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Supplement 2. Function dispeRsal for predicting seed dispersal distances in R, and instructions for using dispeRsal.
File List
dispeRsal.rda (MD5: 3589cb5b047c9a44e83fd624dabbacad)
instructions.pdf (MD5: b5114a42cb9a0e1856e3fa87a3f8db89)
dispeRsal.rda – includes the function dispeRsal to predict maximum seed dispersal distances from simple plant traits in software R (R Development Core Team 2012) as well as a dataframe used for the predictive models, an example dataframe, a dataframe for assigning taxonomic families to orders and modified versions of the TPLck and TPL functions from the Taxonstand (Cayuela et al. 2012) package for handling synonymies in the data provided by the user. Full details and instructions for using dispeRsal can be found in the instructions file.
instructions.pdf – detailed instructions for using dispeRsal function to predict maximum seed dispersal distances with confidence intervals for user's own data sets.
Future updates of the tool and the underlying data can be found on a webpage at
http://www.botany.ut.ee/dispersal. To achieve ongoing improvements to the models, we ask the research community to contact us with further data on measured seed dispersal distances and associated plant traits.


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Sapphire Accounting provides fast and efficient accounting services at affordable rates. We strive for excellence and listen to your needs, understand your business, challenges, and opportunities and specialize in identifying and exploiting core opportunities for developing and growing your business.
Our goal is to create an environment where our clients enjoy coming to our office, have the ability to stop in without an appointment, as well as have confidence in our team and know us as people.

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We are moving offices, but don't worry; we aren't going far – About 100 yards up the road!
As some of you may know, our office resides in the beautiful Historic Dockyard in Chatham. As part of our expansion, we are moving from our current home within serviced offices of the Joiners Shop, to our new premises at The Cashier's Office. Still resident within the dockyard, the old cashier's office, built in the late 18th century and was once the workplace of John Dickens (Father of Charles)
Steeped in history, it certainly makes for an exciting place to work!
We are moving on the weekend of the 29th and 30th of September and will be trading from our new location on Monday 01st October.
Our new address is:
The Cashiers Office
Church Lane
Historic Dockyard
Our phone number has changed as well! Our new number is:
01634 791990
All email addresses and mobile phone numbers will remain the same.
Best regards
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Headteacher's Welcome
Newhall is a brand-new, state of the art academy and nursery on the Newhall development in Harlow, which has been built with the capacity for 420 children in the school and 56 places in the nursery. The nursery offers 51 weeks a year full daycare places from 7.30am until 6pm, as well as funded term-time only sessions.
At Newhall we aim to provide an exciting and challenging curriculum which is designed to engage and motivate all children. We want our children to become resilient, independent thinkers with a thirst for learning. Whilst we strive for high academic standards, we are also totally committed to developing the creative, physical, emotional and social aspects of all of our children's lives.
We offer a safe, nurturing and stimulating learning environment, which enables us to ensure our children are supported, challenged, inspired and motivated through a breadth of learning experiences and opportunities. Newhall is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all children. It expects all staff to share this commitment.
We aim to be a school and nursery at the heart of this new community and will therefore endeavour to foster strong relationships between children, staff, parents, governors and the wider community of Harlow. We welcome the opportunity to work with you to develop bright, ambitious, confident and inquisitive children.
At Newhall, every child is respected and treated as an individual, with no limits placed on their learning – just opportunities to continually improve with a 'Growth Mindset' approach. We believe in the potential of every individual, from whatever circumstance, to achieve and enjoy their time at our school. We do not 'label' children or group them by perceived 'ability'; instead, we give all children equal opportunities to challenge themselves through the range of tasks and activities presented to them – empowering children to take ownership and responsibility for their own learning.
I look forward to meeting you, and showing you what a fantastic place of learning Newhall is.
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Certainly we have been super busy photographing our wonderful clients lately, but there is a whole other side to the business that is far less visible and far more time consuming…editing! One of my main goals in signing on as Crystal Genes' intern was to learn her end-to-end work flow process and boy is there a lot of material. Aside from prepping for a shoot then actually taking the pictures, you have to download your images, which may take a while, especially on weddings! Then we have to sort them according to where we see them as being useful such as for the blog, website, or lovely slide shows the client views. Once sorted, then you get to the editing where the real style of a photographer shines.
Contrary to film, digital photography easily lends itself to programs like Photoshop. I used to be headstrong against any type of post processing, but I have since seen the light in how editing can enhance your photos without making them look overdone or cheesy. Some photographers rely on specific steps, or actions, to represent their vision and style. It's interesting trying to mimic styles and figure out the correct formula to get images looking the way one might picture in their head. The possibilities are limited to your imagination and can be as far fetched or as natural as possible.
The first image is the original one Crystal Genes took. Beautiful shot of a couple by a window flooded with natural light (my favorite kind!) If you look through the progression of other images you can see that by using a few editing techniques, you can completely change the "feel" of the photograph. Are you attempting to create an emotion of nostalgia or rock-n-roll, pretty or grungy, natural or fabricated? It can all be accomplished with a few clicks of the mouse, swoops of a brush tool, and of course a certain artistic eye. Aren't they all great in their own way?!
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Traditional pest control methods, such as routine spraying of chemical pesticides, do not get to the root of the pest problem. A safer and more effective approach known as Integrated Pest Management (IPM) targets and fixes the underlying causes of pest problems, improves building conditions, and saves time and money in the long run.
Implementing an IPM plan can:
If you're a building resident or tenant looking for pest control guidance, visit Pest Control for Building Residents and Tenants.
For more information on integrated pest management, call 311 and ask for the "Healthy Homes Program."


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With an emphatic 6 1/4-length win in the Rebel S. (G2), THE FACTOR (War Front) became a dangerous contender for the Kentucky Derby (G1). The rest of the field will have to catch him.
Distance remains a potential stumbling block for The Factor -- it's difficult to imagine a colt running six furlongs in 1:06.98 winning the Kentucky Derby at 1 1/4 miles four months later -- but give him credit for a terrific performance in his two-turn debut.
Three graded races, including the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2), will be offered this weekend. The Derby is six weeks from Saturday.
The Factor ran a half-mile in :43 2/5 before winning by a diminishing three-quarters of a length in the seven-furlong San Vicente (G2) on February 20, his first start since his aforementioned maiden special weight victory in late December. He was given the opportunity to ration his quickness in the 1 1/16-mile Rebel and received the perfect set-up, running loose on the lead on a speed-favoring track at Oaklawn Park.
