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Dark threats from Daily Mail after I dare to complain about one of their articles
Daily Mail, open government, unemployment
(not satire – it's the UK press!)
Surprise surprise.
The Daily Mail have written to me rejecting my complaint that they bullied and smeared two young children – and revealed their identities – in one of their articles.
You can see my original letter of complaint here:
Complaint to Paul Dacre chair of press code about Paul Dacre Daily Mail editor
In fact, the Daily Mail's so-called Readers' Editor was so outraged that I had actually dared to complain about one of their articles that he or she threatened me that I was being "defamatory":
"Your claims that the parents referred to in the article had been 'targeted', 'tricked' and told 'lies' by journalists at The Mail Online are untrue, unsubstantiated and defamatory."
DEFAMATORY: damaging the good reputation of someone; slanderous or libellous.
In other words – dare to complain to us about one of our articles and we might sue you.
So you'd better shut the f*ck up.
Sorry. Not much chance of that I'm afraid.
Here's the full letter from the Readers Editor:
Dear Mr Pride
Your letter to Paul Dacre about an article on Mail Online headlined: The perfect family Christmas…. on BENEFITS: couple out of work for five years spend £1,500 on gifts and food – including TVs for their two children's bedroom walls' has been passed to us in the Corrections department.
While we are sorry to learn that you were offended by the article, we see no merit in the points you raise.
For your information, the article was syndicated to Mail Online by a reputable news agency after a version of it had appeared in The Sun newspaper on Saturday 29 November.
Mail Online uploaded their version during the early hours of Sunday 30 November. It was removed on Monday morning following a request from the news agency (because of a problem over the syndication). It did not appear in the Daily Mail newspaper.
We have no reason to believe that article contained inaccuracies and we believe that the couple featured had co-operated with the news agency reporter who interviewed them and had been happy to pose for photographs. Contrary to your claims, the children's faces were properly pixelated by Mail Online.
No one's privacy was compromised since there was consent to publication.
There was similarly no breach of Clause 6 of the Editors' Code because the parents clearly gave their consent to the photographs of the children.
In any event, as I have explained, the article appeared only briefly on the Mail Online website and there are no plans to republish.
Your assertion that the Daily Mail and Mail Online has 'bullied struggling British families' and 'will continue to do so' is rejected.
The Readers Editor
At least I know now why some people on their payroll have been so keen to find out my real identity recently.
Please feel free to share. And comment.
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26 thoughts on "Dark threats from Daily Mail after I dare to complain about one of their articles"
Fiona Ambrose said:
Hmmm….I wonder how DMGT would take to someone exposing the story of one of their senior executives fired ( within living memory…) for inappropriate behaviour/sexual harassment….begs a thought or two eh?
aturtle05 said:
Tell them your name is Paul Dacre, that'll confuse them!
thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady said:
Well done Tom … they don't like it up 'em do they!
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I dont want to know your real identity , i prefer the fake one
What is it with the Faily Hate ?
Why on earth a family of " greedy scroungers " would " happily co operate" and smile for the camera is way beyond me ..
Why doea.the Daily Hate think think this shit is newsworthy anyway ?
why not do a story on a smug tax avoider or lord fleecing the country for a few million quid instead ?
stilloaks said:
Sounds to me like you have rattled them Tom Pride.
Nice, very, very, nice!
GuinnessGary said:
Such bad grammar from a "Readers Editor" – whatever the fuck that is. Cooperate is one word you clown. Also, stating that the article was previously published by The Sun as if to make out that all is therefore legit is just beyond belief. I hate these people. Keep up the good work Mr Pride. Guinnessgary
A6er said:
l8in said:
R Wood said:
Tom, being accused of defamation by the "Daily Mail" is almost a badge of honour!
Hugh said:
Not up to your normal standard. The poor grammar is yours – how can you be "threatened with being defamatory"? There isn't an atom of a threat in their letter.
futureindoubt said:
"We have no reason to believe that article contained inaccuracies and we believe that the couple featured had co-operated with the news agency reporter who interviewed them and had been happy to pose for photographs."
Except the article was a fabrication (seemingly admitted by the Sun*) and the family in question were told the story was a light-hearted one about "Providing a Good Christmas on a Low Income." So instead of being pulled for being a sack of lying propaganda, it was because of legal reasons.
I feel dirty for researching this case but wanted to see the other side since newspaper stories tend to be made up rubbish designed to ruin their targets (unless it's a paid puff piece/ideological hero). I had a personal case once where the press (all of them) lied and demonized a friend of mine by making out they were a drug dealer.
*Apologies if actually eventually received, mean fuck all, they got what they wanted which was their 2 minutes of hate.
Getting a response from the Chief Whip – proves you've rattled the correct cages! Keep it up Tom xx
I dislike newspaper articles and tv programmes designed to stir up hatred of the unemployed. The way the economy is being run there is going to be plenty more of them. More automation in supermarkets etc, more robots, more zero hour contracts if you`re lucky. Instead of envying the unemployed their leisure – that`s when they`re not fulfilling their requirement to job search for jobs that don`t exist – people should focus their attention on the few percent at the top of the social hierarchy who are the ones creating the problem.
This is the sequel to the letter Mr Pride wrote a few days ago to the Daily Mail complaining that they had not taken sufficient steps to protect the identities of the two children featured in a grotty story about 'benefit scroungers' spending £1,500 on Christmas. Despite the Mail's justification for the article – that it was passed on to them by the Sun – one of the commenters on this piece, Futureindoubt, provides a bit of further background to the story, which makes it even more shabby and deceptive. According to this commenter, the story is a fabrication, and the couple featured in it were tricked into believing that it would be 'a light-hearted one' on 'providing a good Christmas on a low income'. This explains why the Daily Mail is touchy about an article which was, from its origins, mendacious.
romeorites said:
"we believe that the couple featured had co-operated with the news agency reporter who interviewed them"
In other words, we havent a clue whether they knew or even agreed to anything we were planning to do.
Its hard enough for struggling families without bile and judgement from the Daily Hate and I fail to see how this "article" is in the public interest, especially when its clear motivation is to shame those who are trying just to live their lives as best as they can. Keep rattling cages my dear fellow 🙂
buttercupvn1978 said:
Reblogged this on i wish i was tulip o'hare.
Steve Cheney said:
I hate to say this, but I can see their point. Not that it justifies their reaction, but they are basically saying that Mail journalists didn't write the article, so the fact that it was bullshit isn't their fault. The fact that they printed it should bother them, but no one expects them to feel remorse for that kind of thing.
Muldvarp said:
Dark threats? I can't see any in the reply from the Daily Mail. It looks like a reasonable response to a rather dubious complaint.
If Sun journalists misled this family in order to get a story then surely that's a matter for the family to complain to the Sun about, and to make it public only if they wish to. I don't see what it's got to do with either the Daily Mail or Tom Pride.
It's not as if there's a shortage of appalling journalism which IS the Daily Mail's fault!
The Thin Controller said:
It is impossible to defame the Daily Heil. Everyone hates them already, so it is not possible to reduce their reputation any further.
jeremy said:
very personal – the Readers Editor – no name, no blame – the Mail is shit made manifest.
Still get same reaction no matter which newspaper you write to – the Guardian are exemplorary in their defence of all that they do and let you know in no uncertain terms that you are a fucking idiot and they are class!!
British media – part of the establishment with no desire to leave
Reblogged this on markcatlin3695's Blog.
jeremy said: December 10, 2014 at 7:58 pm
"very personal – the Readers Editor – no name, no blame"
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Time to set my reading and blogging goals for this year. I have been thinking about them a lot over the last few weeks and have some ideas but to be honest, most of the goals that I will be setting this year will be very similar to the ones that I have had in the last couple of years, mainly because these seem to be working for me.
Read 200 books - Last year I read more than 290 books which is the most I have read in a single year, and the year before it was 220. For the last few years, I have set my goal as being 150 books but it seems clear that amount is way below my natural reading level so I have changed it to 200 for this year.
Read 10 books that I owned as at 31 December 2012 - Every year I read less books that I own than come into my house. This is my attempt to try to make sure that I read at least a few that have been on my shelves for a while.
Read more Australian authors - This is one of the goals that I set every year and in the preceding years I would be pleased that I read 10-15. Last year, thanks predominantly to the Australian Women Writer's Challenge, I read more than 40. I am hoping to have another great year focused on Aussie authors this year. In addition to the challenge I just mentioned I am also participating in the Aussie Author challenge, which I will use to focus on male Australian authors and I have chosen to adapt the Historical Fiction challenge so that only Australian historical fiction counts! I am also contemplating trying to read the inaugural Stella Prize shortlist when it is announced in March.
