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Richmond metal singer Dorthia Cottrell releases a haunting solo acoustic debut.

click to enlarge Dorthia Cottrell is the lead singer for popular Richmond metal band, Windhand. Next week, she releases her self-titled solo debut following other metal singers who have ventured into dark Americana.

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Dorthia Cottrell is the lead singer for popular Richmond metal band, Windhand. Next week, she releases her self-titled solo debut following other metal singers who have ventured into dark Americana.

For most of her life, Dorthia Cottrell has been the lone woman at the headbanger’s ball.

As the lead singer for local metal band Windhand, Cottrell’s bewitching, reverb-soaked vocals helped that group emerge from the pack with national critical acclaim and steady touring during the last few years, including to Europe and Australia.

Next week she’s releasing her self-titled solo debut, a starkly personal collection of acoustic songs that fall somewhere between languid Southern gothic folk and old-school country. Many are hardscrabble, desolate songs told from a strong woman’s perspective — sort of a mixture of Lucinda Williams’ grit and Cat Power’s ravaged, soulful blues. Instead of doom-metal riffs, her quietly fingerpicked guitar-playing anchors the heartfelt vocals, which sound more world-weary than most 29-year-olds.

“I’m a bad guitar player. Everything is in dropped D tuning, and I use my claw technique,” she says. “It’s a way I hold my hand so I can make any note major or minor by just moving a finger.”

Cottrell has an intense gaze, but her face melts easily into a smile. Today she’s come to Mojo’s from her day job taking care of John Downing, the owner of local club Strange Matter, who has spinal muscular atrophy. “A lot of local musicians work for him,” she says. “He’s funny. He told me to tell you he was my muse.”

Cottrell grew up in a musical family in King George County (“a mixture of country people and Navy brats” she says), playing clarinet in the school band. When she goes back home she still jams with her dad’s classic rock band and indulges her mother’s “obsession” with karaoke.

Cottrell explains that she was always into heavy music, but it was exclusively a boy’s club, so she began writing her own songs at 13. Early influences included Layne Staley of Alice in Chains; you can still hear some of that ’90s grunge influence in her vulnerable delivery.

She moved to Richmond to study English at Virginia Commonwealth University but didn’t get to finish her degree.

“There was this Craigslist ad for a band. My boyfriend at the time kept saying he was going to audition but he would never go,” Cottrell says, finishing her Bloody Mary. “So I sent some songs and was like, fuck it, and I went.”

The band members liked what they heard and Cottrell became the focal point of the group, swaying beneath crushing waves of stoner metal. After two albums with Windhand and some solo shows, she decided it was time to record her old songs. She says her bandmates have been supportive, as have Windhand fans across the country.

“I chose the songs chronologically by going back to some of the earliest, like ‘Gold,’ which I wrote when I was 18 for a close friend who died,” she says. Other highlights such as “Oak Grove” show her straight-shooting, somewhat dark lyrical style (“God is not my problem / and my flesh is weak / I’m the kind of girl who needs a devil in a man to satisfy me”), and the beautiful ballad, “Maybe It’s True” (“maybe I’ll just never be that take home kind of girl … maybe I’m just hard up for that sun down kind of world”).

Released by local Forcefield Records, the album was recorded within the last year at Snake Oil Recording in Manchester. Kevin Wade Inge is the only other musician, adding pedal steel and a guitar converted to sound like a sitar. Producer Daniel Deckelman says Cottrell probably is one of the most gifted singer-songwriters working in Richmond.

“The only thing that was made clear to me was that I should not be afraid of the reverb — that’s kind of her trademark,” Deckelman says. “I’m very proud of this record. It maintains good continuity by nature of her writing, voice and delivery. And there’s a definite mood and vibe.”

On the record, Cottrell was able to explore influences such as the old-school country her parents played while she was growing up. It’s a musical genre she listens to now more than the heavier stuff, she says. “Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, Patsy Cline — I think they’re helping me with control over my voice,” she continues. “They had better control, were quieter and I like that you can hear their breaths.”

On her album she pulls off gorgeous covers of classics by Townes Van Zandt (“Rake”) and Gram Parsons (“Song for You”) — tunes she played in the van before Windhand shows to warm up and relax. “I call them my breathing songs because I can play them without thinking,” she says.

Since Cottrell began making noise with Windhand, more doom-metal bands have added female singers. It will be interesting to see whether her solo work, already being praised online at NPR and Stereogum, might help inspire other women singers in metal to explore genres, as she and others have been doing with dark Americana.

Windhand will record its third album in Seattle on March 3, with noted Nirvana producer Jack Endino. As for Cottrell’s solo career, she says she has enough written to record two more albums. “I’m ready to do more,” she says. “Next time I might record them all live.”

She’ll have to continue to juggle her own dates with heavy Windhand touring but says she likes it that way. The key is to keep moving, she says: “I don’t like to stick around one place too long. I just get depressed.” S

Dorthia Cottrell plays with Divine Circles and Lunar Creature, Gardener and Dave Watkins at Strange Matter on Sunday, March 22. The show starts at 10 p.m. and tickets cost $7.

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Getting to The Summit just got a little easier.  We are excited by the news that the Yeager Airport in Charleston, WV has announced free shuttle service to and from The Summit.  The transportation service will begin this summer and run through the Summit’s 2016 summer season.  While the Summit does not endorse transportation services or companies, we believe that this service will be a great benefit to Summit participants.  We appreciate the commitment of Yeager Airport and its management team to providing a great West Virginia welcome to our Scouts and volunteer leaders.
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It hit us like a bolt from the blue: in 1986, the first baby boomers turned 40. Then, USA Today targeted July 20, 1988, as the day the number of people age 35-59 would begin to surpass those 18-34, for the first time since the 1950s.

In 1989, Jackie O. celebrated her 60th birthday. None of these events, of course, were unpredictable, or of any great statistical surprise; but the middle-aging of the generation that once vowed, James Dean-like, to die young, couldn't help but make waves. It was (and is) a cultural transformation we have been tracking for some time.

Not so much from a demographic point of view -- though the numbers alone are staggering. (In 1988, 76 million people were 45 or older -- a full 31 percent of the population, and a percentage that is increasing rapidly. The number of Americans over 65 exceeds the entire population of Canada. Right this minute, the American Association of Retired People represents a full fifth of American voters.) We examined the change, as always, from a psychographic and behavioral point of view.

What we predicted (and now see) is a reinterpretation of the definition of aging, a kind of de-aging of every tier of society. Cher, in 1991, is 45. All aging in at 40-plus, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead are still rocking ... and rolling. People magazine names Sean Connery, 61, "The Sexiest Man Alive." Joan Collins, in her mid to late 50s, and Paul Newman, at more than 60, are cast as the sexiest of sex symbols. No one questions that Elizabeth Taylor has Passion at her age. More than 10,000 (and a full 42 percent) of the runners who finished the 1989 New York Marathon were over 40 -- 56 of them were over 70, and the oldest came in at 91.

We are seeing an increase in the number of first-time brides over 30 -- even 40 (refuting Newsweek's dire prediction that 40-year-old women had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than finding a husband). We are seeing, even more impressively, an increase in the number of first-time mothers over 40. Connie Chung's maternal intentions, at 44, made the cover of People magazine, with the headline, "I want to have a baby."

This refusal to be bound by traditional age limitations is the trend we are calling Down-Aging: redefining down what appropriate age-behavior is for your age. A profound new phenomenon in the culture, it's the result of more than an unprecedented concern with health and longevity -- and even more than a courage born of numbers (aging baby boomers represent a full third of the population). We see it as a truly collective psychosentimental response, fueled in part by a certain New Age Arrogance.

