close friend Mrs William Wood. It also happens to be my home, the flat that my wife and I bought ten years ago, before I'd ever heard of Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, or the Scottish Colourists.
Cadell painted the residents of this house on Oxford Terrace, just across the Dean Bridge. You can imagine him upstairs, a pad on his lap, or at an easel – a teacher once complained that to put a pencil in young Bunty Cadell's hand was "dangerous to lessons". If a conservationist stripped back the wallpaper, or tested the paint of the front door, they might find other traces; Cadell had the habit of painting the front doors of his houses in outrageous colours, and left behind an impromptu mural or two.
As The Scotsman's arts correspondent, I've written about the Colourists for many years, including FCB "Bunty" Cadell, who lived from 1883 to 1937. In 2007, for example, The Scotsman published my story about Miss Bertia Don Wauchope, the society spinster who posed for Cadell for more than 15 years, often in a black hat, after meeting him in 1911. And two years ago a chance meeting with his oldest living relative piqued my interest further. The fact that his mother wrote from Paris for The Scotsman was among the fascinating details I learned. For a few months I followed Cadell's trail – only to discover that it led back to my own house.
Cadell, a consummately Edinburgh painter, lived at several addresses in the city; mostly in the New Town, and progressively less salubrious as his finances failed. Oxford Terrace was not known to be among them. But it was to here, I found, that his call-up papers for the First World War were addressed, and it was here, probably, that he grieved for his close friend Ivar Campbell, who was killed in Mesopotamia in early 1916. That information inspired another search, in which Campbell emerged as a more important figure in Cadell's life than was previously thought, as a poet, writer, and companion to the painter, at a pivotal point in his career.
Today, the National Galleries of Scotland open the first public exhibition devoted to Cadell in 70 years. There are 80 pictures, with exhibits that run from gifted early drawings to favourites such as his interior The Orange Blind (on our cover), or his beach views of Iona.
The Scottish Colourist painters – the term was coined for a 1948 exhibition – were first shown together at the Galerie Barbazanges in Paris, in 1924, in a show called Les Peintres de l'Écosse Moderne. They were: Samuel John Peploe, the Edinburgh father of four, and painter of beachscapes and still-lives; John Duncan Fergusson, Paris-based, with an open marriage to a dancer, and best known for his curvaceous 1930s figures and nudes; and George Leslie Hunter, a manic depressive, who was wildly unpredictable in life and art, and subsequently the easiest to fake. He ran off to Berlin with a prostitute, and died after drinking a glass of turps.
And then there was FCB Cadell, remembered in that Edinburgh way as "the gay Colourist". A bon vivant in a buttoned-down city, he lived with his "loyal manservant" Charles Oliver, wink-wink. He was a kilted dandy who loved hob-nobbing with dukes, and whose witticisms were widely quoted. In Who's Who his recreations are described as "bed and billiards".
His signature paintings remain his Iona beachscapes and Edinburgh interiors, regularly featuring "society beauties" as models, seated, and often wearing hats. But he first came to serious attention with shimmering and colourful impressionistic paintings of Venice, in a kind of brighter, dabbier, Scottish version of Monet. His Venice exhibition in Edinburgh, after a patron paid for a visit there in 1910, was a watershed moment in his popularity. It was one of these works, of Florian's Café in St Mark's Square, that sold last year for £553,250, his highest price by far.
After the First World War his style shifted towards clear, cold lines, with black, red, and orange interiors, although he continued to produce the popular Iona paintings. His sales slumped amid the recession; he could sell a painting for £30-£40 on a good day, but there weren't many of them, and close to the end of his life he offered them for £10, framed. He died in penury at 54. Today his paintings can sell for up to £250,000.
So was he a great artist? Enthusiasts rate him as the best of the Colourists. The contemporary art scene might dismiss him as pretty, or facile. But his personal story is captivating. He was the society painter whose journey through early 20th-century Scotland took him from drawing rooms to stately homes, to serving with the Royal Scots and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He touched a lot of Edinburgh lives and places, living in four or five well-known streets, and to this day people debate how his name is pronounced (it's "Caddle"). His homosexuality, his life through war and recession, and his uneven swings from the high life to increasing poverty and an early death from cancer and cirrhosis of the liver give an undercurrent of tragedy to the ever entertaining Bunty.
Imet Gill Cadell, 89, a former actress, who married Cadell's nephew John in 1955. He had died, but she told me he had memories of when he was a schoolboy of staying with his uncle both in Edinburgh and Iona. He recalled an alarming domestic row between Cadell and Charles Oliver during which Oliver threatened to jump off the pier; Cadell handed him sixpence to pay at the gate.
The mystery of what happened to Oliver, after Cadell's death in 1937, when he left the bulk of his small estate – including untold numbers of paintings – to his "most faithful friend" remains.
Gill's second revelation concerned letters she had seen between Cadell and a fellow officer in the First World War, that seemed to be either missing, or suppressed. "It was a brother officer, writing to Bunty, it was so moving, because it was sort of saying we had to leave all this behind us and get back to the real world," she said. "It was perfectly clear what he was talking about."
My passion as an arts journalist, rather than a historian or critic, is often the provenance and personal stories of pictures and their painters, as much as the art itself. This sounded like something out of Pat Barker's massively popular Regeneration trilogy, where Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen – soldiers and poets, and in Sassoon's case indisputably homosexual – meet at the Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh.
Gill's son Patrick looks after the family archive and a tin chest revealed treasures including a bundle of papers tied together with string. There was a short obituary, cut from the Times, of Lieutenant Ivar Campbell, killed fighting the Turks in Mesopotamia in 1916. "Ivar possessed the traditional Campbell beauty at its best, and carried it with real unconsciousness," it begins. "With outward beauty went a very beautiful soul."