Read some classics - A few years ago I aimed to read Dorothy Dunnett, and didn't manage to even crack open a book, and still haven't in fact. Last year, I said I would read more Dickens and then promptly forgot. This year I am planning to finish Les Miserables, join in the War and Peace readalong that Amy and Iris are running and maybe read Pride and Prejudice seeing as it is coming up to the 200th anniversary of it being published.
Perpetual Challenges - I am aiming to read at least one book for each of the perpetual challenges that I am signed up for like The Pulitzer Project, the Orange Prize Project, and the Complete Booker. (This is one that I say every year too!
Review more consistently - This is what I have written for the last couple of years "Over the last couple of years I have allowed myself to get very lazy about writing reviews of the books I read. I still start a blog post for every book, but not enough of them see light of day! This year, I am going to try to write at least one review a week, preferably more. Need to get back into the habit. I know that that really isn't many, but I do also want to be a no guilt blogger as well, because at the end of the day blogging is supposed to enrich our lives and be fun and not something that we are slave to." I was better at it last year I think, but there is still room for more consistent reviewing. All of that is still relevant for this year!
Deadline Reading - I want to back off a little from deadline reading whether it be for library due dates, tours, egalley expiry dates and try to be a little organic in my reading in terms of being able to look at my shelf, or the library shelf and have a little more room to just read what I feel like reading! I am not quite sure how to quantify this one, except in terms of how I am feeling, but I will try to! I did halve the number of library books I had out towards the end of last year so I am going to try and be careful not to let the number of books out creep up again. The irony is that often I find having a deadline helps me get to those books that I knew I wanted to read anyway!
So, there you have it! My reading and blogging resolutions for 2013. Have you made blogging resolutions for this year?
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Great resolutions. I'm envious about how many books you read!
A lot of my resolutions are similar to yours, I really need to read books I've had for a while as well as the new ones, and reviewing a larger percentage of them wouldn't hurt me either! Good luck.
Good luck with your goals too.
I sympathise with you on the review front. I meant to get to all my 2012 outstanding reviews over christmas and never managed even one!
I will never actually catch up with all the reviews I have sitting in draft, but I am usually okay with that.
Deadline reading can be totally overwhelming. And reading what I own .. good idea.
It does seem like a good idea and yet we find it so difficult.
Wonderful resolutions. I keep my resolutions short and small in my desperate attempt to achieve them.
I became much more organic in my reading last year and I think it was a fantastic decision for me - it made me feel much more in control of my reading and more willing to branch out and try new things. I hope it has the same for you!
I want to read Dunnett's King Hereafter this year - I say that every year, too ;-) I hear it's her best but it is SO LONG.
Maybe later in the year we could do a joint read of a Dunnett book?
Great goals and I hope you achieve them this year. And I hear ya about the deadline reading! I'm working on this too.
It seems I am not doing so well on this one so far, but there is still a lot of year left to go.
I'm awed at how many books you read last year. I'm still aiming for my goal (now perpetual) of 100 books a year. I've decided to blog more frequently and about books I've read, like you I got away from it for a little bit two years ago. I want to read more classics, though I average about one a year. I have a few other goals, that I will be posting about this week. I enjoyed reading about your goals, Marg. It will be interesting to see what you read now that you are not going to read on deadline, and what you read because you want to. I did that two years ago - though I still join challenges, I want to read for pleasure. I hope you achieve all your goals this year!
I probably end up reading one classic a year myself, although I have plans to read three this year.
These are really great resolutions, even if they are the same as last year. I like the idea of reading more from my shelves, and should try to make that my mantra. I have so many books to choose from, it's ridiculous and I really need to read them!! Good Luck with all this, Marg!
It is a bit sad that we want books so badly that we buy them and then don't actually get time to read them.
Good luck with your reading resolutions!!
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Clubs lets you create your own gamer communities; the Looking For Group lets you find multiplayer teammates.
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Heads up, Xbox Live users: Some new social features are headed your way.
We first heard about Clubs and the Looking for Group at E3 in June, and now they're rolling out to Preview members on Xbox One. They should soon reach the Xbox app on Windows 10, iOS, and Android devices as well.
Clubs, as its name suggests, lets you create your own gamer communities. Club members can play games together, chat, set up parties, and share content. These "gamer created and managed" groups promise to help you find and meet people with similar interests, according to Scott Henson from the Xbox Engineering Team.
Expect all kinds of Clubs to emerge — social Clubs, ones based on games, etc. Clubs can be public (searchable by the community, with content visible to everyone), private (searchable by the community, with content only visible to members), or hidden (only searchable and seen by members). Gamers can head over to the Community tab to look for Clubs.
Meanwhile, the second new feature dropping now, Looking For Group (LFG), is a place where you can post want ads for multiplayer teammates. You can, for instance, use tags to specify that you're looking for four people, all using mics, who don't curse, and want to play competitively, then write a description elaborating about your style.
As Xbox Director of Program Management Mike Ybarra explained in June, the LFG feature should help you "quickly connect with other gamers looking to accomplish the same goal."
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THE BLUE NILE-PERFECTION PERSONIFIED.
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Enigmatic, reluctant and contrarian are words that best of describe The Blue Nile. They're the complete opposite of most bands. The Blue Nile have been described as publicity shy. That' is an understatement. Ever since Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell and Paul Joseph Moore formed the Blue Nile, they've been one of the most low-profile bands in musical history. It seems that when they were formed thirty-five years ago, The Blue Nile ticked the "no publicity" box. This has proved a double-edged sword, and resulted in The Blue Nile becoming one of the most enigmatic groups ever. Their story began thirty-five years ago.
The Blue Nile were formed in 1981, when two friends Paul Buchanan and Robert Bell, met Paul Joseph Moore, all of whom met at Glasgow University. Before forming The Blue Nile, Buchanan and Bell were previously members of a band called Night By Night. Try as they may, a recording contract eluded them. Night By Night's music wasn't deemed commercial enough. So Paul, Robert and P.J. decided to form a new band, The Blue Nile.
Once The Blue Nile were formed, they set up their own record label Peppermint Records. It was on Peppermint Records that The Blue Nile released their debut single, I Love This Life. This single was then picked up and rereleased on the RSO label. Unfortunately for the Blue Nile, RSO became part of the Polygram label and I Love This Life disappeared without trace. Despite this setback, Blue Nile persisted.
Still, The Blue Nile kept writing and recording material after the merger of RSO with Polygram. Some of that material would later be found on A Walk Across the Rooftops. That was in the future.
Recording of The Blue Nile's demos took place at Castlesound studio near Edinburgh. That's home to the man whose often referred to as the fourth member of The Blue Nile, recording engineer Calum Malcolm. He was listening to recently recorded demos through the studio's Linn Electronics system. It had recently had a new set of speakers fitted. So the company founder, Ivor Tiefenbrun, decided to visit Calum Malcolm to hear his thoughts on the speakers. That's when Ivor Tiefenbrun first heard The Blue Nile.
Calum Malcolm played Ivor Tiefenbrun a demo of Tinseltown In The Rain. Straight away, the founder of Linn was hooked. He decided to offer The Blue Nile a record contract to the label he was in the process of founding. Most bands would've jumped at the opportunity. Not The Blue Nile.
It took The Blue Nile nine months before they replied to Ivor Tiefenbrun's offer. When they did, the answer was yes. The Blue Nile's debut album A Walk Across The Rooftops would be released on Ivor Tiefenbrun's new label Linn Reords.
A Walk Across the Rooftops.
Linn Records and The Blue Nile seemed a marriage made in musical heaven. Linn Records weren't like a major label, pressurising The Blue Nile into making a decision and delivering an album within a certain timeframe. Instead, Linn Records allowed The Blue Nile to do what they did best, make music. From the outside, this looked as if it was working, and working well.
Years later, Paul Buchanan commented that during Linn Records didn't operate like a record label. Mind you, he conceded that, during this period, The Blue Nile didn't operate as a band. However, eventually, in May 1984 The Blue Nile's debut album was released on Linn Records.
On the release of A Walk Across the Rooftops, it was released to critical acclaim. Critics described the album as a minor classic. A Walk Across the Rooftops was described as atmospheric, ethereal, evocative, soulful and soul-baring. It also featured the vocals of troubled troubadour Paul Buchanan. Despite the critical acclaim A Walk Across the Rooftops enjoyed, it wasn't a huge commercial success, reaching just number eighty in the UK. However, since the A Walk Across the Rooftops has been recognised as a classic album. So has the followup Hats.
Hats.
Unlike most bands, The Blue Nile weren't in any rush to release their sophomore album Hats. There was a five year gap between A Walk Across the Rooftops and Hats. It was worth the wait. The Blue Nile had done it again. Hats was a classic.