The same baby-boom bunch that once said, "don't trust anyone over 30," now says, with equal militance, "Life begins at 40." Whatever the age of this generation, that age is the only age to be. Older is becoming better. We still want to look and feel terrific, in spite of the inevitable changes. Americans spend $2 billion a year on products to ward off aging. Forty percent of women age 25-43 color their hair, usually to cover gray. Retin-A sales reportedly jumped from $20 million to $60 million in 1990. More than 1 million Americans had facial plastic surgery in 1988, up 17 percent in two years. I predict that in the emerging decade, the average woman will be much less anxious about growing older, less disinclined to admit to her age. Character will count. If you're secretly planning a face-lift at 50, you might want to find a doctor who leaves some lines in. Character lines are signs of experience, and they'll count for a lot in the years ahead.

Add to this New Age Arrogance the well-honed sense of entitlement this generation carries with it (maturing baby boomers are the children of relative peace and prosperity, accustomed to being catered to as demanding consumers), and we can foresee the development of enormous market opportunities.

This new consumer will make no apologies for the changes that come with aging, and will not suffer them lightly. Look for a big growth in product technology that deals with corrective hearing and sight. There will be a new at-home dental-care market that offers bleaching and bonding kits as well as gum-disease prevention. And new products that aid dexterity and increase manual skills.

The skin-care market, with accelerated research in anti-aging technology, will see a new surge in vitality. In the works now: anti-aging creams containing the new sunscreen Photoplex, an advanced formulation that blocks almost all UVB rays (the ones mainly responsible for burning, wrinkling and skin cancer) and also 70 percent of UVA (contributing to, among other things, skin sagging). And Nayad, a yeast complex that reportedly stimulates the skin's immune system, to help counteract sun damage, sagging and wrinkling. Shiseido has a new $29 million Institute for Advanced Skin Research in Tokyo, with the announced goal of achieving a true anti-aging drug for the skin within seven years.

Or how about brain boosters? Nimodopine, used to improve blood flow in stroke patients, may boost memory capacity in aging brains. Or Deprenyl, a highly effective anti-depressant, shows promise in treating Alzheimer's disease. It is being called a "psychoenergizer" (it's popular as a human aphrodisiac in Europe). Preliminary evidence shows Deprenyl could prolong your normal life span by 15 to 20 years!

The first aspect of Down-Aging has to do with redefining-down the idea of age: 40 now is what used to be 30, 50 is now what used to be 40, 65 now is the beginning of the second half of life, not the beginning of the end. But the cutting edge of the trend today -- and the really fun part -- is not so much redefining-down as cutting loose, a sort of "let's see just how low we can go." What age is the most fun? How about being stuck at 6! It's the let's-be-kids-again impulse in all of us -- a partial denial of the burdens of maturity to return to a simpler time when we all giggled and played. Down- Aging is how you explain Dr. Seuss on the best-seller list, three movies in one season in which a kid and an adult switch bodies and all that advertising that tells you how Snickers and Oreos and Frosted Flakes and Kool-Aid connect you back to the kid you have inside.

Half of the business in Halloween costumes is now for grown-ups, versus 10 percent just 20 years ago. The hottest radio format is "Golden Oldies" and the number of stations showcasing Elvis, the Supremes, the Platters, and Lesley Gore has ballooned 20 percent in one year.

Adults go on their own to Disney World and F.A.O. Schwarz (or to their own grown-up toy stores, like The Sharper Image). We are placing heavy emphasis on recreation: going to movies more (the over-40 movie audience increased 14 percent in 1989), and attending special adult fun camps (a jazz camp in Vermont, a "simulated space mission" camp in Alabama). We're spending more money now on recreation than on clothing ($247 billion in 1988).

What does it mean to marketers? It means when you think of your new consumer, you have to remember the kid inside that accompanies each grown-up on every shopping trip: adult needs, but a kid's lack of impulse control. Adult wants, but a kid's need to cut up and be carefree. An adult's perception of the world, but an overlay of nostalgia and a longing to be reassured that the world is still a wonderful place in which to live. Opportunity is to be found in almost anything that makes you feel better, makes you laugh, makes you have fun, makes you feel like a kid. The sure thing for marketers is this: This generation will grow old with a stylish vengeance, putting in more energy against growing old, and the way growing old makes us feel, than any generation that came before.

And spending more money than ever on doing it.

Monday: The quest for a happier longer life.

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Two stop signs at both ends of Plaisted Road in East Jay, which is located off Route 133, have three priority mail stickers with the words “anti” and what looks like “antie over” in two-dimensional lettering on them stuck in the middle of the sign.

Some of the words appear to be written in Spanish, police Chief Larry White Sr. said, and have similar traits to gang tagging.

One of the stickers on one sign was not complete, said officer Stephen Wilkinson, who is investigating the incidents with Detective Richard Caton IV.

A yellow safety sign with arrows on both ends at the intersection of Old Jay Hill Road and Woodman Hill Road also had stickers on it. The wording there appears to say “nato.”

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LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice will hold its 11th annual Autumn Night Out Silent Auction & Gala on Friday, Oct. 24, at Poland Spring Resort in Poland, with proceeds benefiting AHCH’s Hospice Program.

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“We’ve got lots of exciting new things planned for our 11th annual Autumn Night Out” said Cyndi Robbins, volunteer chair of the Autumn Night Out Planning Committee and owner of Poland Spring Resort & Golf Course. “With the recent changes in funding and reimbursements as of late, events like Autumn Night Out are imperative to AHCH’s mission to never turn a patient away because of inability to pay. The funds raised via Autumn Night Out mean that every person needing hospice services is cared for, no matter what.”

Silent and live auctions will include gift certificates, antiques, art work by local artisans, trips and getaways.

The event’s planning committee also has some exciting games planned, bringing back the ever popular “Heads or Tails” game, as well as introducing a new game: “The Wine Wall.” Guests can buy a raffle cork with a number that corresponds to individually wrapped bottles of wine. Wines range from the everyday to gourmet. The planning committee is still in search of auction item donations as well as bottled wine donations.

Reservations are $65 per person and seating is reserved. Tables of six or 10 may also be reserved for $390 or $650. Reservations, auction item donations and wine donations can be made by visiting www.ahch.org, calling 207-795-9469 or emailing Danielle at [email protected]

RSVP by Oct. 15.

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Using Fermented Grape Leaves

This is our stuffed grape leaves recipe made with homemade lacto-fermented grape leaves rather than pickled preserved varieties. Also referred to as dolmas or dolmades, this one is a Greek variation using some of the common ingredients utilized in Mediterranean-style fillings.

If you've never had dolmas you're in for a real treat. They are essentially handy pre-made rolls stuffed with tangy and savory flavors that can be stored in the fridge for several days until you're ready to eat them. Although often served as bite-size appetizers before a main meal, we like to enjoy them as the primary entrée with soups or salads as they are quite filling.

While we prefer to make our from scratch, dolmas or dolmades are actually a popular type of canned food, believe it or not, and frequently available in international food sections of most grocery stores in the U.S. and other countries around the world. They are usually a product of Greece where they are a traditionally eaten item prepared in many Greek households.

Dolmades, according to Greek custom, may include a wide combination of vegetables, nuts, fruit, minced meat, herbs and seasonings.

It is believed that the origin of stuffed grape leaves historically dates back to Alexander the Great when they were prepared as a nourishing rolled meal in times of food scarcity.

A High Raw Vegan Variety

This recipe is a "high raw" vegan version using only three cooked ingredients, wild rice, shiitake and miso. While dolmas are commonly heat treated, usually via steaming, to tenderize the leaves and ingredients, we find that this process isn't all that necessary. The leaves are already softened from pickling and the stuffing we use in the recipe below provides a nice consistency that holds together well when rolled.