Wrapped up with it was a rough piece of paper covered in lines of scrawled French, blotted with what might have been tears. Then there was a poem, Mancallan No More, in what looked like Bunty's hand. "Wail piteously by loch and fen ... skirl pipes by every butt and ben ...," it began. Bunty often penned comic doggerel, but this was different. The poem was on writing paper and the letterhead was my own address.
Ivar Campbell was seven years younger than Cadell, and related to him through the Campbell side of Bunty's family. A grandson of the Duke of Argyll, born in 1890, he spent much of his time at Inveraray Castle where Bunty often joined him. Ivar bought paintings at Bunty's exhibitions, and they went to Iona, then owned by the Duke of Argyll, together.
Educated at Eton and Oxford, he served briefly in the British Embassy in Washington. By all accounts a dreamy young man, he later opened a bookshop in London under an assumed name, and had poetry published in Country Life. Not born for the military, he nonetheless passed his medical for the family regiment. He served on the Western Front, becoming a trench sniper who killed with relish, writing home for a rifle with a telescopic sight. Bunty and other friends saw him off in Edinburgh before he sailed to Basra. When the British attacked a strong Turkish front Ivar, "while gallantly leading his men", was wounded, and died. He was buried in a concealed grave by the Tigris.
Ivar was also a poet. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum in Stirling has three books, of poetry, prose and war letters privately published shortly after his death. In the frontispiece of the book of verse is an accomplished sketch of a fine-featured young man smoking a pipe, signed by Cadell. One poem, titled Venice, was dedicated to FCBC, among several from the city. "There is no sound along thy dark canals, save once a speeding gondola, the plash of speeding oars," it began. It was published in Country Life in 1910.
The flowering of Cadell's art, in Venice, had come in Ivar's company. Another dreamy poem, St Mark's Day, Venice, concluded: "And so our love shall be, not sensual, As flesh to flesh, but chaste and mystical: Soul to sweet loving soul in God's embrace." The little bundle of papers included black-edged letters to Cadell from friends and family, speaking of his loss and theirs. Ivar's mourning mother, Lady George Campbell, still getting letters from the front from her dead son, wrote asking to buy Bunty's portrait of him, and offered Bunty a photograph of Ivar in uniform; he would visit her after the war. His sister wrote that one room in her new London house "is filled with those drawings of yours which used to be Ivar's and it has been christened 'the Bunty room'," offering it as a place to say.
In June 1916, aged 33, Cadell enrolled in the Royal Scots. He had had health problems, including smoker's lung, but went to a farm in Ayrshire to get fit. "You are in a lonely furrow now, but whether it is yours to bear arms, or not, you are right to make yourself fit," wrote another mourning member of the Argyll clan. The war saw him produce his popular "Jock and Tommy" cartoony sketches of soldiers.
In his first period at the front, Cadell wrote jaunty letters, with one joking that he was going to bathe in vin ordinaire, as no water was available, and that washing with wine was the best cure for trench foot. "Thanks awfully for the parcel," he wrote to Ivar's mother. "Socks awfully useful and ornamental, and food exceedingly welcome in this place – the abomination of desolation." The nature of his war service is still a puzzle; he joined late, and moved between regiments and ranks, was wounded, but seemed to treat the whole experience as a jolly jape; although perhaps such merry chatter was for Lady George Campbell's consumption.
Some of Cadell's correspondence, and his mother's Scotsman columns, will be shown as part of the new exhibition, along with a piece of mud-spattered material and a button from that sad little bundle of papers. In the weeks before today's opening, the connections between the painter and my home only grew. With the help of the exhibition's curator, Alice Strang, I located papers confirming that Cadell painted Mrs William Wood – though the whereabouts of the painting are unknown. It emerged that the Perth Museum and Art Gallery has a portrait of Mrs Wood's sister-in-law, Gracie Chalmers Wood, dated 1911. She also lived at my address, and Cadell called her his cousin. He came to this family for comfort, it emerges, after a second, grievous loss, of his dear friend SJ Peploe, as late as 1935, two years before his death.
So perhaps I am not mistaken in imagining that something of his presence remains at Oxford Terrace. The scent of tobacco smoke lingers.
• The Scottish Colourist Series: FCB Cadell, today until 18 March 2012, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Modern Two, opening hours 10am-5pm daily, £7 (£5), tel: 0131-624 6200, www.nationalgalleries.org


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See Jupiter's rings from the inside.
"During its initial data-collecting dive over Jupiter's poles on Aug. 27, 2016, Juno captured the first-ever photo of the giant planet's faint ring system from the inside, mission team members revealed Thursday (May 25).
The photo, which Juno took with its star-tracking navigation camera, also shows part of the constellation Orion, including the bright star Betelgeuse and the three stars that make up Orion's belt."
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University of Leicester of the UK is deeply involved with the Juno's scientific mission.
"New observations about the extreme conditions of Jupiters weather and magnetic fields by University of Leicester astronomers have contributed to the revelations and insights coming from the first close passes of Jupiter by NASAs Juno mission, announced today (25 May).
The astronomers from the Universitys Department of Physics and Astronomy, led by Professor Stan Cowley, the UK science lead for the Juno mission, have led three papers and contributed to four further papers in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, that support the first in-depth science results from Juno published in the journal Science."
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It takes people not associated with the mission to take the raw data from Juno to give us some amazing pictures of Jupiter.
Here is a video created by one of them.
"Take a trip around Jupiter with NASAs Juno spacecraft in a time-lapse animation created from a sequence of images taken during the probes last close-up flyby of the gas giant May 19.
The orbiters JunoCam imager repeatedly scanned across the planet as the craft soared over Jupiters north pole, passed within around 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) from its turbulent cloud tops, then sailed back into deep space over the south pole."