Featuring seven tracks, written by Paul Buchanan, Glasgow's answer to Frank Sinatra He's a tortured troubadour, whose voice sounds as if he's lived a thousand lives. Producing Hats was a group effort, with Paul, Robert and P.J. taking charge of production duties. Guiding them, was Callum Malcolm. On the release of Hats, British and American audiences proved more discerning and appreciative of the Blue Nile's sophomore album Hats.
On the release of Hats in the UK in 1989, it was critically acclaimed and commercial success, reaching number twelve in the UK. Then when it was released in America in 1990, audiences seemed to "get" Hats. Not only did it reach number 108 in the US Billboard 200 Charts, but The Downtown Lights reached number ten in the US Modern Rock Tracks charts. It seemed that The Blue Nile were more popular in America, than in Britain. Gradually, The Blue Nile's music was beginning to find a wider and more appreciative album. Especially when The Blue Nile decided to embark upon their debut tour later in 1989.
Although The Blue Nile were formed in 1981, and Hats was The Blue Nile's sophomore album, the band had never toured. Partly, The Blue Nile seemed worried about replicating the sound of their first two albums. They needn't have worried, with The Blue Nile seamlessly replicating the sonic perfection of A Walk Across The Rooftops and Hats on the sold out tour. The Blue Nile's star was in the ascendancy.
Their first ever tour had been a huge success. The Blue Nile had conquered Britain. However, The Blue Nile had also made a breakthrough in America. Hats had sold well, and their American tour had been successful. Most bands would've been keen to build on this and released another album before long. Not The Blue Nile.
Seven long years passed, where Blue Nile fans wondered what had become of Glasgow's most enigmatic trio. However, they'd been busy. After Hats found its way onto American radio stations, The Blue Nile, who previously, had been one of music's best kept secrets, were heard by a number of prestigious musicians. Among them were Robbie Robertson and Annie Lennox, Michael McDonald. After a decade struggling to get their music heard, The Blue Nile were big news. During this period, America would become like a second home to The Blue Nile, especially Paul.
Paul took to life in America, and in 1991, decided to make it his home. This just so happened to coincide with Paul's relationship with actress Rosanna Arquette between 1991 and 1993. Hollywood starlets and Sunset Boulevard was a long way from Glasgow's West End. In the midst of Paul's relationship, disaster struck for The Blue Nile, they were dropped by their label.
Linn Records and Virgin decided to drop The Blue Nile. For some groups this would've been a disaster. Not for The Blue Nile.
They signed a million Dollar deal with Warner Bros. While this sounded like the ideal solution for The Blue Nile, Paul made the deal without telling P.J and Robert. He later explained that "none of the others were in town at the time." With a new contract signed, The Blue Nile began thinking about their third album, Peace At Last.
Peace At Last.
So the band started looking for the perfect location to record their third album. They travelled across Europe looking for the right location. This location had to be private and suit their portable recording studio. Cities were suggested, considered and rejected. Among them, were Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Venice. Being The Blue Nile, things were never simple. Eventually, after much contemplation The Blue Nile ended up recording what became Peace At Last in three locations, Paris, Dublin and Los Angeles. For the first time, The Blue Nile recorded an album outside of their native Scotland.
For their first album for a major label, things began to change for The Blue Nile. They brought onboard drummer Nigel Thomas, a string section and a gospel choir. Peace At Last was going to be a quite different album to A Walk Across The Rooftops and Hats. However, one things stayed the same, The Blue Nile continued to work with Calum Malcolm. With his help, Peace At Last was ready for release in June 1996. Before that, critics had their say.
Critics remarked upon the change of sound on Peace At Last. It had a much more understated, restrained sound. Acoustic guitars and piano play important parts. Still, The Blue Nile's beloved synths remain. Occasionally, The Blue Nile add strings. There's even a gospel choir on Happiness. Gone was the sound of A Walk Across the Rooftops and Hats. Peace At Last showed a different side to The Blue Nile and their music, one that divided the opinion of critics and fans. Paul, Robert and P.J. were back, but it was a different sound. One constant was Paul's worldweary vocal. Glasgow's very own Frank Sinatra, Paul Buchanan plays the role of the troubled troubadour, to a tee on songs about love, love lost, betrayal, heartbreak, growing up and growling old. Paul was still the tortured soul, who wore his heart on his sleeve on Peace At Last.
On the release of Peace At Last, in June 1996, it reached just number thirteen and sold poorly. For The Blue Nile this was disappointing, given it was their major label debut. Worse was to come when the lead single Happiness failed to chart. The Blue Nile's major label debut hadn't gone to plan. Alas, Peace At Last was the only album The Blue Nile released on a major label.
High.
Following Peace At Last, it was eight years before The Blue Nile released another album. High was released in 2004. During the last eight years, the three members of The Blue Nile had been leading separate lives. While P.J. and Robert were content with their lives in the West End of Glasgow, while Paul had been spending his time between Glasgow and Hollywood. Now they were back and ready to record their fourth album, High.
Once High was recorded, all that was left was for The Blue Nile to find a label to release the album. The Blue Nile had been dropped by Warner Bros. So with the completed album, The Blue Nile shopped High to various labels. Eventually, they settled on Sanctuary, which would release High in August 2004. However, before that, critics welcomed back The Blue Nille.
Eight years after the release of Peace At Last, critics remarked that High was a much more grownup album. Songs of family life and heartbreak sat side-by-side. Paul who had been suffering with illness and fatigue, seemed to have found a new lease of life. His lyrics are emotional, observational, cinematic and rich in imagery. They're also poignant, and full hope, hurt and anguish. Meanwhile, Paul's vocals were worldweary and knowing, while the music is emotive, ethereal and evocative. Critics love High. So did music lovers.
When High in August 2004, the album reached number ten in the UK. High proved to be The Blue Nile most successful album. This proved to be fitting.
High was The Blue Nile's swan-song. Nobody realised this when the album was released. It was only as years passed without a followup to High, that the reality sunk. There would be no more music from The Blue Nile. One of the greatest bands of their generation were now part of musical history.
Following High, critics thought that The Blue Nile would return, possibly after another lengthy break. Sadly, that wasn't to be. The Blue Nile were no more. At least they did things their way. Right up until the release of High, The Blue Nile were enigmatic, almost reclusive and publicity shy. Mind you, The Blue Nile weren't exactly your normal band.
The rock 'n' roll lifestyle favoured by other bands wasn't for The Blue Nile. Their music was much more cerebral, and had a substance that much of the music recorded between 1984 and 2004 lacked. During that twenty year period, The Blue Nile only recorded four albums. These albums are unique. Musical fashions and fads didn't affect The Blue Nile. Their attitude was almost contrarian. Albums were recorded slowly and methodically as the Blue Nile strived for musical perfection.
Many have tried to achieve perfection. However, very few have come as close as The Blue Nile. Their debut album A Walk Across The Rooftops and the followup Hats, are nowadays both regarded as classic albums. Peace At Last and High show another side to The Blue Nile. There's a much more grownup sound, to the albums. However, just like A Walk Across The Rooftops and Hats, both albums showcase one of the most talented bands in Scottish musical history, The Blue Nile.
While The Blue Nile never enjoyed the commercial success their music deserved, they stayed true to themselves. They never jumped onto a musical bandwagon in pursuit of fame, fortune or starlets. Quite the opposite. For The Blue Nile it was their way or no way. If an album took years to record, so be it. It was always worth the wait. After all, not many bands pursue perfection, and achieve that perfection four times. The Blue Nile did, and ended their career on a High.
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Tagged: A Walk Across the Rooftops, Calum Malcolm, Hats, High, I Love This Life, John Paul Jones, Paul Buchanan, Peace At Last, Robert Bell, The Blue Nile
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Refreshing approach in this world of music and madness. Amazing that it worked! I guess the music in the end always prevails.
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Lovely post, really enjoyed it. The Blue Nile made some beautiful music indeed and I found your piece illuminating with plenty of info I wasn't aware of. Thank you.
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This relation is known as ionic product of water.
The product of molar concentration of H+ and OH- ions pure water or any aqueous solution at constant temperature is constant which is called as ionic product of water.
Thus concept of ionic products of water helps us in classifying aqueous solutions as acidic, basic and neutral.
The negative logarithm to the base 10 of molar concentration of H+ ions in a solution is called as pH of a solution.
For pure water or a neutral solution.at 298 K.
The negative logarithm to the base 10 of molar concentration of OH– ions in a solution is called as pOH of a solution.
Thus the sum of pH and pOH for pure water or any aqueous solution is equal to 14.
Scientist Sorensen in 1909 introduced a convenient scale to express hydrogen ion (H+) concentration to decide acidic, alkaline or neutral nature of the solution , is known as pH scale.
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Is teeth whitening for everyone? Unfortunately, the answer is no. This is another reason why talking to your dentist first is a good idea.
