Are you ready to explore the cutting-edge advancements shaping the electronics manufacturing industry The May 2025 issue of SMT007 Magazine is packed with insights and expert perspectives that you won’t want to miss Has X-ray’s time finally come in electronics manufacturing where we answer this question and others to bring more efficiency to your bottom line If you’re going to Anaheim for IPC APEX EXPO 2025 consider this issue of SMT007 Magazine to be your golden ticket to planning the show Estimated reading time: Less than a minute our customer THALES came to visit our Châteaubourg and Coutances facilities Director of Supplier Industrial Performance and Sylvie Flament Global Category Manager PCB & Substrates were able to appreciate the substantial investments made to develop our industrial facilities as well as our technical and innovation capabilities and Roque Carmona took the opportunity to formalize elvia PCB’s commitment to limit the group’s carbon footprint especially concerning  the products manufactured for Thales Last year — 2024 — was the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings somber remembrances of the lives lost: both among the liberators and among the civilian population of the area.  The United States was prominent in all of this given the key role the country played in making those events a success One can see French people sporting Airborne insignia on their jackets There are countless WWII era jeeps and trucks that are brought out for special events and driven around often by French people dressed up as American soldiers and WACs Occasionally I’ll see a modern car or van with American military insignia painted on it Some of this stuff would get a person accused of “stolen valor” in the U.S. it’s intended as a high  compliment and a sincere “Merci pour votre sacrifice.” which itself was 95 percent destroyed by Allied bombings and German artillery — it’s called Dangy (pronounced don-zhee) Windows in the city hall were painted as were store fronts: Dangy had a terrific exposition in its Community Center with old newspapers and well-done displays describing the events associated with the liberation They had a camp set up with American tents including folks dressed up in WWII era uniforms: For months after the celebrations died down the Dangy City Hall flew the Stars and Stripes along with the Normandie flag The Community Center even  had the American flag posted above the French tricolore we attended a ceremony honoring the officer leading the troops who liberated Coutances He and his driver were killed in Coutances after driving over a mine while trying to capture fleeing German troops The town was full of American military stuff Here’s a shot of American WWII-era vehicles parked along the roadside near the Col was badly damaged by the battle of liberation which was dubbed The Capital of Ruins by Samuel Beckett the Coutances City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) bears scars of the gunfire associated with the town’s liberation: as the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII approaches on May 8 (a national holiday in France) I think perhaps it won’t be honored quite as fondly the voters of the United States elected as their President a felon who seems determined to implement Vladimir Putin’s fondest dream: to undermine and weaken the powerful post-WWII alliance between Europe that served as an immovable and undefeatable object blocking Putin’s dream of recreating the old Soviet Union in a post-Soviet era.  the sacrifices of its soldiers and their families and the deep gratitude and honor owed to them I hear much talk about how the felon and his tariffs are harming Europe and how the chaotic and unpredictable actions of ICE are making Europe’s citizens unwelcome.  but too many stupid people voted in a stupid way and here we are Trust that may never again be granted.  What a precious gift that has been torn asunder and thrown away.  Not signed up for Daily Kos yet? Create a free account Saxophonist Joshua Redman (left) performs on stage during the "Jazz sous les pommiers" jazz festival on May 9 Jazz is all about great collaborations, and in honor of Father's Day this weekend, composer and bassist Christian McBride, host of NPR's Jazz Night In America and a regular All Things Considered guest stopped by for a conversation about fathers and sons "I'm not sure if jazz families are any more or less special than any other family," McBride says with a laugh Below is an edited transcript of McBride's conversation with NPR's Audie Cornish Audie Cornish: We start with this pairing, a tenor-sax duo: Joshua Redman and his father, Dewey Redman. It's a cover of the John Coltrane song "India," and one of Dewey Redman's last recordings before he died in 2006 Christian McBride: Dewey was certainly one of the most well-respected musicians among the jazz brethren. I think when he came to prominence in the '60s — being a member of Ornette Coleman's group — once he came on the scene What I love about Dewey's sound is that it never got away from its Texas roots But when you add the new frontier of the '60s — breaking out of the classic bebop mold — you get into more abstract and then you get guys like Dewey Redman and Ornette Coleman And Joshua Redman actually grew up with his mother — his parents were separated — so he came to the sax on his own and learned on his own When [Dewey and Joshua] came together and performed what did