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I'll consider how much gravity data Juno will be able to get. The spacecraft looks like it will stay in a 53-day orbit instead of going to a 14-day one. However, that orbit change would not have changed the spacecraft's perijove (closest point) very much, only its apojove (farthest point). That means that it will still be going to close to its intended closest distance -- and that its orbit will still be nearly parabolic there.
That means that it should still be possible to get good gravity data by tracking the spacecraft.
The gravitational potential generated by an arbitrary distribution of mass is given by this horrible-looking expression:
V = potential, G = gravitational constant, M = mass, r = distance from center, θ = polar angle or colatitude (pi - latitude), φ = azimuthal angle or longitude + rotation angle, P is the modified Legendre function.
The C's and S's are gravity coefficients, and some of them have special values. The pure-latitude one Sl0 = 0, and Cl0 = - Jl, where the J is another name. The monopole one, C00 = 1 always. The dipole ones C10, C11, and S11 are set to zero by placing the coordinate origin at the object's center of mass or centroid.
If one imposes rotational symmetry, then all nonzero-m gravity coefficients become zero. Likewise, imposing north-south symmetry makes all odd-l gravity coefficients zero. So one can test for departures from those symmetries by finding the values of the gravity coefficients.
In the rotationally-symmetric case, the first nontrivial one, J2, has value where A and C are the equatorial and polar moments of inertia. Since (moment of inertia) = (distance from reference axis)^2 integrated over (mass), it's evident that J2 tends to be more sensitive to mass closer to the surface unless it fades off with distance rather fast. The higher-l gravity coefficients are likewise even more sensitive to near-surface mass than deep-interior mass. But they should still be valuable as probes of Jupiter's interior, and tests of our ability to model it.
So if Jupiter has a solid core, the gravity coefficient that it will contribute the most to is J2, and even that will be relatively small. But if the core has a mountainous surface, that should show up as departures from rotational and north-south symmetry.
Think the mass of the moons is throwing something off? What you describe there is an ideal situation where Juno is the only moon Jupiter has.
1985AJ.....90..364C Page 364), and their orbits are all reasonably well. The most massive of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede, is almost 1/10,000 times as massive as Jupiter.
Yesterday marked the 1st anniversary of Juno's arrival at Jupiter. Happy belated anniversary greetings Juno.
"NASA's Juno spacecraft has now been orbiting the solar system's largest planet for a year.
Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after a nearly five-year trek through deep space. Ever since its arrival, the probe has been peering at the gas giant intently, gathering data that should help scientists better understand Jupiter's formation and evolution."
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Now for a close up of the Red Spot...
A closeup of the Great Red Spot, with a fish-eye perspective.
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Here is another one "created by citizen scientist Kevin Gill using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft".
"Images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot reveal a tangle of dark, veinous clouds weaving their way through a massive crimson oval. The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno mission snapped pics of the most iconic feature of the solar system's largest planetary inhabitant during its Monday (July 10) flyby. The images of the Great Red Spot were downlinked from the spacecraft's memory on Tuesday and placed on the mission's JunoCam website Wednesday morning."
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And here is one of the North North Temperate Little Red Spot 1 (NN-LRS-1)
A dynamic storm at the southern edge of Jupiter's northern polar region dominates this Jovian cloudscape, courtesy of NASA's Juno spacecraft. This storm is a long-lived anticyclonic oval named North North Temperate Little Red Spot 1 (NN-LRS-1); it has been tracked at least since 1993, and may be older still. An anticyclone is a weather phenomenon where winds around the storm flow in the direction opposite to that of the flow around a region of low pressure.
It is the third largest anticyclonic oval on the planet, typically around 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) long. The color varies between red and off-white (as it is now), but this JunoCam image shows that it still has a pale reddish core within the radius of maximum wind speeds.
Juno started it's 8th closest fly by of Jupiter on the 1st of September.
NASA's Juno mission at Jupiter began its seventh close science flyby of the Jovian giant Friday (Sept. 1).
The Juno probe is in an orbit around Jupiter that brings it between the planet's cloud tops and a belt of harsh radiation that encircles the planet. Flying through the radiation belt would destroy the probe's electronics. To maintain this orbit, the probe must swing far out beyond the planet, and dip inside the radiation belt every 53 days. (This is the probe's 8th total flyby of Jupiter; the first one was done without the science instruments turned on.)
I was"watching" on my EyesLauncher.exe app.
Some lovely close up pictures of Jupiter from the 7th flyby by Juno.
NASA's spinning Juno spacecraft had its seventh science flyby over Jupiter's cloud tops on Friday, September 1st at 21:49 UTC, coming as close as 3,500 Kilometers to the planet's colorful cloud tops.
Residing in a highly elliptical orbit around the Gas Giant, Juno only comes close to Jupiter's enigmatic cloud tops every 53 days after a decision made by the mission team to forego a planned orbit reduction maneuver last October due to concerns associated with the craft's propulsion system.
Speeding past Jupiter from north to south, Juno had its camera, spectrometers, particle sensors and cloud-penetrating instruments up and running to probe Jupiter's dense atmosphere as it zipped past.
The spacecraft's JunoCam instrument – not directly considered part of the science payload – delivered a number of images from this latest pass. JunoCam images in their raw form are posted on the project website for citizen scientists to apply their talents stitching, zooming, contrasting and color-calibrating to bring out the best detail in the tantalizing images – a concept that has worked extremely well for this mission and is likely to find its way into several missions in NASA's not too distant future.
"After the Sun, Jupiter has by far the strongest and biggest magnetic field in our solar system it stretches about 12 million miles from east to west, almost 15 times the width of the Sun. (Earths, on the other hand, could easily fit inside the Sun except for its outstretched tail.) Jupiter does not have a molten metal core; instead, its magnetic field is created by a core of compressed liquid metallic hydrogen."