If you have crowns, fillings, veneers, or caps, whitening will not be effective. Any cavities you have will need to be filled before you get your teeth whitened since the bleaching substance can get into the decayed areas and inside the tooth and cause your tooth to become extremely sensitive. Also, if your teeth are discoloured due to an injury or medication, this procedure will probably not be for you.
This procedure is one appropriate only for adults; children who get their teeth whitened may find that their teeth have become extremely sensitive. If you are breastfeeding or pregnant, you should avoid this procedure.
If you have very sensitive gums and teeth, it is essential consult your dentist inin Buckinghamshire first. this also applies if you have receding gums, gum disease, or teeth with the roots exposed; the procedure will not be effective since there is no layer of enamel on roots.
We may wonder why we should do this procedure, especially since it is a cosmetic one. One good reason is that our smile makes a very strong impression on others. A 2012 survey carried out by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry revealed that almost half of the people surveyed believe that it doesn't matter how old you are – our smile is our best feature. And 99.7 percent agree that a good smile helps us socially, while 74 percent believe an unappealing smile can damage our chances for employment.
We may also want to improve our confidence, look better in photos, make a good impression at a class reunion or other social event or simply look younger and like what we see in the mirror each morning. | RedPajamaC4_51149662293933813 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Here comes another non-technical post about travel destinations, and this time we visited Linköping in south-east Sweden. Linköping is not a big tourist destination, rather a typical real city. We also went to Kolmården, the biggest Zoo in Sweden, which is "close" to Linköping, only some 70 km away.
Linköping is one of the ten 100k-cities in Sweden (the ten cities with populations of 100000 to 200000, which kind of form a mid-size layer beneath the three major big cities of Malmö, Göteborg, and Stockholm). It is a fast-growing high-tech city with a big university. I think that along with Västerås, it might at some point surpass Uppsala as Sweden's fourth-largest city. The overall impression is of an optimistic city with a good economy.
On the surface, there did not look like there was that much to do in Linköping, but after a closer look, there are a lot of museums and places that are really very good — especially for a family with small children. The tourist board has a good central information source at visitlinkoping.se, which does list most interesting things.
Here are the things that we found, evaluated from the perspective of a family with a four-year old that needs to be entertained.
Gamla Linköping is an open-air museum area similar to Skansen in Stockholm. You have a lot of old buildings showing how the city looked around 1900. The buildings are inhabited, and most contain activities such as cafes and small museums. There are many small activities for children showing how people lived in past times, including baking in a wood-fired oven and doing the laundry pre-washing-machine.
Fenomenmagasinet is located at Gamla Linköping, and is a surprisingly large technology hands-on center. Actually, one of the best such I have seen! Particularly attractive was the cockpit section of a SAAB 2000 passenger liner they have, where children can play at being a pilot or passenger.
Next to Gamla Linköping there is Valla, which has a very large and imaginative playground, as well as some more museums. For a someone with an interest in the history of technology, there is small train museum (about narrow-gauge railroads) and a tractor museum that I found fascinating. Do take the silly little "train" between Gamla Linköping and Valla, our four-year old loved that part!
Busfabriken was another hit! It is a very large indoors playground that makes the stuff we have back home in Uppsala pale in comparison.
Unfortunately, the main reason that I wanted to go to Linköping turned out to be closed for renovation. The Swedish Airforce Museum is closed from early 2009, and won't open until June of 2010. I guess I should have checked this before we went here… but it is not like this was the only time in history that I will come by Linköping. Better luck next year, I guess.
Shopping is decent in Linköping, since there is no other big city close by to "steal" the niche stores (like Stockholm does for Uppsala). In particular, I recommend going to Norins Ost for some good cheese.
We did not visit the facilities around the great Swedish canal works, Göta Kanal. Apparently, Bergs slussar is a good destination around a set of canal locks. You can take a boat trip along Kinda kanal as well, but we did not try that either.
Kolmården is the biggest zoo in Sweden, and of the top tourist destinations in Sweden overall. The overall environment is quite interesting: it is very hilly, so expect to push strollers up and down fairly steep inclines. It is also embedded in a large forest, and thus nice and shady even on the warmest sunny summer days. Good shoes are recommended!
It is based on the display of interesting animals, split into sections with often English-language names like "Marine World" and "Tiger World". There are elephants, tigers, snow leopards, dolphins, penguins, camels, gorillas, schimpanzees, etc. The dolphin show in the Marine World felt a bit cheeky at times (unnecessary pirate interlude, not to mention a video presentation with Markoolio), but the dolphins themselves were great! Do spend the extra 20 SEK/person to pre-book (over the Internet) seats for the show you want to see. It will save you literally hours standing in line for the show and guarantee very good seats.
In addition, there are three major play grounds for children: Bamses Värld, for those who love Bamse, Kulmården for small children, and Wild Park for children around eight-nine. Wild Park has some really cool things, like a super-high slide and a mine where you can crawl and walk through.
Overall, it feels like seven years or older is optimal for this destination, smaller children will not understand most of the attempts to inform about animals, their habitats, and preservation, nor will they be able to really enjoy the play grounds. There is an emphasis on teaching visitors about endangered animals and various preservations programs that Kolmården is part of running (and a discrete invitation to contribute money directly).
One recommendation is to start the day by taking out a day-pass for the cabin cars connecting the opposite corners of the park. It is quite a relaxing time to make a circuit around the park in a cabin car, and it offers the fastest way to get to the Marine World from the entrance.
Prices inside the park are decent as far as parks go, about 18 SEK for a coffee, 80-100 SEK for a real meal. 20-30 SEK for an icecream. The small rollercoaster is a total rip-off at 40 SEK/person including children.
There is also a "Safari Park" where you can drive your own car through a safari land with wild African animals. We did not try that.
Vacationing around Linköping is not a bad idea at all, and we did not have time to visit all the fun things there are to see. | RedPajamaC4_6652633106607614170 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
Canadians for the first time get a look inside their hospitals with an online poll by the CBC's flagship investigative show, the fifth estate, distributed to registered nurses across the country as part of Rate My Hospital, a sweeping series about health care.
Nearly a quarter of nurses wouldn't recommend the hospital where they work to their family or friends, a survey by CBC News has found.
The startling figure comes from an online survey that CBC's flagship investigative show, the fifth estate, distributed to registered nurses across the country as part of Rate My Hospital, a sweeping series about health care that continues all week.
"I'm very disappointed that nurses can't recommend their facilities, the places where they work, to their loved ones," said Ontario Nurses' Association vice-president Andy Summers. "When they look around them and they realize that they couldn't recommend that facility, it tells me that they're recognizing how dire their practice is."
"There is clear, clear evidence that short staffing has negative impact on patient outcomes, as well as nurses' health," warned Ritchie, whom CBC consulted with to develop the survey questions.
"Just recently I met a new graduating class of nurses — 125 of them — and none of them had jobs," said Silas. "I just had to shake my head because we know the system is short. We're working on overtime. That's what's keeping our system alive."
"I work in cardiac surgery, and they tried to save budget so they're not replacing for sick call," said one Toronto-area nurse who asked that her identity be protected for fear of reprisal. "So, it just puts the patients at risk. The hospital, they're in denial."
"It's just hard to be passionate: how do you keep the passion when you feel like you're fighting upstream?" said the nurse, who also asked not to be identified.
"Everybody's burned out all day. And you just pray that you can get through the day, every day and everyone will get through the day safely with you," said the nurse, who also asked that her identity be protected.
"There's times I would just say, 'It's only by the luck of God we got through this day and nothing happened.'"
"If you're not really looking at the patient, and you're not really listening because you just can't or you will lose it, then you're going to miss important cues, and nurses are the patients' safety nets," said Ritchie. "They're their first line of defence."
Despite that, nearly 40 per cent said they didn't feel as if they could do their job to a quality standard that they were pleased with.
Those findings echo a frustration that the rural Newfoundland and Labrador nurse says she's often felt in recent years.
"I can't do, truly do, for my patients what I want to do and they need," said the nurse, who asked not to be identified.
For Kamloops, B.C., nurse Aki Minato, delivering quality care is a key reason she chose the job. She's among the 46 per cent who feel satisfied with the quality they deliver.
"I'm just grateful that I have this job, that I do what I believe is valuable work, and the patients are so grateful, and I feel that every day I work," says Minato, who works in a dialysis unit.
Among the other issues nurses expressed in the survey were the lack of necessary equipment to do the job and frustration that medical errors weren't always addressed.
"I think that lots of time, [the errors] might be ignored or [the hospital] waits for something big to happen [before taking action]," said one Toronto-area nurse who asked not to be identified.
Ritchie says that's a common complaint, in part caused by a hospital funding structure dependent on donations.
"Often, the equipment is purchased based on donations, like a big MRI machine or something fancy. But it's not very prestigious to say I donated 150 special pumps for intravenous or feedings," said Ritchie.
