The Siblinghood of the Adjoined Orbs define themselves as a nonhierarchical Neo-Pagan Druid collective.
They were formed in 1999 on the Isle of Wight.
Their claim is that their beliefs are rooted in Arthurian legend. Privately (and as a consequence, unverifiably) they practise seasonal rituals / ceremonies linked to animal spirits, the sun and the second moon of the earth
Their most significant annual event is the Feast of Coos D'Ard which is held on the Isle of Wight and dictated by the date range that overlaps the Zodiac sign of Virgo and the beginning of the meteorological autumn on 1 September.
Fifteen members of the group claim to have been arrested in 2007 after trying to break into the site of the Bestival Festival at Robin Hill Theme Park, citing access rights “pursuant to religious pilgrimage”.
In a press release the group claimed responsibility for Bestival being a wash out in 2008 (with a months' worth of rain falling in 24 hours) because of “a curse on the heathens that attend this irreverent and evil music festival" and that "the heavens had responded to their calls".
Two members of the group were reportedly arrested and questioned in 2009 under anti-terrorism laws following further disturbances, but were freed without charge.
They were formed in 1999 on the Isle of Wight.
Their claim is that their beliefs are rooted in Arthurian legend. Privately (and as a consequence, unverifiably) they practise seasonal rituals / ceremonies linked to animal spirits, the sun and the second moon of the earth
Their most significant annual event is the Feast of Coos D'Ard which is held on the Isle of Wight and dictated by the date range that overlaps the Zodiac sign of Virgo and the beginning of the meteorological autumn on 1 September.
Fifteen members of the group claim to have been arrested in 2007 after trying to break into the site of the Bestival Festival at Robin Hill Theme Park, citing access rights “pursuant to religious pilgrimage”.
In a press release the group claimed responsibility for Bestival being a wash out in 2008 (with a months' worth of rain falling in 24 hours) because of “a curse on the heathens that attend this irreverent and evil music festival" and that "the heavens had responded to their calls".
Two members of the group were reportedly arrested and questioned in 2009 under anti-terrorism laws following further disturbances, but were freed without charge.
Erin Roberts (born 1975) is a Welsh weather presenter who works for S4C. S4C is a Welsh-language public-service television channel based in Cardiff and broadcast throughout Wales.
Biography
Roberts originally comes from , Gwynedd. She attended Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen before going to the University of Liverpool to study geography. Roberts was formerly a teacher of geography at Ysgol Cwm Rhymni and Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg which she did for ten years. She was granted the job of being a weather presenter following the retirement of Jenny Ogwen. Roberts made her first on-screen appearance on 9 August 2004.
She is the sister of newscaster Nest Williams.<ref nameerins4c/> Roberts lists Helen Willetts as her favourite weather presenter, and participated with a musical choir at the 2004 National Eisteddfod in Newport.<ref name":0" />
Biography
Roberts originally comes from , Gwynedd. She attended Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen before going to the University of Liverpool to study geography. Roberts was formerly a teacher of geography at Ysgol Cwm Rhymni and Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg which she did for ten years. She was granted the job of being a weather presenter following the retirement of Jenny Ogwen. Roberts made her first on-screen appearance on 9 August 2004.
She is the sister of newscaster Nest Williams.<ref nameerins4c/> Roberts lists Helen Willetts as her favourite weather presenter, and participated with a musical choir at the 2004 National Eisteddfod in Newport.<ref name":0" />
Riva-Melissa Tez is a British entrepreneur in business and nonprofits, writer, speaker, and advocate for transhumanism.
Early life and education
Originally from the United Kingdom, Tez father was an electrical engineer and her mother was schizophrenic; she spent time in a homeless shelter as a child. after her father left her mother. She and her mother and sister eventually moved into public housing, living on about £60 a week. where she studied philosophy at University College London; she says that she chose that major to try to better understand her mother's condition and how people justify their beliefs.
Career
At the end of 2009, Tez co-founded the toy store R.S. Currie on Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill. She also founded StickStar, an online social image-sharing social network for children.