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Juno makes a successful 8th Science Pass of Jupiter
Data returned Tuesday, Oct. 31, indicate that NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully completed its eighth science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The confirmation was delayed by several days due to solar conjunction at Jupiter, which affected communications during the days prior to and after the flyby.
Solar conjunction is the period when the path of communication between Earth and Jupiter comes into close proximity with the Sun. During solar conjunction, no attempts are made to send new instructions or receive information from Juno, as it is impossible to predict what information might be corrupted due to interference from charged particles from the Sun.
Instead, a transmission moratorium is put into place; engineers send instructions prior to the start of solar conjunction and store data on board for transmission back to Earth following the event.
"All the science collected during the flyby was carried in Juno's memory until yesterday, when Jupiter came out of solar conjunction," said the new Juno project manager, Ed Hirst, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
See a spectacular image of Jupiter's southern hemisphere and a 1 minute video on Jupiter's weather.
Jupiter's southern hemisphere is a swirling, curling sea of colorful clouds in a new image from NASA's Juno spacecraft and two citizen scientists.
The new image comes from data collected by the JunoCam instrument on Oct. 24, 2017, as Juno performed its ninth close flyby of Jupiter (its eighth science flyby), according to a statement from NASA. The raw data from the instrument were uploaded to the JunoCam website, and citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran took that data and processed it to create the image above. [Amazing Jupiter Photos by Juno and Citizen Scientists]
The image captures the intricate currents that Juno has revealed in Jupiter's cloud tops. The spacecraft was 20,577 miles (33,115 kilometers) above the tops of the clouds when this image was taken, at a latitude of minus 52.96 degrees, according to the statement.
Yet another image processed by citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran..
The Juno spacecraft captured this image when the spacecraft was only 11,747 miles (18,906 kilometers) from the tops of Jupiter's clouds - that's roughly as far as the distance between New York City and Perth, Australia.
The color-enhanced image, which captures a cloud system in Jupiter's northern hemisphere, was taken on Oct. 24, 2017 at 10:24 a.m. PDT (1:24 p.m. EDT) when Juno was at a latitude of 57.57 degrees (nearly three-fifths of the way from Jupiter's equator to its north pole) and performing its ninth close flyby of the gas giant planet.
Emily Lakdawalla on volcanism on Io
I'm here for two days to cover Juno, Cassini, Curiosity, and one Earth-as-a-planet session. I'm taking notes for longer posts that I'll get to later this week, but thought I would share a brief news item from yesterday: Juno has obtained some surprisingly good images of bright spots showing volcanism on Jupiter's moon Io, which are nicely complementary to work being done from Earth. I wanted to post about this because all the Io scientists I've found at AGU were completely unaware of these observations and didn't see the talk. So Io fans, a call to action: go find the JIRAM team today!
JunoCam science
JunoCam has been wowing us with gorgeous images of Jupiter since Juno arrived. That's its entire reason for existence: the fact that it would've been criminal not to send a camera on a Jupiter mission, even though the camera wasn't required to achieve Juno's interior-focused science objectives. Time and again, though, small cameras have yielded unexpected scientific discoveries. At last week's American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, JunoCam team leader Candy Hansen gave the first public presentation focused on the science achieved by JunoCam, and asked the gathered scientific community to join in.
Some lovely pictures from the latest flyby of Jupiter by Juno.
It's been just three days since NASA's Juno orbiter had its most recent close encounter with Jupiter, but image-processing gurus are already sharing sweet views of the giant planet's cloud patterns.
The probe was launched in 2011 and arrived at Jupiter on the Fourth of July last year. Since then, its elliptical orbit has been taking it close to the planet's cloud tops every 54 days — an event known as perijove. Dec. 16's photo op is known as Perijove 10.
The probe's primary scientific mission is to study Jupiter's magnetic field, composition and gravity field, but it also has a camera known as JunoCam that takes closeups for public consumption. JunoCam's raw images are served up for anyone to process, and some have gotten amazingly good at it.
Anyone can upload processed images to the Juno mission's online gallery, which features many of the best snapshots. For Perijove 10, views of Jupiter's mid-northern latitudes are the house specialty.
You'll find some choice cuts on Twitter and Unmanned Spaceflight as well. While we wait for Perijove 11 in February, feast your eyes on these highlights:
Emily Lakdawalla gives us a crash course in spherical harmonic coefficients to help us understand some of the results from Juno.
The Juno mission is all about understanding Jupiter's interior. Last week at the American Geophysical Union Meeting in New Orleans, the mission announced that the Great Red Spot has roots 300 kilometers deep, based on data from the microwave radiometer. But Juno's microwave instrument can only peer a few hundred kilometers into a planet that's 70,000 kilometers deep. To get deeper than that, Juno uses gravity and magnetic-field measurements.
At AGU, gravity scientists reported that Jupiter's windy belts and zones penetrate much deeper than the Red Spot, to 3,000 kilometers. One way of interpreting this: Jupiter has an atmosphere that is 3,000 kilometers thick. Below that, Jupiter's interior behaves more as a solid body -- it behaves like Earth does when it rotates. Its layers may be liquid in some places and solid in others, but even the liquid layers are all rotating together as a single entity. Several people shared aspects of this result, but Yohai Kaspi led the effort.
Trying to put the 3,000-kilometer depth in perspective, Kaspi said (my notes from his talk, so not verbatim): "If you're an atmospheric scientist...it contains 1% of the mass of Jupiter. It's huge. But from an internal model standpoint, it's just an atmosphere, it doesn't go down to depth, it's not the concentric [differentially rotating] cylinders we were thinking about before." In other words -- atmospheric scientists care a lot about it, but it's small enough for physicists to neglect. Everybody wins!