Nearly six per cent of nurses who answered the survey reported that they sometimes don't even have the basic hygiene necessities of hot water, soap, paper towels or alcohol rubs available when needed.
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions president says it's time to address the problems facing nurses across the country.
"Nursing is the No. 1 area to address," said Silas. "After you fix nursing, you'll fix the rest." | RedPajamaC4_-3040771669682585777 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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Saturday, October 5, 2013, is declared as a "Free Day" in 2013 for residents, churches, civic groups and municipalities in Shelby County to dispose of...... Read on
Saturday, October 5, 2013, is declared as a "Free Day" for residents, churches, civic groups and municipalities in Shelby County to dispose of trash and debris at the Shelby County Landfill at no charge. This is to be residential household debris and limited to one ton trucks/trailers or less for residents of Shelby County. All municipal initiatives or projects on these dates that involve contract haulers will be allowed to participate as long as prior approval is obtained through Shelby County Environmental Services and each applicable waste transport vehicle displays the county assigned access placard. The access placard shall be displayed in the front window of each approved vehicle.
A link to the Shelby County landfill web site: http://al-shelbycounty.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=253
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The HOA is seeking an electrician to work on minor tasks such as repairing landscape lighting and irrigation controls. We would appreciate any referrals from homeowners. Electricians must be licensed and insured. Please send recommendations to eaglepointhomeowners@gmail.com.
The EPHOA has developed the Realtime Security Alert System (RSAS) to quickly communicate potential safety and security-related issues to the residents of Eagle Point. The RSAS enables users to receive SMS text messages or emails related to street names in Eagle Point subdivision, as such notices are published on the website of the Shelby County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Log (http://shelbyso.com/ or http://dispatchlog.shelbyal.com). The RSAS continuously monitors the ShelbySO Dispatch Log for activity involving street names in Eagle Point subdivision, and automatically sends Alerts via SMS text message to the EPHOA Safety & Security Monitors. The Monitors will immediately assess the content of the Alert and use judgment and established priority guidelines to determine whether to broadcast the Alert to the entire Network. Eagle Point residents may log in at the homepage (http://www.ephoa.org/) and click on the link at the top labeled "ALERTS RSAS" to review terms of use and subscribe to the RSAS.
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Two yard sale signs went missing during the evening after last Saturday's (Sept. 28) neighborhood sale. The large signs were commissioned and purchased by an individual homeowner to advertise "Yard Sale at The Crest" because the area is often overlooked during yard sale day. They were posted at the intersection of Eagle Point Parkway and Eagle Point Drive (at Golf Course) and in front of Eagle Trace - Talon Lane. If anyone knows the whereabouts of the signs, please contact Amie at eaglepointhomeowners@gmail.com or 314.5793, or you can anonomously place them outside of YourOffice on Eagle Point Corporate Drive. Thank you.
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package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.freemarker;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.template.TemplateAvailabilityProvider;
import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.mock.env.MockEnvironment;
import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
/**
* Tests for {@link FreeMarkerTemplateAvailabilityProvider}.
*
* @author Andy Wilkinson
*/
class FreeMarkerTemplateAvailabilityProviderTests {
private final TemplateAvailabilityProvider provider = new FreeMarkerTemplateAvailabilityProvider();
private final ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new DefaultResourceLoader();
private final MockEnvironment environment = new MockEnvironment();
@Test
void availabilityOfTemplateInDefaultLocation() {
assertThat(this.provider.isTemplateAvailable("home", this.environment, getClass().getClassLoader(),
this.resourceLoader)).isTrue();
}
@Test
void availabilityOfTemplateThatDoesNotExist() {
assertThat(this.provider.isTemplateAvailable("whatever", this.environment, getClass().getClassLoader(),
this.resourceLoader)).isFalse();
}
@Test
void availabilityOfTemplateWithCustomLoaderPath() {
this.environment.setProperty("spring.freemarker.template-loader-path", "classpath:/custom-templates/");
assertThat(this.provider.isTemplateAvailable("custom", this.environment, getClass().getClassLoader(),
this.resourceLoader)).isTrue();
}
@Test
void availabilityOfTemplateWithCustomLoaderPathConfiguredAsAList() {
this.environment.setProperty("spring.freemarker.template-loader-path[0]", "classpath:/custom-templates/");
assertThat(this.provider.isTemplateAvailable("custom", this.environment, getClass().getClassLoader(),
this.resourceLoader)).isTrue();
}
@Test
void availabilityOfTemplateWithCustomPrefix() {
this.environment.setProperty("spring.freemarker.prefix", "prefix/");
assertThat(this.provider.isTemplateAvailable("prefixed", this.environment, getClass().getClassLoader(),
this.resourceLoader)).isTrue();
}
@Test
void availabilityOfTemplateWithCustomSuffix() {
this.environment.setProperty("spring.freemarker.suffix", ".freemarker");
assertThat(this.provider.isTemplateAvailable("suffixed", this.environment, getClass().getClassLoader(),
this.resourceLoader)).isTrue();
}
}
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World Cup 2022 briefing: will Morocco be the first to spring a surprise? | World Cup 2022
After the celebration of countries from the Asian, African and Concacaf regions making it to the knockout stages, Morocco offer the final hope of a country from outside Europe and South America reaching the quarter finals. USA, Australia, Senegal, Japan and South Korea have already had their exit visas stamped at airport security, leaving Walid Regragui's side as the last ones standing.
The talk of a global shift in the game has been replaced by discussions about how good Kylian Mbappé is and if football is coming home. Today could be the day we get a shock; Morocco and Switzerland will be eager to be the ones to carry them out. Currently the quarter-finals contain six of the best teams on the planet, and where is the fun in that?
Few could have predicted Morocco finishing top of their group and Spain coming second to create such a last-16 tie. Inspired by Hakim Ziyech's return to the national team, Morocco came through the opening three matches unbeaten. Although the Chelsea winger is grabbing headlines with his performances, it should not go unnoticed that they conceded a solitary goal in fixtures against Croatia, Belgium and Canada.
Morocco have not won a knockout stage game in their previous five World Cups and this is only the second time they have reached the final 16. On that occasion – after another unbeaten group stage in which they only conceded once – they faced West Germany and went down 1-0 in Mexico. On Tuesday they face another of the world's elite in Spain, and a slender defeat would look like an impressive result to outsiders but Morocco will be optimistic of winning. They have four players that ply their trade in La Liga, something that could aid the underdogs.
Opponents Spain laid down a marker in their opening fixture of the tournament by thrashing Costa Rica 7-0, before limping through the next two groups games. A 1-1 draw with Germany did nothing for their reputation and the less said about losing to Japan, the better. At one stage during the final group match, Spain were heading out with Germany but they just scraped through in the end. The most recent two results should be a wake up call for Luis Enrique and his overly-relaxed charges. Unai Simón was culpable for Japan's opener and his place could be under threat for the match and bringing in Brighton's Robert Sánchez or Brentford's David Raya would be a bold call at this critical stage.
Portugal and Switzerland progressed out of their groups with six points. The former, however, came top and will be favourites to advance to the quarters in the late kick-off thanks to their array of talent. The clubless Cristiano Ronaldo has underwhelmed thus far but felt the need to stomp off when substituted during the loss to South Korea. His former Manchester United teammate Bruno Fernandes is more integral to his country than the fading powers of a once great No 7 but the potential of one final crack at winning a World Cup might roll back the years for Ronaldo in the latter stages.
Bruno Fernandes has been in sparkling form for Portugal. Photograph: Etsuo Hara/Getty Images
The Swiss finished behind Brazil in their group, giving the South Americans a tough time in their clash, which Tite's side won 2-0. They will be hoping to do better against another Lusophone nation. If they do defeat Portugal, it would be Switzerland's first quarter-final since 1954 when they lost an entertaining encounter 7-5 to Austria in a tournament they were hosting. In their past three last-16 ties they have lost 1-0 to Sweden, in extra-time against Argentina and on penalties to Ukraine. They know how to come close to being in the final eight but never get over the line.
Neither Spain nor Portugal would like to see a shock today. For the neutral, however, it would be great for the tournament, but anything that is good for football is unlikely to happen in a competition organised by Fifa. Hopefully, this will be a great day for the fans, rather than the suits.