He went right to the front as expected and was clear by 2 1/2 lengths upon completing the opening quarter-mile in :23 1/5. His next splits, :46 3/5 and 1:10 4/5, were very manageable on the ultra-quick surface, and The Factor settled nicely for jockey Martin Garcia as he cruised along the backstretch unopposed. He found another gear after turning into the stretch, widening his advantage in the final furlongs, and his final time of 1:42.19 was nearly identical to Havre de Grace (Saint Liam), a Grade 1-winning mare with loads more seasoning who impressively captured the Azeri S. (G3) one race earlier.
It was an encouraging two-turn debut to say the least, but The Factor didn't prove he could last 1 1/4 miles on Derby Day. He just opened the door to the possibility.
His pedigree is respectable for a Derby contender. From the first crop of the Danzig stallion War Front, who is also responsible for Derby contender Soldat, The Factor is out of a mare by Miswaki, sire of Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Black Tie Affair. Miswaki is by Mr. Prospector.
The Factor wasn't predetermined to be a sprinter, but his brilliance at shorter distances indicated a preference. That kind of speed doesn't win the Kentucky Derby typically, but there are exceptions. Trainer Bob Baffert has mentioned 2004 Derby winner Smarty Jones as one to emulate and the Hall of Fame conditioner has first-hand experience, preparing the speedy War Emblem for a wire-to-wire Derby coup in 2002.
The Factor received a 106 BRIS Speed rating in the Rebel, the best two-turn number of any Derby contender this year. He's now headed to the 1 1/8-mile Arkansas Derby (G1) on April 16, and his bandwagon will continue to grow with another front-running victory
CALEB'S POSSE (Posse) didn't flatter the opposition with his runner-up performance. Overlooked at 24-1 following a well-beaten sixth in the Southwest S. (G3), the Donnie Von Hemel trainee was the only late runner to make any impact on the final outcome, launching a five-wide rally on the far turn into contention. He could be a major factor in a race like the Derby Trial (G3) on Churchill's opening-day program.
ARCHARCHARCH (Arch) didn't run back to his winning Southwest form, checking in third after being out-finished in the stretch. He was third early and basically held his positioning in a one-paced effort. SARATOGA RED (Eddington), a debut maiden winner in the slop on February 24, showed a little speed early and managed to save fourth.
SWAY AWAY (Afleet Alex) never got untracked from off the pace and finished a disappointing sixth in his two-turn debut. Trainer Jeff Bonde will give the San Vicente runner-up another opportunity to earn his way into the Derby field.
ALTERNATION (Distorted Humor) never got the opportunity to make his stakes bow. A two-time allowance winner at Oaklawn Park, the promising colt washed out in the post parade and wound up being scratched after acting up terribly in the starting gate.
MUCHO MACHO MAN (Macho Uno) posted a 1 1/2-length score in the February 19 Risen Star S. (G2) at Fair Grounds and will be the one to beat in Saturday's Louisiana Derby. The Kathy Ritvo pupil already has experience at the nine-furlong distance, recording a second in the Remsen S. (G2) last November, and will be forwardly placed from the start with jockey Rajiv Maragh.
There isn't a preponderance of speed in the 13-horse field, but that doesn't eliminate the possibility of a legitimate set-up if two or three runners come out gunning it for the early lead. MACHEN (Distorted Humor) and ELITE ALEX (Afleet Alex) will both drop back to the rear of the field and look to make their presence felt in the stretch drive.
I'm going with Machen for top honors. The three-year-old opened his racing career with a pair of easy wins at Fair Grounds this year but faced a whole different level of competition when making his stakes debut in the Risen Star. After offering a solid run to reach a striking position at the top of the stretch, the Neil Howard colt lacked the sufficient finishing kick, holding his position in a fourth-placed effort. That was a valuable learning experience for the improving chestnut. Machen loves the Fair Grounds oval and I'm anticipating a better-timed move on Saturday that carries him to the winner's circle.
Elite Alex scratched from the Rebel in favor of the Louisiana Derby and is in a similar situation to Machen. He came up a little short when making his first stakes attempt, and third lifetime start, in the Southwest last out, rallying into a threatening position on the final bend before being fanned six wide into the lane, and the Tim Ritchey trainee will try to improve off the experience. His BRIS numbers are commendable and Calvin Borel accompanies the dangerous late runner, but Elite Alex will have to overcome post 11.
Mucho Macho Man has to be in the mix betting-wise, but he hasn't shown much willingness to rate during the early stages of his races. He could find himself under a stranglehold or risks exerting too much energy if the pace is hot, but it's hard to knock his form. But I'll try to beat him for the win at very short odds.
LEFT (Arch) is an intriguing possibility for trainer Al Stall Jr. Unbeaten in two career starts, he finished up full of run when capturing a February 26 allowance/optional claiming event at Fair Grounds and will attempt to make an impact from just off the pace in his stakes debut. However, the lightly-raced prospect wasn't done any favors in post 10.
Saturday's $500,000 Spiral S. (G3) on Turfway Park's Polytrack will feature a well-matched field of 12 attempting to earn a spot in the Derby starting gate, and POSITIVE RESPONSE (Pomeroy) looks tough to beat. After finishing third in the El Camino Real Derby (G3), the Bill Morey-trained gelding shipped to Turfway for an easy seven-length score in the local prep, the March 5 John Battaglia Memorial S. He's never run a poor one around two turns, compiling a 5-4-0-1 mark, and Positive Response doesn't figure to face much pressure on the front end of the nine-furlong event.
ANIMAL KINGDOM (Leroidesanimaux [Brz]) lacks seasoning, but the Graham Motion runner showed an affinity for Polytrack when nicely breaking his maiden at Keeneland two starts back and received a useful tightener for his stakes debut, recording a head second in a deep Gulfstream Park turf allowance. The chestnut recovered after missing the break that afternoon and has the tactical speed to sit a favorable trip Saturday under Alan Garcia.
KING CONGIE (Badge of Silver) will bring highly respectable turf form into the Spiral and Turfway stakes winner TWINSPIRED (Harlan's Holiday) should appreciate the additional distance. Both colts merit consideration in the Spiral.
Sunday's $800,000 Sunland Derby won't feature the most talented field when 11 line up in the New Mexico desert, and Grade 3 winner ASTROLOGY (A.P. Indy) could be odds-on in his 2011 opener. The Steve Asmussen charge will make his first start since a close second in the Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) last fall and Julien Leparoux will be in for the mount, but I'll try to beat him at short odds. Astrology doesn't appear to be the most durable individual, returning to the worktab this year in February, and he'll have to overcome post 11 in his first start at nine furlongs. He's never earned a top BRIS Speed rating in five career starts and looks vulnerable Sunday.