That, dear readers, is a major Juno result, a brand-new insight into the dynamics of the interior of Jupiter. It's tempting to end the post there, but I want to explain a little bit about how scientists figured it out from gravity data. It won't be easy because it involves a mathematical concept called spherical harmonics. "Spherical harmonics" sound esoteric but they're part of the basic vocabulary of the scientists who discuss gravitational and magnetic fields generated by solar system worlds, which means it's going to come up on Juno again and again. So I'm going to give a shot to explaining the concept.
Feast yourself of some more pictures of Jupiter.
The ribbons of multicolored gas that make up Jupiter's atmosphere are on display in two new images from NASA's Juno probe.
In one of the new images, the ribbons of gas that wrap around Jupiter's equator are shown in stunning resolution, revealing detailed structures in the clouds. With this level of detail, the bands of gas start to resemble solid materials: An orange-tinted region looks like a knotty wood plank, and a speckled, whitish-blue layer looks like a sandy river bottom.
In the second image, the planet's south pole is rendered in bright colors that highlight how the bands of gas remain separate from each other, despite their stormy nature.
Yet more pictures from Juno.
While most NASA workers were sipping coffee on Wednesday morning, the space agency's Juno probe was screaming over the cloud tops of Jupiter at roughly 130,000 miles per hour.
The $1 billion mission sends Juno swinging around the planet on an elliptical orbit about once every 53.5 days. The spacecraft made its eleventh close pass, or perijove, around 9:36 a.m. ET on February 7, taking some gorgeous photos of the gas giant in the process.
The new images reveal giant bands of swirling storms and a unusually bright, pillowy cloud, among other features.
Sometimes it takes Juno days (or even weeks) to beam back all of its raw image data, but the JunoCam instrument's unparalleled view is always worth the wait. The images shared online rarely come from NASA, though: The data gets posted to a special website where a community of science and art enthusiasts can take the black-and-white files and tweak them into stunning color pictures, which they upload back to the site.
Here are some of the prettiest new images we've seen from Juno's latest orbit.
D day is fast approaching when it will be decided whether to terminate the Juno mission or extend it.
Overall, NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit of Jupiter is in good health and good condition as the probe heads toward its two-Earth year anniversary in orbit of the giant planet this July. The spacecraft's good health bodes well in terms of NASA's upcoming decision of whether to end the mission this summer or extend it, a decision that is largely understood to be related to how the spacecraft holds up to Jupiter's intense radiation field.
Hard to believe it is already two years.
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Golff ar y Llŷn / Golf on the Llŷn
Mae'r Penrhyn Llŷn yn gartref i dri gwrs golff wych, i gyd mewn lleoliadau trawiadol.
The Llŷn Peninsula is home to three fine golf courses, all in spectacular locations.
Clwb Golff Pwllheli
Pwllheli's course is a 6,100 yards, 18 hole, par 69 course that is surrounded by the rustic beauty of mature greens and extended panoramic views of countryside with clear waters all around.
The golf course is a blend of tree-lined parkland and links golf that makes the game challenging and enjoyable for golfers of all levels. Natural hazards like the wind and the human genius of one of the finest course designers, James Braid makes this golf course a challenging and testing game that you will want to play and enjoy again and again.
The club is open for both members and visitors throughout the year and is popular golfing destination as it attracts golfers from around the world.
The clubhouse at Pwllheli has one of the most spectacular views you will ever see and the strategically placed balconies will ensure that you will have unspoilt views over the heritage coastline to Cardigan Bay, the stunning landscape of the Llŷn Peninsula and mountain ranges of Snowdonia. The clubhouse offers full catering facilities with a restaurant and bar.
If you are looking for a traditional century old golf course equipped with modern facilities then Pwllhelli Golf Club has all your golfing needs covered.
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Clwb Golff Nefyn a'r Cylch
Apart from offering breathtaking and spectacular views, the course offers a challenging game for golfers of all abilities. The course has been designed especially for the thinking golfer due to its strategic placement of holes.
The course opened in 1907 with 9 holes and was extended to 18 holes in 1912. James Braid and J.H Taylor were then commissioned in 1933 to revise the course and add a further 9 holes.
The Old Course consists of Holes 1-10 (Old) followed by Holes 11-18 (Old) on the world famous 'Point'. It opens with a series of 4 holes running parallel with the coastline before moving inland with some testing par 4s and a challenging par 3. It then moves to The 'Point'- eight holes on a narrow peninsula with fairways and tees perched above secluded coves and tiny inlets on one side and sandy beaches on the other.
The New Course consists of Holes 1-10 (Old) followed by Holes 11-18 (New). These eight holes follow the natural contours of the headland and coastal inlet, confronting the golfer with some testing par 4s, particularly the 15th, a long, sweeping right to left dog-leg with strategically placed bunkers. All the holes enjoy the spectacular backdrop of the Snowdonia range. On the way home, the 18th hole offers golfers a stunning panoramic view of the entire golf course.
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Clwb Golff Abersoch
Originally designed by Harry Vardon, Abersoch Golf Club was founded on Boxing Day 1907 with the course opening in 1908. A mixture of traditional links and parkland, the course has evolved into a challenging and scenic 18 hole, par 69.
If you can score well on holes 2,3,7,11 and 17 then you should have a great card, although the other holes can offer up a real challenge too. Whatever your score, just take a moment to reflect on the views from the 3,5,7,14 and 16th tees, they will enhance your golf round. Finally a short iron to the green on the final hole a drink in the friendly clubhouse and your day will be complete.