Unheated dolmas are much easier to digest, in our opinion, preserving beneficial enzymes, probiotic content and other phytonutrients.

Lacto-Fermented Grape Leaves Vs. Canned

Most commercial grapevine leaves are preserved as a canned pickled food. This usually involves blanching of the leaves first then preparing them in a brine and hot water bath for further processing. Other ingredients are also frequently added to low quality brands which may include a list of preservatives like sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and sodium bisulfite.

If you do buy canned or preserved grapevine leaves, it is best of course to purchase products without artificial preservatives. There are a few reputable manufacturers who only use a few basic ingredients, usually grape leaves, vinegar water, salt and citric acid.

However, if you happen to live in a region where you can harvest wild leaves or even cultivated varieties, you can make your own homemade jar of fermented leaves with only a few supplies and spices.

Lacto-fermented grape leaves produce a pickled flavor and soft texture that is similar to canned versions, but also creates a fermented food with beneficial microflora and enzymes that helps to aid the digestion of other foods.

When the leaf is fermented for a number of days in a brine solution, it produces a perfectly flexible texture that is easy to roll around foods without tearing.

Although the tangy and subtly sweet tastes are especially delicious when used in this stuffed grape leaves recipe, they can be additionally utilized as a burrito-style wrap for a variety of other food fillings.

Making Fermented Grape Leaves

Lacto-fermentation is achieved in much the same way as making other cultured vegetables by submerging the leaves in a brine solution.

This oxygen-free (anaerobic) environment supports the growth of desirable bacteria and eliminates pathogenic varieties when kept at the appropriate temperature between 65-75°F (18-24°C).

This liquid most always includes sea salt, pure filtered water and pickling spices, but may also be inoculated with probiotic powder or culture starters containing lactic acid bacteria.

When making your own homemade fermented grape leaves, you will of course need access to a good quantity, at least 30, fresh healthy grape leaves.

Harvesting Your Own Grape Leaves

Wild grapevines grow throughout many mild climates and forests all over the world and essentially can be found anywhere that you can grow wine grapes.

They are quite a prolific species, often weaving their way through tall trees and brush, producing many leaves in just one small area of growth.

When harvesting your own wild leaves, you will most always find them happily using a plant neighbor to grow on for support. This could be anything from blackberry vines and boulders to pine trees or homestead fencing.

Likewise, grape leaves can also be harvested from cultivated garden grapes as well as from wine grape species, but are typically considered less palatable than the wild grape that only bare small fruits.

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In this recipe you will be making the wild rice ahead of time, then adding your herbs, spices and soaked mulberries. The shiitake mushroom can be steamed slightly by adding it to the rice at the last minute. When cooking wild rice, half a cup of raw grain will usually make 2 cups of cooked rice, depending on the variety you are using.

We typically like to integrate our other filling ingredients when the rice is still warm, but has cooled for at least 15 minutes.

This stuffed grape leaves recipe will fill about 20-25 grape leaves, depending on their size.

  • 20-25 fermented grape leaves
  • 2C cooked wild rice
  • 1/2C shiitake mushrooms (steamed slightly)
  • 1/4C soaked and strained mulberries, slice in half
  • 1/4C chives, diced
  • 3T olive oil
  • 3T raw pine nuts
  • 3T lemon juice
  • 3T cashew butter
  • 1/2C parsley, minced
  • 2-3T fresh mint leaves, minced
  • 1T dill weed
  • 2t miso paste
  • 1/4t pink sea salt
  • 1/4t black pepper

  1. Prepare the wild rice, add in shiitake during the last 5 minutes of cooking time.
  2. Allow the rice to cool slightly in the pot or rice cooker.
  3. Remove the rice and place in a large bowl.
  4. Thoroughly mix in all the above ingredients, aside from the grape leaves of course.
  5. On a clean chopping board, lay down your grape leaf with the vein side up and cut stem at the bottom.
  6. Place your filling (between 1-3T) onto the middle of the leaf, but closer to the lower stem.
  7. Sometimes, but not always, grape leaves have two lobes at the bottom that stick out. These segmented sections make it easy to turn up the sides to hold in the filling as you roll it like a burrito. Make sure to roll it as tightly as you can towards the tip of the leaf, constantly folding in the leaf as you move upward.
  8. Pack each dolma, as you make them, into a square/rectangular shaped glass dish or plastic container.
  9. Brush lightly with olive oil if desired.
  10. Store in the fridge for later use or consume immediately when warm.

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Enjoy them as an appetizer or as a main meal. The recipe can easily be doubled for potlucks or other gatherings when finger foods are appropriate.

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Organic Autumn Glory & Baba Ganoush Sliders

Baba ganoush is a traditional Mediterranean appetizer, made of mashed cooked eggplant and tahini. It is often served as the meze, or start to a meal. Though traditionally served with pita bread, we are going for a low-carb version with Autumn Glory® apple slices as the “cracker.” The sweet, crunchy, and juicy flesh of Autumn Glory creates a fantastic base for this exotic dish. Bursts of pomegranate aerials and freshly chopped mint add to this Mediterranean experience.

These sliders are Whole 30 and paleo appropriate!

  • 1 organic Autumn Glory apple
  • 1 orange, juiced
  • 1 eggplant
  • Olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 3 tablespoons tahini, plus more if needed
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • Salt & pepper
  • Chopped mint
  • Pomegranate aerials

Preheat oven to 450° & line baking sheet with foil. Peel eggplant and slice into ¼” rounds. Sprinkle with salt on both sides. Place in colander to drain for 15 minutes. Rinse the eggplant and pat dry. Rub with olive oil and bake for 15-20 minutes, flipping eggplant halfway through. When soft and golden brown, cool for five minutes.

In a food processor, blend eggplant, garlic, tahini, and lemon juice. Pulse until smooth. Season with salt, pepper, and tahini to taste.

Slice Autumn Glory apple into ¼” slices and dip into orange juice to prevent browning. Arrange slices on a plate and top with baba ganoush. Garnish with freshly chopped mint and pomegranate seeds.

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Denso Wave’s QR Code can hold as much as 7,000 digits or 4,000 characters of text – compared to a 1D Code which can only hold about 20 characters.because of QR barcodes can contain more info than 1D barcodes ,and it is easy to decode ,so it most use in health care ,government projects etc . such as the India government issued a document with personal profiles through QR code , it contains over 1000 digits ,detailed the owners birth date ,place ,gender ,introductions , when they go to government apply something,it is easy for the office to extract the info from the document and increase efficiency and save time .

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it ,just need a 2D Barcode Scanner to read the PDF417 in the document, no need type in to the computer by hand.

2D barcodes can be used to import data from external sources like  Office programs, MS SQL Servers, and other databases and files; this means they can often be efficiently integrated with a company’s existing tracking methods and then used to improve those methods.

For now nearly every one has a smart phone ,it can read 2D barcodes from merchandise labels ,other mobile devices displays through its application installed like Wechat ,Apple pay etc,it allowed important info shared with customers easily and quickly .customers can get info by scanning the 2D barcodes in advertisement and products labels ,to track the products produce date and Advertisement detail.

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What type of club are we?

We are a table tennis sports club, which provides Club Members with the opportunity  to play in league, cup and club competitions

      What is the need for Volunteer’s?

1.     Most of our Committee Officials are also Club playing members, so we do not have a current need for Volunteers for those positions

2.     We need Volunteers to help with the organisation of our work with Juniors at The NewGen Zone ”

3.     Volunteers are also needed to help with the organisation of the proposed After School Club, (Table Tennis Fun Factory) which is planned for the spring of 2015

      Numbers required

NewGen Zone

Table Tennis Fun Zone

        Methods of recruitment

Publicity to current Club Members

January 2015

Club News Updates

-            Development Manager

Contact with the Sports Partnership

January 2015

Email and meeting

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Parents of Junior Club Members

January 2015

Letter to Parents

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January 2015

Meeting and follow up

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Students at South Cheshire College – offering work experience placement

January 2015

College publicity and follow up

-            Volunteer Co odinator and Development Manager

Volunteer Coordinator   * Philip Roy,

Crewe Central Table Tennis Club

   ? Get to know all club volunteers and potential volunteers and be their main contact

 ? Ensure that all volunteers know what they are doing

 ? Supervise and oversee the role of other volunteers, including their paperwork.

