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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Wren, Matthew (1585-1667)
WREN, MATTHEW (1585–1667), bishop of Ely, eldest son of Francis Wren (1553–1624), mercer, of London, by his wife Susan, was born in the parish of St. Peter's Cheap, London, on 23 Dec. 1585 (baptised 2 Jan. 1586). The family, originally from Denmark, was settled in Durham in the fifteenth century. Wren's father, only son of Cuthbert Wren (d. 1558), was born at Monk's Kirby, Warwickshire; he is said to have kept, as a haberdasher, 'the corner stall, next unto Cheap-Crosse' (Wren's Anatomy, 1641, p. 2). Sir Christopher Wren [q. v.] was his nephew (cf. pedigree in Genealogist, n.s. 1884, i. 262–268, 1890, vi. 168–71).
Matthew was a protégé of Launcelot Andrewes [q. v.], then master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and hence was educated at Pembroke Hall (admitted 23 June 1601). He graduated B.A. in 1604–5, was elected fellow on 5 Nov. 1605, graduated M.A. on 2 July 1608 (incorporated at Oxford on 12 July 1608), ordained deacon on 20 Jan., priest on 10 Feb. 1610–11, and graduated B.D. in 1615, when Andrewes made him his chaplain and gave him (21 May 1615) the rectory of Teversham, Cambridgeshire. James I, who had taken notice of his skill in academic disputation (he had argued that the king's dogs 'might perform more than others, by the prerogative'), appointed him (27 Jan. 1621–2) chaplain to Prince Charles. Being made D.D. (1623, incorporated at Oxford on 31 Aug. 1636), he accompanied Prince Charles to Spain. On his return he was installed (10 Nov. 1623) prebendary of Winchester, and next year (17 May) was inducted to the rectory of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, on which he resigned (8 Nov.) his fellowship. On 26 July 1625 he was admitted master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and proved himself a successful head. He looked after the college records, and collected money for building a new chapel (dedicated 17 March 1632–3), where he introduced the service in Latin (ib. p. 3). On 24 July 1628 he was installed dean of Windsor (and Wolverhampton), carrying with it the duties of registrar of the Garter. He went with Charles I to Scotland in 1633; on 20 Oct. Charles made him clerk of the closet. On 14 May 1634 he was chosen a governor of the Charterhouse. On 5 Dec. 1634 he was elected bishop of Hereford; this voided his Winchester stall, but in its place he was nominated (18 Feb. 1634–5) to a stall at Westminster. He had resigned his mastership on 22 Jan., and is said to have interested himself in the appointment of John Cosin [q. v.] as his successor. He was consecrated at Lambeth on 2 March by Laud (Stubbs, Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum, 1897). Though he held the see for eight months only, and as clerk of the closet was much absent from his diocese, he showed some of the qualities of a capable governor; he digested and reformed the statutes of his cathedral and improved its revenue. His visitation articles (1635, 4to) were inquisitorial in character. On 10 Nov. 1635 he was elected bishop of Norwich, retaining his Westminster stall. On 7 March 1635–6 he was made dean of the Chapel Royal; he resigned on 11 July 1641.
At Norwich he succeeded a prelate, Richard Corbet [q. v.], who had never shown any love for puritans, and had taken proceedings against them. Yet Laud, at his visitation (1635), found the diocese 'much out of order,' and expected Wren to 'take care of it.' Wren's visitation articles (1636, 4to) are an expansion of those for Hereford. The British Museum copy (5155, c. 20) has an appendix of twenty-eight 'particular orders' in manuscript. The public mind was soon excited against Wren by William Prynne [q. v.] , writing as 'Matthew White' in 'Newes from Ipswich,' 1636, 4to, which at once ran through three editions, and was reprinted in 1641. Wren's own reports, as summarised by Laud, explain how, in less than two years and a half, he had roused the puritanism of East Anglia to a dangerous pitch of rebellious fury (Wharton, pp. 540, 548). Clarendon relates that he 'passionately and furiously proceeded against them [the foreign congregations], that many left the kingdom, to the lessening the wealthy manufacture' (Hist. 1888, vi. 183). Wren himself affirms (Answer to Articles of Impeachment; Parentalia, p. 101) that the migration was a question of wage; that it began in Corbet's time, and was at its height in the first half-year of the episcopate of Richard Montagu [q. v.] Owing to his liturgical knowledge he was selected as one of the revisers of the new common-prayer book for Scotland. In April 1638 he was translated to Ely, succeeding Francis White [q. v.]; and in this diocese he pursued the same policy as in that of Norwich, and by the same methods. His Ely visitation articles (1638, 4to) are an exact duplicate of those for Norwich. He acted all along, it should be said, under the constant supervision of Laud, confirmed by direct instructions from the king, which appeared on the margins of Laud's reports.
On 19 Dec. 1640, the day after Laud's impeachment, John Hampden acquainted the House of Lords that the commons had received informations against Wren. He was bound in 10,000l. for his daily appearance; on 23 Dec. the bishops of Bangor, Llandaff, and Peterborough became joint sureties with him. A committee of the commons drew up nine articles of impeachment, on which the commons resolved (5 July 1641) that Wren was unfit to hold any office in the church or commonwealth. A conference of both houses was held on 20 July for the transmission of the articles of impeachment (enlarged to twenty-four), when Sir Thomas Widdrington [q. v.] delivered a florid speech urging proceedings against Wren (Sr. Tho. Widdringtons Speech, 1641; Parentalia, p. 19). Wren prepared an elaborate defence. No proceedings were taken; but on 30 Dec. Wren was sent to the Tower with other bishops and detained till 6 May 1642. In 1642 he presented a petition to parliament 'in defence of episcopacie' (Bishop Wren's Petition, 1642). On 30 Aug. 1642 his episcopal residence at Ely was searched for ammunition by 'a troop of well-affected horsemen' (Joyfull Newes from the Isle of Ely, 2 Sept. 1642), who, by order of parliament, arrested and brought him to London (1 Sept.), when he was again committed to the Tower (A True Relation, 2 Sept. 1642). He continued while in the Tower to perform episcopal acts, such as the institution of clergy, and kept up his register. In the terms offered by parliament to the king at Uxbridge (23 Nov. 1644) he was one of those excluded from pardon. He is said to have held intercourse with Monck, his fellow-prisoner (1644–6), and to have given Monck his blessing on the understanding that he was going to do the king 'the best service he could' (Life of Barwick, 1721, p. 16). On 14 March 1648–9 the commons resolved that he be not tried for life, but imprisoned till further order. During the interregnum he was much consulted on church affairs by Hyde, with whom he communicated through John Barwick (1612–1664) [q. v.] Cromwell more than once offered him his liberty (once through his nephew Christopher), but Wren declined to acknowledge his favour or own his authority (Parentalia, p. 34). The order for his discharge was given on 15 March 1659–60. He was not allowed to return to his palace, but lived in lodgings till the Restoration.