Described by some visitors as "The Friendliest Golf Course in Wales" "A Jewel on the Welsh Riviera" and "Fantastic Golf Course, Stunning Views" the golf club at Abersoch is one to put on your North Wales golfing list. Offering a challenging mix of 18 holes on traditional links and parkland, the course is a must for golfers of all abilities.
Take for example the signature 246 yard par 3, 3rd hole with elevated tee and panoramic views requiring an accurate drive downhill over both gorse and a water hazard to a sloping green with a bunker waiting at the back. Follow that with links holes hugging the coastline and contoured over a century ago through huge, natural sand dunes, accuracy is key here as wayward drives can be punished.
After your golf, settle into the welcoming clubhouse and have a couple of drinks on the patio area, along with a bite to eat. The renowned Abersoch nightlife then awaits with bars and restaurants to suit tastes.
The Club now has a state of the art indoor golf simulator available for visitors to use. Priced at £20 an hour for the room, you can play courses such as Royal Birkdale, Wentworth, Pebble Beach and Celtic Manor. A great idea for when the weather may not be good for outside golf, book through the Professional or the website.
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Scientific innovation over the past twenty years, driven to a great extent by the Human Genome Project, has produced unprecedented biological research capabilities. Most notably, scientists can now conduct large-scale, comprehensive explorations of biological content—be it sequencing whole genomes (~3 billion base pairs in a human cell nucleus), profiling a cell's protein population (~20,000 variants in a human cell), screening tens of thousands of potential drugs, and so on. The need to efficiently and accurately analyze the reams of intricate information that modern, large-scale basic, preclinical, and clinical studies generate has led to an unprecedented growth in the need for bioinformatics analysis.
Bioinformatics denotes the interdisciplinary study of biological and medical data using computational tools. This merger of biology and computing has become a major driving force in biological investigation worldwide and is set to be a corner stone of research, for current and future in the life sciences disciples.
Our Goals
The biological scientific community is a diverse network of researchers with varying levels of interest and knowledge in the numerous aspects of biological investigations and the analysis process. This means that there is no "one size fits all" solution that can be utilized by the entire community. In addition, the spectrum of questions tackled and experimental results requiring analysis varies tremendously from one research field to another.
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It's hard to believe we've been in this house 24 years! Well not so hard, really. The easiest way to see how the property has changed is by the plantings. The linden trees and Pin oak are 40 - 50 feet tall and all shrubs have reached their mature height.
We decided to take out the original concrete decking and replace it with interlocking brick.
We gained about an extra 2 feet of space on each side of the pool and a lot of extra new "patio" space at the end of the pool. All in all I think we are really going to enjoy this new expanded area in years to come! I can picture putting some of our deck chairs onto the new patio part and adding some containers full of colourful flowers.
As with all renovations, once you change the first thing, you often need to change something else.
At the back, because the yard slopes downwards towards the back fence, they will build in some steps to descend to the back of the yard. This area could use some plantings so I started to plan what might be suitable.
I think my best bet will be to stick with ornamental grasses. They have a natural beauty that suits water and the lovely swaying plumes will add movement. Their root system is shallow so it will not interfere with brickwork.
What else? Perhaps daylilies and sedum. Both are tough and low maintenance and blend well with the grasses.
Annuals are always good for all season colour.
I will not plant even small trees because of possible damage to the pool by tree roots. Also, I certainly do not need anymore leaves/fruit/catkins in the pool!!
Probably good to stay away from plants that attract bees…. and anything with thorns.
Any other ideas would be more than welcome :)


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by Sandi Berg
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand premieres Friday in honor of the 70th anniversary of Wilson's birth and coincides with Black History Month. It airs at 9 p.m. (check local listings for PBS stations)
Unprecedented access to Wilson's theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronicling each decade of the 20th-century African-American experience; including the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Piano Lesson.
Film and theater luminaries, including Viola Davis, Charles Dutton, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, Suzan-Lori Parks and Phylicia Rashad, share their stories of the career- and life-changing experience of bringing Wilson's rich theatrical voice to the stage. Wilson's sister Freda Ellis; his widow, costume designer Constanza Romero; friends; colleagues and scholars trace Wilson's influences, creative evolution, triumphs, struggles and quest for cultural determinism before his untimely death from liver cancer.


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Well I haven't posted since last "Confessional Friday" but work as been busier but I made sure to come back for another round and this week Leslie wants to get to know us a little bit MORE!
1. What's your middle name?
Elizabeth ( It's my grandma middle name too)
2. If you could live anywhere else in the world where would you live?
I would love to live in a big city (New York, LA etc. ) if it wasn't so expensive. I also would LOVE to live in Australia for sometime. My cousin lives there now so that's a good excuse to go there right?
|Swoon...its so pretty!
3. Tell us about your guilty pleasures.
Trashy reality TV ( Real Housewives, Real World, Kardashians..ugh) I love to hate it!
Plus...food that is HORRIBLE for me. Greasy burgers and fries. Sweets galore...yum!
4. What do you like best about your job? If you weren't doing that, what career would you have pursued?
Picking one thing about my job that I love would be hard. I would have to say one of my favorites is the laid back environment. It's not a stuffy, office job that is the same routine everyday. You never know what to expect. I work in radio so everyone here is sooo funny and just always up for a good time. That brings me to the second best thing...the people! I have worked in hospitality for the past 4 years...and being around 20-somethings (yes I am one of those), still in school...makes me feel like I am in high school. DRAMA! I come here and its just so carefree and fun! But if I wasn't doing this...I would want to be doing something similar. I love PR and telecommunications. I love going to a job that feels more like fun than an actual job so I would definitely need that in whatever job I ended up at.