I'm leaning toward SUPREME RULER (Don't Get Mad) in his stakes debut. The Jinks Fires colt broke his maiden at first asking on January 15, rallying from far back to win going away in a one-mile event at Oaklawn Park, and exits a head second in his first start against winners. Supreme Ruler's BRIS Speed and Late Pace numbers are as good as any in the field, he shows a six-furlong bullet work in preparation and the bay sophomore figures to receive a favorable pace scenario. Oaklawn shippers also have recent history in this event, with Endorsement posting an impressive victory last year following a maiden special weight score at the Hot Springs, Arkansas, track.
Maiden winners SINAI (Rockport Harbor) and NACHO SAINT (Yes It's True) also offer some appeal in the Sunland Derby.
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The Royal Bank of Canada is celebrating 50 years in the community with a major monetary donation to Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF), in turn helping the non-profit strengthen bonds among families and provide greater support for early years mental wellness.
The First Avenue branch was recently party central as LaFF board members, programming staff and volunteers were overjoyed in accepting a $10,000 cheque from bank representatives.
Branch manager for the past decade, Allison Brind said the team made a decision to donate to LaFF based on its goal of supporting children in the community, especially when it comes to mental health awareness.
"We have been engaged with LaFF for the past four years and had the opportunity to truly understand the positive impact they have on our community," she said. "The key to LaFF's success is not just the organization, but all the volunteers that truly make the difference. They provide support, guidance, and resources to young families to create happy and healthy home environments and create a community amongst families and children."
RBC is currently the co-sponsors of LaFF's Santa's Breakfast as well as the 5th annual golf day that took place in May. Last year they volunteered time to help repaint Aggie Hall and have expressed interest in doing some of the landscaping for the new playground.
LaFF's executive director Jacqueline Neligan said beyond the monetary benefit she was appreciative of the partnership with a corporation interested in supporting mindfulness for children.
"It definitely is a major donation and amazingly received with tons of gratitude from staff and volunteers," she said. "Just knowing that there is a community of support behind what we're doing is probably the most meaningful."
Social and emotional wellness in the form of anxiety and aggression are the two major issues facing children in this area of the province according to data collected by the University of British Columbia, she added.
An overabundance of screen time continues to be a contributing factor in how children grow up and interact with the world around them.
"It's easier to be on their parent's phone than it is to do some arts and crafts, and get outside and play in nature or discover the joy of drawing with a stick in the sand," said Neligan, who is also LaFF's early years child coordinator.
"It's those foundational pieces of being a child and unstructured play that's what kids really need so that when they're adults they can remember 'what was my passion when I was a kid'."
The funding is going directly towards supporting mental wellness by furthering programs such as adult-children yoga and meditation, or teaching those adults about self-care and how to pass along those lessons at home.
RBC's contribution will also support LaFF being able to expand its offerings for special events to help form bonds among families.
"What we're hearing is that they're wanting a little more support outside of the general programming hours to connect," Neligan added.
It might be family dinners, family yoga night, it could be a circle where mums or dads in the evening might gather and do some vision boarding or look at some of the different kinds of tools that we can introduce to parents so they can support their families."
Local RBC branch employees are involved within the community in a number of different ways.
The Days of Service program sees six employees and/or family members volunteers two to three hours outside of their work hours to a registered charity, which then in turn receives a $1,000 donation.
Organizations supported over the past three years have included Ladysmith Food Bank, LaFF, Cowichan Marine Search and Rescue, Ladysmith Secondary School, Chemainus Harvest House, Chemainus Seniors Drop In and Cowichan SPCA.
"This is quite an accomplishment for our small branch that only has 10 employees and four partners that support us. It is through these opportunities that we have been able to learn about these fantastic organizations and how they make a true difference to our community," Brand said.


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These are the major trophies for which the members compete each year.
The members also compete in monthly medals and special events which attract other prizes.
Click on a Trophy title to see the list of past winners.
- Champions Cup
- Handicap Champion Cup
- Andrew Hunter Memorial Cup
- Abbotsford Hotel Summer Cup
- Abbotsford Hotel Challenge Cup
- Abbotsford Hotel Millennium Trophy
- Captain's Trophy – Sloss Cup
- Secretary's Bowl
- Spring Stableford Cup
- Summer Stableford Cup
- Autumn Stableford Cup
- Winter League – Weekend Trophy
- Winter League – Midweek Trophy
- Matchplay – Singles Trophy
- Matchplay – Pairs Trophy
- Bobby McClymont Medal
- Jimmy Cullen Trophy
- Eclectic Cup


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iVocabulary 3 – Learn Words
Developer: Christian Beer
Current Version: 3.2.21
Last Updated: 1 month ago
Download Size: 13.6 MB - Download
iVocabulary is your personal knowledge trainer for your Mac and provides a convenient way to collect and manage your own vocabulary, technical terms, flashcards or the content you prefer.
Via the iCloud and the companion apps iVocabulary for your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad you can easily take your vocabulary with you and learn your vocabulary while you're in a train, on the beach or wherever you like.
Since it's based on ProVoc, you can download files out of more than 4000 freely available vocabulary files, created by a huge community. Choose your vocabulary for many languages including but not limited to: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese … iVocabulary is based on the retired app ProVoc, created by Arizona Software (Switzerland) and is able to open all files created with ProVoc.
- Create your own vocabulary files
- Learn new vocabulary with a neat slideshow
- Train your vocabulary with multiple choice or written test
- Get immediate feedback through a pie chart
- See your learning progress in a history bar chart
- Structure your vocabulary in chapters and pages
- Add images and audio to your vocabulary
- Upload your vocabulary to iVocabulary on your iPhone, iPod touch or your iPad (you find iVocabulary also on the iOS App Store)
- Print your vocabulary as list or as cards to cut out
- Spotlight integration
- Import your existing vocabulary from CSV files
- Adjust the training modes to your preferences
To get an idea of iVocabulary you can have a look at the screenshots and howto videos on the iVocabulary support website.
(Please note that iVocabulary for your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad needs to be bought separately from the iOS App Store)
Release Notes:
Stability improvements
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ACV are a group made up of four regional vehicle logistics companies, delivering vehicles across the UK and beyond. Their model is to share resources around the four different companies and offer a much larger scaled service than any of their competition.