His zeal 'in purging his diocese from disaffected ministers' carried him to great lengths. He resisted the rightful title of Richard Reynolds (father of Richard Reynolds, bishop of Lincoln [q. v.]) to the rectory of Leverington, trying to put in his own nominee, and when Charles II begged him 'to give no further disturbance,' he 'bluntly said, "Sir, I know the way to the Tower"' (Kennett; Parentalia, p. 30). As visitor of Peterhouse he appointed (21 April 1663) Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699) [q. v.] to the mastership 'by a stretch of power' setting aside the nominations of the fellows, one of the nominees being Isaac Barrow (1630–1677) [q. v.] He spent over 5,000l. in building the new chapel at Pembroke Hall (foundation laid 13 May 1663, finished 1666). His habits throughout life were those of a hardy scholar, up at five and seldom in bed till eleven.
He died at Ely House, Holborn, on 24 April 1667, and was buried in the chapel he had built at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, the funeral oration, in Latin, being delivered by John Pearson (1613–1686) [q. v.], then master of Trinity (printed in 'Parentalia,' p. 39). An early and fine portrait, engraved by Van der Gucht, is in 'Parentalia;' a crude woodcut, evidently a likeness, is on the title-page of 'Wren's Petition,' 1642; other contemporary woodcuts are mere caricatures. He wore a ruff. His wife Elizabeth (d. 8 Dec. 1646), whom he married on 17 Aug. 1628, was born at Ringshall, Suffolk, 17 Oct. 1604. She is believed to have been daughter of Thomas Cutler, and widow of Robert Brownrigg (Genealogist, 1890, vi. 170). He had nine children, of whom several died in infancy.
Wren published a sermon (1627) and a tract, 'An Abandoning of the Scotish Covenant,' 1662, 4to, written 'in prison,' and published to prepare his clergy for the renunciation of the covenant, in accordance with the Uniformity Act. From a large book of 'critical meditations,' composed in the Tower, his son Matthew edited a volume of polemical interpretations of Scripture, in answer to the Racovian catechism, entitled 'Increpatio Barjesu,' 1890, 4to; it is included in the 'Critici Sacri,' 1890, ix. fol.
His eldest child, Matthew Wren (1629–1672), born on 20 Aug. 1629, was educated at both universities (M.A. Oxford 9 Sept. 1661), was secretary to Clarendon (1660–7), M.P. for St. Michael (1661–72), and secretary to James, duke of York (1667–72); he was one of the council of the Royal Society named in Charles II's original charter, dated 15 July 1662 (Sprat, Hist. 1667, p. 55), and was a prominent member of the society. He died on 14 June 1672, being buried with his father at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He wrote: 1. 'Considerations on Mr. Harrington's … Oceana,' 1657, 12mo (anon.). 2. 'Monarchy Asserted … in Vindication of the Considerations,' 1659, 8vo; 2nd edit. 1660, 8vo, to which Harrington replied in his 'Politicaster,' London, 1659, 8vo.
Other sons were Thomas Wren (1633–1679), M.D. and LL.D., an original F.R.S., archdeacon of Ely 1663; Charles Wren (d. 1681); and Sir William Wren (1639–1689), knighted 1685, M.P. for Cambridge 1685–7 (Genealogist, 1879, iii. 314, v. 330). The bishop's daughter, Susan, was second wife of Sir Robert Wright [q. v.][Stephen Wren's Parentalia, 1750, contains a life of Matthew Wren, with appendix of documents (at p. 133 is a valuable list of family dates to 1652 by the bishop). On this is founded the article in Biographia Britannica, 1763, vi. 4353. Wren's Anatomy (1641) is bitter but contains facts; The Wren's Nest Defiled (1641) and The Myter (1641) are lampoons; A Most Strange Letter (1642) is an evident forgery. See also Prynne's Canterburies Doome, 1646; Heylyn's Cyprianus Anglicus, 1668; Wharton's Troubles and Tryal of Laud, 1675; Lloyd's Memoires, 1668, p. 611; Wood's Athenæ Oxon. (Bliss), ii. 885; Parr's Life of Ussher, 1686, p. 393; Kennett's Register, 1728; Granger's Biogr. Hist. of England, 1779, ii. 157; Peck's Desiderata Curiosa, 1779, ii. 336; Le Neve's Fasti (Hardy), 1854; Gardiner's Hist. of England, 1884, viii. 224; Notes and Queries, 9th ser. vi. 165.]


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Dr. Urata trained for 18 years following his undergraduate education. He received his dental degree from the USC School of Dentistry and his medical degree from the USC Keck School of Medicine. He completed a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery before matriculating to general surgery and then completing a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at USC. He then moved across town where he completed a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He specializes in the most complex craniofacial anomalies, including craniosynostosis, syndromic reconstruction, vascular anomalies, pediatric and adult craniomaxillofacial trauma, post-traumatic reconstruction, orthognathic surgery, aesthetic surgery of the head and neck and jaw deformities.
Dr. Urata has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters and has been voted amongst the nation's top surgeons according to multiple sources including U.S. News and World Report, Best Doctors and America's Best Plastic Surgeons. He maintains NIH funded research within the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology related to defining TGF Beta signaling in palatogenesis. He is also interested in computerized planning of Le Fort III and orthognathic surgery and outcomes studies on cleft lip and palate.


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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate has changed a bill to expand early voting to enable some rural counties to add an extra voting center.
Sen. George Edwards, R-Garrett, submitted the amendment on Thursday.
It would allow counties larger than 400 square miles, but fewer than 125,000 registered voters to increase early voting centers from one to two. It would not be mandatory. Edwards says his amendment would affect Allegany, Carroll, Charles, Dorchester, Garrett, Washington and Worcester counties.
Edwards says some people in Garrett County have to drive up to 45 miles to get to the one early voting center.
The bill, which received initial Senate approval Thursday, initially increased voting centers from five to eight in Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore counties. It also allows three in Frederick County instead of one.


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4 stranded dolphins rescued on Cape Cod; 1 dies
Herd of 8 dolphins stranded at low tide on Herring River
Four stranded dolphins among a herd of eight caught swimming during low tide on Thanksgiving on Cape Cod have been rescued.
Rescuers stabilized the four stranded common dolphins, carried them out of the mud at Herring River and placed them in a rescue trailer for full health exams. The dolphins were all deemed healthy for release back to the ocean.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare says its Marine Mammal Rescue and Research team successfully herded three other dolphins out of danger on Thursday. One dolphin died.