5. Five items you'd grab during a fire. (People and pets don't count. Those are a given.)
Wow...very hard. I would grab my purse because that has all the important necessities that are hard to replace. Definitely my koala bear that is tucked in the closet. I have had it since I was 5 years old and it holds a special place in my heart. If I wasn't wearing any jewelry I would make sure to grab my grandma's rings and the necklaces that my boyfriend got for me. (That counts as one thing right?) I would also make sure to grab the memory book I have of pictures that sits in my living room. Lastly would be my phone so I can call someone about the fire...right?
6. Marathon running...something you'd like to pursue or just plain crazy?
Just plain crazy. I am not a runner. I don't know if I ever will be a runner. I don't think even if I took it up tomorrow I would ever think about being in a marathon. But BIG PROPS to those women and men that do it!
7. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Hmm.. my grandmas spaghetti and meatballs with pine nut salad. Plus her chocolate pie. yum! She hasn't made it in years but I still think about it all the time!
8. Last person you spoke to...
Joey, the office manager at work. His desk is right next to mine so its hard not to strike up a conversation.
9. Favorite childhood toy
These questions are tough! I was never really into Barbies but I LOVED baby dolls. Cabbage patch, American girl...you name it...I had it! I loved playing "house"
10. Breakfast cereal of choice
I was never allowed to eat sugary, fruity cereal growing up (I was a cheerios, raisin bran, shredded wheat kind of kid) so if I was allowed I would have either Lucky Charms or Fruit Loops! Yum!
That's it for today...hopefully you learned a little bit MORE about me!
<3 happy bloggin'


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Metrobus, Demawusa head to CCMA to try end bus strike
12 June 2018
The Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union (Demawusa) and Metrobus are expected to meet with the CCMA on Wednesday, as the bus strike in Johannesburg enters its ninth day, the union's Dion Makhura said.
The CCMA will intervene in the negotiations between the two parties, which have deadlocked.
Makhura said the bus service's management had refused to meet some of its demands, which include salary adjustments for all new employees and salary progressions for those who have worked for the company for three to nine years.
The union is also demanding that Metrobus management looks into internal company issues, like investigating individuals for "corruptly paying allowances to bus drivers". It also wants issues of favouritism to be investigated, claiming a manager had been suspending employees without following disciplinary processes.
"We have approached the CCMA to intervene and will be meeting with them along with Metrobus tomorrow at 12:00," Makhura said.
"We said to them that we can agree [on] a process for the investigations we are calling for, because those are issues they need to investigate, but they refuse," he added.
Metrobus spokesperson Goodwill Shivuri, however, maintained that the union's concerns were already being dealt with.
"There is already a process on the investigations they are demanding, and a legal firm will be investigating. If that's the reason they are on strike, then it is immaterial.
"The issue here is salary adjustments and progressions, because there are already agreements around them," Shivuri said.
"Tomorrow, the CCMA will intervene and we will be there," he added.
Shivuri said there had been no violence this week because buses were not operating.
Johannesburg commuters on some of Metrobus's routes were left stranded on Tuesday last week after Demawusa members embarked on a strike. The bus company then suspended services, due to intimidation concerns.


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TAD is JTK.CA NudistPoet
Copyright © Jonathan Tad Ketchen
My dad, The Rev. David R. Ketchen, who drove almost a thousand miles to help me make it through my last week of classes during an academically dismal semester in college. Read more about Dad in my http://bit.ly/DadChronicles collection of blog posts. More importantly and specifically read my http://bit.ly/eulogy-for-dad.
Dad was a Presbyterian pastor all over the U.S. and our native Canada. Over the years, during Monarch Butterfly season, Dad often did a children's story that spanned over a few weeks in Sunday morning services. The kids (and adults) got to see the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly over that period. This is a photo I took of one of the butterflies in my parents' condo, before Dad set her free. Enjoy.


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London: The Latics end their winless run but in the process inflict a third consecutive heavy defeat against Paul Lambert`s inexperienced side with a win that rarely looked in doubt.
Wigan ended their six-game run without a win, cruising to a 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday.
Ivan Ramis gave Roberto Martinez`s side the lead after just three minutes, while quick-fire strikes in the second half from Emmerson Boyce and Arouna Kone sealed the tie.
Villa's young side had gone into the game following two heavy defeats and Paul Lambert responded with an attack-minded 3-5-2 naming Stephen Ireland, Barry Bannan and Brett Holman in midfield. Ramis returned to the Latics line-up after a recent injury lay-off.
Wigan could have been given a chance to open the scoring in the second minute when Matt Lowton handled Franco Di Santo`s long ball, but from the resulting corner that was awarded, Jean Beausejour's floated delivery found the unmarked Ramis on the edge of the six-yard box and the Spaniard got away from Christian Benteke to power past Brad Guzan.
Shaun Maloney felt he too should have been awarded a spot-kick after being felled by Stephen Ireland in the area, and also fired a shot over from the edge of the area after strong work on the left from Beausejour.
Aston Villa grew in confidence however towards the end of the half, with Lowton and Joe Bennett each contributing from the wings as their midfield began to maintain possession.
Benteke had the ball in the back of the net after good work from Holman but goal was ruled out for an offside earlier in the move. The Belgian then turned provider for Holman, but he smashed his effort over from just inside the area.
The Villans continued to push forward in the second period, but were caught with a sucker-punch as Maloney received a quick throw-in and found Boyce who drove towards the box and played a one-two with Kone before sweeping the ball into the bottom corner.
Minutes later, Kone netted a third as Di Santo threaded a through-ball from outside the box to the Ivorian, who withstood a weak challenge from Lowton before rounding Guzan and rolling the ball into the net.
The goal was met with fury from the home support, who began to depart the stadium.
Kone wasted a late chance to score a fourth, losing control of the ball after rounding Guzan, but the three points proved enough to lift the Latics out of the bottom three and plunge Villa into further doubt.


