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# Dave McCullough, Sounds – January 14th 1984

### Are PREFAB SPROUT soon to become the apple of everybody's eye?

MY IMAGINARY brief reads: travel to the Columbia Hotel, the hotel where the stars stay when they're in Town (It is full of twisted, neurotic ghosts) and elevate one Paddy McAloon to the status you elevated Julian Cope, McCulloch, Bono and others two years ago.

For Prefab Sprout have signed to CBS; the imaginary brief sees them being interviewed at length, or rather sees young Paddy being grilled at length, intellectually, stylistically.

In this brief He Is An Individual reads the same thing as He Will Sell Records.

Outside the Columbia, where it is pouring with rain, sits Roddy Frame, one of the 'line' himself, couched in the back of a spanking big new Jaguar XJS, peak-capped chauffeur in the front waiting to whiz him off to destinations unknown.

These days I find Roddy and his muse about as fascinating as a Berni steak house.

Inside the Columbia I approach the sincere nice and affable Paddy with the thought that the day Kitchenware decided to spill the beans concerning the origin of Prefab Sprout's 'wacky' name" (and I don't intend to help the plan here), was the day, for me, that Prefab Sprout sort of PASSED AWAY.

An illiterate fanzine recently asked Paddy what he wanted for Christmas.

He answered an apple and an orange: on the table in front of him at the Columbia is a half peeled orange and an intact apple.

IS IT RIGHT playing with Elvis Costello?

He's a 'Classic Entertainer', a 'Classic Songsmith' – is that where your own horizons stop?

What does it mean to get into the charts?

I you've made something of class, or that you've written a song with a wee bit of . . . resonance to it, don t you think it's fantastic if it gets into the charts?"

I see rock as having three stages, the first is the Cave Man stage, where most musics belong, the second stage is where things are good, musically – where you are.

But something in your album 'Swoon' makes me peek through to the third and last stage, which is . . . the Harrod's bombing, changing-the-world, the confusion that is around us.

"We're too subtle to talk about things like that in our songs in the way you suggest.

But I've got no desire for us to be put into an Acquired Taste category, or under Elvis's wing . . ."

Would you like to be a respectable Men At Work, your album played by XR3i drivers on the way home from the office?

I know what you mean, 'Elvis likes you', you've immediately got a little niche there, you're seen as Elvis's little band.

"It's similar if you're compared to Aztec Camera.

You've got to outlive all that, you've got to know that if your stuff's really worthy it'll outshine that . . ."

Why don't you outlive it in the present – by not doing it?

Kitchenware at present seem to be making certain reflections upon you – playing with Elvis and Aztec.

"I think when 'Swoon' comes out all these comparisons will be blown away.

I used to get DEAD annoyed at the comparisons – but I understand now that if I were trying to describe a new group to you, I'd have to use certain reference points.

"They're just reference points: that's all, leave it at that.

I'm not going to worry because I know I'm going to get it anyway.

After the album you'll be seen as Aztec Camera are seen now – something static and respectable.

Even if you do something radical in its approach, or something beautiful in music, it'll still get played on the cassette on the way home from the office if it's THAT radical or that beautiful.

We want glory, we want fury, we want loudness and guitars this year.

Is it in the way you play your guitar, in the way you tune it?

Don't you see loud and ferocious things in pastel-shaded things like 'Cruel' or Elegance' off our album?

The rest of the album seems to reflect a self-deceiving independence you've been given by CBS.

Because, it was self- produced, it sounds 'Indie'.

It would have been better with a big production and a big sound.

"Surely that would have made us even more Men At Work, cassette-in-the-car-like?

I don't know who we'll work with next time, you see 'Swoon' was done with Dave of the Kane Gang, he's great but we'll maybe want someone to guide it better next time . . ."

Do you think 'Swoon' could be CBS's cheapskate way of working with you?

"Yeah, yeah . . . I don't think CBS see us as a massive singles success.

In their words they don't think we're going to be Michael Jackson.

I don't mind that; all I mind is that it's going to be PLAYED in places!

We didn't even have to change the name of the group, any of that stuff.

I just think I'd rather see us doing it than someone else . . ."

But that's not an end in itself – 'I'm pleased we're playing Madison Square Gardens instead of someone else.'

The only thing I hope to do is to make people feel about records the way I once felt.

The way I felt is, the world is a beautiful place if people can do this, if it can give you a certain feeling.

"I hate using words like 'inspiration' or 'positive' cos they're so corny, but there's so much negativity about it almost makes you want to."

From the Cramps to Julie Burchill to the current Orwellising. . .

She's got that type of attitude, which we all have at times, of I'm better than most other people.

That's dangerous because when you do meet someone as strong as yourself you tend to thrash them to bits like you have done everybody else.

"She plays a game of tennis with no-one.

Think of the rigorous self-examination she must undergo every time she fries an egg, makes toast . . ."

"I don't know how you can be disappointed with 'Swoon'!

I don't understand this line of questioning, at all!"

Dave, it was done before we signed to CBS.

A voice says: you should never play live.

"That's just (slaps thigh in frustration) . . . That's such a music journalist thing to say.

That's a really insular thing to say, that's putting us above everyone else.

Groups don 't realise how grotty gigs are for an audience.

Understandably, because they enjoy playing so much.

"You're speaking to the wrong person here on this.

From a personal point of view, I never go to gigs, I'm your totally arch ungigging person.

"I like records, that's all that interests me.

I wouldn't play in pubs because I don't and still don't make beer-stomping music.

"Gigs are fun, I enjoyed Birmingham last night, but I'd rather be at home writing.

"That's such a precious attitude! – You can't yet round it, that's why."

Prefab Sprout should be as special as their name (once was).

Someone once asked him, 'Where are you going for your holidays?' and he answered, 'Where honest people make an honest living'.

"Let's get away from this precious attitude!

Let's get back to the, dare-I-say-it, to the streets.

"I'm out there earning a living for several people.

I've got my brother, Wendy, Keith, Paul to think of – these are noble names to me and to have them working in 1984, that in itself is great."

There's something much more noble which you have to go towards and which you are capable of getting – in 'Cruel', 'Elegance'. '

"I'm not going to lose that, don't worry.

It all takes place in the writing; gigs I admit, if you want to talk in priorities, are secondary.

That doesn't mean that when I play I'll be lackadaisical though . . .

"Keith says we lack the sense of bread and circuses when we play live – geeing up the crowd.

I think it should be enough that I just go out there and play for people.

I wish I could afford not to go on the road."

"WHAT DO I do when Elvis Costello goes around saying he likes our records? What do I do?. . ."

He's his own little Camden Town 'Good Music Society'. . .

In Costello's songs sometimes and in my own song-writing, thing's like 'Diana', there's something I don t like . . .

I don't like songs that create their own little Us and Them syndrome.

Bob Dylan stopped doing it thirty years ago . . ."

"Triggering a response in an audience live.

You mention Ronald Reagan and they'll cheer.

You play a song called 'Diana', which is our song, and they'll think it's anti- Royalist.

"That's my attitude, you know, 'we're all vaguely left wing, we alI go home after the gig to the nice Hi-Fi, smoke a bit of something – I hate it.

I don't understand how I'm going to get round it."

PADDY MCALOON, destined for stardom, probably possessor of Album Of The Year in lesser minds than mine, is self-flagellating nice.

The bad thing is the problem is there at all.

He might get round it by TRYING to do so and letting it be seen that he's trying.

Although that in itself could be dangerously static and posed.

He hopes to marry his girlfriend who teaches in a secondary modern school in the North East.

His father owns a garage which he and his brother used to work in.

If Paddy contributes to the aimless continuance of middle spread rock 'n' roll then he ought to be damned forever more.

"I've met people who've met his girlfriend.

At the close of the interview the intact apple is still intact.

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Cathedral History Timeline - St Paul's Cathedral

#### Foundation, Loss and Reconstruction | Medieval Splendour

604–1087: Foundation, Loss and Reconstruction

Christianity reached Roman Britain in the second-century AD.

A number of Roman artefacts - pots, tiles and glass - have been found

in excavations around St Paul's, however no evidence has emerged that the site of St Paul's, as once believed, was ever used for a

The official withdrawal of Roman administration in 410 AD did not end Christian belief in England but it was to be

almost two hundred years before St Paul's Cathedral was founded.

The two names most associated with the establishment of the first

St Paul's are Saint Mellitus and Saint Erkenwald.

The former, a monk who arrived in Britain with Saint Augustine on a mission from

Rome instigated by Pope Gregory the Great, founded St Paul's in 604 AD.