Rescuers and volunteers from IFAW, AmeriCorps and the National Park Service released one dolphin bull and three cows from Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown.
The number of dolphin strandings has risen to 262 this year, far exceeding the average of 38, IFAW spokesman Michael Booth said.
The dramatic rise in dolphin strandings contributes to a total of more than 340 strandings of seals, whales, porpoises and dolphins this year, Booth said.
Researchers continue to study the causes for the sharp uptick in strandings, but main factors that have always led to the problem include the area's topography. The gently sloping beaches, the hook-like geography of Wellfleet Bay and Cape Cod and the maze-like creeks and inlets help to fuel the trend, Booth said.
Drastic tidal fluctuations catch dolphins by surprise, and the social nature of the dolphins keeps them together if even one of them is disoriented or sick, contributing to the strandings.


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Two weeks ago (already!), the NanoSafety Cluster (NSC) organized two meetings. First, there was on Wednesday afternoon the NSC half-yearly meeting. Second, on Thursday and Friday, in the beautiful Visby on Gotland, the 2nd NanoSafety Forum for Young Scientists. I ran an experiment there, which I will blog about later. Here, please find the slides of my presentation about Open Data I gave on Wednesday:
Oh, and I also presented a few slides about the Working Group 4 activities:
Friday, September 30, 2016
Monday, September 12, 2016
Metabolite identifier mapping databases
|Caffeine metabolites. Source: Wikimedia.
However, identifier mapping for metabolites is non-trivial, and I won't got into details in this post. Instead, the mapping databases that I have been releasing under the CCZero waiver on Figshare use other data sources. When I took over the building of these databases, it used data from the Human Metabolome Database (doi:10.1093/nar/gks1065). It still does. However, I added as data sources to this, ChEBI (doi:10.1093/nar/gkv1031) and Wikidata. The latter I need to support people with, for example, KNApSAcK (doi:10.1093/pcp/pct176).
So, this weekend I released a new mapping database, based on HMDB 3.6, ChEBI 142, and data from Wikidata from September 7. Here are the total number of identifiers and changes compared to June release for the supported identifier databases:
Number of ids in Kd (KEGG Drug): 2013 (unchanged)
Number of ids in Cks (KNApSAcK): 4357 (unchanged)
Number of ids in Ik (InChIKey): 52337 (unchanged)
Number of ids in Ch (HMDB): 41520 (6 added, 0 removed -> overall changed +0.0%)
Number of ids in Wd (Wikidata): 22648 (195 added, 10 removed -> overall changed +0.8%)
Number of ids in Cpc (PubChem-compound): 30699 (154 added, 36 removed -> overall changed +0.4%)
Number of ids in Lm (LIPID MAPS): 2611 (unchanged)
Number of ids in Ce (ChEBI): 131580 (4 added, 6 removed -> overall changed -0.0%)
Number of ids in Ck (KEGG Compound): 15968 (unchanged)
Number of ids in Cs (Chemspider): 24948 (10 added, 2 removed -> overall changed +0.0%)
Number of ids in Wi (Wikipedia): 4906 (unchanged)
An overview of recent releases (I'm trying to keep a monthly schedule) can be found here and the version I release this weekend has doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.3817386.v1.
Friday, September 09, 2016
Doing science has just gotten even harder
|Annotation of licenses of life science
databases in Wikidata.
- Furthermore, when hyperlinks are posted for profit, it may be expected that the person who posted such a link should carryout the checks necessary to ensure that the work concerned is not illegally published.
Now, realize that in many European Commission funded projects, with multiple partners, sharing IP is non-trivial, ownership even less (just think about why traditional publishers require you to reassign copyright to them! BTW, never do that!), etc, etc. A lot of funding actually goes to small and medium sized companies, who are really not waiting for more complex law, nor more administrative work.
A second realization is that few scientists understand or want to understand copyright law. The result is hundreds of scholarly databases which do not define who owns the data, nor under what conditions you are allowed to reuse it, or share, or reshare, or modify. Yet scientists do. So, not only do these database often not specify the copyright/license/waiver (CLW) information, the certainly don't really tell you how they populated their database. E.g. how much they copied from other websites, under the assumption that knowledge is free. Sadly, database content is not. Often you don't even need wonder about it, as it is evident or even proudly said they used data from another database. Did they ask permission for that? Can you easily look that up? Because you are now only allowed to link to that database until you figured out if they data, because of the above quoted argument. And believe me, that is not cheap.
Combine that, and you have this recipe for disaster.
A community that knows these issues very well, is the open source community. Therefore, you will find a project like Debian to be really picky about licensing: if it is not specified, they won't have it. This is what is going to happen to data too. In fact, this is also basically why eNanoMapper is quite conservative: if it does not get clear CLW information by the rightful owner (people are more relaxed with sharing data from others, than their own data!), it is not going to be included in the output.
IANAL, but I don't have to be to see that this will only complicate matters, and the last thing that will do is help the Open Data efforts of the European Commission.
I have yet to figure out what this means for my Linked Data work. Some databases do great work and have very clear CLW information. Think ChEMBL, WikiPathways, and also Open PHACTS did a wonderful job in tracking and propagating this CLW information. On the other hand, Andra Waagmeester did an analysis of database license information of life sciences databases and note the number of 'free content' and 'proprietary' databases (top right figure), which are the two categories of databases where the CLW info is not really clear. How large the problem is with illegal content in those databases (e.g. text mined from literature, screenscraped from another database), who knows, but I can tell you this is not insignificant, unless you think it's 99%.
At the same time, of course, the solution is very simple. Only use and link to websites with clear CLW information and good practices. But that rules out many of the current databases, but also supplementary information, where, even more than in databases, the rules of copyright are ignored by scientists.
And, honestly, I cannot help but wonder what all the publishers will now do with all the articles published in the past 20 years with hyperlinks in them. I hope for them it doesn't link to illegal material. Worse, the above quoted argument will have to make sure, none(!) of those hyperlinks point to material with unclear copyright.
I'll end this post with a related Dutch law (well, at least for the sake of this post). If you buy second hand goods, and the price is less than something like 1/3rd of the new price, you must demand the original receipt of the first buy. Because if not provided, you are legally assumed to realize it is probably stolen. How will that translate to this situation? If the linked scientific database is less then 1/3rd of the cost of the commercial alternative, you may assume it is illegal? Fortunately, this argumentation does not apply.