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Storky's Footy Talk - Round 6
The Emerald Tigers were too good for the Springsure Mountain Men on Sunday afternoon in Emerald winning 58 to 10.
The Tigers took hold of the ball from the start and controlled it and their opposition and rattled away the points. The front Rowers in Dywayne Rigby, Darcy Darby and replacement forwards Quinton Castle Edminston and Puk Moana were the leaders in the team.
Puk scored a great individual try palming players off and taking a couple of the line with him. He played a good game. Tigers were strong in their back lines and either way they went, they scored. The centres in Isaiah Huet and Ray Ebsworth also performed.
Ray took control of his side of the ruck not letting any opposition player through. Hooker Matt Langby scored a dummy half try and backed up another to score two tries for the game. The defence of the Tigers contained the Mountain Men and the Travers boys in Matt, Andrew and Ash tried in vain leading up front.
The best was Ben Kerswell from fullback and he rarely missed a tackle and was there to take up rucks for the forwards. The Mountain Men didn't have it their way but kept trying all game.
Jared Owens kept the ball rolling but the runners weren't there or were getting tackled by a better opposition. Ben Kerle at second row worked a solid game trying to lift his team.
Allan Powell coming off the bench scored a barging try for the Mountain Men. It was good to see Allan on the field.
The backs for the Tigers were the finishing machine for the forwards. The Mountain Men now can regroup and work out the direction for their play. Tigers are on a roll and play Bluff this weekend in Bluff. It should be a great game.
I think clubs should look at keeping Sunday football. Huge crowd and a terrific game last Sunday afternoon!
Clermont Ladies beat the Dyasrt ladies 42-12. The score line didn't reflect the game as it was close except for the last 10 minutes. The scoring was equal and either side looked the goods, but Bears captain Elle Waters scored five tries and passed to Judy Smith for a try.
Elle kept running and the she couldn't be stopped or tackled. She lead the team with the assistance of Ainslee Lawrence and Tegan Rolfe at five-eight. Ainslee converted three tries as well. Tegan directed the play and ran the ball making holes for her outside team members.
Hooker Mackenzie Beames was all over the paddock running the ball and keeping the team going and had a good game. Fullback Codie Patterson chimed in the back line and ran the ball up and kicking two conversions.
Dysart's Sarah Hicks lead the team around and ran the ball up. Front rower Juanita McDonald was heavily involved in the game constantly running the ball up and changing the game plan after running through holes in the defence. Donna Kilpatrick and Sammy Goodland both continued the running and defence and Melissa Micallef scored two tries for the team and Tyia Henry one try.
Both sides were in the game until the later stages when the Bears took the opportunities and ran away with the game. The ladies knowledge of the game is improving and so is their game plans and the way they play. It was a good game by both sides.
The Dysart Bulls men ran away winners 66–6 over the Clermont Bears. The Dysart brothers in Clayton and Josh Kilpatrick played a great combination game. Leading the team around and getting the ball out wide to Eddie Pearson who was unstoppable scoring two tries. Phil Derksen playing fullback was chiming in the back line and making inroad also scoring two tries.
The wingers Willem Kehl and Delroy Mathews both scored tries. The go forwards in Matt Morrell and Todd Sherlock kept the team going forward. President Shaun Macklin had a fine game for the Bulls and he leads a good club.
The Bears were struggling with a determined side but to their credit they kept trying all game and eventually scored through Jesse Johnson. Adam Thurgood tried all game at second row and replacement forward Peter Shannon and Liam Chapple took the ball up to try and get some forward motion for the team.
Halfback Aiden McGarity and Five-Eight Ethan Kennedy tried all game to get the team going forward but there was too many errors.
The Dysart team will be hard to beat if they keep that team on the paddock. It was good to see ex-Queensland and Broncos player Tonie Carroll on the sideline coaching the team.
Can the team stick together for the rest of the year to win the premiership?
It was great after match awards with both sides staying behind to tell the public who was the better players for the day. This does happen at every club game on the highlands.
This week the Tigers travel to Bluff and this should be a great game as both teams are on a roll. Can Tigers take the same team to Bluff and can Bluff have a strong side due to travel and work commitments?
Bluff will have a better advantage at home as long as big forwards Billy Byrne and Justin Daniels are playing. Tigers do have four good forwards and the young fella, Quinton Castle-Edminston is improving every game.
Emerald Cowboys travel to Blackwater and this is a battle for the two bottom cellar dwellers. Either side needs the win.
The ladies game should be a good battle for them as the Cowgirls are looking for their first win of the year and they have Kailah Rogers back playing and also returning from injury Tayla Bean and Meagan Latham.They are expecting Keely Wiseman to have a good game.
Blackwater will want to win to stay in touch with first position.
The Bears travel to Middlemount this weekend after their loss to the Bulls and the Panthers are struggling to win at home. It should be a good game as both teams need a win. Springsure and the Bulls have a bye.
Enjoy this weekend's round of local footy!
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Last night I went with friend Helen to a Johnny Mathis concert. I could close my eyes and believe I was a teenager again. Mathis had some of his biggest hits in the 50s when I was in college, and he was and is a favorite of mine. If you live near where he is performing on his 2013 tour, don't miss it. Helen and I may head out to Branson (where we have never been) to catch him there in November.
Here are some of my favorite Mathis songs. I hope you enjoy them.
Chances Are:
Twelfth of Never:
Too much, too little, too late: (In the 1970s a number one hit with
Deniece Williams twenty years after his first number one hit.)
He still has an amazing voice, and he still brings the crowd to its feet just as he did in the 50s.* Thank you Mr. Mathis, it was wonderful, wonderful. oh, so wonderful to me.
* We are a little slower getting to our feet now that we are a bit older---we can't jump to our feet the way we did in the 50s.