 ? Coordinate the implementation of the volunteer recruitment, training and support plans.

 ? Recognise and nominate your volunteers for volunteer awards.

 ? Work with the Secretary to organise social and recruitment events for volunteers.

 ? Attend committee meetings as appropriate

 ? Arrange mentoring (if appropriate) for relevant volunteers

Crewe Central Table Tennis Club

Executive Committee Meeting

Date:  Wednesday 9th April 2014 Venue:  Delmar Print, Nantwich. Time: 8 pm

Notes of the Meeting

·       In Attendance. Mike Crompton (MC), Neil Williams (NW), Mike Farr (MF), Richard Derricutt (RD), Dave Stubbs (DS), Dennis Artess (DA), Robin Smith (RS), Bob Hope (BH) and Kam Li (KL). MC welcomed all especially those for whom this was their first ctte meeting.

·       Notes of last meeting were approved.

o   Matters arising: WhatsApp application discussed and agreed to be taken forward as part of the role of Media Manager

·       Club Development Plan – Following discussion of related areas, the proposed plan as circulated was approved by all.

·       Playing performance – general satisfaction noted with improvements across the board during the course of the last year.  A large amount of credit for this needs to go to the incredible amount of effort put in by DA, all present expressed gratitude and appreciation for this.  General suggestion that club support be offered to all and parents of younger members be encouraged to participate fully in club activities. Suggestion to offer club sponsorship for entering into regional competitions was proposed and cases are to be considered as and when the need arises.

·       Clubmark accreditation – 3 pillars Partnerships, Coaching Programme, Club management

o   Partnerships

§  South Cheshire College – formal agreement in place

§  William Stanier School – ongoing discussions

§  Nantwich Elim Church – awaiting return of formal agreement

§  Kingsgrove school – discussions ongoing, DA to discuss in more detail with club member Paul Benbow and DS

§  Crewe TTL . Formal agreement in place?

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o   Coaching programme

§  Draft proposal circulated, discussed and agreed as presented. New development mgr to implement post AGM

§  The number of advanced level players was seen as a current weakness for the club, however the ctte are willing to accept that the club will grow organically, new advanced level players will be the result of the natural progression process.

o   Club Management

§  Policies all agreed unanimously, except #25/26 which DA will redraft in line with discussion. Proposed RD, seconded DS. These are now to be placed on the clubs website with any future changes needing to be made through discussion at exec ctte meetings.  As a minimum all policies need to be reviewed annually.

ACTION: RD to place agreed policies on website

§  Proposed and agreed to produce an informational flyer outlining key elements of the clubs policies. The ctte will need to then review and agree, MF to print, then all to circulate.

ACTION: KL/RD to draft and circulate for approval

·       Anti doping course – RD presented information regarding a free on line course – agreed that all coaches should be encouraged to undertake the course.

ACTION: All coaches to undertake the course

·       Club Venues 2014/15 – list circulated and after discussion agreed. Future of Wordcraft venue for the potteries league team to be considered again in due course.

·       Awards Night – 3 perpetual trophies to be collected from last years winners (Player of the Year, Team of the year and New Gen Team of the year). List of awards for 2014 and recipients discussed and agreed as proposed by DA.  Agreed that RS would source and purchase suitable trophies and arrange for their engraving, max budget set as £400.  RS to source then circulate suggestions to ctte before purchasing. DS offered and ctte accepted his offer to organise a raffle on the evening. Discussion over suitable “celebrities” to be asked to present awards.

ACTION: DA to organise guest to present awards

ACTION: RS to source and propose trophies

·       AGM – List of positions and anticipated post holders circulated and agreed as discussed/proposed. The need to ensure that the current constitution reflects the current reality was discussed, any required changes to be brought forward to the AGM.

ACTION: RS to review constitution

·       Teams and competitions - 2014/15 draft team formats circulated, subject to finalisation. Probably have a total of 17 teams in the Crewe league and 1 in the potteries, noted that we would like to enter a second potteries team if possible. Need to finalise team structures for next year and to be in a position to hand this over to the new Team Manager after the AGM.

ACTION: DA to work on finalising Teams

·       Finance Report – DA presented income and expenditure account for the past year, showing a small projected surplus for the year.  Balance sheet presented.  Cheshire East grant was designed to cover coach training costs. Those involved to be asked to reclaim the costs they are entitled to.  Further raffles and specific prize draws will be organised in 2014.  Ctte expressed thanks to DA for undertaking the treasurer role for the year. Ctte unanimously agreed the reports.

ACTION: DA to hand over treasurer responsibilities to new treasurer

·       Summer Competitions – Outline presented for discussion, ctte agreed to potentially enter one team in the Potteries summer league subject to there being sufficient interest.  RD proposed an internal individual club league over the summer months, after discussion, agreed to create a club league based upon the concept of a Squash League for Juniors and Senior members commencing May 6th.  Agreed to hold a Junior/Senior Club KO competition and a Doubles Summer KO tournament

ACTION: DA to canvass members for interest in Potteries Summer League

ACTION: RS/RD to organise summer ladder competition

ACTION: KL to organise summer singles KO competitions

ACTION: MC/NW to organise doubles KO tournament

·       AOB

o   Dates for future meetings set

§  Exec committee Meetings

·       July 2nd 2015

·       October 8th 2015

·       January 7th 2015

·       April 8th 2015

§  2015 Club AGM

·       May 20th 2015

§  Locations TBC

§  Start time of 7:30pm agreed

o   DS proposed to introduce an annual club membership fee of £10 Senior and £5 junior.  After discussion agreed to put the proposal forward at the AGM.  DS to propose and promote.

ACTION: DS to draft a proposal for the AGM

o   General discussion around attracting more female players, this is part of the development plan and is seen as a key target for the club.

o   Special needs competition 10/11 May requires volunteer umpires – all to canvass members and get names to DA as soon as possible.

o   Schools TT competition U13 June 5th 4pm – 5:30pm CCTTC have been asked to provide support. Venue TBC, any volunteers to DA.

o   Potteries league rule changes noted, special mention made of the need for each team to be represented at ctte meetings, non-attendance will result in a fine being levied.

Meeting closed 10:30pm.

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KJUNG!.... what about those DB112's?

Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by bino, Aug 25, 2007.

  1. bino

    Jun 27, 2002
    Orange County
    do tell.
  2. KJung

    KJung Supporting Member

    Hey there!

    They arrived a few days ago. I haven't gotten them out on a gig (waiting for the covers so I don't bang them up!), so still don't have a sense as to the volume they will put out in a gig setting. Played solo, they are quite full and loud....so far, so good. I bought these specifically to match up with my Thunderfunk, which is not seeing much work lately since I've been in on the Markbass lovefest.

    The DB112's are very high quality... beautiful fit and finish. They are quite large (the 19" by 19" footprint is quite big, although the 14" height makes them relatively easy to lift and carry). Actually the 2 x DB112 stack is not much smaller than the Epi410UL. However, they are unique sounding... plenty of low end, but a very vintage-like mid punch and growl, with a nice, natural top end. The vintage look matches the sort of 'updated vintage' tone IMO. They are a VERY good match with the Thunderfunk... that mid warmth and punch of the TF really fits with the mid present voicing of the DB's.