Problem is, there are enough "smart" people that misuse weird laws and ruling like this to make money. Think of the patent trolls, or about this:
What can possibly go wrong?Get rich quick scheme: FOIA funded grant proposals of known cheaters...https://t.co/aU4GVRk4O4 pic.twitter.com/TvmvFCLKft— PubPeer (@PubPeer) September 4, 2016
Friday, September 02, 2016
Elsevier launches datasearch.elsevier.com
For scientific information this doesn't exist; we have to do with tools like Google Scholar and Google Images. Both are pretty brilliant and allow you to filter on things, besides your regular keyword search. Of course, what we really need is an ontology-backed search, which Google seamlessly integrates under the hood, e.g. using the aforementioned schema.org.
Now, particularly for my teaching roles, I am frequently looking for material for slides, to support my message. Then, Google Images is great, as it allows me to filter for images that I am allowed to use, reuse, and even modify (e.g. highlight part of the image). Now, I know that some jurisdictions (like the USA) have more elaborate rules about fair use in education, but these rules are too often challenged and money, DRM, etc, limit those rights. Let alone scary, proposed European legislation (follow Julia Reda!).
So, I very much welcome this new effort! Search engine have a better track record than catalogs, like the Open Knowledge Foundation's DataHub. Of course, some repositories are getting so large, like FigShare, to a large extend by very active population by publishers like PLOS, they may soon become a single point of entry.
Anyway, Elsevier is looking for peer-review, which I give them for free (like I gave them free peer reviews until they crossed an internal, mental line, see The Cost of Knowledge). I can only hope that I am not violating their patent. Oh, and please don't look at the HTML of the website. You would certainly be violating their Terms of Use. They really need to talk to their lawyers; they're making a total mess of it.
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There are scheduled to be northern lights tonight, with a reasonable chance of them reaching as far south as Lund. Conveniently, I have access to a balcony which faces due north, so I'll leave a camera out taking photos every 30 seconds. The weather on the other hand may not cooperate... <https://in-the-sky.org/weather.php>.
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Just been tweaking members pages a bit to make them load faster.
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Been tidying up the appearance of members' profile pages. Starting to look really good!
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This is a demonstration of the textual status update on my profile page.
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By Scott Malone
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former Massachusetts
Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, one of the state's top
Republicans, said on Wednesday her party could soon have a
second contender in the race to fill the Senate seat formerly
occupied by John Kerry.
Healey, who served under former Governor Mitt Romney, said
that Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy Seal and Harvard Business
School graduate, could represent "the new face of the Republican
party in the northeast."
"I believe he'll be making a decision soon," Healey said
after an event at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of
Government on the future of the Republican party. "He would
bring a lot to the table in terms of both economic expertise but
also the kind of experience that we need as we venture into an
era when much of our foreign policy seems to be conducted
through special operations."
Two well-known Democrats -- Representatives Edward Markey
and Stephen Lynch -- have already launched campaigns ahead of an
April 30 primary and June 25 special election.
But the Republican field has been thin, with some of
best-known names, including former Senator Scott Brown, former
Governor William Weld and Healey herself bowing out of the race,
despite calls from some in the party to run.
So far, only one Republican, State Representative Dan
Winslow, has entered the race.
The lack of a well-known candidate could dim Republicans'
hopes of adding to their 45 seats in the U.S. Senate, where
Democrats have a majority.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat, on Jan. 30
named his former chief of staff, William Cowan, to hold Kerry's
Senate seat until a successor is picked.
Cowan told reporters he viewed the appointment as temporary
and had no plans to run in the special election.
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This recipe from the Bon Appetit magazine test kitchens is packed with delicious flavors. And the best part? It's actually a quick and easy meal that's perfect for busy weeknights. That might come as a surprise, but trust me...It comes together in a flash!
I was so happy when I came across this recipe...I was in search of a yummy dinner that was decidedly different. It seemed like the perfect thing to liven up my usual dinner go-to meals. Sirloin steak, fresh ginger, snow peas, green onions and cilantro are the stars of this dish. They work together to create a scrumptious meal that is satisfying and fresh-tasting at the same time.
I paired the stir-fry with one of my favorites - Coconut Rice. I've included a simple recipe for it by Sandra Lee below. It was the perfect companion to the stir-fry. I think you'll really enjoy this recipe!
Bon appetit!***
Beef, Shiitake, and Snow Pea Stir-Fry
4 servings
PREP: 30 minutes TOTAL: 30 minutes
Source: Bon Appetit magazine; October 2010 Ingredients:
1 1-pound top sirloin steak, cut into 2-inch-long, 1/4-inch-thick slices
1 tablespoon Asian sesame oil
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
12 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, thickly sliced
8 ounces snow peas
1 bunch green onions, sliced, divided
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves, divided
5 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 teaspoons chili-garlic sauce
1/4 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger and mushrooms; stir-fry until mushrooms are tender, about 3 minutes. Add beef to skillet; stir-fry until beef browns but is still pink in center, about 1 minute. Add snow peas, half of green onions, and half of cilantro; stir-fry 1 minute. Stir in hoisin, chili-garlic sauce, and five-spice powder; sauté until peas are crisp-tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with remaining green onions and cilantro.
Coconut Rice
Source: Sandra Lee
2 cups jasmine rice
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Rinse and drain rice in cold water. Place in a saucepan with water, coconut milk, and salt. Place the pot over high heat and, bring the liquid to a boil. Stir and reduce the heat to the lowest possible setting and cover the pot tightly with the lid. Continue cooking for 15 minutes.
Remove the pot from the heat and let stand 10 minutes, covered. Fluff with fork and serve.


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This interview with country singer Wade Bowen was conducted by Lauren Hale at the Postpartum Dads Project. Wade wrote the beautiful song "Turn on the Lights" about going through the experience of postpartum depression with his wife Shelby. Wade also generously hosted a Charity Golf Tournament to benefit Postpartum Support International in 2008, and will host his second Charity Gold Tournament coming this Spring. We thank the Bowen family for all of their support!
Well it was tough at first because she and I had no clue about PPD or that it might be what she was going through. I had really never heard of it before and I'm pretty sure she hadn't either. So, for the first part of it, I just thought she didn't love me anymore. Being on the road as much as I was at that time I know it was hard on her and I really felt like I was to blame for what she was going through. The worse it got, I realized that it was definitely something more than that.
I just remember coming home one Sunday and seeing a different person in her eyes when she met me at the door. There was a ton of anger in there and I could see it and I knew that was not her…at least not since I had known her. From there on, I mainly just held on for dear life until she got better. I just tried to be very patient and understanding but it was very difficult to do that most of the time. We fought a lot and disagreed on so many things and she was so protective of our son, that I couldn't do anything really with him. So, I just held on and hoped it would get better and it did. She didn't want to talk about it.
Without a doubt. Like they say, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger and I believe that it has all been part of the process of Shelby and I growing our love deeper every day. I know she would tell you the same. I guess you could say that the positive way to look at it is that our relationship went through that and it survived somehow. I think we both now feel we can tackle anything that comes our way. She's a much stronger person now and I'm so proud of her and the mother she is. It's pretty amazing to watch.