Experience drags Croatia through to last eight
Croatia's starting XI was the oldest in a World Cup knockout stage since 1998, coming in at an average age of 29 years and 330 days. Positives and negatives arise from having veteran status. It was obvious in the first half how tired their players were, unable to compete with the thrust of Japan on the break and looking unlikely to break down such a well-disciplined team. In the second half of the 90 minutes, however, the experience kicked in. Croatia has a collection of players who were in Russia four years ago when they won two penalty shootouts in the knockout stages, not to mention an extra-time victory over England. In addition to Luka Modric, Ivan Perisic and Mateo Kovacic on the pitch, the likes of Mario Mandzukic, Vedran Corluka and Ivica Olic are on the coaching staff. You cannot buy players in international football but there are few within this cohort that Croatia would be willing to sell. WU
A crafty bunch: Croatia's Luka Modric, Dejan Lovren, Domagoj Vida and assistant coach Mario Mandzukic. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Strictly winning top of the agenda for Brazil
Teams very rarely win trophies purely based on individual quality, and no one can deny how much Brazil possess. Instead, success is created by a mixture of talent, hard work and camaraderie. Brazil were scintillating against South Korea, summarised by Richarlison scoring the third, the best team goal of the tournament by a distance. Upon slotting home, the team celebrated as a group, including the substitutes and even coach Tite, who joined in with the rhythmical dancing on the touchline. For the second, Neymar sprinted to the injured Alex Telles in the stands. Everyone is involved in Brazil's progress thus far in the competition and that team ethic should help take them further. It is not a crime to enjoy doing your job and it is not surprising that the Brazilians in Qatar are loving their work at the moment. WU
Arsène Wenger is no stranger to criticism. In his last few dispiriting years as Arsenal manager he came in for plenty of flak from fans and pundits alike. He's back in the firing line again for using his role as chairman of the Fifa technical advisory board to claim that some teams failed in the World Cup group stages because they focused too much "on political demonstrations". He is ostensibly paid by Fifa to use his football expertise to pick apart the tactical and technical reasons for why teams have done well or not. By bringing politics into his critique of nations who spoke out in support of human rights it appears to be a clear attempt to please his employers as well as Qatar's Supreme Committee. It's also very depressing. While he continues to be paid by Fifa perhaps it is Arsène, and not the teams, who should stick to football. GB
Global media-watch
In Portugal's media the CR7 show is never far away. In Jornal de Notícias there is still some debate whether Ronaldo's angry words as he left the field having been substituted on Friday – "You're in a big fucking hurry for me to leave" – were directed at a South Korean player trying to jockey him off the field faster, or his own coach. "I saw the interaction with the Korean player and I have no doubts about what happened," national boss Fernando Santos said. Well, given he's rather relying on Ronaldo turning up to play, he would, wouldn't he?
In Público, they are lamenting that the brilliant scoring record of Ronaldo for the national team is yet to extend to the sharp end of World Cups, saying: "With 118 goals scored for Portugal, only eight were achieved in the greatest football competition in the world. None of them in the knockout stage." They contrast this with his contributions at the Euros, where he has scored vital goals in knockout games in three separate editions. O Jogo, meanwhile, is fretting over an omen in the appointment of Tuesday's referee for the clash with Switzerland. "César Ramos refereed a Portugal game that doesn't bring back good memories. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, also in the round of 16, the Portuguese team was eliminated 2-1 by Uruguay, and the match was refereed by the Mexican." MB
The internet reacts
You can't make do with just a psychic octopus these days. Ahead of Japan's epic last 16 clash with Croatia the internet was going wild for a range of cute animals predicting a Japanese victory, which would have taken them to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first ever time. Lilo the otter at Marine World Uminonakamichi pulled a red frisbee indicating an impending Japanese win, and gave his trainers a little high five into the bargain.
Kurizo – half-dog, half-teddy bear – also predicted a win for the Samurai Blue.
Even an unnamed Tanuki – a Japanese raccoon dog – on night vision camera managed to pick the Japan flag, despite not really appearing to know it was being tested.
It was all to no avail. And spare a thought for Japan's Ambassador to Croatia, Iso Masato, who found himself at Zagreb zoo for a publicity shoot on Monday morning to watch Kent the Gibbon correctly predict that Croatia were going to win.
Japan's Ambassador Iso Masato (left) watches as Gibbon Kent and his pack choose food from one of the Croatian bags at Zagreb Zoo. Photograph: Denis Lovrović/AFP/Getty Images
Perhaps the less said about the captive monkey simulation of the match, the better.
Today's matches
Morocco v Spain (Last 16, 3pm GMT, ITV1) "A punch in the face" is how the Spain manager, Luis Enrique, described defeat by Japan in their third group match. His hope is that the shock blow wakes his team up before a showdown with a dangerous Morocco side who topped Group F. Spain will almost certainly dominate possession but are vulnerable when they lose the ball – though the return of Aymeric Laporte to the starting XI will aid solidity. Walid Regragui, the Morocco manager, runs a defensively-assured team and his two outstanding players – winger Hakim Ziyech and attacking full-back Achraf Hakimi – are a threat on the break. Spain must be wary of the counterpunch.
Portugal v Switzerland (Last 16, 7pm GMT, ITV1) Xherdan Shaqiri summoned Swiss underdog spirit ahead of this game by proclaiming: "Just as Australia posed problems to Argentina, we can pose a lot of problems to Portugal." As Australia definitely lost, that might not be the best rallying cry for a Switzerland side that impressed in the fiery 3-2 win against Serbia, with Granit Xhaka controlling play. Xhaka will be kept busy by Portugal's talent-packed midfield, with Bruno Fernandes – rested in the last group game – in fine form with two goals and two assists. These two sides split a pair of Nations League games earlier this year and while Portugal are deserved favourites, a tight encounter likely awaits. AR
Cristiano Ronaldo Well, obviously. However not for the reasons of old, when he was undisputedly his nation's main threat. Portugal's greatest ever player scored in a record fifth World Cup via a penalty but did not find the net in open play in three group games (despite desperately trying to get his hair on a Bruno Fernades cross). We may come to a point where the 37-year-old is stymieing Portugal's play, keeping exciting attackers such as Rafael Leão – admittedly not a direct replacement – on the bench. Ronaldo has never scored in a World Cup knockout game and will be determined to match Lionel Messi in finally doing so. But if he does not look like scoring, will Santos have the boldness to substitute Ronaldo with the game against Switzerland in the balance? A fascinating subplot. AR
Cristiano Ronaldo cracks a smile as he trains with Portugal before their last-16 tie with Switzerland. Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
And finally …
Where do you go to for your World Cup predictions? In 2010 we had Paul the Octopus, in 2014 Brazilian macaws Sarge and Oscar were often spot on, and in 2018 Achilles the Cat had his paw prints all over forecasts for how the tournament in Russia would turn out. But 2022's go-to predictor isn't hairy, doesn't live in water and has only two legs. Step forward French president Emmanuel Macron who, in an interview with Le Parisien, successfully prophesied that France would beat Poland 3-1, with Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappé and Robert Lewandowski all scoring. If he predicts another France win, expect the England team – and not the World Cup – to be coming home. GB
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World's poorest countries spent £2.5 billion on UK services in 2017
October 19, 2018 December 2, 2019 justin@developmentmonitor.org.uk 1 Comment Financial Flows, Highlights, trade
Analysis by Development Monitor shows that the UK exported £2.5 billion of services – such as management consulting and financial services – to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in 2017, up from £2.0 billion in 2016. The UN defines LDCs as low-income countries that face severe impediments to sustainable development. The UK also imported £0.7bn worth of services from these countries in 2017, unchanged from 2016.
The value of UK services provided to LDCs was almost as much as the UK's bilateral, country-specific aid spending on those countries, which amounted to £2.6bn in 2017.
Several LDCs spent more on UK services in 2017 than they received in UK bilateral aid, including:
Afghanistan: UK service exports £241m, UK bilateral aid £227m
Bangladesh: UK service exports £352m, UK bilateral aid £176m
Mozambique: UK service exports £114m, UK bilateral aid £58m
Zambia: UK service exports £72m, UK bilateral aid £53m.
The Solomon Islands spent the highest proportion of its income on UK services, worth 4.74% of their GDP in 2017, and equivalent to around half their spending on education.
On average LDCs spent a greater proportion of their national income on UK services than richer developing countries. In 2017, imports of UK services exports were on average worth:
0.31% of GDP for Least Developed Countries
0.12% of GDP for Upper Middle Income countries (such as Brazil and China)
More trends and analysis can be found on Development Monitor's financial flows dashboard.
UK investment in Least Development Countries shows 30% fall
June 12, 2018 September 26, 2019 justin@developmentmonitor.org.uk Financial Flows
Data released by the Office for National Statistics, following a request from Development Monitor, shows that:
The UK's outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) position in Least Development Countries (LDCs) fell 29.5% from 2014 to 2015
There was a net disinvestment of £2.7 billion by UK companies in those countries 2015
UK FDI in LDCs accounted for less than 1% of the UK's total outward FDI position in 2015
Over the same period, the UK's total outward FDI positions (in all countries) fell slightly (2.5%) from £1,078.7 billion in 2014 to £1,052.1 billion in 2015.
Find out more about the UK's interactions with Least Developed Countries using our financial flows and trade dashboards.