    I would call this rig 'vintage/modern'.... not sizzly or super deep, but very warm, grindy, and articulate. It is a GREAT rig for a vintage J (and I assume P also).

    I like it a lot, and visually, it's the coolest stack I've owned.

    I wasn't going to post up until I got some hours on them, so this is very preliminary. However, I'm impressed so far.. much more punch and mid punch versus the GS112's, and more burpy and raw than my memory of the Epi112UL's. My guess is that these might be similar to the Epi ceramic line... the PS Series or whatever they are called (based on tone descriptions that others have posted).

    The low end and power of both my Walter Woods and Markbass SD800 seemed to overwhelm them a touch, but that's not the heads I plan to use with them anyway. They really are about the mid punch and growl to my ear.

    Here they are:

  3. bino

    Jun 27, 2002
    Orange County
    very cool, Ken! i like the big sound of the GS, but wanted more mids. would you say they remind you of a bagend 15, or do they have more depth? I I'm real interested in trying these out.
  4. KJung

    KJung Supporting Member

    More depth than the SD15. It's quite a bit different than the GS112... the highs seem much smoother. I don't know if this is due to a different crossover, or if it's just that there is a nicer transition from the mids to the treble in this cab versus the inherent 'smiley face EQ' type voicing that I experienced with the GS112.

    Nice cabs... I think they are the same height and width as the GS112, but 1 inch deeper (with rear ports versus the front ports on the GS).
  5. bino

    Jun 27, 2002
    Orange County
    sounds about perfect for me. you said they're pretty loud too, huh? I'm planning to drive a couple with a 20 year old 800rb.
  6. KJung

    KJung Supporting Member

    I would think that would be a pretty darn good match-up. I always found a little bit of the classic GK800/400 tone in the Thunderfunk... tight, growly, and punchy.. that sort of SS warmth versus tube bloom... not hi fi at all. Hard to describe.

    However, since the TF sounds pretty darn good to my ear, I would thing the 800 would also. I don't think these cabs like 'wide or hi fi' sort of voicings, so I think you are probably good with the GK.

    They also seem quite efficient, so the 800 could probably drive them pretty well.
  7. anyonefortennis

    anyonefortennis Supporting Member

    Jun 28, 2005
    Lincoln, NE
    Do you think a TFB420 would have enough juice to drive 2 of them or should I consider upgrading to the 550b?

    I love my nv425 but I want something smaller /more portable for my TF420 and these may be the ticket. 2 DB112's would look killer in tweed and adding the tweed case of the AG500 (I'm assuming that the tfunk would fit in it) would be a nice finishing touch.
  8. svtb15

    Mar 22, 2004
    Austin,TX - McKinney,TX - NY,NY, - Nashville,TN
    I play it all. Whatever works for the gig
    UHHHOHHH.. i have GAS
  9. KJung

    KJung Supporting Member

    They are quite efficient, ao the 420 should do just fine. The tweed versions look killer.
  10. rok51

    rok51 Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2002
    Crawfordville, FL
    Ah, they're so purdy!!! Same color I would go for. Lucky, for me, my GS112s are my sound, though putting the Deltalites in a pair did seem to open up the mids a little. If I were to start over, I almost think I'd still go with the GS series-it is so, me...but then again...I haven't played through the DBs...and my wallet doesn't want me to even try! ;)
  11. KJung

    KJung Supporting Member

    It sounds like maybe your modified GS112's move the GS tone a little closer to the DB tone. I'd love to hear those!
  12. rok51

    rok51 Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2002
    Crawfordville, FL
    If you are ever in the area, I'd love for you to try them out.

  13. KJung

    KJung Supporting Member

    Just a quick update and comment. I continue to be very impressed with the DB112/TF stack.... tight, loud, warm, articulate...everything a speaker should be IMO.

    One negative comment at this point. Given the very wide stance of these cabs, they REALLY should have two handles, one one each side, versus the single side handle. That single side handle makes these very cumbersome. Given the size and weight, they really are not 'one handers', and the second handle would IMO make a big difference.

    Small deal, but just in case the Aguilar guys are lurking about, this needs to be changed IMO.
  14. jacove

    Apr 12, 2003
    Aalborg, Denmark

    Definetely +1
  15. bino

    Jun 27, 2002
    Orange County
    I always thought the same about the GS112. I used to carry it from underneath like a big box.
  16. blmeier7

    blmeier7 Supporting Member

    May 7, 2006
    Amarillo, TX
    I can't wait to get my DB112 in, I just ordered it yesterday based on Ken's description in another thread. I only ordered one and thought I would spend some time A/B'ing it to my GS112 before I get a second. I have always loved the GS112 by itself but have noticed the mids are lacking some in a full band setting.

    Also ordered a LMII to see what all the hype is about (and because I needed more power than what my WT300 is putting out). Hopefully all will sound good together with a passive jazz bass.:bassist:
  17. 1kinal

    Jan 18, 2006
    Montreal, Qc. Canada
    Endorsing Artist: SIT strings
    I've also ordered one in classic black and should receive it soon. I can't wait to try it with my Ashdown head and GS212.
  18. LeonD

    LeonD Supporting Member

    KJung, when you talk of a vintage tone with the DB112's, I can't help but wonder how they compare to the EA Wizzys.

    Do you have any comparison between the two?

  19. Sean Baumann

    Sean Baumann Supporting Member

    Apr 6, 2000
    Livin' in the USA

    This is why I use a Kart-a-bag! Everybody needs one :)

    Edit: But yeah, I agree. My yamaha cabs are like this. One handle on one side, wish it had two.
  20. joelb79

    Mar 22, 2006
    Lansing, Michigan
    I would call it more UL112 with those drivers tone wise. The Aguilar tweeter has more sizzle than the Epifani cab though. Think of it as a very open upper mid version of the UL112, and better sounding IMO/IME.

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Loose Input Jack

Discussion in 'Hardware, Setup & Repair [BG]' started by BellBottomBlues, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. BellBottomBlues

    Feb 21, 2007
    New York
    Endorser:Fender User:Rotosound, LaBella, Ashdown, Lindy Fralin
    For some reason the input jack on my 57 RI keeps coming loose, as in the nut and washer assembly on the pickguard. I keep retightening it with my fingers, but I wonder if there is something I can do where I don't have to keep doing this. Eventually something in the inside is bound to snap.
  2. ElectroStompbox

    May 20, 2007
    take it out and tighten it snugly with a wrench.......im not if it would work but im dont see y you couldnt use lock tite on the threads......:p
  3. 202dy

    202dy Supporting Member

    Sep 26, 2006
    As you have found out, tightening with your fingers is not going to keep the components from coming loose. Locktite will be problematic if and when more work has to be performed at the jack.

    1. Remove the pickguard.
    2. Examine the back of the guard. There should be a star washer between the output jack and the pickguard. If not, add one.
    3. Grip the jack with one hand and tighten the nut with a wrench.
    4. Or use a pair of slip joint pliers, pad the jaws and use the tool on the jack instead of your hand. It works better.
    5. Replace the pickguard.
    6. Play your favorite line.
  4. NKUSigEp

    Jun 6, 2006
    Bright, IN
    Tighten with something other than your fingers, like a wrench. Pressure alone isn't holding it in place and it should be able to take more force than what you're giving it. Don't strip it of course. And if it does break, it wasn't quality in the first place and needed to be replaced.

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NBD (used to the rest of the world)

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Thumpinshelton, Mar 11, 2013.