you see in terms of the dynamic or influence I think their relationship was most likely the same as any other father-and-son relationship; sometimes it was cool One thing's for certain: When music was being played Listen to how they're playing together on this track What I love about Joshua's playing [is that] he has the refined rawness of his father which is the South — when you think of what that was when Dewey was growing up in the '40s And I loved hearing those two play together In doing research about some of these men and their children I found it interesting that a lot of them were self-taught They had come up in that era of jazz where they were self-created and their kids came up through what is now a very professional How much of this reflects jazz itself growing up what the new developments will be when it comes to younger musicians You think about the musicians that come from the bebop generation — there weren't jazz programs in colleges or public schools They had to sort of create their own thing you could make the argument that the musicians today are much better trained than ever But when you think about getting the nicks and bruises and cuts and scars that you need to really develop a personality one could say that you don't find that quite as often as you did with musicians of a certain generation Forget all the chops; anybody can develop chops I want to talk about one more song that you've brought us and this is from the Whitfield Family Band This is so amazing: There's Mark Whitfield Sr on guitar — one of my oldest and dearest friends — Mark Whitfield Jr Davis Whitfield on piano and Yasushi Nakamura on bass And the song you brought for us is called "The Socrates Curse." It's their first official recording together and it's actually not out yet — we're getting a first peek So much about jazz performance is having that good relationship with the players on stage Can you talk about the dynamic with this family You can hear right away that they actually enjoy playing with each other And when you can have that sort of wonderful relationship but your family in the band — that's got to be one of the greatest It's not just about that family — oftentimes they're passing on something about jazz itself and I think that these patriarchs — and matriarchs — of some of these jazz families understand that It's a bigger picture filtered through the family lens Become an NPR sponsor You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed NEWSENTERTAINMENTJOBS BOARD SearchMcDonalds planned for A65 Kashmiri Aroma siteNickJun 15 20232 min readA planning application has been submitted to Bradford Council seeking permission to convert the former Kashmiri Aroma restaurant on Coutances Way near Ilkley into a McDonalds restaurant and takeaway Plans were lodged with the council this week and residents have until 6th July to submit their comments of support or objection The site at Manor Park Bends on the A65 between Ilkley and Burley was most recently used by Kashmiri Aroma which closed its branch there on 1st May this year after 15 years The building was most notably home to a Little Chef which opened in 1981 and operated until 2004 Its history dates back more than a hundred years as a 'Refreshment House' subequently 'Little Esscroft Cafe' and 'Riversdale Cafe and Filling Station' In the 1970s it was a nightclub called 'Jeeves' before returning to use as a restaurant prior to the conversation to Little Chef a change of use was granted to allow the premises to be used as a takeaway as well as a restaurant on condition that takeaway sales do not take place between midnight and 8am Lichfields, who have submitted a planning statement on behalf of McDonalds Restaurants Ltd say the proposed fast-food outlet would be content to trade under those rules and be open from 8am until midnight each day but wants to make some minor alterations to the building and car park The application says that the proposals would bring a "prominent and recently vacated building back into active use providing a new restaurant in a highly accessible location and fulfilling a demand for McDonald’s services in this area" but the new restaurant and takeaway would create 42 full-time and 18 part-time jobs The next nearest McDonalds branches are currently at Skipton The plans submitted to the council are for a double-storey extension to the rear of the property to enclose an existing external staircase demolition and replacement of the existing cold room to the rear a new plant and equipment on the roof and at ground level to the rear a new sub-surface waste water treatment unit / underground attenuation tank The applicant highlights that while the site is in the green belt and open countryside the extensions proposed are of a 'minor nature' and are mainly to the back of the building It says the plans would result in an overall increase in gross external area of around 21 metres squared - around 7% more than the existing area - so would "not be disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building detract from the character of the original building have a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing development or harm the character of the surrounding countryside." Bradford Council has set a target date of 9th August to make a decision on the application, which you can see in full and comment on at https://planning.bradford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=RUV1SUDHMJ500