At a Berlin Singularity meeting she had met Michael Vassar who was with the Singularity Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area, who suggested she would like the culture in San Francisco and could learn more about IT there. and Zoltan Istvan published an interview with her in Psychology Today called "Interview with Transhumanism Advocate Riva-Melissa Tez" that carried the subtitle, "Women are rare in the transhumanism field. Riva-Melissa Tez is a shining light"; the interview discussed women in the transhumanist movement and Tez' perspectives on where the movement was going.
In June 2015, she joined the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies as an affiliate scholar.
In San Francisco she became interested in how new technologies are developed and brought to market, and in the culture of investing in life extension and IT and especially artificial intelligence companies; she spent several months researching investment with the intent of setting up a new investment fund, but eventually realized that the bottleneck was not money, but rather a shortage of investable companies intent on bringing truly transformative technologies to market. By May of 2016 and working with Peter Bruce-Clark, who had been studying new investment models at Stanford University and with whom she had been discussing investment models, she co-founded Permutation Ventures, an incubator to help tech companies focus their efforts and become fundable.
Early life and education
Originally from the United Kingdom, Tez father was an electrical engineer and her mother was schizophrenic; she spent time in a homeless shelter as a child. after her father left her mother. She and her mother and sister eventually moved into public housing, living on about £60 a week. where she studied philosophy at University College London; she says that she chose that major to try to better understand her mother's condition and how people justify their beliefs.
Career
At the end of 2009, Tez co-founded the toy store R.S. Currie on Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill. She also founded StickStar, an online social image-sharing social network for children.
At a Berlin Singularity meeting she had met Michael Vassar who was with the Singularity Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area, who suggested she would like the culture in San Francisco and could learn more about IT there. and Zoltan Istvan published an interview with her in Psychology Today called "Interview with Transhumanism Advocate Riva-Melissa Tez" that carried the subtitle, "Women are rare in the transhumanism field. Riva-Melissa Tez is a shining light"; the interview discussed women in the transhumanist movement and Tez' perspectives on where the movement was going.
In June 2015, she joined the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies as an affiliate scholar.
In San Francisco she became interested in how new technologies are developed and brought to market, and in the culture of investing in life extension and IT and especially artificial intelligence companies; she spent several months researching investment with the intent of setting up a new investment fund, but eventually realized that the bottleneck was not money, but rather a shortage of investable companies intent on bringing truly transformative technologies to market. By May of 2016 and working with Peter Bruce-Clark, who had been studying new investment models at Stanford University and with whom she had been discussing investment models, she co-founded Permutation Ventures, an incubator to help tech companies focus their efforts and become fundable.
Phil Nickinson (born December 30, 1978 in Pensacola, Fla.) is an American writer and editor-in-chief of AndroidCentral.com, part of the Mobile Nations network. He’s a former newspaper designer and copy editor. He resides there with his wife, Shannon (Martz) Nickinson and two daughters.
Career
Phil started his journalism career in 1998 as a part-time sports agate clerk at the Pensacola News Journal. He later moved to the news desk as a copy editor and page designer and eventually served as News Editor. Phil also wrote and podcasted part-time for Mobile Nations’ Windows Phone site, WMExperts, then WPCentral now Windows Central. In December 2009 he left the newspaper and started as editor-in-chief of AndroidCentral.com.
Phil has appeared on BBC Click, and been quoted in ABC News and the Palm Beach Post, The Verge and in Engadget, and has appeared on TWIT.TV’s All About Android show.
Career
Phil started his journalism career in 1998 as a part-time sports agate clerk at the Pensacola News Journal. He later moved to the news desk as a copy editor and page designer and eventually served as News Editor. Phil also wrote and podcasted part-time for Mobile Nations’ Windows Phone site, WMExperts, then WPCentral now Windows Central. In December 2009 he left the newspaper and started as editor-in-chief of AndroidCentral.com.
Phil has appeared on BBC Click, and been quoted in ABC News and the Palm Beach Post, The Verge and in Engadget, and has appeared on TWIT.TV’s All About Android show.