  1. Just picked it up on Saturday. This is my second child from Lakland. I LOVE the 55-01's. I also love the cherry burst. This is an older model Skyline with the deluxe finish. I also took a family photot :bassist::)

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    Plucky The Bassist ZOMG! I'm back from the dead! Supporting Member

    Jul 30, 2010
    Houston, TX
    I'm partial to natural finishes, but that is a very gorgeous bass. Congrats, I bet it plays really well too! :bassist:
  3. phillybass101

    Jan 12, 2011
    Artist, Trickfish Amplification Bartolini Emerging Artist, MTD Kingston Emerging Artist. Artist, Tsunami Cables
    Nice!! Congrats.

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!!! Warrior & Ken Smith sale!!!!!!

Discussion in 'For Sale: Bass Guitars' started by GearHead_513, Jan 21, 2012.

  1. I'm flex on pricing. Send me an IM. We'll see what we can do. These are 3 great basses. Be sure to check out the Youtube vids and other pics. Thanks for stopping by.

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    18.5 mm string spacing
    Bartolini soapbar
    Warrior/Bartolini 18v pre amp
    Black hardware
    Locking instrument jack
    weight- 9lbs
    includes Alligator hardshell case, strap and strap locks
    More Pics:2011 Warrior Dran Michael pictures by bigtoine45 - Photobucket
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    2.) Ken Smith BSRJ5 Fretless *SOLD*SOLD*SOLD*
    3 piece Maple body
    Top: Walnut w/ Maple center
    Finish: "Ken's Secret Sauce"
    Rosewood fretboard
    Ken Smith custom "J" pickups
    9v pre amp
    Gold hardware
    weight- 8-9lbs

    Issue: 1.) This bass has been professionally reconditioned by the crew at Ken Smith basses. There was a small slit under the G string machine head. It did not go through the wood. It has been reinforce and does not effect the tone or feel.
    Issue: 2.) There is a break in the plastic cover on the neck pickup. The pickup is fully functional. Ken assured that it will not effect tone
    Issue: 3.) There is a thumb imprint between the neck and bridge pickup. Again, this does not effect tone.
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  2. I forgot to add, I am willing to trade, but please make sure the pricing is equal or in the ballpark.
  3. Due to recent developments Warrior Isabella and Ken Smith fretless have been priced to move!!! So lets move'm. Wadayasay?
  4. kuma9

    kuma9 Gold Supporting Member

    Feb 14, 2007
    Philadelphia Pa
    PM sent
  5. mVC

    mVC Supporting Member

    Jan 28, 2006
    You have a PM for the Isabella
  6. Thanks for all the response. There have been some tasty trade offers, but as of now all 3 basses are up for grabs
  7. kuma9

    kuma9 Gold Supporting Member

    Feb 14, 2007
    Philadelphia Pa
    Did you get my PM?
  8. Jandrews26

    Jandrews26 Supporting Member

    Oct 21, 2006
    Orlando Fl
    Endorsing Artist: Warrior Basses, FSP Custom Cables, JH Audio
    Dope basses!
  9. Warrior Dran 6 and Ken Smith fretless are GONE GONE and GONE.
  10. Warrior Isabella is still for sale. Don't miss out!!!
  11. fabinosto

    Aug 29, 2010
    Sound great !
  12. You won't believe the slap tone on the Isabella.
    The Warrior Isabella now comes with a FENDER Deluxe Dual Bass gig bag. Mono case is no longer available.
  14. Got an offer on the Isabella. Fingers crossed!!!
  15. Bass still for sale!!! Although I would love for you to BUY THIS BASS, if you've never had a custom built Warrior, you don't know what you are missing! Excellent quality
  16. Lets move this bass guys!!!
  17. The Isabella is a great all purpose bass. Slaps well, solos well and can hold a groove.

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Marcos Alonso, Willian, Davide Zappacosta

Chelsea were ruthless in their pursuit of climbing up to second in the Premier League as the Blues put five goals past Stoke City.

From the first to the final whistle, Antonio Conte’s side were all over the visitors as Antonio Rudiger’s header put us ahead in the third minute.

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Just five minutes later, Danny Drinkwater’s half-volley looped over Jack Butland into the top corner. The Englishman was superb in midfield and played a great role in supporting N’Golo Kante.

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In the 23rd minute, Pedro scored his first goal at Stamford Bridge since October. The Spaniard created his own space as he made it 3-0 to Chelsea.

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Mark Hughes’ side did have there chances with Mame Diouf’s goal being ruled out as he appeared to handle the ball. Sadio Berahino also had a one-on-one chance early in the second half but was denied by Thibaut Courtois.

Other than that, most of the action came from Chelsea attacking at will. Alvaro Morata should have scored at least once but it wasn’t his day.

Willian who also starred in this thumping win, made no mistake in converting his own penalty from the spot. The game was well and truly put to bed by then as the Brazilian scored in the 73rd minute.

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Second-half subsitute Davide Zappacosta added even more gloss to the scoreline with a well-taken goal with only a few minutes till the end.

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In a game where Eden Hazard was on the bench, Conte unsurprisingly didn’t bring on the Belgian as his team were emphatic.

A far greater test against Arsenal at The Emirates will see Hazard fresh for the upcoming match on Wednesday.

Here are our player ratings from the 5-0 win against Stoke:

Courtois 6, Azpilicueta 6, Cahill 6, Rudiger 7, Moses 6, Kante 6, Drinkwater 8, Alonso 6, Willian 8, Morata 4, Pedro 8

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As a Stoke City supporter, I have to say a) You made it look like a training session (something needs to be done with Stoke and PDQ. b) If not for Jack Butland you may well have been talking about double figures here. Well done…deserved result, just highlights what a… Read more »


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Encinitas, CA — Encinitas City Councilmember Tasha Boerner Horvath announced her entrance into the race for California’s 76th Assembly District today. Boerner Horvath, a Democrat, is running for the seat currently occupied by Republican Assemblymember Rocky Chávez.
In announcing her campaign, Tasha released the following statement:

“North County residents deserve an Assemblymember who shares the values of our region, and someone who can cut through the bureaucracy in Sacramento to get things done for our communities. In the Assembly, I will be your champion on issues we care about. I will lead on policies that empower hardworking families, fully fund our public schools, safeguard our most vulnerable populations, and protect the natural beauty of California. I will use my experience in the private sector to grow our economy and ensure that our state’s government reflects the same spirit of innovation that our businesses and residents are known for.”

The Boerner Horvath campaign also announced the following early endorsements:

  • State Assemblymember Todd Gloria
  • State Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher
  • Carlsbad Councilmember Cori Schumacher
  • Del Mar Councilmember Ellie Haviland
  • Encinitas Mayor Catherine S. Blakespear
  • Encinitas Councilmember Joe Mosca
  • Escondido Councilmember Olga Diaz
  • Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina
  • Imperial Beach Councilmember Mark West
  • La Mesa Councilmember Colin Parent
  • Lemon Grove Mayor Racquel Vasquez
  • Lemon Grove Councilmember David Arambula
  • Lemon Grove Councilmember Jennifer Mendoza
  • National City Councilmember Mona Rios
  • San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott
  • San Diego City Councilmember Barbara Bry
  • San Diego City Councilmember Chris Ward
  • San Diego City Councilmember David Alvarez

Tasha Boerner Horvath is a mother, community leader, businesswoman, City Councilmember, and third-generation Encinitan. Prior to her election to the Encinitas City Council in 2016, she served as a member of the city’s planning commission. Professionally, Tasha has worked as a consultant for non-profits, global Fortune 500 companies, higher education institutions, and international organizations. In response to her daughter's struggle with sensory process disorder, Tasha started a business designing sensory-friendly clothing for girls.
Tasha earned an A.B.D. in Political Science and an M.A. in International Studies from Claremont Graduate University Institute of Politics and Policy. Tasha studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin for part of her graduate work. She received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California.
Tasha and her husband, Istvan, are the proud parents of two children.
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California’s 76th State Assembly District includes the cities of Carlsbad, Encinitas, Oceanside, and Vista, as well as the Camp Pendleton Marine Base. Less than one percentage point separates Democrats and Republicans in voter registration, giving the seat a closer gap between the two parties than any other congressional, senate, or assembly district in California. Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the district by a margin of more than 12% last year.