To highlight this, we created a promotional video for ACV, following the delivery of a new Range Rover through the hills of the Peak District with a drone, before finally outlining the arrival and delivery of the vehicle to the customer - focusing on the customer service and professionalism of their drivers throughout.


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Josh Berk is the author of The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin (Knopf 2010), named a best book for teens of 2010 by Kirkus Reviews and Amazon.com. It was also awarded a Parent's Choice Silver medal, a starred review fromSchool Library Journal, and a perfect 10 from VOYA. His second comedy/mystery teen novel coming Guy Langman: Crime Scene Proscrastinator, will be published in 2012. He has previously been a journalist, a poet, a playwright, and a guitarist (mostly in bands known for things other than fine guitar-playing). He is a librarian and lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with his family.
I read on your bio that you're the child of two librarians and you're a librarian yourself. What sort of mysteries do you encounter (if any) in the library?
I work in a public library -- the most common mystery is "where is that smell coming from?" It's not always pleasant solving that particular crime, but it is part of the job and must be done. Research is a little bit like detective work, too. And then there is the never-ending mystery called "The Case of the Missing Funding."
How did the mystery of The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin evolve? Which parts of the story intrigued you most as you wrote it? Did you always know who the killer was or did you play around with other possibilities?
The mystery evolved quite a bit! I actually had at least three different killers, in various drafts. I don't recommend that strategy because it can make you crazy, but weirdly it ended up creating a few plausible suspects so hopefully the ending surprises some people. The part of the story that intrigued me the most actually probably had nothing to do with the mystery, but was just the evolution of this weird friendship between the two main dudes. I had so much fun with their dialogue and shenanigans.
The idea of having a deaf teen as a detective is truly brilliant—it adds another level of complexity to the search for who killed Pat and plenty of challenges for Will. But it also allows him to have heightened powers of perception, which helps him. What aspects of writing about a deaf teen detective surprised you?
Well, thank you! This is an interesting question. There were a lot of interesting and fun things I learned about Deaf culture and Will was a lot of fun to create. But I think the most surprising thing was how much he ended up being like me! I honestly thought I was creating this distinct voice—an overweight, deaf, teenaged detective is not very much like me at all. But everyone who knows me that reads the book remarks that Will basically ended up being me anyway. Perhaps this is inevitable and every character we create is a reflection of our inner selves. Or perhaps I always just had the soul of a smart-ass deaf teenager living inside of me.
It almost seems like Will *has* to be an outsider in order to be insightful or observant enough to solve the crime. Do you think a popular kid could ever be a good detective?
I definitely was drawn to the idea of writing an outsider tale, and it dovetailed nicely with the idea of writing a mystery. Will is on the outside of things, always watching and observing, so it was natural for him to be a good detective. But, sure, I think any kind of character could be a good detective! A popular kid could probably be observant about certain kinds of things that other students don't see. He (or she) might have access to information and the ability to get through doors closed to other kids so, yes! Definitely. You have given me ideas :)
Throughout the book Will references the Hardy Boys books. Were these important for you, too? Do they hold up today?
I actually was more of an "Encyclopedia Brown" kind of a kid myself. I think it's because I had a short attention span. The Hardy Boys were on my mind at the time I wrote the book because I had just taken a history of children's literature course and we did a fascinating unit on The Stratemeyer Syndicate. I read some of the Hardys for the class and found them so corny yet so weirdly compelling. I was laughing at the outdated language and goofy plot devices, but I couldn't stop reading until the mystery was solved! So when I started writing my own teen mystery, and I created a smart-ass main character, I knew at one point Will would say something like "What are we, the freaking Hardy Boys?" And then Devon was like "Yeah! Hardy Boys rule!" and that made me laugh, too, the idea that Devon would totally love the Hardy Boys and keep bringing them up. I think they do hold up, to an extent. Kids still check them out of my library from time to time and I always smile when they do.
I'm sure you hear this a lot but the hardcover and paperback covers are so different for this book. How come?
I think it might have been a difficult book to create a cover for. It's a mystery, yet a funny book, and appealing to young(ish) kids yet definitely peppered with some "mature" content. So the idea of the hardcover was to make it look fun and quirky, and it came out very cool in my opinion, but there was some feedback that it looked "too young." So for the paperback an effort was definitely made to reach teen readers who might like the book but would have found the hardcover jacket "too babyish." I think it came out very cool, too! It's all dark and moody and mysterious. My non-scientific findings show that it's worked; average age of fan-mail-writer has increased by a few years since we went to paperback for sure.
Do you see yourself ever turning back to the Hamburger Halpin characters in a sequel?
Sometimes I toy with the idea and it's fun to think about, but it's pretty unlikely, sad to say. I'm always happy when people ask though, so thank you for asking!
You have another YA mystery coming out this year. How is Guy Langman Crime Scene Procrastinator similar to and/or different from Dark Days?
GLCSP (the acronym just rolls off the tongue) is certainly similar in that it's a mystery with a lot of jokes set in a high school. Also, it has a teen boy narrator, who tells his story in a (hopefully) unique way. But even though it's definitely a funny book, it's a book that deals with depression and grief so has some heaviness (the emotional kind of heaviness, not the Will Halpin kind). The "whodunit" aspects recedes a bit and the character arc of this unique kid really becomes what the book is about.
And tell us about your middle grade mysteries coming out in 2013. Whew, you've been busy!
I wanted to try writing for younger readers for a while and my agent encouraged me to pursue an idea I had for some MG sports-themed mysteries. The first one is about a boy, much like I was at around 10 years old. Lenny is obsessed with baseball, but sort of stinks at it, and decides his dream career is to be a baseball announcer. He enters a contest and wins the chance to broadcast an inning of a Phillies game. While there, he witnesses the death of a star player and becomes obsessed with cracking the case. It's got some sports action, a lot of humor (especially the dynamic with Lenny's two best friends "Mike" and "Other Mike"), and a not-too-bloody murder mystery. A sequel is lined up for 2014 and I hope to write a bunch of 'em! Lenny and the Mikes are really fun and I'm a huge Phillies fan in real life so it's fun to write about.
Seeing as you are a librarian, do you have any other YA or MG mystery books to recommend to our readers?
Rosemary Wells, who is known for her picture books wrote a mystery I really love called When No One Was Looking. I also loved Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by my friend A.S. King was an Edgar Award honoree this past year for YA! That book rules so hard. Also I still recommend The Westing Game to kids looking for a fun mystery. It won the Newbery in 1979 and it's still awesome. Oh, and I just started getting into the Enola Holmes mysteries. I love Sherlock so those are really cool.