The latter was the Abbot of Chertsey whose consecration as

Bishop of London in 675 AD, following the city's brief return to paganism, confirmed the return of the Roman Church to London.

earliest Cathedral buildings were relatively short-lived structures, repeatedly damaged by fires and Viking attacks.

Cathedral begun in about 1087 AD by Bishop Maurice, Chaplain to William the Conqueror, which would provide the longest standing

home for Christian worship on the site to date, surviving for almost six hundred years.

The Cathedral quire was the first part of the new building to be completed in 1148, enabling the Cathedral to function as a place

Up to the Reformation of the Church in England St Paul's was a Catholic cathedral in which the

celebration of the Mass, the preaching of sermons, the veneration of many saints, shrines, reliquaries, chapels, the observance of

Saints' feast days, masses for the dead said in chantry chapels, a wooden cross known as a rood, and a chapel devoted to The

Virgin, all played a part in the liturgical life of the building.

A great deal of public activity also took place; although not

always welcomed by those looking after the Cathedral, trade, sports and ball games were common and a north/south route through the

Cathedral transepts was used as a general thoroughfare.

Paul's Cross was an important feature of Cathedral life from at least the

It was an outdoor covered pulpit from which proclamations were made and leading prelates expounded, often

controversially, on theology and politics.

It ceased to be used in the 1630s, and stood in the north churchyard until 1642.

The Cathedral School was re-established with new statutes just to the east of Paul's Cross in 1512 by John Colet (1466–1519) a

Renaissance scholar and friend of Erasmus who viewed education as prerequisite for spiritual regeneration.

All of these enterprises, the spiritual, the educational, and the civic, took place within or beside the largest building in

medieval England: longer, taller and wider than the present building and richly decorated.

The reign of King Henry VIII saw the beginning of the end for many aspects of the religious life of the building associated with

The shrine of St Erkenwald was plundered and waves of iconoclasm followed in which shrines and images were

The full suppression of Catholic worship and fittings was carried out under Edward VI by the first Protestant Bishop of

London, Nicholas Ridley, who was martyred by Mary I's government in 1555.

After a restoration of Catholic rites under Mary, settled

Protestant worship was confirmed finally under Elizabeth I's first Bishop of London, Edmund Grindal, in 1559.

The first St Paul's is built and consecrated

The first wooden church dedicated to St Paul's is built by Mellitus, Bishop of the East Saxons.

The second St Paul's is destroyed by the Vikings before a new, third church is built in stone.

After more destruction the Cathedral is rebuilt by the Normans

Following another fire the Cathedral is rebuilt by the Normans, who are determined to create the longest and

King Richard II's body is brought to St Paul's

Having been starved to death in captivity after his overthrow by Henry IV, King Richard II's body is put on display

King Henry V's body is brought to St Paul's

Following his death in France, great warrior king, Henry V's body lies in state at St Paul's.

King Henry VI's body is brought to St Paul's

After his death in captivity at the Tower of London, King Henry VI's body is displayed at St Paul's.

at Chertsey Abbey, before later being re-interred in Windsor.

Katherine of Aragon marries Prince Arthur

Heir to the English throne, Prince Arthur, marries Katherine of Aragon at St Paul's.

becoming king and Katherine goes on to marry his younger brother, the future King Henry VIII.

St Paul's School is founded by the Cathedral's Dean, John Colet.

Erasmus, a friend of Colet, writes textbooks

Colet is Dean of St Paul's from 1505 until his death.

William Tyndale's English Bible is burned

The Bishop of London speaks out against William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible and copies are burned at

One of three remaining copies is still housed at the Cathedral.

Turning against wealthy foreigners, Londoners riot across the city, with St Paul's at the centre of the troubles as

a place where vitriolic speeches are made.

#### Reformation to Conflagration | A New Cathedral for London

The new form of worship continued at St Paul's in the wake of the Reformation, with the choir singing in English instead of Latin

at Mattins and Evensong according to the new Book of Common Prayer

The Cathedral already had a long history as a place of

commemoration and some of the grandest tombs were still to be added to the building in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth

One of the most remarkable monuments from this period still survives, that of John Donne (1572–1631), the poet and

clergyman who, after a raffish youth, went on to become Dean of St Pauls from 1621 until his death

and Paul's Cross were leading centres of a newly confident and thriving Protestant culture in England.

The physical destruction wrought during the Reformation had only been the start of a series of threats to the fabric.

lightning struck the Cathedral spire igniting a fire which destroyed the steeple and roofs, the heat and falling timbers causing

such damage to the Cathedral structure that it would never fully recover.

Plans were made for restoration and the architect Inigo

Jones (1573–1652) was engaged to carry out work in 1633, but his work was left incomplete at the outbreak of the English Civil War

Parliamentary forces took control of the Cathedral and its Dean and Chapter dissolved; the Lady Chapel became a large

preaching auditorium, while the vast nave was used as a cavalry barracks

with, at one point, 800 horses stabled inside.

By the 1650s the building was in a serious state of disrepair and it was only after the Restoration in 1660 of King Charles II

(1630–1685) that repair was once again considered in earnest as an architectural proclamation of the restored Church of England and

Leading architects wrestled with the how to restore the medieval structure and were often in disagreement. Inspired

by his travels in France and his knowledge of Italian architecture, Christopher Wren (1632–1732) proposed the addition of a dome to

the building, a plan agreed upon in August 1666

Only a week later The Great Fire of London was kindled in Pudding Lane, reaching

The wooden scaffolding contributed to the spread of the flames around the Cathedral and the high vaults

fell, smashing into the crypt, where flames, fuelled by thousands of books stored there in vaults leased to printers and

booksellers, put the structure beyond hope of rescue.

Sir Christopher Wren was a brilliant scientist and mathematician and Britain's most famous architect.

replace the pre-Fire Cathedral is his masterpiece.

Nine years of planning were required to ensure that the new design would meet

the requirements of a working cathedral; the quire was to be the main focus for liturgical activity, a Morning Chapel was required

for Morning Prayer, vestries were needed for the clergy to robe, a treasury for the church plate, a home had to be planned for the

enormous organ, bell towers were essential, and the interior had to be fitted for the grandest of occasions and ceremonies.

building which Wren delivered in thirty five years fulfilled all these needs and provided a symbol for the Church of England, the

renewed capital city, and the emerging empire.

Construction commenced in 1675: the process involved many highly skilled draughtsmen and craftsmen and was pursued in phases,

largely dependent on the availability of funding and materials.

Portland stone predominated but other types of stone were necessary

All of the building accounts, contracts and records of the rebuilding commission survive, and

A detailed history of the design of the cathedral can be found in the online Wren Office Drawings catalogue

Christopher Wren lived to see the building completed: the last stone of the Cathedral's

structure was laid on 26 October 1708 by two sons named after their fathers, Christopher Wren junior and Edward Strong (the son of

The first service had already been held in 1697 – a Thanksgiving for the Peace between England and France.

The spire of Old St Paul's, which had once made it the tallest building ever constructed in the world, collapsed

Following the defeat of the Spanish Armada off the south coast of England, Queen Elizabeth I visits St Paul's.

Gunpowder Plotters executed at St Paul's

After a failed attempt to blow up Parliament, four of the infamous Gunpowder Plotters are executed at St Paul's in

a bloody display intended to warn those that may attempt future treason.

Metaphysical poet, John Donne, becomes Dean of St Paul's, He is best remembered for his meditation on the human

condition: 'No man is an island, entire of itself...never send to ask for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for

St Paul's burns in the Great Fire of London

After standing for five centuries, the fourth St Paul's is destroyed in the Great fire of London.

fire burned for four days, destroying 13,200 houses and 87 parish churches.

Christopher Wren is hired to re-build St Paul's

Up-and-coming architect, Christopher Wren, is hired to rebuild St Paul's after the Great Fire.

many different designs and plans for the new Cathedral, before he is finally given the go-ahead

The first service is held in the new St Paul's

22 years into its 35 year construction, the first service is held in the new quire of Wren's St Paul's.

first service is one of thanksgiving for peace, following the end of a war between England and France.

The new St Paul's is formally declared complete

After 35 years of building, Christopher Wren's brave new domed Cathedral is declared formally complete by

#### Memorialising the Greats | St Paul's in the Age of Industry

1712–1795: Perilous painting and memorialising the Greats

The violent and iconoclastic transition from Roman Catholicism and the debate over the reformed faith which followed were

The Cathedral was built at a time when the Civil War and Protectorate had again heightened sensitivity to the

What constituted appropriate decoration for the Cathedral was the subject of great debate.