I was right in the middle of the worst period of PPD for us when this idea hit me. The only way to describe it was that I actually felt like a child scared of the dark. Stephony Smith, a beautiful songwriter in Nashville, was patient enough to let this song and the emotions happen. It's very rare that you can sit with someone and write something this personal but she was all about it and amazing!!
Luckily, for me, my songwriting and my career has always been an open book so I don't believe too many people were shocked to hear such a true story from me. I do think, however, they were shocked to hear about the details of our story within the song. But that is the best way to conduct yourself I believe with anything in life…lay it all out there and leave nothing to doubt. That way you can always be sure of yourself and your actions. But, once again, the true hero of the song was my wife. She's the one that forever has to deal with hearing it. She is the one that allowed me to be so public about it so that it may help others. I couldn't have done it without her.
I truly don't know. Like I said, I just didn't give up on us. It was so hard to hold on but I just kept believing it was all going to get better and I held on to my son as hard as I could and just tried to be there. I wasn't perfect and I will never claim that I was. I made many mistakes. I was just unsure what to do at all times. I firmly believe my son held us together more than we did.
Well, my most difficult challenge is not being able to be there every day like most parents. That is not easy for me at all and definitely not easy for my wife or my kids. We just make do as you are supposed to do in life and work through it, knowing that is the only way we'll survive. The one thing that keeps me going is that the boys don't know any better. So I just remind myself of that and remind myself they will be there when I get home and that keeps me going.
I've been doing this event for 11 years now and just love doing it. The golf tournament has turned into quite a fun event and now the concert is quickly growing into a huge stream of revenue for our event as well. We actually chose them last year for our charity with the help of a great organization called Big Hearted Babes. We hired them to help us with the event and they did some great research on a few different charities in the country. It just seemed that PSI had everything together very well and seemed to be very organized and excited to work with us. PSI was amazing for our event and it has been one of the greatest blessings of my life and career to have worked with them. Together, with the help of some fellow musicians, we raised $85,000! I'd say that is a pretty good start!
Tell the doctors, nurses, anyone you can find to talk to you both about the possibilities of not only PPD, but the emotional toll that the mother takes when having a baby and ask them for advice on how to handle the emotional stress that is going to happen. It is different for everyone, but almost all experience some kind of emotional change. I firmly believe that this is the "cure" for PPD and a huge step in the right direction to getting women the help they need and deserve!


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(WASHINGTON TIMES) — The House passed its "no budget, no pay" bill this week to try and prompt politicians addicted to spending to restore some sense of fiscal discipline to the nation's capital. Now, Rep. Mo Brooks, Alabama Republican, has proposed a bill that would make the failure of future presidents to enforce a balanced budget an impeachable offense.
The Hill reports that Protecting America's Solvency Act, H.R. 371, would put stringent caps on Congress, forcing it not to spend more revenue than is collected. Provisions in the law could be amended with a four-fifths majority vote.
"I have learned from experience that unless there is penalty … there is a significant risk that the executive, or for that matter the Senate or the House, won't do it," Mr. Brooks said.
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What is a successful abortion and how do you know you've had one?
A medical abortion is successful when the pregnancy stops developing and there is no need for additional medical care. Research has shown that 99.5 % of the women who do a medical abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy with mifepristone and misoprostol will have an abortion that ends the pregnancy. Only 3% of the woman will need additional medical care. In 97% of abortions, women's bodies will eliminate all the remains naturally and without any other medical intervention. It is important that you understand that an abortion is a process. It takes time for the uterus to empty and for the abortion to be complete. It is normal for the bleeding and clotting to continue for 1-3 weeks or even longer. Every woman's body is different.
If you have extreme pain, prolonged heavy bleeding, abnormal vaginal discharge or fever, it might be a sign that you have a complication and should go to a doctor. You should also go to the doctor and do an ultrasound after taking the medicines if you have any doubts about whether the abortion has been successful.
Many women can tell when the abortion is successful. They feel the symptoms of pregnancy (nausea, tender breasts, need to urinate) going away or have seen the embryo come out. By having an ultrasound you can learn whether the medicines have worked and if your pregnancy has ended within a few days after the abortion. An early ultrasound will tell you if the pregnancy has ended, but it is best wait for an ultrasound for 10 days after using Mifepristone, as only 23% of abortions are totally complete after 7 days. 71
The urine home pregnancy test can be done only 3 weeks after taking the medicines, because before 3 weeks, the pregnancy hormones are still in your body and the test might show an unreliable, falsely positive result. Your body might need several days or weeks (until your next menstrual period) to expel the tissue and blood completely. The ultrasound will show what is still in the uterus. Some doctors will recommend a vacuum aspiration, but if you have no pain or fever or signs of infection, it is better to wait and let your body empty naturally. A vacuum aspiration or a D & C is an invasive procedure that involves risks and can be painful.
More scientific information:
Several studies suggest that women often correctly assess whether their medical abortions are complete or not, especially with protocols that include Mifepristone. One analysis used data from a clinical trial of Mifepristone-Misoprostol abortion in China, Cuba, and India. "Of 222 women, none incorrectly believed their abortions were complete when, in fact, they were not. 110 women incorrectly believed that the abortion was not yet complete, but this error would simply have led them to seek professional assistance, even if it were not routinely scheduled.1 Another study involving women in the United States concluded, "Women and clinicians are very accurate at determining expulsion of the gestational sac during medical abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol without an ultrasound or a physical exam.29
New research self assessment medical abortion:
- Self-assessment of the outcome of early medical abortion versus clinic follow-up in India: a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial.Iyengar K1, Paul M2, Iyengar SD3, Klingberg-Allvin M4, Essén B2, Bring J5, Soni S3, Gemzell-Danielsson K6. Lancet Glob Health.2015 Sep;3(9):e537-45. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00150-3.
Clinical follow-up compared with self-assessment of outcome after medical abortion: a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet.2015 Feb 21;385(9969):698-704
Can women determine the success of early medical termination of pregnancy themselves? Contraception.2015 Jan;91(1):6-11. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.09.009. Epub 2014 Sep 19. Cameron ST1, Glasier A2, Johnstone A2, Dewart H3, Campbell A3.


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Monday, March 10, 2014
A day before we had inquired at the ST bus stand regarding the timings for the buses to Kunkeshwar Temple and Vijaydurg Fort and how to go about it. We were told to do Kunkeshwar Temple in the morning and later head out to see Vijaydurg. Though there is no direct mode of transport to Vijaydurg we had to come back to the depot to board a bus to Vijaydurg.