Thanks, Josh, for submitting to this hard-hitting interview. Hopefully we have not scarred you with our razor sharp questioning. We're looking forward to your upcoming releases!
We're giving away a signed copy of THE DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN! To enter the contest, simply comment on any of the Sleuths Spies and Alibis posts between Wednesday, November 16 and Monday, November 21. Contest closes November 21 at midnight, EST. The winner will be announced on Friday, November 25. One comment = one entry in our drawing; limit one per day.


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By Ugochi Obiajunwa
Eponymous menswear brand, Tokyo James has released his Spring Summer 2018 campaign titled 'The African Cowboy'.
On the inspiration behind this collection and the brand's price points, Tokyo James says:
"It's not easy being African. To identify as African is to identify with struggle; its understanding the true meaning of a fighting spirit. So Africa inspired this collection and what it means to live in modern-day Africa
"My pieces are quite affordable the price point depends on the range. We have the "Tokyo James Man" line which is at a higher price point than the "Tokyo James Black Label." For the Tokyo James Black Label, our suits start from N95,000."
He notes that: "Fabrication is very important to us as a brand, we go for fabrics that do the talking [for us]. What I mean by that is, you can see the quality from looking or touching the fabric which helps justify our price point. For the Tokyo James Mainline, a suit starts from N180,000 depending on the fabric."
This lookbook was shot in Cape Town South Africa because of it's peaceful, serene and simple tranquil environment.
View the collection below:
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Photographer: Anika Molnar
Creative Directing: Tokyo James
Styling: Gavin Mikey Collins
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Vastavam web: Pakistan's ambassador to the US Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry today termed as "disgusting" a letter written to him by former envoy to India Abdul Basit and told the former diplomat that "jealousy has no remedy." In his letter, Basit had slammed Chaudhry as the "worst foreign secretary ever" and blamed him for several foreign policy disasters including the Ufa joint statement with India.Chaudhary officially did not comment on the letter but "shared his sentiments with officers of the Embassy" and confirmed for the first time that Basit's letter was genuine.Some of us like Basit fail to realise that life is a combination of human endeavour and fate. We have to accept in humility what life gives us and then thank the Creator for that. Mischief mongering and mud-slinging never pay in the larger scheme of things," he said.
Chaudhry said that after the letter became public, many colleagues expressed their support and friendship to him."Now that the letter is on social media, I thought I should share with you my sense of disappointment at being targeted like that. I've decided not to respond to this disgusting letter, and leave the matter to One and Only who matters," he added.They said that such episodes clearly add to the difficulties of the Foreign Office, which is faced with so many challenges in the region and globally.Basit, who was twice overlooked for the post of foreign secretary, made the harsh remarks in the letter dated July 5, 2017 and printed on his official letterhead while he still served as Pakistan's high commissioner in New Delhi.
"The more I think the more I am convinced that you have been the worst Foreign Secretary ever," Basit wrote in response to a farewell letter by Chaudhry which he sent to Basit on March 12 after his appointment as the ambassador of Pakistan to Washington.Basit opted for an early retirement earlier this month and was replaced by Sohail Mahmood as the high commissioner.It is pertinent to mention that Chaudhry was appointed as the foreign secretary by ignoring Basit.


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Gillespie, Robert Rollo (DNB00)
GILLESPIE, Sir ROBERT ROLLO (1766–1814), major-general, of an old Scottish family which acquired property in Downshire early in the eighteenth century, was only child of Robert Gillespie of Comber, co. Down, where he was born on 21 Jan. 1766. The father was married thrice, twice without issue. Robert was child of the third marriage with a sister of James Bailie of Innisharrie, co. Down, member for Hillsborough in the Irish House of Commons.
Robert went to a private school at Kensington, known as Norland House, and afterwards to the Rev. Mr. Tookey of Exning, near Newmarket, to prepare for Cambridge. He strongly preferred a military career, and on 28 April 1783 was appointed to a cornetcy in the 3rd Irish horse, now the 6th dragoon guards (carabineers). Three years afterwards, on 24 Nov. 1786, he contracted a clandestine marriage in Dublin with Annabell, fourth daughter of Thomas Taylor of Taylors Grange, co. Dublin, whom he met at the deanery, Clogher, a few weeks before. Soon after Gillespie was second to an officer named Mackenzie, in a duel with a brother of Sir Jonah Barrington. It was proposed that the matter should end after two fruitless discharges, but a quarrel then arose between Barrington and Gillespie. Gillespie drew a handkerchief from his pocket, and challenged Barrington to fight across it. Shots were fired, and Barrington fell dead. Gillespie fled, and took refuge with some of his wife's relations. Afterwards he and his wife escaped to Scotland, whence he returned, and surrendered to take his trial. He was tried on a charge of wilful murder at Maryborough, Queen's County, at the summer assize of 1788, when, despite the adverse summing-up of Judge Bradstreet, the jury, which included several half-pay officers, brought in a verdict of 'justifiable homicide,' and Gillespie was discharged upon his own recognisances to come up and plead the king's pardon in the court of king's bench, Dublin, during the ensuing term. Gillespie refused the persuasions of friends to sell out and settle down on his estate, his father having died in 1791; he resolved to see active service, and accepted promotion in 1792 to a lieutenancy in the newly raised 20th Jamaica light dragoons. At Madeira, on the voyage out, the ship was driven out of the roads by a violent storm, and Gillespie and some others escaped to shore in an open boat across a mountainous sea. At Jamaica he had yellow fever, from which he recovered, and when the French planters in St. Domingo applied to Jamaica for aid, he offered his services as a volunteer, his regiment, in which he got his troop in January 1794, remaining in the colony. He was present at the capture of Tiburon in February 1794, and afterwards at Port-au-Prince, where he was fired at while swimming ashore with a flag of truce to demand the surrender of the town. He displayed much gallantry at the capture of Fort Bizotten, and received several wounds in the attack on Fort de l'Hôpital. After the fall of Port-au-Prince Gillespie took advantage of a temporary cessation of hostilities to return home. He rejoined his wife, and travelled about at home for a time. Appointed major of brigade to General Wilford he re-embarked for the West Indies in 1796. He became regimental major the same year. He accompanied General Wilford to St. Domingo, where he was appointed adjutant-general, and was much feared by the republicans. A gang of eight desperadoes broke into his quarters, murdered his slave-boy, and attacked Gillespie, who, however, defended himself with his sword, and killed six of his assailants, when the two others, after firing at and wounding him, fled. The report brought the patrol to the spot. News of his assassination reached Europe, and appears to have hastened his mother's death. When Gillespie attended a levée long after, George III at first expressed surprise at Gillespie's boyish appearance. 'Eh, eh, what, what,' said the king, looking at his diminutive stature, 'is this the little man that killed the brigands?' Returning to Jamaica, Gillespie assumed command of his regiment, and in 1799 was recommended by the lieutenant-general and house of assembly for the rank of lieutenant-colonel. At the peace of Amiens the 20th light dragoons were transferred from Jamaica to the English establishment, and Gillespie returned home in command, when the house of assembly ordered the receiver-general to pay over to him one hundred guineas, 'to be by him expended in the purchase of a sword, as testimony of the high esteem in which he is held by this house' (Jamaica, Journals of the House of Assembly, 9 Dec. 1801).