Explore UK trade relations with developing countries
March 14, 2018 December 2, 2019 justin@developmentmonitor.org.uk Financial Flows, trade
Development Monitor has launched a new trade dashboard which explores the UK's trade with developing countries and shows the importance of this trade for both the UK and people in developing countries.
The dashboard supports Development Monitor's submission to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Trade out of Poverty inquiry on Commonwealth countries and its submission to the International Trade Committee inquiry into trade with developing countries.
The dashboard helps to answer questions like:
Which developing countries are most dependent on the UK as an export market?
How important is trade with the UK for Commonwealth developing countries?
What are the top developing country markets for UK goods and services exports?
Do developing countries that have signed up to an Economic Partnership Agreement export more to the UK than those that haven't?
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Our data dashboard has been upgraded to allow you to analyse trends in financial flows between the UK and groups of developing countries.
You can explore trends in financial flows for different regions – for example South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa; different income levels – for example all low income countries; or other categories such as Least Developed Countries, or the top 20 recipients of UK aid.
This means you can easily answer questions such as what are the trends in financial flows between the UK and Sub-Saharan Africa?
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Daniel McGrath promoted to Lowell
The Red Sox have promoted left-handed pitcher Daniel McGrath from the Gulf Coast League Red Sox to the Short Season-A Lowell Spinners, the team announced.
McGrath, 19, was originally signed to a $400,000 bonus in February 2012 out of the Australian amateur league, with the provision that he would remain home that summer to complete high school. Making his stateside debut this season with the GCL Red Sox, McGrath was out to an excellent start. In 20 innings across four appearances, the lefty allowed only three runs on 8 hits. He walked only six batters, while his 30 strikeouts placed him third in the league. His 0.700 WHIP and 13.5 K/9 ratio were both tops among Gulf Coast League starting pitchers.
Originally scheduled to pitch today in the Gulf Coast League, there is no word on when McGrath will make his Spinners debut. The Red Sox did not announce any countermove.
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MEAT PACKER JBS CYBER ATTACK
(AP) – The world's largest meat processing company is getting back online after production around the world was disrupted by a cyberattack just weeks after a similar incident shut down a U.S. oil pipeline.
Brazil's JBS SA said late Tuesday that it had made "significant progress" in dealing with the cyberattack and expected the "vast majority" of its plants to be operating on Wednesday.
"Our systems are coming back online and we are not sparing any resources to fight this threat," Andre Nogueira, CEO of JBS USA, said in a statement.
Earlier, the White House said JBS had notified the U.S. of a ransom demand from a criminal organization likely based in Russia. White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House and the Department of Agriculture have been in touch with the company several times this week.
JBS is the second-largest producer of beef, pork and chicken in the U.S. If it were to shut down for even one day, the U.S. would lose almost a quarter of its beef-processing capacity, or the equivalent of 20,000 beef cows, according to Trey Malone, an assistant professor of agriculture at Michigan State University.
The closures reflect the reality that modern meat processing plants are heavily automated, for both food- and worker-safety reasons. Computers collect data at multiple stages of the production process, and orders, billing, shipping and other functions are all electronic.
Even before the attack, U.S. meat prices were rising due to coronavirus shutdowns, bad weather and high plant absenteeism. Malone said the disruption could further raise meat prices ahead of summer barbecues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates beef prices will climb 1%-2% this year, poultry as much as 1.5% and pork 2%-3%.
JBS, which is a majority shareholder of Pilgrim's Pride, didn't say which of its 84 U.S. facilities were closed Monday and Tuesday because of the attack. It said JBS USA and Pilgrim's were able to ship meat from nearly all of its facilities Tuesday. The company also said it was making progress toward resuming plant operations in the U.S. and Australia. Several of the company's pork, poultry and prepared foods plants were operational Tuesday and its Canada beef facility resumed production, it said.
Earlier Tuesday, a union official confirmed that two shifts at the company's largest U.S. beef plant, in Greeley, Colorado, were canceled. The Worthington, Minnesota plant was shut down on Tuesday afternoon. Some plant shifts in Canada were also canceled Monday and Tuesday, according to JBS Facebook posts.
Jean-Pierre said the White House "is engaging directly with the Russian government on this matter and delivering the message that responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals." The FBI is investigating the incident, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is offering technical support to JBS.
In addition, USDA has spoken to several major meat processors in the U.S. to alert them to the situation, and the White House is assessing any potential impact on the nation's meat supply.
JBS has more than 150,000 employees worldwide.
It's not the first time a ransomware attack has targeted a food company. Last November, Milan-based Campari Group said it was the victim of a ransomware attack that caused a temporary technology outage and compromised some business and personal data.
In March, Molson Coors announced a cyber attack that affected its production and shipping. Molson Coors said it was able to get some of its breweries running after 24 hours; others took several days.
Ransomware expert Brett Callow, a threat analyst at the security firm Emsisoft, said companies like JBS make ideal targets.
"They play a critical role in the food supply chain and threat actors likely believe this increases their chances of getting a speedy payout," Callow said.
Mark Jordan, who follows the meat industry as the executive director of Leap Market Analytics, said the disruption would be minimal if JBS recovers in the next few days. Meat processers are accustomed to delays because of various factors including industrial accidents and power outages. They make up for lost production with extra shifts, he said.
"Several plants owned by a major meatpacker going offline for a couple of days is a major headache, but it is manageable assuming it doesn't extend much beyond that," he said.
U.S. meat demand generally eases for a few weeks between Memorial Day and the July 4 Independence Day holiday.
But such attacks can wreak havoc. Last month, a gang of hackers shut down operation of the Colonial Pipeline, the largest U.S. fuel pipeline, for nearly a week. The closure sparked long lines and panic buying at gas stations across the Southeast. Colonial Pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to the hackers.
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Q: bash 4.4 not passing variables to sub-shell Bash 4.4 and 4.3 seem to behave differently with regards to passing variables into subshells or heredocs.
From @CharlesDuffy a simple reproduction:
export var=0; var=1 cat <<<"$(env | grep '^var')"
Bash 4.4 outputs var=0, bash 4.3 outputs var=1.
My original script for reproducing the problem:
TZ=Europe/London
timezone=Asia/Tokyo
echo TZ=$TZ
echo timezone=$timezone
date +%H:%M
TZ=$timezone date +%H:%M
IFS=':' TZ=$timezone read hour minute <<EOF
$(date +%H:%M)
EOF
echo TZOUTER $hour-$minute
IFS=':' read hour minute <<EOF
$(TZ=$timezone date +%H:%M)
EOF
echo TZINNER $hour-$minute
Bash 4.3 (Ubuntu 16.04) gives:
TZ=Europe/London
timezone=Asia/Tokyo
14:52
22:52
TZOUTER 22-52
TZINNER 22-52
Bash 4.4 (Ubuntu 17.04) gives:
TZ=Europe/London
timezone=Asia/Tokyo
13:53
22:53
TZOUTER 13-53
TZINNER 22-53
(On bash 4.3 both the inner and outer approaches give the same time, on bash 4.4 the TZOUTER gives the original TZ value).
Does anyone know why this changed? I've looked over https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-09/msg00008.html but I can't work out which change caused the alteration to behavior.
A: From the detailed changelog entry from 2014-12-3:
subst.c
*
*command_substitute: if running command substitution as part of
expanding a redirection (expanding_redir == 1), flush any temporary
environment we've inherited as part of this command, since we are not
supposed to have access to the temporary environment. Since
expanding_redir only controls access to the temporary environment for
variable lookup and binding, we can turn it off in the subshell
Specifically, the following new code is added:
if (expanding_redir)
{
flush_temporary_env ();
expanding_redir = 0;
}
...which simply removes all contents of the temporary_env hash table, preventing temporary environment variables from being inappropriately expanded when merge_temporary_env() is invoked in execute_simple_command() during redirection-related expansions.
A: This changed because bash 4.3 incorrectly applied the precommand modifier to the evaluation of the command substitution in the here document. In
IFS=':' TZ=$timezone read hour minute <<EOF
$(date +%H:%M)
EOF
both the change to IFS and to TZ should only be visible to the read command itself, not the date command. The above should work identically to
dateStr=$(date +%H:%M)
IFS=':' TZ=$timezone read hour minute <<EOF
$dateStr
EOF
This bug was fixed in bash 4.4, I suspect as part of a general audit of the code related to the evaluation of here documents and here strings. Some related bugs were fixed in 4.3, but others persisted.