After a competition Sir James Thornhill was chosen to provide a decorative scheme for the interior of the Cathedral dome in 1715

and immediately began work to produce eight scenes from the life of St Paul.

Working precariously over fifty metres from the ground

he completed the work within two years and was soon commissioned to continue his scheme into the lantern and onto the drum beneath

Daily rounds of worship were observed within view of the new murals, but despite the efforts to enliven the interior of the

building, St Paul's proved an unpopular venue with the Hanoverian dynasty and royal attendance dwindled; after George I's visit in

1715 no monarch came again for seventy-four years.

The capture of the French fortress of Louisburg during the course of the Seven

Years War was marked by an impressive service in 1758, but it would not be until 1789 that George III marked his recovery with a

special Thanksgiving service attended by thousands.

A monument to the philanthropist and prison reformer John Howard which was placed on the Cathedral floor in 1795 was the first of a

host of sculptures commemorating the lives of clergy, writers, artists, scientists and military figures which were to populate

vacant floor and wall space in the next century.

Two of the most distinguished military commanders of the Napoleonic Wars were

commemorated with state funerals and later great monuments on the church floor: Admiral Horatio Nelson in 1806 and Arthur Wellesley

Duke of Wellington in 1852, both of whom are interred in the Cathedral crypt.

1800–1905 Heat, light and colour: St Paul's in the age of industry

Institutional reform was matched by physical changes to St Paul's in the nineteenth-century.

was "most dreary, dingy and un-devotional" adding her voice to the general criticism of the Cathedral for being, dark, dirty and

cold .The Cathedral Chapter took steps to make the building more inviting and began work on the so called "completion of the

While the use of vivid mosaic in the dome and the quire area were being explored, and programmes of stained glass were

The rearrangement of the quire by the Surveyor F C Penrose (1817–1903) was the most significant of many changes to the

By removing the screen dividing the quire from the nave many more people were able to

Great Victorian Deans, especially Henry H Millman and Robert Gregory, seized the opportunity to hold

routine worship under the dome and in the nave, as well as in the quire – thus for the first time actively making the whole of the

vast building a place of worship and Christian teaching.

The full ceremonial potential of St Paul's was also realised by this

reordering, something anticipated in the state funeral for Nelson, and confirmed with that for Wellington.

Victorian philanthropy more generally flourished at a reinvigorated St Paul's.

During the first half of the nineteenth-century

Maria Hackett (1783–1874) devoted her time and money to a campaign to improve the living and educational conditions of boy

choristers in St Paul's and other cathedrals and Anglican choral foundations

In 1860 the Chapter of St Paul's presented William

Weldon Champneys (1807–1875), to the vicarage of St Pancras, where he developed the schools, ragged schools, and Sunday schools and

The Canons of St Paul's focused on the welfare of the thousands of clerks and warehousemen who

worked in the vicinity of the Cathedral through the Amen Court Guild.

At the end of the century St Paul's had one of its most

dynamic of English cathedral Chapters, with the many facets of the life of the Cathedral attaining new levels of distinction and in

1897 the organisation of the Diamond Jubilee Thanksgiving Service for Queen Victoria (1819–1901) proved an outstanding success.

Sir Christopher Wren dies at the age of 91

Having contributed so much to the post-Fire rebuilding of London, Sir Christoper Wren dies at the grand age of 91.

Buried in a simple tomb in the crypt, his epitaph reads: '...if you seek his monument, look around you.'

Thanksgiving Service for George III's return to health

The first royal visit to St Paul's for over half a century sees a service of Thanksgiving for King George III, who

has returned to health after his 'madness'.

First Cathedral floor memorial is unveiled

The first memorial is erected on the Cathedral floor, to noted prison reformer, John Howard.

followed by many more statues to soldiers, sailors, artists and priests

Sir Joshua Reynolds is buried at St Paul's

Founder of the Royal Academy, Sir Joshua Reynolds is buried at St Paul's.

notable artists are also later buried at the Cathedral

Admiral Lord Nelson is buried at St Paul's

After his death at Trafalgar, Horatio Nelson, now a national hero, is given a grand state funeral at St Paul's.

Many thousands pack St Paul's for the occasion.

He is buried in the crypt, directly under the centre of the dome

13,000 come for the funeral of the Duke of Wellington

St Paul's closes for six weeks as the Cathedral prepares for the funeral of Arthur, Duke of Wellington.

inside to pay their respects to the Waterloo victor.

'Great Paul' is hung in the south west tower

'Great Paul' sets off from a foundry in Loughborough before being hung in the south west tower of St Paul's.

this day it remains the largest bell ever cast in the UK.

National celebration at Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

The nation celebrates as Queen Victoria marks 60 years on the throne with a service at St Paul's, Too frail to come

inside, the whole service is held on the west steps, with the Queen remaining in her carriage.

#### Defending the Building | Royal Events and Social Reformers

1906–1960 Belt and Braces: Strengthening the Dome and Defending the Building

Cracks had appeared in some parts of the Cathedral as a result of settlement even before the Cathedral was topped-off in 1710 and

concern over the structural stability of the Cathedral persisted in to the early years of the twentieth-century.

investigations, fears culminated in the Corporation of London's serving of a dangerous structure notice to the Dean on Christmas

Eve 1924: the Cathedral was closed from 1925 to 1930 while the piers and dome were strengthened under the supervision of the

surveyor Walter Godfrey Allen (1891–1986).

Some of the strengthening interventions may have been excessive; however they were to

provide valuable structural support when the Cathedral suffered two significant bomb strikes during the Second World War.

St Paul's Watch, the group of volunteers who defended the Cathedral during The Blitz, enabled the continuation of services as

normally as possible throughout the war years

At the end of the conflict, on 8 May 1945, ten consecutive services were held in

thanksgiving for peace, each attended by over three thousand people.

The last of the services focused on the work of the St Paul's

In the years that followed St Paul's played an important role in commemorating those who had sacrificed their lives and in

The American Memorial Chapel was constructed and consecrated in the presence of President Eisenhower (1890–1969)

and on 21st October 1958, Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1959, visited St

Paul's to present an altar set with the words "The German people have asked me to hand to you, Mr Dean, and to the Chapter of St

Paul's Cathedral this crucifix and these two candlesticks.

Our gifts are a token of our sincere wish to serve, together with the

British People, the cause of Peace in the World".

1960–2012: Royal events and Social reformers

With the major structural issues resolved and war damage repaired, the Cathedral continued to welcome world leaders, thinkers,

Canon John Collins (1905–1982), who had been a

leader in the drive for post-war reconciliation, campaigned tirelessly for peace, human rights, and nuclear disarmament, and

Dr Martin Luther King (1929–1968) stopped at St Paul's to speak from the west steps en route to

collect his Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and his widow Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) became the first woman to preach in a statutory

On January 30th, 1969 the Cathedral Choir was joined by Indian singers and instrumentalists, and addresses

were given to mark the centenary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) the champion of non-violent resistance, civil rights

Continuing this tradition, in 2012 the Dalai Lama (b. 1935) was welcomed to receive the Templeton

prize ('for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities')

The St Paul's Institute was established in 2003 to

foster an informed Christian response to the most urgent ethical and spiritual issues of our times and engaged with the Occupy

Protests of 2011/12 seeking constructive debate on financial ethics.

The wedding in St Paul's of HRH the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer gripped the nation and much of the world in 1981, and

Queen Elizabeth II officially marked both her Golden and Diamond Jubilees with Thanksgiving services in St Paul's Cathedral.

have been occasions for national mourning

: in 1965 Winston Churchill (1874–1965) who had led Britain during the war received a

state funeral, a ceremony reserved for heads of state and others who have given significant leadership in the defence of the

A large ceremonial funeral was held for former Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher, in 2013.

Paul's following the terrorist attacks on New York on September 11 2001, as London expressed its solidarity with the people of New

and the victims of the 7/7 bombings were mourned in special services in 2005. The Diamond Jubilee and the

special summer service at St Paul's celebrating the Paralympic Games made 2012 a spectacular year for the Cathedral.

A Virger finds a bomb under the Bishop's throne in the quire.

The 'enormous bomb' was planted by Suffragettes at

the very height of their campaign for equality.

Crowds gather as peace in Europe is declared

As the Great War of 1914-18 ends, St Paul's becomes a focal point for a grieving nation.

service of Thanksgiving for the end of the War is attended by the King and Queen.

St Paul's becomes a symbol of Wartime resistance

As bombs rain down over London in the Blitz, St Paul's stands tall above the burning city.

Churchill declares that St Paul's 'must be saved at all costs'

Victory in Europe sees thousands flock to St Paul's

As the second great World War is declared over in Europe, St Paul's - which has miraculously escaped destruction -

once again becomes a focus for the nation in celebration and grief.