Soon after his arrival in England insinuations of signing false returns were made against Gillespie by a Major Allen Cameron, of the 20th dragoons, who had been tried in Jamaica for mutiny and sedition. Gillespie applied for enquiry by a court-martial. After two years' delay he was tried at Colchester on 29 June 1804 by a general court-martial, of which the Hon. John Hope was president, and Lord Paget, afterwards Marquis of Anglesey, Hussey Vivian, and others were members. He was fully acquitted. His accuser was removed from the service. Gillespie's pecuniary means became sorely embarrassed by his open-handedness and misplaced trust, and he was compelled to exchange to India. He joined the 19th light dragoons, of which Sir Robert Wilson had just become lieutenant-colonel. Gillespie, intending to travel overland, proceeded to Hamburg, where he was warned as a countryman by Napper Tandy that he was in danger from French spies. He escaped in disguise to Altona, and afterwards travelled by Vienna and the Danube to Greece, whence he made his way by Aleppo and Bagdad to India. He was appointed commandant of Arcot, where the 19th light dragoons were stationed, and had not been there many days when, riding before breakfast on 10 July 1806, he was met by an officer who reported a mutiny at Vellore. Vellore was fourteen miles distant, and the retreat of the captive princes of Tippoo's family. Starting at once with a squadron of the 19th and some native cavalry, and directing the rest of the dragoons with their 'galloper' guns to follow, Gillespie hurried to Vellore, to find that the sepoy troops had massacred the Europeans, and that the survivors of the 69th foot had spent their ammunition, and were making their last stand. With the aid of a rope Gillespie had himself hoisted into the fort, where he rallied and encouraged the 69th until the arrival of the guns from Arcot, when the gates were blown open, and the dragoons entering cut down over eight hundred of the mutineers. Gillespie's resourceful heroism at Vellore proved of immense importance to British prestige in India. After removing the captive princes to Madras, Gillespie was employed at Wallajabad and other stations where symptoms of disaffection appeared. When the 19th dragoons were ordered home, in April 1807, he exchanged to the 8th royal Irish light dragoons (now hussars). He commanded early in 1809 the cavalry and horse artillery against the Sikhs under Runjeet Singh, until Sir Charles Metcalfe ended the dispute in April. In Jan. 1809 Gillespie effected a transfer to the 25th (formerly 29th) light dragoons, when the non-commissioned officers and men of the 8th presented him with a costly sword, 'the gift of the Royal Irish,' and the officers solicited his restoration to the regiment. Gillespie was subsequently commandant of Bangalore, and afterwards commanded the Mysore division of the Madras army.
In 1811 Gillespie, with the rank of brigadier-general, commanded the advance of Sir Samuel Auchmuty's force in the expedition against Java, which landed near Batavia and took possession of that city. Although suffering from fever, he directed the principal attack on the Dutch lines at Cornelis the day after, and to his gallantry, energy, and prompt judgment in the execution of that service, Auchmuty attributed the successful issue. After the reduction of the island Auchmuty left Stamford Raffles as civil governor, and gave Gillespie command of the troops. The sultan of Palembang, in the island of Sumatra, which had been tributary to the Dutch in Java, having murdered the Europeans there, Gillespie was despatched from Batavia in March 1812. He deposed the sultan in a most summary manner, placed the sultan's brother on the throne, secured the cession of the island of Banca to the British, and returned to Java. Finding a confederacy of Javanese chiefs had taken up a position at D'joejocarta (Yodhyakarta), a powerful stockaded fort defended by one hundred guns and thirty thousand men, Gillespie promptly attacked and carried it with fifteen hundred troops, thereby, in all probability, saving the lives of all the Europeans in the island. (Mill, Hist. vii. 353 et seq.) Gillespie appears to have had disputes with Raffles respecting the military establishment requisite for the safety of the European population, and to have preferred charges against Raffles which the court of directors of the East India Company considered openly disproved. Lady Raffles implies that Gillespie continued to make grave accusations against her husband after their supposed reconciliation (Memoir of Raffles, pp. 133, 204). Gillespie became a major-general on 1 April 1812, and in October of that year threw up his Java command, in which he was succeeded by Sir Miles Nightingale, and returned to India, where he was appointed to a command at Meerut. In 1814 he commanded the Meerut division of the Bengal troops in the war against Nepaul. Among the frontier defences was the fort of Kalunga (Kalanga), near Deyra Dhoon, perched in an almost inaccessible position in the Himalayas, with stockaded approaches. An attack on Kalunga was fixed for 31 Oct. 1814, the troops being told off in four small columns to attack the four faces of the fort. Three of these columns had to make long detours over difficult ground, and a preconcerted signal was agreed upon. Meanwhile the Ghoorka garrison made a sortie, and Gillespie, thinking to follow them in after their repulse, attempted to rush the fort with a dismounted party of the 8th dragoons. This manœuvre failed. Without waiting for the other columns, he renewed the attack with some companies of the 53rd foot which also failed, in the course of which Gillespie, who was in front encouraging the men, was shot through the heart (Mill, Hist. viii. 23–7). His body was brought to Meerut for interment, where an obelisk was erected to his memory. Small obelisks on the hillside make the place where Gillespie and his comrades fell, but all traces of the hill-fort had vanished years ago. The news of his death not having reached England, he was included in the K.C.B.'s made on New Year's day 1815. A public monument by Chantrey, dated 1820, is in St. Paul's Cathedral. As a commanding officer, Gillespie inspired his men with admiring confidence. He was a keen sportsman; among his recorded feats was the killing of a tiger in the open on Bangalore racecourse.