We then decided to do Kunkeshwar Temple first and later do Vijaydurg. We planned to board the 730 hours bus to the temple.
As decided the night earlier, we boarded the 730 hours bus at Devgad ST bus stand. Note that there are few direct buses to Kunkeshwar and many going via Kunkeshwar, the bus we boarded goes via Kunkeshwar.
|Kunkeshwar Temple
The bus was comparatively empty though it was morning. The view is amazing as the road is a rollercoaster ride in the hills offering amazing view of the land. The roads were good for car drifters, it reminded me of the scene in the movie, Fast and Furious 3 where they had ad drifting race downhill.
Finally after 1 ½ hours at a cost of Rs. 28 one way we were at the footsteps of the temple.
There are many stalls selling offerings outside the temple.
Hithakshi offered prayers here while I started my photo shoot of the temple.
The Kunkeshwar Temple is located in Kunkeshwar Village which is situated around 14 km from Devgad and the temple is dedicated to Shiva. This temple was built in 100 AD by the Yadav Kings. Shivaji Maharaj too tied to keep this temple intact.
The temple was newly constructed near the sea. The beach had beige sands and grey colored water lashing on the shore. The water was good for a swim, but I couldn't locate any one swimming on the shore. Some stretch of the beach was rocky especially the one near the temple.
There were no waste or sea weeds on the shore.
After we were done with Hithakshi's prayers and my photo shoot we headed back to Devgad ST bus depot as we planned to do Vijaydurg today.
The ride back was also a rollercoaster ride, but this time cost of the ticket is Rs. 24. How come the price reduced by Rs.4. So we asked the conductor on which he told us it is based on the no. of stops it makes. Ooo iii cccc
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) -- Despite
Eastman Kodak's
fade from prominence among the strongest companies in the world, the former photographic film maker is positioning itself for a comeback.
rise of digital photography and decades of mismanagement
drove Kodak to its eventual bankruptcy on Jan. 19, 2012, but sources have told
the company will be re-listed on the New York Stock Exchange shortly after it exits the bankruptcy
. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company is scheduled to present a reorganization plan in a New York court on Aug. 20.
Kodak world headquarters remain in Rochester, where it once employed more than 60,000 people at the peak of hiring in the 1980s. But total employment in the metropolitan area has risen to some 520,000 from about 414,000 since then, and the area's population has grown to about 1.1 million from 971,000.
Rochester avoided Detroit's fate
as intellectual capital remained in the city. The University of Rochester is now the biggest employer there, while other major universities and hospitals have added to improving job opportunities. Many former employees stayed in the area after departing from Kodak and have created a burgeoning high tech manufacturing sector.
above video about the story of Kodak's fall, its bankruptcy and Rochester's resiliency, and read our three part series for an in-depth look at one of America's once great companies:
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I write blogs about the fear of women, the fear of soulmate, the fear of social! The fear of certain activities like creating music and art; and the frustration of never really interacting with music and art enough to go anywhere with it!
I write allot about my interest in women; I post pics of the women Im interested in! I do soulmate searches; where its safe and come up with all kinds of theories of who I want and why! However, when it comes time to deal with the real world! I collapse and run away! Im like nerd that has never been beyond a test tube! its all very hard! Im stuck in a little imaginary world; a closet where its safe! and I keep blowing it with every women that might like me! I never get close! I never allow anyone near me that might be someone I like! Im trying to break though it! breaking through this anxiety with the women herself is not the way to do it! better to write about it and get over the anxiety and fear somewhere else!
I am working with God to align my life correctly with him; this helps; with the idea that he brings me and someone else together! however, at that moment! I take over and question God! and wont work with what God brings me! I get scared and pull back and refuse to go forward with the women he brings me! then he brings me another and another and another, and non of them are good enough for me! yet, these women all cared about me! and cared about life! I chickened out because I did not think they were the right women! I ran off laughing as if immature! Im trying to get this to stop! Im trying to! Im trying to get into a normal relationship and bring my life back to normal!
Who do I date! who is God bringing me! usually, I would like to go out with someone that really likes me! and that is the hardest part for me to believe! I always think they have different motives! nothing is honest! thats the way I think! I never give anyone a chance! I find something wrong with them and stay away from them! and its driving me crazy! theirs always reasons I refuse to start my life! I don't seem to have any reason to start my life!
Im trying to get a reason to start my life! have a reason! have a reason to be inlign with God and myself! and possibly this is the problem! a war of doubt sits between me and God! I want believe! I get mad at God and resentful at God and refuse to trust God! Im trying to trust, trying to trust God!
And I feel like; Ok; here we go again! God is bringing me another women that it goes nowhere with! Im so tired of everything going nowhere! I want God to take it one more step so I can trust again! and I guess Im going to have to get out of the way and believe in God and allow him to do his work and stay out of it!


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There's a man in England named Adrian Bennett. He is going to move to Australia with his family and his car. Why? Because he is going to convert his replica Ford Falcon V8 Interceptor from Mad Max status to the way the supercharged beauty looked in The Road Warrior. Why? So he can drive it near Robin Hill, which is where they filmed the second film. Can you say mumbo? Yeah, we're smitten. More like Mr. Bennett, please.
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Ben Walker
executive creative director,
Crispin Porter & Bogusky
I'm a fatty. Evidence to the left (not clinically obese nowadays, but Campaign was too tight to take a new shot). I'm also a foodie. Posting up my latest creations, dizzy with delight when I get a "like" from the missus.
So what does this fat foodie think of the latest effort by Lurpak to persuade me that healthy doesn't have to be boring? My punter's head loves it. Beautiful and playful with a good, simple message and lots of brand wotsit. My creative director's head also loves it. Brilliantly shot. Beautifully edited. Nicely written. Being picky (you're allowed when something's really good, innit), Wieden & Kennedy has got a wonderfully dramatic voiceover to sing a ditty once already. Punter's head tells me to get my creative director's head right out of my arse. This campaign gets better and better, and who'd have thought that would be possible after the utterly stunning original work?
Top marks for bagging Usain Bolt for the Virgin Media work. Proper coup. Something to tell the nippers when you're 105 and people are running the 100 metres in 7.3. But they must have gone to so much effort securing the Bolt, they were a bit knackered by the time it came to production. The last 20 metres and all that. It all feels a little rushed, which is a shame because, given time, I bet these could develop into something cool and fun.
The BT work is defo a step up from that bloody awful couple. Damning with faint praise, maybe. Misery guts here wonders whether it would just be better if BT told me what it was offering and then buggered off, so I could get on with watching the stuff I tuned in for. I don't know the media plan for this, but unless they put it in the break of My Family or some other early evening dross, my feeling is it won't cut through. That said, it's not without charm and there are a few nice performance moments.