A: The difference between the two environments may be that TZ is exported or not
(
export TZ
IFS=':' TZ=$timezone read hour minute <<EOF
$(date +%H:%M)
EOF
echo TZOUTER $hour-$minute
)
(
IFS=':' TZ=$timezone read hour minute <<EOF
$(date +%H:%M)
EOF
echo TZOUTER $hour-$minute
)
EDIT
To avoid variable expansion inside here-doc add single quotes around EOF
IFS=':' TZ=$timezone read hour minute <<'EOF'
$(date +%H:%M)
EOF
But here it's expected to expand shell command, so the clearest
(
TZ=$timezone
IFS=':' read hour minute <<EOF
$(date +%H:%M)
EOF
)
the other is more ambiguous because parameter applies to read command but it is not clear if it should apply to heredoc substitution
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Chakwera Fires Secretary to OPC Zangazanga Chikhosi
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed Ms Collen Zamba as new Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet replacing Mr. Zangazanga Chikhosi.
This has been a consistent demand by the quasi-religious body Public Affairs Committee (PAC) over the past few months and some civil society organisations.
The president made the announcement at a press briefing last night regarding his trip to Switzerland and updates in a UK court on corruption cases involving businessman Zuneth Sattar.
He has since directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau to conclude investigations on corrupt cases involving Sattar within 21 days.
Meanwhile, the president outlined a number of directives aimed at taming acts of extravagance in Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
These include restricting travels, cutting fuel that ministers get by 20 percent, cutting travels to less than three among ministers in the remaining months of the year.
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It's Time to Catch up with Some Extraordinary Performances both Local and International – all of them Universal
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Cody Mountain as Kev and Joel Rosenblatt as Mike in Cut-Out Girls
These are tough times and yet for those of us privileged enough to stream and have other entertainment options like DStv, the options of how to pass the time with reading, movies, theatre, documentaries in-between work, are endless.
DIANE DE BEER reviews three of her current favourites:
We have to start with local and I was thrilled to see when Nicola Hanekom's debut movie Cut-Out Girls appeared on Box-Office (currently at a mere R25 a movie).
Hanekom is one of our most exciting theatre director/writers who has recently also moved into television and now film, with this, her first feature film. In interviews she explains that she first wrote it as a play, specifically for young actors she was working with at the time.
The audience reaction was so unexpected (it's a story about date rape), that she decided it needed a wider audience, and in this instance a film. These are debut film roles for all the youngsters. That's amazing! And they had to do crowdfunding to make it all happen.
Kev (Cody Mountain) and Jenna (Kesiah Gabriel) in Cut-Out Girls.
Clea (Ashleigh van der Hoven) in Cut-Out Girls
Anni (Atlanta Johnson) in Cut-Out Girls
Rape is such a scourge in this country that we are all duty bound to talk about it. Even with this pandemic, around the world, abuse is a huge problem because so many people cannot deal with this kind of pressure and violence is their own release.
And with the young, the world we live in now, it's not that everyone has to live scared, but they have to live smart. We have to know the dangers out there and how to keep ourselves safe – women and especially young women, who don't yet have their cynicism radars working fulltime, have to be vigilant.
I remember Redi Thlabi in her book Endings and Beginnings writing about being scared when walking to school at the age of 11, highlighting the parallel universes we live in. Nevertheless, we're all vulnerable and what Hanekom's exposé uncovers so smartly, are the monsters within.
It is sometimes the boy next door, the tennis star, the popular personality at school who feels entitled. Because danger is something we live with in this world, we sometimes forget when we have to be on our guard. And this is the aspect Hanekom spotlights.
Being both writer and director and informed by an intimate knowledge of the cast, she could work smartly with a small budget. You certainly don't feel short-changed and the performances are beautifully balanced.
It's a film of our time, speaks to both young and old and extends the reach of one of our most innovative artists.
Harriet starring a powerful Cynthia Erivo
Another film I was keen to see, is also part of the Box-Office collection. Cynthia Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman in Harriet, the woman who not only escapes from slavery herself, but also freed many slaves as part of the underground railroad, a perilous freedom endeavour of that time.
At some point, Harriet says people should not be owned by other people, a sentence that is so obvious yet so ignored – even today – still. That's why these stories are so important. This is also the time when the people affected (still today) by these abominations are the ones telling the stories. That makes a huge difference in both tone and authenticity.
And for this one specifically, Cynthia Erivo's performance is epic. She was rewarded with the ONLY Oscar nomination for an actor of colour and also for the best original song, which she both co-wrote and performed. She's a remarkable talent both as actor and singer. She has a strength of character and a powerful presence, which served the character well and her voice has a quality that stops you in your tracks.
Her rewards have been well deserved and this following huge controversy because she was a British actor playing an American character – but she proved them wrong and hopefully people were big enough to concede and witness her prowess.
The story is a great one but there are problems with the way the story was told – just clumsy and sometimes with too little subtlety and sensitivity. One would think it is a story that almost tells itself especially with Erivo as your talisman.
But it remains a story worthy of your time and money.
Doon Mackichan (Feste) and Tamsin Greig (Malvolia). Picture Marc Brenner
Last on the list is the latest NT Live streaming of 12th Night with Tamsin Greig as the main attraction. But she says herself, this is an ensemble cast as anyone familiar with this Shakespeare comedy will recognise. And while this is a matter of confusingly mistaken and hidden identity throughout, with director Simon Godwin's gender-fluid production, you really have to keep your wits about you.
Greig is cast as Malvolio (or in this case Malvolia) and hers is the performance on which the play hangs. Not only is the gender switch in these times fun to watch and navigate but with a play that is a dialogue between order and disorder, puritanism and revelry, and finally, control and fear with terror the driver of control, another contemporary evil.
That is how the director viewed it says Greig in an interview which is useful to watch (even with a few spoilers) before getting into the play itself. It's also part of the NT Live stable on YouTube and easy to find.
We have had our own innovative 12th Night (a Clare Stopford production in 1998 with amongst others Langley Kirkwood, Isadora Verwey, David Dennis and Bo Peterson) and it is a play that lends itself to interpretation as you heighten both the comic and tragic effects at will.
Phoebe Fox as Olivia second from the right with her entourage. Picture Marc Brenner
This being a first class British cast with some exceptional performances, a set that enhances the fast flow of the story, some excellent songs with a brilliant burlesque interlude stuck in between, Shakespeare can hardly be more contemporary. Just check a striking ensemble stepping out in their 21st Century ubiquitous veils.
It's sassy and smart with as much laughter as there's food for thought in a time when gender fluidity and identity could not be more centre stage. It's exactly where we are now as Shakespeare in his constantly shows us: the more it changes, the more it stays the same.
Catch it on NT Live on YouTube until Thursday at 8pm when Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch follows. Don't miss that either.
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St. Kitts and Nevis Preparing to Capitalize on the Changing World of Work
(left to right) Government funded the delegation to ILC consisting of Sydney Bridgewater representing workers, Ron Dublin-Collins, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Lucinda Francis, Head of the Employment Unit in the Department of Labour, and Senior Minister Hon. Vance Amory representing the government; and Emile Ferdinand representing employers.
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 18, 2019 (SKNIS): With the changing landscape in the world of work in countries around the world, St. Kitts and Nevis is doing its part to ensure that local workers are prepared to adapt to the dynamics of a new environment and seize the benefits that are created.
This was a key point raised by the Senior Minister and Minister of Labour, the Honourable Vance Amory, as he addressed the General Assembly at the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference earlier today (Tuesday, June 18, 2019). The meeting is taking place from June 10-21 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Some of the factors driving the transformation in occupational areas include demography, technological improvements, climate change and the continued growth of robotics and artificial intelligence.
"In St. Kitts and Nevis, we have begun the process of encouraging our people to prepare for the inevitable change in the structure of work by developing programmes of training and retraining our people to equip them for the future of work," Senior Minister Amory said. "In addition, the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Education in conjunction with the National Tripartite Committee have established a new structure to upgrade all workers and prepare them to meet the challenges which confront them in respect of the future of work."
The Minister of Labour added that: "The Future of work is about people. It is about families and this transformation is about changing the attitude and the culture of people to accept the change and equip themselves to adapt to the new environment in the world of work. The future of work is about the improvement of the quality of life of our people even as they face the challenges posed by the changing socio economic and the political environment."
Since taking office in 2015, Senior Minister Amory has led a number of reforms to promote greater efficiency, justice and harmony in labour relations. This includes establishing a National Tripartite Committee consisting of representatives from government, employers, and employees; strengthening the capacity and functionality of staff at the Department of Labour; and initiating the process to establish a Labour Code.
Honourable Amory told the delegates at the International Labour Conference that St. Kitts and Nevis recognizes the importance of ensuring that institutions of learning are geared towards lifelong learning to strengthen the ability of the workforce to adapt to new opportunities that will be created in the future.
He also congratulated the International Labour Organization (ILO) on its centenary and expressed profound gratitude for its assistance in establishing the new Labour Code for St. Kitts and Nevis. | RedPajamaCommonCrawl_-3199118486713627793 | Slimpajama627bTrain/chunk1 |
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