[Memoir of Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie, with engraved portrait (London, 1816). The work supplements the narrative of Major William Thorn, whose Conquest of Java (London, 1816, 4to) gives the most detailed account of Gillespie's achievements in the far East,—a romantic chapter of Indian story. See also Mill's Hist. of India, vols. vii. and viii.; Lady Raffles's Memoirs of Sir Stamford Raffles, and Colonel Welsh's Forty Years' Military Reminiscences, ii. 322 et seq. For the 19th and 20th light dragoons see Colburn's United Serv. Mag. Dec. 1873 and Oct. 1876. Gillespie's letters to Sir John Cradock, relating to Vellore, are in Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS. 29181 fol. 236, 29192 fol. 297.]


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Dungeness lifeboat tasked to stricken yacht becalmed, suffering engine failure
On the evening of Saturday 21 May at 11.40pm, Dover Coastguard paged the lifeboat to go to the aid of a 30' yacht, becalmed and suffering from engine failure with five perons on board, one mile southwest of the Dungeness Point.
Once on scene, Coxswain Stuart Adams in charge of the RNLI Shannon class lifeboat 13-02 'The Morrell' and her volunteer crew, assessed the situation and a tow to Dover was undertaken by the lifeboat. Once the casualty was safely berthed in Dover, the RNLI lifeboat returned to station.
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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and, in a normal year, more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.
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Represented By
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
10/42, II Floor, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi-110060 Tel: 25785070
All India Civil Accounts EmployeesAssociation Category-II
C/o Regional Pay and Accounts Office
Ministry of Commerce
Old CGO Building, 3rd Floor, 101, M. K. Road Mumbai-400020 Tel: 22031121
No: AICAEA/HQ/A-2/10/329 Dated: 7th October, 2010
The Controller General of Accounts,
Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure,
Loknayak Bhawan,
Khan Market,
New Delhi-110003
Subject: One day strike on 7th September, 2010
Kindly refer to the OM. No.A-12017/1/2010/ MF.CGA(A)/NGE/Asso-Agi/781 dated 15-09-2010 of your office on the subject of one day strike on 7th September 2010. Instead of issuing instructions in respect of strike on 7th September 2010, your office has referred one day Dharna on 24/09/2010 in front of your office (intimation for which was given by us on 09/09/2010).
We have therefore to presume that, these instructions were not meant to curb the Dharna on 24th September 2010. If however, your office had issued these instructions applicable in respect of Dharna; we have the following submission to make-
Rule 7 (1) of CCS (conduct) Rules only prohibits such Dharnas which are against the security of a state/county and certain other purposes specified in the said rule. This provision in no way prohibits any democratic method of demonstrative protest including Dharna if organized by any Association or any other forum in order to manifest its protest/discontent on the anti-employee approach/ decisions and actions or inactions in respect of the employees by the authorities. We had decided to sit for Dharna to record our protest against not initiating discussions to settle our long pending demands as well as the discriminatory treatment given to in different categories of Civil Accounts Employees and Officers at the time of implementing the 6CPC recommendations by your office and the Government of India altogether. This right of ours which come under fundamental right of freedom of expression has been sought to be curbed by blending it as an action in the nature of strike ignoring the fact that, even the Parliamentarians of this country are organizing Dharna in front of the Parliament house to register their protest against various issues and decisions of the Government.
The instructions issued under the above OM of your office are ultra vires of constitution and therefore illegal.
We therefore, request you to direct your office to withdraw the said OM.
We hope, you will consider these submissions with a positive attitude and do the needful.
We would also like to request that, you may kindly' meet the representatives of the AICAEA and AICAEA CAT II for discussion and settlement of 16 point demands whereby the harmonious relations between you and the employees organizations are established and nurtured.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully
Sd/- Sd/-
(V.Bhattacharjee) (M.P.Pandit)
Secretary General Secretary General
Represented By
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association
10/42, II Floor, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi-110060 Tel: 25785070
All India Civil Accounts Employees Association Category -II
C/o Regional Pay and Accounts Office
Ministry of Commerce
Old CGO Building, 3rd Floor, 101, M. K. Road Mumbai-400020 Tel: 22031121
No: AICAEA/HQ//10/330 Dated: 7th October, 2010
Shri Deepak Das,
Chief Controller of Accounts,
Ministry of Commerce,
Room No.172
Udyog Bhawan,
New Delhi - 110011
Subject: One day Dharna on 24th September, 2010 – regarding
Reference:- Your Office circular No. Pr. AO (A)/General/ 2010-11/367 dated 16th September, 2010
We are shocked to go through the contents of the above circular of your office whereby the instructions issued by the CGA regarding the 7th September 2010 strike have been made applicable by your office against one day Dharna on 24th September 2010. In terms of Rule 7(1) of the CCS (conduct) Rules, demonstrative action in the form of Dharna is not misconduct. Even in the definition given under Rule 7(2), Dharna has not been included as a form of a strike. The honorable Parliamentarians of this country are often resorting to Dharna in protest against the decisions of the Government.
In these circumstances, on what authority or rule your office has treated Dharna as a misconduct and thereby decided to resort to punitive actions like not permitting casual leave and will be treated as unauthorized absence etc could not be understood.
I therefore, request you to direct the administration of your office to take back such provocative and illegal instructions which have been issued by it. None of the Civil Accounts authorities other than your office has issued such instructions. It is apparent that, your administration has over reacted which portray its intolerant attitude towards the causes of the employees and Association activities. We plead with you to direct your administration to change such negative attitude and co-operate with the Association.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Sd/- Sd/-
(V.Bhattacharjee) (M.P.Pandit) Secretary General Secretary General


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'The Burial of Kojo' review
Ava DuVernay's distribution company, Array, came through in a big way for Ghanaian indie film 'The Burial of Kojo', providing final push that is sure to put Brooklyn-based Ghanaian filmmaker Samuel "Blitz" Bazawule on the radar of cinephiles globally.
Picked up by Netflix for select territories, and on VOD in others, the journey of Bazawule's surrealist family drama began with him rallying film fans globally to support his vision via a successful Kickstarter campaign.
That Bazawule is the brain behind the African Film Society comes with its own brand of expectations for the initiated. From the outside looking in, he's an artist with idiosyncratic tendencies and an inspired cineliteracy. Bazawule's reverence for icons of African cinema like Ousmane Sembene and Djibril Diop Mambety make his accomplished feature debut unsurprising.
And it's not just a demonstration of promise. Bazawule is winning on multiple levels here; most importantly his deft script. 'The Burial of Kojo' starts with a mystery rooted in an ethereal plane. When we start to interrogate this mystery and what it means, we then realise it stops being as important because Bazawule is concerned not just with the journey but the shape of the journey.