An American Memorial Chapel, a gift from the people of Britain to the Americans stationed here who lost their lives

in WW2, is opened by President Eisenhower at the very east end of the Cathedral.

Martin Luther King preaches at St Paul's

En-route to Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize, Dr Martin Luther King Jr preaches at St Paul's.

Coretta Scott King, later becomes the first woman to preach at a statutory service in St Paul's.

The funeral of Wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill is held at St Paul's.

Paul's for the ceremony before he was buried in Bladon, Oxfordshire

HM The Queen celebrates her Silver Jubilee

After 25 years on the throne, HM The Queen comes to St Paul's to celebrate her Silver Jubilee.

designed by Beryl Dean showing the churches of London, is worn by the Bishop

Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer

In a ceremony watched by millions around the world, Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's.

the first wedding of an heir to the throne here for 480 years, following the marriage of Prince Arthur to Catherine of

HM The Queen celebrates her Golden Jubilee

Arriving in the gold State Carriage, HM The Queen celebrates 50 years on the throne at a service in St Paul's

HM The Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee

After 60 years on the throne, HM The Queen comes to St Paul's for her third jubilee service of thanksgiving.

'Diamond Choir' of children from across the UK if formed especially for the occasion.

Wheelchair basketball is played under the dome

To mark the opening of the 2012 Paralympic Games a grand service is held at St Paul's, which even includes a game

The funeral of former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, is held at St Paul's.

These buildings were destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666. The buildings that replaced them were also destroyed in the subsequent London fire of 1677.
 Before the fires of 1666 and 1677, 4 King’s Bench Walk, with what is now 5 and 6 King's Bench Walk was known as King's Bench Buildings. 4 King's Bench Walk is located opposite the Inner Temple Library. Like the other buildings on the row, it was rebuilt in 1678 following the London fire of 1677. The building bears an inscription that documents these events;
 ""Conflagratam Ano 1677. Fabricatam Ano 1678. Richardo Powell Armiger Thesaurar"" The inscription can be seen on four separate tiles divided by doric triglyphs placed above the arched doorway to number four which also mentions Richard Powell being treasurer of the Inner Temple when 4 King's Bench Walk was rebuilt in 1678.


However, neither the manager of the store nor the developer have said anything about it since 2014.

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The current site plan for Winrock Town Center, which now includes Ulta Beauty and a relocated Sports Authority.

Winrock's massive makeover will include some lipstick, hairspray and perfume.

Ulta Beauty — an Illinois-based cosmetics chain — is signing on to open a 10,000-square-foot store at the Uptown property, according to Pegasus Retail President Anthony Johnson, whose firm handles Winrock's leasing.

It will go next to the forthcoming Nordstrom Rack.

Ulta, Nordstrom Rack and DSW will be part of a new building on the property's southern end.

The stores will go above a two-level underground parking garage.

They should open in 2016, according to the latest timeline.

And it's not the only change slated for that side of the development.

Sports Authority will head southward, leaving its existing 65,000-square-foot Winrock site for a new 35,000-square-foot store inside the former Bed Bath & Beyond.

Johnson said Sports Authority will implement its newest store prototype and get a new facade that will "set the tone for what's going to happen across the entire (Winrock) facade, all the way to Nordstrom Rack."

Nordstrom Rack and Sports Authority will ultimately serve as bookends for a row of retailers facing Interstate 40.

Johnson said he's close to completing leases for tenants who will fill the gaps between the two.

"It's a really cool lineup that's going to face the freeway, and it's going to forever change the way Albuquerque sees Winrock," he said.

Albuquerque's Goodman Realty Group is redeveloping Winrock.

The planned overhaul includes residences, a hotel, a centralized park with a lake and a mix of shopping and dining options.

There is also a proposal to consolidate Dillard's — which now operates two separate stores at Winrock — into a single, new building north of the existing men's Dillard's, though officials have said that plan would hinge on a number of factors.

Goodman Realty has owned Winrock since 2007, and CEO Gary Goodman said he liked the idea of "doing something really different with it."

"In the difficult years that ensued, 2008, 2009, 2010 up to today, it just became very clear that a large development had to be more than just a shopping center," he said in a recent interview.

While recession slowed progress, activity has increased in recent years with the addition of three new restaurants — including a 25,200-square-foot Dave & Buster's that opens to the public Monday — and last fall's debut of Regal Cinemas' 16-screen IMAX theater.

Winrock Inn was the first part of the mall to be demolished because it attracted criminal activity. And the Winrock 6, then branded as a United Artists theater under the ownership of Regal Entertainment Group, closed its doors in 2013 and was demolished that same year. BJ's and Genghis Grill both opened in 2012, while Dave and Buster's, which took over the site of the original Winrock 6, opened on November 3, 2014. Adjacent to BJ's, a Joe's Crab Shack was proposed, which would've been their first location in New Mexico. However, they withdrew in 2015. Instead, a Red Robin opened there in March 2017.
 The first phase of the project, a Regal 16-screen IMAX and RPX Theatre, had its grand opening on November 15, 2013.
 Rumors have speculated about the merging of the two Dillard's stores into a single, new stand-alone building that would be built west of the current Women's store and north of the current Men's store.


He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit ("Our Country, Who's Become So Old" in English).

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Part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland has a local anthem adopted in 1916 well before autonomy.

Since 1979, when home rule was granted, the government has also recognized the anthem used by the local Kalaallit people, "Nuna asiilasooq" (The Land of Great Length) as a secondary anthem.

Special thanks to: Kunuunnguaq Fleischer for some of this information and Klaus Caussmacher for the lyrics and sheet music.

"Our Country, Who's Become So Old" (English translation)

in your bosom providing the riches of your coasts.

we want to call ourselves before your proud

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Jonathan Petersen (7 May 1881 – 22 August 1961) was a Greenlandic songwriter.


He was quickly picked up by AZ, where he went through the several youth teams.

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Een aantal weken geleden ging het gerucht

Mikhail Rosheuvel de overstap zou maken naar de Eredivisie

Clubs als NAC Breda en sc Heerenveen zouden interesse hebben in de rappe vleugelspeler van Almere City FC.

Het is niet vreemd dat Mikhail zijn naam wordt genoemd bij deze verenigingen, want de aanvaller draait tot dusver een goed seizoen.

De speler heeft al elf assists op zijn naam staan en scoorde vier maal.

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In de F-jes van amateurvereniging Zaanlandia viel de snelle Rosheuvel voor het eerst op.

Ajax scout de speler al op jonge leeftijd, maar na een seizoen in Amsterdam was hij al weer klaar.

De toen piepjonge Rosheuvel was blijkbaar niet goed genoeg in die tijd.

Bij Hellas Sport, ook een amateurvereniging uit Zaandam, werd Mikhail plots opgemerkt door een andere eredivisionist.

Alkmaar Zaanstreek, kortweg AZ, ging met de rechtsbuiten aan de haal.

"Ik heb alle jeugdelftallen mogen door lopen en heb fijne jaren gekend in de Kaasstad, maar tot een wedstrijd in het belofte-elftal is het nooit gekomen.

De toenmalige trainer aldaar zag het niet in mij zitten.

Ik was volgens hem niet goed genoeg en daarom mocht ik gaan."

Bij FC Omniworld groeide en bloeide de vleugelspits op.

"Op amateurbasis mocht ik het gaan proberen in Almere.

Het resulteerde in vele speelminuten en vele wedstrijden voor mijn persoon.

Dat was enorm plezierig kan ik je mededelen.

Nadat de club een naamsverandering was ondergaan ging het helemaal van een leien dakje.

Een contract volgde en ik was profvoetballer.

Ik geniet dagelijks van mijn werk, wat ik voornamelijk ook zie als mijn grote passie c.q. hobby.

Ik ga er helemaal voor en wil ver komen in de voetballerij.

Omdat ik na dit seizoen transfervrij ben, is de kans redelijk groot aanwezig dat ik volgend seizoen bij een andere club zal spelen.

Bij welke club dat zal zijn is nog niet bekend.

Je hoort natuurlijk wel de nodige geruchten, maar op dit moment kan ik er nog niets mee."

De watervlugge aanvaller wil graag de stap

Het zal wel een club moeten zijn waar ik thuis hoor, waar ik mij lekker voel en waar ik mij kan blijven doorontwikkelen.

Ik ben pas 21 jaar, ben een jonge speler, dus kan nog veel leren."

Mikhail Rosheuvel is een speler die het moet hebben van zijn actie en zijn voorzet.