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31 July 2012 / 12:49

Great Britain gymnast Louis Smith is still revelling in Monday's Olympic bronze medal-winning success but revealed London might be his last Games.

The 23-year-old was part of the five-man team who wrote their place in the history books when they claimed Britain's first men's team Olympic medal in a century in a dramatic day at the North Greenwich Arena.

Smith, Max Whitlock, Daniel Purvis, Sam Oldham and Kristian Thomas scored a total of 271.711 as they produced a stunning team performance which exceeded all expectations ahead of the competition.

They had initially been awarded silver but a successful appeal by the Japanese team saw their marks increased and they moved to second, pushing Team GB down to third and leaving the Ukraine empty-handed by dropping to fourth as China won gold.

"We're very ecstatic about what we've done. We've overcome a lot of people thinking we couldn't do it," Smith told ITV's Daybreak. "We went out there, we had fun and we became Olympic bronze medallists.

"I don't know if I'll be there in four years' time, but I'm sure some of these young ones will be. In four years' time, I'll be 27 - I want kids by then."

Oldham and Whitlock, both 19, along with 20-year-old Purvis look set to keep Britain's gymnastics revival growing apace. A decade ago Britain were nowhere near the powerhouses of China, Japan and Russia and were ranked 23rd in the world.

Now, they have won Olympic bronze, adding to the European team gold they claimed earlier this year. Liverpool-born gymnast Purvis, who will compete in Wednesday's individual all-around event alongside Thomas, hailed his team-mates following their achievement.

"There was always an outside chance of us getting a medal, especially with this team of boys - it's like a wolf pack really," Purvis said. "After this I think I'm just going to try and enjoy the all-around more.

"There's the possibility of a medal there as well but now I've got one here it will hopefully affect my performance in a better way and make me more relaxed."


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It was a cold winter’s (or spring, or summer, or maybe fall’s) eve in Winnipeg Manitoba when, with the sound of a cry and the odor of, well, who knows, a newborn babe the likes of which had never been seen before, or since, was delivered into this world. A babe who, somehow, someday, would change our very existence in the most profound way, for the better, forever. Tammy didn’t care about that though, because Tammy was out totally crushing some sort of ridiculously hard endurance event. All with a smile and a laugh and a consistency of breathing that makes you think that she’s never actually been out of breath in her entire life.

Tammy doesn’t mess around, and then totally messes around all at the same time, and we love it. When she races, she likes to do fun things like chat with other racers as she runs past, and stand at finish lines forever cheering literally every last person to cross. She even cheers for the guy who deflates the finish line banner. That’s some seriously inspired cheering.

She’s so inspiring in fact that she has her own hashtag #teamterrifictammy and was once featured in some Whistler fitness run propaganda. She can run faster for 4 hours than Trevor can run for 4 minutes.

Tammy is also the world’s most wonderful person. Happily married to her husband Shane, the pair of them go all out in embracing the antics and spirit that define Team Unicorn Sparkle Adventure. Her beautiful pup Digbee is also the team’s official sweaty head licker. And man he doesn’t miss a drop.

When Tammy isn’t busy running the Boston Marathon, doing sweet jumps on downhill bikes or skis, making Shane ride way too far for way too long, talking Trevor into doing things that they both know he has no business doing, or simultaneously shaming and admiring Brandon’s way-too-tight running tights, she spends her days educating the future of tomorrow, eating delicious tacos, taking every official race photo with her “flying arms”, and bringing a bright light into the lives of all who have the pleasure of interacting with her.

She’s also a total badass.

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Scientists develop translation and information-retrieval system for uncommon languages

Researchers receive $16.7 million grant to automatically translate and summarize “low-resource” language documents into English.

Scientists develop translation and information-retrieval system for uncommon languages

A group of scientists from the Information Sciences Institute at USC Viterbi has gotten a $16.7 million concede from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to build up a translation and information-retrieval system to rapidly decipher cloud dialects.

Essential agent and ISI investigate group pioneer Scott Miller, ISI PC researcher Jonathan May, ISI look into lead Elizabeth Boschee—with senior guides Prem Natarajan, ISI’s Michael Keston official chief and research educator of software engineering, and Kevin Knight, ISI explore executive and Dean’s teacher of software engineering—are driving a group of around 30 specialists, including scholastics from the University of Massachusetts, Northeastern University, MIT, RPI, and the University of Notre Dame.

The ISI group’s undertaking is called SARAL, which remains for Summarization and domain Adaptive Retrieval (a Hindi word whose interpretations incorporate “straightforward” and “smart”), and incorporates specialists in machine interpretation, discourse acknowledgment, morphology, data recovery, portrayal, and rundown.

Miller said, “The overall objective is to provide a Google like capability, except the queries are in English but the retrieved documents are in a low-resource foreign language.”

“The aim is to retrieve relevant foreign-language documents and to provide English summaries explaining how each document is relevant to the English query.”

The scientists will start the undertaking by gathering records in the test dialects, including discourse, online archives, and video cuts, which have beforehand been converted into English.

They will then create calculations to break down the dialect designs, for example, sentence structure—subject, verb and protest position, for instance—and morphology, the structure of words and their connection to different words in a similar dialect.

The framework will be intended to react to area particular inquiries, for instance, natural insurance in the “administration and governmental issues” space or essential training in the “way of life” area, and will deliver a condensed reaction of around 100 words depicting how the outcome is pertinent to the hunt.”

May said, “Since we don’t have a lot of written data in these languages, we have to do more with less. Ideally, we would use about 300 million words to train a machine translation system—and in this case, we have around 800,000 words. There are about 100,000 words per novel, so we have only eight novels’ worth of words to work from.”

“You can think of the summary as something like CliffsNotes, but with the added feature that it is indexed to the precise part you want to write your essay about.”

Natarajan said, “IARPA’s MATERIAL program is the first organized attempt at synthesizing recent advances in machine translation, speech recognition, cross-lingual retrieval and summarization into a powerful new capability that allows users to accurately access all relevant information, across languages and modalities. We are tremendously grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this nationally important effort.”


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Unlike most of her team-mates in the Battle-Axis, Sharon has no super-human powers. No, she is but a normal human, though one who utilizes a set of spider-like 'web-fluid' weapons of her late husband's design in her adventuring career / quest for vengeance.

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Limitations / Enhancements:

Web-Shooters: built by her late husband, these trademark gizmos give Sharon the ability to fire a blast of 'web fluid' at her foes. These weapons fit nicely beneath her flared yellow gloves, and can strike any target within three areas of Sharon's location.

The compound these weapons fire grant Sharon the power of adhesion, as the strands it fires can stick to objects with Amazing (50) ability. Though it will dissolve eventually, preventing a permanent adhesion result, these web strands can bind targets for a considerable amount of time.

One trick Sharon has developed in their use is swinging from one building to another, as does a much more familiar, spider-themed adventurer. She may attempt this feat with Good (10) ability, and can cross two areas per turn when wielding her web-shooters in this fashion.

Later enhancements to Sharon's web-shooters have given her the ability to fire a sharp strand of webbing, at her enemies. Thus, she may now wield these advanced accessories offensively, inflicting Good (10) Edged Attack damage to unsuspecting opponents within three areas.

Acrobatics: while she doesn't have many marketable skills, Sharon has demonstrated that she is quite the acrobat. As such, she may attempt dodge, escape, evade, feint and weave maneuvers as if the applicable ability score was +1 CS higher than is listed above.