The Mini idents left me utterly perplexed. Who are the soldiers? And the bees? What are the eyeballs about? Then I noticed who did them. Our very own latest hirings, Christen and Bertie. I checked whether their three-month probationary period is up yet. And I'm excited to announce we're now looking at portfolios, so if there are any hungry middleweight teams out there, please drop by. In fairness to Christen and Bertie (RIP), they did explain that the 80- second version was not the correct version. When they explained the idea as it airs, it's really quite nice. Each ad break sees a different set of mad objects enter the Mini and the voiceover has to recite them like a memory game - "it's amazing how much you can pack in" type thing. Sweet. Shame you'll have to stomach Jonathan Ross to see them.
Comparethemarket.com. Better the devil you know. There are Confused.com and Gocompare.com, and I'll take Comparethemeerkat.com every day of the week. It's fun and well-crafted and, for that, we can all be truly thankful, because we sure as hell can't escape it, even in these days of being able to turn off the ads.
What's taking up all my online time at the moment? Well, the Azealia Banks 212 video is pretty damn cool. I'm determined to learn all the words like I did with Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock. Recite the whole thing at parties when it comes on, garner absolute respect from all around etc. Can't beat a tune that uses the "C" word with such aplomb either. In between that and lending Paddypower.com my money, I haven't got the time or compunction to play the egg Olympics game by Cadbury Creme Egg on Facebook. It's going to take a bit more than a few roughly crafted exploding eggs to do that, sweet as the film is. Harsh, but that's the playing field now. Exciting times.
Jay Pond-Jones
creative director,
Beattie McGuiness Bungay
Blimey. It has been a few years since I wrote one of these. Times have changed, haven't they? Nowadays, magazines and websites are filled with articles, features and content that are created by their readers ...
Oh, hang on a minute ...
OK. Let's start with Virgin Media, which is employing the services of DDB UK for one last time before it moves the account to Bartle Bogle Hegarty. So here we have Usain Bolt pretending to be Richard Branson, complete with a Branson goatee, selling us the "fastest in the UK" broadband that Virgin now offers. It captures the spirit of 2012 without being at all "Olympicy". So, in the context of all the corporate Olympic business that surrounds us, it feels fresh. I would have enjoyed seeing how this campaign could develop over time, as presumably broadband speeds can only get faster. If it wasn't time to pass the baton to BBH, this idea could have run and run.
Here's the latest from Comparethemarket.com. In this ad, set back at Meerkat Mansions, Sergei gets called to the office of the boss meerkat, Orlov. Things all start to get a bit tearful as Sergei thinks he's going to be sacked, since he's getting on a bit. Hey, hang on ...don't be ridiculous. There's no way VCCP would do that. I know at least three people who still haven't bought a fluffy Sergei toy yet. Packed full of "simples" and all the usual stuff, I'd have preferred it if Sergei had a little more of the screen time at the end, but I guess that would have got in the way of the call-to-action, and even direct response ads as good as these never let up when there are still a final few frames available to help improve the numbers.
Following on from the previous campaign, this idea feels like a natural fit for the BT broadband services. Flat-sharing comedies on TV are pretty much a standard. From Man About The House through Friends to the latest US hit New Girl, which has just started on Channel 4. This opening episode is the advertising equivalent of the broadcast pilot. We meet the characters, decide who sleeps where and establish that there's sufficient bandwidth. If the writing continues to be sharp, and the budgets allow for lots of them to be made, this should be a winner. Signs are good so far. The casting looks like they're well on their way.
It's hard to stand out in the world of food. It's pretty much all I ever see on TV. And it's so serious. Can you TV chefs please cheer up. IT'S A BLOODY PLATE OF PASTA. JESUS! So I'm appreciative of Lurpak and Wieden & Kennedy's efforts to lighten things up a bit and bring some food flair to our screens. I especially like the red cabbage shot and the exploding aubergine.
Now, the idents for the Mini Countryman. I saw these live on air because I tuned in to ITV to watch The Jonathan Ross Show as it was being broadcast. So, in this instance, I couldn't fast-forward through the idents like I usually do. Maybe that's the idea here. Pack a Mini Countryman with five heavily armoured ninjas, armed with leaf-blowers, a few dozen dangerous-looking airborne puffer fish shouting out "yo", a swarm of wasps, hundreds of glass eyeballs and, well, you've got to slow down and have a look at that lot, haven't you?
Looks like the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics has started sooner than even Lord Coe could have hoped for. But wait. This isn't the opening ceremony for the actual Olympics. It's the opening ceremony for the Cadbury Creme Egg "egg season". The official Danny Boyle opening ceremony is still five months away; this is Aardman's show. Now, as Cadbury is a proper Olympic sponsor, with that logo on its ads, I'd reckon on "egg season" continuing right up until Danny starts shouting out for the people with the red cards to stand over there. CAN WE GET ON WITH THE RUNNING? PLEASE!


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The Temple Bar Music Centre is an excellent venue with great acoustics and it was treated to a fine set by the 808 DJs.
I arrived at the same time as Darren and Andy-Markus and Andy managed to get me in on the guestlist for which I never got the chance to thank Andy in person-so Thanks Andy!
The resident DJ (Adam F ?) kicked of proceedings and played a long 2 hour set for which eventually even Darren was asking him would he be finished soon.
Darren even mingled in the crowd beforehand clutching a pint and his jacket protectively in case it was nicked. Shyness prevented me from introducing myself.
Eventually the resident DJ allowed the masters to take over and Darren straight away blasted into a no-nonsense set filled with many breakbeats.
He worked the crowd up then Andy took over and played a more techno based set which included a faster harder version of FSOL's Papua New Guinea, The Golden Girls' Kinetic and Felix's Dont u want me.
Excellent stuff sir.
You can see the perfect blend that the three members of 808 make.
Darren is into harder music with breakbeats and wopping bass.
Andy is into more techno based with its Detroit and Old Skool 4/4 influences and then obviously Graham brings a touch of jazz,ambient and world beats. It works perfectly.
The venue was about ¾ full which was a healthy crowd considering the town in general was very quiet as most people keep their money for next weekend-the mad weekend and week before Xmas.
Darren took over again and proceeded to play a full version of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean much to Andy's annoyance-who threatened to pull the record off.
The boys seemed to be enjoying themselves.
The crowd were enjoying it too and even some rather scantilly-clad female who looked 40 at best, jumped on stage and egged the crowd on-before being escorted back by security.
As with all 808 DJs sets you spend most of the night intently listening to see if any 808 stuff is played. True to form I was disappointed as always.
Roundbum Mary would have fit perfectly into Darren's set.
The publicity and flyers surrounding this event mentioned Outpost Transmission and suggested that a few 808 tunes would be played. This was not the case.