"Ik ben een rechtsbuiten die altijd op zoek naar de actie, maar ben ook me bewust van het feit dat de voorzet altijd goed moet zijn.

Eenzelfde type speler als Oussama Assaidi is, die vergelijking wordt namelijk veel gemaakt omdat hij afkomstig is van FC Omniworld, ben ik niet zo zeer.

Ik kijk meer naar types als Theo Walcott van Arsenal en naar Derk Boerrigter van Ajax.

Van deze personen probeer ik veel op te steken.

Naast mijn goede actie en voorzet kan ik ook wel een doelpuntje scoren.

Aan met name mijn linkerbeen en aan het 'koppen' zal ik moeten werken.

Bij Almere City FC krijgt de jonge aanvaller alle ruimte om zich te ontwikkelen.

"Almere City is een warme, gemoedelijke, kleine club die een soort opleidingsinstituut is voor jonge getalenteerde voetballers.

Je krijgt er alle vrijheden om je te ontwikkelen.

De trainers en de staf kunnen het goed vinden met de jonge gasten

weten precies waar ze ze moeten kneden zeg maar.

Zeker twee keer per week ga ik na de training nog even door met de spitsen.

Lekker oefenen op de voorzet en het diepgaan zonder bal.

Het is bijzonder prettig om de juiste 'feeling' te hebben na zo'n training.

Ik ben blij dat het zijn vruchten afwerpt, want met de elf assists ben ik dik tevreden."

Almere City FC staat momenteel in het linkerrijtje van de Jupiler League.

"Voor dit seizoen is de doelstelling het linkerrijtje.

We staan daar nu, en moeten dat nu ook vast gaan houden.

De club kiest bewust voor de geleidelijke weg naar boven.

Ooit spelen in de Eredivisie is een doel, maar vooralsnog moeten we blij zijn met de positie waar op wij nu staan."

"In de club zelf is wel het een en ander gaande als je met name kijkt naar de jeugd.

De samenwerking met een grote club als Ajax is heel belangrijk.

Wanneer een jeugdige speler het niet redt in Amsterdam, dan ga je naar Almere.

Doe je het daarna weer goed in Almere dan kan het zomaar zo zijn dat je weer terugkeert naar de grote broer.

De trainers, de staf en de mensen rondom de club hebben alle kwaliteiten om van deze club een grote club te maken.

Ik zie dat dagelijks met mijn eigen ogen, en weet dan ook zeker dat het goed zal komen met Almere City FC."

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Mikhail zou een goede speler kunnen zijn voor

sc Heerenveen, als Assaidi en/of Narsingh zou

we hebben het in een korte periode al gezien

met spelers als Boerrigter en Wildschut, dus

Wildschut bakt er anders vrij weinig van bij

VVV, dus dat is niet echt een vergelijking.

deze speler niet echt goed, ben benieuwd hoe

Wildschut is een zeer snelle en technische

mentaliteit schort, maar ik denk dat Wildschut

van een zeer onschatbare waarde kan zijn

VVV-Venlo als hij maar goed gebruikt wordt.

FC Zwolle kon Wildschut zijn voorzetten kwijt

op Sjoerd Ars, maar bij VVV zal hij de ballen

op het hoofd van Musa moeten leggen???? Uchebo

centraal in de spits met Wildschut en Musa op

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Rosheuvel was born in Amsterdam. He was added to the Ajax youth academy at a young age due to his impressive skill and speed. However, after only a single year in the club he was sent away.


Starks made his UFC debut less than two weeks removed from his last fight as a short-notice replacement for injured Brad Tavares against fellow UFC newcomer Dustin Jacoby at UFC 137.

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The UFC 137 fight card has undergone yet one more revision with Tim Credeur being forced to withdraw due to injury, UFC president Dana White announced today.

His opponent Brad Tavares will instead face UFC newcomer Dustin Jacoby, a 6-0 middleweight out of Springfield, Illinois.

Camozzi Returns to the UFC Against Francis Carmont updated September

UFC newcomer faces a returning veteran as Francis "Limitless" Carmont and TUF alumni Chris Camozzi will go to war at UFC 137.

Carmont, a French striker who trains with event headliner Georges St-Pierre in Montreal, has long fought at light heavyweight but will make his promotional debut at 185 pounds against the TUF alumnus.

Musical Chairs at UFC 137 - Diaz vs. Penn Set for Vegas updated September

UFC fans didn't get enough blockbuster news this week, company President Dana White delivered some more Thursday evening with the announcement that Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz is not only remaining in the UFC fold after being pulled from his UFC 137 title bout with Georges St-Pierre (due to missing two pre-fight press conferences this week) but that he will still be fighting on October 29th.

The opponent for the Stockton native's first Octagon bout since 2006? Former two division world champion BJ Penn.

The bout came to fruition after Penn's original foe for the UFC 137 event in Las Vegas, Carlos Condit, was moved up to replace Diaz against GSP.

And by popular demand, White made the new bout happen, tweeting "This is crazy but here we go again!

Penn vs Diaz Oct 29th in Vegas."Diaz Out, Condit in to Face GSPA wild week for the Ultimate Fighting Championship just got wilder on

Wednesday afternoon, as UFC President Dana White revealed in a Las Vegas

press conference that the man challenging for UFC welterweight champion

Georges St-Pierre's title on October 29th in Las Vegas won't be

Strikeforce 170-pound king Nick Diaz, but "The Natural Born Killer,"

The shocking news came after Diaz no-showed a press conference in

Toronto Tuesday and did the same thing in Vegas.

phone calls, White decided to pull the Stockton, California native from

137.Cowboy in for Stout, Faces Siver at UFC 137 updated August

29After the Monday removal of Sam Stout from his UFC 137 bout with Dennis Siver

, rising lightweight star Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone has stepped up to the plate yet again, verbally agreeing to take on the streaking contender from Germany in the October 29th bout in Las Vegas.

Cerrone is currently riding a five fight winning streak that includes three UFC victories and two post-fight awards for KO of the Night and Fight of the Night.

Siver has notched four straight wins, and is coming off back-to-back victories over George Sotiropoulos and Matt Wiman.

Curran's Back, Meets "Young Guns" at UFC 137

After a seven year absence, veteran Jeff Curran will return to the Octagon on October 29th in Las Vegas to take on bantamweight contender Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen at UFC 137.

Curran, whose last UFC appearance was a decision loss to Matt Serra at UFC 46, has since gone 19-6 and is remembered for a five fight WEC stint in 2007-09.

The "Big Frog" has won four of his last five, but will be tested by former WEC title challenger Jorgensen, who is fresh from a first round knockout of Ken Stone in June.

Fan Faves Danny Boy and Stripper Ramsey to Fight

A lightweight match between the tough-as-nails Daniel "Danny Boy" Downes and TUF 13 runner-up Ramsey Nijem has been verbally agreed to for the UFC 137 fight card, UFC president Dana White confirmed today.

21Verbal agreements are in for a middleweight bout between "Crazy" Tim Credeur vs. Brad Tavares at UFC 137, Dana White confirmed.

Credeur — Louisiana's first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt — hit the public eye as a member of the TUF 7 house; Hawaiian Tavares was a season 11 standout.

At that same event, two longtime veterans will look to establish themselves in the ever-deepening featherweight division as Bart Palaszewski and Tyson Griffin have verbally agreed to meet.

Siver vs. Stout, Fire vs. Truth at UFC 137 updated July

16UFC president Dana White today confirmed a hotly-speculated-about lightweight bout to take place at UFC 137.

"A potential Fight of the Year candidate has been verbally agreed to between hard-hitting Dennis Siver and Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout," he said.

Also at UFC 137, a light heavyweight matchup has been verbally agreed to as Eliot "The Fire" Marshall will welcome Brandon "The Truth" Vera back to the Octagon.

Condit vs. Penn Added to UFC 137 updated July

title fight between GSP and Nick Diaz won't be the only showcase for elite 170-pounders this fall in Las Vegas.

A match between two of the best welterweights in the world has been set as "Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit will take on BJ "The Prodigy" Penn at UFC 137.The

two hinted at the matchup on Twitter this last week.

Condit, who is coming off a first-round KO of the Night victory over the previously-undefeated Dong Hyun Kim, tweeted to Penn on Monday that "The people have spoken @bjpenndotcom, they want to see us scrap, let's give em what they asked for."Penn - who had previously been exchanging barbs with Jon Fitch about a possible rematch of their UFC 127 main event draw, responded with: "@CarlosCondit Yup.

Dana White confirmed today that both men have verbally accepted the bout.

14Roy "Big Country" Nelson and Mirko Cro Cop, fan favorites for both their in-cage performances and their out-of-ring personas, have agreed a Las Vegas battle this fall.