Targeting: in addition to her considerable acrobatic capabilities, Sharon has nonetheless shown a competence with her web-shooters. As a result, when using these weapons, she should gain a +1 CS on any applicable FEAT rolls related to such.

Before she turned against the country that birthed her, Sharon could rely upon people she'd helped in the past, as well as some law enforcement officials, for aid in a pinch. However, her term as a member of the Battle-Axis has pretty much wiped that slate clean.

Of course, the American government secretly had a use for super humans who chose the wrong side in the War, at least after the fact. Thus, Sharon spent a bit of time in the ultra-secret group known as Icon - at least, until it was trounced by Nick Fury's 1950s Avengers.

Sharon's Spider Queen costume included a red mask (with white, one-way lenses over her eyes), a red skirt, a light blue blouse open to show off her navel, a yellow sash, a yellow cape, and yellow boots. Of course, she also wore yellow gloves that had her web-shooters mounted inside.

Sharon is generally a good person, though she's made a mess of her life. She believes that the guilty must be punished, and is willing to go to amazing lengths to bring about this state of affairs. She's also one to carry a grudge, being wholly unwilling to bury the hatchet.

Real Name: Sharon Kane
Occupation: adventurer
Legal Status: citizen of the United States with a considerable criminal record
Marital Status: widow
Alias(es), if any: none
Group Affiliation: former member of the Battle-Axis, former member of Icon

Height: 5' 7"
Hair: black
Eyes: unrevealed
Weight: 115 lbs
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none

Sharon Kane didn't start life out as a costumed adventurer, oh no.

Her career began as the humble wife of an ingenious inventor, one who had concocted - among other inventions - a bizarre 'web-fluid' weapon system, one that he planned on selling to the U.S. government. He figured they could use every edge they could get, after all!

Sharon journeyed to Washington DC as her husband was to showcase his wacky new devices to some interested military parties, but neither of them made it to this meeting. This was because, on their way to said meeting, the duo were attacked by Russian secret agents!

This was before Germany attacked that country, mind you. These thugs apparently wanted the man's new weaponry, and killed him in retaliation when they failed. Enraged, Sharon took up the devices, and began to hunt down similar evildoers in order to get her own, personal satisfaction.

Days later, the United States became allied with the nation she hated more than anything else, and this wore on Sharon's sense of right and wrong. While fighting her fair share of criminal thugs, Sharon became increasingly discontent with this political state of affairs.

Though she should've known better, Sharon was more than receptive to the offer of Doctor Death, an American mad scientist who had joined up with the Nazi party for his own, selfish purposes. Pushing all of her buttons, the evil Doctor convinced Sharon to join their cause, as well.

After all, if America wouldn't deal with Russia, Germany would. This was enough of a hook to ensure Sharon's cooperation with the Doctor's scheme to knock California off the West Coast, thus forcing America out of the War (and guaranteeing Germany's victory over Russia).

Sharon went along with the plan, which ultimately saw Doctor Death and his cohorts, the so-called Battle-Axis, defeated at the hands of the Invaders - if barely. Captured at the end of this brou-hah-hah, Sharon was presumably incarcerated for her treasonous crimes.

After the war, Sharon ultimately found her way out of prison. Her moral compass had been pretty much broken by this time, and she was a pariah in the States. Thus, she devolved into a life of crime, in particular taking what work she could find as a murderer for hire.

Eventually, Sharon was recruited by Geoffrey Syndeham into a secretive group that he'd conned rogue members of the American government into funding: Icon! Despite its claims to the contrary, this group had nothing happy planned for the world, and was staffed by ex-Nazis!

Investigating this group was a young Nick Fury however, who sicced his group of 1959 Avengers on them. In the end, despite their best efforts, Sharon and the remaining Agents of Icon were trounced by this group, and once again found themselves incarcerated.

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Over the years, Huawei has often been accused of simply copying its competitors. This year, though, the company has finally begun carving out its own look with a focus on triple-camera setups and the introduction of gradient finishes. And, from the look of things, this strategy is paying off.

Less than a week after Huawei Mate 20 Pro shipments commenced, the Chinese company has announced that the device has broken its pre-order record by 40% in Western Europe. Previously, the record was held by the P20 Pro which itself launched earlier this year and sold a whopping 316% more units than the P10 Plus it succeeded.
While the Mate 20 Pro offers a wide range of premium features, the smartphone does also retail at a much higher price than previous Huawei devices. Because of this, it’s possible that the initial popularity had something to do with the pre-order promotions that were associated with it. After all, in Western Europe, the company was offering customers a free Huawei Watch GT with their purchase. Additionally, certain markets also had the chance of receiving a free wireless charger with the smartphone and watch.
The company has not yet announced sales figures for the device. However, its pre-order demand could suggest Mate 20 series shipments will be above those of the P20 and P20 Pro, which took just three months to sell six million combined units.

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How to talk to your CEO about technology

IT leaders must translate tech into the language of business

Getting the board to approve IT projects requires not only good presentation skills but also the ability to speak the same language as the rest of the business, says Andrew Donoghue.

While it's debatable whether IT leaders are actually any less articulate than senior managers from other areas of the business, the idea that technical staff lack communication skills is certainly a persistent one.

One of the issues may be that IT concepts are fundamentally complex and as a result are more difficult to explain.

While this may be the case, some experts claim that effective technologists should be able to talk about what they do in direct and easily understood terms. "If an IT technologist can't explain in plain English what it is he is trying to do or what are the issues, then the techie knows what he is doing but needs to go on a communication skills training course - or he is lying to you," says David Chan, director of the Centre for Information Leadership at City University.

While basic communication skills can be learned, for some technologists it's not that they can't express themselves. Rather they struggle to communicate effectively because they are insulated from the wider imperatives of their business, say experts.

Adam Thilthorpe, director for professionalism at the British Computer Society (BCS), says there is a tendency for heads of department - including the CIO - to think only in terms of their part of the organisation.

"The first thing [for IT leaders] to do is to set all projects in the context of the business. That means the sector and market that the organisation operates in, not an internal departmental view. More and more the technology part of IT is commoditised and it is the information part, and the person who controls that, who holds the key to future success. The CIO should be uniquely positioned to best take advantage of this knowledge," he explains.

Other key issues to address, given the depressed economy and emerging legislation prompted by the financial crisis and environmental concerns, are costs and compliance.

"The language of the boardroom is finance but to ensure that you are fluent, an understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley and similar corporate governance issues is a must.

CIOs must also take ownership of the exciting stuff, like innovation, and set it in the context of competitive advantage for the organisation. No CEO is ever going to be interested in IT for IT's sake," says Thilthorpe.

The best CIOs, it seems, are able to speak to the rest of the business in terms they understand and anticipate the questions and requirements they have for a new system.

"Our IT department is very good at not going down purely the technical aspects of an IT system. We will think about what are the right solutions from a business perspective," says Ian Sibbald, financial controller of Cranfield Business School, who interacts with senior IT staff on a frequent basis.

Effective CIOs have learned to couch the benefits of IT projects in terms that are immediately accessible to the CEO or board, agrees Frank Modruson, chief information officer of management consultants Accenture.

"CIO's need to communicate with the business, in the universal language of business and that language is finance. Explaining investments in terms of ROI and business benefits will justify projects in the boardroom while also building awareness around IT's value," he says.

The ability to communicate the value of the IT operation and specific projects is especially important if the CIO is new to their role, says Catherine Doran, CIO at Network Rail. "Make sure that the front and the end of the conversation is about business, because the technology is an also-ran at this point.

"Above all at this stage is proving yourself to be somebody in the business in the round. IT at this point is your functional specialism. If that's all there is to you, you're not going to succeed around that table, because you'll be marginalised and you'll be asked to speak only when there's a technology question. And how boring is that?"

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