Another girl jumped up beside Darren and obviously asked for Pacific for which Darren kinda grimaced. I know The Spinmasters were not directly involved in that track but it should be played. It is a timeless piece of beautiful music that 808 can take to their graves in pride.
808 should flaunt their tunes so the crowd are left in no doubt as to who they are.And how great they are.
It was frustrating for me telling people (and even strangers in those queues waiting to pee type conversations) that Outpost Transmission is a class album-hoping it gets the recognition it deserves-frustrating-when the artists themselves do not promote it.
No snippets, no Darren even telling people on the mic that a new album was out.
Why miss such an opportunity to promote it ?
I would say about 20 % of the crowd last night knew about the new album.
Another strange thing happened is that after about 2 hours of Andy and Daz, the resident DJ, who has some ego has to be said, took over the decks thus preventing the 808 grand finale. I then left to try and grab a much hard to get taxi.
Supposedly free copies of Outpost Transmission were given out but I didn't see any.
Ah well a good night but it would be much better if 808 State played some 808 State tunes-even just spin them on vinyl .
808 State DJs Dublin December 13,2002
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Thanks for the detailed report! I'm rather surprised they didn't drop an 808 tune. I'm trying to think, but I'm having trouble remembering a DJ set or radio show where they *didn't* play an 808 tune or an 808 remix. Why in Aberdeen I think they managed to play Qubik Calderone mix twice in one set I seem to recall...
I'm not surprised the free album thing didn't happen - promoters will try anything. Having said that I'm glad it wasn't advertised as a 808 State live gig, which is what usually happens - especially in Ireland.
I'm not surprised the free album thing didn't happen - promoters will try anything. Having said that I'm glad it wasn't advertised as a 808 State live gig, which is what usually happens - especially in Ireland.
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Winner of 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical!
From the creative team behind In the Heights comes a musical about a scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton. Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda has given words and music to the story of an unlikely founding father determined to make his mark on a new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. Miranda's work is an exploration of a political mastermind who went from being a bastard orphan to George Washington's right-hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury Department secretary who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and Aaron Burr, lifelong friend and foe of Hamilton, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become.


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The Šiauliai District is situated in the northern part of Lithuania. Its total area is 1807 sq. kilometres and number of population is approximately 51 thousand. The administrative centre is Šiauliai City. The district is divided into 11 district heads (administrative units), 7 towns are in it. The main and the biggest town of the district is Kuršėnai with the population of 14,9 thousand. It is 25 km far from Šiauliai City and situated on the both sides of the Venta river. There are important railway branch lines forwarding to Vilnius, Klaipėda and Mažeikiai in the town. Its territory is 1192 ha. There are 2 secondary schools, 1 primary school, 1 gymnasium, sport and art schools, 1 polytechnic school and health care centre and hospital in Kuršenai. Kuršėnai is famous for its craftsmen especially in ceramics: J. Paulauskas, V. Damkus, J. Vertelis, B.Radeckas. In 2001 Folk Art Crafts Centre was founded in the former estate building. Ceramic works and items from clay produced by local craftsmen added to the popularity of Kuršėnai. The file factory was opened in 1898, a brick factory a year later. A workshop producing dishware from clay functioned during the year of Independence, a workshop of the ,,Jiesia" ceramics factory was opened in 1964. Clay jugs became the most popular items produced in the city.
The rivers Venta (length of 346 km.), Dubysa (146 km.) and less ones float along the territory of the district. There are 16 lakes, 26 pools here. The fishery farm breeding carps is in Kurtuvėnai. The coasts of lakes and pools are adopted for recreation. Forests occupy almost 32 % of the territory. Besides, there are a lot of forests available for hunting. There is a part of Kurtuvėnai regional park with the administration in the territory of the district. The park is valuable from the scientific and cognitive point of view. Country and ecological tourism is begin developed; here is a stud farm and a riding school in Kurtuvėnai.
The district is crossed by Ryga-Kaliningrad (known as Via-Hansa) and Panevežys-Palanga highways and railroads of Radviliškis-Klaipėda, Radviliškis-Mažeikiai and Ryga-Šiauliai. The roads are in good condition. The main gas line Panevėžys-Klaipėda goes across the territory of the district. The distance from Šiauliai District till the nearest international airport is 130 km in Riga and 220 km in Vilnius. Klaipėda seaport is 150 km from Šiauliai District.
Some industrial enterprises stopped their activities under conditions of market economy. So a possibility to use vacant industrial premises with good infrastructure appeared. One can make a long-termed lease of the land and adopt them to his industrial activity or warehouse.
There are about 1071 operating enterprises in the Šiauliai District. The mostly developed branches of industry and commerce are: wood preparation, wood procession, procession of timber articles, agricultural production, procession of agricultural production, trade of food stuffs and manufactured goods. New farmers start growing of not traditional cultures as berries, rape and mushrooms.
The main parts of district's enterprises are small and medium ones. There are 14 cooperative enterprises, 27 meat processing enterprises and 88 timber processing enterprises here. The businessmen of the district are united in Association of Businessmen of Šiauliai District.
The Šiauliai District Municipality advantages the expansion of tourism, entertaining, sports and excursions' services. It is forecasted to stimulate expansion of agricultural products processing industry and local sources of raw materials (clay, sand, peat) using enterprises.
There are more than 470 state protective memorials of culture in the district. The most unique of them is Jurgaičiai (Domantai) mound, known as Hill of Crosses. It is situated on the bank of the river Kulpė, 12 km from Šiauliai City, close to the Šiauliai-Riga road. Pope Jonas-Paulius II visited it on 7th of September, 1993 and blessed Lithuanian people and Christians of Europe. Another very interesting place is Dargaičiai village. More detail description You will find here below.
The rural tourism is developed in Šiauliai District. The farmsteads of A.Jocas, O.Gutkauskienė, N.Kasčiuškienė, J.Gedminienė offer you to have a good time, rent a boat, ride a horse, picnics in the countryside, excursions around environs, ride a bicycles, saunas and etc. Besides mentioned services commercial hunting is offered by Šiauliai State forestry. Accommodation services are in guesthouses of "Meškių guesthouse", Kurtuvėnai Regional Park and "Brolių svetainė".
The municipality of the district cooperates with the municipality of Teterow Germany and with the company of the city of Bersenbruck which supplies water. Economical and cultural relations are being developed with French city of Port-sur-Saone. A long-lasting cooperation agreement is signed between Kuršėnai and Almhult municipality of the Swedish Kingdom.
More detailed information about Šiauliai District places to visit, entertainments and services is offered in Šiauliai District Municipality (http:/www.siauliuraj.lt) and Šiauliai Tourism Information Center (phones: +370 41 523110, 521105).
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