UFC president Dana White confirmed today that PRIDE legend Cro Cop and TUF winner Nelson have verbally agreed to a heavyweight matchup at UFC 137 on October 29.Those

aren't the only star heavyweights on the UFC 137 roster - White also confirmed today that Cheick Kongo and Matt Mitrione have agreed to a bout on the same card.

"Both men are coming off big knockout wins at UFC Live in June," he said.

Roop to Welcome Hioki to Octagon at 137 updated June

1Highly regarded featherweight phenom Hatsu Hioki lands in the Octagon on October 29th to begin his quest for the title.

Welcoming him to UFC and looking to take out another top contender will be the always dangerous George Roop

Both fighters have verbally agreed to the UFC 137 bout.

GSP vs. Diaz Superfight set for October updated June

President Dana White's tweet Wednesday afternoon was short and sweet – "U wanted it!

What the fans wanted was a showdown between UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and the STRIKEFORCE welterweight title holder, Nick Diaz.

So on October 29 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the UFC 137 Superfight becomes a reality.

Unbeaten since 2007, St-Pierre has taken on and beaten all comers, barely losing a round in the process.

Since regaining his title from Matt Serra in 2008, he has turned back the challenges of Jon Fitch, BJ Penn, Thiago Alves, Dan Hardy, Josh Koscheck, and Jake Shields.

But this fall, he will face off against the man many believe has the style to dethrone him, Shields' longtime training partner Diaz.

A proud native of Stockton, California, Diaz, like GSP, has not lost since 2007.

Along the way, the UFC vet has defeated Frank Shamrock, Scott Smith, Mach Sakurai, KJ Noons, and Paul Daley, and with his world-class striking skills and jiu-jitsu game improving with each fight, he is on track to shock the world on October 29th.

Georges St-Pierre continues to evolve as a fighter to take on Carlos Condit, a man he knows is dangerous... but nothing he hasn't seen before.

An intriguing matchup as Jorge Santiago may be one of the few men able to neutralize Demian Maia's jiu jitsu.

Maia has been improving his striking but Santiago should have the advantage on the feet.

Expect a fast-pace striking battle as the flashy kicks of Anthony Pettis meet the power punches of Jeremy Stephens.

Tiequan Zhang will represent a whole country of fighters as he looks to prove that China is ready to compete in MMA.

Zhang will take on Darren Elkins who will be making his second appearance at featherweight.

UFC® 136 hits hard with two title fights and a major middleweight contender bout.

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UFC lightweight champion and perennial underdog Frankie Edgar grew up in the competitive atmosphere of Toms River, NJ.

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See some of the fastest fight finishes in UFC history!

Mixed martial arts career.:Ultimate Fighting Championship.


He was born in Ohrady near Dunajská Streda, Slovakia, and represented the clubs Inter Bratislava and "Dukla Prague".

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He is also the director of the Swedish Institute for Disability Research and Linnaeus Centre HEAD (Hearing and Deafness) at Linköping University.

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I have been interested in the human memory for a long time.

Working memory is important for ourcommunication skills, especially for people with impaired hearing.

My current research focuses primarily on hearing loss and working memory capacity.

My research group has developed the research area of cognitive hearing science that describes and models the brain´s work during high cognitive load communication situations.

The research has contributed to applications for both the hearing aid industry and hearing care.

## Cognitive abilities for communication

To get a comprehensive picture of communicative disability, one needs to relate cognitive abilities to communicative potential and circumstances.

Prediction studies and experimental manipulations have proven to be fruitful.

In our division, we have studied the communicative potential of persons with cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, intellectual disability, using some core cognitive concepts that typically draw on memory functions.

More recently, I have shown that working memory capacity plays a key role for deafened speech-readers, sign language users, for users of cochlear implants and for hearing aid users, especially when signal processing in the hearing aid is more advanced and/or when listening conditions are challenging.

## We listen and understand with the brain

Imagine yourself at a party, chatting one on one with another guest.

You struggle to hear everything the person is saying amid the din of surrounding conversation.

And even though you miss a word here and there, you have enough context to understand the gist of what the person is saying.

In this type of situation, you're relying on different kinds of knowledge stored in your brain, including contextual cues and relevant memories, to process the information you're receiving.

This knowledge use is critical not only for people trying to converse in a noisy ballroom, but especially for people who struggle with hearing impairments.

Imagine repeating the above mental processes in just about every conversation you have.

We have named the research area Cognitive Hearing Science (CHS).

CHS acknowledges the intergral role cognition plays in communication.

Specifically, CHS examines the way our minds process the auditory signals being sent to the brain, factoring in the complexity of what we are listening to and the quality of the listening conditions.

## Modelling the signal-cognition interface in communication

In a model that I and colleagues have developed, Ease-of-Language Understanding (ELU) under adverse or distracting listening conditions is assumed to depend on the complex interactions between working memory capacity (WMC), attention, and executive functions, and episodic and semantic long-term memory.

This kind of approach has already proven to be fruitful for a more comprehensive grasp of the subtle interplay between bottom-up (sensory) and top-down (cognitive) processes, including both online processes and long-term changes (negative or positive) due to hearing impairment/deafness and aging.

The model has played an important role in the development of the new area of Cognitive Hearing Science.

## Long-term effects of hearing impairment

One prediction of the ELU model is that when the input to the ear is sufficiently poor, or when the person is hearing impaired, there is an increased probability that the phonological-lexical activation in long-term memory will fail, i.e., there is a mismatch between input to the brain and the representations stored in the brain.

This will trigger working memory activity, attempting to reconstruct and fill in what has been misheard.

Working memory will therefore be constantly exercised, while long-term memory will be relatively more disused: when some items are not encoded, neither will they be stored ore retrieved as frequently as working memory is exercised.

The general consequence is that long-term memory will decline, but working memory capacities will remain.

We have shown this to be true with different type of memory tasks and for purely visuospatial materials in a large data base, the UK Biobank.

In this interview Jerker Rönnberg describes the new research field of cognitive hearing science, and that he would like to see more cognitive tests, such as memory tests for optimal hearing aid fitting.

## We hear with our ears, but listen and understand with our brains.

The video is about our research on hearing loss and deafness, and the brain's role in our hearing and how everyday life can be made easier for people with hearing loss.

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The n200 longitudinal project on cognitive aging, hearing loss, and dementia

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Invited participant in the international project: Towards a comprehensive model of human memory

Mary Rudner, Mark Seeto, Gitte Keidser, Blake Johnson, Jerker Rönnberg

Poorer Speech Reception Threshold in Noise Is Associated With Lower Brain Volume in Auditory and Cognitive Processing Regions

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Speech Processing Difficulties in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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In a Concurrent Memory and Auditory Perception Task, the Pupil Dilation Response Is More Sensitive to Memory Load Than to Auditory Stimulus Characteristics

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Resolving discrepancies between incoming auditory information and linguistic expectations

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 Rönnberg was born in Backe, Sweden. He was awarded a Ph.D. in psychology at Uppsala University in 1980, became a reader (docent) at Umeå University in 1981 and a senior lecturer at Linköping University in 1983. From 1983 to 1984 he was a visiting researcher at the University of Toronto. Since 1997 he is a professor at Linköping University.


On 8 January 2015, Andrew Adamson is set to direct "Inherit the Earth," with Oren Uzeil writing the script.

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# Sony Taps Kornél Mundruczó to Direct 'Inherit the Earth' (EXCLUSIVE)

Kornél Mundruczó has been tapped to direct "Inherit the Earth," Variety has learned.

The science-fiction film has been in development for several years at Sony Pictures in different iterations.

At one point, "Ouija: Origin of Evil" director Mike Flanagan had been attached to write and direct the film.

"Inherit the Earth" was initially picked up as a spec script by the studio in 2011.

Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes was heavily involved in the project.

At the time, the film was described as centering on Earth's last survivor, a young girl, and the group of robots who protect her from a pack of highly evolved zombies.

The project is described by insiders as being in very early stages, so it is unlikely to get a greenlight any time soon.

It's also unclear if the plot outlines will change dramatically.

The initial deal was made as the success of AMC's "The Walking Dead" and Sony's own "Zombieland" had spurred intense interest in all things undead.

Mundruczó's wife, Kata Weber, will write the new screenplay.

The Hungarian actor and director's credits include "Jupiter's Moon," "White God," and "Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project."

Weber wrote the screenplays for "Jupiter's Moon" and "White God," and has acted in several films.

Mundruczó is represented by CAA, Novo Entertainment, and United Agents in the U.K.