At its core, 'The Burial of Kojo' is a film about the bond between a girl and her father, and the sense of inevitability that defines it. The buoyant Esi (Cynthia Dankwa), seemingly wiser than her years, cherishes the time she spends with her soft-spoken father, Kojo (Joseph Otsiman) in the stillness of their stilted river village. Life on the calm and scant countryside is all the blissfully content Esi knows. On the other hand, her mother (Mamley Djangmah) cuts an unstable presence, torn between her family the, penury of the village and the magnetic vibrancy of urban life.
Esi's innocent charm is endearing but it is her perspective that really opens up this world. There is a brooding sense of melancholia as the film takes more fantastical turns. It's high praise indeed that Guillermo Del Toro's masterful 'Pans Labyrinth' readily came to mind. Bazawule crafts a stunning vision of death in this eerily familiar upside-down dimension that heightens Esi's perception of her rural domesticity. The little girl knows its only a matter of time before spirit and the physical collide.
There are a lot of gears spinning in this narrative. Despite the deceptively simple story, there is a fascinating complexity to the structure of the film that is finely balanced. Aside from the fantastical elements that are ushered in by Esi, the heavy subjectivity of this film is reinforced by the fact she also serves as a narrator eager to meander through time and space.
Pivotal beats to the story are also being composed in Kojo's head. Flashbacks paint a picture of a man almost eaten to the bone by grief and guilt. We come to learn the only link between him and his brother is a painful tragedy revolving around a girl they both loved. Kojo's brother (Kobina Amissah-Sam) looms large over Kojo's decision to uproot his family from the village to stay with his mother (Anima Misa) in an unnamed town.
Bazawule tries to ride the wave of ambiguity as the narrative unravels. This is intriguing in parts, especially when he subtly makes sure we are on the same page with a concise visual language. Reality remains tethered to the fears that manifest in our characters' ominously uncanny visions. Unfortunately, he doesn't stick the landing; jarringly resorting to bare-faced exposition as if losing faith in his method and asking for forgiveness for being a tad too obtuse.
'The Burial of Kojo' purposeful haziness extends to its stellar cinematography (by Michael Fernandez) and camera work; where it dithers between simply composed frames to ambitious maneuvers that reflect psyche. Bazawule displays an impressive eye, accompanied by great instincts behind the camera to deliver one of my favorite shots this year; a brilliantly drawn out 360-degree tilt that plays with our perception of the film's unstable reality as Esi's fears gain a foothold in the real world.
Simpler but still beautifully shot compositions manage to convey depth, highlighting other contrasts like the still countryside and the hustle of urban Ghana. The serenity of time spent in canoes on the calm lake is replaced by the reckless precision of taxi drivers. In Bazawule's eyes, the village life is untainted and singed with a palpable freshness that permeates through the screen, unlike in the town in which pollution features in the subtext given time spent with heavy smokers and the like.
The worldview of 'The Burial of Kojo' expands considerably as the story progresses. True to the blueprint of African cinema, socio-political issues are woven into the tapestry of the narrative. We never stray far away from neo-colonialism and the shadow of China's growing influence in Africa, expatriate exploitation in the marketplace and the scourge of illegal mining; the latter of which Kojo gets in bed with, seemingly betraying the bond he had with nature in simpler times.
The script finds time for playful moments introducing a satirical layer that has to do with hilariously-realised telenovela that Esi and her grandmother are engrossed in. But despair lurks behind this levity as Bazawule also uses this indulgence, about two brothers fighting over a girl, to place under the microscope the almost pathological relationship between Kojo and his brother.
Such is the richness of this script that I could go on and on about the layers that give 'The Burial of Kojo' so much life and energy. Bazawule milks more out of setting than the entire catalogue of Ghanaian cinema in the last decade. The vague locations feel familiar and lived in but our director is constantly looking for new ways through which we can experience them.
The film is far from perfect. The small budget is evident in the unsteady attempts to convey epic scale or the welcome original score. As good as this script is, there were lags and some chaff. Though our director gets a finely tuned performance Otsiman, he doesn't fully realise his attempt to convey the guilt that haunts Kojo in a key moment; unlike the manner in which he executes Esi's dances with ominous harbingers.
Flaws notwithstanding, there is so much to like here. I'm excited by Bazawule's prowess as a screenwriter and his clever handling of structure. As open-ended as 'The Burial of Kojo' gets, its coda is punctuated with a tight bow that forces us to accept the humanity of what is right in front of us. All that will matter in the end is the telling of the story, its associated emotions and memory in this summation of a spiritual dread that defines a daughter's bond with her father.
Photo courtesy of The Burial Of Kojo/Array


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A Sensory Encounter with my Book
"Not in Vein"
Miracle within my Soul
The Context of eternity
"You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'"
George Bernard Shaw
At face value, obsessing about death can be depressing and difficult to contemplate. Due to our collective ignorance about the definition of life beyond what we know as human beings, we have been conditioned to view death exclusively as an event with no curtain call and a very, very final conclusion.
We have been taught that death is something associated with negativity and painful emotions, primarily as a direct result of focusing on our own sense of self and our needs as human beings. True enlightenment and one of the secrets to an unwavering faith as well as a belief in salvation is a core mindset that focuses on others, their needs and how each of us can play a part in those lives, not only giving of ourselves, but profoundly, in learning about ourselves.
Unsurprisingly, humans are overwhelmed with their physical senses that condition the mind to be self-centered, and this is fairly understandable, given the minimal and limited knowledge we as human beings have about the 'bigger picture.'
Taking a different perspective, however and peering deeper into the entire thought process and scenario can provide much needed clarity and motivation.
Once a person is past the point of acknowledging their own mortality and physical boundaries; that is precisely the point where the conversation you have with that person in the mirror, begins to get serious and real about your faith, your spirit and soul, about your fundamental purpose in life; more importantly, about your eternal life.
Surely, it is the thought of the certainty of that mortality, an inability to change it, and the anxious realization about its inescapable arrival as well as the frustration about not knowing when it will occur, that leads most individuals toward an emphasis on the what and how of everyday life and away from any ongoing or serious contemplation of the realm of eternity.
Prodigiously, my thoughts are then followed by a sensation consumed with fear of the unknown. And typically at that point of my synapse playing 'connect the dots', my deep dive into metaphysics is typically extinguished.
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Be well….
Posted on January 19, 2013, in Personal Growth, Philosophy, Theology, Truths and tagged Death, eternal life, eternity, God, Human, Life, New Age, Philosophy, purpose, Religion and Spirituality, Sense, soul, Thought. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
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