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During the 2016 presidential election, Strider was fired after several months working at Correct the Record after being the subject of allegations of harassment.

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# Hillary Clinton Chose to Shield a Top Adviser Accused of Harassment in 2008

ImageHillary Clinton campaign's Senior Adviser for Faith Based Operations, Burns Strider, in 2008.CreditCreditJeremy Lange for The New York Times

WASHINGTON — A senior adviser to Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign who was accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a young subordinate was kept on the campaign at Mrs. Clinton's request, according to four people familiar with what took place.

Mrs. Clinton's campaign manager at the time recommended that she fire the adviser, Burns Strider.

Instead, Mr. Strider was docked several weeks of pay and ordered to undergo counseling, and the young woman was moved to a new job.

Mr. Strider, who was Mrs. Clinton's faith adviser, was a founder of the American Values Network and sent the candidate scripture readings every morning for months during the campaign, was hired five years later to lead an independent group that supported Mrs. Clinton's 2016 candidacy, Correct the Record, which was created by a close Clinton ally, David Brock.

He was fired after several months for workplace issues, including allegations that he harassed a young female aide, according to three people close to Correct the Record's management.

Mr. Strider did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Those familiar with the accounts said that, over the years, a number of advisers urged Mrs. Clinton to sever ties with Mr. Strider, and people familiar with what took place did not want to see Mrs. Clinton blamed for the misconduct of men she was close to.

The complaint from the young woman was initially brought to Jess O'Connell, who was the national director of operations for the Clinton campaign.

Ms. O'Connell, who is currently the chief executive officer of the Democratic National Committee, handled the investigation and advised the Clinton campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, that Mr. Strider should be fired, according to three people familiar with the events.

Ms. O'Connell told colleagues that she was concerned that the young woman making the allegations should not be demoted when she was moved from Mr. Strider's supervision.

The woman requested to have no more interactions with Mr. Strider, and she was moved to a different job within the campaign, reporting directly to Mike Henry, the deputy campaign manager.

The investigation into Mr. Strider's conduct was described as brief, but it included a review of a number of emails he sent the young woman, who had shared an office with him.

A spokesman for Mrs. Clinton provided a statement from Utrecht, Kleinfeld, Fiori, Partners, the law firm that had represented the campaign in 2008 and which her advisers said has been involved on sexual harassment issues.

"To ensure a safe working environment, the campaign had a process to address complaints of misconduct or harassment.

When matters arose, they were reviewed in accordance with these policies, and appropriate action was taken," the statement said.

Late Friday night, more than a day after The New York Times reached out to her aides for comment, Mrs. Clinton posted on Twitter that she was "dismayed when it occurred."

She added that she called the woman on Friday "to tell her how proud I am of her and to make sure she knows what all women should: we deserve to be heard."

Mrs. Clinton did not address why she ignored advisers' recommendations that she fire Mr. Strider.

The woman's experience and the reaction to it have not been previously reported.

Until now, former Clinton associates were unwilling to discuss the events for publication.

But that changed after the start of the #MeToo movement, in which dozens of men across the country and across different industries have been fired or suspended for sexual misconduct.

This account was based on interviews with eight former campaign officials and associates of Mrs. Clinton's.

They said that Ms. Solis Doyle, the campaign manager, and other senior campaign officials discussed the situation involving Mr. Strider and Mrs. Clinton's response at the time.

Some of them were troubled that he was allowed to remain on the campaign.

The complaint against Mr. Strider was made by a 30-year-old woman who shared an office with him.

She told a campaign official that Mr. Strider had rubbed her shoulders inappropriately, kissed her on the forehead and sent her a string of suggestive emails, including at least one during the night, according to three former campaign officials familiar with what took place.

The complaint was taken to Ms. Doyle, the campaign manager, who approached Mrs. Clinton and urged that Mr. Strider, who was married at the time, be fired, according to the officials familiar with what took place.

Mrs. Clinton said she did not want to, and instead he remained on her staff.

Ms. Doyle was fired shortly after that in a staff shake-up in response to Mrs. Clinton's third-place finish in the 2008 Iowa caucuses.

And Mr. Strider never attended the mandated counseling, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation.

The woman who made the accusation against Mr. Strider in 2008 has not spoken publicly about it.

She, like most campaign staff members, signed a nondisclosure agreement that barred employees from publicly discussing internal dynamics on the campaign, according to two people with direct knowledge of the contract.

Reached by a reporter, she declined to comment.

Ms. Solis Doyle also declined to comment.

Mrs. Clinton's candidacy has been cited as an inspiration for the #MeToo movement, but she has not played a visible role in it.

After several Hollywood actresses told The Times and The New Yorker that Harvey Weinstein, a longtime friend and donor to the Clintons, had harassed or assaulted them, Mrs. Clinton spoke out against his behavior, saying in a statement that she was "shocked and appalled by the revelations."

Weeks later the actress Lena Dunham, one of Mrs. Clinton's most visible celebrity supporters in her 2016 presidential bid, told The Times that she warned two Clinton campaign aides against associating with Mr. Weinstein.

"I just want you to know that Harvey's a rapist and this is going to come out at some point," Ms. Dunham said she told the campaign.

Nick Merrill, the communications director for Mrs. Clinton, said at the time Ms. Dunham spoke publicly that she was mistaken.

"As to claims about a warning, that's something staff wouldn't forget," he said.

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Clinton Opted to Shield Adviser Accused as Harasser.

## Hillary Clinton Ignited a Feminist Movement. By Losing.

According to a January 2018 "New York Times" report, a co-worker accused Strider of repeatedly sexually harassing her while working for the campaign. The co-worker filed a complaint to the campaign, and Clinton herself decided to keep Strider on the campaign.


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Peter de Jersey played Gooper in Tennessee Williams´ "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Novello Theatre, London, performing alongside James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Adrian Lester.

(meta data) TITLE: Theatre review | Cat On a Hot Tin Roof | Novello, London | Stage | The Guardian

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What difference does it make that Tennessee Williams's play is performed by a black cast in Debbie Allen's Broadway production?

It undoubtedly gives the work a new dynamic.

But ethnicity matters less than emotional firepower and an awareness of the essential Williams conflict between lies and truth; and both are abundantly present in this exhilarating evening.

The real bonus is the presence of the titanic James Earl Jones as Big Daddy; and his second-act, father-son confrontation with Adrian Lester's Brick is one of the high water-marks of the London year.

Jones gives us all the brutal coarseness and volcanic vulgarity of this Mississippi plantation-owner who believes his cancer is in remission: rejoicing in his apparent new lease of life, Jones does little hip-swinging shimmies and obscene pelvic thrusts.

But the brilliance of Jones's performance lies in his revelation of the vulnerability of this domestic tyrant.

Probing the reason for Brick's alcholism and its connection with the death of his friend Skipper, Jones takes on the look of a wounded therapist.

And the sudden stabs of pain with which Jones punctuates the scene acquire a shattering force when Big Daddy finally confronts the truth of his condition.

This second act is the core of Williams's play: that, while we zealously strip away the protective illusions of others, we cling assiduously to our own.

Lester, in this respect, makes a fine foil to Jones's Big Daddy.

He makes you realise that Brick's obsessive drinking springs from an evasion of reality: the truth he cannot face is that his relationship with the dead Skipper transcended pure friendship.

The irony of Lester's cry that "mendacity is the the system that we live in" is that it applies most of all to himself.

But Allen's fine production brings out Williams's savage comedy as well as his emotional pain.

Sanaa Lathan's incredibly sultry Maggie, long banished from Brick's bed, is both a mountain of sexual frustration and an unstoppable talker who drives her husband to hide his head in the pillows.

Phylicia Rashad's excellent Big Mama is also both a pathetic victim of her husband's cruelty and a woman who, as someone said of Ethel Merman, is like a brass band going by.

And there is good support from Peter de Jersey as Brick's elder brother whose grasping nature is explained by his lack of parental love.

As in any good Williams production, one emerges moved by the author's compassion.

From 2000 to 2003, de Jersey played Steve Waring in "Holby City", until the character was involved in a car crash and subsequently died in hospital. Other television appearances include "Doctors" and "Dalziel and Pascoe". In the "New Tricks" episode "Father's Pride", he appeared alongside fellow "Holby City" actor Jeremy Sheffield.
 He appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2008-09, where his parts included Orlando to Samantha Bond's Rosalind, Horatio to David Tennant's Hamlet, and Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Having performed with the National Theatre in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace", de Jersey was praised highly for his portrayal of Antiochus in "Believe In What You Will". He also acted in "Rough Crossings", the theatre adaptation by Caryl Phillips from Simon Schama's book. His recent work involves a supporting role in the 2008 film "The Bank Job", in which he portrayed Michael X, and playing the general Cominius in the Donmar Warehouse's 2013-14 production of "Coriolanus".


Further more, 100 more feeder bus services were bought in first phase; feeding passengers to the remaining 18 buses from far flung areas.

(meta data) TITLE: Multan's Feeder Bus Service to be operational in July | The Express Tribune

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## Multan's Feeder Bus Service to be operational in July

100 air-conditioned buses will transport around 75,000 commuters on daily basis

Transport authorities restore buses removed after inauguration of Metro feeder buses.

To facilitate Metro Bus passengers, the Feeder Bus Service (FBS) will ply 100 air-conditioned buses on different routes in July.

At least, 75,000 commuters will benefit with the new service.

The Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMTA) is in a process of initiating operations of the integrated public transport system (feeder routes) in Multan City in July this year.

In the first phase of the project, eleven feeder routes will be added to the Multan Metro Bus system by operating 100 air-conditioned buses.

These buses are expected to transport around 75,000 commuters on daily basis.

New Metro Bus Route: Construction work gains momentum

These feeder routes will have fare, operational and physical integration with metro bus line to ensure running of a fully integrated transport system within the city.

The official contractor for operating buses on feeder routes is Veda Transit Solutions.

Lahore was the first city where PMTA started feeder route air-conditioned busses connecting almost entire metro bus track with 200 feeder buses provided and operated by Daewoo Pakistan.

Multan will be the second city where feeder routes will be connected with metro bus track.

Veda Transit Solutions Chief Operating Officer Abdur Rehman told The Express Tribune, "The first batch of buses to run under the project has already arrived at Multan and the remaining buses are waiting to be transported from Karachi to Multan soon on completion of depots facilities and related infrastructure."

He added, "The team of engineers also arrived along with the buses to provide technical assistance in terms of driver's training and setting up maintenance operations which have been completed."

He maintained, "The feeder route operations are expected to commence in July and Veda is ready to start operating buses with full commitment."

OLMT construction disrupts gas for 12 hours

In February 2016, the Punjab Mass-Transit Authority had inked an agreement with Daewoo Pakistan for procurement, operation and maintenance of feeder buses for integrated bus operations in Lahore.

These buses were to hit Lahore's roads in April last year, but the project was stalled owing to disagreements between the authority and the operator on contractual terms.

The issue was later resolved amicably and the operator ordered new buses.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 30th, 2017.

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Kolomoyskyi is the leading partner of the Privat Group and a "de facto" chairman of the FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

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# Three's a crowd for Dynamo and Shakhtar

At long last a third side has emerged in Ukraine to threaten the age-old duopoly of Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk, says Jonathan Wilson.

First published on Tue 28 Aug 2007 07.22 EDT

Ever since Tavriya Simferapol surprised everybody by winning the first title following fragmentation, Ukrainian football has been crying out for a third force and, at last, it seems as though they may have one.

"I would not be surprised," Andriy Husyn said earlier this month, "if Dnipro win the league."

That may not sound like anything outrageous, but the fact that the former Dynamo Kyiv midfielder's assertion was not greeted by gales of laughter is itself telling.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk may not win the Ukrainian title this season, but, having won six and drawn one of their opening seven games, scoring 14 and conceding three, it does at least look as though they're going to be in the mix, even if Sunday's goalless draw at home to Zakarpattya allowed Shakhtar to pull level on points at the top of the table.

Most significantly, Dnipro won 3-1 away at Dynamo, despite falling behind, and then put four past Metalurh Donetsk, who are themselves widely expected to be challenging for European qualification this season.

The playmaker Serhiy Nazarenko, a footballer of sublime touch and great imagination who is habitually called into the national squad but rarely called onto the pitch by Oleh Blokhin, has been in superb form, scoring five goals already this season, four of them stroked in from outside the box.

Oleh Shelayev, a national team regular who was left out in coach Oleh Protasov's first season, is now established as a commanding presence at the back of the midfield, while the central defender Andriy Rusol and the goalkeeper Maksym Startsev complete a strong spine.

The great revelation, though, has been the forward Andriy Vorobey, who had effectively been sent into exile by Mircea Lucescu at Shakhtar.

Given a second chance, he has responded with three goals and performances of persistent energy that have opened the way for the Russian forward Sergey Samodin to score four of his own.

Dnipro's emergence as a genuine force has been long expected.

They had seemed to be making progress under the late Yevhen Kucherevskyi.

They were fourth in the league in 2003, and third in 2004, and that year they beat Hamburg and Dinamo Zagreb before going down 1-0 to Marseille in the third round of the Uefa Cup.

There was a sense of stagnation as they slipped back to fourth in 2005 and, amid rumours that a number of players were suffering from what Ukrainians call "star-sickness", Kucherevskyi was replaced by Protasov.

A native of Dnipropetrovsk and a star at Dnipro in the mid-80s (although he left before the 1988 title success)

, the former forward was a popular appointment, and he has been wise enough largely to follow his predecessor's blueprint.

Kucherevskyi, the coach who led them to the title, was suspicious of foreign players, a distrust based on his experiences in Russia with Arsenal Tula when he was sent to Brazil with a budget to sign six players, only to find on his return that his board had bought another half-dozen, deciding his signings lacked the necessary exoticism.

Protasov, similarly, has largely confined himself, if not exclusively to Ukrainian players, then at least to players from the former USSR, a policy reinforced by the relative failures of the midfielders Davidson, a Brazilian, and Mladen Bartulovic, a Serbian.

Instead he has preferred to promote local talent.

Dmytro Lyopa, a 19-year-old midfielder, has impressed in a series of substitute appearances, most notably in the final quarter against Dynamo and against GKS Belchatow of Poland in the Uefa Cup, when he salvaged a draw from the home leg by laying on an equaliser for Nazarenko.

Although opportunities have been limited, there are high hopes too for Yevhen Shakhov, probably Ukraine's best forward at Under-18 level.

Stability of philosophy and personnel is all very well, but Dnipro have also benefited from a financial stability rare in the former Communist bloc.

The club is owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the founder of Pryvatbank and a dollar-billionaire listed by Forbes as the 799th-richest man in the world.

He may lag some way behind the Shakhtar owner, Rinat Akhmetov (214th), and he does not go in for Akhmetov-style marquee signings, but Dnipro's budget is not that much less than Dynamo's and is arguably more wisely deployed.

They will benefit too from their imminent move from their present home at the Stadium Meteor to the 33,000-capacity Dnipro Stadium, which will host games at Euro 2012.

Just as importantly, Kolomoyskyi has proved himself adept at negotiating the difficult waters of Ukrainian football politics.

He has risen to be vice-president of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), deputy to Hrihoriy Surkis, a former president of Dynamo and brother to Dynamo's present chairman, Ihor.

That the relationship between Kolomoyskyi and the Surkises is healthy would seem to be confirmed by the fact that Dynamo's shirt sponsors are Pryvatbank.

Dnipro have been involved in noticeably few refereeing controversies - either as beneficiaries or victims - in recent years, which the conspiracy theorists would have you believe is not coincidental.

Dnipro's other great strength is Protasov, a disciplinarian with a smiling face.

The mood at the club is relaxed, but there are reports of draconian fines for those who step out of line.

It is also an advantage that his coaching experience has come in Greece and Cyprus; there is no danger of him suffering the sort of post-Lobanovskyi hangover with which Dynamo seem perpetually to be struggling.

The doubters point out that Dnipro have a history of playing well against Shakhtar and Dynamo, only to drop points against lesser sides, and Sunday's draw against Zakarpattya was perhaps an indication that old habits could be returning.

Last season they drew 14 times, often in games they had dominated.

It had been hoped that the arrival of Vorobey would give them the cutting edge to overcome that, but Sunday showed just how reliant they are on Nazarenko for creativity.

That may be their undoing in the end, but at the moment they lead Dynamo by nine points and appear to be Shakhtar's closest rivals.

They may not win the title, but the eternal duopoly at least could be coming to an end.

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 Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi (Ukrainian: Ігор Валерійович Коломойський; Russian: Игорь Валерьевич Коломойский, Igor Kolomoisky; Hebrew: איגור קולומויסקי; born 13 February 1963) is a Ukrainian billionaire business oligarch and the former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
 Kolomoyskyi is rated as the second or third richest person in Ukraine (after Rinat Akhmetov and/or Viktor Pinchuk) since 2006. and 377th richest person in the world according to the "Forbes" magazine list of billionaires (as of 2011). In March 2015 "The Economist" listed his net worth as $1.36 billion.